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My nephews (ages 13 and 15) from out of state visited this summer, we were supposed to have them for a week, so I went out and bought 300 worth of groceries, figuring three times our usual weekly budget last a week.
They ate it all in two days, except the Reese's puffs, the cereal they specifically requested (and we still have).
Oh, how do I know that pain? The *one* thing they WON'T eat is ALWAYS the one (moderately-expensive) thing they specifically ask for!
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Oh, how do I know that pain? The *one* thing they WON'T eat is ALWAYS the one (moderately-expensive) thing they specifically ask for!My nephews (ages 13 and 15) from out of state visited this summer, we were supposed to have them for a week, so I went out and bought 300 worth of groceries, figuring three times our usual weekly budget last a week.
They ate it all in two days, except the Reese's puffs, the cereal they specifically requested (and we still have).
We savor it.
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We had to raise 2 cows, 4 pigs, 2 goats, 2 dozen chickens, a dozen rabbits, an acre of vegetables, and a dozen turkeys every year so my parents could feed me and my 7 brothers.
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We had to raise 2 cows, 4 pigs, 2 goats, 2 dozen chickens, a dozen rabbits, an acre of vegetables, and a dozen turkeys every year so my parents could feed me and my 7 brothers.
How did you'll cook the rabbits?
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Like chicken.
So we wouldn't know.
However someone (me) watched Looney Tunes religiously, so he knew that hossenfeffer was not German for chicken, so he straight up refused to eat it.
My youngest was taking a nap since 11:25, though I know he didn't actually sleep until sometime after 12:25. Still - he Is still taking a nap, after driving all the way to my Eldest's school. My phone alarm has gone off all clockwork like every nine minutes along the way. I've watched his head shift to whichever way the car has just turned - I'd be more concerned, but I reached back and he's still breathing fine. Hope he doesn't sleep tooooooo long, because he needs to sleep at night, dang it...
Later, Nohn! Have a good day!
How, exactly, has it been more than seven hours since my post this morning?!
What, exatly, have I done all day? Anyone know?
Sigh.
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Ways to drive NobodysHome crazy, #28: (I figure it's gotta be pretty high up there, as it always irritates me so much)
Gardener: So, I notice you got the fence hung, but it's kind of wobbly.
NobodysHome: Yeah, well, we have to tear down and replace that entire section of the house soon, so no point in putting up a nice new gate in a demolition zone.
G: So I could do that work for you, you know.
NH: I know. We just have to finish with the bathroom, then talk to the city about what's legal there...
G: Do you have to talk to the city?
NH: Yes. I do everything on permits and legally so I get a free inspection, the neighbors don't complain, and I don't get any headaches.
G: But then I'd have to get a license.
NH: . Yeah, it's really easy. You just go down to City Hall, fill in some paperwork, I pay the $135 fee, and you're good to work in Albany for a year.
G:
When did our entire construction industry become such a den of, "Oh, you're going to do it legally? Then I'm not interested!"
Albany's permitting people are really nice and helpful, it's dirt cheap, and it gets me free inspections. Why wouldn't I do it?
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Ways to drive NobodysHome crazy, #28: (I figure it's gotta be pretty high up there, as it always irritates me so much)
Gardener: So, I notice you got the fence hung, but it's kind of wobbly.
NobodysHome: Yeah, well, we have to tear down and replace that entire section of the house soon, so no point in putting up a nice new gate in a demolition zone.
G: So I could do that work for you, you know.
NH: I know. We just have to finish with the bathroom, then talk to the city about what's legal there...
G: Do you have to talk to the city?
NH: Yes. I do everything on permits and legally so I get a free inspection, the neighbors don't complain, and I don't get any headaches.
G: But then I'd have to get a license.
NH: . Yeah, it's really easy. You just go down to City Hall, fill in some paperwork, I pay the $135 fee, and you're good to work in Albany for a year.
G:When did our entire construction industry become such a den of, "Oh, you're going to do it legally? Then I'm not interested!"
Albany's permitting people are really nice and helpful, it's dirt cheap, and it gets me free inspections. Why wouldn't I do it?
Plus, when it comes time to consider selling the house, you have a paper trail of what was replaced when and how so prospective buyers can't be...what's that word I'm look for...armpit? No...but it's close...pit...isn't quite right...hole? Yes. Hole. Armhole. No...that's still off...might be a different part of the body...
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In the country you can just take the inspector out to the local pub before the inspection when you sell the house, you'd be surprised what they'll sign off on.
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In the country you can just take the inspector out to the local pub before the inspection when you sell the house, you'd be surprised what they'll sign off on.
And that's the truth. And many will sign off on stuff they've never seen anyway.
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Well, this is telling:
So long story short: Every time I went through the city and got a licensed contractor (and usually an inspection) I got top-of-the-line work. Every time I've gone through handymen or third-party contractors (Home Depot), the work has been sub-par and fallen apart.
So WHY do I insist on licenses and inspection again?
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In the country you can just take the inspector out to the local pub before the inspection when you sell the house, you'd be surprised what they'll sign off on.And that's the truth. And many will sign off on stuff they've never seen anyway.
Oh yes, they'll let all sorts of stuff slide if they can just drive home after the bar.
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We had to raise 2 cows, 4 pigs, 2 goats, 2 dozen chickens, a dozen rabbits, an acre of vegetables, and a dozen turkeys every year so my parents could feed me and my 7 brothers.How did you'll cook the rabbits?
Standard dinner when I was growing up: rabbit pieces, rice, cram-of-mushroom soup, in a casserole.
We called it "chicken".The first time I had actual chicken in the casserole, I asked my mother "why it didn't taste like anything".
We had a lot of land and no money. Dad let a friend live in a little cabin out in our woods in exchange for keeping hunters off our land. The man got to trap as many rabbits as he could eat, and when he trapped more than he could eat, he dressed them out for Mom.
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Started a new diet. Macro-biotic. Very little protein from red meat or poultry, no added sugar, no processed stuff, no dairy. Been eating seitan and a ton of fruits and veggies. Occasional protein from fish...So far, so good.
Even after less than a week, some superficial health issues I've had have almost 100% cleared up.
Hasn't been too hard so far. Hopefully I can stick with it. I'm 6' and weigh 360 lbs. I'd like to at least drop 100 lbs by this time next year.
EDIT: When I feel up to it, will exercise as well...need to tone up this old meat sack :)
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Game of the week: trying to make the money last until Saturday.
My school switched from a 12-month to a 10-month pay cycle this summer, conveniently forgetting to mention that none of the faculty would get paid for August. So I haven't had a paycheck in two months. Things have been... interesting.
But Saturday, not only do I get paid again, but Whingey Wizzard allegedly starts getting paid for his new job as well.
I said I want to go out for dinner, someplace that isn't counter service only.
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Game of the week: trying to make the money last until Saturday.
My school switched from a 12-month to a 10-month pay cycle this summer, conveniently forgetting to mention that none of the faculty would get paid for August. So I haven't had a paycheck in two months. Things have been... interesting.
But Saturday, not only do I get paid again, but Whingey Wizzard allegedly starts getting paid for his new job as well.
I said I want to go out for dinner, someplace that isn't counter service only.
Keep in mind that Impus Minor is on the hook for 20+ hours of volunteer service, so you can drop the kids with us and we can make him take care of them while you guys go out...
...once he's healthy, of course.
Kryzbyn: I hear ya, my dude! I'm 5'?" and over 250 (I don't recall my exact stats).
lisamarlene: I hear you, too! That's been us off-and-on this past year due to medical bills and a surprisingly expensive "free" vacation amidst payment restructuring for my wife. So!
XD
Unrelated: I'd love to try rabbit one day. And bear. And deer. Just to say that I've had it!
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Dang it, NH, you need to love near us, and/or finish that portal to your house I've been demanding since forever*!
*mutters something about leaving kids with him for a few weeks "on accident" of course...*
*Actual demands may vary, please check your local TL post history for details. Heaven knows I can't be bothered.
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... I weigh less than most here.
I chose the breast places to hang out.
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I'm holding steady around 190. Would be nice to be back down to my 160-170ish but I don't want to work that hard.
Hasn't been too hard so far. Hopefully I can stick with it. I'm 6' and weigh 360 lbs. I'd like to at least drop 100 lbs by this time next year.
EDIT: When I feel up to it, will exercise as well...need to tone up this old meat sack :)
Our store owner here in Phoenix did it, plenty of people haven't been able to recognize him recently.
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Unrelated: I'd love to try rabbit one day. And bear. And deer. Just to say that I've had it!
Now you sound like Impus Major.
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I'm holding steady around 190. Would be nice to be back down to my 160-170ish but I don't want to work that hard.
Scary. TOZ and I are pretty much exactly the same size.
Right now I'm at 192, and when I was fighting competitively (collegiate level) I weighed in at 155.
Well, not at the same time...
Man, at my best, when I actually looked pretty good, in late high school and early college, I was ~185. I cannot fathom being all the way down to 160s - at least not since early Highschool. I wasn't shredded, but neither did I have any pinch able pieces. You're all amazing.
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Scary. TOZ and I are pretty much exactly the same size.
Right now I'm at 192, and when I was fighting competitively (collegiate level) I weighed in at 155.
About 5'8", maybe 9"? I went into the service maybe 150ish, came out of training around 160, and I seem to add about ten per 7-8 years. Age will get ya every time.
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About 5'8", maybe 9"? I went into the service maybe 150ish, came out of training around 160, and I seem to add about ten per 7-8 years. Age will get ya every time.Scary. TOZ and I are pretty much exactly the same size.
Right now I'm at 192, and when I was fighting competitively (collegiate level) I weighed in at 155.
No; only 5'6". Remember, fighters are dense.
And my issue was going from 22 hours of hard-core workouts a week (including at least 5 hours a week of full-contact 1-on-1 sparring in body armor) to...
...sitting around the house doing nothing.
I gained 30 pounds the month after I "retired", and I've floated between 170 and 200 in the 30 years since.
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Aaaaand.... it's official!
The AARP just sent me an invitation to join! :-P
I'd LOVE to join them and start using my discount card everywhere, but I am fairly certain this would lead to my untimely death the first time I broke it out while NobodysWife was accompanying me...
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Unrelated: I'd love to try rabbit one day. And bear. And deer. Just to say that I've had it!Now you sound like Impus Major.
There's a case at Berkeley Bowl on Heinz Ave with various "specialty" meats, including camel.
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Aaaaand.... it's official!
The AARP just sent me an invitation to join! :-P
I'd LOVE to join them and start using my discount card everywhere, but I am fairly certain this would lead to my untimely death the first time I broke it out while NobodysWife was accompanying me...
but NobodysHome, you get a sizeable discount at her favorite restaurant if you use it when you have a guest you can prove is your wife!
Also, please let me know when you are going to do this, and which restaurant you will be using it at? 1
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No; only 5'6". Remember, fighters are dense.
And my issue was going from 22 hours of hard-core workouts a week (including at least 5 hours a week of full-contact 1-on-1 sparring in body armor) to...
...sitting around the house doing nothing.I gained 30 pounds the month after I "retired", and I've floated between 170 and 200 in the 30 years since.
Yeah, I'm way more roguish. :)
I definitely was less fit the second half, and going civilian only accelerated that. I'm back on a regular gym schedule, but it's less to get fit and more to avoid becoming a slug.
Thankfully, my body type is really good at shedding fat. (And muscle, for that matter.)
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No; only 5'6". Remember, fighters are dense.
And my issue was going from 22 hours of hard-core workouts a week (including at least 5 hours a week of full-contact 1-on-1 sparring in body armor) to...
...sitting around the house doing nothing.I gained 30 pounds the month after I "retired", and I've floated between 170 and 200 in the 30 years since.
Yeah, I'm way more roguish. :)
I definitely was less fit the second half, and going civilian only accelerated that. I'm back on a regular gym schedule, but it's less to get fit and more to avoid becoming a slug.
Thankfully, my body type is really good at shedding fat. (And muscle, for that matter.)
hate you. So much.
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5'7" and 140 last I checked.
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Pumpkin pies are baking.
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5'7" and 140 last I checked.
Damn you captain yesterday! Stop being in better shape than me!
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I was 190 once. I looked damn good. That was the one time in my life women were actively checking me out. Miss it.
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5'7" and 140 last I checked.Damn you captain yesterday! Stop being in better shape than me!
It's all that onerous manual labor. :-)
I was 190 once. I looked damn good. That was the one time in my life women were actively checking me out. Miss it.
That's actually pretty close to me. When I was ~190, my not-at-all-on-the-radar-at-the-time-but-unbeknownst-to-either-of-us-future- wife immediately sized me up as "probably an unpleasantly arrogant jerk" - because I was "cute." I... don't know that I ever agreed with her on that latter (though the former may well be correct), but it's true that through that period of my life I had more girls flirting with me (though, again, only obvious in retrospect) than ever since (), so, I suppose I was at least passable.
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That said, I don't miss not getting rather obvious flirtation against my Shield of Obliviousness (tm) - so that, at least, is nice!
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... I weigh less than most here.
I chose the breast places to hang out.
It's all those McRibs...
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Which I had nothing to do with, despite what you may have heard.
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Pies came out wonderful.
And I just found the lemons I forgot I bought last week in the fridge, which means I should make some Buttermilk Chess Pies tomorrow, or Wednesday.
Once you get on a pie making jag, it's hard to break off of it.
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If no one else will address the elephant in the room...
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Huh? Did something strange happen?
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Which one?
The fact that all these pies are occurring far from a reasonable location where they might be consumed by anyone on the thread?
The fact that Sissyl has been conspicuously absent for too long, and, knowing she's dealing with heavy grief, maybe *she* needs good pie more than anyone?
Or elephant number three, last seen on the cover of a Ten Thousand Maniacs album?