I Want to be Underwhelmed—Smell the Croci—Early Spring 2022

Where were we?

Night Blooming Jasmine season started Sunday night in L.A. Delicious.

My “Seafoam” camellias have started blooming. Look it up to see a pic.

How is it March already? The older I get, the more whelmed I am by how quickly time passes.

Another month means that it's time to start thinking of taking the vehicle through the car wash again.

I just let the rain take care of it.

a tulip I did not plant, and was not there last year, is poking up.

We don't get much rain here most of the year, R6.

I am quite whelmed by Cosmo posting that they are female. All this time I had been imagining them as male. Slightly nauseous with shock and about to take a half Xanax with the requisite cup of warm milk.

I thought it was getting warmer.

Re: first insect of the season. I always note the first one, too. It, along with that first day when the sun against your face feels properly warm and everything is melting/sounds of melting, is the official sign that winter is over.

Where I am in Canada I haven't seen the first bug and we haven't had the melty day yet.

Take it with grapefruit juice r9.

Please leave, R12. How whelming. I most definitely will NOT take my Xanax with grapefruit juice.

My god, can you bitches at least be interesting/ amusing while being underwhelming?

Saw the first carpenter bee of Spring just around lunchtime today. It is about 3 weeks early this year.

A dog (think it was a cockapoo) growled and barked at me earlier today in the street. Then, less than thirty seconds later - before I'd even got the end of the street - another cockapoo saw me, wagged its tail and jumped up on me. Don't know WTF I did to get such disparate reactions from two dogs in such a short space of time. I wasn't wearing a new scent or anything.

r16 , it was a set up. Those two bitches are fucking with you.

I saw a bunch of robins in my front yard. Some of my spring flowers are coming up. I can't wait for spring!

I'm sorry you are whelmed by me, R9. If it's any consolation, Cosmo is male and swishes his tail like he's walking the runway on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Do croci have a scent?

I have a sprained ankle from falling on the ice and it hurts like fuck. I am so done with winter and looking forward to spring.

Thank you, R19. The palpitations have mostly ceased and I only needed 1/4 xan with my warm milk this afternoon. Greetings to Cosmo the cat from Alice the dog.

r20, they have a fresh, mildly sweet scent that is detectable when you smell a mass of croci, but, dare I say, underwhelming when you smell only one. Not unlike cherry blossoms.

They ain’t no hyacinths.

The callalilies are in bloom again!

Our snowdrops came up today. A welcome first sign of spring

I’m glad you chimed in Cosmo @ r19. R9’s post pissed me off, but I didn’t want to whelm the thread. He already proved himself to be the biggest Mary since Phyllis Stephens with his Xanax & milk nonsense. I think most of us have known you are female & feline for quite awhile now. I mean, ‘so what, who cares?’

I tried to grow calla lilies once. Never came up. Now I feel like reading Katharine Hepburn's autobiography again.

I pvr'd Garbo Talks with Ron Silver and Anne Bancroft. Thought it would be a better film but there were some good bits.

[quote]I pvr'd Garbo Talks with Ron Silver and Anne Bancroft. Thought it would be a better film but there were some good bits.

Fun fact: In the brief shot of "Garbo," she's played by Betty Comden.

[quote]I tried to grow calla lilies once. Never came up.

Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion.

Crocus pistils are saffron, at least one species. So it would seem there has to be *something* there, odor-wise.

A supermarket dilemma...

I don't care for Peeps, but the ten-pack includes a cute plush chick.

R33, buy the 10-pack, keep the cute plush chick, and throw the Peeps out back for the neighborhood feral cats.

[quote]I saw a bunch of robins in my front yard. Some of my spring flowers are coming up. I can't wait for spring!

I've never seen a "bunch" of robins in my life - usually they go out solo.

I always have Trader Joe's Wild Caught Sockeye Salmon for lunch on Wednesdays. I cook it in the oven basted in olive oil then I squeeze lemon juice on it and dip the pieces in Champagne dill mustard. Today, however I'm trying a recipe I found at the NYT. It calls for a mixture of Dijon mustard and brown sugar spread over the salmon pieces and cook for twelve minutes- which I'm doing now. I hope it turns out well. I am still going to squeeze lemon juice over the whole thing when I take it out of the oven.

Sounds good, R36, but also an almost whelming amount of work for lunch.

There are hawks nesting in the hollow below my yard. I am concerned that the doves in the same hollow will relocate, and I'd miss their pretty nose noises.

I should also mention that there is also an owl somewhere down there as well. Lovely bird sounds around the clock are mine, riches take many forms.

I just finished the salmon. It was really good, so good that I will probably make the same again next Wednesday.

Thanks for the info, R3. I need to eat more salmon. Do you buy skinless or with the skin? I like crispy skin on my salmon so a fry in a bit of oil. I love salmon with dijon mustard. I assume you are baking the salmon?

Not exactly underwhelming BUT it's snowing here in northwest NJ. In fact, it's been snowing since about 9 am. The landscaping company just came through to plow the street and courtyards. It took some time to stick to the pavement. We haven't had much plowable snow so I guess that's why they plowed. My condo assn has an annual contract for snow/ice removal and landscaping (seeding and cutting the grass.)

Sockeye salmon is the shit. So is Chinook/king salmon. A real indulgence if one has the funds, which I only very occasionally do. I don't know if others will disagree, R41, and I suppose it comes down to personal taste, but I prefer my salmon just barely cooked. I cook it in the pan skin side down (so it gets crispy) and take it out when it's still raw on the top layer. Some will think that gross but oh well that's how I like it.

R41- I buy Trader Joe's frozen Wild Caught Sockeye Salmon from Alaska WITH the skin on. It's a rarity that a NYT recipe is actually good but this is one of those times.

Back at the office 3x per week. I am most certainly underwhelmed.

Sounds pretty whelming to me r44!

I usually have TWO boiled eggs for breakfast on Thursday, unfortunately I only had one egg left, therefore I'm only having ONE boiled egg for breakfast today.

You could always lay another one r46.

R47- I had some beautiful birds at my bird feeder yesterday. I would not mind being a pretty male Cardinal. I could preen my feathers all day and look at my pretty male Cardinal self in the mirror all day.

That won't get you many eggs though r48.

I opened a box of pancake mix and a bug flew out. I didn't eat breakfast.

R50- Good. It wouldn't hurt you to lose a few pounds.

^Those "bugs" that fly out of flour and such are typically the kind of moths that eat sweaters. Little gold-colored ugly things, that will roost on your wall about 5 to 8 feet from the floor. I have had LOTS of experience with them before. Once they take up residence in your dwelling, they are damn hard to get rid of, and they cause big damage to carpets and wool garments. Just pointing that out...

R51 Haven't I been through enough today?

Sorry R53- Just an attempt at humor.

When the robins return they arrive en masse at my house.

R55- The GRACKLES have arrived en masse at my bird feeder. They are beautiful birds with their piercing yellow eyes and iridescent feathers.

R43, thanks for the info. I have a TJ's on my way home and I'm in the office today. I'll stop and buy some.

R57- Here is the very good recipe I used for my salmon from the NYT.

I got my shingles vaccine.

Grackles are bullies.

[quote]I usually have TWO boiled eggs for breakfast on Thursday, unfortunately I only had one egg left, therefore I'm only having ONE boiled egg for breakfast today.

There's an entire thread about boiled eggs you might enjoy, R46.

Out of 7 avocados (I'll be making a large amount of guac, leave me alone), 2 are very slightly squishy this afternoon. The rest are all still rock hard. I deliberately bought them all rock hard yesterday so they would be ripening by Friday evening. Goddamn unpredictable vegetables whelming me!!

R62 I think there's a way to speed them up but I'm not sure.

Put the avocado in a paper bag with a banana.

But I don't have any bananas, R64!

*downs xanax*

Will the bananas solve the 'ripening at different rates' problem or will they all simply ripen faster, but still at different rates?

R64- I want to facilitate the ripening of my bananas. Would this method be effective for bananas?

Just be patient, R67. Bananas generally go from green to brown in about a day and a half without your doing anything to speed them along.

R68- I want them to go from yellow to covered in FRECKLES.

I love guacamole.

R69 is an imposter! I am the real R67!

And me too, R70. There will be so much guac tomorrow (or Saturday, if that's what the avocados decide) that I will be weeping guac-y tears.

I love guac as well... just no diced tomato, please.

Re bananas ripening too fast: the best way to avoid this is to buy the organic ones (they usually cost 10 cents more per pound). Non-organic bananas are doused with some kind of chemical (google says ethylene) to induce them to ripen more quickly. The organic ones, obviously, are not treated with this, and so they ripen at a more leisurely pace than the so-called conventional ones. A bunch of organic bananas is typically still perfectly edible a week after you bring them home from the store.

If one picks the very first wild violet, they will have luck thru out the year.

Had a red bellied woodpecker eating peanuts from the feeder. Also the goldfinch mob is eating a pound of thistle a week. Hungry buggers.

I'm glad it's sunny today.

Sitting with my morning coffee watching the birds on my bird feeder. There's a huge female flicker on my suet stick, and a bright red cardinal on the feeder.

I gave up on my bird feeder because the rock pigeons and house sparrows eat everything. I gave a large feeder and it’s emptied in 24 hours.

Since I was not driving, had a Bloody Mary with lunch today - very well made with only a strip of bacon as garnish.

there's a native orchid blooming by the creek and in the yard. not an impressive flower but pretty nonetheless

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was on tv last night and it was funny to think Spiccoli, who hated history class, is in a war zone right now, filming history.

I have been whelmed for days over this bomb cyclone they keep predicting and the inches upon inches of snow they say are coming. I first read about it in Vermont, where I hunkered down in a hotel for two nights after it began, waiting until the snowplows cleaned up the mess. THANK YOU, SNOWPLOW DRIVERS.

Then I set out for Buffalo on nice clear roads this morning and now I’m in God-alone-knows-where New York where TWO storms are predicted for the weekend. I have no chains! I can’t spend every night in a hotel! I’m in my bed in my campervan in a Wal-Mart parking lot with popcorn and everything I need in terms of food and warmth, but whelmed hardly begins to describe my overall state. I dread even looking out the curtains because what if it’s solid snow. Spring cannot possibly come soon enough!

^I wouldn't be surprised if some pretty unsavory types haunt the Vermont Walmart parking lots. Here in the South, I wouldn't be caught dead in one after 9 p.m., considering what goes on in them even during daylight hours. Overwhelming, I know, but you're plenty old enough to know what you're in for.

I am not finding this thread to be as comforting as I was led to expect.

I'm so sorry, R84. Some of the recent posts have been whelming, haven't they? Get yourself a cup of warm milk, a blanky and/or a pet, and have a watch of this. Off to Underwhelmedsville with you.

It's snowing and sleeting outside. I can hear the ice hitting the windows. I did everything yesterday so I don't have to go out today. Makes it much less whelming.

A puppy licked my hands on the bus this afternoon. I think it liked the smell of the pineapple I ate earlier that was still on my fingers.

I'm looking to buy a new OLED flat screen tv. Keep going back and forth between Sony and LG and new verses renewed.

March & April are the months when you see signs of spring everywhere getting covered by snow & sleet.

Gloomy and cloudy saturday

You can soften avocados quickly by wrapping them in foil and baking them, then chilling. My mother used to do this for Christmas, when available avocados in Chicago are hard as rocks.

thunderstorm this morning and i thought...snow in seven days, but it's spring, no way!

it snowed/sleeted this afternoon.

[quote] Out of 7 avocados (I'll be making a large amount of guac, leave me alone), 2 are very slightly squishy this afternoon.

You can put avocados (and bananas) in the refrigerator when they arrive at the ripeness you like. They'll keep for at least a couple of days.

When I peed yesterday evening I had some slight pain in my pee tube. Today during the day it was fine, but then this evening it was paining slightly again on two occasions.

You have VD

Urinary tract infection, R94?

R88- What size tv?

I can look up what tv Consumer Report recommends if you let me know the size of the tv you want to buy.

R93 Although I dislike a cold banana, that's a good tip.

Thank you R91 and R93, I will keep these tips in mind should there be further mass avocado purchases.

Since I know you're all dying to know, 5 out of 7 avocados were in perfect condition a few hours ago. 1 was under ripe, 1 slightly (but only slightly) over. I set aside Mr. Under Ripe and made guac from the other 6. It is delicious. I am, as predicted, stuffed to the gills and there is now a large amount put away in the fridge.

65", R97. Sony A80J 65 Inch TV: BRAVIA XR OLED vs. LG OLED C1 Series 65”. I think my first flat screen tv was a renewed LG and it died after 3 years.

R88

I have a big-faced, big numbers, round, battery-run, manual-set clock on my wall. I just set it one hour ahead.

I forgot to adjust the one in kitchen. I'll do it now.

R37- A Pop Tart? Are you TWELVE years old?

R100- The top rated 65 inch tv according to Consumer Reports is the LG-OLED65CXPUA which retails for $2,000.

[quote]A Pop Tart? Are you TWELVE years old?

Calm down, R102. It was a joke. The underwhelmed threads are no place for such emotional outbursts. Now take some quiet time and think about what you've done.

Thank you, R104. I was going to say something, but I was too flustered.

I woke up, looked up at analog clock on wall and said, “ok it’s almost ten, which means it’s almost nine. I can go back to sleep.” Luckily I rolled over & saw time on cable box.

I can’t find bat faced Cuphea online except some Etsy scammer who wants too much for a bare root. I first bought it last summer and fell in love. Got the only one at the garden center. Alas, winter kills. It’s so cute! Humm8ngbirds love it and it looked really good with white gold lantana.

*sets saucepan of milk on to simmer for R102*

I clicked on your link, R106. That flower is a little frightening! I hope you find it anyway.

No they are small & cute.

I have joined the postcrossing dot com site, so have been going through photos to see which might make decent postcards.

Thanks, R103.

R102 This is a safe and welcoming space for all, even those who purchase toaster pastries. Please respect that.

I made a meatloaf but it came out funny. It's too wet and it won't hold together. I used two eggs.

Spackle, r112.

R111- Sorry, I couldn't resist the dl bitchiness.

R112 Add more bread crumbs.

I'm planning a walk this afternoon after my last Zoom call. I feel like I need some fresh air since I haven't left the house since Friday.

This may be whelming but I had a visit from a very good-looking (straight) police officer yesterday. My iPhone completely stopped responding and I was trying to do the reset (volume up and the off button on the right hand side.) Unfortunately, it activated the SOS call. I spoke with a dispatcher who said she would cancel the call. The officer said he was aware of the cancellation but he still had to check it out. I told him about my iPhone problem and said "You probably can't help with that" but he offered to take a look. He came upstairs and was able to fix my phone. When I provided my birthdate info, he told me his wife is pregnant and that is her due date.

I share this story in hopes that DL would re-write the ending to their satisfaction. :-)

[quote]I share this story in hopes that DL would re-write the ending to their satisfaction. :-)

Just try and stop us!

R114 It's not like it was a Hot Pocket.

I spent an hour on the chaise longue this morning. Behind me (in the backyard) were two Scrub-Jays, a couple of White-Crowned Sparrows, and one California Towhee.

Did the same thing R116. I managed to hit the SOS buttons a few times but always turned it off before my phone made a call. The last time I dragged the Emergency SOS slider thinking I was turning it off and got a call back from the dispatcher. I turned off the feature immediately afterwards.

[quote]I made a meatloaf but it came out funny. It's too wet and it won't hold together. I used two eggs.

More bread crumbs or, if you prefer, Quaker Oats or torn up slices of fresh bread. I've had a lot of experience with meatloaf.

ummm...put it back in the oven for 30 minutes.

Just went for a nice long walk at the town beach. Weather was a little cold, but beautiful. There were a lot of robins, seagulls, ducks and geese. Very peaceful

I think I gave myself food poisoning. I ate some soup for breakfast that I left in the microwave all night.

R116 here. I did manage a short walk to Pet Goods. Cos needed dry food (Hill's Science Diet - Perfect Weight). He's been such a good boy I also bought him 2 catnips cigars; on blue and one pink.

Went out for happy hour. After signing the receipt I realized the bartender gave me the wrong bill. Instead of three glasses of chardonnay for $3 and a $5 Mediterranean salad he charged me for a specialty martini and mussels for a total of $10. Louie after cursing himself out for screwing up told me not to worry about it. I left him a $5 tip.

i'm whelmed dealing his horrible online customer service!

...contact our payment provider...and they give you no way to do that...

ummm...ok...i found an alternative and not like i've been a customer for 3 years...

wtf?

I made a runny meatloaf (I don't know how), but it was a little better as leftovers.

My right ear is still plugged.

From the runny meatloaf?

Yesterday I was at Whole Foods and I bought the LAST container of Little Rae's Bakery Luck O The Irish Butter Cookies- I gobbled them all up ( my weight is up considerably this morning). I enjoyed them so much but they were so over priced $9.99 for eight cookies. Unfortunately they were/are so tasty that I couldn't resist buying them again yesterday.

R128, I buy the beef-pork-veal mixture when I make meatloaf. Because of the fat, I don't cook it in a loaf pan. I cook it in a pan that allows most of the oil to cook out. I'm not sure what you used for your meatloaf but this may be why it was runny?

My God, I cooked these pork-chops PERFECTLY.

R133- I must ask this question- Did you serve them with applesauce ( Brady Bunch Style)?

^Nope. But I am eating one with my fingers.

You're having them for breakfast? I'm not sure what time zone you're in

R131 started a separate thread about his beloved cookies. I’m not sure how I feel about that.

Chef John's latest recipe Polenta Lasagna looks delicious and I will definitely be making it.

I think I will make an aluminum foil "sling" for it like I do for brownies to remedy the problem he had getting it out of the pan.

I don't know why he didn't think of making a sling, him being a Chef and all.

R138- That looks GOOD.

I can't decide which I think about more- Food or Sex?

You can buy grow tents now. I’m sure they’re for growing fresh vegetables in winter…….

I bought some seeds on Etsy. They came today. From Russia. The sender included ”bonus” seeds for some other species. Wanna bet it’s some runaway vigorously invasive weed bred in Russian labs to threaten American agricultural lands and crowd out native plants?

[quote] Went out for happy hour. After signing the receipt I realized the bartender gave me the wrong bill. Instead of three glasses of chardonnay for $3 and a $5 Mediterranean salad he charged me for a specialty martini and mussels for a total of $10. Louie after cursing himself out for screwing up told me not to worry about it. I left him a $5 tip.

Even for happy hour, $3 for 3 chardonnays sounds extremely inexpensive.

[quote]Even for happy hour, $3 for 3 chardonnays sounds extremely inexpensive.

It's $3 for each drink but still cheap.

R136 - I am in Eastern (Daylight) Time. I stopped eating after 2 pm on Jan 23, so yeah, I eat "dinner" type foods for breakfast and lunch now. The pork chop was about 3 days old and had to be eaten or thrown away...I've lost exactly 30 pounds since Jan. 23rd, and will keep on going with it. I think it's possible I may just stop eating after the midday meal, permanently.

I moved a nest from my garage, that has 4 tiny eggs, to the porch. I put it in the corner on top of a column where it is well shielded from the elements. On the opposite side of the porch another nest, in the same type of spot, has a mom and dad bird close by. The moved nest does not have the same parents (I thought the moved nest parents would find the moved nest as it is close to the garage..I’m a dumbass apparently). The good news is the porch parents have adopted the other nest. The bad news is I have facilitated an illegal adoption.

they're gonna die!

never touch a baby bird or nest.

sucks to be you.

I got a Denny's gift card at Christmas and finally went to use it today. On a random Wednesday at 10 a.m., the place was PACKED. And there was apparently one waitress having to do everything. After sitting there for half an hour and not even being seated, I left. A McDonald's gift card would have been better.

They’re not gonna die. They’ll just be unborn.

Life begins in the EGG!!

I am whelmed by the moving of the nest. Why would you ever do that?

I ADORE Chef John/Food Wishes. He had a recipe.video for a grilled cheese and greens type sandwich for St. Patrick's Day a couple of years ago and goddamn it's one of the best sandwiches i ever had. Super easy, too.

Also, re: food vs sex and what I think about more, from about 14 until a few years ago it was sex. Now, as a woman in my 40s, I feel oddly childlike as the interest in sex sharply wanes and the thoughts of candy and cake return as if from a dream.

Yeah, yeah we're all old here and food obsessed r151.

So get with the program and spill the sandwich recipe.

Sorry about that, R152 - hope you are not whelmed! Here is the video - link to the printed recipe is in the video description. This really is a truly great sandwich.

Looks great r153!

Will definitely try.

Did you know it’s seagull mating season?

Birds have mating calls in spring. The most commonly recognized one is the song sparrow. Well, seagulls start calling in spring, too. All winter long seagulls sail around the sky here, completely silent. But starting in late Feb through May, you’ll hear seagulls calling, laughing, making odd noises. It’s to attract a mate. Then the young hatch ant begin making sounds themselves “testing” their voices. I always notice seagulls high in the sky (over land) waaay up so high they block the sun, slowly whirling. Their feathers are so bright white and outlined by the sun in a yellow orange halo.

If you have seagulls in your area, look up in April and watch them slowly wheeling in the sky in a sunny day.

Could you please remind me in April?

[quote] I ADORE Chef John/Food Wishes.

His voice & way of speaking are unpleasant, IMO. Also, he takes all this time to create something beautiful on a plate and then hacks into it with the side of a fork, really sloppy. Why not use a knife so we can see a cross section of whatever the hell you spent so long making.

River just said "you can't put sugar on shit and call it a brownie".

I've never heard this expression before.

Well of course you can’t! Brownies don’t come in logs.

My cat has been giving this “shut up and give me the food” energy all day. I don’t like it one bit.

bricks, burlap sack, and river...

Oh, don't bring the BRF into this thread r161!

Wait what? We're drowning Charles in a burlap sack now? Oh dear, I think I feel some whelmation coming on.

Toss in the old lady as well r163.

I can’t sleep. Terrible cycle of up at 3:30, passed out at 8.

Polar Seltzer Water 12-packs were BOGO at the supermarket this morning.

I got Cranberry Lime and Orange Vanilla.

I'm told the Orange Vanilla tastes like a creamsicle, we shall see.

R166- We shall see - that made your response charming.

R166- I drank some Stop and Shop Orange flavored seltzer the other day- I was not impressed. Trader Joe's flavored seltzers are definitely better as are Poland Springs- which might be better than Trader Joe's but they are more expensive.

We’re supposed to be boycotting Poland Spring because Nestle won’t pull out of Russia.

[quote]Nestle won’t pull out of Russia

Pics please.

I went out for a snack and bought Coca Cola Starlight and a bag of white cheddar popcorn. I liked the Starlight. The white cheddar popcorn smelled like wet dog.

R171- CVS- at least the one near me sells Popcorn Indiana Kettle Corn. It's pretty good. Try it. It shouldn't smell like a wet doggy.

Kittenzilla went for annual checkup and shots yest. At 18 months he is 17.5 lbs and very healthy. He was very good and not too stressed out. Good boy#

I have joined the Postcrossing postcard swapping site. Ordered a few cards to be made from photos I've taken, and have been thinking about which others might be of interest to members as well ...

How neat r174! I didn’t know such a thing existed, I’m going check it out. There used to be a postcard trading club here in town, but it fell apart about ten years ago.

first tick of the season. ugh. they love me and i react horribly to them.

put tick stuff on the little active one, and the old, blind hound rolled in the dirt like he does when i put it on him. but i didn't!

i am...

It underwhelms me when people karate chop their toss cushions. I prefer a good diagonal placement any day.

You sent me off to google R171, and I found this:

[quote]limited edition sparkling beverage from Coca-Cola Creations. Experience a subtle cooling sensation as you enjoy the reddish Starlight space flavoured beverage, a new but familiar Coca-Cola taste.

I am slightly whelmed by that description, tbh. On the one hand it says nothing. This drink is "reddish" and "space flavoured?" "New but familiar Coca Cola taste?" What??? On the other hand, I now want to try it. So whatever they did there worked.

So does it taste like regular Coke or what? I'm annoyed by the fact that I'm curious about this.

Well, R166? Did it taste like orange creamsicle or not? I have tried a number of things that have been reported to taste (or smell) like orange creamsicle. All except 1 failed. How disappointing. Am attaching a link to the only one that lived up to the hype. Note this is for sniffing not drinking.

Do orange creamsicles themselves still exist, btw?

I can't describe the taste R178 but it has a hint of cinnamon spice or mint depending on the person or the bottle.

[quote]When Coke hinted at Starlight tasting like a campfire, Redditors wondered if it tastes like s'mores, with one suggesting is tastes like "Teddy Grahams and cola." Of course in true internet fashion, everybody has a different impression of the new beverage. One person tweeted that it tastes like "caramel plum and the feeling you get when you inhale really cold air," while another wrote that Starlight "tastes like Coke but has an aftertaste of cereal milk." Another Twitter user thinks the new beverage has notes of cotton candy, while one Redditor commented, "It tastes like floor." Clearly not everyone is a fan of the mysterious new drink. There have also been conflicting reports of mint flavor and cinnamon spice.

Thank you R180. I'm not sure how I missed hearing anything about this until it was mentioned in this thread but I did. And it sounds so intriguingly flavoured now I need to try it. Floor? Cereal milk? Cold air? Reddish? I will have to see.

[quote]Well, [R166]? Did it taste like orange creamsicle or not?

The Polar Orange Vanilla seltzer initially tastes like a creamsicle but then there is an immediate chemical aftertaste that ruins everything.

I only experiment with trying new flavors when they are BOGO, I get one I already know I like and one wild card. Wild card was a bust this time.

My milk frother doesn’t froth anymore. It just heats the milk and spins it around.

I have to go make Mock Tuna for tomorrows lunch. Great White Northern beans which I soaked overnight and boiled for 45 minutes. I use an Immersion Blender to mash them up and add chopped celery, chopped onion, vegenaise, lemon juice, garlic powder, black pepper and sweet relish. I shall put them on two corn tortillas ( open faced) with Dijon Mustard, lettuce and tomato .

Ha! I just found out why the annual salvia Wendy’s Wish I bought last summer had such ugly calyx and held onto it’s scanty blooms instead of dropping them, thus making me able to snap the stem and have a new, floriferous stem rise up and replace it.

Because it was not a salvia! It was Texas betony, a stachys! There was no label on it and it was sitting with other annual salvias in the garden center. So the garden center workers were also stumped into thinking it was salvia. No wonder I only saw hummingbirds zoom in & immediately zoom out. The people who wrote the description of stachys coccinea say it’s a hummingbird attractant. The birds were attracted but not impressed. They preferred butterfly bushes, salvia amistad, salvia black & blue, and salvia rocking fuschia to the wan Texas betony.

Here’s a better comparison

This is Wendy’s Wish

This is stachys coccinea

R173, your vet was okay with Kittenzilla weighing 17.5 lbs. at 18 months? My vet says Cos should be not be more than 14 or 15 lbs. He'll be 6 on April 19th and is an indoor cat.

I'm not trying to whelm anyone but I'm curious because I'm freaking out about keeping Cos under 15 lbs. He still runs around like a bat out of hell and jumps effortlessly. I've currently got him eating Perfect Weight from Hills for breakfast and a can or less of Fancy Feast Savory Centers food for dinner.

My cat became diabetic at 18 lbs. vet likes her weight at 12-14 lbs. She’s a lonnnnnng cat. She’s not pretty at all. In fact, the vet is transing her. They all call her “he.”

[quote] The sender included ”bonus” seeds for some other species. Wanna bet it’s some runaway vigorously invasive weed bred in Russian labs to threaten American agricultural lands and crowd out native plants?

I’m partially right. It wasn’t bred in a Russian lab but it’s considered an invasive weed in North America. I translated it to MARY! thistle.

Silybum marianum has been widely introduced outside its natural range, for example into North America, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia where it is considered an invasive weed. Additionally, today it also spreads as invasive plant in almost all of Europe as a consequence of field cultivation

Paper clips are back at my local Dollar Tree!

If only I had known, R191. I was looking everywhere for a couple of paper clips recently when I was sending some tax stuff to my accountant. Not being able to find such a common object, which I just assumed I had somewhere, whelmed me.

i can make a good biscuit. anyway, i added some refried beans to the mix. yummy!

I just Dremel-ed some callouses on my feet.

Now they're very smooth.

Easy, greasy.

I have paper clips . . . somewhere.

Seems like I do too, probably from 1985.

I thought a dremel was like a drill for crafts and whatnot, r194?

r197 -- attachments made for manicures, pedicures, and pet nail trims.

Gitchuwon.

All you need to use on your feet is Kerasal. Put it on at night, cover feet with soft socks, go to sleep. Be amazed in 5he morining. After one week, your feet will look like brand new. It’s not cheap. It has to be the Kerasal exfoliant foot smoother NOT the Kerasal fungus cream.

Dr Scholl has an exfoliant foot cream that’s less expensive. Use a tube ion Kerasal first. When it’s finished you can buy the Dr Scholl exfoliant as a maintenance cream.

Sandpaper works too.

For r197

Can't you tell if a pet is fat just by looking at them? I guess it might not work with long haired critters. I always know my dog is getting chunky when she starts looking particularly tube-like. Then it's time to lay off the treats for a couple of weeks.

I won't talk about pet food because my opinions on it are whelming.

Kittenzilla is a ragdoll so he is genetically a big boy as they can be up to 20 lbs. That said, the vet says he should be more like 16, and that I should be able to feel each rib under his massive fluff. Right now I can feel only a few. So he is.a bit chub. I will cut back on the free feeding of kibble and reduce the pate as well. His buddy is an 8 lb Siamese that is perfect weight so and they eat together so I may have to do the pate separately. The Siamese resorts to kibble only when necessary. Little fusspot!

Thanks, R203. Again, I didn't mean to whelm anyone. Cos is pretty muscular but I can't use that as an excuse. He could lose a few pounds. He doesn't get treats but I am guilty of putting little food in is dish when it's empty and I'm in the kitchen. He's overweight just like his momma.

I am thinking about using a Cross pen for the first time since I received it as a gift 25 years ago.

[quote]I am thinking about using a Cross pen for the first time since I received it as a gift 25 years ago.

You may need to replace the dried-up ink cartridge first.

Replace it with your pre=lube enema you have not used in 25 years!

Was “chitty chitty bang bang” the “funny lady” of its time??

More like "Funny Lady" was the "Star!" of its time, R208.

The pen seems to be writing okay so far!

I ate some rotisserie chicken for dinner and now I’m reading DL and petting my cat. I have to change my sheets before I head to bed.

I just had a VIOLENT sneeze but I must say I do so enjoy a good sneeze- like Truman Capote once said - A sneeze is an orgasm of the mouth.

I bought a new recliner but it kept tilting back too far when I was watching tv. I found a Youtube video on how to adjust the recliner tension which seemed to resolve the issue.

Whenever that happens (finding a Youtube video that helps me solve a problem I would otherwise be helpless to solve - which in the case of mechanical objects is almost all of them) I always have a brief moment of OH MY GOD I AM LIVING IN THE FUTURE. So enjoyable. So are the good sneezes.

Sun was out all afternoon - 60 degrees in Seattle. I stripped down to a tee after work, went outside and basked - felt like an old alley cat ready for a big stretch.

[quote]A sneeze is an orgasm of the mouth.

And I always thought giving a good blowjob was an orgasm of the mouth.

I'm having crustless pumpkin pie for breakfast with a dollop of homemade whipped cream.

Came across a can of pumpkin puree in my pantry yesterday and decided I wanted pumpkin pie. I wasn't motivated to make a crust so I made crustless pumpkin pie. Libby has crustless pumpkin pie recipe on their site along with cooking times and temps for the crustless version. They even have it broken down by size and material of pan. I opted for an 8x8 glass square baking dish so my pie is actually cut into squares. I used less sugar than called for in the Libby recipe and it is just as good with less.

That is all.

Carry on.

I had 1/2 a sliced chicken breast sandwich with a Greek salad on the side. To wash it down, I'm drinking Hint Lemon water.

I ordered dim sum delivery for lunch.

I refilled two water jugs at the supermarket!

R214 I know just what you mean. I wasn't taught any car repair or maintenance growing up and have used YouTube to teach myself quite a lot about both of those. I always feel terribly self sufficient afterward.

R219- Lucky You

First chipmunk if the year spotted yesterday in my front yard gathering birdseed with squirrels. The cats haven’t noticed yet. They’re still lazing around on the beds upstairs.

I was thinking of painting the living room area of my condo which is off-white. Sherwin Williams has a color called Chivalry Copper. It's hard to tell what it actually looks like on a computer monitor but I'm beginning to think it sounds better than it looks.... perhaps faded terracotta from Farrow and Ball.

I find terracotta to be one of the most difficult paint colours, R244, especially for an interior. Not bad, just very difficult, suited to being bathed in bright light or shaded in very low light but nowhere in between.

Difficult color, terracotta.

I don't know who Constance, Countess Trentham is, but will assume I'm have the light piss taken out of me, R226.

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks online in oiled leather but when I got them today they just look old & dirty. I’m sending them back. I’d really like a tobacco color, but the site has limited choices and it is a gift certificate.

I received state rental assistance!

I’ve busted my ass to make double payments to catch up.

My rent is paid in full until July.

[quote] I don't know who Constance, Countess Trentham is,

[gasp]

^link for above

R231- I prefer the Countess Of Trentham over the Dowager Countess Of Grantham.

My favorite line in Gosford Park which was uttered by the Countess of Trentham- Bought Marmalade. Oh dear. I call that very feeble.

I cleaned out my pantry. So much expired stuff. What a waste.

I recall reading recently that some expiration dates are really quite arbitrary, R233. Of course, I'm the type who would never dream of keeping anything that was past its use-by date. Well, except maybe for dried spices and herbs. I probably have some left over from the 20th century.

R234 well once it is a couple yrs out of date I am not cooking the quinoa or eating the canned peaches.

R235- I have a can of Trader Joe's Tomato Paste that says best if used by February 2021. It's unopened of course do you think I can still put it in my Martha Stewart Vegetarian Chili that I'm planning on making on Sunday?

Be best, r236. Be best.

R236 yes I think the tomato paste only a year out of date is probably fine. Do let us know if you die or spend hours on the pooper.

R238- I guess I’ll have to toss it out. If it expired in February 2021 I may have bought it February 2020 which would make that tomato 🍅 paste TWO years old.

Tomato paste certainly isn't a luxury item, R239. For your sake, for Martha Stewart's sake, and for the sake of your vegetarian chili, I would suggest buying a new can,

240- Thanks 🙏

I will.

I did not buy pussy willows for $21.99/bunch. That would have been whelming. But it was tempting for 30 sec until I remembered I have no money.

Canned goods can last for many many years. The date on the can isn't meant to indicate that it has expired like perishable goods do. It's just the "best by" date which is totally arbitrary and partially intended to move more product. In some canneries, they will wash the date off and put new ones on the cans on older stockpiles. A year-old tomato sauce is almost certainly fine.

I dozed off before Jeopardy! last night. Now I’m up…

I watched "Defending Your Life" Wednesday night because I couldn't sleep.

I just learned a Sprouts Farmers Market is being built right down the road from me.

Construction won't be complete until early 2023.

R246, That’s nice. I kind of like Sprouts. If I had one closer, I’d go more often.

i made headway burning a bunch of winter-fallen limbs.

Right now I'm eating sliced bananas. I'm very particular about my bananas. I only like to eat them ripened to perfection- with lots of freckles on the peel.

like your penis?

I have no ambition to grocery shop. Maybe tomorrow.

I don't care for River's outfit today. The lemon-lime color does not suit him. Why has he been draping blankets over his lower half lately? Too much pudding?

It is now 10:30pm on the East coast of the North American continent.

R252 - River from The Family Chantel?

7:30 dusk in PNW. I walked home from work - people with dogs everywhere. Must not judge. Some are too stupid for pets.

Pot stickers and cabbage salad. Tomorrow will be windy. Stay upwind, folks.

Monday in my neck of the woods ( just north of NYC) we will only see a high of 30 degrees on Monday. COLD🥶!- for March 28.

I rather enjoy the DLer who always comments "You're a whore darlin".

I always give him a WW.

It’s “You ARE a whore, darlin’”. Spoken in response to “I feel like a whore.”

[quote]It’s “You ARE a whore, darlin’”. Spoken in response to “I feel like a whore.”

I stand corrected r258 but no WW for you since you rained on my pleasant little comment.

There's a new Carhartt store on the other side of town. Expensive AND underwhelming: $109 for a summer weight denim work shirt. One Medium in stock. Multiple size 4-X, though. Do they know their audience?

The traffic wasn't bad for a Saturday. We stopped at Trader Joe's on the way home. Peanut butter is still $2.29.

I didn’t do it for the laurels. I did it for the record.

I have no bandwidth for social media anymore.i prefer staying underwhelmed on this thread.

Just tried that Coke Starlight we were discussing earlier. It's...good. Really good, even. And weird af. It tastes the way a big 80s oriental-gourmand perfume smells. There's almost a cake note to it. Also:

- trashy flavour. white trashy. this is a drink for the sundeck off the back of the mobile home. no shade, poors, I am one of you.

- the cake I mentioned is yellow cake, from a box

- carnival fairway/sweet popcorn

- the scent is more distinct and at least as interesting as the taste. I would love the backstory on this scent, actually, how the meetings went, the discussions, how it was picked etc.

- nostalgia. candy. vanilla. childhood.

- I do like it. it's uncomplicated. someone talented could probably make a decent cocktail out of this. It would be hot pink and would involve Luxardo cherries (and syrup) and something either very sour or very bitter to balance it out.

- this does taste unique to me. it doesn't remind me of any soda I've ever had before. maybe very, very vaguely of cream soda but not much

- if this does well, Coke should release a perfume to go alongside it. Dibs on that idea Coke, call me.

How many did you have r263?

1, R264. I don't drink a lot of pop and don't want to OD on sugar. They came in an 8 pack though (8 pack - weird), and the bottles are small. Just checked the size: 300ml. Google says a standard pop can is 355 ml. These are plastic bottles.

Spring cleaning continues. Mobile blind cleaning today. I took the opportunity to wash all the interior windows and trim. My main floor is sparkling! I deserve to live like this all the time! Why don't I? Because my natural state is underwhelmed....and deep procrastination.

R266- Spring?

I'm just north of NYC todays high was only 35 degrees and the temp early this morning was 20 degrees.

My lawn service sent me a letter informing me they are raising their prices for this upcoming season.

I'll have to shop around for another service as I didn't think they were worth their old price let alone the new price.

On the bright side, can't throw a stone around here without hitting someone who owns a lawn service.

My kitchen needs tidying and the garbage getting ready to go out tonight. I keep thinking about doing these things but then just reading more Datalounge and not doing them.

I am finding your lawn service issues a bit whelming r268.

[quote] My lawn service sent me a letter informing me they are raising their prices for this upcoming season.

Don’t put poison on your lawn.

Birds can’t feed nestlings because lawn services put pesticides on properties claiming they’re “safe.” Meanwhile, the local bay is losing all its crustaceans because they’re related to insects and bird populations have plummeted. All because people are hysterically afraid of ticks and grubs.

Folding freshly washed laundry still warm from the dryer calms me.

Today I encountered a produce item of which I'd been unaware: grafitti eggplant.

I was going to do some gardening today but it started unexpectedly raining. So I did some vacuuming instead.

My goodness, you people are busy.

I have some pinto beans soaking in water. I plan on cooking them in the slow cooker with onions. I will bake cornbread to have with them.

I had some chocolate milk. It was from Jersey cows. I haven't a clue what Jersey cows are but it was some damn good chocolate milk.

I was just reading that polar bears yell when they poop. Is that whelming to know?

I sent my pee to Chicago by Fedex this morning.

Kidney stones, not kink.

Oh dear R279. I hope you're OK.

Not whelming to me, R278. Perhaps whelming to the bears? I mean...the yelling.

Jersey cows are a breed of cow, R277. They come from the island of Jersey in the English channel. The other island, Guernsey, also has its own cow breed. They make the most delicious, highest butterfat content milk. I am jealous of your Jersey cow chocolate milk.

Where I live, April is always worse than March. We always get a few warm, sunny days in March. The daffodils bloom. We get high on spring. Then April - wind, rain, more wind, raw wind, rain. Depression. Late frosts.

Oh. I thought the cows came from Secaucus.

We had a Jersey cow on our farm when I was a kid. Her milk was delicious and made the best butter ever. Her name was Betty Lou and she was a dollface.

April is the cruelest month, r281

I’m flipping my mattress and adding a nicely steamed (but not starched) non-flouncy, non-ruffly, non-Mary dust ruffle. it’s copper/plum linen.

I want to store shoe boxes under the bed, but don’t want to see them.

R281- Just remember this-

THE CALLA LILLIES ARE IN BLOOM AGAIN

I e been waking up all night long with pain in each upper arm. I’m my sleep I roll over & my head rests on my arm. I wake up in excruciating pain and have to raise my head & slowly move my arm down to my side and point my palm up. I go back to sleep and wake up within my head on my other arm and have to go through the same thing.

I also noticed I get really bad pa8n in my upper arm at night watching tv & have to rub Voltaren on it.

This morning it hit me like a jolt - these pains are coming from my vaccine injection sites. I had 3 COVID’s, the flu shot, a pneumonia shot & a shingles shot. The pains started just a few months ago. This never happened before. I don’t know if it’s because I got so many shots or maybe because some of my shots are given by technicians, not nurses. Pharmacy techs, techs at my Dr office. Maybe they hit a nerve or something.

Every night, two or three times a night I wake up in terrible pain on whichever arm my head was lying on.

I lost 4 lbs this week. My Jenny Craig consultant confirmed it on the scales at the center I go to every week.

R288 I lost 25 lbs on Jenny Craig during the shutdown. My doctor said, “it’s all going to come right back when you go off the diet. Be aware of that.”

Well, I couldn’t take the food anymore. The food isn’t bad…it’s just not enough variety. After 6 months I couldn’t keep eating the same food over & over.

The weight came back.

R289- I've lost about 32 pounds since June but I pretty much stopped losing weight in November. My body has made it very difficult for me to lose anymore weight. When I try to cut back my calories a bit more I get very hungry. It's also hard for me to maintain the weight I've lost. It's VERY hard work.

Same here. After I lost the 25 lbs I stayed on Jenny Craig for several months & couldn't lose a lb. That’s when I went off the diet. Why keep eating the same food when it’s not leading to weight loss? I’m walking now several miles and still not losing

How you gain weight is that your body multiplies its fat cells to store more fat in. Once you have them, they never go away. You can empty them out but maintaining that is very difficult in the long run. It's why so many diets fail - the only way to get rid of extra fat cells is lipo or some other physical removal. Sucks but it's true. These days I just focus on staying flexible and doing lots of walking. I'm fatter than I used to be but that is okay.

This is a vapid/vacuous body that has hit every weight between 130 and 210 pounds at least twice as an adult.

Be patient with plateaus. You’ve performed an organic removal and your body has to recover from the loss.

Also, mood plays a part in stickiness. Right now, I’d like to go back to 160, but I’m in the middle of one of my “let’s flee the nazis” adventures and I’m hyper /worried at 140.

I've lost 35 pounds by not eating after 2 pm, since January 23. I'm planning on losing a LOT more this way; the weight loss did slow down after the first 6 weeks and I had to get a little tougher about what I was (not) eating. And I am OK with the idea of not eating dinner anymore, as a permanent thing, except maybe on special occasions. I'm pretty used to it now. I kind of enjoy being hungry for a good part of each day. I've had no alcohol, no dessert, nothing with sugar in it, in 9 weeks and am eating probably as healthy a diet as I have in decades.

^I decided to stop eating dinner because I had gone on a pretty severe diet on the Monday after New Years weekend, Jan 3. After 3 weeks of no alcohol and no junk food or dessert, with at least an hour of daily exercise, I had lost precisely 3 pounds in 3 weeks. It was so depressing that I decided to start just not eating supper and then see what happened. It has worked great for me.

Speaking of weight loss, I bought some pork skins for snacking at the suggestion of a low carb fanatic friend. I made sure to get a brand with no MSG as he suggested. The smell upon opening the bag was off-putting, the taste further nauseated me. They went straight into the trash. Then I couldn't stand the thought of them even being in my kitchen so I took the trash out even though the bag wasn't even half full.

R295- I skip dinner on Saturdays and Wednesdays- partial fasting

I've been doing this for over two years. By the time I eat breakfast later it will be 21+ hours since I've eaten. It's not only helpful for weight loss it's lowers your blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol etc even on the days you eat normal.

I have a 2015 Honda fit that makes a grinding noise on a cold start. It used to occur only when the temperature was around freezing but it's happening more frequently and this morning the engine light went on. Took it to Pep Boys to check the code but when I pulled into the garage I didn't notice the engine light had turned off and the code had cleared.

The grinding noise is a known issue with Honda issuing a service bulletin 16-088: "The variable valve timing control (VTC) actuator is defective" but they don't have a recall and my car is out of warranty. There's a remote chance it's covered under the states emissions warranty since it could impact gas mileage.

Debating whether to spend the $1000 - $2000 to replace VTC. The higher cost is because the timing chain may need to be replaced as well.

R298- I would do it. To replace your car with even another 2015 Fit would cost you $15k or more because used car prices have SKYROCKETED, even expensive repairs are far more economical then replacing the car altogether nowadays.

I took my bike in because I thought I needed new tires. Turns out I did not close the valves after I pumped them up. Lol. A quick and free consult.

I don't care for Chia seeds. I'm supposed to put them in my morning smoothie as the protein source but they don't seem to wind up in the smoothie. They're always stuck to the side of the blender. The ones that do wind up in the smoothie keep blocking my straw. Should I put them in a spice grinder and then put them in the blender?

This morning's smoothie was pineapple and banana. It was pretty good.

R301- For my breakfast today I'm have a bowl of Organic Sprouted Oatmeal, Chia seeds, Hemps seeds and two tablespoons of ground Flaxseeds plus two medium boiled eggs.

You’re still going to get old & die.

I picked up a box of Junior Mints at Walgreens this morning. Put them in the fridge when I got home. I like them cold. I'll have them later. Probably around 3:00 p.m.

R304- I used to buy Sno Balls- that was before the company went bankrupt and when they were still good- and put them in the refrigerator to chill them. They were so tasty chilled.

Cadbury mini eggs on sale at CVS. Buy 5 pkgs. get 5 free!!

How about Peeps?

Fuck Peeps!

[quote]Fuck Peeps!

Pics please.

[quote] Fuck Peeps!

Don't be so whelming in this thread!

Sorry for using an exclamation point.

I’m real bitchy today.

A person I know told me she was sexually harassed by an individual who entered her business the other day and began masturbating in front of her. She said he displayed it all. She excused herself pretending to take a phone call in another room and he left. She described him as basically an undesirable. She notified the police after the incident and they made a report of the event. She has told me she thinks it happened because she recently lost 20 lbs. and made kind of snickered that her husband is upset the man showed her his penis. I’m not sure but she acts like she enjoyed the incident.

Which part of that underwhelmed you r313?

[quote] She excused herself pretending to take a phone call in another room

There are times when such pretenses are not required.

She should have said “Nothing to see here folks. Move along.”

The whole story is *certainly* underwhelming to yours truly. I hope we can move along here.

Yes 301 grinding the chia seeds helps in smoothies. Also try putting the wet ingredients in first. I'm not a fan of them in smoothies, personally, and though I do like chia pudding, it isn't very filling.

[quote]I don't care for Chia seeds. I'm supposed to put them in my morning smoothie as the protein source but they don't seem to wind up in the smoothie.

I'd be afraid that I might end up looking like this from eating all those chia seeds.

LOL, R319 and thank you, R318. I do put the wet ingredients in first. Maybe I should try melting the coconut oil; the fact that it's solid could be a factor. Now, I wish I hadn't donated my coffee bean blender!

LOL R319!!

Oh yes, melt the coconut oil first - it's probably what's making the seeds stick to the blades! I put chia seeds in my very cheap blender all the time and they don't stick like you've described, but I don't use anything like coconut oil in mine.

Yes, grind them first. I use the standard el cheapo Krups spice blender thing, mostly for flaxseeds, though. Someone already mentioned ground flax seeds, above.

Are you eating chia for a reason? Specific nutrients? I much prefer hemp seeds because they actually taste delicious (chia tastes of basically nothing to me) so I eat them separately and then don't have a too-thick smoothie. My smoothies are so healthy and literally disgusting.

I have been putting fresh ginger in my smoothies. It is refreshing and delicious!

And thus, R323, dangerously close to whelming.

I was going to make cabbage rolls but then I didn't. I only like the filling anyway. But I also didn't make that.

I have marbled rye for grilled cheese sandwiches. I’ve tested it out as toast and it’s a win.

I'm watching That Girl on PlutoTV. Cloris Leachman is guest and playing Donald's sister. Ann is wearing some groovy red go-go boots. It's one of the later seasons where Ann's hair is long and straight with a middle part as opposed to the 60s hair flip with bangs. I really should be working and not watching sitcoms from 50 years ago...

R322, I'm following the GOLO diet and Chia seeds are called for in the recipe as a source of protein. If I can use Hemp seeds instead, I'll try that. Thanks for the suggestion.

R278 I do also.

R303 An ampersand is not the same as the word "and".

^I think your explanation of that one will be tediously appropriate for this dull convo. Let's hear it.

I'm sleepy this morning. I shall take a delicious nap later.

[quote] ampersand is not the same as the word "and".

Yes it is.

ampersand

ăm′pər-sănd″

noun

The character or sign (&) representing the word and.

A name formerly in use for the character & or & (also called short and), which is formed by combining the letters of the Latin et, and, and which is commonly placed at the end of the alphabet in primers.

A word used to describe the character �, �, or &.

FYI:

Whoopi and Sunny both just said they own Teslas. They are having problems with flat tires and getting emergency road service for their Teslas.

Good!

I'm surprised Whoopi drives. I thought she had really bad eyesight.

Sunny von Bulow?? Is she driving again?

Ampersand means “and,” but that doesn’t mean it can always be substituted for “and.” It’s used in titles, firm names and movie credits, but not generally in sentences as a replacement for “and.”

Interesting tidbit—in movie credits you will often see writing credits that use both & and “and.”

“Written by Joe & Mick” means they worked as a team. “Written by Joe and Mick” means they worked separately. “Written by Joe & Mick and Paul & Topper” indicates a troubled process.

well, that is jargon then.

I’m tired and I feel a bit under the weather, but what I want most right now is a piece of pecan pie.

Also, I want to hold my cat, but she is curled up on the ottoman and she would kill me if I woke her.

R340, I used to leave my seat and accidentally brush past their ottoman on my way out of the room - only to return to my chair occupied by a nine pound psychopath who might share.

And I love her….

I bought a loaf of Dave's Killer Bread, the 21 Whole Grains & Seeds with the green label. Yes, expensive, but pretty good. I also got some Boar's Head turkey breast slices, which was also expensive.

Anyway, my first time trying Dave's Killer Bread.

R340- I'm giving you strict instructions as regards your Pecan Pie-

It must be served with Whipped Cream.

R344, I like the whipped cream frozen. On a hot pie slice. It puts me in a blissful state.

[quote]Anyway, my first time trying Dave's Killer Bread.

I LOVE Dave's Killer Bread, r343! Earlier today I took some out of the freezer - yes, I know! I don't drain pasta, though - and toasted it. I ate it with a thin layer of pesto, topped with slivers of roasted peppers. Delicious!

DKB has a completely whelming backstory, though

Dave's story is so whelming, I think it would prevent me from enjoying his bread.

Prepare to be further whelmed. DKB is made by former drug addicts and criminals.

More importantly, one slice of DKB contains 5 grams of sugar, which comes out to over 1 teaspoon of sugar - which is why I keep it in the freezer. If I had it every day, I'd type fat.

It freezes really well, as long as it is toasted.

Another item for my list of American Foods To Purchase Next Time I Cross The Border (the DKB).

Other items on current version of list: oyster crackers, King's Hawaiian bread (rolls?)

Muriel was telling me yesterday, at around Reply No. 340, that this thread was by that point only available to subscribers (which I am not, too scared to give someone that flaky my credit card info, frankly). Today, look what I'm doing, posting with ease? Overwhelming or not? She must be having another of her "spells."

R333 You are incorrect.

The AP Stylebook has just a few guidelines for how and when to properly use the ampersand in your writing. They are listed as follows.

Use the ampersand when it is part of a company’s formal name or composition title. For example,

House & Garden Procter and Gamble B&O Railroad

AP Style holds that the ampersand should not otherwise be used in place of “and.” For example,

Correct: My favorite activities are reading and swimming. Wrong: My favorite activities are reading & swimming.

I feel like I haven't emptied the vacuum in a while.

I know I haven’t emptied the vacuum in a while.

Yesterday, I walked to the Italian bakery near my house, as part of my daily walk, and bought their last loaf of Panella bread. It's supposed to be better for you than store bought because it has no preservatives in it. The girl behind the counter said it should last 3 or 4 days in the fridge so I'll be freezing most of it. I will make toad in the hole (whatever Rose Casterini makes in Moon Struck) this weekend. It's one of my favorite breakfasts.

I’ve had a skin graft on my ear and I’ve been told it is vitally important to keep it dry meaning no showers for the next two weeks. I suppose I can keep most of me clean with a whore’s bath, but what about my hair?

Did someone literally chew your ear off r355?

R349, the Dave's Killer Bread that I tried had the green label, the 21 Whole Grains & Seeds. There are other varieties, but others can chime in on that.

I don't mind the origins of DKB. Sad, though, if he returned to a life of crime / drugs.

I like dkb been buying it for years

Skin c******

I'm sorry r359. Sending you healing energy!!

Tripped over the cleaner's supplies and fell over. Now I am lying down. I should never have gotten up!

Well, you now have that option!

I sprayed the front window of my Subaru Crosstrek with Rain-X last night.

My daffodils are almost bloomed out.

It's early for that.

I'm in the office with my team today. We ordered lunch from a really good pizzeria. However, I am being weight-conscious so I ordered the grilled salmon with broccoli rabe and roast potatoes. Like Cosmo, salmon is not my favorite fish and NOT my first choice but I don't want to be Crissy Metz-ish.

[quote]Like Cosmo, salmon is not my favorite fish and NOT my first choice but I don't want to be Crissy Metz-ish.

But it could get you a starring role on Broadway in "Funny Girl."

I have basically been in bed since 11 a.m. I got up for dinner, but that’s it. It’s 9 p.m. and I don’t think I’ll get up again before I fall asleep.

[quote]I have basically been in bed since 11 a.m. I got up for dinner, but that’s it. It’s 9 p.m. and I don’t think I’ll get up again before I fall asleep.

My idea of the perfect day.

That makes two of us r367. I watered my plants, fed the cats, checked the mail…

I think the letters ð and þ should be returned to the English language but I'm not whelmed enough to do anything about it. Meh.

It's too whelming to add letters to the alphabet. Esp when you can combine existing letters to make the same sounds.

Or just don't make those sounds.

I just ordered dry shampoo from Amazon. Wish me luck.

Good luck r373.

A specific Someone at work is watering my plant.

I’m going to have to repot it. Keep her fatgirl hydration bottle away from my inherited fern.

Just got back from my walk to my local Walgreen's. I bought some dissolvable Zyrtec and salt and pepper pistachio nuts in the shell. I highly recommend them, if you haven't tried them yet. The pepper adds a nice flavor.

Well, it's 5 o'clock on the East Coast. Time for a Happy Hour! I bought some lower calorie Matua Savignon Blanc at the liquor store today. I will try that.

Years ago, I worked at a department store that still had a candy counter in the basement. There were also nuts and other junk. When the stock got a little stale we’d take it out of the cases and put it into bags, mark it down & put it on the sale table. I’ll never forget some lady’s “OH MY GAWD, there’s bugs in the bags of nuts!” I went over, sure enough…the miracle of life was taking place on that table next to the escalator.

What an apt tale for early spring, r377.

I having trouble explaining to my cat that biting is not an acceptable means of communication.

R379 good luck with that. Kitty has their own agenda.

The biting occurs when I’m brushing her, which she begs me to do. I just stop immediately. Maybe she’ll get the message.

I just finished a bowl of my Chunky Lentil Soup which I've been making since 1993. It was good.

Maybe it's chunky because it's 29 years old?

Maybe that lentil soup is like sourdough starter.

I don't like eating and running. I like eating and sitting- for a while.

My Chunky Lentil Soup recipe is from a book called Lean Luscious and Meatless- it's a silly name but contains some very good vegetarian recipes.

I used to make sourdough bread. Then I moved. I threw my barm into the compost bin. So sue me.

I'll consider it r387. Could you kindly provide a list of your assets?

On rereading, I realize my sourdough comment comes across as a bit … sour. It was the red wine.

Thanks for the laugh, R388.

I downloaded a horoscope app, but the readings are always so positive and cheery. Very hard to take the app seriously, so I’m going try tarot cards to dampen the mood.

holiday mathis

daily and weeklies

Thanks r391.

she seems to know the deal and is straight up. yw

I'm sitting at my computer now listening to Who Put The Bomp? song on YouTube but I must go and make my two boiled eggs for breakfast tomorrow.

Why don't you boil a dozen so you can have breakfast for 6 days?

Lord know you ain’t got money I’m so in love with my pussy

My dog just shit inside the house! I’m so sad!

R390 That's so Gemini.

find a doggy/raunch fella on nastykinkpigs.

This thread is teetering on the whelming, which defeats its very purpose.

My cat just quacked like a duck.

Underwhelming enough for you, r400?

I microwaved an arancino but it imploded.

R398. Look here lady, I’m no Gemini and I don’t appreciate the implication.

I mean really.

[quote]My cat just quacked like a duck. Underwhelming enough for you, R400?

Why, yes, it is. Thank you for asking.

I’ve always disliked converse-style sneakers because they have no cushioning in them and the tread used to fail all the time.

Skip ahead to senility.

I was forced to buy sneakers at 3am (you were with me in another tab). They’ve arrived, but I need insoles.

Luckily, their 8 runs large for me, so a bouncy gel insole wouldn’t take up too much room.

Confession; my conspiracy theory is that some countries hate my shoe size and refuse to serve tiny-feets freaks.

My cat got his head stuck in a bag of crackers and ran around breathing like a little psycho monster while the bag crinkled in and out. Luckily he let me approach and take it off. Within 2 mins he was underwhelmed again licking his paws and grooming. Salt. And cracker crumbs...

Talk to your cat about the dangers of huffing - as well as the importance of gun safety.

I'm changing his name to Huffer.

R403 Only a Scorpio would make that assumption.

I look quite attractive in the mirror but like a troll in photos. It's not fair.

R410, same here. I look great in my bathroom mirror under natural light. The lights in the bathroom at work make me look like a cadaver!

Tomorrow will be Take Your Bathroom Mirror to Work day!

[quote]I look quite attractive in the mirror but like a troll in photos. It's not fair.

I don't want to whelm you, but photos generally give you a better idea of what you actually look like. When we look at ourselves in a mirror, we unconsciously make little changes in our facial expressions to improve our appearance:. a half-smile here, some flirty eye movements there, all things that are harder to control when someone takes a picture. Everyone takes a bad picture occasionally, of course, but mirrors are generally less truthful than photography.

There's also the theory that we're used to seeing the mirror (flipped image) of our faces. In photos, we see what other people see. If your face has an asymmetry, e.g., left eyebrow is 2 mm higher than the right eyebrow. We see that and get used to that in the mirror. In photos, though, that right eyebrow now looks 4 mm off b/c the image is flipped. I hope that made sense.

Isn’t it amazing how I can look so good yet feel so bad?

I got hearing aids this week. Still getting used to them.

Probably should have done it a couple of years ago.

I been missing a lot of sounds in the upper registers.

Yay! r416!

Recreational weed goes on sale in my town next week. I suppose there will be lines.

So stand on one.

As much as I’d enjoy the purchase, I’m not sure I want to spend hours doing it.

The Titanic hit the iceberg shortly before midnight 110 years ago (April 14).

What if I’m the pretty one?

This city is very accepting of different hygiene and fitness norms, but I feel many of us (you) are violating the boundaries. If I befriend one more sloppy, pudgy Pat I’ll find Johnny Depp and stick a pen in his eye.

My 95-day Wordle streak has ended.

I condole you, R423. My current streak is 46 days.

I started re-watching the Harry Potter films out of boredom and am now accidentally hooked. I was a hardcore Potter fan in my childhood/adolescence, but drifted away from it as I grew up. Now I'm re-discovering it though adult eyes and keep finding myself scouring the HP Wiki and subreddit. I don't want to be one of those thirty-something Potterheads, but here we are.

I've solved Wordle with only two guesses twice this week.

take a bunch of pics at the same time. one will hit. like with your pets.

i was updating pics. was not happy with any. then i saw some commercial with models tilting their heads or some shit. dang if i didn't take one like that. used it and got beaucoup compliments.

it was a fluke.

I rubbed my armpits with Malin +Goetz eucalyptus deodorant

Ew. Armpits. Whelming.

R428 I just bought some natural eucalyptus soap.

I enjoy eucalyptus scent a lot

I think I lost Starz on my lineup

Easter candy is not on sale. It’s Saturday Easter Eve at 7pm.

I made do with Scotty strawberry licorice. It’s heavenly and way too fucking sweet - like eating an entire fruit roll-up at once.

Tomorrow I am separating some garden sprouts that are too crowded.

I ate an entire pint (in one sitting) of Ben and Jerry's Topped: Over the Top PB post-midnight, and yes, my fingers are too fat to by typing. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

^^to BE typing.

Hence proving your statement r436.

A full pint (or whatever amount they are calling a pint these days) of ice cream is a single serving for me.

Why did u take 2 in ur ass last night?!

Because I wanted to! Now get the fuck out of my room, grandma!

I really ought to be doing my taxes.

OK. I did my taxes and I’m getting an unexpected refund. Yay!

I have never had a tax refund in my life...

R442, I don’t think you’ve ever had an orgasm either lady.

I'm getting a bit sleepy. I'm going to go upstairs soon- floss and brush and watch an episode of Law And Order: Criminal Intent then go to sleep.

I went to my friends house for Easter today and told them I don't sleep well and that I watch an episode of Criminal Intent almost every night before I go to sleep and they said a crime show is not something you want to watch before you go to sleep.

that's what everyone says at the end of an orgy, r444.

R445- Not in my case. I haven't had sex in 22 days.

R442 Who you calling lady, Lady?

No one showed up fir my meeting so during the meeting time I drafted a doc and sent it to them for input. My last day for this company is Friday so...

R44, are you moving to a new job, retiring?

New job!

Dammit.

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The lack of proper comma usage in this thread and others is starting to become whelming. 😫 I just accept it in other forums but I expect better from DataLounge. *sniffle*

I’m going to the weed store. First time ever!

Could you pick something up for me r453?

Sure. What do you want, hon?

Not fussy. It's been a dry millennium.

First day of legal sale in the NYC metro area and only 11 dispensaries. It might be whelming, but I can always flee.

SHOVE YOUR WORDLE UP YOUR ASS, LEMMING.

[quote]WHELMED

Get off my lawn!

Back from the weedery. What a zoo! Crowds, police, balloons, TV reporters. Not selling edibles to the recreational customers yet. Disappointing. No credit cards. Probably because weed is still illegal under federal law. Took about a half hour, but I accidentally cut the line. (They had a pre-line in a tent, but I didn’t notice it until I already was on the line to enter. Pretty well-organized.

[quote]I accidentally cut the line. (They had a pre-line in a tent, but I didn’t notice it until I already was on the line to enter. Pretty well-organized.

Not to the poor people on the pre-line in a tent!

This is where I went!

In skipping the pre-line tent, I missed free donuts! I

Everyone in my town is coming out of their hole today.

BB CITY?

Heading to the Biltmore Estates tomorrow, a lot of blooming going on in the gardens.

like your herpes covered anus!

Lovely r465!

R466 - do you know your way to the door?

I paid for parking twice today.

I am going for early bird dinner tonight...

R469- Let me guess- You live in Miami Beach.

Uh no. But we could only get reservations at 5 pm or after 930 pm. I am underwhelmed for such an early dinner.

R471- 9:30pm is FAR too late. You did the sensible thing making the reservation for 5pm

more time for drinks.

A drink sounds good…

I went for my walk today at the Biltmore Estates. The azaleas are blooming, and riotous in color. Such pinks and and purples.

Poor George Vanderbilt - he only enjoyed his lovely house for a decade or so, before he died of appendicitis.

^^riotous in color - MARY!!

^^riotous in color - PERFECTION!!

*blushing

-R475

Two ducks were walking down the sidewalk at 7 this morning outside my apt. It’s an urban environment, but they were going about their duck business.

Did you know that a pet duck led police officers to its owner's body recently and helped solve the murder?

I've decided not to chop the vegetables tonight for the Black bean Sweet Potato Soup I'm making tomorrow.

The asshole has over 1000 lines

R482 I'm intrigued.

[quote]Did you know that a pet duck led police officers to its owner's body recently and helped solve the murder?

Hey, I'm nobody's pet!

Tonight, for some unfathomable reason, I remembered an old comic strip from when I was a kid, Henry. It was about a lumpen bald boy who always wore tight black shorts, even in winter. I mentioned it to my friend, who said he remembered Henry.

‘What was the point of it?’ I asked him.

He thought, and said, ‘I don’t know that there was a point.’

I think we were both relieved to drop the subject.

R485 I only remember Bazooka Joe...

How underwhelming would it be to have your artwork reduced to a wrapper inside a piece of gum?

[quote]Tonight, for some unfathomable reason, I remembered an old comic strip from when I was a kid, Henry. It was about a lumpen bald boy who always wore tight black shorts, even in winter.

"Henry" was certainly an underwhelming comic strip, as comic strips went. As a kid, I found it creepy that Henry had no mouth, just a cleft chin.

Henry whelms.

The blooms never fell off my hydrangea this year, so I had to pluck them all off.

What colors did you score this season, R490?

wait till they're totally dry and bring them inside.

My hydrangea committed foliagicide last year. No matter how hard I tried to be there for it, it just couldn’t overcome its demons.

It’s a Limelight. Always pale green flowers, almost white. They dried to beige. Not terribly exciting.

you are posting on the "underwhelmed" thread.

Ring a ding ding

No one has been underwhelmed for 48 hrs? What is the world coming to?

I vacuumed my mattress.

All is underwhelmingly right with the world r497.

I flicked a bean

I’m impressed, R498; I merely turned mine.

I visited a Trader Joe's for the first time in 10 years (due to geography). I bought a container of frozen taquitos and gobbled them down for lunch and dinner.

[quote]I flicked a bean

We kicked a Beanie.

We have four dogs and I've been buying them beef jerky every night for a treat. They love me so much now. But I decided it was too expensive and today was the first day I didn't have any. They wiggled and wagged their tales all around me, but I had nothing. They were SO disappointed that tomorrow I'm going to have to start again.

R504 Is your name Old Mother Hubbard?

Reasoning with dogs about finances only makes you feel better, so go with that.

My chin is twitching. I think it’s a muscle spasm. It will not go away. I’ve had it for five days now. Am I gonna die?

^whelming

[quote]Am I gonna die?

Only if you promise to do it quietly.

R507 here. Seriously I do have a muscle spasm in my chin. It’s really annoying me. Has anyone else experienced this?

^take a hint, Toots.

Hi r507, r510. I googled your symptoms for you and here’s what I found out. Have a nice day.

I stupidly hurt my ribs - again.

Last summer I bruised my ribs by leaning over my outdoor garbage bin after I dropped my phone and yesterday I leaned awkwardly over an armrest to reach something from a bag on the floor. I don't think they're broken but I'm in quite a bit of pain.

Hey Chin Boss, it's just a muscle spasm. Are you grinding your teeth at night? Have you been feeling extra stressed? How is your sleep? I think if you can get some decent sleep and do some jaw exercises and self massage of jawline the twitch will go away..

[quote]Last summer I bruised my ribs by leaning over my outdoor garbage bin after I dropped my phone and yesterday I leaned awkwardly over an armrest to reach something from a bag on the floor. I don't think they're broken but I'm in quite a bit of pain.

Stop leaning over things!

R507 It might be the booze that makes you twitch.

Or maybe the booze will help you stop twitching.

Yesterday afternoon, I did something to my left foot while taking out the trash and recycling. When I looked down, my foot was swollen. I took 2 Tylenol 8 hour and drank lots of water. It seems to be better today. How is possible that, at almost 60 years old, I have neither Epsom Salt nor an Ace bandage in my house??!!

R516- The Boys AND the Booze make me twitch.

Perhaps the booze has nothing to do with it.

I sometimes twitch after a bender.

There was a character on Fawlty Towers named Mr. Twitchen. The Gourmet Night episode, I think it was.

I tried the infamous dollar store poundcake yesterday. It tasted just like a twinkie with none of that shitty filling. Meh. But at least now I know.

I had such ambitions for the day.

Oh well.

R524 it's such a beautiful day and all I've done is stay inside being extremely lazy. Tonight, however, I party (like a responsible adult, of course).

Party like a responsible adult? A shot of grenadine in your Metamucil™?

FDA approved crystal meth probably.

I learnt a new French verb today: émouer = to be moved emotionally, past tense = ému.

Are we still on this same fking thread? I find that extremely underwhelming. Did I miss the memo about it being hibernating season for underwhelm enthusiasts?

There are bees swarming my tulips and hyacinths. Someone must have an apiary nearby. My cat is scared of the bees. He stands at the open sliding door and whines because he is scared to go out.

I decided I was going to waste the day away (I have some work stuff to do but it can wait until tomorrow - I am my own boss!) and ate a cannabis gummie around 10 AM. Enjoying the day hanging out with the dog and cat and watching reruns of AbFab.

Two one-bite cinnamon rolls from Safeway have 230 calories!. I put them in the freezer for emergencies.

R530, I unfortunately have a wonderful sun-facing deck. Every year, I am bombarded by Borer bees. I have affectionately referred to them as "Busby." I have called the HOA every time they show up. They sent someone last year and about 8 Busbys fell out dead from whatever they put in the nest. But I have another Busby this year in the same corner and another nest being built over my bedroom window. Time to call the HOA again.

All that to say, the shadow of Busby, and his friends/enemies, darting back and forth provides Cosmo with hours of entertainment.

i saw dust and was like wtf. borer bees in the pole holding up the jasmine and chocolate vine.

After three years of disappointment, my patience has been rewarded. My Carolina Jessamine (Yellow Jasmin) is blooming!

Got my second booster yesterday. It’s been 6 months and cases are on the rise. My arm hurts and I’m lethargic.

And I have a slight fever.

Feel better.

I had the TJ's pizza with cauliflower crust. It was underwhelming.

I had a BOGO coupon from Jersey Mike's and I used it today.

One for lunch and one for supper.

My 75% off coupon was not valid for my uber eats order.

I got bit by my neighbor’s dog.

EXACTLY what steel-toed boots were created for.

At least he had his rabies vaccine.

I have been so underwhelmed I haven't been able to post for a month.

Perhaps many of us are feeling that way, R544. This thread has lasted much a lot longer than previous editions.

I’d say the opposite, R544. I’ve been so overwhelmed by what’s going on in the world that I haven’t got anything underwhelming to write about. Except, perhaps, for the horse-drawn carriages that clip-a-clop past my apartment all day, every day. One of the only sane things left in life, it seems.

Mint Oreos don't go well with diet root beer.

I should resist posting when I’m in my cups.

R546 Do you live in a Bavarian village?

My brother sneezes so loudly, I'm surprised the roof doesn't fly off. It's so annoying.

I think I drank too much water before my latest lab work. My sodium was low so my Dr. wants me to drink less water a day. I was drinking 64 ozs. and drank almost 1/2 gallon before my test. I'm also taking a diuretic that's in one of my meds.

Bought Hudson jeans in my size because of the University tie-in. This is lightweight worn denim and there’s an odd bagginess around the front pockets. .

I wanted one pair of slut jeans; these look like I wrestled a blind, deaf unhoused street preacher…and had to accept the pants because I lost.

Why would anyone want to be affiliated with Hudson University? Depravity and evil.

I baked cookies..and now I am eating them. That is evil!

I was interviewed by my college newspaper today. I had to remind myself “This isn’t Datalounge. Don’t say whatever crosses your mind.” The reporter sounded cute.

[quote]I baked cookies..and now I am eating them. That is evil!

And sniffing their aroma is extremely gay, according to DL.

Now that I have an office schedule, I miss seeing both airedales on my walk to work.

Both have the possessive “Please piss off; this our private time” attitude. Both are surprisingly fit for urban dogs.

I went to the flea market today. Nice & sunny, a few good deals and a fun outing. Spared my stomach the food truck food though.

I’m thinking of signing up for lawn bowling at my local park. Might be a laugh.

Took my cat to the vet. $370 for a wellness check and rabies vaccine? SMH.

That's outrageous for checkup and one shot R60. Should be more like $200.

Cleaned the dishwasher trap. There was a screw in there. Likely from inside the DW? So weird. Only other contents were the remnants of a price sticker. Not bad for about a yrs worth of trap collection.

R560 is definitely NOT underwhelming! Good Lord, why was it so much money?

Cos gets an annual check up, feline distemper shot, teeth cleaned, and claws clipped and I pay about $200. He only gets a rabies shot every couple of years since he's an indoor cat and I don't board him anymore so he's not around other cats.

They charged $200 for bloodwork. I would have thought that’s standard for a wellness check. No?

Interesting, R561/R564. I don't think my vet has ever done blood work on Cosmo for an annual check up.

Sulphur and Mormon antibiotics.

The vet is going to charge 100 bucks for walking in the door and give them antibiotics.

R560 / R564 Blood work is not standard for a checkup. If there was something concerning like weight loss, puking, litter issues, lethargy they would recommend blood work. But even then it's your option to have them do the work. Depending on age, health, history of pet you may not opt for blood work.

And they will still start with antibiotics.

If I had known how expensive it was I might have said no, but Nancy is on steroids for irritable bowel, so I thought we should have it.

Is Nancy your cat?

Of course not. She is the Speaker of the House.

I wanted just six bananas, but all of the bunches at the store at seven or eight. So I broke off one banana from a bunch of seven and put it back on the shelf.

It’s one of those things that everybody does, but no one wants to talk about.

I've got no problem with it. I often pick up one of those castoffs.

My Publix always seems to have bunches of six and I want seven.

Oops, typo. The stores had seven or eight (not ‘at’).

Happy to oblige, R573!

The guy at the formerly expensive corner store put my bananas in their own paper bag this evening. I could have sucked his dick. How thoughtful. And tall.

I am allergic to bananas so would never break one off due to ocd, but I am sure there is a huge demand for singular bananas...maybe some shoppers buy 3 singles? Seems unlikely tho...

I shaved my pubes, taint and asshole last night. check off one more for the month of May.

One more what?

R575 he sounds divine.

I'm eating oatmeal with golden raisins.

The nail salon dog is having his day off today .

I’m single and only buy one or two bananas when I want them. They age like avocados, in my opinion. I usually buy one of the greenest bananas I can find and one that’s a day or two from being overly ripe. I have a great banana muffin recipe that calls for one banana. I also enjoy the occasional strawberry-banana smoothie.

My sewer line has a “house trap” which occurs in older houses. It was clogged and there was unpleasantness, but it has been quickly resolved.

When I bought my house five years ago, I replaced all of the lightbulbs with LEDs and I haven’t had to replace a single lightbulb since!

The cost of my Ben&Jerry’s pint went up $2.

Once upon a time I had thee best airedale who would wait, plot out where I was at after dinner and then raid the garbage for the small container. She’d pretend to feel guilty as I wiped that icecream off mustache, eyebrows, and beard.

^”pint”

I hurt mike a mofo

I have literally no idea what that means r587.

My motherfucking joints hurt! I’ve got psoriatic arthritis like Lance Bass! I just popped a Tramadol and 2 Tylenol.

I hurt like a mofo too but its from touristing around and walking forever with no water. Heading to hotel pools in 45...

French seams on blue jeans with an Etro plaid.

My neighbor just treated me with “Beautiful day.” He then proceeded to ruin it by mowing his lawn.

^greeted

Shall we continue?

Treated worked just fine R593.