I want to be Underwhelmed—Blossom 🌸 Edition

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Woah!

I can't decide whether I want to make a roast for dinner or eggplant.

Thought I was overwhelmed by the lower stance of the new 2024 Prius, but now I considering it as the replacement for my 2008 Prius. Want a Prime model and these are scarce apparently. This whelms me.

More Tillamook ice cream flavors reviewed.

Watching Oppenheimer. Too long and not particularly gripping, although I do appreciate he was not just a boring science nerd. He liked to fuck. And his wife was a bit batshit.

Re-employed, but poor until payday. I can’t afford vape juice, so I’m back to smoking tobacco. One lighter has a flint, but no butane. Another has fluid, but a broken flint. The tobacco is loose, so I’m smoking a pipe.

A stronger person would simply quit. Instead, I light one lighter with another and then light up.

That’s quite dedicated, r7.

I missed the farmers market today. I wanted to get lettuce and micro greens for my salad.

My sous vide egg bite maker cost me $29.99.

I didn’t want to do the work to use it today and considered buying the packaged bites which cost $5.99.

By an heroic effort of self control, I bought 12 eggs for $6.99 instead. I’m sure a cost benefit will eventually be realized here. Maybe it already has been. I do use the cute little machine frequently.

I’ll stop here. This whole issue is whelmier than I expected.

I don't think that's a true sous vide, but sounds interesting. Let us know how your first batch came out.

I've never heard of a marionberry.

I should get off the couch and clean the kitchen.

[quote]I've never heard of a marionberry.

They're named for the late longtime mayor of D.C.

This morning I had my weekly Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg and Cheese Croissant Breakfast Sandwich.

Rather than microwaving it as usual, I followed the instructions of a woman on YouTube and made in the air fryer. I like it better in the air fryer and this shall be the method I use going forward.

I was watching Big Bang Theory Bloopers on YouTube and there was one with Kathy Bates. She kept flubbing the same line and Jim Parsons jokingly and sweetly said "I've always dreamed of working with Kathy Bates" to which she replied, "Bite me". 🤣

I was watching a few of these sped-up cleaning / decluttering videos and got off the couch to vacuum, etc.

Filed my taxes today. Don't know why I wait until the last days since I almost always get a refund. Just lazy, I guess.

I went today to pick up my tax paperwork with the intention of going to a nearby deli to get a sandwich. My accountant ended up talking my ear off for a half an hour and the deli guy was locking the door.

Nearly whelmed by the unfortunate timing, I decided to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things. An unplanned trip to a supermarket on a Saturday could very easily overwhelm me but there was no line at the deli counter and plenty of cashiers.

When I got home and was making my sandwich, I was so impressed with how neatly each piece of roast beef was sliced, folded, and stacked on the paper before being wrapped up. Clearly by someone who takes great pride in his work. That kid is going places, I tell you!

My local supermarket makes good deli sandwiches. You can get stuff like artichokes on it. I wonder how Jersey Mike's (opened very closeby) affected the deli business.

A Youtuber called Japan Eat makes tons of Shorts and some longer videos about food in Japan. He's funny and I really enjoy him. I make note of all the restaurants he visits as if I'm actually going to Japan. It's just a pipe dream. Recently he ate cream puffs in Kobe, Japan and I made special note of that place in my little fantasy world.

Fuck. I fucked up my taxes. I owe a $49 underpayment penalty which for some reason the tax prep software isn’t including in my total due. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I had my taxes done by a real, live tax accountant this year and I just got a notice from the state that I'm not getting the full refund she filed on my account. At first I was pissed that I paid her $270 to complete my taxes and the amounts weren't correct. Later, I decided WTF; I still got money refunded, just not as much as claimed. Oh well.

I made too much mediterranean rice and now I have to look up recipes on what to do with leftover rice. Maybe I'll make croquettes.

The chicken in my Cobb Salad for brunch was tasty as was the Bloody Mary. My first drink of 2024.

I'm taking my dog for a grooming appointment tomorrow but she doesn't know that.

[quote] I made too much mediterranean rice and now I have to look up recipes on what to do with leftover rice.

How about getting some grape leaves and making dolmas? My mom did that. She knows nothing about Mediterranean food, but she made some pilaf, bought some grape leaves, and rolled them up. Surprisingly good.

My new suitcase (my first 4-wheeler / spinner) doesn't have as much packing space as my old 2-wheeler had. They were technically the same size: 21-inch (largest carry-on for int'l flights - 22-inch is the largest for domestic).

This is my first foray into an underwhelm thread and man, this one really delivered. I enjoy the nonsequitors very much. Well done, you.

I vacuumed both bedrooms this weekend after not doing it for a very long time. It always amazes me that even though I can’t see the exact results, there’s a definite uptick in the serenity of the rooms. Quite whelming, actually.

I got my taxes done at the last minute today. Was sort of pleased that I’m not getting a refund. I owed less than $40 to the federal guvmint, and $3 to the commonwealth.

I thought about playing I Woke Up in Love This Morning at my wedding reception someday. I’m not even dating anyone so no one need worry about that lapse in taste.

I saw Civil War to cheer myself up.

I wanted to go see Civil War or The First Omen but no one wanted to go with me. Maybe next weekend.

Bitch set me up!

My back is itchy.

I’m having my 6th or 7th (I’ll ask when I’m there) Covid booster shot this morning at the doc’s office.

Thank you to the end-of-thread posters who encouraged me to lose weight on my own.

To the poster who suggested cooking classes, I'm already a pretty good cook. I actually do better without too many choices.

I'm starting today. Wish me luck!! I'll keep you posted on my progress; maybe on one of weight loss threads we had last year.

I finally watch Barbie. It was disappointingly superficial. Will Ferrel was wasted. Corporate executives should not be sympathetic characters, but Mattel produced the movie and put itself in the middle of it, so they had no choice.

I feel lazy today.

Last day on a lovely short break in España. 🇪🇸

[quote] Will Ferrel was wasted.

That explains it.

I'm out of Post-it notes.

Maybe I should order bright neon-colored ones instead of my usual yellow.

I don't know, I'll decide later.

A boast: I just completed a “Puzzle 5” from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

In the words of its author: “And then there’s Puzzle 5. The evil, evil Puzzle 5. The impasse to any and all positive solving momentum up to that point. It’s designed to be truly impenetrable on purpose, to separate the elite solvers from the rest of the pack. Think a Thursday-plus-plus theme gimmick combined with Saturday-plus-plus cluing. Oh, and you have only 30 minutes to finish the whole thing. The vast majority of solvers come nowhere close.”

I came nowhere close in 30 minutes, but I persisted and completed it.

It is entirely possible to eat five eggs if you smoosh them up into egg salad with tomatoes and romaine on the side.

I just looked at my delicious taint

It got up to 76 degrees today in my neck of the Northeast.

It’s 85 degrees here!

My new dog is a punk. I’m not used to living with a teenager. And I think there is some pittie in there. I knew knew knew I was going to do penance for hating on pitties so much. I’m glad he won’t get any bigger.

Pocket pittie punk

I made guacamole and ate too much. Now my stomach hurts

I made a whole lemon poundcake.

[italic]♫Ooh sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you, I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else....♫[/italic]

Was too rainy and cold to spend a long layover walking around Amsterdam. :/

I haven't had sparkling water for five days. I feel less bloated and gassy.

I had an overwhelming urge to listen to Linda Ronstadt today. So I did.

I had a craving for hot dogs cut up in Cambell’s pork and beans. So I made it and put guldens mustard on it…..but it doesn’t taste anything like i remembered..

I can’t eat lettuce on sandwiches anymore. No longer agrees with me.

Yesterday evening I was driv8ng home on eastern Long Island and a bald eagle was flying over Sunrise Highway. First time I’ve ever seen one IRL.

A friend is getting married and she has to be the center of attention all the time. She just tried to derail someone else’s birthday. Just thinking about it makes me sleepy.

I cleaned the inside of my car.

I just watched Episodes 1 thru 3 of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1. Granny wasn't wearing glasses; they must have added those later on in the first season. All three episodes were sponsored by Kellogg's of Battle Creek.

I’d reply, “Thank you. I’ve had sufficient.”

^wrong thread

[quote]I had a craving for hot dogs cut up in Cambell’s pork and beans. So I made it and put guldens mustard on it…..but it doesn’t taste anything like i remembered..

Perhaps a better quality brand of pork and beans would have helped. I always thought Campbell's beans taste sort of vile.

Van Camp's or nothing.

I know I'm bored when I start scrounging around my emergency food stash. That's my supply of processed, shelf stable food with long expirations dates that I keep in the pantry for weather emergencies. I just found some Dole fruit cups that are in some kind of cherry gel (jello) that don't expire until December 2024. I just ate one, not bad, I may have another.

Jill Jones day!

Salad Salad salad 🥗

I won $55 on the state Lotto.

I've decided to cancel my gym membership. I like the gym but $400+ month is pretty steep. Plus they are closed between 11:30 am and 3:30 pm weekly and Sundays. I may join Planet Fitness so that I can go whenever I want to.

Is Don Cheadle gay?

The Windex Wipes I used to do some quick cleaning of mirrors today left streaks. I need to stick to my good old fashioned Sprayway Glass Cleaner and microfiber cloths. Cutting corners never results in a quality finished product.

Water and vinegar leave no streaks on glass.

I’m watching Seinfeld. It’s the one with Kathy Griffin doing her stand up act about Jerry Seinfeld is the devil. She was so cute back then.

I'm rewatching Downton Abbey for the umpteenth time and am on the final season.

Henry constantly saying "I like cars" makes him sound developmentally disabled.

I had a liverwurst sandwich today. I'm sure I'm the only person who loves it.

Nope, R74, me too.

[quote]I want to be Underwhelmed—Blossom 🌸 Edition

That flower 🌸 is used on social media by anti-vaxxers, patriots and QAnon loons to identify themselves. Does everybody know that?

I can still remember the smell of liverwurst sandwiches in the lunchroom of my elementary school in the 70s. Not my favorite but definitely a lunchbox staple for many kids.

My locker room in 3rd grade was above the boiler room. My liverwurst and scrambled egg sandwiches became sentient by lunch period and I refused to eat them. The teacher made me do a weekly clean out of my locker.

Wow, Cosmo, glad you canceled that membership. I can think of a lot I can do with $400 per month. I spend $400 to $500 on food.

No, I didn’t know that the cherry blossom emojis are used for those kinds of signals. Yikes.

I have a craving for orange slices. Not the fruit, the chewy candy.

Problem is I can't control myself around them. I keep them in the freezer and eat them not fully thawed and very cold. I like the Zachary brand, image below. I wish they sold them in small individual packages and not just in 32 oz. tubs.

I am pro liverwurst, myself.

I am also pro vinegar 100% strength to clean glass, mirrors, windows, but you have to wipe the surface until it's dry to avoid streaks.

I just use plain water / fine mist spray and a dry microfiber towel to clean mirrors. I think it would work on windows, on the inside, at least.

I just realized I have no heat. It's a bit chilly in here today, and 46 F outside. I considered not placing a service call but nighttime temps will be in the low 30s over the next 10 days so I better get someone here to fix it.

[quote]I have a craving for orange slices. Not the fruit, the chewy candy.

They're sugar bombs, but I love them, too. I can't keep them in the house because I have no willpower.

I had a blueberry turnover today. Heavenly.

I’m watching SVU and barely listening so I’m creating a scenario in my head where Julia Louis Dreyfus takes over the Olivia Benson role and she plays it just like Elaine. Like she says to a victim “Can you… elaborate?” The way she’d say it to Kramer. And I’m having a pleasant enough time.

I'm trying to get rid of the dark circles under my eyes that I've had since I was in elementary school. I tried hyaluronic eye cream and it burned the fuck out of my skin.

I guess they're hereditary and I'll have to live with them.

My severe dark circles disappeared after I had food allergy testing done.

Turns out I was allergic to almonds. At the time I was drinking almond milk, eating almond butter and kept almonds in my desk drawer for afternoon snack. As soon as I stopped ingesting almonds, my dark circles disappeared.

I got out of the shower and the garbage disposal was running. I live alone, one door with deadbolt, windows closed and locked, no cat, dog short like dachshund, would have gone nuts and barked, checked everywhere with pepper spray in hand, lots of stuff and not many hiding places, nothing taken. Had to run into kitchen to flip switch off. No extra keys anywhere or to anyone. Rather overwhelming but I didn’t know where else to put it.

Half-open switch last time you used the disposal. Vibration jarred it closed.

Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream was BOGO. I got one box of Pistachio and one box of Mango. I've never had these before so I don't know if they are good. I'll report back after I have one of each flavor.

President Lyndon B. Johnson drank a lot of Fresca per some guy on YouTube.

I ate all the aforementioned Dole Fruit Cups.

Now if there is a power outage this summer due to hurricanes and such, I shall be fruit cupless.

I have no one to blame but myself for this predicament.

Beef roasts were BOGO so I ate roast, Beef stir fry, BBQ beef sandwiches, and steak tacos this week.

Oh, ok R90.

I got yelled at for paying cash at one of those lunch places that fills up every storefront in NYC these days.

Apparently you’re supposed to pay only with your phone now.

Perhaps the BOGO troll could start its own thread so we don’t deprive the rest of Datalounge of its fascinating posts.

[quote] My severe dark circles disappeared after I had food allergy testing done. Turns out I was allergic to almonds. At the time I was drinking almond milk, eating almond butter and kept almonds in my desk drawer for afternoon snack. As soon as I stopped ingesting almonds, my dark circles disappeared.

Now that’s useful.

If you want fascinating posts, try another thread, gentle r97.

[quote] That flower 🌸 is used on social media by anti-vaxxers, patriots and QAnon loons to identify themselves. Does everybody know that?

All three? Seems confusing.

Obviously I don’t want fascinating, but there’s a lot of room between fascinating and daily BOGO updates.

No there is not.

You're not the boss of me, r97!

Also, it's not daily updates, it's weekly updates on Fridays when I do my food shopping (sometimes Thursday).

Did I mention DeCecco pasta was also BOGO today and I got two deals! Two cavatappi, one fusilli and one rigatoni. I would have preferred penne instead of rigatoni but they were out. [bold]sticks tongue out at Mr. CrankyPants r97[/bold]

I bet the top Bing search is "Google".

[quote] Also, it's not daily updates, it's weekly updates

r91, r94

I’m only suggesting you share your posts more widely.

r105, I am r91 but I am NOT r94 and his beef roasts.

They’re proliferating!

I accidentally bought tiramisu flavored Oreos and I’m not quite sure how I feel about them.

The local Trump “store” in my wide open small town has opened in a brick and mortar. It used to be in a pop-up tent.

Roast beef sounds good right now.

R110, I want a deli slicer; my arm is so Mary that it doesn’t cut anything straight.

Cooking up potatoes and mashing them before they go off. I hate wasting food.

What’s a wide open town?

My next-door neighbor looks like Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey and his wife looks like Joyce Bulifant from Match Game.

That’s quite a couple.

Joyce Bulifant has much, much more on her resumé than Match Game, though.

Yes, she does, R115. She stole my husband.

Not on Joyce Bulifant's résumé: Carol on "The Brady Bunch," for which she had been considered until Florence Henderson entered the picture.

I have two packages and I can’t see who they’re addressed to. We have 3 people in this house. We all order online. Why has packaging shrunk and hidden the name and address of the person it’s addressed to?

Sometimes I am appalled at my own grammar, punctuation, and syntax errors here on DL.

Sometimes I laugh at my own shit

I wish I lived in Midsomer. So many fetes. There’s always something to do. Harvest, summer solstice, winter solstice, Shakespeare festival, flower show, medieval fair, bicycle race, ghost walk, pub quiz…

There has never been a serial killer of bad packaging designers.

Nobody makes an effort these days.

Just did a couple of loads of laundry and my Samsung washer and dryer played their happy little tune at the end of the cycles. This reminded me of a bizarre incident a couple of years ago.

A friend of mine asked if I could throw some handyman work the way of a friend of his father who was having tough times. He assured me that although older, the guy was competent, liberal, blah blah....

So I called guy over to give me a price for some very MINOR tasks in my laundry room and spare bedroom. Salty old guy arrives, gives me judgmental stink eye and proceeds to give me an outrageous price for these inconsequential tasks a teenager could do. Tasks I didn't really even need done anyway, just trying to help out. I tell him the high price is not commensurate with the work. He does the tired old "tell you what I'm gonna do for you" and cuts price in half which is closer to what it should be. I agree to the lower price.

I ran a load of laundry while he worked in the laundry room. When he finished and I was paying him, he said he wanted the higher price he first quoted because if I could afford a washer and dryer "that played music", I could afford to pay him more. I declined, paid him the agreed upon lower reasonable price and wished him a happy life as we would not be crossing paths again.

That's my Samsung appliances play a happy tune story.

I’m on my heating pad again

I describe my wide open small town on the Eldergays How Have You Adjusted …. thread about crime.

227 is on

For the dark eye circle suffer, have you had blood work done? I had them, too. I tried every concealer under the sun ('m female) but nothing worked. Had blood work done and found out I was anemic. I was prescribed iron vitamins by my doctor. They are gone now and I no longer need the iron pills as I take a multi-vitamin for women 50+.

I've decided to take advantage of Empire Today's flooring sale. Having all of my floors (kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and wall-to-wall carpet) replaced for $7500. I will use my gym membership money to pay towards that and take advantage of walking in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. Then I'll join Planet Fitness. As an AARP member, I can join PF for $28/month with no enrollment fee.

They’re the hottest videos on the internet

Plexidern

I just got a frost warning here in southern NY from NWS. Right after I read a gardening sub on Reddit where someone up in Canada wanted to know if the 30F temperature was responsible for her drooping tomato plant…and BTW, she also said, “It’s going to be the same temps for a few days.”

Why do people actively ignore Grow Zone/Frost Date maps? (Canada as well as the US have them). Do they wake up on the first warm and sunny day of the year and say, “Must be time to plant tomatoes outside! Yessirree, winter’s over for good. We’re going to have Mediterranean weather from now until October.”

I don’t plant until May 22nd. Some years my hydrangeas don’t flower because of frosts in early-mid in May.

If you want to garden and have no experience and no knowledge, do yourself a favor and take a look at the grow maps as one of the very first things you do.

I walked up the alternate stairway, walked down a hallway and was hit by the strong odor of jizz coming from a specific apartment.

The apartment is kind of close to the floor’s garbage chute, so I’m going to throw things away all afternoon in the hope of getting a closer look at the emitter.

I casually mentioned to my parents that Led Zeppellin plagiarised many of their most famous songs, and I think I've just officially ruined their lives. I just assumed they knew. I thought it was common knowledge nowadays.

I didn’t know that.

I saw someone today I haven’t seen since before the pandemic. The intervening years have not been kind. At 86 he seemed invincible. At 91, not so much.

R133 what about your ugly ass?

R130 the smell of onions cooking/cooked can be very pungent and akin to jizz. I know because I recently thought there was a fat old man whore at the pub but he wasn't the offender. It was pizza night. And you mentioned the garbage chute.

I went for a 30-minute walk today and used the walking poles I bought about a year ago. It was a pretty good workout. Only got a few weird looks from my neighbors.

Update:

I mentioned in the previous Underwhelmed thread that I had fallen down a rabbit hole of watching The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on YouTube.

Well I'm still buried in that rabbit hole each night and thoroughly enjoying it.

I may be asking for trouble here but I did enjoy this compilation of Lens Dunham's three appearances. Craig seems to really like her. At the 7:20 mark she talks about his movie The Big Tease in which he plays a gay man. He then tells a cute anecdote about his real life gay interior decorator.

I hate going to the Post Office.

My car has been in the shop for a few weeks because of a damaged bumper. I just might get it back soon, though. Hopefully tomorrow. I've been driving my mom's car, and it's fine but it's just not the same.

[quote] the smell of onions cooking/cooked can be very pungent and akin to jizz

R135, I don’t want a quibble appearing on my underwhelm thread, but I assure you that I know fresh spunk and this was fresh spunk.

The tenant is 30s with a belly, glossy black hair, and poor taste in footwear. I saw him when I threw out red leaf lettuce that was starting to look scary.

Kudos, r40 on what may well be the perfect Underwhelmed post!

Forsythia are in bloom.

Are you in Brooklyn? It may be the Callery (Bradford) Pear tree.

[quote] The tenant is 30s with a belly, glossy black hair, and poor taste in footwear.

What kind of footwear, R140?

[quote]I've been driving my mom's car, and it's fine but it's just not the same.

Does it smell like Avon or something?

You guys make.me laugh today. Haha

Rain

Poop

Just went on a work trip with a group of people. I'm not a huge fan of people's Venmo calculations. I feel like I came out behind. I do appreciate that the group members did do the transfers immediately. Just disappointed in the amounts.

I had a dream last night that all the adult Brady Bunch kids were in a limo with the youngest Partridge Family kid, Suzanne Crough who played Tracy. But Suzanne died a few years ago. I woke up wondering if it was a premonition that one of the Bradys was going to die symbolized by the dead Partridge accompanying them.

I don't know.

Whelming?

R149 be sure to discuss this with your therapist

I came here to warn my fellow DLers a Brady might die and what do I get in return? Called crazy.

Ungrateful lot you all are.

Well, yes. We are typically ungrateful.

A ripe mango would be nice, r152.

Pineapple makes the roof of my mouth itch.

I have the same problem with eggplant and with plums, R153. Both have a similar color. Coincidence? Perhaps not.

I don't usually like mango, but tried the Jollibee Peach Mango fried pie the other day. That works.

Go to bed

I haven’t posted in like 36 hours.

I just flew on a plane for the first time in a very long time. United Airlines, now, doesn't give you credit for the actual miles you flew. They use your ticket price as some kind of base number, then multiply it by another number which is based on whether you have their credit card and other BS like that.

At least they refunded me for my Wi-Fi day pass. Wi-Fi was not working on my flights. (I had to call and ask for a refund, though.)

My dog is smart but sometimes she can be also dumb. She approached her water and food bowls but wouldn't go further since she had left two of her squeaky toys in front of them. Of course, I moved them out of the way.

Yesterday I took the plastic microwave food cover out of the microwave and laid it on top of the stove while I cleaned microwave. Forgot to put it back in microwave afterwards.

Last night I preheated oven and put chicken and potatoes into bake. Later smelled something funky. Plastic microwave food cover melting on stove.

Ugh.

Why do I keep hearing about Chef John's chicken? I don't like his voice.

r161, because I also posted about the chicken on the What's for Dinner thread. I'll shut up about it now.

Chasity! Get out of that bush!

If a food makes the roof of your mouth, throat or ears itchy you likely have a food allergy or sensitivity. For years my ears and back of throat would itch while eating banana. Allergic!

River hasn't posted a video in over a week, I'm worried about him.

TIL a member of the Trump family actually was in the military. Fred Trump Jr was in ROTC in college and joined Air National Guard as a second Lt to learn how to fly. It’s how he became a pilot.

A member of the Trump family (father Fred’s bother John) was a professor at MIT.

His family had no love for DJT.

I donated a bunch of stuff to the Humane Society thrift store. I can only hope they actually use the proceeds to help animals

Why are ppl talking about Trump in this thread 😠

Yeah!

I just realized I accidentally put a 20 in a tip jar earlier instead of a 1. I'm pretty upset about it.

I went in for my annual physical today, ,and the receptionist looked at me like I had two heads. "What time was your appointment?" "What's your name again?" "Who are you seeing?" "Did you just schedule your appointment?"

Turns out my appointment was last Tuesday.

I have done that with appointments before. Did they test you for dementia? Jk

Waterloo Sparkling Water 12-packs were BOGO today. I got two deals.

Two grape (my favorite) and one Cherry Limeade and one Blackberry Lemonade.

My new passport arrived in the mail today. Ten days after I applied for it.

The pot de cremes I made aren't terribly custardy.

I need to go into the bank to get a new bank card. My old one has stopped working.

I don't like cold pizza or cold spaghetti.

I've been very underwhelmed with my last several purchases of marmalade.

Can anyone recommend a brand that is actually bitter! The ones I've purchased have all been very sweet.

I’m having a sciatica flare up which is quite whelming. However, my dog is being all mopey because I can’t take him for a real walk and it’s so nice out.

R190 hope you’re on your heating pad

I cooked two pounds of bacon for a brunch potluck. Now, I have around 3/4ths of a cup of rendered bacon fat in a jar.

Someone made, for the potluck, an eggy casserole with what I thought was potatoes. I bit into it and it was a damn piece of apple with the skin on it. Who the hell puts apple in an egg casserole.

R182 was the egg and apple casserole made by a friend or acquaintance? I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances since I don't know what their house/kitchen looks like. And also they could be weird like this person.

Eggy apple casserole is a sign of malicious food sharing. Like that room temperature shell fish plate that mysteriously appears, stay away from food made by others.

[italic]Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed, and then one day he was shootin at some food and up through the ground come a bubblin crude...[/italic]

NO SPOILERS PLEASE, R185!

I took shortcuts on the White Chicken Chili that I shouldn't have, but the recipe was strong enough to escape total ruination.

I'm going to start spring cleaning, which I find depressing. I feels like preparing for your death.

[quote] [R182] was the egg and apple casserole made by a friend or acquaintance? I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances since I don't know what their house/kitchen looks like. And also they could be weird like this person.

I looked at the sign-up list and it seemed like the casseroles (yes, there were maybe 4 damn casseroles) were made by OK people. The apple, though. Ugh. I actually love Honeycrisp apples, but not with the skin in an eggy casserole.

In general, I avoid potluck food, as well. I also don't trust people's levels of cleanliness.

This is Lynda Carter.

My cousin said she dumped her therapist because the therapist glibly mentioned she had to be in court because a patient killed themselves. Cousin said this is the second time in a year she's mentioned a patient killing themselves and smirking about it.

I know no one can predict someone taking their life but I would have dumped the therapist after the first smirk.

[quote]I avoid potluck food made by acquaintances

[quote]In general, I avoid potluck food, as well.

Is hating potluck food yet another DLism? I haven't worked in an office where potlucks were the norm in decades, and I neither rejected potluck food as a norm, nor noticed anyone else doing so. Is it a response to AIDS? (I still don't do birthday cakes with candles.)

The few times I've been invited to a potluck, I was careful to pick only food I had a reasonable expectation of liking—as opposed to piling up a plateload of food. Now I'm suspicious of any such event, thanks to you, DL.

I think a lot of people look askance at potluck offerings. Not just on DL.

I've pretty much got an iron stomach. The problem, for me, is just bad cooking, like the apples in the egg casserole. (I'm not that worried about unsanitary kitchens.)

One thing I hate seeing on YouTube videos is people cooking and cats jumping up on the counters. Especially if the cat sits down, i.e., places its ass on the counter.

I bought an Italian spice blend. I have all of the ingredients in my spice cabinet but I can never get the ratio quite right and so many recipes these days call for “Italian spice blend.” I feel like a failure.

I made my first pitcher this year of ice tea today and it hit the spot. I don't like getting it out because it's usually too weak. The exception is Dunkin Donuts, that is acceptable. Their best kept secret.

I don't like spice blends because they always have rosemary (long, sharp leaves). I just use plain, dried oregano, or Mexican oregano.

How come some candies rip up your mouth? Like jellybeans and Mike and Ike. They shave a layer of skin off your tongue and inner cheeks. It hurts

Never heard of Mike and Ike 'til now.

[quote]How come some candies rip up your mouth? Like jellybeans and Mike and Ike. They shave a layer of skin off your tongue and inner cheeks. It hurts.

What?? They're jelly beans, not fruit-flavored razor blades.

Maybe you have an allergy to one or more of the ingredients, R197.

Yesterday while driving to dog park and back I saw 5 identical white Teslas driving around. At different places except two were pulled up at same light. Weird. What’re the odds?

Lemonheads took half a tooth off. Chewy candy will tear up your mouth.

I can’t eat Hot Tamales anymore. I wish they had a less hot than Fierce. Chewy AND hotter than H?

I bought several jugs of Starbucks Iced Espresso Caramel Macchiato and Iced Espresso Caffe Mocha when they were on sale. Turns out I don't like cold coffee. So now I heat it up in the microwave and it is acceptable as an afternoon pick me up but not as my morning coffee. I won't be repurchasing and will stick to brewing my own hot morning coffee.

[quote] Yesterday while driving to dog park and back I saw 5 identical white Teslas driving around. At different places except two were pulled up at same light. Weird. What’re the odds? I didn’t know what brand til I looked up symbols.

If you don’t recognize the brand on sight, I don’t have much confidence in your determination that these were truly “identical “ or even hat they were five different cars.

Teslas are pretty common (for now) in Northern NJ, but between their build quality issues, the company’s finances and Musk’s rants I’d predict that Tesla sightings are peaking right about now.

I got in trouble in third grade for eating Lemonheads in class.

I had the box hidden under an open book and was sneaking one here and there but then I STUPIDLY opened the lid to my desk (the old-fashioned lift top desks) and they went flying all over the place.

Some guy on YouTube said this Smokehouse Burnt Ends Dip was good so I bought it as I'm susceptible like that.

Turns out it is good. Recommend.

I'm watching The Other Side Of The Mountain on Netflix. The 1975 movie based on the true life story of skier Jill Kinmont, who broke her neck skiing and became a quadriplegic teacher on the rez.

I haven't seen this movie since I was 9 years old. Watching it for purely nostalgic reasons. My mother cried while watching this movie and my mother died 2 years ago.

I mourn the discontinued Friendly's Watermelon Roll.

Finally, on my third trip, Trader Joe’s had some frozen steel cut oatmeal. It’s one of my go-to breakfasts, and I had a fridge full of berries to add to it, but I was out of stock and stranded.

There's a Reiki woman on YouTube who wants to access my Akashic records and clear them or clean them or something along those lines.

I don't even know what my Akashic records are. Should I let her? Is it like my karmic credit report or something? Is she bullshitting me?

R211 has she asked for a "donation" yet? If you want to use a psychic-medium, then I suggest Cheryl and Kimm from Touching Souls. They're a mother/daughter team on Facebook but you can Google their website.

I had 2 readings and they're the real deal in talking with the dead. Everything they've told me has come to pass, I shit you not.

[quote] I had 2 readings and they're the real deal in talking with the dead. Everything they've told me has come to pass, I shit you not.

R211, don't listen to R212.

Mr Canada Goose (I named him Goosie and he responds) comes to my shore everyday and I give him wild bird seed. His mate is on the nest so he has time on his hands. When they first landed in March, they both visited me right away, I remember them from last year. I wonder how many goslings it will be, last year they had four. I love living on a New England life and feel fortunate that I do.

New England lake, that is.

My dog just reminded me that I forgot to feed her tonight. She struck her I'm hungry pose, paws forward, ass in the air and eyeballing me. I feel guilty but she's eating now.

I'm going to be 58 in June and I have no hobbies except for working out and going to the movies. Everything that I had a passion for in my 20s and 30s (reading, traveling, studying) I've lost interest in.

I retired 2 years ago and had big plans: studying languages, taking art classes, and more traveling. Never happened. I don't think I'm depressed, but I'm definitely bored and can't find anything that I'm excited about, not that I've been looking. Just underwhelmed.

I've been retired for a little over three years now, R217, and one of things I like best about it is how underwhelming my days have become. I've learned to appreciate simple pleasures in a way I never did before.

Retired at 56? Consider yourself very fortunate. Do some volunteer work. Deliver meals on wheels and not just on Thanksgiving.

[quote]Is she bullshitting me?

Are you? smh

Me too, r209. It was a summer tradition.

Birds Eye Loaded Potato Bake is good, prepared in oven not microwave.

Package says 3.5 servings, I beg to differ, LOL. I added a piece of left over chicken and called it lunch.

In my store it's located with the frozen vegetables not frozen meals which I suppose makes sense.

I washed my windows today and it's an unpleasant task but glad it's done.

I renewed my resident parking status (window sticker and visitor permits) online for free this morning.

Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner smells bad. Really bad. Overpowering chemical smell that could kill you bad.

I won't be using it again. But maybe I'll keep it as a weapon. If someone breaks into my home, I'll spray their face with Scrubbing Bubbles. Death by Scrubbing Bubbles!

Shit…..

R225, I like Scrubbing Bubbles - it makes quick work of bathtub ring, and you can get other fragrances. It is pretty strong, though.

Will Scrubbing Bubbles remove toilet ring & stains that don't come out via actual scrubbing?

I don't know about toilet stains, I was using the Scrubbing Bubbles on tub and bathroom sink.

Try CLR for bad toilet stains.

I think I have tried CLR. Frankly, I've not been that impressed with CLR.

I just saw another car with a crooked bumper sticker. Go to any office, like a doctor's office, and most of the signs put up are crooked. Even many light and power outlet boxes are installed crooked.

Do some people just not have the genes to recognize straight and level?

R231, maybe you’ve gone cockeyed.

I just drove home and saw a Hummer at a traffic light with a bumper sticker that read “I’m the quiet neighbor with the big freezer.”

I'm pretty OCD about things being straight. Even my Command hooks are stuck on straight. I do use a level to mark the spots.

Currently waiting at the eye specialist. They will be dilating my eyes today.

I cooked a bag of Brussels sprouts from ALDIs and they were imported from Belgium.

R236 are you in EU?

Do they call them Brussels Sprouts in the EU?

Apparently the French and Walloons call them choux Bruxelles (Brussels cabbage) , the Dutch and Flemish call them spruiten (which I’m guessing means “sprouts”) and the German call them rosenkohl (rose cabbage?)

Vinny Egizi put his lawn sign out again. He does it every election year.

Wild Planet is the only brand of tuna fish I will buy. Not that I make tuna salad often but when I do, it's Wild Planet or nothing.

Lately, I've been buying Genova oil-packed albacore tuna.

I'm so sick of that woman on YouTube who is always talking about "stuck poop".

Is there any way I can opt out of poop commercials?

I took a three hour nap late this afternoon and now I'm wide awake.

[quote] Is there any way I can opt out of poop commercials?

Yes, subscribe to YouTube Premium. I thought about it for years and finally subscribed. It's about $15 per month and is worth it, IMO. No more commercials.

I subscribed to Shudder on Prime so I can get my fill of horror movies, which I love. I checked out all the other horror premium channels but they didn't have a big selection.

I continue my adventure of watching Craig Ferguson's old late-night show.

2014 Elisabeth Moss appearance and she is too short for the chair and her feet can't touch the floor. Craig offers her a foot stool he offers all short actresses with his usual accompanying joke of "we have this foot stool in case Tom Cruise is ever on the show". She initially giggles and accepts the foot stool. Then after a minute or two says she's uncomfortable and doesn't want the foot stool anymore.

I'm suspect Scientologist Elisabeth realized she was already in deep shit with the borg for laughing at the Tom Cruise joke so she better reject the stool to try and mitigate whatever reprimand from was in store for her.

I like when Craig dances with the horse. He has big feet.

Banana Laffy Taffy is soft, delectable. The other Laffy Taffy flavors are hard, causing tooth and jaw discomfort. Why can’t the banana Laffy taffy formula be used on all the taffies?

I’m not in EU.

My 3 month Pro Air Albuterol inhalers now cost $0. But I can’t find out why. I used to pay $150 for a 3 month supply via Medicare, now it’s free. I wish my other meds were the same price

R249 hard to imagine why CA would import brussel sprouts from Belgium! What a world...

Took some naan dippers out of the freezer and into air fryer at 400 for 4 minutes and they burned.

Did a second batch at 370 for 3 minutes and they were fine.

I should probably write that down for next time.

Dipped them into my Burnt Ends dip mentioned upthread.

Do you take any other meds that are expensive?

Did you pass the Part D maximum where all the drugs are covered for the rest of the year?

Between the mass of protester and soap opera threads I am bored.

Well, you've come to the right thread, r254!

I just got a craving for egg nog and the fresh nutmeg on top of it.

Did you know that Connecticut is the Nutmeg State, R256?

Too much nutmeg will make you hallucinate. The downside is that much will also make you very sick.

My neighbor just came over and asked if I have a bolt cutter he could borrow.

I don't have a bolt cutter.

So what is the sweet spot in nutmeg consumption? Is it possible to get some hallucinogenic effect without poisoning yourself?

Probably not. Everyone would be doing it.

Nutmeg ruins everything.

I'm oddly dizzy today. (I haven't had any nutmeg, if you were wondering.)

I have discovered a small wound on my nose and I have no idea where it came from. Do you think my cat tried to eat me while I slept?

Two things — one routine, one overwhelming:

1) I need to Dremel my toenails sometime today, and

2) MORE cicadas emerged in my backyard overnight! Birds are chowing down.

R228 Try Magic Eraser.

[quote] I'm oddly dizzy today

Me too! I woke up late, feeling like I ran a marathon. Dizzy and listing to my right with swollen eyes. The very definition of ….something

Heard and saw my first Baltimore oriole this year, yesterday May 1. Have recently listening to hear if I still have white throated sparrows. My juncos are long gone. Yesterday, no white throats. But today I heard one, so I still have them. No hummingbirds yet.

It wasn’t their fault the crew took a wrong turn.

Malcolm X said you had to eat a whole can of it to get high.

r263 rub nutmeg on it.

[quote]Dizzy and listing to my right

Oh no. You're not having a stroke, are you?

Yeah, I remember Malcolm X using nutmeg in prison.

Two Loons have arrived on the lake. I love the sight and sound of them, very cool.

R273, You old poop!

I have become my cat's emotional support animal.

[quote]Dizzy and listing to my right

Obviously you were never a sailor, or you would have said you were listing to starboard.

I had vertigo for nearly a year. Probably have had it mildly off and on for many years. Yoga fixed it.

Diana's Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas were BOGO today. I got two of the milk chocolate covered. They also had dark chocolate. I've never had these so I don't know if they're good,

King's Hawaiian Mini Sub Rolls were also BOGO so I got two. Just the mini subs rolls were BOGO, nothing else in the King's Hawaiian line. I'll be having a couple of mini sub rolls with Boar's Head Deluxe Ham (shaved), cheese, mayo and pickles for lunch.

That is all.

Carry on.

My FICO score dropped from 815 to 809.

I have no idea what my FICO score is and don't care.

I have no debt and don't need no credit!

My FICO score dropped 3 points for opening a new credit card account: it's 847 now. I scored 75,000 miles on American Airlines, so it's worth it.

Now Amtrak wants to offer me another $100 off train tickets that are already discounted by 17% because there are three of us traveling together if I open a cc account for them. .

I don't think it'll ding my score that much.

Some guy on Youtube recommended Juan Valdez Medium Roast Instant Coffee.

He was right, it is good. Better the Nescafe Classico and Starbucks Instant (instant in the little can not VIA packets). Amazon carries it as does Walmart for much cheaper.

I use it as an occasional afternoon pick me up. I don't like Keurig coffee as it isn't hot enough. I use a Farberware percolator in the morning which makes very hot and good coffee.

I've mentioned this before here but worth repeating: to make any brand of instant coffee taste better, add just a bit of COLD water to the granules (a tablespoon or two) and make a little paste, then add the hot water.

^better THAN

I’m disheartened. I fell down a rabbit hole reading about the secret bank of billionaires: Allen &Co. They’ve consulted on giant mergers with Walmart and IPOs like Google and Twitter. Just more plutocracy crap.

Whelm alert! Whelm alert!

I cleaned out my house and didn't feel like getting in my car to donate to Goodwill so my coworker suggested I join the Buy Nothing Facebook page and post pics of my junk there.

I wasn't prepared for the feeding frenzy. I live in a nice area so it's not like people are broke. They descended on my porch like a pack of vultures. But at least all my stuff is gone and I didn't have to leave the house.

Yikes. Not sure I would have wanted a bunch of strangers coming to my house to get free stuff.

When my mom died, one of my siblings actually gave away her (mom's) upright piano. My sister said that the people who picked it up never even said thank you. (They were a bunch of young Christians.)

The hot cross buns were a bit bready this morning. Serves me right for deviating from my usual source.

By contrast, R288, the “reduced for final sale” Cinnamon pie dough twists I bought off the bakery’s buzzard rack this morning were delicious lightly warmed.

I’ll freeze the other three. Otherwise they’d be gone by this afternoon.

Whenever I’m ready to sit down, put my feet up and relax and dip into DL, I think of Bugsy Siegel. Why? Bugsy was sitting by a window reading the evening paper when he was shot and killed.

If Bugsy had only drawn the drapes or closed the blinds, he wouldn’t have been shot. Not then, anyway: they would have shot him later.

I close the blinds and then sit down. Helpful? Must be - I’ve never been shot.

Amazon driver is two stops away

Until the notification changes to "Your driver has a few more stops to make."

Which is Amazonspeak for "lunch break".

Finally got hummingbirds today - a male and female. The female didn’t know how to use the feeder and instead of standing on one of the perches she sat atop the red plastic flower and put her head down to drink.

I still have winter white throats singing.

I’ve been spreading mulch and I smell like manure.

I didn't feel like cooking this week so I bought a bunch of frozen food at Trader Joe's.

Some if them are pretty good, but too much sodium.

But were the Trader Joe's frozen foods BOGO?

[quote]Whenever I’m ready to sit down, put my feet up and relax and dip into DL, I think of Bugsy Siegel. Why? Bugsy was sitting by a window reading the evening paper when he was shot and killed.

John Dillinger was shot and killed while exiting a movie theater. This is why I only watch movies at home.

Jerking off anonymously with strangers on Telegram gives an off vibe to the days after doing such things. It's like making friends you can never have.

I am the popcorn genius. My new record: I made a huge bowl last night with only 4 (count ‘em, 4) old maids.

On behalf of Old Maids everywhere, I really must protest.

R296 they weren't but I didn't care. I'm exhausted.

WTF? I was just checking tv listings and CNN has Real Time With Bill Maher. WHY? Is CNN paying HBO for that shit?

I don't understand why some wine glasses are so huge but only filled a quarter of the way. Fill 'er up and chugalug!

So you can swirl the wine, silly.

A slab leak has flooded half my apartment.

They guy who is scheduled to come pressure wash my house tomorrow, Monday, called me at 7:00 a.m. (WTF) today, Sunday, and asked if he could come by in about an hour and do the job today.

No, I won't have that noise all day on a Sunday when most people are at home.

I'm so hung over.

I got disposable liners for my air fryer to help cut down on mess and cleaning.

Not loving them. Food isn't as crisp and it is taking longer to cook everything so I'm having to trial and error the correct time with items I already had determined the perfect time for.

It’s cold and rainy so I can’t garden and the NYT’s puzzles are done. Perhaps a nap.

Grim day outside. Brunch was good and we bought a Croton on the way freom the Garden Center.

We were whipped from work outside yesterday. Our guest was way hungover from the night before. She bailed at about 2:30 to go home and go back to bed.

R309 has the right idea.

It's been rainy here for the past week. I just realized I have had my lawn sprinkler's timer turned on the entire time (it's too old to have a rain sensor). Dumb mistake.

I'm not a YouTuber but I think I too should be able to solicit "Buy Me a Coffee", "Super Thanks" and "Likes".

Co-worker found my report informative? Send me a $5.00 Super Thanks! My email was helpful? Hit the "Like " button in my signature area.

Neighbor enjoyed the small talk and petting my dogs when I walked by their house? Buy me a coffee!

What’s a Croton?

We should be able to trade in WWs for merchandise. R312

Yes, Datalounge dollars, like Marlboro Miles.

The prizes would have to include caftans.

I like that idea, r314. Or redeem WWs for virtual gift cards in various denominations.

Or perhaps DL "merch". "Pointless Bitchery" t-shirts, "Oh Dear" mugs....

Crotons

I went to the supermarket and they were having power problems so none of the perishable or frozen food was for sale.

I would have happily taken some half-frozen Tillamook off their hands.

R313 We did this (below) one year. Looked fab as a border/low hedge, cost a fortune. We limit ourselves to two or three now, although a big pot (at this place anyway) usually has two or three plants or roots that can be divided before planting.

I'm reading A Life Impossible by Steve Gleason. He was a virgin at 28 when he met his wife in 2005. She took his virginity. They got married in 2008. Then he was diagnosed with ALS in 2011.

All that time he could have been banging football groupies.

[quote]He was a virgin at 28 when he met his wife in 2005.

You're telling me that a reasonably good-looking football player made it through college *and* several years in the NFL - in New Orleans of all places - without having sex? I'd take that with a big grain of salt.

Sounds like a fag.

Had my first Feast of the Ixodese scapularis. A deer tick HALF INSIDE MY BELLY BUTTON. Luckily enough of it was visible that I thought it was a crumb from breakfast so I tried to brush it off…and it didn’t brush off. Time for the magnifying tweezers. Got it, but my belly button literally looks chewed.

[quote]my belly button literally looks chewed

Pics please.

I have felt the need to tell Mayim Bialik she’s sooooo beautiful every time I’ve opened this thread.

Let’s not use “Blossom” in thread titles - it bothers me.

R321 he said he wasn't impressed with women. He found them to be "superficial and materialistic."

He was into spirituality and sustainability, even driving a car that ran on vegetable oil.

[quote]he said he wasn't impressed with women.

Like I said ...

R327 you might have a point, Matt. In his book he said they had to have children through in-vitro because his wife's cervical fluid killed his sperm. Plus, the most important quality he needed from a relationship with a woman was "friendship."

Take from that what you will.

There are nine active threads on DL at the moment.

I hope your pussy is juicy tonight

Planted 5 crocsimia corms, which I’ve never planted before. On my morning walkabout I found they’d all been dug up and bitten into pieces l

^^try screen netting until the sprouts 🌱 are a decent size.

I’d believe Steve Gleason. I can’t imagine anybody telling that story if it wasn’t true.

I just took two Tylenol Rapid Release Gelcaps.

I'll take two more in six hours, if needed.

What had happened, R334? Did you have surgery?

Tramadol - check

2 Tylenol Arthritis gel caps - check

Why does Taylor Swift's "boyfriend" sell brisket at Walmart?

Courtney Love dated Edward Norton for several years.

Courtney hit on a then single Craig Ferguson at a party at Carrie Fisher's house.

Courtney lived next door to Carrie Fisher.

Poor Carrie. That would drive me to drugs.

My slab leak is fixed. My carpet was cleaned. Fixing the hole tommorrow.

A lot of people have TD

I remember when the big mouth became the fresh mouth

I have a hankering for a childhood Manwich Sloppy Joe on a soft Wonder bread type bun.

Do they still make Manwich?

Yes they do.

R343, my Mom used to use McCormick's Sloppy Joe seasoning and tomato paste. We would have them open-faced on Pepperidge Farm Sesame Seed topped buns with cole slaw on top. Damn, now I want Sloppy Joe's!

I wanted to watch the new horror movie Mind Body Soul but it's only streaming on Apple and Vudu, neither of which I have.

Instead I watched Influencer on Shudder. It was pretty good.

I didn't rinse my electric kettle enough after descaling it.

There's a slight vinegary note in my tea....

I'm craving some Dole Whip.

I went to the library and saw a witchcraft book written by Jeffrey Dean Morgan's wife Hilarie Burton. I flipped through it and apparently she belongs to a coven. What the fuck? This is the best he could do?

Or maybe she cast a spell on him. Or maybe she has a magical snatch. Or maybe she got deliberately pregnant to trap his gorgeous ass. Straight men can be so stupid.

I lost my colander.

I have a lot of emails in my spam folder from someone named "PaymentDeclined".

Surprised my finances and my life altogether hasn't come to a halt with all these declined payments.

I found my missing pasta fork. It was in the bottom drawer of the stove. Must’ve been because I was using it to pull something out of the back.

Working the streets for $20

They have completely reorganized the deli counter so now all you see is large, round, unopened hunks of meat like 6 turkey breasts in a row. It's so weird and unappetizing.

[quote] I lost my colander.

How do you lose a colander. I am a minimalist, but I have 2 colanders.

I thought I lost my new blood pressure machine but I forgot I donated the old one so I only have one now. I also forgot that the new one looks completely different than the old one, which is also why I thought I lost it.

It’s a mystery, r355.

[quote]I lost my colander.

Were you wearing it on your head as a makeshift helmet for a World War I battle reenactment?

I just finished reading A Life Impossible by Steve Gleason. He hasn't had sex with his wife since 2013. They had sex in his wheelchair and it was awkward because she struggled to undress him and had to be careful of his feeding tube and Foley catheter. Afterwards she told him, "That's the last time."

ALS doesn't effect his hard-on and he's begged her repeatedly for sex but she's said no, she just doesn't feel attracted to him that way anymore. Meanwhile, she's told him she needs someone to hold her hand, hug her, dance with her, and fuck her.

I don't know who I should feel more sorry for. Maybe they should both take a lovah.

Jesus, if it was a gay couple he'd get a whore and she'd get a fuck bud. Straights are so uprtight.

Tate's Cookies were BOGO today. I got two of the chocolate chip. It was an ideal opportunity to try different flavors but I decided to stick with what I know.

They didn't have the Bollinger chilled, but they did have Charles Heidsieck.

I watch Becker at 10 and 10:30 pm on RewindTV. I watched it during its original run as well but never noticed the shot of 2 men holding hands while strolling across the street.

Apparently my cats have cornered a mouse under a chair in my great room. Two of the cats are patrolling the aforementioned area and conducting periodic nose-under-chair investigations.

My third cat is like, “Fuck that locally sourced food. Gimme mass produced Temptations treats.”

Got a new colander so I suppose the old one will now show up.

Can one ever have too many colanders?

Yes, I think so. People, in general, IMO, have too much kitchen junk.

I'm the one with the 2 colanders. I have used both at the same time. Fruit (cherries) in one. Pasta in the other. Yes, I drain my pasta in a colander.

I like both colanders or I'd get rid of one. One is the Oxo, which I actually sanded b/c the pierced holes had rough edges. The other one is the Joseph Joseph one that has smoother holes and fits into my large, stainless steel Joseph Joseph bowl.

I definitely have too much kitchen junk. I have so many spatulas it's ridiculous. Also, serving spoons, slotted spoons, etc. I even bought a set of Spurdles when BBB went closed its stores. Lucinda Scala Quinn (she used to cook on Martha's cooking show on CreateTV) was hawking them in an infomercial. I don't bake so I'm not sure why I bought them. Maybe it's because they were so cheap.

[quote]Got a new colander so I suppose the old one will now show up.

It's the only way it ever would have shown up. You did what you had to do.

It won't be too long before cherries are available, usually early June. I eat pounds of them when they're around. Delicious.

Realised yesterday that I'd forgotten the eighth anniversary of an old friend's death at the beginning of the month. He died the day before Trump became the Republican presidential nominee - that part always sticks in my mind, because I remember wondering what he'd say - just a few weeks before the UK voted for Brexit. The world has changed so much since his death. He'd be 46 now. So odd to think that he'd already been gone for nearly four years before the first COVID lockdown.

They sure make a tasteless pie without the almond flavoring R370. One of the most labor intensive and disappointing baking efforts I ever made.

Did I mention that a deluxe pizza picked up at Dominos is Fully twice the price of a Little Caesar’s deluxe pizza???

The night before last, I slept for 3 and 15 minutes. Last night, I slept for 12 hours and 30 minutes. That's a personal record (the 12+ hours).

Woke up this morning with a canker sore.

I gave up on the disposable air fryer filters.

Nothing comes out crisp with them.

I've repurposed the filters as makeshift paper plates. I use them to hold snacks such as cookies and popcorn and to microwave/reheat items.

I've resigned myself to daily air fryer cleaning.

are you sure it’s a canker sore?

I transplanted a fern and now I’m exhausted. Maybe tomorrow.

I watch Island Life all night because everything else on TV makes me anxious. Even then, if the wife is bitchy, I’ll turn it off.

So you turn it off a lot, r379?

R380 Yes, it presents quite the conundrum.

Wow, The Mt Washington Auto Road opened this weekend. It never opens until Memorial Day weekend but they had a lot less snow this past winter.

Saw a video of Buc-ee's Gas Station. Makes my local Wawa look not so great in comparison.

Buc-ee's is pretty awesome.

We went to Porchfest this afternoon. Three hundred bands/musicians. Thousands of people in the streets. Our younger friend knew a lot more of the songs than did we. No shootings and a nice day, thus happily underwhelmed.

I saved the bacon fat from frying 2 pounds of Hormel black label thick-cut (not so thick, really) bacon.

Now, I'm caramelizing onions in some of that fat. I still have a lot more bacon fat from that 2 lbs.

[quote]Buc-ee's is pretty awesome.

I'm so mad I left Texas right around the time they came to my area.

The upstairs neighbor is crashing around already. I'm surprised she has so much energy after coming home at whore o'clock this morning.

A real whore would be fucking.

It's raining like a motherfucker and I need to gas up my car.

A Longhorn steakhouse opened up recently near me. Went there for lunch but so far everying I've tried on their menu has been too salty or too much pepper.

I'm attempting to get "ring-around-the-collar" off of white dress shirts I haven't worn for years. They fit and they're beautifully made shirts in fabrics and weaves that are expensive and hard to find now, so I'd like to keep 'em if I can. The first pass through the "Whitest Whites" cycle with All Free and Clear, Arm and Hammer Laundry Soda, bleach, and an hour's soak in a diluted enzyme mix after scrubbing them with Dawn detergent cleaned about half of them spotlessly. The second - as yet not spotless - batch are the washer now having undergone the same treatment again.

Everything now is fast-fashion, recycled polyester, stitched or glued together poorly by people paid slave wages in third-world countries. I don't want to be a hoarder, but it's hard to trash good stuff.

[quote]A real whore would be fucking.

She fucks away; thank God for small favors.

I was called by NP from my pulmonology office and asked to go to Major University Hospital to drop off a sputum specimen at that hospital. Very important for me to use that hospital, she said, not an outside lab. (They also have me go to their hospital for CT scans, not to have CT done elsewhere). I live 3 hours away. Ok, sez I. I will go into city and will make appointment to get hair cut and have lunch in old neighborhood across town just so I can drop off specimen in their lab.

But please, I begged, the last three times I was asked to give specimens there were no orders in computer. Not at Major Hospital and not at Independent Outpatient Lab.

“No problem, I just put order in computer!” said she.

Can you email me a requisition, or fax or snail mail me an order on Rx pad just in case it’s not in computer? My GP does it all the time …just hands me a piece of paper from RX pad with order for lab test or imaging, I go to my local lab/hospital and get test done.

No, that’s impossible, she said.

Of course when I made time to go to his hospital, which was completely out of the way on other side of town in crippling traffic, there was no order in computer.

Fourth time this has happened.

I spent over 40 minutes at lab, showed them note the NP wrote in my chart saying “I spoke with patient on phone who will come to hospital in May 11 to drop off specimen.” Called pulm office answering g service, finally got hold of some peon to put order in.

On my 3 hour ride home I got a message of test result, claiming my specimen was contaminated with oropharyngeal flora and so….it was discarded. Test not performed.

This is the Underwhelmed thread.

I need to bite the bullet and rearrange my furniture to make things more comfortable for WFH.

I was cleaning out my laundry area (in preparation for having the floors redone) and I found a chef's hat. I've never owned a chef's hat. Do I have an alternate personality taking over my body at night and working as a sous chef somewhere?

Missing colander, chef hat materializing from thin air.

I haven't seen Mr Goosie today, maybe the Mrs is cracking those eggs.

Psychic phenomena exists. They just showed up with their little seven new goslings.

I haven’t heard white throated sparrows for 2 days. I think they are gone. Which would make May 9 the last day I heard them. Fare thee well, my winter birds on their journey north to the mountains and forests.

Nature rocks.

I miss watching something good on HBO Sunday nights. I've had no interest in The Sympathizer and next up is a spinoff of Game of Thrones, yawn. I'm waiting for The Last of Us and The White Lotus to return but it will be awhile due to the actor's strike. I did enjoy True Detective with Jodie Foster but that was the last series I watched on that channel.

R386, I always save bacon fat. It's perfect for cooking a sunny-side/over-easy eggs. I sometimes put a bit in my collard greens as well.

^My step father told me they would save the bacon fat and spread it on their bread because they couldn't afford to buy butter.

[quote] Never heard of Mike and Ike 'til now.

Neither had I until I got a really good bag of jellybeans. When everyone ate them, I wanted to buy another bag but alas, Easter season was over. I only like Brach’s original jelly beans, not the “designer” jellybeans with 40 flavors, or sour jelly beans. Then I saw a box of Mike and Ike -original fruit flavors with hard covering. I was addicted. I ate 3 boxes this weekend. It’s a sick life. I need help

I watched Ordinary Angels last night because Alan Ritchson is hot. I thought it was a good movie.

I had toasted Italian bread with butter and jam and it was so good I had another piece. It triggered my appetite though and I am even more hungry than I was before I had my tea.

I think Ben Napier from Home Town was more attractive before he Ozempic’d and got a gay haircut.

I've run out of Outshine bars. I had a box of grape and one of pineapple. I'll have to go shopping tomorrow.

I just learned that the actor who was always the drunk at the end of the bar on Bewitched was Mr. Whipple of Charmin fame.

Dick Wilson, R411. I knew that years ago. I'm not really very proud of that fact.

I wish I could get on Ozempic like these celebrities do. I have a personal trainer and we do HITT workouts and I burn close to 400 calories each session but I've gained 14 lbs since I started a few months back.

I'm eating healthy and I know it's not muscle. I'm not defined by any means. FUCK!

You don’t need to be a celebrity to go on

Ozempic

[quote] I'm eating healthy

If you're doing all that and not losing weight, it's got to be your diet.

I guess I'll have to eat salad for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Skip the ranch dressing, though.

Portion size.

My pollen allergies have been terrible over the last 24 hours. I thought I had a cold but have now determined all the lovely spring buds and grasses are the culprits.

I also thought I had a cold, but then I noticed that my symptoms improved on rainy days. Definitely pollen.

I want to try reflexology.

Mounjaro is in short supply nationwide!

My car is covered in pollen every morning. I won't mention my lungs. Fuck spring.

I went food shopping this morning and they had cherries. Yum.

Bing cherries?

Changed the bedding this morning and used my new 1000 thread count cotton fitted sheet.

1000? Are you a billionaire or royalty?

What about the top sheet r427?

My dog thinks it's too hot outside. 83 degrees at 6:00 PM and I'm loving it but it's a one day thing before it cools off again.

Facebook has suggested Jodie Foster to me as "someone you may know."

Perhaps they meant to say, "someone you may know of."

[quote]Mounjaro is in short supply nationwide!

I started taking Mounjaro in November to lower my A1C, but I haven't been able to get a supply of it since March.

R428 I am an Amazon shopper but now I feel like royalty.

R429 I don't use top sheets, which is why I like Amazon to just buy the fitted sheet and not a sheet set.

Thread count is not as meaningful as people think it is. It's an unregulated metric, apparently.

Amazon isn't the only place where you can get a fitted sheet, only.

^^True but it's convenient.

I discovered a great salsa at Trader Joe’s made with peanuts. I became addicted, and they seem to have discontinued it. Sometimes products disappear at TJ’s only to return months later. Hoping.

How do I know which sheets won’t devolves into a mass of wrinkles? A few times I bought expensive sheets and I could not even get the wrinkles out by ironing with spray starch. Does everyone with expensive sheets also have the money for a housemaid?

I don't care about wrinkled sheets. I do fold them right after they get out of the dryer. I have bought Brooklinen and Bokser. I think Bokser only sells sets, now.

Brooklinen still sells by the piece, I think.

That sounds like some weird blend of cotton and synthetics. You have to watch buying online too. The Chinese are wily and ads say 100% cotton but if you dig deeper into description they are NOT! I have purchased a few bad sheets. Which I then just use as dust covers or donate. When I find a good brand I buy multiples.

This is what I bought.

A whispery woman on YouTube just cleansed and aligned my chakras.

Passengers on the Hindenburg were given only one napkin to use for their entire voyage. They received the napkin in an envelope when they boarded the airship and that was their one and only napkin for the next 3 days.

Max Miller told me.

I don't know if I should study Latin America Spanish or Spain Spanish.

I'm fighting dandelions in my yard and losing. I read that spraying white vinegar on the entire plant should kill them so I'll try that when it's sunny and dry.

Chicken Lips and assholes

Don’t waste your time on dandelions. Just mow. Dandelions will come back next spring.

And the spring after that. And the spring after that…because that’s what dandelions do. Instead of fighting them, accept they’ve been around a lot longer than you. If they’re in your flower beds, just get a Grandpa’s-type weeder tool. They have long handled and short handled ones. Do not pay $45 for one. Grandpa’s is outrageous asking tha5 much. I paid like $16 for mine a few years back.

I didn't get to read the Barron Trump thread before it was zapped, but I read the Slate article and it was WILD. Those Q Anons get crazier every day.

(Sorry if this is too whelming but I had to tell someone.)

I lose interest in youtubers when EVERY video is sponsored. I unsubscribe.

I usually skip the advertising, R449.

I know I can skip ahead but I get turned off by their greediness and promoting the same rubbish everyone else is promoting. Then they just start making videos as a reason to feature the sponsor. I'm talking about people with over 100k subscribers, even 1M. Thrive market, blah, blah, blah, VPN, now it's Trade Coffee.

i.e. Brian Lagerstrom, Thomas DeLauer

I subscribe to YouTube Premium and I don’t see the commercials that YouTube injects into the videos.

I don’t like when YouTubers suddenly start talking about meal delivery kits, etc., but I understand why they do it.

Yes, you can skip through it, but I mostly listen / multitask more than watch the videos. I might play sonething while I am in the shower. So it is disruptive when a YouTuber launches into a long spiel about X product.

Channels tend to go downhill when the creator decides to make a living from it. They feel compelled to release on a schedule, start a Patreon, and start begging for subscriptions and likes. It's tiresome.

I'm not talking about YouTube commercials, I'm talking about the "sponsored" videos where the Youtuber themself shills for some company for a fee during their video. Whether it's ASMR or cooking or whatever, they stop what they are doing to suddenly start selling coffee, wine, Rosetta Stone type companies, Thrive Market, VPN, etc. Annoying. "Use my code, ASMR10% for 10% off your wine subscription!"

I’ve had a metal taste in my mouth for ages now

Why do people say “Cover your phone/pad/laptop/computer camera lens with tape so it can’t spy on you,” but you can easily flip the camera lens to face you, so taping the back of your phone won’t do anything.

Quandary: In tracking my nut health, shall I wear my apple watch on my jerk-off hand or should I switch hands for data collection purposes?

The Spring Peepers have been loud the last couple of nights. I don't mind their sound, though.

There are two vans with flashing lights on our street and men banging on the ground. I don't know why this needs to be done at 10pm but whatever.

If you ever get picked for jury duty and they put you in the jury box during voir dire that means they want you on that jury and no matter what happens to the other people in the pool you're screwed.

When I get a summons for jury duty I ignore it and throw it in the trash. I've been doing it for years and nothing has happened to me.

You're lucky, in my state you can't renew your car's registration if you blow off jury duty.

In my state you’re excused for almost anything (but you have to show up) and there’s an automatic out at the age of 70 for anyone who wants one.

[quote] When I get a summons for jury duty I ignore it and throw it in the trash. I've been doing it for years and nothing has happened to me.

It’s possible that there is a low priority arrest warrant out for you. Hopefully, the next time you’re pulled over by a cop you don’t have anywhere you need to be for 24 hours.

[quote]Quandary: In tracking my nut health, shall I wear my apple watch on my jerk-off hand or should I switch hands for data collection purposes?

I have eczema and my skin is sensitive to any type of jewelry or watch band. The silicone strap from my iwatch gave me a rash that took several weeks and a little over the counter cortisone before going a way.

Lots of BOGOs today.

Nathan's Bagel Dogs and Pretzel Dogs. I got one of each.

International Delights Iced Coffee. I got one Mocha and one Caramel Macchiato.

Stonewall Kitchen's Roasted Street Corn Dip. $5.49 for two plus I had $1.00 digital coupon so $4.49 for two.

Cookies from the store bakery. I got one package peanut butter and one oatmeal raisin.

Afterwards stopped by to check on a housebound friend and offered him one of each BOGO. He chose bagel dog, caramel macchiato and peanut butter cookies. He didn't want any roasted street corn dip.

That is all.

Carry on.

Joyful eating can be whelming.

R466, I’m keeping my good eye on you.

What are you doing with your bad eye r467?

I’d tell ya, but then I’d have to whelm ya, R468.

I went on a work trip with 4 coworkers. I was the only one not wearing an Apple watch. (I don't wear jewelry, no watch, nothing.)

R466, You’re a good friend.

Just discovered this exists. Now that's what I call bad taste. Presumably Eau de Twin Towers will eventually be released in 2101.

And as for you, barber... that's all too clear what company you keep! Serve them well and hold their custom, for you'll have none of mine!

Thanks, r471!

When my cat begins her rap career, her stage name will be Lil Sneezy.

My problem has always been the extra consonants in their names, R475.

“Here’s FERN-N-N-N-N-N!” That sounds like a demolition derby announcement.

However, neglecting a single “N”s in his name would be very disrespectful to Fern-n-n-n-n.

A disrespected cat tends to scoot his ass on the carpet before showtime. Kevin Spacey has an easier time recovering his reputation than a performer who has scooted. Ask Betty Buckley (cunt).

I changed a/c filter.

It was my last filter. I'll have to order more soon.

Ordered a new key fob for our 2022 Audi. Holy shit! Those things are expensive!

My appliance pair will be 30-years-old next Monday.

I'm chuffed.

I should do that, r477. I bought new filters, but they’ve been sitting in the box.

^^ Washer and dryer if this wasn't clear.

Oh my, that Recipe30 guy/chef's collie went over the rainbow bridge. Such a beautiful dog. Won't be the same without him. 😞

Which was to the whelmed thread? I've got termites.

I finally had the oil in my car changed yesterday after putting it off for a couple of months.

I need new tires but waiting until my next oil change. The front driver's side tire is noticeably worn on the outside edge. Too many left turns?

I would change the tires. Might be a safety issue. Who wants a punctured tire in the middle of a drive.

[quote] My appliance pair will be 30-years-old next Monday.

The washer and dryer in my apartment (renting) are from the '90s, I think. Still working well. I don't overtax the situation, i.e., don't put too much in a load. If I have something large, I'll go to a laundromat.

A woman on YT said to freeze unpeeled clementines for a couple of hours. The sections will taste like orange popsicle.

But it's not clementine season now. I'll have to wait till next fall or winter to try this.

So I replaced my a/c filter and the old one looked exactly like the new one—no dust. Sum ting wong.

It rained all day and I slept the afternoon away.

The cats that are left her kleen kanteen here.

The cat sitter* (go home autocorrect, you're drunk)

[quote]My appliance pair will be 30-years-old next Monday.

[quote]The washer and dryer in my apartment (renting) are from the '90s, I think.

Is "appliance pair" a Britishism? My mind went to "KitchenAid stand mixer and Cuisinart."

Not a Britishism .. why do you think it may be?

My favorite bird right now is the song sparrow. I feel they are overlooked. They’re not beautiful. They are plain brown and gray birds with a few stripes. But they are so energetic! They eat bugs in my yard all day long. They zip around the bushes and garden beds. And their song is my favorite first birdsong of spring. All hail the song sparrow

I've never heard "appliance pair" before this thread, r494. Plus he used the word "chuffed."

I believe US appliance stores use the term to denote a matched set of washer and dryer.

"Chuffed" OTOH is not a word used often (if at all) in the States.

I’d like to use “chuffed”, but I’m afraid I’d confuse it’s meaning. I did that with “dearth” and the internet was mean.

Chuffed and dearth have pretty simple meanings.

I have never hear of appliance pair. Set, yes.

I usually wash my sheets on Sundays.

But for some reason this week I did it yesterday, Saturday.

Waking up in my crisp, clean sheets this morning made me think it was Monday. But it wasn't.

I need to stick to my routine otherwise I get all discombobulated.

I need to get my car washed but feeling too lazy to either hook up the hose and do it myself or go to the car wash. I have a meeting tomorrow and my car got bird bombed yesterday. There is no rain in the forecast so have to do one or the other. I suppose I will go to the car wash when I get hungry enough to leave the house to get food.

I watched The Beekeeper last night. I liked the premise of a man trying to avenge the suicide of his elderly landlord because she was scammed out of millions.

It reminds me of my former elderly neighbor who tried to get a money order for thousands of dollars because some guy called him and told him he was behind in taxes and he was going to be arrested if he didn't pay. When he tried to go to the drugstore to get a money order they stopped him and told him it was a scam.

It was satisfying to see Jason Statham killing people. Unfortunately, he didn't do it naked.

When I got my cat 18 months ago I had a couple of these pillows left from a cat I'd had before. He dragged it into the kitchen and I thought maybe he could smell my previous cat and wanted it away from him. So I bought a new one and he does the same thing with it except he vocalizes as he drags it around the apartment, he's doing it right now as I type. He's NEVER slept in it. I think he thinks he wants to hump it but he's neutered so the idea's not forming in his head.

R504, buy kitty a stuffed animal with catnip in it or sprayed on it. Some cats are like dogs $ they like to carry a “baby” around. Not something with a lot of strings or parts that can be chewed off and swallowed. Not something too small, like a tiny mouse. Maybe something like this

He has all that shit R505.

[quote] I have a meeting tomorrow and my car got bird bombed yesterday.

Are people at the meeting going to see your car? I don't see the connection.

R507, I am taking them to lunch after the meeting so yes. I recently had the car interior detailed so it’s clean, I just need to get the bird shit off. I just woke up from a nap and still haven’t done anything about it.

My cat just pounced at me to wake me up from a nap in the mistaken belief that I would feed her. It’s an hour til supper. I’m going back to sleep.

[quote]Some cats are like dogs $ they like to carry a “baby” around.

Is that why my cat drags Mrs. Mousie all over the house? She only does it when I'm gone or in the shower.

I felt a pinch on my leg earlier so I checked and it looked like an ingrown hair. I got out the tweezers and gave it a good yank and it was two hairs entwined. No wonder it hurt. I washed it and applied aloe vera gel and all is well.

I just checked Costco Same-Day. They have cherries!

I wonder if I should get some Marcona almonds, the next time I go to Costco.

Sprouts has peaches and plums. I bought their cherries.

My fridge water line froze up a couple months ago. I defrosted the freezer and voila the water line is working again.

Somebody around the corner just put their Christmas tree out today.

I might go to Sprouts tomorrow. I like that they open at 7:00 a.m.

I can only ever be found in stores, grocery or otherwise, when they first open in the morning.

I wish Aldi opened earlier. The one by me used to open at 9:00 but changed to 8:30 which is better but still too late for me. I'm already home by then when I venture out for groceries. I only manage to get to Aldi once every couple of months and then I'm there at 8:29 waiting for them to open the door.

I got new heavy duty insulated grocery bags on Amazon and really like them. They are by Veno. Big and square and supposedly hold up 45 lbs and they stand up but then fold up nicely when not in use. This is my second set, I got two a couple of years ago in blue but this time I got red. First set is still in great condition.

This concludes my rambling for today.

Good night and good luck.

I mowed the grass today and planted Marigolds.

I, too, mowed the grass today. Second time ever. I have a lot to learn.

$35 to take in the waist of a pair of pants at the tailor. Ready Saturday.

I just finished washing my car (I posted yesterday that it was covered in bird shit). Also watered my potted flowers now that the hose is hooked up, and sprayed down the front steps, walkway and driveway. Feeling accomplished. Didn’t have the motivation yesterday.

So you took them to lunch with the bird shit on your car?

Costco didn't have Bing cherries. I was disappointed. However, I did spend $100+ on some other staples. The only thing not on my list was some macaron cookies. They were about $7, so, not so bad.

One hand clapping

Why are all supermarket hams so terrible? I'm not talking about deli ham, but the pre-sliced whole hams you find in the meat section. They're all tasteless and watery. I think they just inject them with salty water mixed with liquid smoke.

Now that I belong to the Buy Nothing Facebook group, I have so far obtained an air fryer and a Koa wood serving tray from Hawaii that's shaped like a surfboard.

For free!

I agree r525 those supermarket spiral hams are the worst. Last Thanksgiving I ordered a ham from the butcher. It was fantastic.

I can't sleep.

Were you eating a spiral ham too close to bedtime, R528?

Is that even possible?

Why did the servants at Downton Abbey only get a half day off? Why couldn't they have a full day off?

I have a dentialappointment later this morning for a cleaning. I love how my teeth feel after the cleaning. I have to prepare, though. My dental hygenist is a Chatty Cathy. She's really sweet but since we only see each other every 6 months, I will get a running commentary on her life. She's the human equivalent of a newsletter.

I had a dental hygienist with the loudest bowel sounds I've ever heard. She'd gurgle and slosh as each wave of peristalsis came through, but act as if nothing was going on. At least she wasn't flatulent. Longest session of my life.

Wordle spoiler alert

Did anyone else guess DILDO?

I woke up and made my breakfast to the sound of the Baltimore oriole. It’s nice and laid back.

A sunny day in May is my favorite time of the year. It’s 70 degrees, no humidity, everything is impossibly green. When everything is new again. Saw my first orange butterfly yesterday. It wasn’t a monarch but I was just as happy to see it.

I have to restrain myself in early spring from running out and buying colorful plants to stick in the bare spots in my flower bed. I have to tell myself, “No. you’ve got to wait until June to see how big your perennials grow before planting.” If I don’t, I have a crammed jungle of plants by July.

I had my toenails trimmed this morning by the podiatrist. He was chatty and he's not usually.

R532 here. She was as chatty as ever. Story about her 14-year old daughter and 12-year out of state boyfriend. Boyfriend told daughter to "move on. He has." A garden mishap (she didn't measure the area so now she has an expensive reno to do to fix it). Her lazy-ass sister is bringing baked beans to the family Memorial Day BBQ. Her sister wasn't invited.

Good news is teeth look good. Need to work more on a few areas of my gums. Thank goodness, I won't see her until just before Thanksgiving!

R537, you're pretty much trapped when the hygienist is talking to you while working on you. I guess you can change hygienists, but if they're doing a good job, might as well keep them.

I'm usually a pretty good listener, but as I get older, I'm tired of listening to strangers talk about their children. Who cares? Not me.

Anyway, there was a new receptionist at my dentist's office. I checked in and she immediately started talking to me about her grandchildren. I just sat down and looked at magazines. I looked up and saw that her facial expression was upset that I didn't ask any follow-up questions.

R538, I think I have PTSD from another DH at a different practice. I think that woman might have been a decendant of Joseph Mengele. She tugged at my teeth and gums so hard during a cleaning that I needed to take Tylenol and eat soft foods for 2 days. I can put up with her chatting since her cleannings don't hurt me.

I watched Everything Is Fine (Tout Va Bien) on Hulu last night just to look at Eduardo Noriega. I don't speak French and it didn't have subtitles. He was naked in bed with a woman simulating oral sex on her, then fucking her, but he looked so stiff and uncomfortable, like a mannequin.

He was much more natural and loose in his Plata Quemada/Burnt Money love scenes. I also never noticed how big his teeth are, especially his front teeth.

I still would like to slowly slide my cock in that mouth of his.

The British call a shopping cart a "trolley".

Cosmo, an idea in case you need it.

You can ask for liquid lidocaine when they do your cleaning. My dentist uses liquid lidocaine. My periodontist injects Novocaine. The injected Novocaine of course, lasts longer. I have to make sure I eat something prior because I won't be able to eat for a while after that.

[quote]Story about her 14-year old daughter and 12-year out of state boyfriend. Boyfriend told daughter to "move on. He has."

Twelve-year-olds talk like that?

I need a new mattress.

But I dread the process of hours of reading reviews and watching Youtube videos only to get thoroughly confused.

I'm having Life cereal for breakfast. The original kind, I think the cinnamon flavor's too daring.

544, my brother, who does a lot of consumer research, just bought a hybrid mattress. I guess that's the current thing. I told him that my back gets sweaty when I sleep. He told me to get a gel mattress.

R544, don't buy anything that rolls up in a tube. Get a Saatva; you won't regret it.

I watched a movie Mayday (2019) that was so bad I couldn’t stop watching it. It’s one saving grace: none of the cast is less than 35 years old.

It’s funny original Life always had a cinnamon taste, but now they have cinnamon Life.

R549 = Mikey

R542, I used to make my periodontist use liquid novocaine when he would use that pointy thing to measure gum loss. I have been diligent the past 20 years or so and no longer need anything when the hygienist works on my gums and I no longer need a periodontist. I was just relating a story from another DH. My late brother's oral hygiene was so bad (smoker since his teens), he needed nitrous oxide for a dental cleaning.

I have gone through at least three computer mice since I became a heavy Datalounge user. I got my fourth new mouse today. Let's see how long it lasts!

You can buy Red Cross clove oil and use that before you go to dentist. I used to do that because they were too blasé about the scrapers ripping my gums apart. There’s also a Red Cross version that’s just benzocaine and doesn’t burn like clove oil does.

R552, what kind of mouse are you using?

It’s absurdly hot out there.

The Red Cross tooth pain reliever works and is good stuff to have on hand for emergency tooth pain. I can only find it at Walgreens around here.

I buy it from Amazon. Red Cross also used to sell a tooth repair kit that I used a few times when crowns fell off. The dentist had a hard time removing the crown because it worked so well.

I don't know what all this baby reindeer talk is about. Am I missing out?

No r558 and it’s only some Stan on the DL who is fixated on it

This year I bought edelweiss for the garden. I always thought it was a tiny flower because of little Gretl handing the small bouquet to The Baroness. But it's not. It's a good medium sized flower of star shape. That Sound of Music movie was full of shit.

The big cat has a lion cut. It's like someone put his body in a velvet sausage casing...or tube sock.

I pray R560 tours the garden on a fresh dewy morning - perhaps a mug cradled or a pint in paper bag taken from back pocket - when suddenly they hear…..

“What is it, you cunt face?”

Me and my crotch are just gettin right

I can’t get over just how crazy I am. It’s amazing!

The couple next door has been gone all week. They usually tell me when they are going away but didn't this time. I feel kind of hurt.

But then all the times they have told me in detail where they are going, why they are going, who and what they will see, where they are staying, how long they will be gone, etc. I've felt annoyed by the minutiae. I guess I'm fickle.

I hope they didn't have a family emergency and have to leave in a hurry.

I guess I'll find out when they come back, if they come back...

ooooh cool thunderstorm followed by a cool breeze.

One of the two Loons on the lake is loud tonight. It's a cool sound.

I fucking HATE that betting site curling commercial. It's played about 7 times an hour.

You better are a welfare check R565.

All five of the loons upstairs are on a roll tonight.

[quote]You better are a welfare check

His car is gone from driveway. They sold her car when he retired in January because she's nervous driver and rarely drove it. No pets. They took off without informing me despite telling me repeatedly over the past three years I was "like family" to them!!

I just saw a coupon for Ban Roll-On, which I thought disappeared in the '70s.

R565, my upstairs neighbors disappeared last weekend too but their car's still here and I'm worried. Maybe I've watched too much SUV but AFAIK this broad never goes anywhere without her car.

She's the noisiest person ever so it's nice to have some peace and quiet but at the same time, I hope she's not up there decomposing.

I'm sorry, I know this is kind of whelming but I didn't think it merited its own thread.

It's very windy here in Norway. I hear thunder in the distance.

R572 you can buy brand names now that used to be used by major companies. The Chinese have bought Westinghouse and Philips. If Ban was gone, someone might have bought the name and just slapped it in their product

In order to compete with Temu, Amazon is now selling items from Koofandy, Wobbledywidgit and other Scrabbled named companies.

Anyone can sell on Amazon.

Ban was the first antiperspirant, originally called “Mum.” Bristol-Meyers bought the company in 1931 and adopted the brand Ban. When it developed the “roll-on” applicator in 1952, the brand was changed to Ban Roll-On.

Wikipedia reports (without citation) that the brand disappeared from the US for a while (unspecified).

It is now owned by Kao Corporation, a Japanese cosmetics firm.

R573, take notes, so that when they interview you for Dateline, you'll know what to say.

I think Sensodyne may be discontinuing my favorite toothpaste: Rapid Relief, fresh mint.

I use Ban unscented solid. For a while it was hard to find in drug stores and supermarkets, so I bought a bunch online.—probably through Amazon. The ones I bought do say it is distributed by Kao. It gas probably taken them some time to establish distribution in the US. I see that it is now available at Target, I’ll have to check other stores.

Kao says “Ban has always been unique, and now 70+ years after we first rolled onto the sweat & odor scene, we’re still doing things our own way, with solutions made for the way every body sweats.

I saw a seagull with a cicada in its mouth wooing another seagull. She wasn’t that impressed. It was the first of the current swarm I’ve seen in person.

R554 - as funny as my message sounds, I am also a gamer and in general use my computer peripherals more than the average joe. The first mouse, which was Corsair SCIMITAR PRO RGB, bought in 2019. By 2021 it was already double clicking by itself and in general was on the way out. Then I went to the SteelSeries Rival 3, which still works, but it's a cheap mouse that isn't really the best, it's a good spare. I also had a ROCCAT mouse that only lasted ~3 months, the scroll wheel has a fatal design flaw that ruins it ability to scroll. My current mouse is a Bloody Gaming brand mouse, E90. Got it from Amazon Vine, so far it's as nice as any other gaming mouse in its price bracket, nice LEDs.

[quote][R573], take notes, so that when they interview you for Dateline, you'll know what to say.

That's a problem, I *think* the last night she was home was Friday but my partner and I had cocktails on the deck that night so between that and being hungover Saturday, I didn't fully notice the welcome silence till Sunday.

The seagull story reminds me of this one I read last night. Thus fancy seagull fell in love with this lady and lives in her house now! She buys pigeon pants for him from Ukraine so he doesn't poop everywhere.

That really is a fancy pigeon, love the shoes.

He's going to kill her husband one day, though.

I just got a new cpap. That’s the high point of my week.

Long may it blow, R588.

[quote]I just saw a coupon for Ban Roll-On, which I thought disappeared in the '70s.

Maybe now someone will finally bring back Stopette.

Last year at this time I mentioned to a friend I had developed a strange habit of shoving tons of Altoids into my mouth and crunching on them and that I was going through a lot of tins of Altoids.

He proceeded to lecture me on some version of "pica" where people need to chew on ice due to some kind of deficiency. He said I needed to see doctor about anemia. I laughed it off and called him "Dr. WebMD".

A few weeks later I got lightheaded unloading the dishwasher, passed out and hit my head. Ended up in emergency room. Diagnosis? Anemia. My hemoglobin was 5 and it should have been 13-17. They admitted me overnight and gave me blood transfusion to get me near normal range. I called Dr WebMD friend for a ride home. He picked me up and when I got into the car he pulled out a tin of Altoids and asked me if I'd like some. Hahaha., very funny.

Anyway, the Altoids joke has been going on for a year now. I'm rather sick of it and it's not funny anymore.

Underwhelmed posts should be limited to 200 characters or fewer.

More than that and I just can't be arsed.

I apologize r592.

Please forgive me and....

put a little love in your heart.

I got a massage today I feel better

I burned 477 calories at the gym today. I'm fucking dead.

A neighbor is building a house in his back yard that is bigger than his house. He claims it’s “a barn.” A barn with a suburban front door, windows, shutters. He’s very tight with local Republican politicians, so zoning laws won’t apply to him. He’s related to a legendary multimillionaire businesswoman who makes famous cookies.

Our internet and tv have been messed up for months. A neighbor told us a cable line was damaged when they dug up the yard to build the “barn” and cable hasn’t fixed it.

It’s like Midsomer Murders without the murder. A suspicious barn being built, a local celebrity, local politicians, neighbors in tight knit community being annoyed by the entitled landowner. We also had what I believe to be arson last year when a big but decrepit house burned to the ground and a spanking new multimillion dollar edifice is taking its place in a middle class neighborhood.

Me..I’m just tending to my garden, like I always do. Foxglove, dicentra, lily of the valley, delphinium, morning glory….

[quote]It’s like Midsomer Murders without the murder.

Bright ideas just pop into my head!

I just finished being a juror on a murder trial. We found him guilty of First Degree Murder and guilty of tampering with a body.

That's not underwhelming!

Last time I bought bread and butter pickles I couldn't stop eating them. Then I discovered there was corn syrup in the ingredients.

This time I made sure to buy the "Simply" version that doesn't have any corn syrups. I'm not as obsessed with them as I was the others.