I Want to Be Underwhelmed: 🍉 Summer 2024 Edition

I cleaned out my shed today.

Lindy's Italian Ice was BOGO today. I got one box of lemon and one box of cherry.

Lindy's is better than Luigi's.

I don't like the taste of cardamom.

I made two dozen financiers. I only get two.

I just googled "financier".

I polished off the box of macarons that I bought from Costco. They weren't really mini-macarons, but they weren't full-sized, either.

I liked them and would buy them again.

The Gump’s catalogue found me. Again. I last purchased ornaments from them in 2006 and I’ve moved five times since.

It gives Bridge Player vibes - like I should be chewing gum, smoking a Benson&Hedges, and drinking boxed wine as I page through the booklette.

I’m watching Midsomer Murders season 6 (2003) and I just watched 20-year-old Henry Cavill playing a “yob” get murdered.

There are a lot of familiar faces who have since appeared on Game of Thrones.

I watched The Iron Claw on HBO tonight and although it was a really good movie but I was stunned by Zac Efron's face. He looked like a weird puppet and it was very distracting. Jeremy Allen White was cute but his tight shorts and underwear did him no favors.

Cat needed emotional support at an ungodly hour.

My neighbor who disappeared but left her car is back and stomping around as usual. I suppose I'm glad she's not dead.

I'm out of Rolaids.

I'll just have to suffer.

Woe is me.

Drink some baking soda dissolved in water.

^good idea! thanks.

This week, I went to Costco and did a Target pick-up order.

Right now, I am completely stocked-up with Charmin Ultra toilet paper (the wider sheets that are available *exclusively* at Costco) AND the Viva Kleenex Signature Cloth paper towels, Choose-A-Sheet. Those are my preferred paper products.

Some idiot around the lake is setting off very loud firecrackers. I don't know what else to call them, as a kid loud ones were called Cherry Bombs although the ones I'm hearing are much, much louder than those were.

I’m glad this thread killed the other one.

I had Coffee Mate Rice Krispies Creamer in my coffee this morning.

I don't feel embarrassed admitting that here as it's an anonymous forum and I'll never come face to face with any of you.

In real life, I hide the container in my fridge and place more respectable creamers such as half-n-half, hazelnut and vanilla front and center in the fridge when I have guests.

I’m thinking about a Sakurako subscription.

Sakuraco*

I've fallen down a rabbit hole of watching crime cases on the "Brief Case" YT channel. It is moderated by a guy with a British accent and I love a British accent. I'm pretty sure it's a British accent...

Most of his cases are in the UK and very old with some dating back to the 1700s. He also covers some very old cases in the U.S. and other countries. I like the cases from the early 1900s the best.

Arsenic poisoning was the preferred method of women trying to kill their husbands back then.

Arsenic used to be easy to get ahold of as rat poison. Not so easy now.

I ate 3 boxes of Mike and Ike. Again.

Did you know Aldi makes their own version of Girl Scout cookies? They’re good.

Their big milk chocolate, dark chocolate and choc with almonds is now $1.29 for a big bar

Cicada’s scream when you pick em up

I haven’t seen one cicada.

I’m waiting for Santa Rosa Gardens to start its online summer markdown sale, sometimes I get the markdown and 20% off. I bought well over 100 plants last year after idiot landscapers cut all the bottom branches of my pine trees up to about 20 feet off the ground. I had to plant a bunch of rhododendrons. And make a shade garden under the trees.

I bought the rhododendrons at Lowe’s. They were pretty small. Neighbors laughed. I said, “Wait three years.” Well it’s year 2 and they’ve doubled in size. By next year they will be a pretty good privacy screen. And then they’ll really take off.

You know what plant turned out to be quite delightful? Brunnera. I’d never planted them before. I have a few varieties but Brunnera Garden Candy Silver Heart is the best grower.

Pulmonaria Rasberry Splash and Silver Frost are doing well, too. I can’t plant hostas because of deer and rabbits. Too bad because some hostas add some white into the garden and variegation.

[quote] In real life, I hide the container in my fridge and place more respectable creamers such as half-n-half, hazelnut and vanilla front and center in the fridge when I have guests.

Tough love: hazelnut and vanilla coffee creamers are not respectable. Half 'n' half, yes, be proud of that.

I was just out working in the garden in the midday sun and I’m not a mad dog or an Englishman. Now, a nap.

I put out my hummingbird feeder two weeks ago and haven't seen one little bird yet. Unusual, I always get a lot.

Haven’t heard from Elon Musk lately. Dont know if that’s good or bad. Maybe he’s in rehab

I was going to go outside today but decided it is too hot

I think someone should make a Tornado Watch.

I planted a rhododendron, English lavender and some other stuff.

R25 they’re everywhere all over my property

How come you guys don’t grow tomatoes?

Posters who talk about planting things are whelming.

Sometimes I think I should have kept my ancient garbage disposal which worked fine instead of spending $350 for a new one just because my plumber is hot.

Gardening is whelming? Oh, honey.

I don't know what people see in rhododendrons. They're everywhere in my town and I just think "whatever."

A house on my street is basically being devoured by two big rhodies and I'd like to see what Stephen King would make of it.

There's one very loud bullfrog outside, he must be looking for a mate.

R39, they have pretty leaves and they take over - less grass. Lilacs do the same.

I renewed my NYPhil subscription today (I do the a la carte option) and am kicking myself for not doing it a month earlier when I'd have saved 25%.

It's a shame that Mallards lose their beautiful coloring during the summer and it doesn't return until the fall.

I used scrubbing bubbles to clean the tub. the bubble action was whelming. not at all as exciting as the badass cartoon bubbles in the television ad.

No one was excited about the earthquake but me. It happened while I was in California and Californians clearly have rules about what you can and cannot lose your shit over. Or even be the tiniest bit excited about.

Announce the magnitude of **your** earthquake and their immediate response is to tell the story of **their** earthquake, which invariably turns out to have been two or three times more fierce than yours.

And now I’m getting all whelmed again.

R44 Bar Keepers Friend will make your tub gleam.

[quote]There's one very loud bullfrog outside, he must be looking for a mate.

Well, get your ass out there r40!

Rhododendrons grow in shady spots and keep their leaves during the winter. Pretty flowers.

I was supposed to go to a barbecue today. But I don't feel like it so I'm not going. I texted another friend who is going to please come pick up the dish I had promised to bring.

One of the perks of getting older is you can claim all kinds of ailments to get out of social obligations. "Sorry, my sciatica is acting up."

Until they stop asking.

The power went out for 7 hours last night. Now it's back on and we're hard boiling some eggs.

Be careful who you trust. Salt and sugar look the same.

[quote]Until they stop asking.

Nah, not with this group. As long as you show up for the important things such as illness, hospitalization, death of partners and milestone birthdays, you remain a member in good standing!

I watched Civil War last night. It was really good and pretty shocking. I'm now watching The Fall Guy and it's just okay. It seems like it's trying to be a romance/comedy/action flick, but except for the stunts, it's kinda lame.

Tomorrow it's a toss up between Sting, Imaginary, Asphalt City, Knox Goes Away, Arcadian, or Possessions.

This is just a distraction from my spring cleaning which I started the first week of January and I'm still going with no end in sight.

I've never had an entrepreneurial spirit.

I popped a tire on Sunday morning. I was driving to the gym and all of a sudden I heard a loud popping noise. A minute later, the low tire pressure light came on, and a minute after that the screen was telling me to pull over.

I called roadside assistance and got it towed home. A tech put on a loaner tire yesterday. The permanent one will come on Thursday. It's $640 for just the tire. Ugh.

To R56, you can't change a tire, no spare.

That happened to me last year but I had a spare. I didn't have to do anything, though as a guy heard me coming down the road and changed it for me. I gave him some cash and he said no but I insisted.

The clouds rolled in. :/

[quote] It's $640 for just the tire. Ugh.

R56, what kind of car? I think my 4 Michelin tires cost that much.

That is a lot for a tire. R56, do you drive a tractor?

I paid bills and forgot the name "Spin Doctors", I almost had to Google it.

I donated online online to a cat rescue a couple of weeks ago and now every animal rescue in the fucking universe is flooding my email, Facebook, and Instagram asking for money.

Also, I used my air fryer for the first time but I didn't defrost the soft shell crabs, I just put them in there frozen, and they turned into a big pile of shit dust, and now my whole house smells like seafood.

Truly whelmed.

[quote] I donated online online to a cat rescue a couple of weeks ago and now every animal rescue in the fucking universe is flooding my email, Facebook, and Instagram asking for money.

A friend's wife died (she was only late 30s or so). They requested donations (in her name) to, IIRC, the Nature Conservancy. I did donate and also got barraged with a ton of requests for donations from other non-profits (wildlife, etc.). Those fuckers should not be selling your info like that.

I had a pet sitter who obviously sold my address to a bunch of businesses, including one that sent me the most disgusting stories about animal abuse. The headlines were printed on the outside of the letters, you couldn't avoid them.

I subscribed to a crossword puzzle today that I thought was new but it turns out that I subscribed during the pandemic and let it lapse after a year.

The couple next door who left without telling me last week and I feared dead on the side of an interstate somewhere have returned.

I bought smoked paprika from Trader Joe's because they didn't have regular paprika

It sat in my cupboard for 6 months because I was afraid to use it.

Today I sprinkled it with sea salt and olive oil on zucchini and onions and roasted it.

It was okay, not great.

Hmm … I love smoked paprika, but I have tried a few different brands. Some are better than others and price isn’t the main factor.

I have liked the 365 Whole Foods and the Frontier smoked paprika.

Andreas Wisniewski’s thighs.

Who the hell is Lili St. Cyr?

Lili.

I tend to hold a grudge.

Me too.

My next credit card bill is going to be relatively large, for the second month in a row.

I called my credit card company to see whether I could change the closing date of each statement (to the last day of the month), but they said they couldn't do it. Seems like a small favor to ask, from a customer.

R12 My grandma’s nightstand always seemed to have several half-sucked Rolaids on it. I think they spontaneously generated, as they were always there. If we could just figure out where that piece of furniture went after she died, we could get you restocked.

I bought some columbine bulbs 50% off at Home Depot yesterday. I’ve never planted them before.

Bulbs used to be cheap as hell for like a bag of 25. Not anymore.

I bought more cherries, I've lost track of how many pounds I've eaten this season. In about a month, the strawberry farm near where I live will be open and I'll have at it with them. Of course, plums and peaches after that. Heaven, I'm in heaven.

I need to get some cherries, but I have a ton of Honeycrisp apples, right now!

I'm constipated

Some toilet manufacturers advise against using Bar Keeper's Friend on their porcelain toilets. Be careful!

R80 Eat some cherries!

I am so enjoying these long days of light.

I don't like the sun coming up so early, though. It wakes me up too early.

Last time I used Bar Keepers Friend in my kitchen sink, it smelled like fish. No, Cheryl has not been in my sink.

I poured a cup of brewed coffee over the grounds to get flavah. This is shit coffee and there’s never enough of it.

Started a course of Prednisone today and can't sleep at all.

This thread's for you, r87

Thanks, R88! Apparently I'm on a high dose (60mg). That may explain the hallucination.

I spontaneously woke up at 3:33 this morning and have been wide awake since.

What does this mean?

It means you're getting older, r90.

Another disappointing Honeydew melon. Sigh.

To R91, todays "Wake up and Pee time" was 4:17 AM

Back in bed by 4:30 AM.

I just went to Walgreens and got Dulcolax, Gatorade and Miralax. You all know what that means. The cashier certainly did.

My dog is getting his teeth cleaned and extracted today and I’m nervous for him. He’s 9 years old.

R90 it means get out of the house NOW! Swarms of flies and blood seeping through walls will be next.

Actually, r94, I don’t know, but that’s just fine.

I’ve got bursitis on my heel. It fucking hurts.

Had a bad dream last night. I was eaten alive by zombies.

Tillamook Ice Cream was BOGO today!

I got one Oregon Strawberry and one Peaches & Cream.

I've never tried this brand before. I do see a strawberry milkshake in my near future.

Now that’s a BOGO I can get excited over.

To R100, I've had the Tillamook Strawberry ice cream, really good even better with chocolate syrup& crushed pretzels in a big bowl.

Pretzels sounds really good, r102! I'll have to get some. I do have hot fudge sauce, Reddi Whip and bananas....

Vanilla ice cream with pretzels is perfection.

r100 you will not regret your purchase. I like both flavors. They also have a black cherry that's perfection. Who am I kidding, so far, all the flavors I've had have been superb! Just can't get around to buying the mint/choco chip. I hate mint.

r101, me too!

I've started crushing pretzels into my trough of ice-cream, it is good.

r105, I'm definitely going back to get the Black Cherry before the sale is over next Wednesday and one of the vanillas for pie. They had Old Fashioned Vanilla and Vanilla Bean, think I'll go for Old Fashioned. Oh and pretzels, now I need pretzels, lol.

My 90-day prescription for metformin was free today at Walgreens.

FREE I TELL YA!!

I'm out of birdseed.

Dammit-now I’m going to buy Tillamook when I’m a fat whore who used Trump’s conviction as an excuse to have pizza last night.

At $3 per pepper, I’m looking for other stuff to put in my pasta sauce - perhaps kalamata olives. Black olives turn rubbery in a sauce.

I am so fucking sick of all the adverts in the middle of YouTube videos.

You can make them go away.

$$

I'm taking a break from watching the crime cases on the Brief Case YT channel to watch the crime cases on the Red Eastern True Crime channel that focuses on crimes in China. Some heinous cases. Chinese don't play, if someone is sentenced to death they are executed within 30 days.

r107 you must have met your deductible for the year.

I didn't buy the soapdish I needed because there was a queue at the till in this tiny store.

I made my fabulous NYT recipe for lasagna in April. I froze it into six portions which I’ve been eating once a week for lunch.

The recipe called for a tiny pinch 🤏 of cinnamon. I rebelled against this and added a heaping TEASPOON of cinnamon. Why?- Because I ❤️ cinnamon.

R103- Make sure it’s the Reddi Whip with HEAVY cream not light cream- far tastier

I had my weekly Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg and Cheese Croissant breakfast sandwich this morning.

I usually have it on Fridays but I forgot yesterday.

I've been enjoying this sandwich much more since I started cooking it in the air fryer instead of the microwave. Takes more time than the 60 seconds in the microwave but so much better.

I have a "downstairs" laptop and an "upstairs" laptop.

I haul an iPad Pro around with me.

Nope, r114. My Part D drug company pays 100% for metformin. and lisinopril. But yes, I have met my deductible with my Jardiance script.

Well, I now have a bathroom iPad (for use when I am taking a shower). Why? I turned it in for trade-in value when I bought a new iPad. They "revised" my trade-in value to zero. I "rejected" that offer and they mailed it back to me.

A friend sent me a "Soda Stream" device for my Birthday. We also have kids). We have no use for it but the kids are ecstatic.

Today, I was mildly amused at the whelmed-to-underwhelmed level by:

(1) The petite Asian woman singing "What's Going On" - with a VERY thick accent, and butchering the shit out of it - at the farmer's market.

(2) The post on NextDoor about a thief that stole some small petty item. There's an area for a description and the poster wrote: "Looks like a FAT LATINO to me."

Had no appetite yesterday because of stress. Didn't eat at all until 6pm, and even then couldn't finish my dinner. Today, though, I've been like:

I eat more, when stressed.

[quote] There was no crap about Ingrid [Bergman]. No starry stuff. When she lived in London, she would have lunch with us every Sunday. She had a lovely face, but God, she was a big girl. She was the outdoors type and we'd go cycling in Richmond Park. I got cross with her when she broke one of the children's bikes because she was, well, big. I was with her the day before she died of cancer. She knew she was dying.

I just don't understand how some people can go about their lives without showering every day.

Do u drink piss

I sit at my desktop computer all day without incident, but 1 1/2 hours watching my plasma TV gives me an automatic headache.

I watched a couple of episodes of Murder She Wrote recently and noticed actors who I haven't seen in years. Perhaps they're all dead now.

I enjoy this blooper.

I watched it many times so it comes up in my feed often.

Love both Craig and Tim.

R130 Copilot (GPT-4) says:

Certainly! To reduce flicker in your plasma TV, consider the following tips:

Refresh Rate Adjustment: Plasma TVs have a refresh rate (measured in Hertz) that determines how many times per second the screen updates. A higher refresh rate can reduce flicker. Check your TV’s settings and increase the refresh rate if possible.

Motion Smoothing or Motion Interpolation: Some TVs have features like “motion smoothing” or “motion interpolation.” These features create additional frames between the original frames to make motion smoother. Enabling this can reduce flicker.

Ambient Lighting: Adjust the lighting in your viewing environment. If the room is too dark, it can exacerbate flicker. Consider adding ambient lighting behind the TV or using bias lighting (LED strips placed behind the TV) to reduce contrast and flicker.

Avoid Fluorescent Lights: Fluorescent lights can interfere with plasma TVs and cause flicker. If possible, avoid using fluorescent lights near the TV. Opt for incandescent or LED lighting instead.

Check Power Source and Connections: Ensure that the TV is connected to a stable power source. Fluctuations in power can lead to flickering. Also, check the HDMI or other video connections for any loose cables.

Update Firmware: Check if there are any firmware updates available for your TV. Manufacturers often release updates to improve performance, including flicker reduction.

Professional Calibration: Consider professional calibration. An expert can optimize your TV settings for the best picture quality, which may help reduce flicker.

Some asshole did a really long and annoying honk at me when I was crossing the street last night. And I was already in the bike lane!

Who the hell honks at a pedestrian.

I'm tired of waiting for my mangoes to ripen. I should put them in a brown paper bag or something.

I had a rough, red, slightly itchy spot on one side of my nose. I was afraid I'd end up looking like Steve Bannon and I don't even drink!

I spoke with a nurse and tried to explain what was going on. I said it looked like the beginning of gin blossoms. I then said that I didn't want to end up looking like that guy who worked for Donald Trump who is now in prison (I couldn't think of Steve Bannon's name). She didn't know what gin blossoms were and I regretted talking about Donald Trump.

Anyway, I think my nose is getting better. I took some Alegra b/c my whole face felt itchy. The Alegra seemed to help.

It's 3:04 am and I'm still on the datalounge.

I must go upstairs now, floss and brush my teeth then get to bed.

Cat wanted applause and congratulations for eating at an ungodly hour.

I went to a Toyota dealership yesterday and I finally looked at, sat in and test drove the redesigned Camry.

Afterwards the salesman brought over the manager who complimented me on my voice- saying it would be great for voiceovers.

How is complimenting my voice going to facilitate my spending $33,000 on a new Camry ?

I'm going to ALDI this morning.

Last time I went a few months back I was underwhelmed because they did not have what I specifically went for. Wish me luck today.

I wanted to get downstairs to the kitchen by 8:30 AM because I needed to soak my dried fruit so it would be properly rehydrated by 11:30 am.

Don't keep us in underwhelmed suspense, r142!

R143- By about 8:32 am which is close enough.

I’d like to try Aldi, but it’s on the wrong side of the train tracks.

Don't go shopping when you're hungry. Well I almost ALWAYS go shopping when I'm hungry and the end result this morning was my buying a giant milk chocolate bar with roasted almonds at Trader Joe's ( they have too many temptations in that store). The giant milk chocolate bar with roasted almonds is very fresh because the sell by date in April 2025.

I keep meaning to roast some almonds for myself. I want to make a sugar-free version of See's "milk almonds."

Then I shan't invite you to dinner tonight, r3, as my Vegetable Couscous will have cardamom, cumin, turmeric, ras-el-hanout, coriander, harissa, and a cinnamon stick!

It's 12:45 p.m. and I just showered and got dressed ten minutes ago.

I don't understand rehydrating dried fruits. IMO, the appeal of dried fruits is the chewy texture and concentrated flavor.

I don’t think I’ve ever rehydrated dried fruit. Someone went to a lot of trouble to get that water out.

Yeah, and the texture of rehydrated dried fruits is horrible.

I suppose rehydrating makes them easier to chew for people with bad teeth.

I'm pretty sure my cause of death someday will be from hitting my head when I trip and fall over my dachshunds as they dart between my legs, most likely on the stairs.

On the plus side, if it happens on the stairs I'll land in the foyer and the police won't have to hunt for my body when they come to do the welfare check.

I used to think my doxies wouldn't eat me after I die but a harsh DLer once informed me they will in fact eat me.

Yes, they will eventually eat you, but not as fast as a cat would.

And they’ll feel bad about it.

Well I suppose that is a tiny bit of solace, r155, r156.

Trader Joe's discontinued one of my favorites. Those bitches.

They did it to me, too. Bastards.

R152- You're wrong. I had my rehydrated apricots, plums, dates, figs as part of my breakfast this morning- they were quite tasty and I liked the texture as well.

Some of my favorite dachshund memories are of ladies who move on from moods of guilt.

“So anyway, where were we? I hate THAT rabbit specifically.”

ALDI had what I went for: Fremont Market Seafood Boil. So I bought two bags.

Happy and whelmed!

I found this fascinating.

I have no patience for the whole 2nd cousin, 3rd cousin, 2nd cousin once removed, blah blah blah designations.

My cousin is my cousin. Her kid is my cousin. End of.

Unless someone is an aristocrat looking to marry some distant cousin to keep Downton Abbey in the family, what does it matter?

That promising Nebbiolo could use a couple more years in the cellar

The way to classify cousins is:

1) Cousins I hang out with

2) Cousins I used to hang out with as a child, but have lost touch with, and

3) Cousins I never knew.

Still, I find cousin classification can be a fun parlor game, and the proper classification is an indication of just how much (or should I say how little) DNA you have in common.

I’m whelmed. My white pine trees are starting to turn brown. I thought I’d escape the southern pine beetle massacre, but alas. My pines will die.

Condolences on your pines.

I felt that way about elm trees from my childhood home. They survived, but didn’t thrive.

I like to open the small canister of Trader Joe’s Pepper and sniff it strongly- it usually instigates a violent sneeze 🤧- which for some reason I quite enjoy 😊.

We passed the 48th anniversary of Martha Mitchell’s death last week. 🪦 💀

My dad’s first cousin was a lady I called Aunt due to her being the same age as my dad. She made a point of telling me that she really wasn’t my aunt, that we were second cousins once removed.

I had leftover Mediterranean food for breakfast. I was too tired to cook since a construction crew woke me up way too early.

R173–Your Dad’s first cousin was your first cousin once-removed, unless there are some family secrets at play.

To R174...Were they hot, did you present Hole?

Did you cook them breakfast? Did you swallow the creamy goodness they gave you?

R175, that makes more sense. But I somehow remember her saying second cousins. She and my dad may be second cousins, but I think they were more closely related than that.

Do they share a grandparent or a great-grandparent?

R176, believe me, I checked them out. Fat middle-aged slobs with their beer guts hanging over their belts. I was bitterly disappointed.

I think Lisa Eichhorn is a crap actress.

They share a grandparent, so they're first cousins (my dad and my "aunt").

It is too fucking hot for June 3.

It’s 59, cloudy, and gusty as fuck. This feels like a very angry, menacing September day.

There are three Canada Geese families on the lake this year. Two pairs have two goslings each and the show off Mr Goosie has eight. Super stud.

It’s so damned hot outside today. I’m gonna pour myself a large glass of Orange Crystal Light.

R183 must be from the Seattle area.

Sam Heughan was a pretty boy in his 20s. He’s in an episode of Midsomer Murders and he glows.

I saw Janis Paige on Columbo last week and I knew it was her death knell.

Oh.my.god. the recapping on these hour-long investigation shows (e.g. Dateline) is so annoying. The length of content without commercials and recapping is probably about 20 mins.

I went to The Fresh Market today.

I'm always extra nice to the employees there as Fresh Market is consistently named one of the worst places to work.

Well, it didn't storm tonight.

[quote] Oh.my.god. the recapping on these hour-long investigation shows (e.g. Dateline) is so annoying. The length of content without commercials and recapping is probably about 20 mins.

I fast forward through the first few minutes where they have the montage of people saying one sentence each. That probably saves at least 5 minutes.

I need to go upstairs now and go to sleep because my cleaning woman is coming over bright and early tomorrow- she always brings me some Dunkin Donuts which invariably I end up throwing out because I don't eat that stuff anymore and DD are crap nowadays. They are tiny and not tasty.

Agreed, r164! My cousin's daughter recently had a baby, and all three I call my cousins!

Topic: I'm awaiting a delivery from Wegmans. I need the Pepcid.

Went to the full-service car wash first thing this morning.

Got the "Gold" wash with all the extra spritzes and pampering. Kind of like a spa day for my car. $44.00.

I went inside to pay and cashier asked me if I wanted a free air freshener to hang in my car, I declined.

I put a nice tip in the Tip Box for the crew that does all the extra drying and door jam, dashboard and mirror cleaning at the end.

What is the door jam? Is it a special jam that cleans doors? 😁

touché!

Just watched Craig Ferguson on comedian Tom Papa's YT show. Craig said that during the run of his late night show he was always worried about his accent and gaining weight as he puts on weight quickly. Then they replaced him with a fat guy with an accent - James Corden.

You turned down a FREE air freshener?

Who are you—Elon Musk?

I think people at my office were talking about the Trump verdict. There must have been a complaint. Boss put out an email saying stop discussing politics.

Is a criminal trial “politics?”

I think it led to politics.

[quote]You turned down a FREE air freshener?

Fragrance gives me a massive headache and body aches. Everything I use is unscented. Laundry detergent, skin care products, etc.

I seriously think Frebreeze could kill me. If I ever receive bad news at the doctor's office I shall go straight to Target and buy a couple of bottles of Febreeze. Then I'll come home and Febreeze myself to death. Quick, easy, inexpensive and no languishing in a hospital or hospice.

I just tripped over my cat and now she thinks I want to kill her.

I watched The First Omen last night. It was good and made me jump a few times.

R204 more.like she wants to kill you...

I was in an Uber recently and it had the most pleasant car air freshener I have ever encountered. I agree that most fake scent shit is unpleasant and probably toxic.

Nothing more underwhelming than watching a Canadian film.

I was on Instagram and a reel asked what should the haircut just done be named. It was shaved/fade on top and then it flips up at the shoulder. It was god awful and all the comments were negative. I went to post the word “ugly” and it would not let me because it could be upsetting. So I typed “ugly?” and that comment was ok. Ridiculous.

Older salesman who sold me a jacket today was not pervy but he touched me a lot. Shoulders, neck, sides, stomach, back, chest, hands, wrists and even top of butt where jacket hangs. It was fine but maybe too much. I'll go back though. He knew his stuff. Plus who cares, I used to love being groped in the bars and baths.

R210- I was in a bathhouse Saturday night. When I arrived after being shown to my room I went to the bathroom to take a leak and some guy said hi to me at the urinals. I said hi back then he groped me front and back. I just said to him I'm not ready yet- nor would I ever be ready for trollish behavior.

Sure, Jan.

I found my glasses in the boiler room. Two weeks after I replaced them.

I woke up tired this morning- as usual. 🥱 I shall endeavor to take a delicious nap later. 😴

R212- Is your Sure, Jan directed towards my comment?

Because this did actually occur last Saturday night at the bathhouse.

I'm not a smiley person.

I am a smiley person. But not in a fake way. I think it makes a difference and it is free!

I actually watched 2 Canadian films last night. The second one was quite good! Kathleen Turner was in it.

I went to Costco last night. They had the dark red cherries in stock. The store was just about perfect (empty-ish). I got a good parking space and they had everything on my list.

I’ve never seen an empty Costco. I did see any empty Costco parking lot once. It was a holiday and I didn’t realize they were closed.

Supposedly Tuesday is the slowest/least crowded grocery store day.

I always shop on Fridays but I shop at 7:00 a.m. when the store first opens so it's never crowded.

Well, it was relatively empty (the Costco). It's a very busy Costco. And yes, it was a Tuesday night, which was nice!

R221- That's extremely early. My Costco does not open until 10 am.

Oh I wasn't referring to Costco, r223, I was referring to my supermarket. The supermarkets around here all open at 7:00 a.m. even Sprouts. The Fresh Market opens at 8:00 and Aldi at 8:30.

We do have BJ's and Sam's Club in the immediate area which open at 10:00 same as Costco. I had a Sam's Club membership for a year, got a $20 membership on Black Friday and never once shopped there the entire year of the membership because I just don't shop that late, lol. Sam's does include free flat tire repair with membership and I did use that service so I suppose the membership did pay for itself. I never even got gas there.

I remember I was excited getting a “cricket” clicker one year for Christmas. They were used in WW2 on D Day so US paratroopers could find each other after parachuting behind enemy lines. My cousin got one, too. How exciting! Now we could play war and it would be more realistic. So we went outside, hid behind bushes and clicked…..and the we were like. “OK,….now what do we do?”

See, there was no war going on……soooo….?

There’s a famous black and white WWII movie that shows them using the clickers. I can’t remember the name of it.

I think it was The Longest Day.

Pinocchio was one cold motherfucker in the original novel:

[quote] Once the puppet is finished and Geppetto teaches him to walk, Pinocchio runs out the door and into the town, where he is caught by a Carabiniere, who assumes Pinocchio has been mistreated and imprisons Geppetto.

[quote] Left alone, Pinocchio heads back to Geppetto's house to get something to eat, where a talking cricket warns him of the perils of disobedience and laziness. In retaliation, Pinocchio throws a hammer at the cricket, accidentally killing it.

I promised myself I wasn't going to order any more Marketside Smokehouse Burnt Ends dip as I can't control myself around it.

I just went and added it to my grocery order with only minutes left to spare before the window of "add more items to order" closed.

So much for promises.

Speaking of Smokehouse. My local supermarket did not have the large bag of the Blue Diamond Smokehouse almonds. They had other flavors and they had the little can (not a good deal, though).

I've been bloated for quite a while. It's 12:35 am and I'm sitting at my computer typing here on the datalounge with my huge bloated stomach.

I sprinkle baking soda in my kitchen trash can to absorb odors.

I know there are scented trash bags but scent bothers me. See previous post about air fresheners and fragrance issues for more details.

They have unscented odor-reducing trashbags that work quite well.

I'll look for those r233, thanks.

The bruise on my forehead moved down (gravity) and now it looks like I have a black eye..and I just realized I'm also wearing my Rocky Marciano T-shirt. I can't leave the house today.

Better to stay home with that ensemble.

I had a boss who would say "Under promise, over deliver."

He would also say when someone made an error "Never time to do it right, always time to do it over."

I had nun in grade school who when someone said something really obvious, she would say "Well fan me with a brick".

This concludes my random recollections for today.

I'm in the waiting room for a CT scan and there are TWO TVs playing a Hallmark Channel movie. Please kill me.

They used to play CNN before the MAGAs declared it Communist.

I remember at age 3 or 4 having a crush on the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, telling my mother I wanted to marry him. And my mother patiently explaining to me that a scarecrow isn’t really alive - this is a work of fiction - it’s only pretend,, it isn’t real— so I couldn’t possibly marry a scarecrow.

Instead of just saying, “Ok honey. Sure you can.”

My Giant Food store brand canned spinach at 99 cents is superior to Del Monte at $1.59. The latter contains inedible hard stems. 😕😛

Ate a mango. Now I have to floss.

I don’t like spinach stems or mixed greens with all the stems. Julia Child removed the stems.

Broccoli stalks, I do peel and slice into planks, cook, and eat.

I am whelmed. I just saw a very big cat in my backyard chasing either birds or rabbits. All the birds are nesting so they were kicking up a fuss, yelling outside.

I looked out the screen door and saw this cat with a big, bushy tail. It was brownish colored. I banged on screen door and yelled “Get out!”.

Then it turned around and I saw it had white on its face. But its face was weird, like it came to a point at the nose.

And its tail was hanging down which is usually a sign of a stray or a feral cat. But this cat looked big and healthy. And it was sort of reddish colored in the front. Then I saw its tongue. Its mouth was open, and its tongue was out, like a dog.

I thought, “This cat acts wild but it’s well fed. Funny, I’ve never see a fluffy-tailed, reddish brown, pointy-faced cat before.

It started running and …it didn’t run like a cat.

It was a 🦊 A big, healthy one. It came out of my green giant arborvitae windscreen. Omg….i hope it hasn’t had pups. That’s just what I need, a backyard full of them.

^^How cute!

I finally found a frozen chicken tikka masala that tastes as good as a restaurant's. It's called Sukhi's. It even comes with a little naan. Really excellent!

I love Sukhi’s pea and potato samosas with cilantro chutney. My tongue is old and can’t take hot spicy foods anymore. I like spicy, but I can’t do hot, I can’t even eat Trader Joe’s samosas anymore - even the de,I it’s chicken tikka samosas are too much for me now.

Sukhi’s aren’t too hot. Be careful though. There are other pea and potato samosas that are too hot - DEEP comes to mind. Way too hot for old me.

(Obviously I am one of those people to whom cilantro doesn’t taste like soap)

I don’t know why the link is showing the back of the package.

I watched Behind The Candelabra tonight. After the movie I ordered Scott Thorson's book from ThriftBooks. It should get it by Monday.

Dallas Fan Expo starts tomorrow, and Richard Dreyfuss is slated to speak first. I'm debating going to his panel, just to see how much of shitshow it will be.

Bubly Sparkling Water was BOGO today. I got one 8-pack of Blueberry Pomegranate and one of Mango.

Bubbie's Mochi Ice Cream was BOGO again. I got one strawberry and one mango. Bubbie's is superior to MyMochi ice cream in my opinion.

BOGO Troll, how can you eat so much ice crearm? It's not a dig; I'm curious. Do you eat well, exercise, are naturally trim, or have you given up the battle of the bulge? I love ice cream but have no control when it's in the house. Hoping you can share some tips.

r252, most of my BOGOs are shared with a friend who is quite ill and recently approved for SSDI. I try not to mention that often as it sounds like I'm bragging but sometimes I feel like I need to mention it so I don't sound like a huge glutton.

The strawberry mochi was dropped off at his place on the way home and I kept the mango. Also, in my defense, I don't just ply him with junk food (although it makes him happy), I also include a staple or two (chicken, ground beef).

I do weigh my food on my handy dandy scale. I've been having some of the Tillamook strawberry ice cream from last week's BOGO, 95g is 200 calories and that's all I have. Log everything I eat into MyFitnessPal. I also put my recipes into MFP, there's a recipe calculator and it's tedious but it does help me keep track. The peach Tillamook from last week's BOGO was given to the couple next door when they impromptu invited me over for steaks on the grill.

My exercise is daily walking, seven days a week. I think I'm an okay weight, 5'9' and fluctuate between 165 (when I'm happy) and 170 (when I'm in a funk). Next month I'll celebrate the 30th Anniversary of my 30th Birthday. 🤣

R242- I ate some Enoki mushrooms with my salad for lunch today and now I have to floss.

Thank you, BOGO Troll!! Now that you mention it, I do remember you mentioning in another thread that you share. I applaud you for doing what you do.

Thanks for the info on MFP. I'm currently tracking in the WW app. Happy Birthday! I have a birthday this month myself; 2nd anniversary of turning 31.

Wow, BOGO, you've got a lot of self-control with the ice cream. I have a food scale, too, and I love it.

Also, Sir/Madame BOGO where do you live (roughly), I always try to take my weekly shopping tips from your posts, but I feel you don't live where I do, because I never see those deals.

I also have a kitchen scale. I think it looks so pretty sitting in the pantry in the original box. 🤣😂

They are Publix BOGOs, r257.

I seriously weigh EVERYTHING, fruit, condiments, even the cream I put in my coffee, so easy to go overboard.

r258 thank you Sir BOGO. I do not have Publix in my neck of the woods. It's a darn shame too!

I went to the barber and a guy comes in with an appointment, but the barber he was supposed to see is out sick. After much discussion of why he didn't get called, another barber announces to all that the “sick” barber had smoked too much weed. I found such narc behavior very unprofessional and catty. Both barbers were female, btw.

R260 UGH

My electric company is getting better, I reported a power outage online and received an automated phone call awhile later that tree limbs on wires caused the outage and should be back up in about ninety minutes. I have a generator so I'm good but I appreciate their notice.

The barber who narc’d had been the one cutting wmy hair lately (but not today). I think I will avoid her. She smells bad and talks too much.

I'm simmering fresh orange slices and cinnamon sticks on the stove top. Makes the house smell so nice.

I haven't done any real cooking since March or early April. Today, I can do some cooking.

What is it about the internet that has made it impossible for people to come up with a name for their pets all by themselves?

Before the internet people had to go to local libraries to research names for their pets. There were historical volumes of pet names, classified by type of pet, size, color, activity level. You could t name a St Bernard Sparky or Spot. You had to research and decide spin an appropriate name that could be shortened or elongated as a cool nickname.

But now we have the internet, so all a person has to do is post a photo of an animal on 150 sites and ask, “What should I call this boy”? and “Need a short, easy to remember name for this little girl.”

I missed the post above by the person who cleaned out their shed, and I’d like to offer my belated congratulations.

I have confirmed that Teader Joe’s discontinued Cacahaute Salsa and I’m thinking of making my own

I donated $25 to my Senator Chris Murphy. Hopefully, they'll leave me alone and stop sending text and emails.

I made a delicious bean salad for lunch.

I’m eating corn chips from Trader Joe’s which I think are better than Fritos.

I'm still bitter Ronzoni discontinued their Pastina.

I can pay $30 for Barilla Pastina on Amazon or $100 for the Ronzoni from some online market I never heard of. They are probably all expired. Not willing to pay the price or gamble on the expiration date.

I should ask my relatives in Italy to send me some. I pay for every dinner out when I visit them, least they could do is send me some pastina.

Fritos are a very high bar. I like the BBQ twists (Fritos), as well.

I have a stocked kitchen and I want fast food….

I’ll broil a steak and make almond greembeams. I swore off potatoes, but this is one time when they’d be handy.

My car insurance was stable for a good, long while. Even after I made two claims in one year (body work), it was stable. This term, it went up by $50 (6-month policy).

If your insurance only went up $50 with claims that is like a miracle. Mine seems to go up a couple hundred a year with no claims.

I waiting for a Fed Ex delivery. The shipper sent it by the cheapest way which would be fine if Fed Ex didn’t keep sending me phantom delivery dates (four different dates) and then telling me the delivery has been rescheduled (four times).

The package was shipped from Georgia on June 2, wandered around different towns in Georgia for several days, then went to West Virginia Friday, Pennsylvania Saturday and is now allegedly in Jersey City. Tomorrow is the fourth expected delivery date.

Hard to imagine there’s any kind of efficiency at work here.

I woke up happy with my job. Nice.

It's 9:30 am on Sunday June 9th. It's time for my weekly trip to my local Trader Joe's. I must leave soon before the parking lot fills up and the store gets busy.

9:30 would even be too late for me. I'm waiting outside TJ's for the door to open at 8:00.

They delivered the package today, just hours after telling me it would be delivered tomorrow.

I suppose this was FedEx’s “We’ll put in on a truck headed roughly in the right direction if there’s room” system of delivery. Then each place that gets the package does the same. But they should turn off the notifications.

I try to avoid Trader Joe’s on weekends.

I'm trying a new brand of smoked paprika.

Finally, replaced the tires on my car. There was so much tread compared to my previous set I had to check I didn't buy snow tires.

I found a bottle of Not Your Mother's Dry Shampoo Unscented under my bathroom sink. I don't know when I bought it. Maybe during the pandemic? Never used it. I'll have to give it a try.

My crows enjoy fat from steak. Kroger’s makes sure every steak has a shit ton of fat. Everyone is happy.

I heard cows mooing all night long.

This summer I plan to eat nothing but bagged salads, watermelon, and ice cream.

He’s a moo moo.

My daisies are in bloom and they multiply each year, there are about a hundred. They make me happy.

I cannot grow daisies and they’re my favorite flower😞

Zorch!

Oh dear me. What’s that awful smell? Did somebody spray for bugs? You won a homemade potpourri wreath? Well, you should take it and get the hell out of here.

I watched the Tubi doc on Chris Watts the other night. Shan’nan was the frauiest frau who ever fraued. She “had” lupus and fibromyalgia, her kids “had” peanut allergies, she was into Lulumon and getting other women to adore and emulate her, and she ran that marriage.

Well, Chris sure showed her who was boss, in the end.

A friend recommended the almond butter from Costco, which costs 2X the peanut butter (Kirkland) at Costco. Just opened up a jar of the AB, stirred it, and tasted it. I think I like the PB better than the AB.

This is probably the last weekend when it'll be bearable to use the oven. But am I taking advantage of it? No, I'm wasting time on DL.

I read the book "The Perfect Father " by John Glatt and I think Shanann pushed him to the brink. She was constantly nagging and berating him, which is why she got so much hate when the murder made the news. He was hot and should have just divorced her.

You should take that potpourri and get the hell out of here. It stinks!

Shan’nan was going to take him for everything they had now and everything he would ever get for the next 18 years. She was going to be the ex from hell. Of course she and the girls didn’t deserve to die.

I feel bad for my knife every time I cut up a pineapple.

Don’t

I finally bit the bullet and went to a Medspa and got a 3 month supply of Ozempic for $399, of which I have to administer a shot in my flabby stomach every week.

My God, I thought I read that you had purchased a "swimspa" and financed it for ten years.

I need to go grocery shopping, I usually have a large stash of food in my fridge, freezer and cabinets. Getting low, hope the apocalypse doesn't come before I get there.

My tooth hurts.

Deux minutes, chat!

I rented a horror movie on Prime called Mind Body Spirit. It's about a yoga instructor that's trying get online followers, so she performs rituals out of her dead grandmother's spell book. It was pretty good for a low budget horror flick.

R308 Call a dentist. That type of pain can be incapacitating and it won't get better. Nip it in the bud! No need to suffer no matter how much you dread it.

I like the middle of a pineapple too. This looks like it wastes too much and you still have to take a knife to it.

The core of the pineapple is woody, pulpy, and inedible. It looks good, but it isn’t.

I broke down and bought a mini Keurig. It may be the best thing I’ve bought in 5 years.

I like chewing on the middle of a pineapple. It’s not like I’ve never done it.

I buy fresh pineapple already cut up. I don't need that aggravation.

I can't sleep, my mind is going a mile a minute.

Adjusting to sensible eating after a weekend of indulgence.

I had to come into the DMV for the first time in a decade to renew/RealID-ify my expired license. I had an 8:45a appointment and haven't had to be out of my apartment this early since the pandemic. Of course, I had to wait over an hour past my appointment time, but on the plus side, I have an excuse for missing out on a couple of mind-numbing work meetings.

Bought a $1 lottery ticket on a whim and won $10.

I don't intend to squander my windfall, I shall invest it wisely.

I usually only buy a lottery ticket on my birthday but I was feeling adventurous.

It's 77 outside and I'm cold.

Not so much underwhelmed as underwarmed.

It’s gray sweatpants weather. I need sunglasses.

I watched Chinatown the other night for first time in a few years, and the John Huston character reminded me of someone - not sure who - but the Huston character was definitely much smarter than the person he reminded me of.

I was scrounging around my pantry at lunch time and found a can of collard greens "simmered in turkey [italic]flavored[/italic] broth". I heated it up and scarfed down the whole thing.

r324 was it any good?

I just went for a 40 minute walk. I usually go around 4:45 pm ET and get to see lots of people walking their dogs. Unfortunately, it was too early today so no dogs. Oh well, maybe another day this week.

Yes, they were good r325. Not as good as homemade but still good.

I had buttermilk biscuits in the freezer that the collards would have been good served over but I was like a rabid dog and inhaled the whole thing before I could even thaw a biscuit.

The Food Circus is 24 isles of convenient shopping located in lovely, Raytown, Missouri.

[italics]dog[/italics]

Like Ireland and Iceland and Madagascar, R328.

So how did they get them (and 21 more) to Missouri?

I just had to let it out. Sorry for the smell

R329 No "s" before or after the word or words to be italicized - it's [italic]

If you only put the word italic in brackets and nothing after it, it erases itself.

I’m always looking for new ways to stir the pot.

R334, have you considered bangs?

R334 StirMATE

There’s something called a “mast year.” That’s when trees produce a plethora of seeds, acorns, pine cones, fruit or nuts. We had one last year and my yard was carpeted in pine cones. This year, my cats are having a mast year, shedding more fur than I’ve ever seen before. Fur cobwebs everywhere - and that’s with me brushing them twice a day and getting so much fur that it’s like each one of them is giving birth to 2 fluffy kittens a day.

In my part of New England, temps have only been in the 60s the last two days.

My cleaning woman is coming on Wednesday this week instead of her usual Tuesday. It might very well ruin my lovely lunch. On Wednesdays I bake salmon in the oven in olive oil then squeeze lemon juice on the pieces and dip them in Braswells Vidalia Onion Mustard and Honey Dijon Mustard- Yum and afterwards I eat a fairly large bowl of trail mix along with freeze dried mangos, freeze dried bananas and freeze dried berry medley. She will be in the kitchen which means she will be in the way or from her point of view I will be in the way- oh well. It's just this one time. I can deal with it.

I wonder if I'm having a mast year. No, I'm not shedding, but I just want to focus on myself and my own needs.

I just had a shower. For some reason I smelled like French fries. Now I smell clean.

I stood next to Rosie O’Donnell in an elevator tonight.

I went grocery shopping when I had a sweet tooth. I’m not usually hungry during the day but I have half a Focus Factor and Neuriva energy gummie in AM and I think it’s making me hungry. Which is weird.

I guess I need to express my dog’s anal glands. Let me express myself to his anal glands:

Energy gummies never give me any energy.

Holy shit. How many times do I have to unwatch threads before they disappear from my watch list?

I don't like my lawn guy. I'm going to look for a new lawn guy.

I didn’t like my lawn guy so I bought a lawnmower.

[quote]Holy shit. How many times do I have to unwatch threads before they disappear from my watch list?

Are you reloading the page to check that they are gone? I found that if I don’t reload shortly after deleting, they stay off the list.

To R347, 3 Summers ago, while visiting my children#1(Greg and Zach) in Chester County, Pa. I seduced the Lawn guy 25 yrs. old son in the pool house at my son's Greg home. I forgot about my son's security system (and the cameras). His name is Anthony, wrestler from Princeton.

Thanks for including the names and locations. It makes your story so much more believable. 🙄

You are welcome, Datalounge Manager.

[quote] Energy gummies never give me any energy.

Sleep gummies won’t put you to sleep unless they’ve got THC in them. Those CBD/CBN gummies are a waste of money.

I don't have a lawn.

Do they drug test employees in school districts? My son wants to work in a school (summers off, constant vacations/days off) but he’s always vaping weed. If they do random drug testing I don’t see how he could keep a job in a school.

My personal trainer wipes the floor with me every session and I want to quit, but he's a muscular, charming Puerto Rican with full lips and the biggest brown eyes so I guess I'll keep torturing myself.

[quote]My personal trainer wipes the floor with me

Pics please.

I tried Rao’s frozen lasagna. It’s actually quite good. Amazing considering the price—$4.50 per serving. (They claim there are 3 servings in the box, but realistically, there are 2.)

Which on the DL translates to one.

I don't always need everything to be so fancy.

1600 calories and a multivitamin today. Delish.

R355, it depends on the state. NJ, for example, does not allow employers to terminate employees just because a drug test is positive for weed. Recreational use is legal in NJ. It may also depend on the job he gets.

Pigged out on a bag of dried apricots an hour ago and now my tooshie and my toilet are paying the ultimate price. I swear I shat out a piece of my soul just now. Every single time I promise myself I'll stop at the third apricot, but I just can't help myself in the end.

If anyone knows of any antidiarrheal patron saints I could turn to in my darkest hour, do let me know.

On a friend's recommendation, I bought a jar of almond butter from Costco. Meh. It's not really expensive (considering the size of the jar), but I like the Kirkland (Costco) peanut butter better and the PB is about half the price. I'll stick w/PB.

R363, St. Bonaventure

No scat!

Monster peaches are near

Peaches and nectarines are so hit and miss, though ... Sad.

Not from Eckert’s orchard in Belleville

I counted 7 cars with expired NJ inspection stickers while on my walk just now. Cops love those people. In NJ, they specifically sit in the medians, wherever possible, radio to a car ahead and pull you over. They were lenient through 2021 but not anymore.

I am enjoying this…. A tall glass of orange Crystal Light with lots of ice.

I prefer fresh lemonade.

I've noticed a lot of DLers like Crystal Light.

Absent Tab, Crystal Light is the official DL non-alcoholic drink of choice.

I drink Crystal Light because I believe in me.

I think it should have been called Krystle Light when Linda Evans did TV commercials for it years ago.

I saw a helicopter land in a parking lot as I was driving today. Two cop cars were there and then an ambulance and another cop car drove towards the parking g lot with their lights and sirens going.

R373 it’s a delicious soft drink. Full of fruit flavors!

I was a Snapple diet iced tea drinker for decades but they changed the formula and now it tastes like Lemon Pledge. I had to switch and now I drink 5 calorie Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice. Sometimes it’s sour tasting, sometimes it’s delicious.

I hate plain water. It hurts my stomach and nauseates me. So I’ve had a tendency to be dehydrated my whole life.

R354 Mine is turning to moss so it will be a pretty green and I won't have to mow anymore.

We need to find plant sitters. The three people who've done it are on vacation the same week we are, two of them with us.

The watering things you screw a bottle of water into and put in the soil in the pot don't work.

My late spouse spent a lot of time and money caring for the lawn. I hope he can't see it now from wherever he is.

If there are four electric scooters traveling in the same direction, they should be able to merge and form an AUTOBOT. Speeds of the autobot would increase and there would be louder commercials playing from the speakers of each scooter.

To R379...Snapple Peach Iced tea is beyond wonderful& mixes perfectly with Vodka, White Rum& Tequila Also Snapple Lemonade!!

My running shoes are becoming thin in the soles. I don’t want to replace them. I never trust new shoes. So often they look fine and then give me a blister. I always take my old shoes into the store and say I want a new pair of this exact make and model of shoe, and they never have them in stock.

I just know it’s going to happen again, too.

R379 - plain water doesn't do it for me, either. I drink Gatorade Zero and ice tea mostly. Sometimes a diet Dr. Pepper.

White peaches are the bomb.

Mr Loud at Night bullfrog was sitting on the sandy shore of the lake today and I stood next to him and his eyes were closed and was unaware of me, quite the snoozing. I heard my dog coming so I placed the tip of my index finger on the frogs head and he immediately opened his eyes and leaped into the water. Someone saved a life tonight.

I like the individual lemon tea straw packs I buy from ALDIs.

Funny, ice cream messes with my guts, but straight milk doesn’t.

I watched the first episode of Baby Reindeer tonight. It made me really uncomfortable and I'm not sure if I'll continue to watch it.

Is it wrong that I'm tired of hearing about Celine Dion's stiff person syndrome?

There is nothing more delicious to me than water.

r382 I hope he doesn't have to look upwards to see the lawn.

Went a day without any Trump news and it feels like I got a new lease on life, blood pressure-wise. I think I'll try that again tomorrow, it feels nice.

You're still talking about Trump, though.

When I was a kid I wanted to live inside of Jeannie's bottle on I Dream of Jeannie.

I also wanted to live in the Jetson's apartment.

I never wanted to live in Bedrock where the Flintstones lived, too much physical labor.

I'm waiting on new prescriptions to be filled and worrying about what they'll cost is driving me nuts.

^ Update: My CVS has neither of them in stock so they're ordering them, it will take "a few business days." Why does everything have to be a pain in the ass?

Monday the hospital’s “Specialty Pharmacy” wasn’t answering the phones and not without reason as they were switching over to a new system for notifications. So I filled out the online order form Tuesday, a woman called to verify what med I needed sent where and that it would be delivered on a date certain, explained and apologized for the new system startup issues, and we’re all set.

Today another woman from there calls me saying I need to order my meds yet can’t seem to access any information about it as if either whatever was to be done yesterday wasn’t done (by the nice lady) or that she can’t open my file. I asked if she could check it out and call me back. She hasn’t so I don’t know if her problem was solved or if it’s now mine. Again.

It’s not customer service.

Bought a used car today. The dealership took the Prius as a trade-in but informed me they were just going to take it out back and shoot it. I knew this was coming but it's still sad.

R397- Wanting to live INSIDE Jeannie's bottle is very

GAY!

But I don't blame you it has fabulous Persian decor and looks very comfortable.

[quote] Bought a used car today. The dealership took the Prius as a trade-in but informed me they were just going to take it out back and shoot it. I knew this was coming but it's still sad.

I'm calling BS on that, unless the trade-in value was very very low. They want to act like your trade-in is worthless so they can lowball you.

R403 it was 20 years old and failed inspection last month. Toyota wanted $6,000 to fix the rear axle which was rusted through. It's not going back on the road. We once stopped to give a roadside panhandler a dollar and he took one look at the car and waved us off.

Ordinarily I'd agree with you.

R404, OK, then. I guess they wanted to offer you a one-stop shopping experience and make the sale.

I think I need a nice, mini cutting board, for smaller jobs.

Get 2 of them, I did and it was perfect.

I use my Oxo Good Grips mini board for almost everything.

I have three cutting boards and I don't know why.

Fellow DLers, I confess my misdeed to you:

Yesterday I made my annual trip to CFA. I went through the Drive Thru and ordered one item, the only item I ever buy there, their seasonal Peach Milkshake which is only available June-August.

I pulled over into the parking lot and gulped down the whole thing. Then I got out of the car and dumped all the residual evidence into their trashcan.

As I put on my sunglasses and drove away Don Draper from Mad Men's voice was playing in my head saying "This never happened. It will shock you how much this never happened..."

[quote] I have three cutting boards and I don't know why.

One for meat; one for fruit and vegetables; and one for preparing drugs?

I don’t know what CFA is.

^ Chick Fil A

That should be CfA.

Duly noted, oh wise one @ r414.

Are you ashamed because we’re not supposed to go to CfA, or are you ashamed because you’re a fat whore?

I am not a fat whore!

How many times do I have to reiterate this to the DL BMI Police? I inherited my father's metabolism and my mother's temper.

My primary care physician has sent me to a cardiologist. My appointment is in 45 minutes.I’m scared of what she’ll tell me.

[quote]I am not a fat whore!

You ask for penance and then deny it?

MARY with the milkshake. Why be so dramatic about it.

Bloody calorie austerity.

Are you new here, r420?

mary, mary, bo-bary

Banana-fana fo-fary

Fee-fi-mo-ary

mary!

housesitting for a friend and accidentally saw my face in his magnifying mirror this morning

R406- I bought a set of cutting boards on Amazon. I love them. Three different sizes. I just use the large one. They are the best cutting boards I've ever had.

I started fiber and I'm so fucking gassy.

I wouldn’t trust 3 cutting boards for $13. Go knows what they’re made of.

I drove to the DQ for a reduced sugar Dilly Bar and a small Diet Coke. It’s so hot outside I almost stuck the dilly bar up my ass so I could cool down.

My cardiologist looked at my EKG and announced I’d had a heart attack at some point. When I said I didn’t think so, she looked at past tests and then said it might have been a problem with the test today . I asked if we could redo it and she said we would at our next appointment since I had no symptoms. Not confidence boosting.

What the hell? Why not re-do the test immediately?

Nail appointment darling.

Good question. She’s pretty sure the test today was messed up. I had one in Feb for a surgery clearance which was normal, and I have no symptoms. I’m having other tests done in coming weeks.

WHELMED

Sorry.😳

It's looking like a red hot heatwave in New England next week. 99 is predicted on one of those days, yikes.

R426- I had no idea if I would like them but I've had them since March 2022 and I used them almost every day- They don't make a nails on chalkboard sound when you're cutting fruits or vegetables with a knife, they're very durable so far and they are easy to clean- what's not to like?

The Celtics need to win only one more game for the championship. C'mon, you guys do it.

I purchased a lot of healthy foods and now I have to use everything.

It is better-than-you, holier-than-thou fare and my body knows I’m being deprived of palm oil, HFCS, and heavily processed vegetable material.

A greasy quarter-pounder sounds perfect - with extra slimy pickles.

Fireflies! They're early, I usually don't see then until late June/early July. And there's a lot of them, what a treat.

R427- Try Carvel

It's FAR tastier than DQ.

Didn’t Carvel used to be frozen custard? I remember it was very thick.

These cherries (Bing) that I got from my local supermarket were on sale. I bought some (a lot) and they are better than the ones I got from Costco a couple of weeks ago.

I went to Mazatlán recently.

The humidity and heat were beyond intolerable.

I was definitely underwhelmed. I’d never been before, either.

To R441, you just reminded me, I need to buy Bing Cherries, Peaches, Grapes& Strawberries tomorrow

Also, real Peach ice cream& have Chix-fil-A for lunch (with a Peach milkshake)

I’m detecting a peach milkshake theme.

It's watermelon season, too. Watermelon is pretty reliable (good texture and flavor).

There are a lot of posts on here relating to food. Sometimes it's a lot.

I still haven't had cherries yet this year.

r443 I reccommend Tillamook's Peaches and Cream! Sensational.

5,000 steps to go

R445 Watermelon gives me gas.

I'm mad because I have a blood draw at 9 this morning and I can't have breakfast! Waaaaaaa-ahhhhh.

Today's BOGOs:

Cabot Cheese blocks. I got one Pepper Jack and one Extra Sharp Cheddar. Keep both.

Vita Classic Atlantic Smoked Salmon. I'm burned out on bagels for now. Give both to friend.

DeCecco pasta, one penne regate, one angel hair. I wanted cavatappi but they didn't have any. Keep both.

All Laundry detergent. Got two of the Free & Clear. Share

Tru Fru frozen fruit. Got two of the milk chocolate covered strawberries. Share.

Cotton Blues cheesecake slices. Never heard of this brand before but their whole cheesecakes are sold at Goldbelly and HSN. Got two deals. Two original and two strawberry swirl. Share one of each.

The phrase "touch grass" is overused.

And the overuse began the first time it was typed.

I thought I bought a jar of Lao Gan Ma Chili Crisp, but by mistake I bought Chili Sauce with fermented soybeans. I don't like it as much, but I don't want to waste it. The jars all look pretty similar with the same grumpy old woman on them.

I like the fermented soybean version, especially on eggs or in wonton soup. It's mellower.

I can't remember if I pooped today.

These guys compare every variety of Laoganma jarred products. They actually rate a couple other Laoganma products higher than the spicy chili crisp.

I wasn't going to mention it, but I am coming to the end of my "restaurant size" (20-something ounces) bottle of spicy chili crisp. I need to get another one.

Am I a cheapskate for not spending $8 for a tiara for my cat’s quinceañera?

I don’t think she would enjoy wearing it.

If you could choose between fried oysters and finnan haddie, which would you order?

Both are on the menu this evening.

Fried oysters.

Is there a cocktail that provides zinc, manganese, and whiskey?

I should think science addressed these needs.

It’s a hot Friday evening and I’ve got the shits

^^ Oprah, is that you?

This is where I got a cutting board recently. I really like it. Well-made.

My 8K BTU window A/C is handling the 93˚ heat today. I use it in my great room.

I am impressed.

Only draws 814 Watts compared to 2700 Watts if I run my central A/C.

My AC has 75 BTUs for my BUTT that’s as big as a TUB

I'm out of Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner - Fragrance Free. I'll have to pick up a bottle at Target this weekend

[quote]Am I a cheapskate for not spending $8 for a tiara for my cat’s quinceañera?

YES. She's only going to have one quinceanera, it's not like a wedding.

I had a root canal this afternoon. Now I’m watching “What’s Up Doc.”

The scat troll just will not stop haunting the "underwhelmed" threads, even though he is consistently ignored, as he should be.

I’m going out now to check the air in my tires. The “low tire pressure” light came on last night on the way home. Then I may go to the dry cleaners.

I like the taste of International Delight Caramel Macchiato Iced Coffee.

But I prefer hot coffee. Therefore, I heat it up in the microwave. I like it heated up but it's a little weak tasting coffee wise

So now I add a scant teaspoon of instant coffee after I heat it up and it's perfect.

I’m hemming three pairs of summer pants - british khaki, khaki, and emerald green.

Tall people are going to love the leg width on pants - wider, with less of a taper at the knee.

As a pocketgay, I’m hoping they don’t make it look like my pants are eating my shoes.

Just ate an entire box of strawberry shortcake icecream bars. If I don't eat anything for the rest of the day I'm still under 1500 calories to lose weight.

But you will eat something else, won’t you?

Won't all the sugar in the ice cream bars make you ravenous for the rest of the day?

I downloaded my medical records into Apple’s Health App, and I wish I hadn’t.

The calorie austerity continues. 18,000 steps today.

R475 could be Nancy Reagan checking in from hell: “Of course you can have dessert. You just can’t have anything else.”

I got my laundry done yesterday, so I don't have to do it today (Saturday, my normal laundry day).

I've driven by Chik Fil A twice over the past 3 days and it never occurred to me to stop. R410 your penance is hereby lifted. Not going in three times makes up for one trip through.

The property tax on my home went up 42%. Mill rate went down but the assessment went up.

R468 Thayer’s is better than Dickinson’s

Does Thayer's have a fragrance-free version, r484?

[quote] The property tax on my home went up 42%

In one year? What accounts for that?

The almost-tornado that went through my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago destroyed hundreds of trees. The downed limbs have been stacked in alleys and curbs everywhere for pickup, but the city has done nothing. But leave one old toilet out on the lawn during remodeling and you get a call from the HOA. Is this justice?

Japan has very strict rules about images on food packages. The image on the package must exactly match the contents in shape and size.

The Tru Fru frozen chocolate covered strawberries are really good.

There's two layers of chocolate, one milk chocolate and one white chocolate, both good and the strawberries are surprisingly sweet.

Instructions recommend thawing for 15 minutes but I found 10 minutes to be perfect for me.

I might go back and buy more before the BOGO sale is over.

I had to call customer service today and the person actually spoke American.

Native American, R490?

I watched In the Cut earlier which I had seen a long time ago and I must say Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo were excellent in it. Filmed in Manhattan within a year of 9/11. If you have a good eye, you'll notice some missing persons posters still up.

I watched several episodes of Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. Very well done!

I got food poisoning so goodbye weekend plans.

r4 By Gump catalogue you mean Forrest Gump?

I need to get a haircut; I'm looking a tad bit shaggy.

I never resumed my pre-pandemic routine of scheduled haircuts.

[quote]The property tax on my home went up 42%

[quote]In one year? What accounts for that?

Connecticut requires all municipalities to revalue real estate every 5 years. My condo assessment increased by 75% since I bought it in 2016. I checked a couple other addresses in my area and one home had the tax increase by 25% and another at 10%.

42% after 5 years seems extreme. Can you appeal?

There is a process to appeal, R498. However, if I use Zillow's estimate as a guide my property is worth about $30,000 more than the towns assessment.

Dreading another “hottest summer ever.”

But a reveal is supposed to adjust relative values within a town. If everyone’s value went up the same, their taxes should be stable. The only way a 42% hike makes sense is if your property skyrocketed in value when everyone else’s did not. That would be unusual unless it had been a long time since the last reval.

^reval.

Huge swings happened in Jersey City because they had put off the reval for 30 years and downtown had become very valuable while other areas that were once decent had become slums.

R501, I purchased my condo for $58,000 in 2016 and invested $20,000 basically gutting it replacing the kitchen and bathroom and holes in the flooring. According to Realtor.com or Zillow it is worth about $130,000. It sold in 1989 for $96,500. It's a crappy condo built in in the 70's for rental units which was converted to condo's later due to bankruptcy.

I use CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion in the AM.

I've always been a bit of a rebel.

Living large with 1600 calories today.

Look, a public information video aimed specifically at DLers:

Thus far, this year’s Rainier cherries have been a disappointment.

My cat keeps stocking his paw in my ice water.

Potatoes were banned in France in 1748. They were legal again in 1772.

Max Miller told me.

I suspect Max might be a DLer. He said he sounded like Liza Minelli when he was trying to pronounce "Prussian Prison".

Last night while falling asleep I could not recall the name of the movie West Side Story. I was convinced it has a one word title like Hoods or something.

My new neighbor raps. This is not a bad thing because I’m better than everyone else.

She does a bad job, though. She’s rapping along to some asshole in 4/4 time and she’s falling behind and mumbling. So many myths around black Americans get busted each and every day. Poor dear… can’t even spit toneless drivel in unison.

Bull Haulers. I didn’t know this was a thing. All my time on highways and I don’t remember seeing these. Apparently Peterbilts are the muscle cars in long haulers. They run in packs and go way over the speed limits. But if your hauling live animals to the abbatoir I guess it’s best not to prolong it.

[quote] This is not a bad thing because I’m better than everyone else.

I doubt it.

I'm experiencing an intermittent rumbling sound in my left ear.

It's supposed to be around 100 degrees for the next three days which is unusual for northern New England.

I've had sufficient of cherries for a while.

I need more cherries. The season ends in about a month.

I’m so old I remember going outside to play with my friends and not taking any fluids with me.

I had this Zatarain's Blackened Chicken Alfredo frozen meal for lunch.

It was good. Recommend.

They also have a Shrimp Alfredo frozen meal that is good.

All this talk about the heatwave is scaring me. I can't breathe very well in high temperatures anymore. Not to mention just the general shittiness of hot weather.

R520, was it BOGO?

No, dammit, r522.

Where can I find Braeburn apples?

My apples were tasty as fuck and crisp. I pulled the stickers off when I cleaned them, so I can’t recommend. They look like Fuji, but have a lighter tarter taste.

Braeburns haven't been good for a while. Try the Honeycrisp.

I finally made an omelette that looks like an omelette and not a scrambled mess. Now I want to make one every day.

PSA: If you ever buy Ben & Jerry's Dirt Cake, remove the lid very slowly and carefully IN THE SINK.

The top layer is a thick layer of loose cookie crumbles. If you whip off the lid, the cookie crumbles will go flying all over the counter and floor and your dogs will come running to eat up the mess on the floor. You will spend the next ten minutes cleaning up the mess and shooing the dogs away.

You've been warned.

That's definitely a DL type of warning.

[quote] I finally made an omelette that looks like an omelette and not a scrambled mess. Now I want to make one every day.

R527 -- what was the problem, before? Did you finally get a non-stick pan?

r528 what if one does not have dogs?

Then your cats will judge you for the klutz you are in their eyes.

Now a warning?

10,000 steps down, 10,000 to go

[quote]The idea of walking 10,000 steps a day comes from a hugely successful marketing campaign launched ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The number was chosen because the Japanese character for 10,000 resembles a person walking...

10,000 steps = five miles or eight kilometres

I'm 70 and take a 4 mile+ walk 5 times a week.

I bought a bike and rode for the first time in about 50 years. I fell once but I had my helmet on and fell into the grass. I tried to read the time on my FitBit and steered into the curb. I don't think anyone saw me. I banged my knee on the bike when it fell over but otherwise, I'm good.

It's going to be oppressively hot and humid the rest of the week in the Mid-Atlantic states so I won't be riding againt until next week when it cools down a bit.

We are now ready for the heatwave, I bought sugar-free Fudgesicles. They weren't BOGO but that's OK because there's no room in the freezer anyway.

I don’t think we’d have escalators if people had long tails that we drag behind us. Definitely something that would get sucked into the mechanism.

Probably also no escalators if we slimed along like snails

They say 6,000 steps a day,. preferably spread out, is fine to maintain health.

How many trips to the fridge is 6,000 steps?

About 14,000, r542.

My internet went out just as I was joining a Teams call. It came back on pretty quickly. Nobody joined the meeting so I disconnected.

Many years ago I made bread in a cast iron Dutch oven. It was a recipe from former talk show host Jenny Jones. I recall it being good and easy. I may go search for it on YouTube. Probably not today but in the near future I shall look for it.

How is 1 step measured? Is it right+left = 2 steps or right+left =1 step?

If you walk backwards, one step backwards is equivalent to two steps forward and you work muscles in a way you normally don't.

R546, my FitBit counts each footfall as a step, if that helps.

I go backwards on the elliptical but it feels weird.

I'm doing a load of laundry while watching Angela's Ashes.

I just realized that a didn't get a crack on the edge of my thumb last winter for the first time in many years. I used Palmer's coconut oil lotion every day but not sure if that was why.

Dry knuckles. Hope the Weleda Skin Food fixes it.

A blue jay got into the screen porch today. He's gone now.

I just found out Noam Chomsky is not dead. He's recovering from a massage stroke that he had last year. He's 95.

[quote]He's recovering from a massage stroke

A happy ending is probably quite taxing at his age.

I made gazpacho.

It was a fucking pain in the ass. Next time I dig out the food processor.

I could never live in one of those tiny houses. I need counter space in my kitchen. Lots of counter space.

R553 Beware, a bird entering your house, even a porch, is a bad omen.

Some tiny houses do prioritize kitchen space. My kitchen (studio apartment, 500 square feet or so) has a very small kitchen. I am able to cook what I like. Would it be nice to have an extra couple of feet of counter space? Yes, but I am happy with what I have.

R556 That would be so refreshing and delicious during this heat wave and no cooking required.

Yeah, gazpacho does sound good. With some Hass avocado.

Mexican style shrimp cocktail.

Shrimp, cucumber, red onion, avocado, Clamato, or V8 if you prefer, catsup, lime juice, saltine crackers. Delicious.

My legs have alligator skin. I've tried Vitamin E oil, Vaseline, and Bio Oil but my skin is still dry. Any recommendations?

R563, I had alligator skin on my legs and it went away (slowly) when I stopped working in my old office. It was over-air conditioned and was drying out my skin. On top of that, I had a space heater running to counter-act the cold, further drying out the air.

Forgot to list the Tabasco sauce.

CeraVe lotion.

Try a cortosteroid cream. Sounds like a type of eczema to me.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll buy them tomorrow.

Corticosteroid cream and Tabasco sauce sounds potentially whelming.

Neutrogena HydroBoost. I have crepe-y skin from weight loss. The lotion doesn’t take it away but it temporarily makes my skin look almost normal. I just can’t seem to drink enough fluid. Maybe I’ll start getting a once a week vitamin IV treatment like Cyndi Lauper’s son.

According to my supermarket's rewards club, June is my "half birthday" and I am entitled to half off a container of store brand ice cream or half off some kind of cake from the store bakery.

I guess I told them January is my birthday. I use all kinds of bogus birthdates when I sign up for these types of things.

Anyway, I feel special. I've never celebrated a "half birthday" before. I'll probably get the cake.

It's too hot to be outside and this displeases me. By Friday it should be better.

I went out yesterday looking to buy various shades of red and pink zinnias. Yes I know it’s easy to grow zinnias from seed but I didn’t do it this year. The only zinnias I could find were orange. Really, really orange. What’s up with that? Orange zinnias would be nice in autumn, instead of ubiquitous chrysanthemum, but not now. And not *all orange.* It’s hard to find green zinnias at garden centers and impossible at big box stores. Lime Envy, Queen Lime, Queen Lime Blush. They’re nice, but unpopular, I guess.

I exfoliated my scalp.

Haha, R569.

Obvs the Tabasco sauce was for the shrimp cocktail.

Whole Foods no longer sells dried chiles. wtf?

A thunderstorm just went through and the temp dropped from 93 to 77 and feels nice.

Get your dried chiles elsewhere, Hispanic section of your local supermarket. Cheaper, probably, than Whole Foods.

Sometimes I can take Slate Quizzes and sometimes I can’t

Underwhelmed continuation thread:

I'm watching Mahogany on TCM. I wonder how much her NYC apartment would go for today.

None of the local supermarkets stock the chiles I need. Only one has any at all—just ancho chiles.

What kind of chiles?

Yesterday's Costco haul: Bing cherries, feta cheese in brine, salsa, cauliflower, peanut butter (Kirkland creamy).

I would love to say Hass avocados. I passed on them. Maybe next time.

My cat is refusing to let me get out of bed by being impossibly cute and cuddly.

I think I just saw you and your cat on Instagram, R585.

I'm out of my Enzymedica Dairy Assist supplement. That means no ice cream until I re-stock.

New thread awaits

Damn, people, another duplicate thread.

-I need to take my walk soon but I must wait for a few minutes because I just masturbated and after one masturbates one has to take a leak afterwards- so when I take a leak THEN I can go on my daily constitutional.

It's hotter in northern New England than it is in Miami.

But is it as humid?

Yes: 52% now in Boston, 67% in Miami

And Boston is 98F right now while Miami is 85

Underwhelmed Summer fact for the Summer Solstice 2024- I discovered today that Geena Davis is not

in my favorite Pet Shop Boys video, "It's a Sin". It looked just like her.

Everything I've ever done

Everything I'll ever do

Every place I've ever been

Sometimes I forget I'm not on DL and I say things on other forums that are not acceptable.

DLers have corrupted me.

r598 I do the same thing, then I realize i must edit myself.

Eat shit and die.