Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Toddson - Oct 22, 2020 5:06:35 am PDT #27974 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I can't imagine eating oatmeal plain ... it's not BAD, but kind of boring. I imagine that adding pumpkin pie spice would help get a non-oatmeal fan less reluctant.

Steph, I don't know if a hypochondriac man in your life would be a pleasant change from Tim and your father ... they both seem determined to keep on going in the face of whatever hits them (anyone else old enough to remember the old Timex ads - "takes a licking, keeps on ticking"?).


JenP - Oct 22, 2020 5:13:38 am PDT #27975 of 30019

I sure do remember those ads. I should have gone with Timex the last time I bought a watch, in fact. This one, I discovered last week, is not still ticking and it didn't even take much of a licking.


-t - Oct 22, 2020 5:26:14 am PDT #27976 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't mind plain oatmeal. I also like it with various stuff added when stuff is available, but plain is fine. I don't mind instant, either. It's all pretty good.


-t - Oct 22, 2020 5:42:12 am PDT #27977 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My breakfast, btw, is leftover black-eyed peas and rice and it is yum.

My company has just said that they are giving us (who work the outlet sale) an extra hour of PTO for every 4 hours working the sale. That's nice of them, I didn't expect anything. I guess they are not getting as many volunteers as they hoped for.


Gris - Oct 22, 2020 6:31:38 am PDT #27978 of 30019
Hey. New board.

I imagine that adding pumpkin pie spice would help get a non-oatmeal fan less reluctant.

I used to do this AND stir in a tablespoon or so of actual canned pumpkin. The pumpkin added creaminess, it was nice.


DavidS - Oct 22, 2020 6:49:19 am PDT #27979 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm back to school, so I'm skimming very much. Apologies.

Then you might have missed esse thanking you for your card. So it was received, Shir.


meara - Oct 22, 2020 6:53:51 am PDT #27980 of 30019

Gris I was just thinking I'd rather have pumpkin than pumpkin spice, in my oatmeal! Now I just want pie for breakfast though.


-t - Oct 22, 2020 7:42:04 am PDT #27981 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Straight up pie for breakfast is hard to beat


Toddson - Oct 22, 2020 8:52:26 am PDT #27982 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

pie at any time is pretty good ....


erin_obscure - Oct 22, 2020 8:56:31 am PDT #27983 of 30019
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

skipping like 100 messages to offer these words of wisdom: When life gives you meth, DO NOT INGEST IT. Tie it up in several plastic bags and then deposit it in the trash. Do not burn it. Do not flush it down the toilet. But above all else, do not ingest it. Signed, lives in a neighborhood full of very sad people whose lives and bodies have been destroyed by meth.

Unrelatedly: baked oatmeal is AMAZING. Yes, it takes longer, but the texture is divine and it's halfway between an oatmeal cookie and a very dense cake. Nom nom.