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I remember my mother watching General Hospital before I started first grade. The big drama was whether Dr. Hardy would marry his nurse Audrey. And there was a teenager named Angie who was pregnant... quite the scandal.
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If I were to become picky: If the G stands for graphics, then shouldn't it be the hard guh sound as in graphics? Insisting that the only right way is the inventor's preference is like people who insist you say VEE-gun; when the V in stands for vegetables, it's VEJ-un, and a VEE-gun Vegan would be a person from the star Vega (pronounced VEE-guh), and a fan of the Chevy Vega would be a VAY-gun. And if people want to say a thing their own stupid way --vegetable VEE-gun-- that's fine, too as long as we're all just playing, or just eating, or just flying one of the crappiest cars ever into interstellar space. (Their aluminum engine blocks tended to crack.) (Or al-yoo-MIN-yum in the UK.)
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This absolutely works on shower heads and kitchen nozzles. The vinegar also works on that black crust that forms in the toilet outflow tract that looks like fecal stain but is just calcium and probably iron for the color and is resistant to the typical scrub brush. What you need to do is shut off the toilet water from the wall, then flush to remove most of the residual water in the bowl, then scoop out the rest with a plastic cup (so the vinegar won't get diluted) and then pour in half a jug of vinegar (it's cheap) and let it sit overnight, then scrub with the brush. Repeat as necessary. This may be TMI but it's the sort of information you don't learn in school and eventually need for adulting.
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Okay, probably my last post here before I delete this page from my browser. Keep your politics out of the feed, is my advice. This is a child. She can't POSSIBLY know the science behind climatology. She is being used by the media to propagate fear and panic. She says "I should be in school!" ... why isn't she? Her parents should be brought up on charges for ruining her childhood by brainwashing her so much. And before you say to me "She's just a child! How dare you comment about her!" I have two responses to that. 1) The boy that leftists wanted to punch so much for smirking at the native American who got right in his face? Yeah, SAME AGE AS THIS GIRL. You hypocrites. 2) If she's going to discuss global issues with the world, she had better be prepared for the world to debate her...child or not.
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This is frustrating and messy and what is worse is that the whole case as esentially outed McClain. Most astronauts live incredibly private lives to protect their family. Even Sally Ride's family did not reveal she was gay until after her death. While it is true that McClain's marriage could have been searched out she chose to live privately and now this lawsuit or whatever it has done has outed her and not in a positive way. Kudos for McClain being an astronaut and LGBT but boo on the way we had to find out.
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Sorry, the first three considerations depend heavily on having enough money. Not enough money? You won't have much choice in what you do. You can't afford a vacation? You don't get one. Cannot afford a nice place to retire to? You won't be moving anywhere. Healthcare? Many people have a choice: healthcare or housing and food. Of course, the article came from Forbes--a magazine aimed at the wealthiest people in society. MY retirement plan? A fatal coronary on my last day at work.
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I was an unathletic kid, and I personally loved dodgeball. It seemed to me like a good equalizer with regard to the skills of the athletic kids and those who were not. It was quite satisfying to be on a more level playing field, in that sense, and to whack my "oppressors" with a ball. I specifically remember an instance where I was the "last man standing", and held out for another half-minute or so dodging the shots of all comers to the whole class' fleeting admiration.
Now, I suppose there are even less physically-able kids for whom it's as unpleasant as softball or gymnastics were for me, and more fundamentally pacifistic kids who simply find it fundamentally unpleasant. But I'm skeptical that any activity imposed by authority will please all participants. Ultimately I think it's the school environment itself that "reinforces the five faces of oppression".
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You all might enjoy the Feb. 20, 2019 episode of the podcast "Imaginary Worlds" which is entitled "The Man Behind the Sword" about Robert Howard and the carton of Conan. This is a great podcast in general for people who like SF and fantasy.
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Actual Texan here.

What we call queso is per this recipe:
https://www.readyseteat.com/recipes-RoTel-Famous-Queso-Dip-2693?brand=23
And, yes, it really is a dip. Ro-tel habanero is my favorite. I use blue corn tortilla chips.

Chili con queso is simply chili with cheese, the same way that chili con carne is simply chili with meat. Note that chili does not have to have meat in it, but chili con carne has just become known simply as chili. Ro-Tel's recipe for chili con queso is as follows:
https://www.readyseteat.com/recipes-Chile-Con-Queso-8792?brand=23
And it's still a dip although many a Texan eats it like soup, using tortilla chips instead of croutons. To further confuse there issue, Texans often use either queso or chili con queso when making Frito Pie.
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