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I Want to Be Underwhelmed 🦆 Fall 2024, Continued

Previous thread posted below:

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by Anonymousreply 345November 11, 2024 5:18 AM

It's early Thursday morning. Oh what a thrill.

by Anonymousreply 1October 24, 2024 10:24 AM

The previous "underwhelmed" thread still has space for 18 more replies.

by Anonymousreply 2October 24, 2024 12:58 PM

Not anymore, R2.

Our salespeople makes oatmeal in the microwave and it alwasy boils over. When you open the microwave, it smells like brown sugar and cinnamon. Why don't they boil the water in the microwave and then pour that into the bowl? You can let it steep for a few minutes until it's to your liking.

by Anonymousreply 3October 24, 2024 9:07 PM

Aww nuts!

by Anonymousreply 4October 24, 2024 10:25 PM

Ugh, enough talk about oatmeal.

Ironically, my mom grew up eating oatmeal practically everyday but she never once gave us oatmeal to eat as little kids. I’ve never had a bowl of oatmeal prepared by her, either made from scratch or the little flavored envelopes.

I made steel cut oats once, soaking overnight and everything but I never made it again. I did like it. It was an Americas Test Kitchen or their other shows’ recipe. It was good.

by Anonymousreply 5October 24, 2024 10:59 PM

An odd way to introduce a post about oatmeal.

Are you OK, hon?

by Anonymousreply 6October 24, 2024 11:06 PM

As I age into senescence I discover I prefer my oatmeal savory rather than sweet. I make it with unsalted vegetable and chicken broth.

by Anonymousreply 7October 24, 2024 11:28 PM

I don't like it when Amazon sends my package through the post office.

by Anonymousreply 8October 24, 2024 11:44 PM

Open Library is back on line!! Sort of. I can’t access my own stuff and I forgot what I was reading…..

by Anonymousreply 9October 24, 2024 11:53 PM

Open your thighs

by Anonymousreply 10October 25, 2024 1:04 AM

I’m having oatmeal for dinner. Rolled oats with a lot of cinnamon, a dash of allspice, walnuts and some cut up apple.

I turn the heat off once I add the oats to the boiling water and put a lid on the pot and let stand about 10 minutes. No boiling over. Not sure if this method works for steel cut oats though.

by Anonymousreply 11October 25, 2024 1:06 AM

Some black little girl was staring at me in a very creepy manner, her mom after 20 minutes moved to stand between myaelf an dher to blocknher view.

by Anonymousreply 12October 25, 2024 1:22 AM

[quote]Some black little girl was staring at me in a very creepy manner, her mom after 20 minutes moved to stand between myaelf an dher to blocknher view.

What did her being black have to do with anything, R12?

by Anonymousreply 13October 25, 2024 10:19 AM

This will send elder DLers into a nostalgiac overdose:

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by Anonymousreply 14October 25, 2024 3:13 PM

That sounds good, R7.

I'm lying in bed, drinking iced coffee out of an old plastic gelato jar.

by Anonymousreply 15October 25, 2024 3:18 PM

I remember the drinking glasses in the Duz detergent.

by Anonymousreply 16October 25, 2024 3:19 PM

Salvo tablets were the bane to fountains everywhere!

by Anonymousreply 17October 25, 2024 3:54 PM

R14, that bland AI narration and insipid piano track made it unwatchable.

by Anonymousreply 18October 25, 2024 4:26 PM

Too bad, so sad. ^^

by Anonymousreply 19October 25, 2024 5:37 PM

Kevin Lee Jacobs posted a Halloween video where he makes some trash food and beverage. Some kind of cocktail where he uses PowerAde (purple) and a hotdog/frozen crescent roll "nibble."

I'm not impressed.

by Anonymousreply 20October 25, 2024 5:39 PM

^His cuisine is not commensurate with his elegant house.

by Anonymousreply 21October 25, 2024 5:49 PM

I was doing my NY state-mandated harassment training outside and ended up falling asleep. The leaves are falling so fast it sounds like rain.

by Anonymousreply 22October 25, 2024 7:39 PM

Possibly had my last PSL of the season today😭

by Anonymousreply 23October 25, 2024 7:52 PM

I'm craving a Dairy Queen banana split.

by Anonymousreply 24October 25, 2024 8:02 PM

[quote]The leaves are falling so fast it sounds like rain.

So many of them fell yesterday, it's so depressing.

by Anonymousreply 25October 26, 2024 3:08 AM

It was dark before 6:30 pm today.

by Anonymousreply 26October 26, 2024 3:16 AM

I must now go upstairs and put on my fitted sheet and my flat sheet and the pillow cases ( I did laundry today) then the comfortable and finally my mauve Martha Stewart Everyday flannel blanket I purchased at Kmart ca. 2008.

by Anonymousreply 27October 26, 2024 3:36 AM

I think I had a bad clam.

by Anonymousreply 28October 26, 2024 3:39 AM

R13 because I found minorities tend to gape at gay people like we're zoo animals and openly demonstrate their homophobic attitudes more than a white person would.. it's just my experience.....

by Anonymousreply 29October 26, 2024 3:47 AM

I'm reading Eric Roberts' memoir Runaway Train. When he moved to NYC at 18 years old to take acting classes. His drama teacher was Manu Tupou, who played an Indian chief in the movie A Man Called Horse.

One night Eric crashed at his apartment and woke up to Manu sucking his cock.

He also said him and sis Julia come from white trash.

by Anonymousreply 30October 26, 2024 4:04 AM

I just got back from the Aldi without ambience I mentioned in the previous thread.

I got there at 8:10 and the store didn't open until 8:30 so I was the only car sitting in the parking lot. Then a very elderly man on a scooter with an oxygen tank came and tapped on my window and asked me to call 911 as a man had fallen out of his wheelchair in the woods behind Aldi and neither of them had a phone. In relaying the situation to the 911 I learned he was cutting through the woods to get to Aldi, hit a bump and fell out of his chair. Scooter guy was going by on his way to Aldi and heard his cries.

After the call, I began to follow the scooter guy to the back of Aldi. Before we even made it to the back ambulance arrived and I turned around left.

I don't understand why this guy was out alone in a wheelchair and not a scooter. Did someone dump him in the woods? Why didn't any of the joggers in that area hear his cries, do they all wear headphones? The Aldi is actually in a nice area surrounded by new developments, just an old store. The whole thing made me so sad.

Anyway, I got my profiteroles at Aldi and left. I highly recommend the profiteroles Aldi has this week, I get them every year.

by Anonymousreply 31October 26, 2024 2:42 PM

You were so anxious for profiteroles that you drove to Aldi before it opened and hung out in the parking lot for 20 minutes? Dude, that’s addict behavior.

by Anonymousreply 32October 26, 2024 2:45 PM

Looky here Mr. Smarty Pants @r32, I went to the car wash that opened at 8:00 first, saw the already long lines wrapped around the building and said "forget that" and just headed to my next stop which was Aldi.

Obviously the universe arranged it so I could be there to make the call for the guy. More cars were only beginning to trickle into the parking lot as I was leaving with my profiteroles.

by Anonymousreply 33October 26, 2024 2:59 PM

Addicts deny.

by Anonymousreply 34October 26, 2024 3:09 PM

“Leave the wheelchair. Take the profiteroles.”

by Anonymousreply 35October 26, 2024 3:10 PM

^Clemenza, dammit.

by Anonymousreply 36October 26, 2024 3:11 PM

R31 I attend these threads to be washed in the dreary drab of other people's lives

I feel very, very whelmed by your post.

by Anonymousreply 37October 26, 2024 3:13 PM

Don't forget the cookies!

by Anonymousreply 38October 26, 2024 4:13 PM

Then the Comfortable- Oh dear.

I oh deared myself. I meant to write the comforter.

by Anonymousreply 39October 26, 2024 4:41 PM

R13/R29, what makes you think the little black girl was staring at you for being gay rather than for the reason the rest of us here, including the whites, would avoid looking at you?

by Anonymousreply 40October 26, 2024 5:50 PM

Well, casual racism IS underwhelming, in its way.

by Anonymousreply 41October 26, 2024 5:51 PM

You can go ahead and take a load off, Fanny,

But (but, but) don't think you're going to put the load on me.

by Anonymousreply 42October 26, 2024 6:23 PM

I dug into the Trick or Treat candy for a mini-box of Dots.

Tomorrow is T & T in my little neck of the woods.

by Anonymousreply 43October 26, 2024 6:24 PM

I cleaned out the refrigerator and OMG where have I been? Certainly not in the back of the vegetable bins with a damp rag since the mask mandate ended. There was a mushroom-like mold growing on what I think were artichoke hearts. I found an unopened jar of TJ’s pesto with a sell-by date in 2020. Sour cream from this summer.

I thought I was going to be whelmed but when I got into it the work was actually underwhelming. You can’t overthink rinsing out condiment jars.

by Anonymousreply 44October 26, 2024 7:07 PM

r44, think of your refrigerator as host to evolving new life forms.

by Anonymousreply 45October 26, 2024 7:22 PM

In the three years I've had this house my next door neighbor has asked me at least six times if I wanted to go to "the junkyard" with him. Each time I've declined.

My responses have ranged from "No thanks, not my thing" to "Thanks for thinking of me but not an interest of mine" to "No thanks" to "Oh no, thanks anyway" and the last time I said "I'd rather go to jail".

Yet despite this, today he came and asked me again. I responded with "Have we met?". He chuckled, tilted and nodded his head and walked away.

He will be back in a couple of months to ask me AGAIN, guaranteed.

by Anonymousreply 46October 26, 2024 8:30 PM

R46, do you own a vehicle with extensive cargo space? Junkers salivate.

by Anonymousreply 47October 26, 2024 9:01 PM

Nope, r47. Honda Accord.

I liken him and me to Calvin and Dave from The Neighborhood sitcom.

He's perpetually happy and optimistic and constantly knocking at my door inviting me to do things and I'm grumpy Calvin. I even started a thread about this recently.

by Anonymousreply 48October 26, 2024 9:14 PM

Maybe he has dementia and forgets that you are not interested in the junk yard. Is there anything that you do like about him?

by Anonymousreply 49October 26, 2024 9:18 PM

Today I read a Wikipedia page about Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. There was nothing very surprising or new to me in it.

by Anonymousreply 50October 26, 2024 9:26 PM

Oh yes, I like him quite a bit, r49. We barbecue, he and his wife have had me to nice dinners at their place and I've had them to mine. I've mentioned him here several times. He is the one who rabidly went after the Buddhist/Chinese neighbor who told me to "go back to California" when I moved in.

I've also mentioned that he looks like Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey.

I think his repetitiveness is linked to his perpetual cheeriness.

by Anonymousreply 51October 26, 2024 9:37 PM

The Asian pears that I bought from Costco are not good. Very deceptive-looking. Huge, uniform golden color. Tough skin, Not sweet. They were actually more expensive than the ones I get outside of Costco.

Part of the reason I like pears is because the skins are usually very tender.

Never again. At least not this year.

by Anonymousreply 52October 26, 2024 9:42 PM

It would kill you to go to the fucking junkyard just once?

If he's always gonna ask anyway, it's not like your going to reinforce unwelcome behavior.

by Anonymousreply 53October 26, 2024 10:05 PM

It’s a long sought after dream come true! All of Rudy Vallee’s 1929-1943 hits in one cd 💿 package! 📦 Whoopie!!!

by Anonymousreply 54October 26, 2024 10:22 PM

I ate so many mini Twix chocolates I'm in a coma. I threw rest of it out. I was going to have some wine tonight but now I don't feel like it. Wah.

Really wanted to try Martha's new white wine that I bought: "19 Crimes".

by Anonymousreply 55October 26, 2024 11:23 PM

I just watched a true crime/unsolved murder from 1978. Four Burger Chef employees were murdered.

It reminded me that Peggy had the Burger Chef account on Mad Men.

Then I felt guilty for having flippant thoughts while watching such serious subject matter.

by Anonymousreply 56October 27, 2024 12:07 AM

What is love at first sight?

by Anonymousreply 57October 27, 2024 1:20 AM

Mainly, physical attraction.

by Anonymousreply 58October 27, 2024 1:23 AM

[italic]Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 59October 27, 2024 1:29 AM

Tillamook ice cream—two for $5!

Can you believe it?

by Anonymousreply 60October 27, 2024 1:59 AM

The tiny containers? Or the half-gallon sizes?

by Anonymousreply 61October 27, 2024 2:50 AM

I'm guessing it's not the half-gallon size.

by Anonymousreply 62October 27, 2024 2:52 AM

The song Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum, does things to my soul that I can't even put into words

by Anonymousreply 63October 27, 2024 4:22 AM

Let’s go Dodgers!!!

🥳 Woohoo, looking good.

by Anonymousreply 64October 27, 2024 4:30 AM

Looking like it may be time to stay away from most of the internet until the election is over.

by Anonymousreply 65October 27, 2024 5:12 AM

It is the “half gallon” size which is now three pints.

by Anonymousreply 66October 27, 2024 5:32 AM

I’ve learned why RFK Jr is so whacked. The guy was a heroin addict for 14 years starting at age 16. His psyche is fucked.

by Anonymousreply 67October 27, 2024 9:49 AM

R60 OMG, where?

This fat whore wants to rejoice!

by Anonymousreply 68October 27, 2024 12:03 PM

I have to take out the rubbish, including 2 really big bags of stuff to sort for the 3 recycling bins (paper, plastic, glass), then come back in and pay the local council cunts £60 for a garden waste bin permit.

This is not the Sunday morning I imagined for myself when I was young and beautiful with my whole (actually quite humdrum) life ahead of me.

by Anonymousreply 69October 27, 2024 12:21 PM

Acme

by Anonymousreply 70October 27, 2024 1:26 PM

I apologize. I checked the receipt and it was 2 for $7, not $5, but that’s still better than BOGO.

by Anonymousreply 71October 27, 2024 1:33 PM

It's a beautiful autumn day, yet I want to stay inside. However, I know it will do me good to be 'out and about'.

I'm sure many of you know exactly what I'm talking about.

I'll bring my book and sit at the river.

by Anonymousreply 72October 27, 2024 1:39 PM

I was just thinking that I'd like a new season of The Gilded Age, and when I Googled it I saw that the last one started almost exactly a year ago (29 October). The new season isn't due until 2025, unfortunately. It's such gentle escapism.

by Anonymousreply 73October 27, 2024 4:53 PM

🎶 Come on let's twist again like we did last summer... 🎶

by Anonymousreply 74October 27, 2024 5:43 PM

I think I need a centralized receptacle for all of my various batteries.

by Anonymousreply 75October 27, 2024 9:37 PM

An empty large yogurt container can serve many, many purposes, r75.

by Anonymousreply 76October 27, 2024 9:40 PM

r75 do you not have a junk drawer like every other red-blooded American (assuming you're from the USA)? That's where I stash mine.

by Anonymousreply 77October 27, 2024 9:41 PM

I actually don't have a junk drawer. I've got my eye on several boxes in my house. (I save "nice" boxes, like the kind glasses come in.) I do have an empty yogurt container, but it's deployed elsewhere.

by Anonymousreply 78October 27, 2024 9:48 PM

Get one of those battery organizers that fits all sorts of sizes. There’s a tester in it too.

From QVC. Really cheap.

by Anonymousreply 79October 27, 2024 9:49 PM

I use a plastic berry container for batteries. It fits nicely in the junk drawer.

by Anonymousreply 80October 28, 2024 12:28 AM

Im watching The Big Easy on Prime Video. For some reason it's got that old aspect ratio with the bars on both sides, like a Perry Mason episode on MeTV.

by Anonymousreply 81October 28, 2024 12:44 AM

Ellen Barkin grabs junk

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by Anonymousreply 82October 28, 2024 2:37 AM

Bloat

by Anonymousreply 83October 28, 2024 3:13 AM

I'm not going to make it to the bathroom again because I'm posting about it again.

by Anonymousreply 84October 28, 2024 3:35 AM

He's only asking because he knows you are not remotely interested and your irritation amuses him.

by Anonymousreply 85October 28, 2024 7:10 AM

Just came home from a PET scan. This is the one where you have to sit perfectly still covered with a blanket for an hour before the imaging itself as the radioactive glucose works its way through your system. Portly radiologist was listening to Adele songs on a loop the whole time. Sang along, too. Kinda looked like Adele, actually. Pre-Ozempic.

A Russian patient who didn't speak a word of our language came in two hours late and messed up their whole schedule, so they diverted me to a gay radiologist instead. The cutie was so gentle with me as he pulled down my pants so the metal zipper wouldn't mess with the machine. The most contact I've had with another guy in three years. I hate my cancer and I hate my life.

by Anonymousreply 86October 28, 2024 10:37 AM

I'm out of Starbucks Caramel pods. I have plenty of Original Donut Shop Medium Roast and McCafe Medium Premium Roast pods.

by Anonymousreply 87October 28, 2024 11:08 AM

Rather than use chip clips to seal bagged food items, I use binder clips.

My cousin finds this immensely amusing and never misses an opportunity to point out the oddity of it when she visits.

by Anonymousreply 88October 28, 2024 1:34 PM

R88, I've done the same.

I also use a plastic skirt hanger in the shower for the exfoliating gloves I buy from Amazon. They hang over the shower arm and it allows them to air dry without leaning against anything.

by Anonymousreply 89October 28, 2024 3:23 PM

R86 hope you get great results from the scan. Getting pantsed by a cutie is a pretty nice bonus in a miserable situation.

by Anonymousreply 90October 28, 2024 3:55 PM

I'm looking forward to "falling back" an hour this coming weekend.

by Anonymousreply 91October 28, 2024 4:36 PM

I just made a box of lime flavor gelatin.

No I am not Mormon.

by Anonymousreply 92October 28, 2024 5:18 PM

But you will be if you eat it, r92.

by Anonymousreply 93October 28, 2024 5:21 PM

Pssst! It’s not actually made from limes.

by Anonymousreply 94October 28, 2024 5:25 PM

R92 Are you having a colonoscopy?

If so, lime is OK while cherry, black cherry, watermelon, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, fruit punch, and orange are not.

by Anonymousreply 95October 28, 2024 5:35 PM

No, r92, I just like a light cool dessert in these last hot days since summer is hanging on in Dixie.

by Anonymousreply 96October 28, 2024 5:58 PM

[quote] Rather than use chip clips to seal bagged food items, I use binder clips.

I use binder clips (office supply-type) for everything. I don't understand buying the big, plastic clip that says: "CHIP CLIP." My mom used to used clothespins.

by Anonymousreply 97October 28, 2024 6:29 PM

I sleep with a pillow between my knees.

by Anonymousreply 98October 28, 2024 8:03 PM

I sleep NAKED

by Anonymousreply 99October 28, 2024 8:04 PM

R86 I wish you a great recovery or in the very least a great life.

by Anonymousreply 100October 28, 2024 8:27 PM

R96 I’m bound up.

by Anonymousreply 101October 28, 2024 9:01 PM

I stopped using a top sheet. I toss and turn so much at night that it gets all twisted up, so I'm not putting it back until I have overnight company (so, never).

by Anonymousreply 102October 28, 2024 9:09 PM

You are not alone, r98.

by Anonymousreply 103October 28, 2024 9:10 PM

I put my new downproof pillow protectors over my new down/feather pillows today. I have the shearling mattress pad back on, washed and dried after letting the mattress air out all day.

Now I have to decide if we stick with linen sheets or switch to flannel: 29f (low) forecast for tomorrow but then warming up so the little bastards will be sweating in their costumes on Thursday.

by Anonymousreply 104October 28, 2024 9:17 PM

[quote]I don't understand buying the big, plastic clip that says: "CHIP CLIP." My mom used to used clothespins.

I use clothespins too. You could probably buy 50 clothespins for the price of one chip clip.

by Anonymousreply 105October 28, 2024 9:58 PM

Only occasionally do I have 50 bags of chips open at a time.

But on those occasions, r105, that tip will come in quite handy!

by Anonymousreply 106October 28, 2024 10:24 PM

No, I do not have to be patient with your STUDENT DRIVER!

by Anonymousreply 107October 28, 2024 10:26 PM

Game 3 of the WS at 7:00 pm central standard time.

by Anonymousreply 108October 28, 2024 10:26 PM

I just googled "Nothing Bundt Cakes near me" and apparently there is one three miles from my home in a strip mall I frequent. Why have I never noticed it?

by Anonymousreply 109October 28, 2024 10:51 PM

I used to haunt the nothing bunt cakes location near me. Love it

by Anonymousreply 110October 28, 2024 11:04 PM

I threw away three pairs of underwear while doing laundry today. Time to go shopping.

by Anonymousreply 111October 29, 2024 1:32 AM

I find it hard to beleive that the year is almost coming to a close. It feels like only yesterday was New Year's eve / last days of December

by Anonymousreply 112October 29, 2024 3:35 AM

I think I'll get some frozen, riced cauliflower, the next time I go to Costco. I'll give it a try.

by Anonymousreply 113October 29, 2024 3:49 AM

I find Nothing Bundt cakes to be extremely underwhelming.

by Anonymousreply 114October 29, 2024 7:20 AM

You know what’s fun? Those TV movies with Valerie Harper in danger. I’m watching Night Drive on Tubi where her would-be killer is that creepy guy with no voice box who has to use that electric shaver looking thing to talk like a robot. I remember it was really scary when I was teen. My mom and I were in a cafe in Salzburg when some guy in back of us started using one. Bizarre and disturbing.

by Anonymousreply 115October 29, 2024 7:59 AM

I kept thinking of underwhelming things all day when I couldn't post them. Now we're back up* and I can't remember anything.

*Thank God for that, btw. I'd miss this place something awful.

by Anonymousreply 116October 29, 2024 11:11 PM

Fie on you, Sheffield Wednesday.

by Anonymousreply 117October 29, 2024 11:20 PM

I laughed so hard at the nothing Bundt cakes and the electric shaver voice box thing the cat got disgusted with me and actually left the room.

by Anonymousreply 118October 29, 2024 11:24 PM

I ate the same thing for dinner that I ate for lunch.

I didn't plan it that way, it's just how things panned out.

by Anonymousreply 119October 29, 2024 11:28 PM

I have a thirty year old Japanese Maple tree and the leaves have never been such a breathtaking shade of red as this year.

by Anonymousreply 120October 30, 2024 2:21 AM

Pics, please!

by Anonymousreply 121October 30, 2024 3:38 AM

My dog barked at a Blue Heron today, she doesn't like big birds.

by Anonymousreply 122October 30, 2024 3:45 AM

For the first time in my life I ate a fried bologna sandwich today. It was good.

by Anonymousreply 123October 30, 2024 4:08 AM

R123 I'd prefer a hot dog. Mustard, relish and onion and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

by Anonymousreply 124October 30, 2024 4:57 AM

It's raining in New England which of late has become an anomaly.

by Anonymousreply 125October 30, 2024 5:02 AM

I plan to watch my dvd of Rebecca soon. It's been quite some time since I've seen it and I love it.

by Anonymousreply 126October 30, 2024 5:04 AM

Was Mrs Danvers really a Mrs? She certainly got off on touching Rebecca's undergarments.

by Anonymousreply 127October 30, 2024 5:10 AM

r125 we could use some of that down here in NJ. It's been bone dry. But beautiful, cloudless, sunny skies is also nice.

by Anonymousreply 128October 30, 2024 12:04 PM

I've never been able to fly under the radar.

I'm not a smiley person, introverted and of average looks.

Why won't strangers just leave me alone?

by Anonymousreply 129October 30, 2024 2:03 PM

I’m invisible. I should be a spy.

by Anonymousreply 130October 30, 2024 2:06 PM

I tried sorghum for the first time last night. It was 😐.

by Anonymousreply 131October 30, 2024 2:08 PM

I’m having farro for breakfast.

by Anonymousreply 132October 30, 2024 2:11 PM

I had Graham crackers and coffee for breakfast. Groceries are scheduled to be delivered between 11 and 12.

by Anonymousreply 133October 30, 2024 3:01 PM

I went to the almost empty grocery store this morning at 8. In and out in less than 10 minutes.

Wednesday is the slowest day of the week in the grocery business.

by Anonymousreply 134October 30, 2024 4:41 PM

My groceries were delivered almost exactly at 11:00 (yay!) They substituted Van Leewen's Vanilla Bean for their Honeycomb (everyone loves Honeycomb), but otherwise, the order was perfect. I had planned to tip the driver $10 in cash, but he dropped and ran, though the website states clearly that we have to meet the driver for "attended" deliveries.

by Anonymousreply 135October 30, 2024 4:55 PM

If I were expecting honeycomb and got vanilla I’d be one very unhappy fat whore indeed.

by Anonymousreply 136October 30, 2024 5:31 PM

Well, my sister is pregnant. She just got married a few weeks ago, but she's already eight weeks along.

by Anonymousreply 137October 30, 2024 5:33 PM

R135 expected vanilla bean and got honeycomb.

Why can't you say that Van Leewen's is an ice cream.

by Anonymousreply 138October 30, 2024 5:33 PM

I thought I had more bottles of Pommery than I did. Oops.

by Anonymousreply 139October 30, 2024 5:36 PM

What else would it be?

by Anonymousreply 140October 30, 2024 5:36 PM

WTF is Pommery.

by Anonymousreply 141October 30, 2024 5:36 PM

Amazon is weird. I was expecting a delivery yesterday. Now it says if it doesn’t arrive by tomorrow I should request a refund. Is the truck missing?

by Anonymousreply 142October 30, 2024 5:37 PM

r136, indeed, Van Leewen's Vanilla Bean is not as good as Van Leewen's Honeycomb.

Those are ice cream flavors, r138. Vanilla Bean isn't bad, but it's not Honeycomb, with its tiny caramel crystals. Both flavors are better than WFM's* so-called heirloom tomatoes, which have the taste and texture of any out-of-season tomato.

* WFM is the initialization for Whole Foods Market (for r138).

by Anonymousreply 143October 30, 2024 6:05 PM

[quote]WTF is Pommery.

Hand in your gay card until you've seen The Philadelphia Story.

by Anonymousreply 144October 30, 2024 6:42 PM

Champs, darling. Champs.

by Anonymousreply 145October 30, 2024 6:47 PM

I was cleaning out my closet and found a card from Betty Broderick. I mailed her a birthday card with a book of stamps.

She'll only write you back if you send a book of stamps. She even signed it "Love, Betty ".

by Anonymousreply 146October 30, 2024 10:49 PM

I was cleaning out a closet this morning, going through clothes before donating them. I’m retired and as timeless as most of my suits and jackets are, I’m never going to have to need business attire again. If I go to two weddings, two funerals, and two fancy dinners a year now it’s a lot, so two suits and a blue blazer are all I need.

Evidence of my former life in the pocket of a linen blazer: a ticket in the original AA jacket to Buenos Aires from December, 2005. If I haven’t worn that jacket for 19 years I don’t think I’ll miss it. Likewise some kind of winter coat with toggles my mom bought me in London 40 years ago. Still fits and we still have winter so I’m keeping that. But otherwise bags of stuff going out.

It’s not the death cleanse but I’m making a stab at winnowing the stuff down to the necessities.

by Anonymousreply 147October 30, 2024 11:17 PM

I detest this mix bag of Autumn weather, warm and humid with Fall leaves on the ground trips me out .

by Anonymousreply 148October 30, 2024 11:25 PM

[quote] I was cleaning out my closet and found a card from Betty Broderick. I mailed her a birthday card with a book of stamps.

The Betty Broderick penpal has surfaced!

by Anonymousreply 149October 30, 2024 11:38 PM

R149 I only wrote her once. This is what she wrote back:

"Thank you for the lovely Birthday card and the book of stamps! Perfect gift! I can always use them! I hate being "73" I was only 35 when this all started!☹️ you never know where life will take you! Love, Betty."

She even drew a sad face.

I really don't know if this qualifies as underwhelming.

by Anonymousreply 150October 31, 2024 2:39 AM

Well, ladies and gents, if history, tradition, peculiar fact, incredible coincidence, whatever you want to call it, holds true,

The democratic candidate will win the election.

Let’s go DODGERS!!!!!!

🥳🤩🥳🤩😎👑🥳

by Anonymousreply 151October 31, 2024 5:53 AM

Congratulations, Dodgers fans. Especially after the classless crap Yankees fans pulled last night.

by Anonymousreply 152October 31, 2024 6:26 AM

I watched Star 80 tonight only because I'm reading Eric Roberts' memoir. He wrote that after filming was done he went to Dorothy Stratten's grave and cried, then he tore up his SAG card and left it there.

Awful movie.

by Anonymousreply 153October 31, 2024 6:43 AM

I bet on the Dodgers, but I'm too squeamish to bet more than 5 bucks and got a whooping 50 cents.

by Anonymousreply 154October 31, 2024 6:47 AM

My cousin lost a hundred bucks, ha!

He was rooting for the Dodgers at heart but I guess he wanted those hundred bucks even more.

Sucks to be him 😂

by Anonymousreply 155October 31, 2024 7:39 AM

Couldn't sleep last night. Finally gave up and came downstairs to start my day at 3:30 a.m.

Poured some water into the coffee maker, stuck a coffee pod in, hit "Bold" brew and went to let the dogs out.

Came back to a big coffee puddle on the counter. I forgot to put a mug under the coffee drip.

by Anonymousreply 156October 31, 2024 11:29 AM

Too bright outside, too early.

Give me summertime forever.

by Anonymousreply 157October 31, 2024 12:04 PM

Its “gaz-eebow” not “Gazzeh-bo” just like it’s “Chic-KAWGO” not “Chick-ago”.

by Anonymousreply 158October 31, 2024 12:27 PM

[quote]Came back to a big coffee puddle on the counter. I forgot to put a mug under the coffee drip.

I hate days that start like that.

by Anonymousreply 159October 31, 2024 12:45 PM

IKEA.

by Anonymousreply 160October 31, 2024 6:11 PM

I’m turning tricks

by Anonymousreply 161October 31, 2024 8:28 PM

I still love the idea of emptying out your junk drawer into the bowl of treats.

This way you can give Joel Belgian chocolates and you give Little Ann the remnants of a spool of thread and a watch battery.

by Anonymousreply 162October 31, 2024 9:23 PM

Headed to a hog roast!

by Anonymousreply 163October 31, 2024 10:55 PM

I am WHELMED!

by Anonymousreply 164October 31, 2024 11:24 PM

I've had a handful of trick-or-treaters. Some of them looked like they were 25-35 years old.

Of course I gave them candy.

by Anonymousreply 165November 1, 2024 3:27 AM

My niece got a potato for her treat! That’s a new one for me, I’ve never heard of potatoes 🥔 being given 😳

by Anonymousreply 166November 1, 2024 3:41 AM

[quote]My niece got a potato for her treat!'

I got a rock.

by Anonymousreply 167November 1, 2024 9:30 AM

Was it at least a French fry?

by Anonymousreply 168November 1, 2024 1:34 PM

R165- I keep the front door and side door lights turned off so as not to attract any trick or treaters- until about 9:30 pm . By then it’s safe to put the lights back on.

by Anonymousreply 169November 1, 2024 1:56 PM

I had a Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Maple Griddle Cake for breakfast.

I've finally perfected the proper microwave time and technique to get it just perfect.

by Anonymousreply 170November 1, 2024 3:30 PM

Salmon with asparagus and dill sauce

by Anonymousreply 171November 1, 2024 10:34 PM

I just bought a spatula at Williams-Sonoma and the saleswoman was kind enough to check my account and let me know I have a rewards certificate available. She said starting next month they are FORBIDDEN to alert customers that they have unspent award certificates. Seems kind of shortsighted, if you ask me.

by Anonymousreply 172November 1, 2024 10:37 PM

Williams-Sonoma sounds like it's going downhill.

by Anonymousreply 173November 1, 2024 11:18 PM

I believe Seattle has the most red-headed doctors and nurses per capita of anywhere in the USA outside of Rochester, MN.

And they are handsome/beautiful…of course the men go bald faster, but they’re still oddly pretty.

by Anonymousreply 174November 2, 2024 1:22 AM

I got bored with the Vietnamese youtuber living in Germany with her German boyfriend who won't show his face.

Now I'm watching an American youtuber living in Wuhan, China with her Chinese boyfriend turned husband who shows his face.

by Anonymousreply 175November 2, 2024 2:12 AM

Publix Turkey Cranberry Holiday Sub is very good. Ovengold Turkey, Gruyere cheese, Bacon, Mayo, Cranberry Orange Relish on toasted Italian Five Grain Bread.

Recommend.👍

Will repurchase before Thanksgiving.

by Anonymousreply 176November 2, 2024 5:52 PM

I wish we had Publix here.

by Anonymousreply 177November 2, 2024 5:59 PM

I'm watching Law & Order: True Crime (The Menendez Muders) on Peacock. Edie Falco is Leslie Ambramson! Could have used more peen, but it was an NBC show.

by Anonymousreply 178November 2, 2024 6:58 PM

I've been washing dishes with gloves on (MARY!) because my skin is so dry. It's actually easier to wash dishes because I can use hotter water. But now one of them has a leak. I thought I could power through it but it's making the inside of the glove smell manky.

by Anonymousreply 179November 2, 2024 7:50 PM

R179, squirt some lemon juice or vinegar in that one until you’re done. Tell me if there is a repair possible. I’ve been stealing nitrile gloves from work for these porpoises.

by Anonymousreply 180November 2, 2024 8:05 PM

Crystal Palace vs. Wolverhampton

by Anonymousreply 181November 2, 2024 8:27 PM

Pubics

by Anonymousreply 182November 2, 2024 9:16 PM

The leaves are brown and ugly this year unlike last year which had really bright and colourful Fall foilage

by Anonymousreply 183November 3, 2024 1:31 AM

The NYT advises one to add Apple Cider Vinegar to Chili. They say it's THE secret ingredient that makes the chili fabulous( not those exact words but similar) therefore the next time I make my Martha Stewart Vegetarian Chili I shall add a tablespoon of the stuff to my big pot of MSVC.

by Anonymousreply 184November 3, 2024 1:41 AM

I don't think 1 tablespoon is going to make that much of a difference in a "big pot."

by Anonymousreply 185November 3, 2024 1:57 AM

I thought of a word today I haven't heard in many years. Mellow.

by Anonymousreply 186November 3, 2024 3:46 AM

Last night I watched Alien: Romulus. I thought it was really good. Made me scream a few times.

by Anonymousreply 187November 3, 2024 6:21 AM

My hair is bigger than that featured kid from Texas with the tiny face.

I will get this shit cut. It’s not wavy any more; it now has critical mass and will begin attracting baby birds…..

This is LUTHERAN hair. We should all spit on it.

I promise to get it cut today for the benefit of society. That, or else I’ll start faith healing….

by Anonymousreply 188November 3, 2024 12:20 PM

Did you set the clocks back in America just now? Every reply I post suddenly says "an hour ago". DL always gets weird for me like that whenever there's a DST change, but this is the first time I caught it in the act, so to speak.

by Anonymousreply 189November 3, 2024 12:39 PM

I ordered a magnifying glass.

by Anonymousreply 190November 3, 2024 1:29 PM

Speaking of dishwashing gloves, I put them on when I need to unscrew a stubborn jar, easy peasy.

by Anonymousreply 191November 3, 2024 2:06 PM

R189 they did. America is always behind Europe.

by Anonymousreply 192November 3, 2024 2:19 PM

Cruise videos on YouTube.

by Anonymousreply 193November 3, 2024 2:56 PM

Sometimes I'll read about an interesting current event and think "I should start a DL thread about this".

Then I remember I'll have to include a link to the story otherwise I'll be scolded by the link police.

Then I also remember I'll have to be careful which link I use as it might have a paywall or Muriel might attach a disclaimer declaring the poster is an idiot or the perfection police might snarl about who owns the publication.

Then I think "never mind".

by Anonymousreply 194November 3, 2024 3:02 PM

Good.

by Anonymousreply 195November 3, 2024 3:07 PM

I turn my denim jeans inside out and dry them outside on a drying rack on sunny days.

I'm great.

by Anonymousreply 196November 3, 2024 3:35 PM

R189, DST changes occur at 2 a.m. in each time zone. It depends on what TZ the DL servers are set to.

by Anonymousreply 197November 3, 2024 7:02 PM

Nobody cares if you think you’re great. I don’t. R196

by Anonymousreply 198November 3, 2024 8:18 PM

Paid on Demand

The Damned Don’t Cry

by Anonymousreply 199November 3, 2024 9:07 PM

I made a nice pot of curry (potatoes and carrots). The carrots were huge and I thought maybe they'd be tough and bad-tasting. They were actually good.

Potatoes seem to go from raw to cooked in a flash. You have to keep an eye on things.

by Anonymousreply 200November 3, 2024 9:37 PM

I’m marinating thawed chicken thighs in their bag and it is leaking, so it’s a double bagger. I’m glad I noticed before putting in the refrigerator.

by Anonymousreply 201November 3, 2024 11:30 PM

A woman was going door to door in my town asking people if they needed a ride to the polls. She also had sample ballots so I took one to look over the local candidates. I know who they are but it doesn't hurt to take another look.

by Anonymousreply 202November 3, 2024 11:46 PM

I saw a man waving a Trump flag and yelling unintelligibly across the street from city hall, where early voting was.

by Anonymousreply 203November 4, 2024 12:48 AM

Go touch grass

by Anonymousreply 204November 4, 2024 2:29 AM

I hate this warm Fall weather we're having in the Northeast

by Anonymousreply 205November 4, 2024 2:32 AM

I should not have eaten that entire pack of lifesavers gummies that my cousin brought home

by Anonymousreply 206November 4, 2024 2:34 AM

I am getting my jollies

by Anonymousreply 207November 4, 2024 2:38 AM

[quote]Go touch grass

The all-purpose DL response.

by Anonymousreply 208November 4, 2024 3:16 AM

R205- I don't like the lack of rain since late August.

by Anonymousreply 209November 4, 2024 4:57 AM

We keep having brushfires in the hills.

by Anonymousreply 210November 4, 2024 5:20 AM

I just had my third eye opened by a whispery reiki woman on youtube.

I didn't even know I had a third eye. I guess I'm some kind of lizard.

by Anonymousreply 211November 4, 2024 2:48 PM

Or a garden variety gullible rube, r211

by Anonymousreply 212November 4, 2024 2:57 PM

Why so unkind, r212?

Put a little love in your heart.

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by Anonymousreply 213November 4, 2024 3:18 PM

As a fellow gullible rube, r213, my heart is always filled with love.

by Anonymousreply 214November 4, 2024 3:22 PM

❤️ + 🚫

by Anonymousreply 215November 4, 2024 3:23 PM

As of this morning I have been good for 15 days in a row- no binging on sweets and frozen pizza etc.

by Anonymousreply 216November 4, 2024 3:26 PM

Some eager beaver around the corner has an inflatable Santa out already.

by Anonymousreply 217November 4, 2024 3:44 PM

Nice job, R216

I am not a big drinker, but I enjoy the occasional glass of red wine and whiskey. Alas, the past 7 days I completely abstained, due to a stubborn chest cold.

I don't notice any differences in terms of sleep, skin, concentration. Nothing. Very underwhelming.

by Anonymousreply 218November 4, 2024 4:38 PM

It is unprofessional to use "ya'll" in a business email.

I spent part of my childhood in Pittsburgh, I would never say "yinz" in a business email.

by Anonymousreply 219November 4, 2024 10:25 PM

I thought it was "y'all" (instead of "ya'll.")

by Anonymousreply 220November 4, 2024 10:30 PM

I stand corrected! "Y'all" is how she spelled it.

by Anonymousreply 221November 4, 2024 10:40 PM

Didn't take my Losartan because I raked a sh@+ ton of leaves today. Lit a pumpkin spice, jar candle. Made a pork, stir fry for my partner while he watched Krypton on Tubby. Bitched, repeatedly, about the cost of the replacement transmission in our F-150. Listening to the wind howl, outside my bedroom window.

by Anonymousreply 222November 4, 2024 11:38 PM

Oh god it’s raining. Oh god its raining

by Anonymousreply 223November 4, 2024 11:41 PM

I just started watching Ghosts. It's kind of like a modern day Bewitched. The cute blonde with the magical powers is even named Samantha.

by Anonymousreply 224November 4, 2024 11:47 PM

It's already dark too early in the northeast. We turned the clocks back one hour over the weekend.

by Anonymousreply 225November 5, 2024 12:23 AM

It’s a great day here at the Raytown travel agency

by Anonymousreply 226November 5, 2024 12:40 AM

They say dogs don't like their paws touched, not so for my dog. I pet them and tell her she has pretty paws and she loves it. So much for the experts advice.

by Anonymousreply 227November 5, 2024 1:18 AM

Pumpkin spice and a Ford F-150 truck!

R222, if you don't mind, how much will it cost to replace the transmission? (Sorry to hear about this!)

by Anonymousreply 228November 5, 2024 4:13 AM

I don't understand why so many houses across the lake leave their outdoor lights on all night. My neighbors on this side don't. My dog would alert everyone if the need be. She has a loud bark from within my house that can be heard at a distance if something was up.

by Anonymousreply 229November 5, 2024 6:21 AM

Metabolizing the Nebbiolo is not nearly as fun as drinking it.

by Anonymousreply 230November 5, 2024 6:24 AM

Pasta with butter and garlic perhaps green beans as well, R230.

by Anonymousreply 231November 5, 2024 6:32 AM

Watching The Real Housewives of DC on Bravo right now. I'd totally forgotten about the Salahis crashing a WH dinner hosted by Obama!

by Anonymousreply 232November 5, 2024 1:28 PM

It's that time of year again.

When I go through my spices and discard any that are expired or nearing expiration. Then I replenish during all the holiday sales on spices.

by Anonymousreply 233November 5, 2024 1:32 PM

The sunrise was beautiful this morning. A good sign?

by Anonymousreply 234November 5, 2024 3:49 PM

I really miss my kitty.

by Anonymousreply 235November 5, 2024 5:37 PM

Rao's frozen Penne alla Vodka is good.

Recommend. 👍

Will repurchase.

**Note: Read the directions! Microwave on high power for 3 minutes, stir, then microwave on [bold]50% power[/bold] for 3 more minutes. Friend I recommended it to didn't do the 50% power and then complained about the texture.

by Anonymousreply 236November 5, 2024 7:50 PM

[quote]I really miss my kitty.

I'm sorry.

by Anonymousreply 237November 5, 2024 10:38 PM

^^💕🐈‍⬛🐈

by Anonymousreply 238November 6, 2024 2:05 AM

My balls are slightly irritated therefore I am scratching and kneading them.

by Anonymousreply 239November 6, 2024 2:14 AM

My ribeye steak was delicious.

by Anonymousreply 240November 6, 2024 2:39 AM

R228, we are taking the 2006, F-150 in this week. We are in Pendleton, Oregon and the cost for a Ford, factory rebuilt transmission will be $5,200, plus and extra $400 if it needs a new fan(which it will, most likely need). It will come with a three year, parts and labor warranty and can be serviced at any Ford dealer. We've already spent close or lost $2,000 for two separate tows, a diagnostics check and a car rental. The truck broke down in Washington state Tri-Cities area so that is why we've already spent some $$. In Wa., they sales tax would have been more than $500 and their labor charges are $160 per hour. Oregon doesn't have the tax and the warranty is much better here. So we had to tow the truck a second time to get it home. I wanted to roll the damned thing into a ditch, but my partner insists it's worthwhile to fix as it has a newer, factory installed engine with 20,000 miles on it.

by Anonymousreply 241November 6, 2024 3:19 AM

Took a hot bath to scrub the election off me. Might have a Hot Toddy to get it out of me.

by Anonymousreply 242November 6, 2024 3:23 AM

I never in a million years thought I would ignore all DL political threads.

by Anonymousreply 243November 6, 2024 2:46 PM

It’s time for a serious nap!

by Anonymousreply 244November 6, 2024 5:20 PM

I left my garage door open all night.

by Anonymousreply 245November 6, 2024 7:03 PM

I came here for hope. I’m going to take a hot shower.

by Anonymousreply 246November 6, 2024 8:34 PM

R245 unbeknownst to you? I’ve done that one time.

by Anonymousreply 247November 6, 2024 8:55 PM

I came here to be underwhelmed, which I very much need after the whelming events of Tuesday night.

by Anonymousreply 248November 6, 2024 9:30 PM

I wish Paris St. Germain would go ahead and score another goal now.

by Anonymousreply 249November 6, 2024 9:41 PM

My cold is much better today, I was so angry about the election results that I think I scared it off.

by Anonymousreply 250November 6, 2024 10:08 PM

Oh Lordy won’t you buy me a Mercedes benz

by Anonymousreply 251November 6, 2024 10:10 PM

Oh no. That Costco clerk did NOT just tell me that I should have brought the moldy raspberries that I threw in the trash back for a refund.

(Manager approved the refund.)

by Anonymousreply 252November 6, 2024 10:18 PM

For some reason I did not sleep very well last night.

by Anonymousreply 253November 6, 2024 10:19 PM

Last night, my apartment neighbor, who's usually quiet, was making all kinds of noises, moving things around. Lots of doors opening and closing, lots of things sliding on the floor.

by Anonymousreply 254November 6, 2024 10:30 PM

I’m thankful I do not live in an apartment

by Anonymousreply 255November 7, 2024 12:00 AM

R255, my apartment’s residents are not helpful, but they do notice things.

We had an overdose. People noticed she was not “on the lean”. The desk clerk performed a welfare check and found her body before it became “obvious”.

by Anonymousreply 256November 7, 2024 12:39 AM

On the lean?

by Anonymousreply 257November 7, 2024 3:37 AM

Who the hell was Johnny Ola and how did Michael Corleone know it was his brother who gave details of his house in that assassination attempt?

After he heard that name? I don’t get it.

by Anonymousreply 258November 7, 2024 4:14 AM

When Michael went to Cuba, Fredo (M's brother) pretended he was meeting Johnny Ola for the first time ("Nice to meet you," etc.). Then, in another scene, Fredo slipped up and told Johnny Ola: "Remember the time we went to _____?"

by Anonymousreply 259November 7, 2024 4:40 AM

The store where I buy slices of cheesecake: the slice is smaller, now. Oh, well. probably better for me.

by Anonymousreply 260November 7, 2024 5:01 AM

I have decided not to care. I'm already much happier.

by Anonymousreply 261November 7, 2024 5:25 AM

I'm trying, r261. I'm trying really, really hard.

by Anonymousreply 262November 7, 2024 8:24 AM

I've tried to make great mac and cheese many times and it always turns out just okay. Is it that there really isn't such a thing?

by Anonymousreply 263November 7, 2024 9:17 AM

[quote]I've tried to make great mac and cheese many times and it always turns out just okay.

Your shortcuts are the problem. Next time, try making macaroni and cheese;

by Anonymousreply 264November 7, 2024 9:42 AM

I have a pain in my ribcage probably from a bad sleeping position and I'm considering how mediocre it would be to bring up to a doctor or if it's the early stages of cancer

by Anonymousreply 265November 7, 2024 11:42 AM

Better mediocre than dead. Say something.

by Anonymousreply 266November 7, 2024 11:43 AM

I need a little Christmas, right this very minute.

by Anonymousreply 267November 7, 2024 1:42 PM

🎶 Cheer up, sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean

To a daydream believer

And a homecoming queen 🎶

by Anonymousreply 268November 7, 2024 1:47 PM

Johnny Ola was Junior Soprano.

by Anonymousreply 269November 7, 2024 2:13 PM

I had an espresso and a blackberry linzer cookie for breakfast. I felt very European.

by Anonymousreply 270November 7, 2024 2:14 PM

R267- I need a little cock , right this very minute.

by Anonymousreply 271November 7, 2024 3:33 PM

To be specific, R271, are you looking for a “little cock” as in “some cock” or a “little cock” as in, say, 4 inches or less?

by Anonymousreply 272November 7, 2024 3:48 PM

R272- I am not a size queen but no I am not referring to size but quantity.

by Anonymousreply 273November 7, 2024 3:49 PM

Stovetop macaroni and cheese:

Macaroni, cooked & drained.

Whole milk

Cheese. I used to use Velveeta, but I think they've changed their formula.

Black pepper.

by Anonymousreply 274November 7, 2024 4:03 PM

I had forgotten all about it, then I got to the hospital for a CT scan, and who is on the CBS Morning Show but that smug asshole Junior Mint.

Four more years. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 275November 7, 2024 4:04 PM

I think I'll bring headphones everywhere for the next four years.

by Anonymousreply 276November 7, 2024 4:05 PM

I've gotten into the habit of having a whole bag of frozen vegetables as my lunch once or twice a week. I get different mixtures, sometimes just a single vegetable.

It's not too low calories as I add a tablespoon of Land O Lakes Butter (the one in a tub made with olive oil and sea salt) and freshly grated parm.

"Good" parm makes anything better.

by Anonymousreply 277November 7, 2024 5:50 PM

I made banana bread with some frozen mixed berries in the batter.

by Anonymousreply 278November 7, 2024 6:14 PM

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks, R259.

They’re giving the movies on cable. It’s been 50 years!!!

I’m also trying not to care. 😬

by Anonymousreply 279November 7, 2024 6:41 PM

I’m soaking beans.

Rancho Gordo yellow-eyed beans.

Making Navy Bean soup

by Anonymousreply 280November 7, 2024 6:42 PM

Pesky DL rashes.

by Anonymousreply 281November 7, 2024 6:45 PM

R241, sorry to hear it’s costing so much to repair your F-150. I do like those trucks, though. I tend to keep and repair my cars, as well.

by Anonymousreply 282November 7, 2024 6:56 PM

I just finished a whole packet of the white Tic Tacs.

by Anonymousreply 283November 7, 2024 9:19 PM

R180, I just threw away the one with the hole and bought a new pair. But today I saw a post on Reddit suggesting that if you keep tearing, say, your right glove, turn a left glove inside out.

by Anonymousreply 284November 8, 2024 1:27 AM

Just realised out Tillamook queen is a right wing troll. Sigh.

by Anonymousreply 285November 8, 2024 12:32 PM

I've been watching The Newsroom on HBO. It took place during the Obama administration and the OBL killing; everyone had Blackberrys. God, I miss that time frame.

I had to attend a full day, in-person meeting yesterday. The meeting was meh but the food (Greek) was delicious. There was plenty of chocolate candy (Halloween-sized stuff). Everyone was mindlessly eating it and saying "I have to stop eating this stuff." I'm happy to report that I didn't have an of it.

by Anonymousreply 286November 8, 2024 1:34 PM

The fact that that makes you happy overwhelms me, r286.

by Anonymousreply 287November 8, 2024 1:38 PM

I might go to Arby's for lunch.

They have two limited edition sandwiches, a Deep Fried Turkey Gobbler and a Deep Fried Turkey Club.

I'll decide which one when I get there. If I go.

by Anonymousreply 288November 8, 2024 1:56 PM

Lunch today will out.

Choice is between a Southern buffet or a Mexican joint. Decisions, decisions.

by Anonymousreply 289November 8, 2024 2:00 PM

I wish I knew where The Land of the Missing Socks is.

by Anonymousreply 290November 8, 2024 2:22 PM

You made me think of this, r290.

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 291November 8, 2024 2:24 PM

R290- I prefer The Land Of The Lost

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 292November 8, 2024 2:59 PM

My new charging equipment (AC adapter and cable) do seem to charge up my phone faster.

by Anonymousreply 293November 8, 2024 3:56 PM

I just found out that texting with an index finger vs. thumbs is an old person thing. Oh, well.

by Anonymousreply 294November 8, 2024 3:59 PM

I’m an old person. So what?

by Anonymousreply 295November 8, 2024 4:01 PM

Listening to Rufus Wainwright's "Going To A Town", realizing how tired I am of America again.

by Anonymousreply 296November 8, 2024 4:15 PM

I've been lethargic and unproductive the past couple of days.

by Anonymousreply 297November 8, 2024 4:19 PM

The woman who has cut my hair for years had foot surgery, so I had to go to a barber shop for a haircut. I never realized how difficult it was to cut my hair.

by Anonymousreply 298November 8, 2024 7:04 PM

Petty, demented, pointless thought of the day; I could use my coworker’s stapler as a garlic press. They are a food litterer and it’s gross.

by Anonymousreply 299November 8, 2024 7:07 PM

There's a system malfunction at Stop & Shop so grocery deliveries are fucked, bigly.

by Anonymousreply 300November 8, 2024 7:09 PM

Stop and Shop has more than a "system malfunction."

More like system-wide malfunction: they're closing stores left and right.

by Anonymousreply 301November 8, 2024 7:13 PM

My Le Creuset Dutch Oven is getting a stubborn brown stain inside. Le Creuset makes a cleaner that people on Amazon say works, but it’s $26 for a small bottle. Maybe I’ll just live with the discoloration.

(I’ve tried Bar Keeper’s friend, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, baking soda.)

by Anonymousreply 302November 8, 2024 7:16 PM

R302, I’d look up remedies for removing porcelain tub stains and see if they offer something different. One last shot would be toilet bowl gel.

by Anonymousreply 303November 8, 2024 7:19 PM

I'm bummed. Walked to my local Korean fresh produc/deli/fish market. They make the most delicious seasoned, grilled chichen breasts. Alas, they were sold out. I bought a shrimp tempura roll and some lemons. Oh well, at least I got outside and got some exercise. I'll try tomorrow and see if they have the chicken breast.

by Anonymousreply 304November 8, 2024 9:50 PM

I'm watching a Cops marathon on one of the cable stations. As an attorney I want to tell these people to shut the fuck up.

by Anonymousreply 305November 9, 2024 1:40 AM

I am watching Hill St. Blues on Disney+ and really enjoying it.

by Anonymousreply 306November 9, 2024 5:05 PM

On Black Friday I'll be looking for a deal on a robot vacuum.

by Anonymousreply 307November 9, 2024 5:09 PM

I went to an event yesterday that I didn't know included lunch. It was a nice lunch, too. We actually got served (instead of a buffet thing).

by Anonymousreply 308November 9, 2024 5:34 PM

I think I need to start sorting my laundry on Friday. Saturdays (laundry days) will be easier, that way.

by Anonymousreply 309November 9, 2024 9:21 PM

Read my lips. Read my lips. Read my lips. All I am saying is how much I want you to read my lips.

by Anonymousreply 310November 9, 2024 9:32 PM

The nice thing about tiny apartments is that I can reach the hamper from the toilet and sort while taking care of business.

Plenty of self-courtesy flushes later, I have two or three piles ready for wash. This is when I plot out my bedding for the week. Fitted sheets can trap anything in the washer. When I went through my Martha Stewart bedding phase I used garters on antique flat sheets, but I had space to change the bed. Much like the onion on my belt, French grain sack pillows were a thing back then.

by Anonymousreply 311November 9, 2024 10:12 PM

[quote]Much like the onion on my belt

You're Russian?

by Anonymousreply 312November 9, 2024 10:16 PM

No scat!

by Anonymousreply 313November 9, 2024 10:44 PM

One of my Thanksgiving dinner guests just informed me he will be bringing homemade sweet potato pie.

I'm giddy happy about this. I love sweet potato pie. I think that's why he told me, to lift my spirits. It's been a rough week.

by Anonymousreply 314November 10, 2024 2:55 PM

New coffee shop down the road has blah espresso.

by Anonymousreply 315November 10, 2024 3:55 PM

R315 oh how very underwhelming!

by Anonymousreply 316November 10, 2024 5:55 PM

[quote] New coffee shop down the road has blah espresso.

If they can't make a good espresso, that's a bad sign for the entire shop.

by Anonymousreply 317November 10, 2024 6:06 PM

Read my lips! Read my lips! All I am saying is how much I need to be loved.

by Anonymousreply 318November 10, 2024 6:19 PM

Did Hyman Roth know it was Michael that had ordered the hit on Mo Green?

Roth gave his little speech about how Green started Vegas and not even a plaque to acknowledge it.

Did he know it was Michael?

by Anonymousreply 319November 10, 2024 8:07 PM

Yes, Hyman Roth knew. He was trying to show Michael that this was all business, not personal. I.e., Roth had a good relationship with Moe Greene, Roth knew that Michael had Greene killed, but that's business. Roth's point was that he was able to move on, despite his good feelings towards Greene. Hence, Michael should be able to move on (from whatever nefarious deeds done to Michael & family), as well. Because: it's the price of business.

by Anonymousreply 320November 10, 2024 8:32 PM

I lost my Hyman

by Anonymousreply 321November 10, 2024 8:55 PM

I always wondered, thanks, R320.

Of course Michael will not forgive. I wonder what made him so bitter and hardened. Was it because his first wife was killed? That his dad was also shot at? His days during the war? His brother also getting killed?

He just went scorched earth from the first movie on.

by Anonymousreply 322November 10, 2024 9:31 PM

R322, scorched earth is a good way to describe it.

Michael was black and white about a lot of things, e.g., family "loyalty." It was a strength and a weakness. He was able to make decisions dispassionately, like getting rid of Tom Hagen as the consigliere. I don't think he ever considered Tom a brother.

He got rid of a dirty cop.

The bad side was that he could have divorced Kay without removing her from his children's lives. He could even have had full custody and allowed them to see her.

by Anonymousreply 323November 10, 2024 9:49 PM

Although I do not dispute that discussion of The Godfather is underwhelming, it sure is boring.

by Anonymousreply 324November 10, 2024 9:51 PM

Whatever, R324.

I’m refusing to read ANY more threads about god-damned politics. I’ve had enough to last a lifetime. Fuck the system that allows a complete and total disgusting, filthy asshole to lead the free world. Fuck the system that allowed him to run for President again. Why. The. Fuck. Was. He. Not. Arrested. After Jan 6????

There’s not much else going on on DL currently so this thread and questions I’ve always had about this movie are being asked. Thank you for your answers, R323 and R320.

by Anonymousreply 325November 10, 2024 10:23 PM

I've blocked virtually all political threads (over 100) and heave plenty to do here. You're underwhelming.

by Anonymousreply 326November 10, 2024 10:25 PM

[quote]I’m refusing to read ANY more threads about god-damned politics.

Then why post about it?

by Anonymousreply 327November 10, 2024 10:25 PM

have* (I blocked those threads so I don't heave, though)

by Anonymousreply 328November 10, 2024 10:26 PM

Michael did not remove Kay from the children’s lives. We learn in G3 that they grew up in her custody. That’s how Anthony becomes an opera singer.

by Anonymousreply 329November 10, 2024 10:30 PM

[quote] I wonder what made him so bitter and hardened

‘It’s that Sicilian . . . THING . . . that’s been going on for two thousand years!”

by Anonymousreply 330November 10, 2024 10:33 PM

G3 doesn't count. It didn't happen.

by Anonymousreply 331November 10, 2024 10:39 PM

It did in the 12 hour nonstop cut.

by Anonymousreply 332November 10, 2024 10:44 PM

My god in heaven.

The Cowboy defense sucks so, so bad. The new coordinator should be fired.

by Anonymousreply 333November 10, 2024 10:48 PM

I love Chicken Saltimbocca, especially with buttered noodles.

by Anonymousreply 334November 10, 2024 10:53 PM

I love buttered noodles. With cheese.

by Anonymousreply 335November 10, 2024 10:57 PM

I’m gonna attempt an osso bucco recipe soon.

Does anybody have a good one? I’ll do the Ina version, otherwise.

Maybe I’ll look up a Lidia recipe 🤔

by Anonymousreply 336November 10, 2024 10:59 PM

So many gaping plot holes in G3 I wish it didn’t happen.

by Anonymousreply 337November 10, 2024 11:06 PM

I would just stick with Ina's recipe. It may not be earth-shattering, but it won't be a failure.

by Anonymousreply 338November 10, 2024 11:08 PM

Oof, Cowboys are certainly done now.

by Anonymousreply 339November 10, 2024 11:24 PM

It guts me that they’re doing so bad but at the same time, until old man Jones is gone, this will be their reality. It can’t happen soon enough, tho. He’s been looking like shit lately.

Fucking Jerry Jones has been the worst thing to happen to the team since he bought them and fired Tom Landry and subsequently fired Jimmy Johnson.

It sort of boggles the mind that they are the most valuable sports franchise in the entire world. Maybe they won’t be after this year.

by Anonymousreply 340November 11, 2024 12:23 AM

My eyesight is pretty good. I use low-level OTC glasses to read actual books (no problems reading my laptop). But I'm getting apprehensive about driving after dark.

by Anonymousreply 341November 11, 2024 12:27 AM

I dislike driving at night as well.

by Anonymousreply 342November 11, 2024 1:39 AM

Omg, I just tried peanut butter and jelly M&M’s!!

Delish.

by Anonymousreply 343November 11, 2024 2:08 AM

[quote] My eyesight is pretty good. I use low-level OTC glasses to read actual books (no problems reading my laptop). But I'm getting apprehensive about driving after dark.

Why not just go to an ophthalmologist? You may need rx glasses for driving at night, but so what.

by Anonymousreply 344November 11, 2024 2:13 AM

It's 12:17 am Eastern Standard Time- Time for me to go upstairs soon, floss and brush my teeth, put on my nose strip which opens my nasal passages( usually) and go to sleep.

by Anonymousreply 345November 11, 2024 5:18 AM
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