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[jks9199]

Adopt a couple of cats who like to hunt, then turn them loose up there. This has worked for us.

Or some snakes... Black rats or garter snakes are great depending on where you live.

 

[jks9199]

I can't figure it out


It is not the American side of the equation, its the Canadian that is causing the problem...so it would be the Canadians saying Americans were a threat to Canadian society....I blame Justin Trudeau

Maybe the US side isn't being polite enough or is refusing to translate all requests into several languages?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Maybe the US side isn't being polite enough or is refusing to translate all requests into several languages?

I bet that's it..... those stubborn US bank folks REFUSE to translate it into French, and they are incredibly rude about it too

 

[Xue Sheng]

The Chinese Mooncake festival (Mid-Autumn Festival 2021) is Tuesday September 21. Mrs Xue does not celebrate it, beyond buying Chinese mooncakes full of red bean (which is not the traditional mooncake for the festival). She bought 3 moon cakes full of red bean last week. They are in my refrigerator..... my biggest issue at the moment is not eating them all

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[Xue Sheng]

A mismatch in data regulations does seem a likely explanation.

It's probably the French thing

 

[Steve]

Thanks all for the micey advicey! Very helpful! Yeah trying to avoid them dying up there and smelling... will see what we do, or whether we just hope they leave eventually hehe

Ha. Let us know how that works for you. Geberally speaking, denial is a bad idea. But In this case, I think it will work great!

The Chinese Mooncake festival (Mid-Autumn Festival 2021) is Tuesday September 21. Mrs Xue does not celebrate it, beyond buying Chinese mooncakes full of red bean (which is not the traditional mooncake for the festival). She bought 3 moon cakes full of red bean last week. They are in my refrigerator..... my biggest issue at the moment is not eating them all

This is really close to actual size

Is it true that the traditional moon cake has a duck egg yolk in it?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Ha. Let us know how that works for you. Geberally speaking, denial is a bad idea. But In this case, I think it will work great!




Is it true that the traditional moon cake has a duck egg yolk in it?

Has a yolk in it, I don't know if it is duck or chicken, but I do know the Chinese eat duck eggs. My wife likes them. I tried them and I am not a fan

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Or some snakes... Black rats or garter snakes are great depending on where you live.

There was a really gorgeous black snake in the field near our previous house. I'm pretty sure it and its brethern are why we had so few mice and no rats in that old farmhouse.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Well, its time to face facts, I better go do some exercise to work off the mooncake....and keep myself from eating another one

 

[Steve]

I'm enjoying seeing a lot of old threads being revived in a constructive manner. And it's particularly nice to see people engaging and not just jumping on the new guy for necroing an old thread.

 

[Steve]

There was a really gorgeous black snake in the field near our previous house. I'm pretty sure it and its brethern are why we had so few mice and no rats in that old farmhouse.

For the record, I'm not going to invite a GD snake into my house. That's crazy talk. When my parents were in Henrietta, TX I crawled under my dad's house to help him run some plumbing. Was in the crawl space that was maybe 2 feet high... and the number of MF'ing bull snakes and bull snake skins I had to literally crawl over was downright horrible!

 

[Gerry Seymour]

For the record, I'm not going to invite a GD snake into my house. That's crazy talk. When my parents were in Henrietta, TX I crawled under my dad's house to help him run some plumbing. Was in the crawl space that was maybe 2 feet high... and the number of MF'ing bull snakes and bull snake skins I had to literally crawl over was downright horrible!

I used to have a ball python. She got out a few times and wandered for a day or two before returning. Her best was when a friend was apartment-sitting and woke up with her curled up next to him.

 

[CB Jones]

I used to have a ball python. She got out a few times and wandered for a day or two before returning. Her best was when a friend was apartment-sitting and woke up with her curled up next to him.

Note to self: Never house sit for gpseymour.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Is it true that the traditional moon cake has a duck egg yolk in it?

Asked my wife, he said that is a southern Chinese thing, northern Chinese have no standard She never had any with a yolk growing up in Beijing

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Below is a list of what's happened since coming home today.
- Say hi to wife.
- Wife tells me she wants something specific tonight, that she normally makes.
- I change, go to common room, wife tells me that she won't have time to make it, but already has all the ingredients out, asks me to make it.
- I say sure, but that I don't know how.
- She pulls up her recipe for it.
- She tells me that I should make sure everything is prepared so I can do the first and second steps at the same time, otherwise food will burn.
- I start cooking, following her advice.
- She complains that I did the first and second step at the same time, rather than letting the first bit cook for a minute first.
Apparently, I was supposed to know that when she said do them at the same time, she actually meant wait a bit, but then do the second step really quickly.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Below is a list of what's happened since coming home today.
- Say hi to wife.
- Wife tells me she wants something specific tonight, that she normally makes.
- I change, go to common room, wife tells me that she won't have time to make it, but already has all the ingredients out, asks me to make it.
- I say sure, but that I don't know how.
- She pulls up her recipe for it.
- She tells me that I should make sure everything is prepared so I can do the first and second steps at the same time, otherwise food will burn.
- I start cooking, following her advice.
- She complains that I did the first and second step at the same time, rather than letting the first bit cook for a minute first.
Apparently, I was supposed to know that when she said do them at the same time, she actually meant wait a bit, but then do the second step really quickly.

So its not just my wife....she too believe I'm a mind reader. Also thinks I can understand her major mispronunciations (she is a native Chinese speaker)....... I dare to figure out what the "Quincy sea" actually was

 

[Steve]

Below is a list of what's happened since coming home today.
- Say hi to wife.
- Wife tells me she wants something specific tonight, that she normally makes.
- I change, go to common room, wife tells me that she won't have time to make it, but already has all the ingredients out, asks me to make it.
- I say sure, but that I don't know how.
- She pulls up her recipe for it.
- She tells me that I should make sure everything is prepared so I can do the first and second steps at the same time, otherwise food will burn.
- I start cooking, following her advice.
- She complains that I did the first and second step at the same time, rather than letting the first bit cook for a minute first.
Apparently, I was supposed to know that when she said do them at the same time, she actually meant wait a bit, but then do the second step really quickly.

What did you make?

In a similar vein, my wife said she was cooking chicken this evening. That is, btw, the only thing she cooks.

But about an hour ago, she texted me a recipe without context for a grilled pork tenderloin. I (stupidly) presumed she wanted to eat that, so I went to the store, came home and fired up the grill. She says, “oh, you’re cooking?” I mean, when I share a recipe, it’s because I want to eat that thing.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

What did you make?

In a similar vein, my wife said she was cooking chicken this evening. That is, btw, the only thing she cooks.

But about an hour ago, she texted me a recipe without context for a grilled pork tenderloin. I (stupidly) presumed she wanted to eat that, so I went to the store, came home and fired up the grill. She says, “oh, you’re cooking?” I mean, when I share a recipe, it’s because I want to eat that thing.

A chicken/garlic/parmesan linguine. Nothing complicated, she's just very specific about her meals. We both made similar mistakes, and it's the same one Xue struggles with-despite all expectations on their end we have not figured out how to read minds.

 

[_Simon_]

The Chinese Mooncake festival (Mid-Autumn Festival 2021) is Tuesday September 21. Mrs Xue does not celebrate it, beyond buying Chinese mooncakes full of red bean (which is not the traditional mooncake for the festival). She bought 3 moon cakes full of red bean last week. They are in my refrigerator..... my biggest issue at the moment is not eating them all

This is really close to actual size

Happy Mooncake Festival Day!

First time I've ever said that!

 

[_Simon_]

A chicken/garlic/parmesan linguine. Nothing complicated, she's just very specific about her meals. We both made similar mistakes, and it's the same one Xue struggles with-despite all expectations on their end we have not figured out how to read minds.

Oh man... that sounds delicious....