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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

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Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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I've been naughty .... we get lots of Esther Price (www.estherprice.com) because Adam sends it out to customers .... it's a local candy (all but one piece is gluten-free) .... it's WAY better than Godiva! Only REAL butter is used for these chocolates! I've been eating them every day. :ph34r: And I have no intention of stopping until after the holidays!

What does Adam sell and how many do we have to buy in order to get the candy? :rolleyes:

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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What does Adam sell and how many do we have to buy in order to get the candy? :rolleyes:
It would be cheaper for you to just order the candy!! :lol: :lol:
elye Community Regular
elye
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Tom, you have so many chemical sensitivities, how on earth can you not react to inhaled cigarete smoke? Soy kills ya, but formaldehyde, benzene and tar are okay...

:huh::rolleyes:<_<

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Tom, you have so many chemical sensitivities, how on earth can you not react to inhaled cigarete smoke? Soy kills ya, but formaldehyde, benzene and tar are okay...

:huh::rolleyes:<_<

This is kind of weird, but the years that I smoked (age 16-24) were the most symptom-free of my whole life.

It could have been the Celiac "teenage honeymoon", but who knows? I know of 2 other Celiac smokers that are not bothered by the smoke.

I've never admitted this to anyone, but I've been half-tempted to try it again to see how it would affect me. At the same time, I know I shouldn't.....I probably won't, but still :unsure:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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I want some candy too!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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I want some candy too!

Did you take the factory tour on the website? Yum! I'm pigging out on this stuff .... but that's only five pieces .... I know what it's like to eat too much of this stuff, LOL. We've gotten it since I was a little kid because like I said, it's locally made. I know what all the pieces are, so everyone always asks me what's inside them. :)

BTW, can you experts name with piece has gluten? And I'm not talking about the pretzels ...

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I want some candy too!

Speaking of candy--I bought the most delicious dairy free "milk chocolate" bar yesterday. It's Terra Nostra Organic Ricemilk Chocolate. It's gluten/wheat free and smells and tastes exactly like Cadbury milk chocolate!

I don't know how they do it, but this is the first time I've had "milk" chocolate in almost 3 years! :D

I never liked dark chocolate before, but developed a taste for it when I had to go dairy free. I actually love it now, but it was so nice to be able to have the "milk" type again.

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elye Community Regular
elye
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Man, I LOVE chocolate. I don't have a problem with dairy, but the @!*!#*# diabetes takes care of it. Sugar-free chocolate is okay, but it ain't like the real stuff... :(

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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I am sitting here eating Chocolate Covered Gourmet Gummi Bears.....purchased from Wegmans and are they good! They don't taste anything like those nasty things you get at the Movies.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Man, I LOVE chocolate. I don't have a problem with dairy, but the @!*!#*# diabetes takes care of it. Sugar-free chocolate is okay, but it ain't like the real stuff... :(

Esther Price has sugar-free ... I've never had it, but if it's anywhere near the quality of the rest of their stuff, it must be great!

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Well, the snow seems to be done for the time being. We got at least a foot, but it is hard to tell because the wind moved it around and there are drifts that are much deeper than the official depth.

We shoveled the stuff out front around 5 pm, and there has been no significant accumulation since then.

We sent the staff home early today since the city was pretty much shut down.

I've changed my avatar to a picture taken at 3:45 this afternoon of our back deck, seen through the sliding patio door. Thank goodness we filled the bird feeder last night. The bird bath is electrically heated so it does not freeze.

Morning travel will be a challenge. Emily, we start from Warden Ave north of Hwy 7. Our usual route is 407 west to 404, south in the HOV lane to 401, and then west to Yonge or Avenue road. The store is at Yonge and Fairlawn, 5 blocks north of Lawrence. The alternate route, which we may take in the morning, is to stay on 407 to Bayview, then go south to York Mills and then south on Yonge.

I hope Jack's party went well.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Well, the snow seems to be done for the time being. We got at least a foot, but it is hard to tell because the wind moved it around and there are drifts that are much deeper than the official depth.

We shovelled the stuff out front around 5 pm, and there has been no significant accumulation since then.

We sent the staff home early today since the city was pretty much shut down.

I've changed my avatar to a picture taken at 3:45 this afternoon of our back deck, seen through the sliding patio door. Thank goodness we filled the bird feeder last night. The bird bath is electrically heated so it does not freeze.

Morning travel will be a challenge. Emily, we start from Warden Ave north of Hwy 7. Our usual route is 407 west to 404, south in the HOV lane to 401, and then west to Yonge or Avenue road. The store is at Yonge and Fairlawn, 5 blocks north of Lawrence. The alternate route, which we may take in the morning is to stay on 407 to Bayview, then go south to York Mills and then south on Yonge.

I hope Jack's party went well.

Wow your cat looks like our Maine Coon Lucky. Who is currently curled up in a ball next to me underneath a fleece blanket.

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Wow your cat looks like our Maine Coon Lucky. Who is currently curled up in a ball next to me underneath a fleece blanket.
Becky was a rescued stray, so we don't know a lot about her ancestry. A number of people with a lot of knowledge have said that she probably has one parent who is a Maine Coon. She falls short of the breed standard in several criteria. She has been with us for more than seven years. Her favorite activities are eating and sleeping. :P

I have put a different picture up as my avatar, so this post my not make sense to readers who did not see the picture of Becky sleeping on top of a cat tree in our store. Becky will be back...

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Tom, what's with building this date up so much ... what shall I wear? What shall I eat? What shall I use to plug my nose? You mean, I can't talk to you guys all evening? ..... then not telling us how it went???? :angry:

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Peter, what do you sell? Sleeping and eating ... many of our favorite pastimes!

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Tom, what's with building this date up so much ... what shall I wear? What shall I eat? What shall I use to plug my nose? You mean, I can't talk to you guys all evening? ..... then not telling us how it went???? :angry:

Yeah! What she said! :angry::lol:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Anyone else dying to know about Tom's evening raise your hands ****Hands waving in the ***

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Peter, what do you sell? Sleeping and eating ... many of our favorite pastimes!

Jacquie and I own and operate a store that sells pet food and pet supplies. We have two cats who live in the store, and four more who allow us to share the house with them. :lol:

Our store does not sell any live animals. The bulk of our business is cat and dog food, although we do a small trade in fish and domestic bird food. In the winter (read: now) we do a booming trade in seed for the feeding of wild birds. We feed the birds at home--my current avatar shows the bird feeder on our snowbound walk-out back deck.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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four more who allow us to share the house with them. :lol:

I love that statement. We know, Lucky runs this house. He was a stray we adopted. We would love to get him a playmate but he seems to be a one-cat family, he is an attention needer though. We love him! This is our second Christmas with him, he tried to climb the Christmas tree the other day...he weighs 15 lbs....poor tree!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Share the house! :lol: We had cats when we lived out in the country ... but they had to live outside .... I can't have them inside or I sneeze. I miss the cats.

We have birds in the house ... and kids.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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We also share the house with a hermit crab we bought on the boardwalk in May and survived this long....which is interesting since it was bought at one of those shops that keeps hermit crabs in big wire wagon cages.....

tom Contributor
tom
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Tom, what's with building this date up so much ... what shall I wear? What shall I eat? What shall I use to plug my nose? You mean, I can't talk to you guys all evening? ..... then not telling us how it went???? :angry:

What "so much"??

Compared to what I've seen around here?

Wore the 1st things that fit. Knew I'd eat nothing. Brought clothespins and spares! :lol: What's to tell?

:lol:

I'd LOVE to tell ya about the date part . .. . .. . .in person, over coffee. :P

I was pretty worried about the smells, knowing there was a chance I'd be hit w/ chemical wave as the door opened.

The moment arrives .. . . .. ... .(to be continued)

:lol::lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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John's NY Giants are not doing so well tonight...he is not happy.LOL

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Tom, you are teasing us!

C'mon over, we can have a cup of coffee!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Well Everyone I am turning in for the night. I am having site problems and it is making me log in after almost every post I make so I am just going to go get ready for bed.

Have a nice night and see you all in the morning.

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