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1. Drawar
2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

And no I'm not talking about an iMac cake or anything. I mean green apples. ;)

I've been a member for a bit and it's an 'odd' service.

I guess since I'm not seriously looking to do anything but check it out, it doesn't seem to click with me :)

For others it's strangely addictive and fun. ;)

RightOn, what do you mean by "odd"? Just looking at the site I'm not exactly sure what it does besides people bidding on you (I think).

I mean it's like a Match.com thing, right?

An invite-only dating service? That doesn't seem to make much sense to me... online dating works so well because of the sheer number of options. By making it so "exclusive," my guess is that it will encounter some problems. I may be wrong, though.

Call me old, but it's just a 'flirting' site with a TON of eye candy, and not to mention it's invite only.

I find that a bit... odd ;)

Tyme is partially right. You earn points interacting with the site (answering questions about yourself, filling in your profile). You then create a 'game' that people bid on (for your attention). The game lasts (at the most) 3 days and people can continue to bid.

At the end, the game creator can pick one of the people from the top 5 bidders to be 'in contact with'. This means you're then allowed to send them a message and even call them (without knowing their number).

So, you can't just randomly meet and talk to anyone you want. You play others' games and create your own.

Erin, it's in beta. Hence exclusivity...

I don't see why they call it a "game" when they just want you to toss points at someone.

Games usually involve "fun" things ;)

So what are the "games"? Give me an example of one.

Let's say I search around and I see a guy I want to meet. He has a game (whatever that is) and I throw points at it (I hope that's right). If I make sure I'm the top bidder, does he have to pick me? By being the highest bidder does that guarantee me some contact?

I have trouble even remembering the whole URL. :)

@Devin: I realize it's in beta, but to quote from the site, "We are currently invite only, and probably always will be."

@Tyme: It's just a Q/A thing. I make a game like 'What would we do on a first date?' or 'Name your favorite 1990s rock band'. You have limited space to type a response (maybe 50 characters) so it's nothing complex.

Like I said, the person has to pick from the top 5. Being #1 guarantees nothing. Only the possibility they will choose you over the other 4 (this time).

@estarla: iilwy.com ;)

@ErinR: Right, but, as we can see, it's not hard to find an invite if you really want to be on it. Hehe..

So essentially this is the online edition of Tyme's offline life?

Did you ever get a recipe?

@Devin: if I'm not chosen do I get my points back (that would be too easy)?

@Scrivs: Haha, good one except I pick the best one out of the 5. Whether the guy believes it...but the site takes care of that by notifying the winner he/she was picked.

So what if you're in a relationship, married, interested in someone, etc....is there something to do other than flirt?

sliced + peanut butter

baked with cinnamon - whipped cream on top.

Simple is best.

Haha, both good recipes. Feel free to email devin at devin reams dot com.

@Scrivs: Yeah, I figure this saves her the hassle of getting up.

@Tyme: I admit I don't know exactly how it works. You get some back but you also loose some for not being picked.. or something like that.

I'm in a relationship and it's still fun to just browse and come up with clever responses. I'm sure my girlfriend loves giving guys false hope, too. ;)

I'd like an invite please!

Apple Pie by Grandma Ople

INGREDIENTS
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.

Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.

Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.

... and you still have 2 apples to spare.

email: itastelikepeppermint at gmail.com

me too, please!

Apple Dumplings, by 3 Oaks County Bed & Breakfast

Wrapped Apples
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 can (8-oz. crescent dinner rolls
1 large apple, peeled, cut into 8 slices

Sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 Tablespoon Almond extract
1 egg

Topping
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Cinnamon

Heat oven to 375 degrees. In small bowl, mix 2 Tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and set aside. Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over each; gently press in, flattening each triangle slightly.

Place apple slice on shortest side of each triangle; tuck in dough edges around apple slice. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling to opposite side; seal all seams. In a 9-inch glass baking dish or pie dish, place long side of 7 filled rolls, point side down, around outside edge of dish; place 1 in center. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove partially baked rolls from oven. In small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients with wire whisk until well blended; spoon evenly over rolls. Sprinkle with almonds an cinnamon. Return to oven; bake 13 to 18 minutes longer or until deep golden brown, covering with foil during last 5 minutes of baking if necessary to prevent excessive browning. Serve warm. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

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Thanks for the recipes!

Shoot me a message here on 9rules with your first/last names and email address and I'll get it to you.

Actually, here are a few:

http://www.iminlikewithyou.com?invite_code=NQTN
http://www.iminlikewithyou.com?invite_code=ECBT
http://www.iminlikewithyou.com?invite_code=JSYC
http://www.iminlikewithyou.com?invite_code=QARX

Too bad I have more lovers than I can handle. Not sure I could take on any more. :P

Oh wait... would it be likers?

Is likers going to be a web 2.0 word?

Arg! A new buzzword!

It's not that I don't like you alisa, I'm just not in like with you. ;)

Apple Volcanoes

For apples:
32 Washington apples
1 1/2 cups butter, unsalted
2 cups caramel sauce, prepared

For crisps:
36, 8-inch flour tortillas
Vegetable oil for deep frying, as needed
1 cup cinnamon-sugar

For garnish:
6 cups Caramel sauce,prepared
3 qts. vanilla ice cream
24 mint leaves, fresh

1.) Prepare apples:
peel, core and cut apples into one half inch wedges. Saute apples in hot butter until soft and beginning to brown. Remove apples to large bowl and stir in 16 oz. caramel sauce; set aside.

2.) Prepare crisps:
cut tortillas into eight triangles. Deep fry tortilla triangles until crisp and barely golden; drain well; sprinkle and toss with cinnamon-sugar just to coat well; set aside.

3.) To assemble desserts:
at service, place about 12 tortilla triangles on a serving platter; arrange 1 cup warm apple caramel mixture over and around tortillas; top with ice cream and drizzle with 1/4 cup caramel sauce. Garnish with mint leaf.
Individual serving: 1 cup apple-caramel mixture; 12 tortilla triangles; 1/2 cup ice cream; 1/4 cup caramel sauce.

The website for anything apple recipes is:

http://www.bestapples.com/

The absurdity of the URL name + everything you've mentioned makes it seem pretty cool to me, and I hate social networking sites (wait, is 9Rules a social networking site!?!?!?) and even more, I have utterly no need for a dating site (I'm a twice divorced eunuch happily married to 13 women and living on the moon.)

Here's my best apple recipe (no invite required, consider it a freebie):

Ingredients

One apple
Tap water dispenser
Teeth

Mix all of the above together and enjoy.

looks nice...

Discovered this site yesterday, that only lets you in if you're pretty enough.

mooiemensen.com - beautiful people - site in Dutch only :-(

You send a couple pix and the team decide whether you'll do.

Talk about exclusive. We need something like that :-D

@Nils that site looks scary AND it's a paid dating site. Ouch! I am glad I look too plain for that site :)

It's nuts isn't it? Thing is, what's "beautiful"? I think most of those broads on there look like Rumanian hookers.

Or something like that :-)

Guys don't seem that awesome either, but what do I know.

Nils, now that's cutting to the chase. :)