Things You Recently Bought or Got, Redux

[Catrin Lewis]

This thread on the old site was always a fun place to share our new acquisitions.

I have something. It's this gigantic head of curly lettuce I bought on Saturday at the farm where I get my raw milk. How on earth did they get it so big? It was over a foot across before I started making salads out of it.

Looks like I'll be making salads out of it the rest of the week.

What about you? Let's see what you have.

 

[Stuart Dren]

Good gravy that's an immense amount of lettuce.

 

[Hammer]

A Kindle for a friend who isn't very well and is lacking the strength to hold a large-print book for very long.

Just setting it up to take to him this afternoon.

 

[writersaurus]

This thread on the old site was always a fun place to share our new acquisitions.

I have something. It's this gigantic head of curly lettuce I bought on Saturday at the farm where I get my raw milk. How on earth did they get it so big? It was over a foot across before I started making salads out of it.

Looks like I'll be making salads out of it the rest of the week.

What about you? Let's see what you have.

First thing I read was 'I have something. It's this gigantic head!'

 

[writersaurus]

To answer your question...the thing I recently bought were three different flavours of coffee for a friend's birthday. Peanut butter, Lemon merangue...and a third one. I can't remember.

 

[Catrin Lewis]

A Kindle for a friend who isn't very well and is lacking the strength to hold a large-print book for very long.

Just setting it up to take to him this afternoon.

Hoping he enjoys it a lot.

 

[Catrin Lewis]

To answer your question...the thing I recently bought were three different flavours of coffee for a friend's birthday. Peanut butter, Lemon merangue...and a third one. I can't remember.

Not a coffee person, but do tell us how that comes out.

 

[writersaurus]

Not a coffee person, but do tell us how that comes out.

She appreciated them. Started with the peanut butter.

 

[Stuart Dren]

Most recently, a lot of local apple juice.

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[Hammer]

Hoping he enjoys it a lot.

I hope so too... he seemed excited. He has always loved reading, but likes skipping around his favourite passages rather than sitting down and just reading - probably comes of studying literature all those years ago.


Back on thread... I bought a ukulele... went to a music shop to get mini-Hammer's birthday present and ended up buying myself an early gift. Such a great way of annoying people...

 

[Also]

A golf/hunting-style laser rangefinder to take to a nearby state park to see if I was approximately accurate in writing:

A few miles downstream, it shoaled out into rapids, widening to the length of a football field or more, and...

The stretch in question does indeed vary from 94 to 117 yards. So much easier than wading and swimming with the end of a steel measuring tape between my teeth.

I hope so too... he seemed excited. He has always loved reading, but likes skipping around his favourite passages rather than sitting down and just reading - probably comes of studying literature all those years ago.


Back on thread... I bought a ukulele... went to a music shop to get mini-Hammer's birthday present and ended up buying myself an early gift. Such a great way of annoying people...

I through-read maybe one out of five books on my kindle. And in a bookstore, which I prefer, I open to random spots, occasionally including the first or last few pages, and read for stylistic impressions.

 

[edamame]

I bought another new kitchen faucet. The first one broke after a few months. I'm debating if I want to give it a go installing it myself or just pay someone to do so like last time.

 

[hirundine]

I went to our town's Maker's Market today and came home with a fancy cheese (Father's Day present), a small tin of herbal muscle and joint balm, and a very pretty book sleeve.

Recently I've ordered a couple of batik fabric bundles, one of which I plan to use (some of) to make a bible cover for my mum.

 

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[DLC]

I bought another new kitchen faucet. The first one broke after a few months. I'm debating if I want to give it a go installing it myself or just pay someone to do so like last time.

It's ultra easy. Just turn the water off first. At the mains, duh.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I bought another new kitchen faucet. The first one broke after a few months. I'm debating if I want to give it a go installing it myself or just pay someone to do so like last time.

I had an issue with this a few years ago that I detailed at the OG. Basically the faucet snapped, then the feed under the sink snapped, then the next two valves in the basement turned out to be inoperative, then three Hail Maries and an Our Father as I neared the street main. The last one before that worked, but shut off all water to the first floor. The shower thankfully is on the second floor. That was fun.

 

[Trish]

I had an issue with this a few years ago that I detailed at the OG. Basically the faucet snapped, then the feed under the sink snapped, then the next two valves in the basement turned out to be inoperative, then three Hail Maries and an Our Father as I neared the street main. The last one before that worked, but shut off all water to the first floor. The shower thankfully is on the second floor. That was fun.

Our house is over 200 years old and suffice to say- nothing was done right. The first day my husband went back to work after we moved in our daughter wanted to take a bath. All good. Then the water wouldn't shut off at the faucet. The drain couldn't keep up with what was coming in of course. Go to shut it off - no shut off. Had to shut the water off to the whole house until he got home and could fix it. Of all the things I expected to go wrong, that wasn't on the list

 

[Homer Potvin]

Our house is over 200 years old and suffice to say- nothing was done right. The first day my husband went back to work after we moved in our daughter wanted to take a bath. All good. Then the water wouldn't shut off at the faucet. The drain couldn't keep up with what was coming in of course. Go to shut it off - no shut off. Had to shut the water off to the whole house until he got home and could fix it. Of all the things I expected to go wrong, that wasn't on the list

Valves are the silent killers. They get installed, sit unused for decades, degrade, then 50 years later you need one, and snap! Check your valves once a year.

This PSA was sponsored by Ernest Wieners.