The Shed 14

a reply to: Martin75

...and henceforth, that day... above all other days, shall be remembered and celebrated as... "Peanut Day" and the multitude of Squirrels shall rejoice in that sacred place, where peanuts are partaken of in such numbers, until such time as the next day, which shall thence be known as "Pecan Day"...

a reply to: Gordi The Drummer
LOL how are ya Gordi? Sitting back and watching the rain fall today. I wanna give Night a chance to play with Pesky first. I will try to add to the orange story tomorrow.

a reply to: JacKatMtn

Hey Jack,

I remember as a kid my grandma showed us how to dehydrate water using shallow baking trays in the oven.
It was much quicker than the Hob method, but it was a little bit tricky - getting all of the dehydrated water out of the trays for storage.
We didn't have any way of canning but we did use hermetic-sealed jars with cages and rubber-ring seals. They worked pretty good and kept the water fresh for up to about 2 years I think?
The trick was to make absolutely sure that you'd got ALL of the moisture out before sealing them, and BOY did they taste great when you re-hydrated them later!

Thanks for reminding me!

G

a reply to: Martin75

I'm ok.
Chrissie & the boys have been away all week down at the Island. I'm home alone (working).
It's quiet when they're not around here!

The schools are on holiday and Callum is doing his first ever yachting course - learning how to sail!
They're not back until Saturday.

originally posted by: [post=22101673]Gordi The I remember as a kid my grandma showed us how to dehydrate water using shallow baking trays in the oven.
It was much quicker than the Hob method, but it was a little bit tricky - getting all of the dehydrated water out of the trays for storage.

Sorry - dehydrated water??

To re-hydrate water, you add water??

I don't get it??

a reply to: swanne

Yeah I'm curiou as well, what is this hydrated water sorcery?
Sounds interesting

a reply to: swanne
Of course not, John. To rehydrate water, you use bourbon or rum, silly.

a reply to: grainofsand
Welcome to the Shed, grainofsand. Pull up a chair and tell us a story. I'll have a pixie get you a beverage.

a reply to: PrairieShepherd

Those sound pretty good. I'm starting to like the idea.

Hello grainofsand, Shep and John! I see I missed the others earlier.

Gordi, love the flowers and the wood burned squirrel!
I don't know how much of the story to cut out before adding an entry, so I'm going to copy everything you copied and added and then I'll add something. I'll leave the cutting out for someone else. It will be a looooong orange story. LOL

a reply to: PrairieShepherd

No thanks, I'm only interested in the rehydrated water.
What's the news on that?

Hm. Bored. I think I'm going to read a bit of discordianist material. Discordianism is always fun.

Have I ever told you guys I'm not subscribing to scientism anymore? Well, I'm not subscribing to scientism anymore. I eventually got bored by the confines of the box.

a reply to: grainofsand

I'm afraid you'll have to check with JacKatMtn. Such sorcery is beyond the capabilities of this mere sheepherder.

Shedisans -

I've posted the last catchup episodes of Falling. You can find the link in my signature or here is the direct link to the first of this batch: Falling: An Epic Fantasy.

This covers Seeress Meron and her treatment of the girl who was assaulted, and brings the story in the new thread up to where I left it off here in the Shed. Tomorrow I will post a brand new episode in the new thread, the final episode of that scene.

a reply to: Night Star

Ooh, hi Night! Good to see you!

a reply to: PrairieShepherd

No, just Gordi who I originally replied about with his magic Nan's water
I'm keen to learn more.

Shep, thanks for the update! I'm looking forward to the new material!

John, good luck finding something interesting to keep your attention! I'm sure you'll find something!

Rather anxious about tomorrow. I have to get up early and go to a Doctor's appointment. Always makes me nervous and unhappy. One thing I always say about Doctor's appointments and any kind of tests..."I just want to be left alone!" I have enough health problems and don't need to hear that anything got worse or that they found anything new.

a reply to: grainofsand
Ah, I see. I apologize - I missed that detail and made an assumption. In I.T. we have a saying about the word "assume"...

I'm sure our resident Scotsman will have a fine explanation for you.

a reply to: Night Star
Hang in there, Night Star. I'm not fond of doctor appointments, tests, or poking & prodding either, so you have my sympathy.

a reply to: Night Star

I'm sure you'll find something!

So far, trying to touch the tip of my nose with my tongue is the only silly thing that comes to mind.

Rather anxious about tomorrow. I have to get up early and go to a Doctor's appointment.

I wish I could help with the anxiety. But if it's any consolation, the anxious wait will probably make the appointment trivial by comparison. Sometimes you need a fear to kill another fear.

When I'm anxious I listen to some heavy metal, or epic music, dunno if that could help too.

a reply to: swanne


"Epic" music?

a reply to: PrairieShepherd

Yup. There's a few, Hour-long Epic Music videos around on YouTube. They sound like epic movies soundtracks, pretty cool. They make you want to grab the World by the horns. Well, in Night Star's case, the Doctor by the horns.