Don't you love showing up at work and discovering you're going to work 3-½ hours longer than normal for about an extra 150 SKr ($23, or £12, or €15+)?
And discovering you're gonna be naked the whole time sure don't help.
How is that in comparison to your normal pay for that amount of time? At here in the US that translates to roughly $6.50/hour - right around minimum wage if I recall correctly, or maybe a little below it. A shaft if you're not a minimum wage job yes, but I don't know what your normal pay rate is.
I'd say it's about half my regular wage. Although it's mostly the not being told beforehand that rankles. We get messages with the papers every day, so it can't be that hard to make sure we know these things in advance.
Ah. Yeah that bites then. Usually overtime here is time and a half pay, not just half.
Brrr! I hold a front-door conversation long enough to politely tell some girls I don't want to take part in Postkodlotteriet and it's cold enough that I'm still shaking three minutes later.
Cute girls, though.
What is a postkodlotteriet?
But I'll still blame FreeholdDM.
nope, this isn't me. I am adamantly opposed to the cold that causes window damage, as I love drawing on Windows that are frosty with condensation. So, to pull a family circus-not me!
What is a postkodlotteriet?Brrr! I hold a front-door conversation long enough to politely tell some girls I don't want to take part in Postkodlotteriet and it's cold enough that I'm still shaking three minutes later.
Cute girls, though.
Lottery.
What is a postkodlotteriet?Brrr! I hold a front-door conversation long enough to politely tell some girls I don't want to take part in Postkodlotteriet and it's cold enough that I'm still shaking three minutes later.
Cute girls, though.
A nationwide Swedish lottery where you subscribe to take part, and if they draw your postal code (postkod in Swedish), everyone in the neighbourhood who subscribes wins.
Then they go out and film when people get their prizes and show it on TV alongside a local variant of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.
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It doesn't say. Although the article's writer mentioned in the comments that she'd try to put up a follow-up with the results - I'll keep my peepers open.Submitted redhead report.Yup, me too. Of course, my hair is gloriously fake, and the public is more inclined to ROFL than persecute me. So where do we find out the results?
Mine is naturally red, but I do use chemicals to boost the redness a bit, I must admit. :) I'm also developing this cool little Rogue streak of white hair.
I've never faced any red-headed teasing of any sort. The closest is being called either Orphan Annie or Strawberry Shortcake a lot as a toddler.
Happy midweek. Only 2 more days of work until Saturday. :D
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This afternoon I have to make apple-cranberry stuffing and glazed butternut squash to reheat tomorrow as my contributions.
I started the turkey brining last night. I will turn it over tonight.
I also need to peel 5 lbs of potatos, 2 lbs of carrots, and I'm debating whether I do the apple crisp tonight or tomorrow morning. I think tonight is wiser, which means I also have to peel 3 lbs of apples.
that leave the baking of the turkey and making of gravy for tomorrow. I suppose you can include cooking and mashing the potatoes and cooking the carrots for tomorrow too, but those don't take too much.
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I hope LPM knows how to carve a turkey. I just hack at the thing with a knife until I get the meat I want and call it good. @_@
This afternoon I have to make apple-cranberry stuffing and glazed butternut squash to reheat tomorrow as my contributions.I started the turkey brining last night. I will turn it over tonight.
I also need to peel 5 lbs of potatos, 2 lbs of carrots, and I'm debating whether I do the apple crisp tonight or tomorrow morning. I think tonight is wiser, which means I also have to peel 3 lbs of apples.
that leave the baking of the turkey and making of gravy for tomorrow. I suppose you can include cooking and mashing the potatoes and cooking the carrots for tomorrow too, but those don't take too much.
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I hope LPM knows how to carve a turkey. I just hack at the thing with a knife until I get the meat I want and call it good. @_@
:D That sounds really lovely. A ton of work, but really lovely.
I started last night with the pre-meal snacks,
still trying to actually clean the house before I can deal with all the nonsense I have to cook.
Why do they keep coming over to my house for the holidays?
Oh yeah, that's right. Because the wife likes having family over to our house for the holidays. :/
The good news, the father in law is bringing 2 smoked turkeys over for the meal (He never did figure out when too much is enough) :)
The bad news, they'll all expect me to cover most of the rest of the food. Despite the fact that were broke and the wife is out of a job right now. :(
Urgh, be thankful for what I DO have! :/
In case I get buried and forget to post this later,
Happy Thanksgiving every-FaWtL!
:D
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I like hosting too. I wanted to cook the whole meal, but if I did that for just me, I'd be eating turkey until it turned green. Ugh. this way, I get to cook, and I don't have to eat it as leftovers for the next 3 months. :)
I really really wanted apple crisp. Not a pumpkin pie person. Hm. shoudl let them know that, in case they are, I suppose.
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Parp?
and this isn't cold. It's above freezing.
that's what I've been trying to tell people!
I hope so! Houston hasn't been as kind to the royal family of FAWTL as I would have hoped, and I'm trying to make it a place they're happy they moved to. :)
I will be calling tomorrow to send happy Turkey day wishes, I hope I get to send some to you aswell!
This afternoon I have to make apple-cranberry stuffing and glazed butternut squash to reheat tomorrow as my contributions.
Apple bear cobbler! APPLE BEAR COBBLER!
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I like hosting too. I wanted to cook the whole meal, but if I did that for just me, I'd be eating turkey until it turned green. Ugh. this way, I get to cook, and I don't have to eat it as leftovers for the next 3 months. :)
I really really wanted apple crisp. Not a pumpkin pie person. Hm. shoudl let them know that, in case they are, I suppose.
Dessert is a definite make-ahead. You don't want to be fussing with that tomorrow.
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This afternoon I have to make apple-cranberry stuffing and glazed butternut squash to reheat tomorrow as my contributions.Apple bear cobbler! APPLE BEAR COBBLER!
I have the apples, I just need the bear.
I've been told that there are bars in the West Village where bears tend to congregate. Perhaps I should start there.
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the bears in the bars bare what lifting bars has born for them
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hi everyone,
Sabine's grandma was scheduled for a secon vertebra surgery yesterdaybut when the doctors made the last exhaminations they found out that everything has heald up nicel and the second surgery is not needed
woohooo !!
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saturday is Black Sabbath concert in Dortmund, Westfalenhalle
me and my cousin will stay after the show in a B& B Hotel and drive back sunday morning
Awesome new, Aeglos! :D
thanks, Jess
it is very good news because she will be fit when we move her to Hessia in january
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*stats up a pie genie*
I like apple crisp just fine, but I am THE pie person!
:)
Pumpkin pie,
Chocolate pie,
Custard pie,
Pecan Pie,
Apple Pie,
Cheesecake pie, (I know, shaddup) ;P
You can keep your nasty Lemon pies and such. :/
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I like apple crisp just fine, but I am THE pie person!
:)Pumpkin pie,
Chocolate pie,
Custard pie,
Pecan Pie,
Apple Pie,
Cheesecake pie, (I know, shaddup) ;PYou can keep your nasty Lemon pies and such. :/
How about:
Meat Pie
Mince Pie
Pork Pie
Shepherds Pie
Cottage Pie?
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I love lemon pie. I love key lime pie even more. What about blackberry? The pie inquisition is coming for you, Rags.
And DSX, those are abominations.
Can't... stop... .sneezing... augh.
I love all sorts of pie.....
And what exactly is a cheesecake pie? It sounds like something I would love!
What is cottage pie?
basically similar to shepherd's pie
I just threw in cheesecake 'pie' because over here it is usually cheesecake baked (or cold, depending upon recipe) into a graham cracker crust, usually in a pie tin. AND it's one of my wife's (And my) favorites. :)
Fruit pies are fine. Inquisition away!
:)
There have been a few (very few) Mince pies that I have found palatable.
The others are fine if you like them, but they are single-dish meals masquerading as PIES!
NOT to be confused with the sugary concoctions that are truly desserts!
(Which I am supposed to be making with sugar substitute, thanks to borderline diabetes.) :P
FIE I say! For holidays only the REAL DEAL will suffice! :D
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Lemon Meringue is the bomb.
No, cheesecake must be made in a springform pan!
It's official. The royal family of FAWTL demands pumpkin pie. Since I have to brave the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving anyway, I will also procure some whipped cream and vanilla ice cream.
*blink*
Happy pre-Thanksgiving Day FAWTL
Alas no break for me until Saturday. Such is life in barristaville.
But I am done now