Our trench is still filled with water at the bottom, despite no rain for four days.
Your nudity clearly gets it excited.
I was just going to suggest naked mudwrestling as the order of the day, . . . . But, then, he'd have to chat with the General about that . . . . lol!
EDIT: and I *still* managed to make that read more awkwardly than intended . . . . oh, well. So let it stand.
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A brief public service announcement:
The House with a Clock in its Walls is very, very bad.
The writing is lazy, they tarted up the storyline to make it more Hollywood, robbed it of its subtlety and added a bunch of balderdash that wasn't in the books.
Jack Black was the *least* offensively annoying thing about it.
That should tell you something right there.:(
So I went to see this movie this afternoon and I loved it. It was the film equivalent of a hot cocoa under warm blankets with a good book from my perspective. Now, I barely remember the book aside from a vague memory of enjoying it and mostly the illustrations, so that no doubt makes a big difference. But my opinion of the film is obviously nothing remotely resembling yours. I was actually going to gush about how much I like it before I saw this.....so, uh, yeah... agree to disagree
You know what? I'm totally happy to listen to you gush about it.
Seriously.
We all know I'm a contrarian a+%*%&& who can suck the joy out of a cuddle from a cocker spaniel puppy like a dementor who's had one too many cheap bears after a bad breakup, so go for it.
:-)
Lol. That is quite the mental image! :)
I mean, without giving spoilers, for me the movie was the perfect blend of silly, creepy, relatable, with the perfect amount of cate blanchett (I have the biggest crush on her), and the themes of found family, coping with grief, and embracing your own brand of weird were just what I needed right now. And I loved how the house was basically its own character.
Also, me every time I caught a supernatural Easter egg :D
Anyhow, I’m aware that I’m not really objective on this one. I told my husband that I couldn’t tell if the movie was objectively good because it was so far in my wheelhouse that I just loved everything about it. So there’s that. I’m pretty sure he would hate it too. He hates all of my favorite movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pacific Rim, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, The Corpse Bride, Sliding Doors, etc. It’s okay, I hate his favs right back! :P
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.
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I have spent all day filling myself with Miralax and uncomfortable medicinal wonders, and I still have twenty pounds of extra weight lodged in my gut. So it looks like it's the ER for me tomorrow.
Because who needs a relaxing weekend? Not me, I love spending my free time on disaster after disaster. >:(
Now that I'm turning into an Old, I encounter this problem when I get fairly dehydrated, and then it doesn't clear up automatically even after I rehydrate. So...
I do a half prep for like if I was getting a colonoscopy:
I mix up a 32 oz bottle of Gatorade (or Powerade, something to restore electrolytes and sugar, but no artificial sweeteners) with 1/2 8.3 oz bottle of MiraLAX (polyethylene glycol) and let it get cold in the fridge (if there's time).
When I'm ready, I drink:
- 8 oz of apple juice (or water) + 2 Dulcolax (5 mg bisacodyl) pills
- wait 15 minutes
- drink 8 oz glass of Gatorade + Miralax mixture
- wait 15 minutes
- drink 8 oz glass of Gatorade + Miralax mixture
- wait 15 minutes
- drink 8 oz glass of Gatorade + Miralax mixture
- wait 15 minutes
- drink last 8 oz glass of Gatorade + Miralax mixture
Usually the damn breaks before I get to chug the last glass. Generic Dulcolax and Miralax works just as well, and Target's generics are usually a few bucks cheaper than CVS's or Walgreen's generics. I found that Miralax alone doesn't do the job anymore when I'm this backed up, but combined with Dulcolax, it works. Apple juice is full of pectin, which helps move things along too.
Afterwards, I usually stick to easy to digest foods for 24 hours or so, and then slowly work back up to my usual fare over the next couple days.
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A brief public service announcement:
The House with a Clock in its Walls is very, very bad.
The writing is lazy, they tarted up the storyline to make it more Hollywood, robbed it of its subtlety and added a bunch of balderdash that wasn't in the books.
Jack Black was the *least* offensively annoying thing about it.
That should tell you something right there.:(
So I went to see this movie this afternoon and I loved it. It was the film equivalent of a hot cocoa under warm blankets with a good book from my perspective. Now, I barely remember the book aside from a vague memory of enjoying it and mostly the illustrations, so that no doubt makes a big difference. But my opinion of the film is obviously nothing remotely resembling yours. I was actually going to gush about how much I like it before I saw this.....so, uh, yeah... agree to disagree
You know what? I'm totally happy to listen to you gush about it.
Seriously.
We all know I'm a contrarian a+%*%&& who can suck the joy out of a cuddle from a cocker spaniel puppy like a dementor who's had one too many cheap bears after a bad breakup, so go for it.
:-)Lol. That is quite the mental image! :)
I mean, without giving spoilers, for me the movie was the perfect blend of silly, creepy, relatable, with the perfect amount of cate blanchett (I have the biggest crush on her), and the themes of found family, coping with grief, and embracing your own brand of weird were just what I needed right now. And I loved how the house was basically its own character.
Also, me every time I caught a supernatural Easter egg :D
Anyhow, I’m aware that I’m not really objective on this one. I told my husband that I couldn’t tell if the movie was objectively good because it was so far in my wheelhouse that I just loved everything about it. So there’s that. I’m pretty sure he would hate it too. He hates all of my favorite movies: Pacific Rim
[Ooc]adds lynoras husbands name to THE LIST[/B]
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I was just going to suggest naked mudwrestling as the order of the day, . . . . But, then, he'd have to chat with the General about that . . . . lol!
EDIT: and I *still* managed to make that read more awkwardly than intended . . . . oh, well. So let it stand.
It's a great idea, but with how much mud I deal with on a weekly basis I'd rather slather the wife with something edible... Great, now I gotta go to the grocery store tonight!
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I had a ricola incident before. Ricolas are sugar free but they use artificial sweetener called aspartame, which has a laxative effect. So yes I'm well acquainted with artificial sweeteners and the runs.
Oh Cover Turtle, I'm back to eating chilli cuttlefish tonight, so maybe you can say I don't learn lessons too well...
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.
Guessing kiddos seizures are due to a lack of certain salts/electrolytes and Gatorade is supposed to provide those.
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The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.
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The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.
why did you dress like bee porn?
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.Guessing kiddos seizures are due to a lack of certain salts/electrolytes and Gatorade is supposed to provide those.
I suspect this is the case. I have magnesium supplements for him and am going to start with that and then consult his pediatrician if that’s not it. But in the meantime, so many bottles of Gatorade....
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I have an interview with a s~@#ty incoming call center job tomorrow.
Whatever. Just need enough to move out of Florida.
I have a phone interview for a job in Ohio tonight! It's with my girlfriend's aunt's company (so I'm a shoe-in, and she already has a guaranteed job). We may leave earlier than when my lease runs up in June. (I mean, if I can't pay rent here then I might as well go where there is a job, and an average of 250 dollars less per month for the same apartment. If that's the case, I'll be out as early as January (staying at least long enough to give my mom and brother one more in-person Christmas).
Even if that doesn't pan out, my gf has two family members who work at OU, so I might get a job there, too.
In other good news, Buddy is holding himself up by his arms and sorta wobbly balancing on his back legs. He's not 100% crippled. He twiddles his legs when I wipe him, and he grips really hard with his back feet, so I think he's going to have a good recovery! (Still dragging his legs when crawling, though.)
In bad news, I have a week to make rent, and we're short. I have to pull from my "emergency move out of Florida" fund to pay rent this month. :( Also my first paid comedy gig turned out to be false promises...the comedian said his booker already got a featuring opener for the first weekend. Why is everyone full of s%%~? The second gig is still possible, but not until November. I still have local shows to practice at, but they aren't paid. :-/
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The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.why did you dress like bee porn?
XD This is probably way funnier to me than it ought to bee ;)
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Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)
Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
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Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
it depends on what they mean by gluten free. just like how some places have to state their product is manufactured in a place that also handles(insert allergens here), so too may some places only be able to state they are gluten free by moving where they pack/handle their stuff.
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XD This is probably way funnier to me than it ought to bee ;)The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.why did you dress like bee porn?
lynora you made a pun! You have summoned Scint! What have you done? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!!
it depends on what they mean by gluten free. just like how some places have to state their product is manufactured in a place that also handles(insert allergens here), so too may some places only be able to state they are gluten free by moving where they pack/handle their stuff.Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
So, I can understand that for processed products.
I just have no idea how you would manage to get gluten onto your apples, for example.
EDIT: I just looked up the FDA requirements and, unlike nut products, "gluten-free" does not require a separate processing facility. In fact, they allow up to 20 ppm gluten in "gluten-free" products.
Interesting...
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I'm in for an interesting week. "The Miller's Tale" usually leads to that.
it depends on what they mean by gluten free. just like how some places have to state their product is manufactured in a place that also handles(insert allergens here), so too may some places only be able to state they are gluten free by moving where they pack/handle their stuff.Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
So, I can understand that for processed products.
I just have no idea how you would manage to get gluten onto your apples, for example.
depends on where those apples get handled in store. my nieces store gets their fruit shipment and filters them through their kitchens where they make their fresh pies- anything sitting around for a while gets flour on it eventually.
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I'm in for an interesting week. "The Miller's Tale" usually leads to that.
Judging by this morning's news, I think we're all in for an interesting week. {searches skies for incoming flaming bikes}
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The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.why did you dress like bee porn?
With points for running over construction workers skyrocketing unfortunately it's a common uniform for the industry.
So, short answer is because everyone else is doing it, long answer, it makes me feel good.
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I'm in for an interesting week. "The Miller's Tale" usually leads to that.
I was kidding. I was just kidding. Now I am scared that you do appear when a pun is made.
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I'm in for an interesting week. "The Miller's Tale" usually leads to that.I was kidding. I was just kidding. Now I am scared that you do appear when a pun is made.
I'm in for an interesting week. "The Miller's Tale" usually leads to that.I was kidding. I was just kidding. Now I am scared that you do appear when a pun is made.
You must have taken the express to get to the so quickly. Don't let Freehold you, it.
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Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
Oh no, feel free to complain away... these idiots are why it’s hard to get people to take my serious allergy seriously... I will gladly mock them right along with you. Gluten free apples....*rolls eyes* :)
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Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
It's not Californians. It's people. That B$ is all around here.
Organic this, organic that, gluten free this, gluten free that, GMO-free this, GMO-free that...
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it depends on what they mean by gluten free. just like how some places have to state their product is manufactured in a place that also handles(insert allergens here), so too may some places only be able to state they are gluten free by moving where they pack/handle their stuff.Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
Fair point. I live in apple growing country and there just isn’t any chance of contamination between the orchard and the farmers market. But that could be very different if you live farther from where the food is grown
it depends on what they mean by gluten free. just like how some places have to state their product is manufactured in a place that also handles(insert allergens here), so too may some places only be able to state they are gluten free by moving where they pack/handle their stuff.Just how stupid are the diet fads in California?
Yesterday at the store and the farmer's market, imagine my surprise and delight to be able to buy organically-grown, locally-produced, gluten-free:
- Apples
- Milk
- Eggs
- Meat (pork chops, to be precise)Y'know, if you have no concept whatsoever of what gluten is, maybe you don't have to be avoiding it!!!!
(And apologies, lynora; I know it really is a problem for you. But watching just how fricking clueless my fellow Californians are is a teensy bit... grating...)
So, I can understand that for processed products.
I just have no idea how you would manage to get gluten onto your apples, for example.
EDIT: I just looked up the FDA requirements and, unlike nut products, "gluten-free" does not require a separate processing facility. In fact, they allow up to 20 ppm gluten in "gluten-free" products.
Interesting...
Yep. And this is why you can still get sick from gluten free products. There was a whole thing with contaminated Cheerios a few months back. I still eat Cheerios, but I know there’s risk involved
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The bees are out in a full on color humping mood today, unfortunately for me, I wore my neon yellow shirt today, and my hat with flowers on it.why did you dress like bee porn?
Do you really think it was an accident?
Reeeaaaally?
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"Okay, your assignment is on the board. Please note on #5 that it wants to know not just which kind, but why! Please write more than just the word 'because' for your explanation."
"...has someone done that before?"
"I had you for English last year. You tell me."
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"Can we have a game day in here?"
"Yeah, I've got a couple days set aside for you to play Monopoly."
"What, really?!"
"...yeah, we have a chapter on business structures, including monopolies."
"I'm excited. I'm gonna get so angry."
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"I'm going to kill you so hard in Monopoly!"
"...thank you so much for that prepositional phrase."
"...I'm gonna break your kneecaps! In Monopoly."
"Why."
"I'm gonna commit massive tax fraud! In Monopoly."
"I think that's an actual Chance card."
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.
I get big canisters of gatorade powder from Amazon. So much better (and tastier!) when I can control the concentration.
American Horror Story Cult should be called American Horror Story Buttons.
If you have a phobia, no matter what, they'll try to trigger it.
I'm pretty phobia lite (just heights bridges and outhouses) but even I found it hard to get through an episode and a half.
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.I get big canisters of gatorade powder from Amazon. So much better (and tastier!) when I can control the concentration.
THANK YOU!!!!!
We always used to use the powder backpacking (impossible to carry that much, and, as you said, too concentrated), but I haven't been able to find it at any store. Amazon, here I come!
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Their Biggest Mistake
There is something to be said for being borderline obsessive-compulsive, especially with regards to paperwork.
After 3 years of having 7 classes per semester, Impus Major is finally relaxing in his senior year and only has 5 classes. He managed to avoid having a 1st period, which lets him laze around in the morning (I still make him wake up to fit my schedule), but then he's missing a dead-center-of-the-day 4th period. He tried to come home today and got busted for it. (The school is closed campus except for lunch, which happens to be... right after 4th period.)
So, not being one to not try to fight the power, I called the attendance office. The assistant was terrified by my question, and forwarded me on to the main attendance clerk. She said that I couldn't do it without formal permission from the vice principal, so I'd have to write a formal letter justifying his excusal, and she seemed like she doubted I'd follow through.
I told NobodysWife that I had to write a formal letter to the school requesting that Impus Major be allowed off campus during 4th period.
She couldn't stop laughing.
The vice principal is doomed to accede to my request; she just doesn't know it yet...
New thing I learned I can do at work that is definitely going on the resume!
Fishing for plate packers with a mini bobcat.
We had our trench dug, and with coworker driving back and forth getting gravel and block and such I could wait until he got back to help me lift it in end out of the ditch every time I put down a layer, or I could attach a chain to my mini bobcat and hook it on the bar of the plate packer. Voila, no waiting! I got so good at it I didn't even need to get off the mini bobcat to hook it to the plate packer.
Coworker came back and saw me do it and said "The next time we work on a lake or river I'm so bringing my fishing poles!".
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This has been a long day. I think I may be going home to indulge in a glass of gluten-free bourbon.
This has been a long day. I think I may be going home to indulge in a glass of gluten-free bourbon.
we only have the gluten variety.
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So, for how many guys does THIS bring back memories?
Impus Major and his friends are attempting to go as the "complete" set of Disney princesses for Halloween this year.
Impus Major? Snow White, of course...
For those following Serpent's Skull:
- Talky = Esmerelda (NOT A PRINCESS, goldarn it!)
- Li'l Hipster = Rapunzel (NOT A PRINCESS! Aaaaaargh!)
- Girl who Stole My Last Name = Moana (OK, maybe on a technicality), which is sad, because she'd make an awesome Maui, and even has his hair...
I have spent all day filling myself with Miralax and uncomfortable medicinal wonders, and I still have twenty pounds of extra weight lodged in my gut. So it looks like it's the ER for me tomorrow.Now that I'm turning into an Old, I encounter this problem when I get fairly dehydrated, and then it doesn't clear up automatically even after I rehydrate. So... ** spoiler omitted ** Good luck.
Ah yeah, I don't know for sure but I suspect my culprit is dehydration as well. My docs had me try a very similar regimen over the weekend. Unfortunately it seems I have a brick in me, and am in the ER again waiting to be admitted to the hospital proper.
*sigh*
American Horror Story Cult should be called American Horror Story Buttons.
If you have a phobia, no matter what, they'll try to trigger it.
I'm pretty phobia lite (just heights bridges and outhouses) but even I found it hard to get through an episode and a half.
Okay heights is a common phobia, bridges are a natural corollary of that, but outhouses? I mean disgusting yes, but why scary?
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Sitting in the grocery store parking lot drinking my coffee before I go in. Gotta buy more Gatorade for the kiddo. No idea why, but it seems to reduce the seizures a lot if he drinks at least two large bottles a day. Which is a lot to carry from the store. Gotta start ordering these things to be delivered so I don’t keep having to do this.I get big canisters of gatorade powder from Amazon. So much better (and tastier!) when I can control the concentration.THANK YOU!!!!!
We always used to use the powder backpacking (impossible to carry that much, and, as you said, too concentrated), but I haven't been able to find it at any store. Amazon, here I come!
Glad to be of service! Although for my tastes, I like my gatorade more concentrated.
To boost my glucose when it gets low.
...Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Is there gluten in Bourbon? I thought it was just alcohol.
It depends on what was used to make it and how it was distilled. It’s possible for alcohol that contains wheat, barley, and/or rye to be distilled to the point that there is no gluten left in it. These would still be unsafe for me as my allergy includes but is not limited to gluten itself and is to the grain instead. So anything made from those grains is a no go for me. One of my worst allergic reactions was from a shot of whiskey actually. Fun times...
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Okay heights is a common phobia, bridges are a natural corollary of that, but outhouses? I mean disgusting yes, but why scary?American Horror Story Cult should be called American Horror Story Buttons.
If you have a phobia, no matter what, they'll try to trigger it.
I'm pretty phobia lite (just heights bridges and outhouses) but even I found it hard to get through an episode and a half.
Didn't I tell this one already?
One night, the group jerk (favorite-ever quote: "Why do we hang around with him? He's a jerk!" "Yeah, but he's OUR jerk!" "Oh!") needed to use the facilities and went into a conveniently-located port-a-potty.
Resident Psychopath and I looked at each other, got big grins on our faces, and started shooting the crap out of the port-a-potty.
Group Jerk cried out, "Ow! Ow, you guys! Quit it! They're getting through!"
I stopped. Resident Psychopath started giggling like a maniac and shooting even faster and higher, trying to hit something important.
Ah, the good old days!