Your Guilty Pleasures

[kermitology]

• The OC
• Memoirs of a Geisha is a book I would recommend
• Most things with Hillary Duff in them
• Christina Aguilera's last album
• Emo
• Drinking apple juice.. I always feel like I'm 7
• I have so many star wars books it's sick
• Tom Clancy
• Star Wars x-wing and tie fighter collections.. I'm so sad cause I can't figure out how to make them run on my computer now
• watching Trading Spaces
• Picking out paint colours for a room

[MrMastodonFarm]

Gardening.

[Otto-matic]

Uhh

Playing computer games like Star Trek elite force


J.w is that Chris Cuthbert's daughter?

[Kobasew7]

Reality TV.

Horror movies.

[Pagal4321]

Reality TV, The OC, The Food Network(all the time), essentially anything Hilary Duff and that damn Newlyweds show, just reminds me of a friend I know.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by MrMastodonFarm@Aug 3 2004, 01:31 AM
Gardening.

Nothing weird or guilty about Gardening! I have grown gardens every year for a LONG time.....nothing like pulling a fresh Tomato off the vine...sprinkling a little salt and pepper on it and devouring it! If thats a Guilty pleasure sign me up!

[Flames89]

For some strange reason some part of me wants to see "13 going on 30"

Girl Next Door was a funny movie. Cuthbert was smokin' and it was pretty damn funny - they sold it too much as a teen romance movie, instead of a comedy.

Joe Schmo's are great - but I have missed too many episodes this season!

I visit gameFAQS site for the latest video game gossip.

I think that is enough to incriminate me for a while (especially number 1)

[Mr. Ski]

Originally posted by GerryCheevers+Aug 3 2004, 02:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GerryCheevers @ Aug 3 2004, 02:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-MrMastodonFarm@Aug 3 2004, 01:31 AM
Gardening.

Nothing weird or guilty about Gardening! I have grown gardens every year for a LONG time.....nothing like pulling a fresh Tomato off the vine...sprinkling a little salt and pepper on it and devouring it! If thats a Guilty pleasure sign me up! [/b][/quote]
I'm with you there. We have about ten big Roma plants growing in our back-yard right now. Awesome for bruchetta and spagetti sauce as well.

My other 'guilty' garden pleasure is growing my own hot peppers. I've got about a dozen varieties this year: Super Cayenne, Hot Banana, Pepper Fish, Tequila Sunrise, Portuguese Hot, Habanera, Scotch Bonnet, Hot Apple, Sorano, Tabasco, Red Torpedo, Cherry Bomb, etc. Friends think I'm nuts, but it's fun.

[Table 5]

Originally posted by kermitology@Aug 3 2004, 06:29 AM

• The OC
• Memoirs of a Geisha is a book I would recommend
• Most things with Hillary Duff in them
• Christina Aguilera's last album
• Emo
• Drinking apple juice.. I always feel like I'm 7
• I have so many star wars books it's sick
• Tom Clancy
• Star Wars x-wing and tie fighter collections.. I'm so sad cause I can't figure out how to make them run on my computer now
• watching Trading Spaces
• Picking out paint colours for a room

you forgot to admit that your the worlds biggest Wilco fan.

[BerubeHater]

Originally posted by Pagal4321@Aug 3 2004, 01:50 PM
that damn Newlyweds show

For some reason I can't stop watching that show, sigh.

[troutman]

Originally posted by Mr. Ski+Aug 3 2004, 04:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mr. Ski @ Aug 3 2004, 04:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Nothing weird or guilty about Gardening! I have grown gardens every year for a LONG time.....nothing like pulling a fresh Tomato off the vine...sprinkling a little salt and pepper on it and devouring it! If thats a Guilty pleasure sign me up!

I'm with you there. We have about ten big Roma plants growing in our back-yard right now. Awesome for bruchetta and spagetti sauce as well.

My other 'guilty' garden pleasure is growing my own hot peppers. I've got about a dozen varieties this year: Super Cayenne, Hot Banana, Pepper Fish, Tequila Sunrise, Portuguese Hot, Habanera, Scotch Bonnet, Hot Apple, Sorano, Tabasco, Red Torpedo, Cherry Bomb, etc. Friends think I'm nuts, but it's fun. [/b][/quote]
I tried to grow some hot peppers this year in my south facing backyard. They were started inside and transplanted in late May. None of the plants are doing well. What is the secret of your success? Do you have a greenhouse? Is it possible to grow hot peppers outside in the Calgary climate? Our tomatoes do fine.

[octothorp]

Gilbert and Sullivan operas. This one is a doubly embarassing. Most of my friends think I'm nuts (and possibly gay) because I enjoy the opera. But even serious opera enthusiasts look down on me when I mention that I'm fond of The Mikado.

[kermitology]

Originally posted by Table 5@Aug 3 2004, 10:57 AM
you forgot to admit that your the worlds biggest Wilco fan.

SPIT!

[Mr. Ski]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 3 2004, 05:17 PM
I tried to grow some hot peppers this year in my south facing backyard. They were started inside and transplanted in late May. None of the plants are doing well. What is the secret of your success? Do you have a greenhouse? Is it possible to grow hot peppers outside in the Calgary climate? Our tomatoes do fine.

We usually start ours in a small floorstanding greenhouse we have shortly after Christmas / New Years. I tend to plant them four per pot (four inch pots) in the beginning and transplant them shortly after they get their second or third set of leaves into individual pots (again around four inch). I keep them inside and well watered -- moist, but not swimming -- until about the May long weekend, giving them tomato fertilizer every second watering or so at 1/2 strength. By the time they go out they're about 8 inches tall and getting their first flowers.

Here's my one secret: When it's time to go outside we transplant them into large black plastic patio planter boxes we picked up at Golden Acre a few years back -- inexpensive and nice looking; about $6 each. The pots are square and about two feet on a side, and about the same height.

I've had some sucess with peppers directly in the garden (where the tomatos are doing great) but have since found out that growing them above ground in a black container allows the roots to get nice and warm during the day and stay a lot warmer at night which helps them to grow quite big and yield a lot of fruit. It's not unusual for us to have 30 or more peppers per plant of the smaller varieties.

Other than that, I stake them when they get over a foot tall to shield them against getting broken off in the wind, and continue the fertilizer routine all summer long.

Interesting to note as well: Pepper plants are actually perenials and can be brought in for the winter and produce fruit all year round with enough light. We bring a few in each fall and situate them under a small grow light on a timer.

My other advice if you're starting your own from seed is to make sure you have good quality new seeds. Older ones will often germinate, but produce less satisfactory results.

[Krackt420]

ooooh Good thread Jiri...

I guess, as it turns out, we're all a bunch of weirdos

I have a loooong list of fetishes and weird quirks...I'll give you but a few.

-Msg boards...hehe..I believe we are all guilty as charged as far as this one's concerned.

-Just for Laughs..I'm addicted..I've seen several episodes from the 80's and early 90's like a million times each and still manage to laugh at punchlines I've heard a thousand times.

-Movie popcorn. It's just dangerous for them to offer me free refills on those giant ass buckets. They've had to cut me off before...

-The Sims on Playstation 2. I'm not sure entirely what the allure to this game is..but there was a time when I'd play it into the wee hours of the night, waiting on bated breath for my Sim to get promoted...or make out with the Sim next door...whatever happened first

[ChipOne]

Abba...and not the original. i love Abba Teens. especially 'take a chance on me'.

almost anything from Weird Al turns my crank. the guy is a lyrical genius.

curling. i have no idea what it is that draws me to this sport. it seems like no one i know or socialize with likes or even follows the sport, much less plays it. more people in Canada play organized curling than hockey, yet for some reason i am embarassed to admit it among peers.

microsoft. i am the world's biggest MS fan. you can't top me. i take what they say as biblical in validity and propogate their wares to as many people as i can. case in point: i have stopped no fewer than half a dozen people from buying a PS2 and convinced them instead to buy an Xbox. i didn't know these people. they didn't ask me for help. they were innocent bystandards in EB and i was on the attack.

running things through my fingers. there isn't a piece of fabric safe in any clothing store when i'm around. my wife had to get used to her hair falling victim to me for eternity when she said 'i do'.

clicking pens on my eyeball (eyelids shut of course). of course, this is no where near as weird as my friend -- who had to be hospitalized -- who was dying to know what a papercut on the eye felt like.

vanilla ice cream. if i ever go out for lunch or supper i almost have to have it. it, at times, becomes the criteria for restaurant selection as not all restaurants have it.

super-sizing and going for the meal. if i just feel like a cheeseburger, i can't convince myself to leave the rest out. have to do it.

super 7. although i have never won and likely never will, i justify this weekly expenditure with the fact that if i don't buy it, i CAN'T ever win.

[Krackt420]

Originally posted by ChipOne@Aug 3 2004, 06:43 PM

clicking pens on my eyeball (eyelids shut of course). of course, this is no where near as weird as my friend -- who had to be hospitalized -- who was dying to know what a papercut on the eye felt like.

LMAO I thought I was the only weirdo who did this. I do it when I'm bored, or pensive. There's nothing quite like poking your eyes with a clicky pen to get the ol' brain juices flowing.

I click pens all the time on any available surface really. My boss has actually made clicky pens contraband where I'm concerned......I have a secret stash..I click them quietly when she's not looking.

I have a really bad chewing problem, pens, pen lids, those little caps on the end of your pen that you can pop out if you chew hard enough.....pop bottle lids....anything that's remotely pliable. I think I must be still teething...at 21...I know...it's sad.

*hangs her head in shame*

[photon]

Trading Spaces and Robot Wars

[troutman]

Originally posted by Mr. Ski+Aug 3 2004, 05:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mr. Ski @ Aug 3 2004, 05:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-troutman@Aug 3 2004, 05:17 PM
I tried to grow some hot peppers this year in my south facing backyard. They were started inside and transplanted in late May. None of the plants are doing well. What is the secret of your success? Do you have a greenhouse? Is it possible to grow hot peppers outside in the Calgary climate? Our tomatoes do fine.

We usually start ours in a small floorstanding greenhouse we have shortly after Christmas / New Years. I tend to plant them four per pot (four inch pots) in the beginning and transplant them shortly after they get their second or third set of leaves into individual pots (again around four inch). I keep them inside and well watered -- moist, but not swimming -- until about the May long weekend, giving them tomato fertilizer every second watering or so at 1/2 strength. By the time they go out they're about 8 inches tall and getting their first flowers.

Here's my one secret: When it's time to go outside we transplant them into large black plastic patio planter boxes we picked up at Golden Acre a few years back -- inexpensive and nice looking; about $6 each. The pots are square and about two feet on a side, and about the same height.

I've had some sucess with peppers directly in the garden (where the tomatos are doing great) but have since found out that growing them above ground in a black container allows the roots to get nice and warm during the day and stay a lot warmer at night which helps them to grow quite big and yield a lot of fruit. It's not unusual for us to have 30 or more peppers per plant of the smaller varieties.

Other than that, I stake them when they get over a foot tall to shield them against getting broken off in the wind, and continue the fertilizer routine all summer long.

Interesting to note as well: Pepper plants are actually perenials and can be brought in for the winter and produce fruit all year round with enough light. We bring a few in each fall and situate them under a small grow light on a timer.

My other advice if you're starting your own from seed is to make sure you have good quality new seeds. Older ones will often germinate, but produce less satisfactory results. [/b][/quote]
Thank you for the info. I will print out your advice andl try again next year. It would be great to make my own Red Hot sauces!

http://www.pepperjoe.com/

http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/index.php3

http://ushotstuff.com/

[snowdude]

You all scare me..... :P