The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for February 17, 2012

I can only take these people in small doses.

Only another idiot would mistake that moron for a teenager.

EYE see it….! ! ! .BURL has ID….? ! ?

Burl sticks his foot in it, yet again.

And those funny cigarettes were for someone else as well.The kid at the store probably did it on purpose just for a laugh. I can hear him tell about it now, “And this old f*rt even says that he’s getting it for someone else!” and then he collapses back into a paroxysm of laughter.This is a good one. I laughed out loud. Good morning everyone.

Mornin’ Crustwood!

Is Joy going to put the rum in the cake, or does she need the rum to help her through the agony of actually getting up off her lardy-bum to try to actually bake something? Of course she couldn’t go so far as to bake from scratch, but even Pillsbury, Duncan Hines and/or Betty Crocker couldn’t make it easy enough for her to do it sober. Remember: she thinks opening a Sara Lee cake is really baking…

I think you’re the idiot, Burl. You’re old enough to know that you don’t leave home without your I.D.

Morning All -

So late in the morning I have to go to bed in a minute…

Right, Burl… he’s never gonna think it’s for those teenagers in the parking lot, right?

Dunno about Illinois, but enforcement of liquor laws and penalties for sale to minors are so tough in California these days that almost everyplace they’ll card anybody they take for under 30, and many stores card everybody — no exceptions.

I was next in line at Traders Joe’s a few weeks ago when an embarrassed young clerk had to ask the obviously quite elderly lady ahead of me, in a wheelchair, for ID, before selling her a bottle of wine.

But of course, Burl knows it’s cos he looks 18.

Purple, don’t forget all the effort Joy will put in making her “recipe.”

She’s not just serving plain Sara Lee…. She’s unwrapping it and pouring rum on it.

Dazz — yes, I cut my grapefruit in half too — (and I don’t rub it on windchimes, Leaky … but then, I don’t have any windchimes..)

No sugar, and no special knife, cos after owning many useless ones, some years ago I found one perfect serrated grapefruit spoon (in a thrift store) that cuts right into the fruit and not my tongue, and lets me eat it without any extra fuss.

My comment was in reply to GymShoe, about pomelos, cos it sounded like he was peeling them.BTW Hope you saw that, GymShoe.

And Marg, hope you saw my additional info about ♥’s.

Goodnight Crustwood!Save me some coffee.

Good Friday morning, All! Burl would be the idiot buying rum so some teens could have rum and cokes.

I’m shocked that they’re buying REAL Rum and not “imitation rum-like flovouring”.

No ID driving to the store with no Driver license, and suspect of buying alcohol for a minor

In TN, they ALWAYS ask for ID. I have been in other states, picking up a sixer, and just automatically flash my ID to the clerk. She/he always gives me the ole, “Yeah Right Pops” look.

Several retailers in Illinois check ID for every liquor purchase regardless of the apparent age of the purchaser. (The Jewel grocery store chain is especially vigilant, and I’ve got age spots old enough to drink!) I think maybe the clerk has to enter the birthdate into the register to complete the sale. Perhaps it’s also a doublecheck on the many clerks who couldn’t do the simple math to figure the customer’s age. Actually, they might not even know what year it is, come to think of it.

@ Susan & Dazz: Y’know, yer RIGHT! Good grief, but Joy works SO hard! She has to actually UNWRAP the Sara Lee pound cake, put it on a fancy Chinette plate, open the bottle of Rum and POUR it on the pound cake! Absolutely exhausting!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I’ve got some lovely rum that’s set to be put into my Piña Colada jam this week. It’s made with pineapple, coconut, sugar, rum and a touch of lemon juice. After that’s done I’m making ‘Monkey Butter’ with bananas, coconut, pineapple, juice & zest of a lemon, and sugar. Got a LOT of canning to do this week, so I’m neglecting my baking…

As Baptists, we don’t drink much at my house. One year, someone suggested to mother that she soak the fruit for her fruitcake in rum instead of cooking wine. So, off we went to the liquor store to buy some (I was probably about 21 and she was in her late 50s). She dares the entrance and asks the clerk where they keep the barracuda.

Grapefruit spoons, stopped using.just ‘peal’? and like a orange

@SusanSunshine

Susan, I was using the numbers above the keyboard, that was the problem, thanks!!♥♥♥

Wow… GymShoe and Marg — glad I could help, albeit in unrelated ways!

Leaky said “butt”.

Good comments, just came back. If anyone has a lot of windchimes they are probably the type Leaky thinks I have. Mine is a soft melodic chime of a musical chord that does not even awaken Fitzroy (or me when weather permits sleeping with open windows – and my bedroom window is directly above it). Glad to hear of others with multiple cooking projects. I cut the grapefruit in half, then cut the 10- 16 segments and go around again with my spoon twice (once for main solid and again for mostly juice) and I never add sweetner. I’m always having that while I make my morning comments (before breakfast). Just about time for bed and Kitchen Nightmares is taping behind me (I can watch it while I put my hair in pincurls). Goodnight all!

RE: WindchimesWe kinda got off focus as to why I dislike them.I have chronic insomnia. I am an extremely light sleeper (even with a 10mg ambien every night) I sleep an average of 2 hours a night (broken sleep at that)The last thing I need to hear is some damn wind chimes disturbing me in those 2 rare hrs!!One time I woke up because I heard the cat walking across the carpet at night. I enjoy cutting up and having fun………..BUTTT, mess with my sleep and I’m a mean mf’er,……….Windchimes mess with my sleep!!

Now………..I have to leave to go meet Marg & DON, we’re having a late dinner and cocktails!!

The clerk should have called INS on Burl and got him deported.

“No Sir, We don’t none of that fancy profiling here abouts. If’n you got no papers we just shipped your a$$ out.”