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[Louanne Learning]

I'll ask my nephew how long it took him to do it.

Just checked in with my sister. My nephew spent the Christmas holidays putting it together - maybe 6-7 days, for about 3-4 hours per day

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Most folks in my family are more or less methodical thinkers. Some of us (ahem) tend to be a bit ditsier- excuse me, more creative in our approach to things.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I did have the thought - I bet Homer knows what this is!

I'm surprised you've never seen it before. It's pretty ubiquitous now after being all the rage 10-15 years ago.

 

[Link the Writer]

Got the LEGO: Endurance instead. It costs maybe $280, maybe $300? Much better ask than the Titanic’s $700.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I'm surprised you've never seen it before. It's pretty ubiquitous now after being all the rage 10-15 years ago.

No-one at our table had heard of it. I looked at the menu, and asked, "What's a burrata?" And nobody knew.

 

[Homer Potvin]

No-one at our table had heard of it. I looked at the menu, and asked, "What's a burrata?" And nobody knew.

Interesting. Maybe it's an Ontario thing. Quebec is loaded with Italians.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Did I ever mention that I took Italian in grade 10, and I won the award for highest mark!

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I took Spanish. The teacher, a war bride from Italy, spoke four or five European languages. One day she was asking us questions and growing increasingly irritated that no one answered. Finally, one brave soul spoke up and said, "Uh, Mrs. Boccasile? I think you're speaking Italian." It was the first time any student on record heard her laugh out loud.

 

[Set2Stun]

I took Spanish. The teacher, a war bride from Italy, spoke four or five European languages. One day she was asking us questions and growing increasingly irritated that no one answered. Finally, one brave soul spoke up and said, "Uh, Mrs. Boccasile? I think you're speaking Italian." It was the first time any student on record heard her laugh out loud.

Love little anecdotes like these.

 

[Catrin Lewis]

Spent the evening trying to find stuff in my 3rd floor studio. Some I did, some I did not. But I hate forgetting where I've put things.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I hear ya, Catrin. I can also lose things without taking a step or even moving from the chair I'm sitting in.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Another early morning. Just starting my second cup of coffee...

 

[Catrin Lewis]

I hear ya, Catrin. I can also lose things without taking a step or even moving from the chair I'm sitting in.

The really frustrating thing is that the thing I haven’t found yet is something I swear I laid eyes on just a week or two ago.

 

[GrahamLewis]

The really frustrating thing is that the thing I haven’t found yet is something I swear I laid eyes on just a week or two ago.

We blame "imps" around here, mischievous spirits who like to hide things for fun, then return them if you ask nicely, only they usually return them to places near, but not precisely at, the spot they should originally have been. But you have to ask nicely or the things will never be returned. Seems to work, and it certainly beats aimlessly searching and re-searching the same places.

 

[Homer Potvin]

We blame "imps" around here, mischievous spirits who like to hide things for fun, then return them if you ask nicely, only they usually return them to places near, but not precisely at, the spot they should originally have been. But you have to ask nicely or the things will never be returned. Seems to work, and it certainly beats aimlessly searching and re-searching the same places.

Every restaurant has one. I swear I've seen ceiling tiles displaced directly above where the missing thing should be. We leave whiskey shots out for them as an offering. I swear I've seen the glass empty the next day.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I usually keep some Ontario craft beer on hand for when my brother comes over. He'll drink any type - but he has one request - don't get beer with any sugar in it. I just realized I bought a can with sugar in the ingredients.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

...when my bother comes over.

Ah, I have a bother, too. A younger bother. I also have a younger sinister.

 

[Madman Starryteller]

I also have a younger sinister.

I too, have heard that sisters are sinister, especially younger ones.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Ah, I have a bother, too.

Lol! Corrected.

He's actually no bother.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I too, have heard that sisters are sinister, especially younger ones.

I have three sisters and the youngest one is the sweetest out of all of us.