en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2555389 Comments by Daisy_Sage http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-102/#IDComment689063507 I fail to see how this is even remotely possible. Then again I'm all distracted and giddy by reading the phrase "unlimited mimosa brunch". I'll get back to you when I calm down a bit. Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:05:00 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-102/#IDComment689063507 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-101/#IDComment684619800 This is wonderful, GI. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 03:48:52 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-101/#IDComment684619800 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-101/#IDComment684326332 I love the navy kitchen! And I want that little dresser at the top! Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:52:36 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-101/#IDComment684326332 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-106/#IDComment684021690 Ya lublu piroshkii , tozhe. What kind are they? Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:36:51 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-106/#IDComment684021690 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-106/#IDComment683837903 Dang! Thank goodness nothing fell apart while you were driving, and that it's not a horrible amount of money to fix. On another note, they make plastic gas tanks now? What, making them out of tin foil would have driven the cost up too much? Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:33:58 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-106/#IDComment683837903 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/monday-open-thread-86/#IDComment680515421 Are you serious? How in the world did this person even make it onto the jury? Why do I even bother asking these questions anymore? Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:36:17 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/monday-open-thread-86/#IDComment680515421 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/monday-open-thread-86/#IDComment680474962 That's the one I use too! Are we related? Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:06:13 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/monday-open-thread-86/#IDComment680474962 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679504199 Oh no! I am so sorry, Christa. Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:51:14 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679504199 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679504029 I have a good metal shovel in the yard for gardening. Could be good to smack people with but it's heavy. Can you put aside a spare pitchfork for me, please? Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:50:43 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679504029 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679502545 Ha! I was just thinking something like this before I saw your graphic. Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:47:22 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679502545 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679495211 I just found out. I'm stunned. I guess I shouldn't be stunned, but I'm stunned. And appalled. I know it's Florida, but even still. I just can't absorb this. I thought at least manslaughter, for sure. Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:25:51 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679495211 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679494672 Oh my lord. I just heard the trial news. My jaw dropped. I thought at least they'd decide on manslaughter. I am stunned and appalled. Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:24:13 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679494672 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679252221 A fascinating insight about the legal justice system. Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:57:37 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679252221 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679201249 Oh I have had the truffled egg thing at 'ino and it was wonderful! Sadly I think 'ino closed recently. :( Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:52:25 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/saturday-open-thread-105/#IDComment679201249 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678595649 Oh Dr. Brown Black Cherry is great! I love their cream soda too. I will usually get one of those on a rare occasion if I'm eating someplace like Katz's or another kosher deli type place. Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:17:27 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678595649 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678594720 Yeah, the flavored seltzer is cheaper and easier to find in whatever store I happen to be in, if I'm out of it. I like the San Pellegrino soda too, though. I have had it when I've had lunch out on occasion. I just try not keep as little sugar in the house as possible. If it's not here, I can't just grab it without thinking when I want something in the middle of working at home. Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:15:31 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678594720 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678578201 Same with me, Haysi. I usually have one bottle of flavored seltzer in the house, black cherry is my favorite but I like some others. I have very little sugar nowadays, and when I do, I don't wan't to use it up with soda. I don't drink those flavored seltzers with artificial sweeteners though, I can't have artificial sweeteners at all. Besides the artificial sweeteners, the amount of chemicals in diet soda are scary. RE: Perrier, have you tried the Pink Grapefruit flavored Perrier yet? I heard about it and got a bottle in my Fresh Direct order last time, it was pretty good. Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:40:02 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/qotd-choose-your-carbonated-poison/#IDComment678578201 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675812306 Dottie is LA so I don't think she has a 311 type number to call as we have in New York. But my vote is for her to say something to them, and/or call the authorities during the week and see what's legal and if she should call the cops or file a complaint with some community board or something. Mon, 8 Jul 2013 17:01:36 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675812306 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675809448 Wait, they have their own house with their own yard, and yet they're doing this in front of YOUR house every weekend? ( I somehow had it in my head that this was an apartment building/condo situation.) That makes this even MORE ridiculous. Honestly, I can't see how you've put up with this as long as you have. I think if it was me, the first or second weekend it happened I would have come out and asked politely what on earth was the deal with the whole noisy menagerie on the sidewalk and see what they had to say for themselves. I might not have called the cops immediately, but they would know pretty quick that I was not thrilled with the situation, and maybe found another place to set up the carnival. Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:54:20 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675809448 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675394040 First of all, I don't think you are being a cranky misanthrope by objecting to this. The whole thing sounds ridiculous, both the constant noise for hours on a Sunday, and the fact that they are treating the strip of grass next to a sidewalk ( not even the sidewalk in front of their OWN building, although I suppose their own actual next door neighbors don't deserve to deal with this any more than you do ) like a freaking PUBLIC PARK. Seriously what is wrong with them? I can't imagine that the income they are getting from selling lemonade is something that's really helping them in some kind of financial need. I'm guessing that they consider this a "teaching experience" for the kids. Maybe they think they get more foot traffic on the corner, or maybe they already tried this act in front of their own building and those neighbors complained. In any event, a) You're not a dick for not buying the stupid lemonade. For one thing who knows what's in that stuff, the kids might have stirred it with their grubby hands for all you know. b) Yes, the grass is a public area , in terms of the fact that anyone should be able to walk on it, but that doesn't mean it's zoned for people sitting on it all day, let alone selling stuff there. Make a couple of calls tomorrow and see what you can find out about what's permitted there and what isn't. Then you have your choice next Sunday of asking them politely to set up camp somewhere else, or calling the cops on them, anonymously if possible. Mon, 8 Jul 2013 00:24:44 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/07/sunday-open-thread-99/#IDComment675394040