Random Thought Thread

[zuben el genub]

Wow, apparently this has be known for a while, but I only found this out right now.

Yes, that totally sounds like a click-bait opening sentence, but in this case it's true: if I pre-soak my pasta, I can toss it into the sauce and cook it just before serving. reference

Which would have been nice to know before I went out and spent $1800 on a new stove because the old one sucks at boiling water...

Okay, so Dngrswife wanted an oven with accurate temp settings and top broiler, so we would have bought it anyway, but still... So many meals have been delayed while we've waited for the water to boil... (even starting the pasta water first, then making the sauce)

It is true.
The other option is to cook pasta the night before - it keeps in the fridge.

We have a small hot water heater under the sink kept at a higher temp than the big water heater, plus water boils here at 200°.

I got a new stove since oven temp was off, and I bake. Quite a bit less $ since I don't broil. Have never figured out how to do it on an electric stove. Was raised with gas stoves. Probably makes a mess somewhere. I don't like cleaning messes, even if the oven is a self clean.

 

[Dngrsone]

That's about the extent of it...

 

[mikedt]

Free karaoke tonight!

 

[psionandy]

The Duck Billed Platypus lays eggs and produces milk,.. so is could theoretically make its own custard.

 

[zuben el genub]

Free karaoke tonight!

View attachment 118211

Are you going to sing the Beatles hits in Mandarin?

 

[mikedt]

Are you going to sing the Beatles hits in Mandarin?

Nope...but there was Y Viva Espana in Mandarin, and 没有共产党就没有新中国 (Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China) sung rather drunkenly and very flat.

 

[9to5cynic]

This site has changed a TON in the last uhh 4 years. :-/

 

[Deleted User]

This site has changed a TON in the last uhh 4 years. :-/

Changed in what ways?

 

[Unforgiven]

Changed in what ways?

Picture it, the lounge. March 25, 2013.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130326025142/http://androidforums.com/lounge/

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Does it amuse you?

 

[Clementine_3]

Does it amuse you?

Shouldn't that be asked in this thread?

 

[Dngrsone]

Such is my state of (nigh permanent) agitation that my attention flutters about, a hummingbird desperately seeking a nourishing bloom, restlessly flitting from one subject to another, wanting a task to occupy 't but unable to settle on any one thing.

 

[SolApathy]

I'm hungry for hummingbird.

 

[lunatic59]

Tastes like really tiny chicken?

 

[shalemail]

Well ... I think I am getting a pixel. A buddy of mine knows a Verizon employee that won one as a sales promo. Black Pixel with 128GB, $400 bucks. Not perfect in that it's the 5 inch and a Verizon model, but it's unlocked and in my price range and new with warranty. I'll find out tonight when I go and meet them. Keep your fingers crossed.

 

[SolApathy]

I'll let you know when I catch it... I already got the grill warmed up!

 

[mikedt]

I seem to be going to the theatre much more these days.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

 

[9to5cynic]

Changed in what ways?

Yeah unforgiven's archive pretty much sums it up. The UI has become radically different and I can no longer :rant: or epsi:

I'll get used to the new look.

 

[zuben el genub]

I seem to be going to the theatre much more these days.

View attachment 118270 View attachment 118271


Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Get your kids to go, then start them on the English Classics

 

[dontpanicbobby]

HHGTTG; number 100 in the English Classics reading list.

 

[shalemail]

Is anyone else getting errors on the site today? For some reason I can't get to certain posts? Current example my post in the recent purchase tread. I am at a loss.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I think its something about channels.

 

[olbriar]

I can't access the last page on a couple of threads in the Lounge from my desk top. No problem from the mobile app.

Added:
I was using Chrome to access AF. I cleared my browsing history and that fixed my problem.

 

[Dngrsone]

Butter Chicken:

 

[shalemail]

I can't access the last page on a couple of threads in the Lounge from my desk top. No problem from the mobile app.

Added:
I was using Chrome to access AF. I cleared my browsing history and that fixed my problem.

I was having the exact same issue - desktop nadda, mobile AOK, I tried clearing the history and viola!

@olbriar you're my hero.