I want to be underwhelmed - No Pumpkin 🎃Just Spice 🫚Edition

Where were we?

Don’t fall for cheap imitations.

Apple’s new phone operating system, iOS 17, drops today at 10 AM Pacific.

I'm returning the LapGear lap desk I ordered from Amazon. It's just not as comfortable as my old one. I'll drop it off at The UPS store tomorrow or the next day.

I’m typing on iOS 17 and I feel nothing different.

Actually, the OS is underlining certain words in blue. I have no idea why.

Grammar r6?

Apparently it’s Apple suggesting I’m using the word wrong.

I typed “Where’s me goddamned parrot?” in the Talk like a Pirate thread and Apple changed “goddamned” to “Goddard” (without asking) and underlined “parrot” in blue as if to suggest I couldn’t possibly mean to use the word.

Now it’s underlying “me” in the previous sentence.

Fuck you, Apple.

But it's correct in all of your examples, r8.

Perhaps you will feel better when it is no longer Talk Like a Pirate Day.

It may be technically correct, but I’m EXPRESSIVE.

I don’t want Apple second guessing me.

For some reason, it underlined “don’t” and “I’m” until I typed the next word. Why would it assume those are errors?

I’m becoming terribly anxious about R8’s device. I’m going to order a buffalo plaid blanket from Amazon and take to my couch, where I will remain until spring, at which time I probably won’t feel quite so whelmed.

Turn off the self-correcting thing, r8.

I’m trying to figure that out. I found 10 different “auto” keyboard settings. Not sure which one it is.

It’s tuna Fish, a shallot, a stalk of celery, mayo on Ritz crackers tonight.

I don’t have to cook, Yeah, Fuck cooking tonight.

I’ll try a corn chowder tomorrow. The recipe calls for bacon, but I’m doing chicken. This stomach is having fits with pork for some reason.

I don't work in real estate, but I work with real estate people (brokers, house flippers, property managers) for certain projects. Did anybody ever notice that real estate people love to get on the phone and call, even though we all know each others' e-mail addresses - and it's not urgent?

I'm old, so this is not a millennial or Gen Z thing about not wanting to talk on the phone.

Too bored to follow underwhelmed. Bye!

^ Our work here is done.

One doesn’t “follow” underwhelmed. One “wallows.”

I hate to complain, after all the hot and humid weather we had in the Summer, but I'M COLD!! It's 69 degrees in my house right now. Too warm to turn on the heat.

Go ahead and turn it on. You deserve it.

Put on a sweater. 69 IS too warm for heat.

I get Waterloo sparkling water at Costco, and I didn't realzie they change out the flavors for the different seasons.

This 24 pack features Spiced Apple sparkling water! I feel like I am drinking fizzy Febreze!

*^"...I didn't realize..."

[quote]This 24 pack features Spiced Apple sparkling water! I feel like I am drinking fizzy Febreze!

I would find this overwhelming. Throw it out. Or give cans away for Halloween.

Could have been worse.

That's why I don't like "variety packs" of things. There's always one flavor that's a clear favorite. The rest? Meh.

I’m already on my second can today, R24. I need to drink more water anyway, so choking these down as fast as I can should be a win-win!

I don’t like variety packs either. They give two decent flavors as bait, but packaged along with the worst-selling flavor to get rid of it.

Usually, I get the unflavored variety at Aldi, but I was too busy to make a special trip this week and now I’m paying the price.

I’ve consolidated my living space, and now have about 6 king size pillows I don’t need. Not sure how that happened

Can I donate? Or just throw them away?

Costco sells LaCroix variety packs with lemon, lime and grapefruit, but always twice as much lime as the other flavors. Life is so unfair.

No one wants your big, dirty pillows.

My dachshunds are empaths.

An animal shelter might want those pillows. Humans, no.

R19 here. Glad I didn't turn on the heat. It is now a comfortable 75 and sunny. Cos is enjoying the warm sun on his tummy.

r29 LaCroix Limoncello is the best flavor. Tastes (almost) like a cream soda of yore.

My dogs are my ❤️

I mowed the lawn today and it's the last time until next year.

My breakfast for Thursday morning is-

Organic Sprouted Oatmeal

Chia Seeds

Hemp Seeds

Ground Flax Seeds

Organic Fair Trade Cacao Powder

and

Two medium boiled VITAL eggs

What’s a VITAL egg?

Did you Instagram it and hashtag each product, R37?

What are functional mushrooms? The AG1 commercial always mentions them. I think I would prefer dysfunctional mushrooms.

Loving the 2 newly found Sheena Easton tracks found in the UK EMI vaults recorded during sessions for her 1982 album Madness, Money and Music. “Woman” and “The Lonely Stay Alone” should have been included on the release! At least they’re finally getting heard after 40 yrs on the brand new Deluxe Edition of M, M and M out 9/22/23.

The air outside my house is fresh smelling this evening. My dogs and I walked around my neighbor’s backyard then back into my yard.

Watching Kelly Clarkson right now on the Today Show. She looks much slimmer. Ozempic or the move to NY making her feel better?

Enjoying trolling a certain Boston chef today across a number of threads. He doesn’t just search for his name spelled correctly, but now searches for the DL’ized version of his name.

Hi Gerg!

Couldn't you troll him somewhere else r44?

You’re right R45… too exciting for an Underwhelmed thread. My apologies.

this is not the place for the Greg Wars.

But the OTHER thread would be fine.

Troll me anyplace you like.

But know that you will pay a price.

[quote] But know that you will pay a price.

Haha, what the hell is that supposed to mean?

Greg, I am not R44, but you are truly the biggest dork on this message board right now. You're a South End eldergay. You're are not striking fear into the heart of anyone, you are only making yourself look like more of a tool than you already do.

If you can't control your reactions to your detractors, that's one thing. But you are basically as bad as your detractors now, if not worse.

Just stop already. Christ.

R48.

please take it outside, guys

I noticed the skin on my heels was getting rough, so I sanded them off with my Dremel and they are smooth again.

Thanks, Dremel!

I am no longer whelmed.

United Airlines just extorted $37 from me to not be in a middle seat on a 5+ hour flight.

On the bright side, the app would not let me select a seat for the return flight, so I had to contact an agent who snagged me a window seat at no extra charge.

I'm ERECT 🍆

Why aren't you?

They know that when we are booking a flight we are price conscious and when we are getting ready to fly we are comfort conscious, so they have set it up to extract maximum fees. Bastards.

I made a Greek-type salad w/garbanzo beans, cucumbers, tomato, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, and vinaigrette.

I made Chef John's Moroccan harira. I highly recommend it. I used beef stew meat, not lamb. I made it with goat once but this is not the thread for that.

I heated up sloppy joes for dinner third day in a row, i am sick of sloppy joes.

R58, third day rule is that you may toss the rest as long as you have scrubbed the pot.

R54 3 times is a lot for me. I’m not 27 anymore.

My chickpeas are simmering on the stove. I'm making chickpea spread with them for my lunch tomorrow. I'm also making a NYT recipe for lasagna- they have many different recipes for lasagna. This one has carrots and portobello mushrooms.

My cat has decided to pee just outside the litter box. Thanks, doll.

At least it's not your bed.

I portioned out a pan of lasagne and gave 6 pieces to my landlord.

I like watching ABC This Week on Sunday mornings but I dislike it when Martha Raddiz hosts, like today. I much prefer Jonathan Karl.

I’ve turned on the heat. I try to make it to October, but not this year.

I’m so tired.

Lovin iPhone 15 pro

I've been watching videos of a couple who live in Germany.

They have to take turns with their neighbors cleaning the common areas of the apartment building they live in. I never heard of such a thing. Is it common in Germany or other countries?

In the US there are paid staff for larger buildings. For smaller buildings, if it’s a rental, it’s up to the landlord, but if it’s a small co-op or condo, the owners may divide up cleaning the common areas if they don’t want to pay for a superintendent

[quote] I've been watching videos of a couple who live in Germany.

I think I've watched that same YouTube channel. It's a hetero couple, the woman is from Vietnam & the man is from Germany.

Yes, r71, that's them!

I just watched another one where she compared Vietnamese workplace with German. Vietnamese immediately ask your age, want to be best friends and tell you not eat snacks because you are already chubby. Germans are like my age is none of your business, I came here to work not be besties, my work life and personal life are separate. I like the German workplace attitude!

Between having her checked for a UTI and having the rug cleaned, my cat’s little adventure has cost me $1,000. Thanks again, doll.

It's a mast year (raining acorns) in New England.

I am enjoying this….

Concord Grape Crystal Light

No, you may not offer me a hot toddy or a hot anything when it’s 85 degrees in Illinois.

My Dachshund is a total baby. He cannot stand to be more than 3 feet away from me.

I forgot to put air in my tires when I got gas today.

It’s an Autumnal 56% and I didn’t even think of making tea.

R66, I’m jealous. It is predicted to be104F where I live, tomorrow.

It’s 3:30 am and for some reason, I left my den lamp on, a blanket across the couch, and a full cup of tea on the table. The cat was fully settled into the blanket and didn’t take much notice of me.

It was such a serene setting, I hated to disturb it.

it's 5:39 am. I've been awake since 4 am. ugh.

I was contemplating the color gray.

Gray is a companion to beige and ecru.

Ecru will stab a bitch.

I become irrationally annoyed at Ryan Reynolds Mint Mobile commercials on YT.

Petco just sent me my regular delivery of cat food twice. It looks like they only charged me for one shipment. Last month’s shipment never arrived and they (eventually) sent out a replacement at no charge. Perhaps the missing package turned up?

Do I tell them?

I had got food from another source when the shipment didn’t arrive last month, so now I’m positively swimming in cat food.

[quote]I’m positively swimming in cat food

Pics please.

I fucking love Shelley Hack!

I bought some "natural" peanut butter. It was hard to stir, but I had inverted the jar for 2 days and that helped the process. It doesn't taste as good as Skippy creamy and I may just give up on PB. I don't even like it that much.

I bought a ATK recommended Cuisinart food processor on Amazon. 11 cup.

Amazon sent a different 8 cup model.

I returned it, was refunded, and bought the original I wanted from an Amazon affiliate.

The box was clearly a different 11 cup model but had an odd notice that if I was dissatisfied, text them at this number.

I texted them that AGAIN I did not get the.model I ordered. He quickly refunded my purchase and told me to keep the erroneously sent processor.

Whelmed.

I inherited my beloved grandma’s adorable shih-tzu this summer. I love her to pieces but Granny fed her chicken tenders every day and said she wouldn’t eat anything else. I thought she had spoiled her, and maybe she did, but it indeed seems to be the case that the little dog ONLY wants to eat chicken tenders.

R89, so, you got a free 11-cup Cuisinart?

r91, yes. I had to ask how to return it if I ordered the original for the third time and was told to keep it. The refund showed up on my bank statement three days later. And the weird replacement has one of those small inner bowls. I still like to get what I order in the first place, considering all the research I put into purchases.

OK, I get it, R92. I do a lot of research before buying things. You were smart to get an 11-cup instead of an 8-cup. The 11-cup can't really hold 11 cups of food.

I had an 11-cup Cuisinart and I'd still have to do 2 batches / bowls of stuff, sometimes, like when making salsa. (I tend to make a lot, if I'm going through the trouble of cooking / preparing food.)

I am a single guy who doesn't need a 14 cup food processor. In the unanticipated rare instance I need to do two hatches of anything, I will not mind.

And if I need to make bread, I have my 6qt KitchenAid Pro. The extra wide bowl is a joy.

I'm watching My Dinner With Andre on TCM right now and I'm bored. Is this a classic and, if so, why?

Hot Bench

My Dinner with Andre is probably very boring. Not sure why it's a classic.

Well, it's certainly underwhelming.

Nobody is forcing you to watch it, fool!

[quote]I'm watching My Dinner With Andre on TCM right now and I'm bored. Is this a classic and, if so, why?

One of the most overrated movies of the past 50 years. Siskel and Ebert went nuts over it, because they were both essentially idiots. And what a great cinematic innovation: Plant a camera in front of two talking heads droning on endlessly. Plus, Wallace Shawn is basically repulsive.

I was thinking about 2024. Paris Summer Olympics, US presidential election and excited that a total solar eclipse will be viewed over Northern New England in April.

I couldn't sleep half the night and finally just got up at 4:30 a.m. I turned on the computer, found out that McDonald's opened at 5 a.m. and I drove the 4 miles out there to get a sausage egg and biscuit meal. Yummy!

[quote]Nobody is forcing you to watch it, fool!

Please welcome to DataLounge, everyone's favorite aunt - Aunt Esther

a warm round of applause for Miss LaWanda Page!

Show us your tits LaWanda!

I got a voice mail claiming to be from a my bank’s “know your customer” program.

Hoax?

R103

“You think your face is such a prize. When it’s just a Brillo pad with eyes”.

R105, yes.

Just poured an extremely large glass of Crystal Light Fruit Punch with lots of crushed ice.

It's been a long week. September has been a long month.

I am defrosting the refrigerator in the shower stall.

This is not the day to buy gin, but it feels like it would be a fun way to fuck up plans

[quote]I am defrosting the refrigerator in the shower stall.

Pics please.

My cousin is going to the Harvest Festival today.

Advise him to watch out for children with corn, r112.

R112 why not WITH you?

Quebec wildfires have been sending hazy smoke to New England and it's closer to the surface this time. I wish they would control them up there.

R114, we live in different parts of the state.

R112 send your cousin this text message “hope you had a great day at the harvest festival. hope one of the fetival goers shows up at your house tonight and kills you”.

Wow, the entire eastern US is clear right now. New England will see sunny and 80s the next two days. I'm loving it.

It's October in New England. Temperatures should not be in the 80s. Such weather is not conducive to mug cradling.

Cradle a mug of iced tea and shut your yap.

My GOUT has returned so I've started taking a regimen of Naproxen Sodium

212 - two at breakfast time, one at lunchtime and two at dinnertime for five days.

I’m Molly Bitcher and this is it!

I don’t need you or you or anybody! FUCK YOU

You just need yer internets and yer weed.

r121 Gout is anything but underwhelming. Good luck.

I have insomnia and fucking scabies

R125- Thank you.

I’m tired and I just got up

Gout and scabies?

Coffee Mate Rice Krispies Treats Creamer is surprisingly good.

I only feel comfortable sharing this here because it's an anonymous forum. I wouldn't admit this to anyone in real life. As a matter of fact, I moved the jug behind some condiments last weekend so a friend wouldn't see it. I moved the half n half and more acceptable Coffee Mate Italian Sweet Creme to the forefront. He opted for the half n half.

My secret shame is that I browned my ground turkey in duck fat.

I made a red sauce for penne pasta with enough for lunch.

The chunk of parmesan cheese on top is not a happy accident. I put it there when I opened the new can of fake cheese.

[quote]I moved the jug behind some condiments last weekend

I hate the word "jug."

R132 that’s due to past trauma

Yeah, R121, sorry to hear about your gout. I hope it's better, now.

[quote]I hate the word "jug."

It is not my intention to agitate you, fellow DLer. If DL offered an "Edit" feature I would change it to "container" in the spirit of camaraderie. But DL doesn't, so I can't. I don't know what else to say except maybe put me on "Ignore" which seems drastic but would eliminate your discomfort.

R131 - I'm no cook, can you just buy a can of "duck fat" at the store?

R136, yes. It’s in the weird meats section of your grocery store OR it’s in the weird oils near lard.

My dog is snoring - it's kind of annoying.

I just learned that P.J. Soles' real name was Pamela Hardon.

[quote]My dog is snoring - it's kind of annoying.

Have you considered a CPAP device?

The Canada Geese migration started at the beginning of this week and there must be about a thousand that have landed on the lake so far. The good news is that these geese don't come up on land except for one group that did and the guy who lives a few houses down lit firecrackers and they skedaddled.

I'm having Bibigo mini pork & vegetable dumplings for lunch. They come in a big bag and the bags were BOGO recently so I'm stocked up for a while.

They also come in single serve trays with full size dumpling but those have been sold out for months as there was some kind of tik tok thing that made them famous and everyone went out and bought them and now they are nowhere to be found. The single serve come with a really good packet of dipping sauce. The big bag doesn't come with sauce so I had to make do with what I had on hand.

How weird, R142, I just had Bibigo mini Chicken and Vegetable dumplings not 20 minutes ago. I use black vinegar and Lao Gan Ma Chili Crisp for my dipping sauce.

r143, thanks for the dipping sauce idea. Just what I needed! I have chili crisp and can get black vinegar before I have them again.

[quote] The single serve come with a really good packet of dipping sauce. The big bag doesn't come with sauce so I had to make do with what I had on hand.

[quote] How weird, [R142], I just had Bibigo mini Chicken and Vegetable dumplings not 20 minutes ago. I use black vinegar and Lao Gan Ma Chili Crisp for my dipping sauce.

OMG, I was going to recommend Laoganma spicy chili crisp to R142, but I've recommended it in other threads and nobody was really interested.

I'm surprised that the packet sauce was good. I'm always wary of the premade sauces. Hence, I've got tons of condiments at home.

A guy was snoring outside the neighboring bank this morning. He was seated against a brick wall with an incredibly large (corgi sized for our uk folks) bag of yellowed popcorn between his knees.

Every time I entered or left the office I saw pigeons and crows dancing, plotting, and spying on that bag - asking him if he’d wake up to share.

Too bitchy? For a follow-up vet appointment

[quote]Hello Joanne. You sent a reminder of this appointment by text on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. Yesterday, you asked me to confirm this appointment by text, which I did. This was followed by by another text reminder yesterday. You then texted a reminder again this morning. Now a phone call requesting a call-back to confirm and another text message. I suggest you review your procedures as I suspect I'm not alone in finding these messages to be excessive.

BTW-- they charge you as a walk-in (extra $30) if you're more than 10 minutes late and $75 if you don't show.

I've been watching To Tell The Truth on YT. I enjoy the color Garry Moore years. Watched a 1971-episode yesterday that featured a handwriting expert who analyzed Richard Nixon's penmanship. Garry Moore made a crack about Peggy Cass being a Democrat. I no longer like Garry Moore. Not that it matters at this point since he's been dead for over 20 years.

TOO SOON!

I was just talking to my next door neighbor and he told me that he and his wife are getting divorced. She wants to sell the house and split the proceeds and he doesn't want to but it looks like he'll have to. Shit, they have been great neighbors and who knows who will live there next.

I’m all upset because I have a pimple.

I’m watching Cristina Raines’ acting at the beginning of “Sentinel” and (I’ve seen this movie before) she deserves everything that’s about to happen to her.

I have a migraine that won’t leave despite Nurtec

Saturday night so far: I just ate salmon and now I’m going to clean the bathroom.

R154- You are NOT located in North America I presume.

I'm quite fatigued, therefore I'm going to go upstairs soon and take a DELICOUS nap.

The Queen of Denmark gives me the creeps.

[quote] My dog is snoring - it's kind of annoying.

[quote] Have you considered a CPAP device?

No. I decided to drown her.

I like to eat dried fruit once or twice a week for breakfast along with my regular fruit. I rehydrate the dried fruit in a small bowl of water before consuming eat- dried apricots, dried plums, dried cherries, dried figs, dried dates.

Drowning can be very stressful for a dog.

Not funny.

[quote] Drowning can be very stressful for a dog.

Not if you do it while speaking in an encouraging high-pitched voice.

[quote] I like to eat dried fruit once or twice a week for breakfast along with my regular fruit. I rehydrate the dried fruit in a small bowl of water before consuming eat- dried apricots, dried plums, dried cherries, dried figs, dried dates.

I like the texture of dried fruits (chewy) & I like the concentrated flavor. Not sure I'd like to rehydrate them. E.g., I don't like how raisins get all plumped up in carrot cake. Rather just eat grapes.

Interesting. R158 and r162 seemed so out of place on this thread and yet so familiar that I decided to ignoredar them - and it's Greg, our recipe/cooking poster. Now he's posting here, unsigned, claiming he drowned his dog?

That seems a *little* whelming. I wonder why he did that. It almost seems like trolling behavior.

Back to whelmed. I potted up some of my peppers to bring indoors for overwintering.

[quote]Interesting. [R158] and [R162] seemed so out of place on this thread and yet so familiar that I decided to ignoredar them - and it's Greg, our recipe/cooking poster. Now he's posting here, unsigned, claiming he drowned his dog?

How depressing. I'd been a Greg defender.

I thought it was amusing.

And it was a joke. I love animals.

And I didn’t post that using my name because every time I do, I’m accused of hijacking a thread. Just thought I’d avoid that. But R164, wants to make it about me.

You can’t have it both ways.

[quote]Drowning can be very stressful for a dog.

[quote]Not if you do it while speaking in an encouraging high-pitched voice.

[quote]I thought it was amusing. And it was a joke.

Yes, because the image of someone holding a dog underwater while speaking to it lovingly as it drowns is hilarious and not at all creepy. - never mind pretty damn wheming.

I was actually fairly kind to you in my original post outing you, but now I'll be blunt - face it, Greg, you forgot to switch accounts and got caught trolling, in this, of all threads.

[quote]But [R164], wants to make it about me.

Not at all. I just want people like r165 to see you as you really are.

There really is no way to talk your way out of this one. The fact that you found a joke about drowning a dog amusing - and even doubled down on it - is telling. It is a sick and unfunny joke and absolutely did not belong in this thread.

Thank you, R164/R168.

R163- I don't eat raisins( dried grapes) with the other dried fruit. One day I decided to rehydrate the dried fruit just for the hell of it. I definitely enjoyed it better this way.

I’m sorry, R168, but you are wrong.

[quote] I was actually fairly kind to you in my original post outing you, but now I'll be blunt - face it, Greg, you forgot to switch accounts and got caught trolling, in this, of all threads.

I have no other accounts. None. As I said, I simply didn’t sign the post, which is my right. No forgetting at all.

I can post without using my signature and it is not trolling.

What kind of nasturtiums?

R169, you’re welcome.

I just LOVE to watch Gerg dancing as fast as he can.

[quote]I have no other accounts. None. As I said, I simply didn’t sign the post, which is my right. No forgetting at all.

Ok, Greg. I'm willing to believe that. In that case, you are freely admitting that you find a joke about drowning a dog "amusing", and that you deliberately posted that provocative image in a thread dedicated "whelming". That's actually worse.

If that isn't trolling, you definitely misunderstood the assignment of this thread, variations of which have been around for years. No worries, then: why don't you just move along, please? Your sense of humor isn't really appropriate in this thread.

You're welcome and thank you, r169. Notice how r172 tried to change the narrative by pretending you thanked *him*. More troll behavior. Next up will be him saying that this is DL, and I need to toughen up - but this is decidedly the wrong thread for that argument, so it would be silly to try it here.

Now that more people know about his true nature (and sick sense of humor), enough about him! Let's go back to being whelmed!

R170, I love grapes, but have never really cared for raisons. I love craisions, but don't much care for cranberries in any other form. I don't love fresh mangos, but enjoy them dried.

I think that's a little weird, but it's definitely whelming.

That's what we're here for, isn't it?

The whelm of it all?

[Bleeeeeeeet!!!]

(Ref’s whistle).

Take it outside.

Will do, r1735! I considered my posts a series of PSAs but I'm done now.

...and "oh, dearing" myself at R174.

Replace all "whelmed" and its cognates with "underwhelmed". Mea culpa!

I'm trying to decide whether to bring in a lemon tree as well as the peppers. It's pretty small and isn't looking great. I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.

Did you fart?

I’ll smoke my Virginia Slims wherever I want!

Smell the air

[quote] Ok, Greg. I'm willing to believe that.

Whew.

How many chicken nuggets can I eat without a smoke break?

[quote] In that case, you are freely admitting that you find a joke about drowning a dog "amusing", and that you deliberately posted that provocative image in a thread dedicated "whelming". That's actually worse.

I found my comment amusing, yes.

On a site where posters routinely make jokes about dead children and how attractive or unattractive they are, you shouldn’t be scandalized by my ironic comment about a dog.

And the thread is dedicated to underwhelming, not whelming.

That is all.

Thank the gods there is another underwhelmed thread now that this one is pervaded by the DL's latest stench.

happy columbus day 2023

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

I certainly hope that R174 isn’t too whelmed today.

He seems to possess a very delicate nature when it comes to being whelmed.

Happy Monday fool

Yes, Happy Monday.

[quote]Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day.

Go take a bath!

I thought my cat was constipated, but she was just letting me know how she feels about her cone of shame. On the floor in the basement.

Tomorrow it's your bed.

Her arthritis protects me there, though she just got a shot that’s supposed to help.

I’ve had a twitch under my right eye I since I woke up today. It’s very annoying.

OMG, I'm watching the "Teresa marries Louie" episode of RHoNJ right now on Bravo. The post-nuptial kiss between them is the very definition of underwhelmed. I think she married Louie just to stay on the show.

Just drank 2 cans of poison. Coke Zero

I think 🤔 I’m going to buy an upscale slightly expensive fruitcake for Christmas 🎄

Just stepped into some dog piss

[quote]Just drank 2 cans of poison. Coke Zero

It's a slow-acting poison, so why worry about it now? You could easily get run over by a truck before some Coke Zero up and kills you.

What's the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero? I don't get it.

My microwave is cooking hotter than it used too.

R200, Diet Coke is sweetened with aspartame. Coke Zero is sweetened with sucralose.

In all my years here I've never clicked on "The Gays and Tennis" thread.

I think our Tony Stewart fan died

R203, it's a very interesting thread.

Something to talk about by Bonnie Raitt

OP- Since you mentioned PUMPKIN in the title of this thread I thought our fellow dataloungers might enjoy this video of a pioneer woman preparing a pumpkin pie from 1796 ca.

This video will underwhelm in a good way.

They had pretty good video cameras in 1796.

Speaking of seeds, I washed a few cantaloupe seeds into my kitchen sink drain yesterday and they sprouted!

I thought yesterday was Thursday but it turns out that today is actually Thursday. I'm having two Thursdays this week which makes for a very long work week in my distorted reality.

It’s not just you r210. I tried to check in for todays doctor appointment yesterday.

You think you've had a long week? My cat's been in a cone of shame because she scratched her eye. For some reason she hates eye drops and fights like a Tasmanian devil (except when the vet puts them in and she's an angel). I have to sedate her to put them in. I feared she was dehydrated and constipated because of the sedative, but she was just registering her displeasure on the basement floor. At least she spared the rugs.

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I’ll be sure to get right back to them.

[quote] How many chicken nuggets can I eat without a smoke break?

Regular or Extra Spicy?

One hand clapping

I just got back from a birthday lunch. I opened a bottle of Prosecco even though I still have two hours left in my workday.

It's 5:17pm therefore it's time for me to go upstairs now and take a delicious nap 😴,

Tomorrow, I shall attempt to shampoo a cat.

I assume the cat is gonna get all your things.

Aldi bought all the Winn Dixie supermarkets in the South.

Good luck r218. My elderly cat loved a warm bath towards the end. Plus he had gone deaf by then so let me blow dry him. I think the warmth felt good on his old arthritic bones.

It physically hurts to watch glee youtube clips of Santana. RIP Naya

My watch told me to stand for one minute while i was on the toilet. I said,”no”

I hate a bossy watch.

About six months ago I was trying to wean myself off my morning Coffee Mate flavored creamer with all the crap ingredients. I bought the Natural Bliss version that I had used in the past which has minimal ingredients/no chemicals. When I got it home I happened to glance at the ingredients list which I didn't do in the store as I was familiar with the product and saw the ingredients had changed. No longer just a couple of ingredients, it had changed to longer list with all kinds of preservatives. I was pissed, went online to look at reviews, tons of complaints about the change and suggesting everyone email the company and complain. I emailed my "disappointment" and got the standard "we are so sorry and will pass the information along to our team" response.

Fast forward to last week and I receive a letter from Nestle informing me they listened to the consumer and have returned to their original four ingredient "natural" formulation. Enclosed please find a coupon for a free large bottle value up to $6.99. Nice! I trot on over to supermarket yesterday, double check the ingredients list of the Natural Bliss before I put it in my cart and it is in fact back to only four ingredients. But the best part was that it was BOGO. So with the coupon I got not one but two free bottles. It was a happy little feeling, I must say.

I discovered I’m not dying of ass cancer, so I’m going to torture my mind with silly metrics from a watch. I didn’t expect it to have ideas. I just want to know if it thinks jerking off is exercise and perhaps figure out a way to restore mass to my thighs.

R226 do you suffer from curious thirst (alcoholism)?

R227, it’s also been fun. We’re not here to overwhelm. These things do balance. Ebb and flow and all that.

If I could see the sum of the I in me, the total total of the we. What would the total be?

We're here to be underwhelmed, not bored to death.

I turn 65 next month. I should have saved all the Medicare Advantage plan advertisements and burned them for heat this winter. From that mail pile, I could also have dined out on steak at all the local fancy steakhouses for free for months, if I was willing to listen to all the retirement seminars. Perhaps this is all a scheme to reduce the older population by inundating to death.

Speaking of watches why do some women wear these large faced watches?! I met up with a friend from high-school, a lesbian , she had on the most gigantic faced watch. I thought it was a thing of the past, you know, lesbians with big watches? Isn't that so 90s? Dont womeb now wear slender watches? My lesbian friend is not fat btw and she is early 40s.

For sale: Cat shampoo. Never used.

My weight this morning is 220 1/2 lbs. I was hoping to be below 220 lbs this morning especially considering the fact that I took a 4.2 mile walk yesterday and ate so little food.

The Ample Community feels your pain, r234.

Often when I'm exiting family gatherings, Thanksgiving dinner, etc. I wait when another family member us Keating so I can quietly slip out to avoid having to say goodbye to a multitude of people. Srsly how many times can one say " bye" " see you later" etc

[quote] I wait when another family member us Keating

What a strange, strange family you must have.

^^ typo***are leaving!!

*is..

[quote] My weight this morning is 220 1/2 lbs. I was hoping to be below 220 lbs this morning especially considering the fact that I took a 4.2 mile walk yesterday and ate so little food.

IME, it takes a couple of days to lose weight (from a low-calorie day). It also takes a couple of days to gain weight (after a high-calorie day). You think you've gotten away with eating that entire bag of chips and, then, Boom, a couple pounds more on the scale.

Is Outlander worth watching?

I might crap this evening. I’m soooo excited!

Yes, r241.

[quote]Is Outlander worth watching?

As much as I hate to disagree with r243, it isn't called Rapelander for nothing, r241.

Pretty scenery, but way past whelming.

My dishwasher hasn't been doing a stellar job lately.

I think I've been negligent in cleaning the drain trap thingy.

R241, S1 is worth it for the scenery, including Jamie Fraser’s perfect ass.

My last few Amazon orders have been duds. I've returned a couple of orders that I bought using a gift "card." They acknowledge they're in receipt of one of the returned items, but they don't put the money back on my gift card. WTH. It seems like they refund your credit card faster than they refund a gift card.

Sorry to hear that, R247. I use gift cards/Hilton points only for things I know I won't return, like something for Cosmo. Otherwise, you are screwed.

Cooler weather has set in.

So as not to whelmed with high heating bills, today is the first day I reversed the direction of my ceiling fans.

Today is the day I tell the local gays of Flyoverstan City to go fuck themselves. Oh but, Alex, with lovely shoes! 👠

Thanks, Cosmo. I think Amazon will ultimately refund my gift card balance. I just don’t like that it takes so long.

Singing 🎵

Don’t it feel like paradise? How can something so wrong feel so right? At least I’ve got company with Toto in bed with me”. 🎶

The orange foliage is glorious in New England this year.

I went on my knees and prayed to the dear lord for his death.

[quote] I went on my knees and prayed to the dear lord for his death.

-Dark lesbians

Very whelming post LL

My professor friend made a seemingly pro Palestine post on Facebook. They're reprimanded people left and right for these type of posts. I'm not sure why she would be so bold about this

I'm shopping for a typewriter.

R258, why do you need or want a typewriter?

In less than 5 minutes I shall eat part two of my dinner which consists of two slices of organic sprouted whole grain bread with no sugar no salt organic sunflower butter and slices of papaya.

I bought lotion squeeze keys for all my bullshit - shaving cream, toothpaste, itchy leg cream, and hair paste.

I have to buy a narrow box to hold this shit.

I am your brainless consumer. A consumer for funny, Use me however you will. I’ll spen your money, a brainless consumer, and any inferiority will do.

Sometimes I'll observe someone in a store or a restaurant and I wonder if he is a DLer. I'm convinced a YTer I listen to (he doesn't show his face) is a DLer.

Yter?

Youtuber

I'm thinking about getting a pedicure.

There’s a State Trooper parked across the street. Should I offer him a cappuccino?

Never mind. He’s old.

Let's do some liviiiiinnnnng, after we die.🎵

Dorothy, how do you feel?

Like a fool. Like a damn fool.

I think my local Costco is discontinuing selling Kerrygold Dubliner cheese.

Cheese is the main reason I even go to Costco. One by one, they are replacing every cheese with a Kirkland (store brand) product. It would be OK if the Kirkland product was an actual replacement and / or a very good product. But it's not that way! Wah!

🎵 Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's .. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Heard that line on the Muzak at Ralphs grocery store tonight.

Get OUT of my garden!

Time is movimg so fucking slow today

The days are on their knees

Hold it. Don’t let it out! You’ve got such potential. Don’t ruin it by letting a fart.

I have to water my house plants now. I'm not looking forward to it.

But the plants probably are, R276.

One of the local Wal-Marts around here has a Santa Clais and Christmas tree at the entrance. The poster says " Hello Fall"

Also, why am I seeing Old Navy Christmas commercials in October?

Because you're watching commercial teevee.

That ugly imp actress with the odd body shape freaks me out r278

I have a hankering for Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli.

My cat has suddenly refused to eat pill pockets, so now I have to wrap her up in a towel and force the pills into her mouth and physically prevent her from spitting them out. Is this a better experience than just eating the treats? Not for me.

R282 if she needs to take meds daily find a compounding pharmacy that can turn it into a liquid you can squirt in her mouth or in her food. I did this for many years.

One of the meds was compounded. She would spit it out, leaving little pools of saliva all over the house. If I mixed it in her food, she wouldn’t eat it.

^^^Oh God why me?

You squeeze it into the corner of their mouth as they scream, “yawrh yawrh yawrh”.

Don’t use favorite towels when wrapping - they take revenge.

I’d like to see Terry Crews in a dramatic role.

I would love to see Terry Crews disappear off our screens forever

I have a doctor’s appointment today that I made a year ago, but I’m so used to being bombarded with reminders and requests for confirmations that their silence made me think I’d made a mistake.

It's a plague, isn't it R289? I had an appointment with a foundation repair company that sent me an appointment confirmation, thanks for your business notice, two confirmation requests, a we'll be calling you when we're on our way notice, and a thank you for your time email.

And yesterday, Alexa first told me my Amazon package was to be delivered, then that it had been delivered, and then it asked me if I wanted to thank the driver.

Enough already.

Notifications are shitty

An appropriate notification is appreciated. My parking app sends notifications via email, text and in-App pop-up when I start parking, when there are 15 minutes left and at expiration. That’s nine notifications for paying $1.50 to park for 20 minutes.

I tried to find a video of This week's show but couldn't find any.

Can someone tell me was Juliana Derek's dancing partner during the Len tribute?

I forgot the email asking me to rate my Amazon delivery.

It’s OK. They don’t really care what you think.

I have a front porch. Every time Amazon leaves a package outside on the steps in the rain instead of inside the porch I’m tempted to complain,, but none of the options offered is quite right.

The banana slices in my dried fruit mix must be eaten separately or they puncture my cheeks and gums.

I ordered an Edison lamp (no, not to be trendy, I just like it) via Etsy from a guy in Ukraine. It made it out of Ukraine into the US.

I am going to use it as a desk lamp. I took my previous desk lamp to work. At work, it’s overhead fluorescent lighting, which I don’t like.

I'm thinking about getting one of those Japanese Snack Box Subscriptions.

I'm having Trader Joe's Quinoa Cowboy Veggie Burgers for lunch- they are so tasty too 😋

[quote]they are so tasty too

Taste just like candy! Vita-meat-a . . .

I accidentally left my backdoor open earlier today for about 15 minutes. I did a thorough check afterwards to seen8f anything had crawled in however, now I can't sleep, worried some rodent may have crawled in

I have been surrounded by demented straight people all week and it is with great relief I settle in and meditate upon patterned pants fabric that is not camouflage.

It adds another variable to the clothing equation.

I was exhausted at work, today. It's a new job and I have no sick leave accrued, yet. So, I just toughed it out and didn't get much, if anything, done. If I had had some sick leave banked, I would have either called in sick the whole day or taken a half-day off.

I have been surrounded by ugly people all day. It’s good to get away from them.

Ugly on the outside or inside ?

I was sitting in the hospital parking lot and all of a sudden I heard the biggest fart I’ve ever heard in my entire life. I looked and saw a black guy smiling he let a big nasty fart outside and a white couple saw him do it, and he said to them I do this because I’ve got gas and I like to get attention and the white couple starting to engage him in conversation. They were smiling and they were saying something like thank you for doing that or something to that effect. They were smiling and they really enjoyed his fart and I thought to myself what in the hell has our world come to that? That sort of shit goes on and people just love

It wasn't shit, it was a fart r306.

Shut up r306. Just shut the fuck up. You have ruined our peaceful underwhelmed threads with your disgusting mind.

I purchased a rebuilt iPhone 11 after my iPhone 7 died last month when I was on vacation. I just realized that the flashlight mechanism doesn’t work. I’m ready to open my veins as a result.

And how exactly will this underwhelm you?

It’s about underwhelming the readers, not the poster. And I am underwhelmed.

R308 you go drink bleach. This happened. I know it’s hard for a shut in like you to comprehend what actually goes on outside of your domicile.

Two concurrent underwhelming threads are overwhelming. Please no one start a new one until the first of these reaches 590.

[quote]Please no one start a new one until the first of these reaches 590.

Actually, wait until they've both reached 590.

[quote] I purchased a rebuilt iPhone 11 after my iPhone 7 died last month when I was on vacation. I just realized that the flashlight mechanism doesn’t work. I’m ready to open my veins as a result.

R309, you might be able to fix the flashlight. I Googled how to fix iPhone flashlight and got tons of hits, including this one.

I’m stuck a “Great” on today’s NYT Spelling Bee. Absolutely stuck!

I'm having some edibles delivered.

For r316

the word is spelled two ways

I've never figured out how to turn on the flashlight on my phone. I guess I could Google it.

Thank you r318! That helped and I got a few more to get to Genius. Now I will rest a bit before forging ahead to make Queen Bee.

I don't use the flashlight on my iPhone that often. It's an expensive thing to be using as a flashlight, IMO.

Mine turns itself on in my pocket from the lock screen. I think Apple is trying to get me to upgrade by irritating me. Apple Music and Podcasts also pop up once in a while.

Podcasts - my idea of eavesdropping on comfortably rich bored people.

My flashlight came in handy during a power outage in my neighborhood last summer. Thanks r315!

My fleshlight came in handy during a power outage in my neighborhood last summer. Thanks fleshlight!

Mine turns itself into a pocket pussy

The weather has turned back into the crisp autumn feeling here in the Northeast.

My dinner was so weird tonight. Bagels, lox and cream cheese with homemade caramel popcorn.

Olives with tuna over baby spinach - not Nicoise; kalamata.

That sounds good, r327.

I’ve been on a lox and cream cheese bagel binge r329. I ate it several times in the past week. I’ll eat it until I get tired of it. Like I did with hot wings.

I’ve noticed that many men who leave 9to5 jobs to pursue their artistic passions end up making cutting boards and knives.

When I was a kid my cousins and I would mimic the way my Nonno from the old country answered the phone. He would say "yell oh" instead of "hello". It sounded like he was saying "yellow". We would run around imitating the Three Stooges "Hello, hello, hello" bit but sing "Yellow, yellow, yellow" instead.

Nonno took it all in good fun although sometimes he would get pissed off if we got too obnoxious or he was in a bad mood and call us "jadrools" which means cucumbers in Italian and also slang for "idiot" or something along those lines.

He might have said “jadrool,” but he was thinking “fanook.”

LOL, r333, you know all the special slang.

Speaking of fennel, my mother would serve fennel like celery sticks as something raw to snack on. I've never done that.

My Mom also served raw fennel. Hmmmmm.

Strange ass people around here

New here?

Halloween: Bah humbug!

Trick or treat

Eat my ass

[quote]I think our Tony Stewart fan died

I loved the Tony Stewart Troll. I'm glad someone else remembers him.

Death whelms.

I just invented a drag name.

Sue Megma.

Say it quickly three times.

Joan Crawford had sanpaku eyes.

It freaks me out that millions of years ago dinosaurs were running around this planet.

It's 11:09 pm daylight savings time- until Saturday- and it's time for me to go upstairs, floss and brush my teeth then do my ablutions put my nasal strip on and go to sleep 😴

I housecleaned before work and came home to a fresh hovel. I don’t want to cook dinner; it’s messy.

It should be pbj night.

Today, at work, we were eating leftover food from our Halloween lunch (yesterday). It was actually pretty good food and I wanted to make a plate. Next thing I know, one of my younger coworkers comes in with a medium-sized Tupperware / plastic container and starts loading it up to take home. He was acting like a senior citizen taking "leftovers" before people are even done eating.

Yes, I realize they were leftovers from yesterday, but some of us hadn't even had a chance to eat, yet. I felt like I had to rush and get some food before he took it all.

Oh, the humanity!

Bitch what did you expect?!, Times are hard, !

I just discovered something magical called Miss Vickie's potato chips

Is this the same Miss Vickie who was married to the late Tiny Tim, R350?

For you, R347.

I like Stacey’s chips. They’re baked

Spending a quiet fall afternoon at home with my dogs.

The cast of Hogan's Heroes were all Democrats except Bob Crane who was a Republican. Per an interview with Robert Clary I just came across on Youtube.

Wow r355 who in the fuck cares then or now?

What part of "underwhelmed" don't you understand, r356??

Also, you sound cranky.

R355, true republican even in death

Wal-Mart has Christmas commercials like it's December 15th

Meh. The stores want to make money. Christmas is their time of the year to make money. So, they advertise and try to extend the buying season.

It's up to the consumer to decide how much, if any amount, they want to spend on Christmas gifts, decorations, etc.

Brilliant analysis, R 360. A whole new insight.

I have a new phone so Datalounge is treating me like a newby. Dislike!

I just smelled my pits

I just stuck my hand in my ass then pulled it out and smelled it

Shoo!

How long does it take to fly out from Ithaca to Hanover, New Hampshire?

Schenectady

Albany?

Saratoga Springs!

New Rochelle.

Lunch today shall be-

Two cans of Mackerel in olive 🫒 oil

and

A nice bowl of trail mix with Plantains.

I’m here in East Hampton

I like canned mackerel. I drain, flake w/fork, mix with mayo & sweet relish. Put on Triscuit crackers.

Gearing up to download on my toilet

We’re getting thunder and lightening. Love it.

Is that better than darkening, R375?

Route 46 Little Falls New Jersey 1970

I love cracker cut cheese. Especially the Cabot brand. So easy and convenient.

We find “Wide Load” signs offensive.

Never heard of cracker cut cheese until now.

In another thread, someone said they bought and prepared "fish squares." Had never heard of that, either.

I tried the Pumpkin Spice Joe Joe’s cookies at Trader Joe’s They were delicious I ate the entire box in one night, of course. Now I’m trying to resist going back for more.

Jennifer Garner's baby voice in the Capital One commercials is highly annoying. Has her voice always been so annoying? Why am I just noticing it now?

She's irritating, IMO, R382.

I need a nap but it’s almost 6 pm. I’ll have to power through until bedtime.

I might have a soak in the tub with Epsom salts. I’m sore from hiking and doing yard work.

I did have a bath and am still awake at 9:30. My dog put himself to be over an hour ago and my cat is trying to get me to go in. The time change has us all a bit off today.

That was me at r385

I wonder where I can watch California Dreams , for free....

Well, here we are again....

Why do threads I untag from my "Watched" list keep coming back. WHY?

Fuckin fuckin fuckin

TL;DR for the blog I’ll never create:

This weekend, I fell into a rabbit hole about fabric - weaving methods for PNW indigenous people. They used shed fur from Mountain goats and adapted as other sources became available. Blanket makers processed bark, flax, hair, and later cotton and recycled wool into their spun threads.

A vintage shop is advertising a Dsquared2 cardigan with “ 50% Wool, 35% Alpaca, 15% Fox” content. They’re using fox fur in the thread.

Then, I waxed on about the TRUE reason Old Testament bone readers said God didn’t like mixed content in fabric: animal hair and plant fibers shrink at a different rate and look like shit after a few washings.

Senior citizens who drive golf carts around the neighborhood should have to pass a competency test.

I ate a whole Panettone.

You're beginning to look a lot like Xmas!

Are you decorating your pussy?

R393 In one sitting? If so, much respec!

R393 You fat whore, you’re gonna get a heart attack!

Not one sitting. But less than 24 hours.

Wimp.

My cat needs eyelid surgery then two weeks in a cone of shame. Expensive and depressing.

It was a large panettone. It said so on the box,

I hated panettone as a kid. As an adult I love it.

A family member gives me a Panettone every year for Christmas, despite my being diabetic.

Albany

R403, she probably gives everybody a Panettone.

Some people are compulsed to give gifts and pay no mind to the recipient.

Did you know there are 3600 calories in a large panettone?

Oh my! gasp

You know, I really hate paisley.

1884

1923

Yellowstone

Which one should I watch first?

1883*^^^

I'm thirsty but I'm too addicted to datalounge to tear myself away to get a glass of water.

Put a penny or small pebble in your mouth, Grasshopper @ R411

I’ve been naked for over an hour

Have your balls shriveled up like raisins?

I love cornmeal

It's 9:11am Eastern Standard Time

Time to take my daily constitutional.

enema?

Can’t get enough energy to get up off my sofa and go to the barber shop…

I have a medium-sized bruise on the top of my left forearm (I'm right-handed). I have no idea how I got it. No, I don't drink or get high, so it's not something that happened during a blackout.

R319 I bet it was an incubus. How does your anus feel?

R419 not r319.

Maybe an incubus controls r319's flashlight.

Roast chicken favored Lay's chips

If I were a Netflix AI, I’d hate me; I start a movie, pause it ten minutes in, try to speed it up, and then close the tab - only to rinse repeat later.

The Honeycrisp apples have been good (but expensive), this year. The Envy apples, not so much.

Unsure if it's a compliment to be told that you have cat green eyes

Why wouldn't it be?

R423, my local food store has turkey and stuffing flavored potato chips. I believe they were Lay's brand as well. Years ago, Herr's made steak and baked potato flavored potato chips. They were quite good.

Sometimes all one needs is a bit of encouragement and less criticism. I remembered my sophomore year n college I dropped out of a philosophy course because the professor was so brutal in her grading and I was scared that the bitch would fuck up my GPA.

A year later I took the same course with a different professor, who was much kinder and very encouraging, pointing out flaws nicely etc. It so happened that I received an A in the course after much trial and error.

Why do people with gummy smiles smile so widely? Couldn't they smile just a little less wide and not expose so much of their gums? I don't appreciate being visually assaulted by their gums. Gums should be a private matter only to be shared with loved ones and lovers.

^ and dentists.

Din din tonight is popcorn ( hot air popper- no oil, no butter , no salt) and Broccoli White Bean Soup with Amaranth.

Popcorn from a hot air popper with no oil, butter or salt! Could it BE any drier?

The smell of wang is in the air and I believe it’s mentally ill clients, but we don’t violate HIPAA here, thank goodness.

Got so horny today wasn’t happy until I came. My boyfriend is in NY until Saturday.

I've been watching To Tell The Truth on YT. Johnny Carson is a frequent panelist on the early 1960s black and white episodes pre The Tonight Show. He's not particularly likable or a good sport or even funny. He really lucked out getting The Tonight Show.

For the 3rd time this week I've torn up parts of the draft of the novel that I'm writing

Me too. I’m writing a short story but can’t get going. All I have is “Fleas. Adam had ‘em”.

Isabella Rossellini is ageing quite well

R436- True

But he was good looking back then.

R432, are you being punished?

R441- I enjoyed my dinner. It will enable me to lose weight.

[quote]I've been watching To Tell The Truth on YT. Johnny Carson is a frequent panelist on the early 1960s black and white episodes pre The Tonight Show. He's not particularly likable or a good sport or even funny. He really lucked out getting The Tonight Show.

I noticed the same thing when I used to watch the B&W episodes on Buzzr, before they started showing only the syndicated color episodes from the '70s. I was always disappointed if I saw it was an episode with Carson. He could be really quite unpleasant, as though he felt he was too good for the show, and he was often rude and condescending to the contestants.

I'm out of ketchup. This never would have happened to my late mother. She always had an emergency ziploc bag filled with packets of condiments and artificial sweeteners she had pilfered from various diners and fast-food places.

[quote] I was always disappointed if I saw it was an episode with Carson. He could be really quite unpleasant, as though he felt he was too good for the show, and he was often rude and condescending to the contestants.

I always found Johnny Carson to be a fount of cuntitude. He turned me off of talk shows back in the '60s.

R444, my mom had a huge stash of fast food condiments. Pizza Hut crushed red pepper, cheese packets, etc. Plus tons of plastic cutlery.

I made cheese fries in my air fryer. Fortunately I buy two bottles of ketchup when I go shopping. I hate running out of things like that.

Trying to run out this thread. Did I post here that my dad is dying? Or was it the other one?

Don’t like battling underwhelmed threads. Very whelming.

Breaking wind

R449, stay classy.

You’re a real gas 🥴

I carved a small, 2 lb roast into 5 steaks and marinated it all in spice blends and teriyaki sauce. I then pan fried them and served one up with mixed roast vegetables. The others are in the refrigerator awaiting future use. I feel all productive and virtuous.

R448, you'll be glad to know, as was I, that the concurrent "underwhelmed" thread is now closed. This is the only active underwhelmed thread. Our long national nightmare is over.

Nothing left to do tonight, guess I'll go to bed early again.

You're sleeping your life away, R453!

What a way to go.

I was 25 minutes early for my flu shot a Walgreens. I thought my appointment was at 2 pm but it was actually at 2:15. I didn't get my flu shot until almost 2:30. At least that's done for the 12 months or so. Just have to get the Shingrex vaccine in 2024.

I ate a large fresh fruit salad today and enjoyed every bite. Pineapple, cantaloupe, honey dew melon, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. I'm ready for another.

R457, seems like most of those fruits are out of season in both hemispheres.

I don't use emojis. I am unable to decipher them and I will not make any effort to decode any message sent to me with a bunch of emojis. If it's important to communicate with me, please use words. Thank you.

The place I order my fresh-roasted coffee from used to ship Priority Mail and the coffee would be here in two days. Lately it’s been taking about a week. The next shipment won’t be here until Monday. I will run out of coffee! I may have to enter Trader Joe’s on a weekend, if I can park.

Sure, I still have some of the overpriced Gaggia coffee I ordered from Whole Lotta Latte, but it has NO TASTE.

I’m with you r49. Plus there are hundreds to chose from. Who has time for that shit?

People who use emojis remind me of 12 year old girls who dot every i with a heart. Not someone I have any interest in communicating with.

🐻👑

There’s a chorus of leaf-blowers on my block. Shouldn’t there be a law: One at a time?

The PNW is known for it’s high number of serial killers and I don’t think one of our assholes has thought of hunting leaf blowers.

Malignant beings really do make it all about themselves.

Its

Sorry

I wonder if the younger daughter of the King and Queen of Spain will turn out to be the Harry of their family.

The Daily Mail is running a story about how the younger daughter is taller than the older daughter who will be Queen.

The younger daughter has to wear flats while the older daughter and future Queen wears heels to appear taller. They have a bunch of photos backing up this theory.

Way to fuel the fire DM and breed another angry spare with a massive chip on their shoulder. This poor tall spare girl can't even go crying to her grandma as it appears Letizia doesn't like grandma and doesn't want her around. Grandma wasn't even invited to an official event for the future Queen granddaughter recently.

I get Letizia mistaken with that other thin Queen, the Arab one

For a long time I thought they were the same person

My Edison lamp finally arrived from Ukraine. It's very nice. I will buy a replacement plug adapter (European to US). The adapter that came with the lamp is a little loose in my socket. I will also get some brighter (60 watt) replacement bulbs.

It's in my bedroom area and it makes the space very cozy.

There’s nothing left to do unless it’s horizontally

[quote]The adapter that came with the lamp is a little loose in my socket.

A complaint of many a datalounger.

I knew someone was going to comment on my loose socket.

My socket is so loose, even the largest plug can't fill it.

R472 I knew that already

I have pieced, sewn, and pressed a patchwork 20” X 54” rectangle from a fake Saint Laurent silk bomber jacket (I kept the two front pockets!)

I’ll sew it onto one side of my body pillow cover - same poly content, so they can wash together.

First, I get to baste it while watching “Bottoms” or “Ready or Not” or finding people who are wrong on the internet.

Why are you putting polyester on your pillow?

I wonder how much sex is too much before a romance novel becomes erotica

It's 11:53 pm Eastern Standard Time.

I am going to go upstairs now - do my ablutions, floss and brush my teeth then go to bed.

You know, it is possible to be too underwhelming.

Not in this thread it isn't.

My mother's best friend bears a striking resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor's character in WAOVW

I decided that this year I'm going to use paper plates, plastic cutlery and disposable cups for my after-dinner Thanksgiving dessert buffet. Not cheap, flimsy paper plates or cutlery, the good sturdy kind.

Dinner will be served with good china and silverware as usual.

R481, paper plates aren't that bad, but I really hate plastic cutlery. I'd use stainless steel, at least. But it's your party.

The plastic cutlery I ordered is supposedly "heavy duty" and full size. Nice gold color. The reviews were positive for wedding and shower desserts so I'm thinking it should be fine for my cake, pie, ice cream and cheesecake. If not, $30 down the drain and lesson learned I suppose. It's only Sunday and I'm already tired.

R483, I unloaded a set of Noritake on a cousin at Thanksgiving dessert because she made the mistake of saying it was pretty.

This is one of two days per year when you can haul out all of the china and do a full cleanse. I’ve also unloaded three fancy tea sets on people- silver plate stuff that looked like shit if it was too clean or too dirty.

Well here I am again. Lookin good.

I'm watching a 1965 episode of To Tell The Truth on youtube and one of the imposters was a sales consultant for a reducing machine called "The Relax-a-cisor". It sounded so familiar. The I remembered that the Relax-a-cisor was one of Peggy Oleson's first accounts on Mad Men.

Are we going to have a new underwhelming thread for 🎄 Christmas?

Nope. It ends here.

I don’t want two; I’m afraid I’ll repeat my drivel. Some folks might wonder if they’re experiencing dementia or deja vu.

Post 110 more times, R487.

I am going to go into the kitchen and now and clean out my Corelle deep soup bowl that I ate my soup with brown rice in so I can - overnight soak my sprouted oatmeal. Then I will set up a smaller bowl with two tablespoons each o forganic ground flaxseeds,organic chia seeds and organic hemp seeds- to all of those I will add one tablespoon of Organic Fair Trade Cocao Powder.

What happened to Denise Richards' voice? What does she sound like an old man?

I envy those of you who will use their fine china for the Thanksgiving.

When my grandmother passed away in 2008, she left me her china, knowing I would host family dinners. We had Thanksgivings at my aunt's house so I never got to host that. By 2017, I'd lost my Mom, brother and one of my 2 sisters. It's now me, my sister, and Dad. Dad lives 90 minutes away and can no longer drive so I won't see him. My sister doesn't "do" holidays so she won't come. It's just me and Cos. I think I'll serve myself on the china.

Sorry this is not underwhelming.

My tits aren’t the largest in town. I do know that for sure.

[quote]It's just me and Cos. I think I'll serve myself on the china.

What am I? Liver pate?

I've been awake since 3:30 a.m. Not by choice. My dachshunds needed to investigate an urgent matter in the backyard that turned out to be a false alarm. They came back in and went straight back to sleep. I on the other hand wasn't able to get back to sleep. I've had copious amounts of coffee and still feel like a zombie. At 5:00 a.m. for lack of nothing better to do I went out in my robe to get the mail which I neglected to get yesterday. A neighbor drove by at the exact same time, I gave a little wave and nod. When I came back in I caught a glimpse of myself in my entryway mirror, my hair looks like a rooster.

Someone unexpectedly rang my doorbell this morning and I ignored them because my hair is disheveled.

R496, that sounds like a passage from an Anne Tyler book (Accidental Tourist). I like her stuff, so that's a compliment.

How is Barb doing?

Oh, that’s what you call it.

I am eating too many pistachios.

Why does that Ramsey chef guy keep having so many kids at his old age?

Why not?

[quote]Someone unexpectedly rang my doorbell this morning and I ignored them because my hair is disheveled.

I would ignore anyone ringing my doorbell if I wasn't expecting anyone, even if my hair were neatly combed.

I would ignore anyone ringing my doorbell if I wasn't expecting anyone, even if I had hair.

I'm going to go the bakery later. I just hope its not too busy. I've decided to buy a cake instead of a pie for Thanksgiving on Friday when I go to my friends because everyone is going to be bringing a pie and I don't want my dessert to be lost in the shuffle.

I meant to say Thursday instead of Friday.

Sorry for the typo.

I've been watching an episode or two of To Tell The Truth on youtube each night.

A commercial on tonight's 1961-episode touts Anacin (aspirin) as a remedy for depression. Who knew otc aspirin was the answer to depression. SMH.

Also, I don't like actor Don Ameche. He questions the contestants like an angry prosecutor working a murder trial.

Yeah I could care less r507

Okay, Mr. Crankypants at r508.

When you're on zoom does the initiator of the zoom meet see you on a wide screen like you see them? Or is it a tiny box view like you see of yourself on the screen?

My pharmacy keeps reminding me of my drug interactions every time I go to pick up my medicine. It’s starting to get annoying. Because it’s the same warning over and over. My primary care doctor is aware of my drug interactions. I am tolerating them well. They always tell me that I have to wait for the pharmacist. Heaven help me if he’s busy. I have to sit and wait. Maybe I’ll contact my doctor and ask him if he can put a stop to this.

Oh, relax, r511. They just want to come out from behind the counter and talk to someone. Would you want to be counting pills all day and putting them in bottles? Someday you'll have real issues. Until then, unclench, Mary.

Pharmacists are busy and not dying to come and talk to an irritable person who can’t spare 45 seconds to listen to warnings about side effects.

R510 it depends how many people are on the call and if you are sharing a document or whiteboard. If it's 1:1 on the call then yes you are likely a big giant head on the other screen.

Even if there are 100 people on a Zoom conference, you can zero in one person (have that person fill the screen or most of the screen).

[quote]Yeah I could care less R507

1. Your illiteracy is whelming, R508. The expression is "I couldn't care less.:

2. Posts that people couldn't care less about are the whole point of this thread. If you don't understand that, then you don't belong here. Kindly leave.

Thanks R515/ R514 can one tell that the zoom call intiator has you as a big giant head in the screen?

I had a zoom all for a volunteer opportunity with a young gal. She had a snuggle tooth situation happeneing and I kept staring at it. I couldnt help it. I forgot she could see me staring . Only after zoom call ended I realized oh boy she could see me enlarged on screen the same way I could see her. I had assumed , she saw me as a little square box.

She promised she would send documents for me to sign for the volunteer opportunity and I haven't received any. I 'm afraid I put her off with the inappropriate staring.

Snaggle*

She probably didn't notice what you were staring at.

Yes, you can tell when people are staring in a Zoom.

Yesterday, I wrote some questions on Amazon about a desk lamp I was interested in. I got two answers, both were actually helpful.

R511, R512, R513. Not true. They all want you to think they’re incredibly busy, but in reality every drugstore has a giant photo puzzle they’re putting together behind the counter in a competition with the other pharmacies in town to see who can complete it first. There are cash and prizes involved.

It’s the puzzle that matters, not your prescription.

La Croix 12 packs were BOGO so I bought four deals, that's eight 12 packs. I got all sorts of flavors so it will make a nice variety for my Thanksgiving guests tomorrow. I just tried one of the Passionfruit, I don't like it and poured it down the drain. I'm now drinking a Black Razzberry which I do like. Hopefully one of my guests will like the Passionfruit and whoever does like it gets to take the remaining cans of Passionfruit home along with their plate of leftovers.

Actually, along with their plate of leftovers and possibly passionfruit La Croix, guests will be receiving a parting gift of as much gold toned plastic cutlery their heart desires. I mentioned said cutlery upthread and while it is sturdy, I really regret ordering it in gold and now I have a box of 300. I don't want to look at it after tomorrow. Guests are going home with gold toned plastic cutlery with their plates of food whether they want it or not.

I'm disliking every thing and every one today. Will this week ever be over?

r524 LOL. I'm having one of those weeks (actually, month) as well. I dislike every thing and every on today.

But thanks for the tip on the Black Razzberry La Croix. I keep gravitating to the Limoncello, but curious to try other flavors.

[quote]I'm disliking every thing and every one today. Will this week ever be over?

Perhaps not the true spirit of Thanksgiving, but it's certainly the reality.

I am soon going to go into the kitchen and prepare my sandwich for tomorrow's lunch which is-

Corn Tortilla with veganaise , soy bologna, goat cheese, lettuce and tomato.

Thanksgiving Eve was always when my ex and I would reconnect. I was always walking on air.

Experienced a piss shiver. Hilarious.

Breakfast for Thursday-

Organic Sprouted Oatmeal

Chia seeds

Hemp Seeds

Ground flax seeds

Organic Fair Trade Cacao powder

and

Two medium boiled eggs.

I made stuffing tonight and the house smells so good. It’s making me hungry. I need to go to sleep, have an 8 am hike and have to get up in 7 hours.

Nostalgia

It's Black Friday and I did no shopping whatsoever, either online or, heaven forbid, at an actual store. Remember when Black Friday was a one-day event and not a month-long promotion?

No.

I braved Costco. Not too bad at 4:30.

4:30 a.m. or p.m., R535?

I didn’t leave the house today.

I went out to the mailbox but that was it, there was a cold gusty wind. My dog was disappointed that I didn't play ball with her.

I went out to the mailbox but that was it, there was a cold gusty wind that blew right up my ass!

I took a walk around the old neighborhood. I was alsmot overcome with nostalgia

Do you believe in Love By Cher is such an iconic 90s hit

It's 10:25 am. It's time to take my 4.25 mile walk- I take a long walk on Saturday and Wednesday. It's only 33 degrees farenheit so I must bundle up- gloves and and a warm coat.

I took a huge piss

I have completely lost my voice. Nothing but tea today and it’s not helping.

No one wants you here, R543.

I tried to take a nap earlier. I could not fall asleep.

I guess I didn't need a nap and therefore I shall go to bed early tonight.

While I much prefer MSNBC CNN, I can't help but notice that almost all the women except Simone Sanders, Joy, Mika are trying to be Rachel Maddow like in their reporting, speech/ affectation/ structure of reporting wtc

* Thats should read...much preferSNBC over CNN

R546 I am in bed early! I did not try to have a nap.

I’ve discovered Orville Peck. I share his range, but can’t compare.

I get to sing along. Poor neighbors.

Day four of a gout flare. Much like days 1-3.

For some reason I started reorganizing the kitchen cupboards. It's a huge mess now and I don't want to finish. I did toss some expired pantry items.

Damn. I was posting in the Pumpkin spice edition of the underwhelmed thread, but that’s maxed out. Do I have to post here now?

Ah hell, here goes.

I’m trying place a grocery order for pickup online and I’ve done it a thousand times before, but suddenly my card keeps getting rejected. I go to account and see every attempt and then when I look at the details, it says the order is being processed in Idaho. I don’t live in Idaho. I don’t live anywhere NEAR Idaho! I have the correct store selected and when I look at previous transactions with that same card, they don’t say Idaho. They have the address of the store in my neighborhood. So my bank thinks it’s fraud and keeps declining it and they’re a credit union so there’s nobody to speak to at midnight to override this stupid problem.

And twice this week, scammers have tried to steal a different credit card company. They even went so far as to spoof the banks phone number and name on the caller ID, but they keep telling me a charge has been declined for $1,000 as fraud and asking ME to give them my card number. I called the bank directly on the same number the scammers called from (after verifying that was indeed the correct number) and they confirmed the call WAS the scam, there was no $1,000 charge declined, and they’d never ask for the info the scammer was and the agent I spoke to said she’d already had three calls today where people told her the same thing.

But here’s the interesting part. Even though the caller ID said the bank name and had the bank phone number, behind the number, my phone listed it as “unknown”. I looked back at another call that was legitimately from the fraud department and that same number that I had received earlier this month when they rejected a real fraudulent charge as suspicious and that number didn’t say “unknown” behind it. So my phone KNOWS the call was coming from a spoofed number, tells me it’s “unknown” but it doesn’t bother to actually do anything like…just not accept it? My smart phone is really smart but it can be pretty dumb sometimes.

These issues sound like a lot to have all at once. Maybe can you check that your identity has not been stolen or your cards compromised? Get your banks/credit union to issue new cards to you. Change all the numbers.

[quote]But here’s the interesting part.

I beg to differ.

My coffee tasted different this morning, good but different. I checked the label and apparently instead of getting my usual bag of Community Coffee Signature dark roast I got their House Blend which is a medium-dark roast. I like the medium-dark roast better and will be buying the House Blend going forward.

Sidenote: I use a Faberware percolator and it makes the best rich, HOT coffee with pretty much any brand/variety of coffee.

Seems like many of you are confusing "underwhelmed" with "boring"

[quote]Seems like many of you are confusing "underwhelmed" with "boring"

You've previously expressed this opinion. Seems like you are confusing underwhelming with repetitious.

R558 I have? Thank you for keeping track of my posts. You must love me, or be terrribly bored.

Any good coffee is better with a lighter roast. With darker roasts, the distinctive flavors of the coffee give way to flavors shared by any coffee roasted dark.

I turned on my outdoor Christmas lights last night.

I found my outdoor Christmas lights last night.

They were hidden in the garage and won’t be put up let alone lit until mid-December at the soonest.

When you walk into the room my asshole is gonna be the first thing you see.

Mom, it’s colon cancer - not a quacker factory sweatshirt.

No r559, I don't love you. You will not find love here on the DL. You are looking for love in the wrong place.

As for my boredom status, I am usually bored weekdays between 1-3:00 p.m. when there is a lull in my workflow due to an incompetent co-worker who should have been fired eons ago. Otherwise, I'm rather content and keep busy with my dogs, reading, cooking/dining out and puttering around the house and yard. I do appreciate your kind concern but that doesn't change anything between us, I still don't love you.

[quote]I am usually bored weekdays between 1-3:00 p.m. when there is a lull in my workflow due to an incompetent co-worker who should have been fired eons ago

Tells me all I need to know about you.

R564 that makes zero sense but who cares right?!

I went out for crepes, which were delicious, but now my wool sweater smells. I think I will try airing it out to see if that makes the smell go away so I don’t have to wash it.

Also, it’s really cold outside. I’m supposed to go out again at 4:00 but I think I might just stay in and get cozy.

R568 are you top or bottom?

I snapped the blue lenses out of a pair of caramel colored eyeglass frames and swapped them for the green lenses in the otherwise identical pair of black frames.

Now I have sunglasses I want in the frames I like.

My Joyce Bulifant doppelganger neighbor caught me in the driveway earlier and bent my ear about her holiday shopping. She's sad that her favorite store soft surroundings is closing. I condoled her on the loss of her favorite store although I don't know what a soft surroundings store is. I'm guessing a store that sells soft things such as comforters or fuzzy slippers? I didn't want to ask her as I wasn't looking to extend our conversation.

I had a tooth extracted a few months ago. Now the oral surgeon wants a follow up to see about an implant. Do I need an implant? I can't afford $3900 for one, especially since I will only use it for max 20 years.

See ya in the next thread

^just the one, if you please

[quote]When you walk into the room my asshole is gonna be the first thing you see.

Is it where your mouth should be?

[quote]I had a tooth extracted a few months ago. Now the oral surgeon wants a follow up to see about an implant. Do I need an implant?

Earlier this year, a tooth of mine broke, and my dentist said an implant was my only option, There wasn't enough tooth left for a root canal/crown. The implant would have cost me about $6,000. The missing tooth is so far back, no one can notice it if they're not a dentist examining my maw. I decided I could live without the implant. Unless your missing tooth in noticeable, there's no reason you have to get an implant.

I had a front incisor just break off a couple of years ago, got an implant to replace it and it matches perfectly. Couldn't be happier, although it was expensive and took a long time.

I opted for cozy.

Blood test today. Then later the dentist.

Sometimes when I'm playing a word game a word will pop up that reminds me of the DL and I can't help but smile. Today the word was "gape".

This is weird that I can use my iPhone to post on a thread having almost 600 posts. Is it the lack of links and previews?

I just saw a beautiful DVD print of "Urlaub auf Ehrenwort" (1938) with English subtitles. What a good film!

My cat likes chicken.

I'm listening to the long version of the theme song to The Greatest American Hero on youtube while typing on the datalounge. I've always liked the theme song but never particularly cared for the show itself.

I have reorganized the spice cupboard. Tupperware is another story.

R585, do you really have Tupperware? Or do you just call your plastic containers "Tupperware"?

^^I have actual tupperware and also other types of plastic containers.

I toasted a plain, mini Thomas' bagel and topped it with peanut butter and just a light sprinkling of granola. The granola really does elevate the experience.

That sounds weird. I love carbs. But sprinkling carbs with carbs.

You probably wouldn't have liked my post thanksgiving turkey sandwich with stuffing in it either, lol.

Is peanut butter considered a carb? I thought it was a protein? I enjoyed the crunch the dusting of granola gave my carb dominant little concoction. The granola had just a tiny bit of dark chocolate in it and that was nice too with the peanut butter.

I'm having to have foundation repair on my slab foundation. Today, they used ground penetrating radar to map out the existing lift points to place piers (which costs ~$1,000 per pier). The tech told me I had a great lift points. I was so proud.

I wish I had great lift points.

R588 and R590 your mini bagel pub sprinkled with granola concoction sounds divine. I will try this! Except I have pumpkin seed granola not dark chocolate but I think it will still work.

Now that we're close to the end, a reminder of the link to the next thread.

Our long national dual-thread nightmare is almost over.

I have to go into the kitchen soon to wash and trim my Shitake mushrooms before I steam them tomorrow and then put them in my salads for the week. Shitake mushrooms have a lot of medicinal properties.

[quote]Is peanut butter considered a carb?

No, R590, it is not. Peanut butter is relatively low in carbs, but some brands have more added sugar than others, so check the label. When I was on the Atkins diet years ago, I would have a spoonful of peanut butter for dessert, sans bread.

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