Introduction
The robot borg suggested that I post an introduction here, so why not. I'll try to keep it semi-brief. I'm from rural PA, love to cook, need to put up some new bookshelves, and I'm interested in way too many things. I don't have a coffee pot, I have a coffee urn that makes 3 quarts at a time and it's permanently stationed right next to my computer. At any given moment I have at least 7 books out from the two different libraries I have cards at. I have a sun allergy and a heat intolerance that gets worse by the year; this year it seems like 73-75 F is when I start to feel like I'm boiling. What a great thing to have in the era of climate change, eh?
I chose JFK as my picture because I had a grandmother and a step-grandmother that loved him just about as much as they loved god. The step-grandmother was a hardcore FDR Democrat. The grandmother, before she passed, would start complaining about Trump within 5 minutes of picking up the phone when you called her. Unfortunately she didn't live to see Joe actually take the oath, but she did live to see him win.
I guess an explanation of my username would be good. I happen to like typewriters (have my 1961 Royal Empress right next to me as we speak) and I was listening to this album, one of my favorite albums of all time, when I made the account. I mashed em both together into Axelrod's Typewriter. It sounded pretty damn cool. "Create account".
I'll end it like this: You ever put something on the grocery list, get in the store, forget why you put it on there, buy it anyway, and only later remember why you put it on there? I just had that moment. With a package of elbow macaroni. It's going into a pot of goulash.
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Jump right in a join the Lounge. Nice people here--friendly and funny. You might want to read the Lounge rules about what can and can't be posted. Enjoy yourself among the posters here. 
Great Intro. I think you will like it here.
PS, We have a cooking and baking forum here as well.
We're glad to have you with us! And I still remember the framed photo of JFK that my maternal grandmother had in her living room. She was an immigrant from Poland. 
