Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

Going to try making some bread dough for the first time today. I know, I know. I'm like 6 months late to the pandemic fad but whatever.

Bread has been a fad since before sliced...

[spike021]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i started spring cleaning yesterday.

Haha, you're not the only one getting a late start on that too.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Bread has been a fad since before sliced...

Hm, true.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

Going to try making some bread dough for the first time today. I know, I know. I'm like 6 months late to the pandemic fad but whatever.

The secret to "making" good bread, is knowing what to select at your local bakery.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i started spring cleaning yesterday.

Are you late for last spring or getting a head start on next spring?

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Are you late for last spring or getting a head start on next spring?

i'm a late bloomer, so definitely late.


but then i also go slipper shopping in june/july most years. i'm just happy that amazon stocks stuff year-round.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by spike021

Going to try making some bread dough for the first time today. I know, I know. I'm like 6 months late to the pandemic fad but whatever.

all by hand, or with a bread maker?

i highly recommend a bread maker. it takes care of the most tedious part. at least around me, all the local goodwill/thrift stores always have at least 5-10 bread makers at any given time. always can be had for dirt cheap, many only have a few uses before people realize it's easier to go the humfrz route.

i just coax my mom to make it for me. though i don't always get it when it's fresh, it is better than store bought.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by soundman98

all by hand, or with a bread maker?

i highly recommend a bread maker. it takes care of the most tedious part. at least around me, all the local goodwill/thrift stores always have at least 5-10 bread makers at any given time. always can be had for dirt cheap, many only have a few uses before people realize it's easier to go the humfrz route.

i just coax my mom to make it for me. though i don't always get it when it's fresh, it is better than store bought.

Just a basic no-knead recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/...ad-recipe.html

So basically by hand but supposedly the way it works you don't need to knead it yourself really.

Just decided to try it. I don't _need_ to make my own but wanted a new little project to try when I'm bored at home.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

Just a basic no-knead recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/...ad-recipe.html

So basically by hand but supposedly the way it works you don't need to knead it yourself really.

Just decided to try it. I don't _need_ to make my own but wanted a new little project to try when I'm bored at home.

DANG, spike021, those new COVID restrictions in Santa Clara County must be really getting you -

[spike021]

Originally Posted by humfrz

DANG, spike021, those new COVID restrictions in Santa Clara County must be really getting you -

I need something to occupy me when I'm at home and NOT working ._. Otherwise I'm stuck at home all day five days a week working with not enough non-work things to get me out of the mode.

But yeah we went back into "purple mode" or whatever last week.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

I need something to occupy me when I'm at home and NOT working ._. Otherwise I'm stuck at home all day five days a week working with not enough non-work things to get me out of the mode.

But yeah we went back into "purple mode" or whatever last week.

How about signing up for an on-line higher degree/certification program?

[spike021]

Originally Posted by humfrz

How about signing up for an on-line higher degree/certification program?

Nah, I'm done with structured education (other than learning things on my own).

Hell, I still have a nightmare every 6 or so months where I've failed a final exam and have to quit my degree program. I hope that stops someday. Maybe I need therapy .

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

Nah, I'm done with structured education (other than learning things on my own).

Hell, I still have a nightmare every 6 or so months where I've failed a final exam and have to quit my degree program. I hope that stops someday. Maybe I need therapy .

Never goes away. I expect to take that one to the grave. It's kind of fun to wake up from it and realize, "Ahhh... Been there done that."

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

How about signing up for an on-line higher degree/certification program?

while that used to be fruitful, in talking to a number of higher-up people in a variety of fields, the return on investment barely breaks even unless one is in a minimum-wage job while doing it.

the rise in the cost of the for-profit college system has significantly changed the numbers on all of it.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spike021

I need something to occupy me when I'm at home and NOT working ._. Otherwise I'm stuck at home all day five days a week working with not enough non-work things to get me out of the mode.

But yeah we went back into "purple mode" or whatever last week.

Go check out the plastic modeling thread?