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#1 2011-09-13 13:26:16

Magpie
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From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
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QM - The Pantry

It's small, but cosy - and small is all right, there's never much of a crowd these days anyway!
Cushions cover the floors and some of the shelves. The rest is filled with bags of flour, sugar, pasta, rice... baskets of potatoes and onions... jars of jam, pickles, preserves... and of course bottles of every drink you could wish for! And there might be some full cookie tins up on the high shelves - climb up and check!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#2 2011-09-14 04:36:23

Genisis X
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From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12422
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Re: QM - The Pantry

*jumps down from the top shelf*

Maen minters! I'm in luang pabang now which is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen.

*leaves huggle traps on top of the oreos*

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#3 2011-09-14 09:01:50

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42262

Re: QM - The Pantry

Oreos? *perk*


Someday will find you.

 

#4 2011-09-14 12:53:23

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Note to self: not even tomato-obsessed people like me should try to eat 1 kg of them in one go.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#5 2011-09-14 14:51:00

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
Mantis
From: the lowlands
Registered: 2006-03-29
Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The Pantry

*drops in for a quick hi-bye huggle attack*

Hi!

Huggle-attack

Bye!

(workness crazy month-end, quarter-end and year-end, working from 8 up at 6 back home at 7 no time, need sleep, need book, need quiet, will be back, weekend almost there...)


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#6 2011-09-14 15:08:06

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

*throws some belated huggles after the Libra*


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#7 2011-09-15 01:34:49

ylvs
Mantis
From: On the sunny side of life
Registered: 2001-06-19
Posts: 5024

Re: QM - The Pantry

Maen Mint,

autumn is upon us. Had to wear my winter coat and gloves riding to work and now the sun is heating up the air so I'll long for a Tshirt ridning home ...


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#8 2011-09-15 03:39:17

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12422
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Magpie wrote:

Note to self: not even tomato-obsessed people like me should try to eat 1 kg of them in one go.

I found this out as well. Mmmmmm... tomatoes.... *drool*

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#9 2011-09-15 11:22:58

Sahi
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From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37875
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Fortunately, or actually mostly sadly, my tomato plants never yield more than a handful at a time. So I've never tried a kilo. Nor do I plan to.

*climbs up to the top shelf to find those cookies*


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#10 2011-09-15 11:56:05

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

*curls up on a pillow-covered shelf*

Long day... went on an excursion with my boss today, to a sort of balcony plants exhibition, and came home very late (and with two new plants. Oops.) then cleaned a window (I'm trying to do one a day, it's high time!) and picked up my bike from the train station (my boss dropped me and my plants off at home)... now, finally, time to sit down.
The funny thing is, much of the day was spent sitting in the car, but I'm still really tired!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#11 2011-09-15 17:11:47

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42262

Re: QM - The Pantry

[Open letter to my clients]

Stop yelling at me!!! It is not my fault!!! I'm trying to help.


Someday will find you.

 

#12 2011-09-15 17:12:34

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42262

Re: QM - The Pantry

*acquires Oreos and a large bottle of GG, with bendy straws*

*hides*


Someday will find you.

 

#13 2011-09-16 02:33:13

ylvs
Mantis
From: On the sunny side of life
Registered: 2001-06-19
Posts: 5024

Re: QM - The Pantry

On autumns heels follows the army of viruses ... caught my first cold this season.


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#14 2011-09-16 02:37:41

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12422
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

I've got more diseases and infections than I can count at the moment. Asia is horrendous for that I have discovered. It takes forever for things to heal here.

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#15 2011-09-16 04:14:16

ylvs
Mantis
From: On the sunny side of life
Registered: 2001-06-19
Posts: 5024

Re: QM - The Pantry

OK Genisis, I stop complaining!


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#16 2011-09-16 12:14:48

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Cutting more apples to dry while I wait for my dinner to get done. I'm huuuungry!


Funny thing at work today. Two customers come up, an elderly couple looking for some pansies, and talking to them, the wife's voice sounded more and more familiar. I eventually asked her, and it was indeed my old History teacher!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#17 2011-09-16 14:06:35

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42262

Re: QM - The Pantry

GAH!!!! *falls over*


Someday will find you.

 

#18 2011-09-16 15:22:04

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

*picks Em up*

*curls up on some pillows again*


I thought I'd bake another apple pie tonight (got a new recipe to try out), but I'm too tired. No point in going to bed yet, though, the dehydrator is still on.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#19 2011-09-16 19:01:52

PeterJW
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Registered: 2008-01-19
Posts: 425

Re: QM - The Pantry

This weekend is the last formal, official weekend of the Summer of 2011.  The Autumn of 2011 officially begins next Friday.  Just a small observation.

 

#20 2011-09-17 00:03:40

Sahi
Mantis
From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37875
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Yeah, I'm going to do my autumn gardening today.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#21 2011-09-17 04:29:02

ylvs
Mantis
From: On the sunny side of life
Registered: 2001-06-19
Posts: 5024

Re: QM - The Pantry

But the weather does not obey to official seasons anymore ... I expect a long and hot october.


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#22 2011-09-18 01:52:04

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12422
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

More pictures of prettyness

These are from Luang Prabang which is my favourite city in asia so far. It's clean, beautiful, the people are lovely, the coffee is good, the food is better and there's a fair bit of stuff to do around there.

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#23 2011-09-18 02:14:04

Sahi
Mantis
From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37875
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

*curls up on the top shelf again* Trying to loose some weight before the holiday, so virtual cookies are all I can have at the moment.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#24 2011-09-18 05:45:45

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19909
Website

Re: QM - The Pantry

Went on a little hike with my best friend yesterday... a "little" tired today. I thought for a while I'd bike out to the garden show, but I suppose there'll still be enough time next weekend. The weather isn't looking too great, and I should be cleaning anyway.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#25 2011-09-18 06:46:36

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42262

Re: QM - The Pantry

Dealing with unhappy peoples is bringing me down.

Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day -- so brush off those arrrrrrr's!


Someday will find you.

 

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