Subj : Re: Condolences, etc. To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 13:13:00 Barry, BM> The ignoring the health risks may just be part of his "I'm invincible" BM> thinking, or "just a little won't hurt me". The affording is almost a BM> bigger problem as that has a finite financial number attached. Could BM> get by a little with 'bumming' cigarattes but that would only last BM> until people catch on. Drinking and eating is the big cash-grabber, so BM> would almost have to rob Peter to pay Paul: minimize stuff like heat BM> and air conditioning and apply that money to his Hooters bill. He hates the cold weather, as it makes the arthritis hurt more, but he doesn't like it excessively warm, either. Well, there's no place on Earth that has a perfect climate year round...although it probably was that in The Garden Of Eden before Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, as it were. DS> I saw one meme of two owls coming out of Hooters...and they DS> said "That was NOT what I was expecting". BM> They'll be wiser the next time! And older. BM> 5% is 5%. :) "It's only a nickle" but those nickles add up! I don't BM> think Hy-Vee has a senior discount -- I'll have to check in person: the BM> on-line check only indicated a specific store in Missouri. I think of the joke where the teacher asked the students who they felt the most influential person in history was. Little Johnny (yeah, him ), got the $50 when he said "Jesus Christ". During recess, the teacher asked him why he gave that answer, and he replied "I had another choice, but $50 is $50". BM> As for the 'visiting relatives', possibly a reaction to a seasoning BM> and/or flavour enhancer like MSG, but seems odd if you go to differennt BM> restaurants you'd get the same reaction. Maybe the excitement and BM> instead of 'gushing with joy' it comes out the opposite way. I have no plans at all for Christmas...no decorations, visits, caroling, holiday cantatas, light shows...nothing. I morph into Ebenezer Scrooge from mid-November to mid-January. I think of the meme that said "Don't tailgate me, or I'll flick a booger on your windshield". BM> I've had the Pot Roast and Pulled Pork. Probably a chicken bowl but BM> the one with mac & cheese I can have a 49› box (sale!) and my own BM> chicken. Lasagna is usually the Stouffer's one. These were all Marie Callendar meals. My grocery bill would've been smaller if I hadn't had that...but I'm going to cut myself back to just 1 meal a day...against the advice of my doctors...to save food and money. DS> I loved the sign on a BBQ restaurant...I like my butt rubbed, DS> and my pork pulled. BM> I'd not buy lemonade there! Even if it's chilled. :P BM> Seems like those would have given you the same reaction as eating out. BM> As for sauteed onion, yeah!!!! There's not much to them...but it makes for a quick snack, and especially if you need a little something to take medication with. BM> A device which spot-cooks! Do have a built-in turntable in the one BM> here, just the unit is getting old and so the magentron (tube which BM> creates the microwaves) isn't as effective. Plus maybe the splatter BM> fan isn't working properly. (Is inside the parts portion and deflects BM> the microwave beam so scatters inside the cooking cavity.) Yes, it has the turntable. But, I've learned you can't leave the oven unattended while cooking. BM> Thin-cut meat is supposed to be tastier: if using multiple splices in a BM> sandwich roll and set side-by-side instead of stacking, Layering might BM> do the same (meat-cheese-meat). Quie frankly I haven't had a sandwich BM> in years: got burnt out on them for lunch at the store. Any type of BM> sandwich I make here is open-face: on a single slice of bread (usually BM> toasted). Cuts the calorie intake some, plus I can taste the filling BM> portion better. I put either ketchup or mustard on the sandwiches, so they're not so dry. BM> I'll have to check on those baby Bundt Cakes -- I don't recall seeing BM> them. OTOH too high a "price per unit" and my mind ignores. (20 baby BM> donuts for $2.00 is fine -- off-sale at $2.19: nope.) Or the sign where cakes were 66 cents each, but upside down cakes were 99 cents each. BM> Some people have that reaction to caffeine and to a lesser extent BM> chocolate. (As I take another slurp of my morning coffee!) Here the BM> driveway is just off the kitchen entry, so no trapsing through the BM> house. The city of Little Rock has an ordinance where you can't park on the lawn. Before my Mom got sick, we had to pay $1000 to get a second driveway put down outside the yard fence. Now, we could park on the grass inside the yard fence, but not outside of it. I think they're just looking for the elderly folks to pick on, when they barely have the funds as it is. BM> "Splurge" on the Campbells, save elsewhere. Years ago, Betty Crocker had a Mug-O-Lunch deal. I loved those things, but like with so many other products, they vanish after a few months, never to be seen again. BM> As long as you don't dry your hands in the dish drainer you're OK! () That's what paper towels or toilet paper is for. BM> $250 sounds like one heck of a shopping trip but I'm thinking weekly BM> and you go only once a month or so -- about the same. That is for the entire month. Now, if I had left out the Marie Callendar dinners, the White Castle burgers, the Depends, the Underpads, the baby bundt deals, the cinammon rolls, and the lemon cupcakes...the bill would've likely been considerably less. But, eating the same thing day after day, results in burnout, and loss of appetite. And, with the medications I have to take daily, and requiring food, I can't just stop grazing entirely. BM> There's a car dealer commercial playing recently and it BM> proclaims no payments until 2022 -- uh, that's next month guys. You'd be surprised how many folks fall for that. BM> Possibly! I'm of the opinion couples should have 'alone time', time to BM> be away from each other and do their own thing like a hobby or one BM> staring at the computer screen and the other at the TV screen. Share BM> the two events when appropriate: don't bore me with Matilda's escapades BM> on _The Bachelorette_ and I won't bore you with how this icon on the BM> screen turns on the X10 stuff (home automation). ...Now if there's a BM> two-minute segment where Matilda is thrown off the castle balcony into BM> the river by the bachelors she piddled off that I'd watch! Well, living alone, I have no one else to worry about, per se. Being home alone is where you can poop with the door open ...but some days, it does get awfully lonely. But, at this stage of my life, I've ruled out getting into another relationship. Daryl .... "Schizophrenia beats dining alone." -Unknown === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .