The Heidi Bowl etc

[lesliepear]

Heard on Q-104 tonight while going to the doctor's office. (nasal stuff, I'm ok):

40 years ago today was the famous Jets/Raiders Heidi Bowl Game where NBC cutaway from the game with 2 minutes left to show the movie Heidi. After the cutaway, the Raiders scored two touchdowns and went on to win! The story that was being told (which involved a station engineer's father) was that there were so many phone calls protesting the decision that the Bell telephone switchboards couldn't handle it - short ciruiting). So no one could put the game back on until someone personally went to 30 Rockefeller Center and told them about it - but it was too late!

In 2008, people would have simply been texting and e-mailing NBC while trying to find the game on the internet (and being annoyed about not being able to use their huge, fancy HD TV's to see it!

Time Warner did come by today and hook up my TV. They claimed I had to set something on the box to get the sound to work. Suprisingly the tech on the phone didn't tell me that (nor do they give you instructions with the box). I did manage to get 1 month free as a credit. I do hope however when 2009 comes around that I won't have do go up to channel 700 to find the real HD broadcasts for the local channels, it's confusing.

My call with India went fine and I was able to help them. But from what I've seen of the issue I was helping them with, I think it would be faster to call in a programmer and debug it rather than waste more customer service time reproducing it. (I was a programmer in a long ago life...sometimes I wonder if I could do it still.)

I've got a few things I'm looking for lately that I can't find or don't have time to find:

• A dummy cigarette lighter for DH's car. I have one on mine (the 2004 Cavalier) that covers the cigarette (err accessory) outlet - so it does exist. I've also seen them with no smoking symbols. But autoparts stores and ebay haven't helped :(
  
• A key cover/cap. I have almost identical keys for both cars with black rubber tops. I was looking for one of those cap things so I can tell them apart on my key chain (unless I paint my top with pink nailpolish).

• Recipies for a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic friend - so I can make/have something for him to eat when he comes over.

• Snow boots for Alan (size 1, preferably black). They seem expensive in Target, can't find second hand ones (not much on eBay), and even though it's mid November, Walmart still doesn't have any althought they have lots of winter stuff like boots, hats, gloves, snow shovels etc.

Comments

[quiltingdragon.livejournal.com]

Our hardware store has the key covers... they also have key shirts, which are cool. They don't have them online, but maybe if you call they can tell you who carries them by you.
http://www.handymantruevalue.com/

I'll dig around and see if we still have the cookbook that the dietician gave us when Dad was diagnosed, several good recipes in there.

[alice-q.livejournal.com]

About your diabetic friend, just make enough dishes without starch and let him or her choose what to eat. (And, be aware that corn and carrots might count as starch.) If your friend is newly diagnosed, they'll just be feeling their way and thinking there isn't anything they can eat. They might totally freak at what I eat, because most dieticians would freak at how I control my blood sugar. If you have a nice green salad with dressing on the side, that would be great.

Whatever you do, don't buy any desserts labeled as "diabetic friendly". For the most part, they aren't, and they taste like crap. The flour is as much of a problem as the sugar is, and the most common sugar substitute in diet baked goods is something that has the potential to have a strong laxative effect. A good dessert would be berries with whipped cream on the side (I'd use the cream; your friend might not).

The best thing to do would be to go over some menu options with your friend and see what they think.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Thanks - my friend seems to be limited on his intake of fruit (1.5 banannas a day) - he's been eating fish/chicken/brocolli a lot. We made him a grilled chicken breast when he came over - just on an electric grill with italian seasoning on top.

[lunameow.livejournal.com]

Chicken rocks for it. My favorite's always been chicken in brown rice. I cheat when I do it by adding something like taco seasoning. Tasty stuff.

[asimplelife.livejournal.com]

Oh weird. I just got finished reading the Shirley Temple version of Heidi and then I read this!