I have a pet peeve. I am so sick and tired of going to the grocery store, spending 50 bucks, getting home, and realizing I forgot to purchase the item that was the entire reason for the trip to the store. I’m seriously a couple years away from having to go the Leonard/Guy Pierce route from Memento, but I’ll just use a Sharpie instead of a tattoo.
Oh, and the whole town was just treated to me bellowing off my back porch: “Damnit, Rosie, get out of there. Don’t you dare shit in the garden.”
HinTN
Old people make lists, they know tattoos look sucky later. “Here’s a biscuit, sweet doggy” oughta work, you maroon.
Baud
That’s so cute. You talk to your dogs like they’re children.
MikeJ
@HinTN: And you can look cool when you whip out your phone and say, “note to self: get some goat cheese.” and let speech to text make your list.
Ok, perhaps cool isn’t the word I’m looking for. Basically I was already wandering around talking to myself before I went to the store, now I just hold a phone/tablet/etc while I mutter and have my list.
lumpkin
I wish my life was as simple as yours.
lamh35
OMG, the same thing happened to me today. I specifically went to the store to buy some fixins for some tacos I plan to make tomorrow. The store is near my job so I went after work (my feet were killing me) and when I got home, I realized I actually forgot the 2 main things I needed…lol.
I’d chalk it up to old age, but I am wayyyyyyyyy younger than you…lol
Omnes Omnibus
Make a fucking grocery list. Jesus.
jill
I can top the Rosie incident: years ago, moving into a new house with new garden started, local welcoming Baptists drop by unannounced. I tell children to wash up, as we had been working in the garden, and the Baptists ladies and I sit down to ‘chat’. I hear the husband come home, and in a piercing and clear voice that only a 4 year old has, child #2 announces to her father “Daddy! Mama whupped the cat’s ass cause it was shittin’ in the garden!”
The Baptists ladies left promptly, and we were never called upon again.
Alison
So I’m bummed and grossed out by this. My mom’s mother passed away last August, so this will be the first Mother’s Day without her. I know my mom is having a hard time with that, and I thought it would be a nice idea to place an In Memory ad in the obits in the paper.
A simple, four-line piece with a small B&W photo? Over 300 fucking dollars. For a single day in a non-national paper. Even without the photo, it would be about $180. That’s just ridiculous and offensive, that they would gouge people that much for something like that.
Makes me sad because I was looking forward to doing this for my mom, but I can’t fork that kind of money over :(
lamh35
Damn! Wow, these girls (now women I guess) were missing since 2003/2004 respectively and they were just found alive today!!!
“Cleveland police: Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive, appear to be OK”
Good news, but one of the girls mom died like 3 years after her daughter went missing …damn.
Joeyess
Never been to West Virginia, but this is exactly how I’ve always imagined it.
And this is coming from a guy in Kansas.
? Martin
You find that mustard yet?
piratedan
JC’s bellowing is very reminiscent of what America did to the Republican party in 2008. Too bad we didn’t hold that grudge longer.
BGinCHI
Somehow those two paragraphs seem connected.
Hal
Chilling with mixed drinks and studying for a physiology exam. The only really important question on my mind now is; why won’t Mitch McConnell get that turkey neck fixed?
Omnes Omnibus
@Hal:
It is a part of his personal brand?
Older_Wiser
@HinTN: Hey, I make lists and still forget things. : ) Luckily, though, I don’t wait until I absolutely run out of something. Except maybe the one thing that’s crucial to the dish I’m making for dinner…
Haydnseek
@Hal: If McConnell did that, he would have to move on to the giblets, and just thinking about it makes me want to sell my stock in Butterball….
Ben Franklin
Make a list. Forget to make entries to the list. Forget list when off to store.
What’s the problem?
NotMax
Expect Mr. Cole to forget the URL of his blog any time now.
“I know there was a blog. Where the hell did it go?”
Schlemizel
@Alison:
Thats pretty standard – Those things have always been stupid expensive. It makes no sense but they have been getting away with it for years.
My little kittie obit from THursday would have easily topped $500 in the local fish wrap
lamh35
Hmmm, so Gatsby is coming out this Friday, and I’m just wondering how many people actually read the book and how many people are just hyped by the Jay-Z soundtrack? I guess the same people who saw Moulin Rouge will love this . I’ve read the book, and I’m just wondering if people who haven’t read the book will be satisfied with the story. Anyway, who’s gonna see it?
Like I said, I’ve read the book, but it has been a while, so I might be remembering wrong, but the plotline isn’t complicated, but there is more going on than just a superficial plotline, which Luhrmann, IMO, tends to do.
So I’m just wondering if the movie tries to stay within the confines of the book or not, cause I kinda remember that the book had some underlying meaning that may be missed with the type of movie like this that Bahz Luhrmann makes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rARN6agiW7o
elisabeth
If it makes you feel any better I’ve forgotten the toilet bowl cleaner three times now; making do with regular bathroom cleaner.
I could make a list but it is my personal goal to remember the damn thing the next time.
lojasmo
Open thread? Floor drain in the basement if fuxored, and we can’t run water, because anything that goes down a train comes out the stand pipe for the washer.
Roto rooter is gonna cost $200. I hate home ownership.
EtA: Lojasmo + 2 (red wine)
Burnspbesq
I don’t have any issues with McConnell’s neck.
It’s what’s on top of it that needs fixin.’
Ruckus
@Alison:
This is my second mothers day after mom left us so I can understand your mom. I don’t know of anything that can make the day easier to take except for time. This will be the 13th fathers day without dad, who died in my arms. I still think about him but it doesn’t hurt quite so much any more, and I worked with him every day for over 30 years so I have lots of memories besides him just being my dad. I think we come to accept that they are gone and that we are not. That’s all I’ve got.
smintheus
Listening to the CBC satellite feed for Toronto/Boston game, between periods when the Canadian announcers think they’re not on air, they become such homers and pretty snide about the Bruins. They’re especially down on Jagr: “He still thinks it’s 1993.”
Peel back the facade…
eemom
I don’t need a list. I spend so much time in the fucking grocery store that the items recognize me and leap off the shelves into the cart.
PsiFighter37
Sounds like someone forgot to pick up some mustard at the grocery store.
ETA: LA Meetup in 4 days! Details below:
Where: Golden Road Brewery
When: Friday, May 10th @ 7:30 PM
They do not take reservations, but I plan on being plainly identifiable either by wearing a gray “I’m not drunk, I’m awesome” t-shirt, a Chuck Buy More cap, or both.
Alison
@Schlemizel: I had no idea, never having looked into it. Makes me kind of amazed at those ones that are like, two columns. People gots money.
NotMax
@PsiFighter37
Ah, a true Balloon-Juice meet-up.
No pants.
Alison
@Ruckus: :( Sorry for your losses. And yeah, I don’t think it ever gets *easy*, just maybe a bit easier, eventually.
Calming Influence
@Omnes Omnibus:
Seriously. It had to be said.
Ruckus
@Burnspbesq:
Are you saying labotamy, or were you considering full removal? Either way it has to be removed from his ass first.
Josie
John, this is not hard. Either use one of those grocery list pads with the magnet on the back on the refrigerator to keep an ongoing list of stuff you can take with you or use an app on your smart phone to make a list. As far as the dog shitting in the garden, I have no answers. My two dogs and two cats all do that and nothing dissuades them. I do poop patrol every afternoon.
Litlebritdifrnt
@Older_Wiser:
Hey I make lists and then leave the list on the dresser.
As for the pets I just tweeted
NotMax
@Josie
What the world needs is a cloth shopping bag with a built-in panel of erasable whiteboard.
Joseph Nobles
Was the mustard ever located?
Schlemizel
@Alison:
Yeah, I don’t know how so many people do it. We did it in two different papers for both of my folks but had to cut them down to just the facts.
My sympathy to you and your mom. The pain does lessen over time. The first couple of mothers days after my mom dies I spent time on the phone with a couple of sibs & we retold favorite stories even some that others didn’t know. It was sad but remembering all the good things & happy times she gave us made the day a lot better.
Josie
@NotMax: That is true genius.
trollhattan
@jill:
This might be my new favorite story.
PsiFighter37
@NotMax: Since some people need it explicitly stated, I will be wearing PANTS, most likely jeans of the blue variety.
Burnspbesq
@Ruckus:
This is not the time for half measures.
Schlemizel
@Josie:
Seriously? I bet the guy has an iPhone or a Droid & that there are a hundred notepad/list apps for each any one of which would do the job & would not be forgotten at home. I bet most if not all of them would allow him to speak items so he wouldn’t even need to type crap
gbear
I made my first ever visit to Trader Joe’s this evening. A woman at work had been begging me to go check out some of their convenience meals, but what finally got me into the store was cheap canned cat food.
The local store is on one of the most hideously crowded intersections in St. Paul, and I went after work so I got the full treatment getting into the lot and then trying to park.
The mushroom linguine wasn’t bad, but I sure hope the cats like this food. The ingredients list is pretty super and it’s only 69 cents for a 5.5 ounce can.
Omnes Omnibus
@PsiFighter37: I dare you to go pantsless.
ETA: I won’t be there so it is no skin off my nose.
trollhattan
@lamh35:
That’s amazing. You never really expect these stories to have a happy ending, so it’s cause for rejoice when they do.
raven
@lojasmo: Rent a powered snake, it ain’t that hard to do. You need good leather gloves to run the snake into the pipe and let her rip, that’s all they do.
Yatsuno
Wifey shall be grumpy about this. But they do kinda have a sound business decision behind it. Maybe he could become a Seahack.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yatsuno: 31 y/o punter who is better in- than outdoors?
Ruckus
@Burnspbesq:
Dad always taught me not to do anything half ass. It’s all ass or don’t bother.
trollhattan
Also, too, I’ve been known to go out on a Saturday headed for Home Despot for…one or three critical fixit things, capitalize on my trip by also hitting several other places, get home and headslap–I forgot to go to Home Despot. I do not like that, not one bit.
lamh35
@trollhattan:
The Black guy who rescued the kidnapped girls (now women) in Cleveland said the following when asked by a reporter, when he knew something was up:
All I could think was “AMEN MY BROTHER, AMEN!”
raven
@gbear: The frozen garlic and basil cubes are really good.
BGinCHI
@Yatsuno: What happened to your handle? Dyslexia incident?
Roger Moore
@lojasmo:
Buy yourself a pipe snake and learn to use it. They aren’t hard to use, and you can save a bunch compared to calling a plumber.
And as for the shopping problem, there’s an app for that. Actually, more apps than you can shake a stick at.
Burnspbesq
@gbear:
Trader Joe’s? Check out the buffalo jerky. And the baked goods. And the blue corn tortilla chips. And their private-label milk chocolate is damn good.
Yatsuno
@BGinCHI: I’m trying to see if a little change fixes the comments going down the memory hole issue. So far no one has complained it’s still happening, but then again Tunch may still be eting their comments. FYWP nonetheless.
raven
@Roger Moore: The problem with that is, if it’s roots, the regular hand operated snake won’t cut it. I rent a powered one and it has great range and chews through the roots.
Omnes Omnibus
@lamh35: Link no work, you fix.
Roger Moore
@PsiFighter37:
The traditional identification sign is a bunch of green balloons. I’ll have to see if I can pick some up.
Burnspbesq
@PsiFighter37:
San Fernando Rd. by the 134? Friday night? Gonna be tough.
scav
@BGinCHI: Tardis and Satsuma regeneration mixup.
gbear
@lojasmo: I had a blocked sewer line once and I wound up paying $200 to tell Roto-Rooter to go the fuck away. I had to fire them and get someone who knows how the local sewers are built. In my old part of town, the sewers were hand chiseled into the limestone below the city. My sewer drains into a 30′ deep, 6″ diameter shaft that empties into a cave-like trough to the main sewer tunnel. The 6″ shaft doesn’t have a liner, it’s just drilled through the stone. A piece of stone had come loose and fallen over, blocking the shaft. The plumber I brought in managed to smash the stone so the shaft is halfway open again. If they hadn’t opened the shaft, the city would have made me drill a new shaft and trough, which would have cost me over $20,000. When I freaked out at a city clerk about it, she told me the city offered cheap financing for the sewer rebuild. Every time I think about it I think I should sell my house – now.
NotMax
@Yatsuno
Testing, testing. 1, 3, 2…
- NatMox
Roger Moore
@gbear:
Ah, so you got the full Trader Joe’s experience right off the bat. One of the sights to see here in Pasadena is the original Trader Joe’s, which had already perfected the inadequate parking on a busy street approach to grocery shopping.
Ruckus
@Alison:
Maybe I’m just weird but I do think it gets easy. Maybe it’s just my age. I’m almost the age when dad’s Alzheimer started to show. So maybe I really have to be a little selfish and think about my future a little more than the past. Mom lived to be 94, still as sweetly cantankerous as ever so she had a good run at it and for me that’s pretty good. The thing is they both suffered the last few years of their lives so it was both painful and a relief when they went.
trollhattan
Okay, can somebody eddykate me as to why a person includes Molotov cocktails in their weapons stash? Firstly, four-bucks a gallon–helloooo. Thing the second, you have open containers of gasoline in your single-wide duuuude. Keerist.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fbi-raids-minnesota-home-full-of-molotov-cocktails-suspected-pipe-bombs.php?ref=fpa
Yatsuno
@NotMax: You were one of the worst victims. Apparently my theory is spot on.
gbear
Thanks for the recommendations at Trader Joe’s. I’m snacking on the regular tortilla chips right now. I’ll try the blue next time.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yatsuno: Don’t worry, I’ll get your new ‘nym banned too. I love it when a plan comes together.
Haydnseek
@gbear: Try the pesto. Best I’ve found, and I’ve tried them all. Inexpensive, too.
geg6
Gotta go back to my oral surgeon tomorrow to get my stitches out. Still having quite a bit of pain, probably mostly due to the huge cyst they found in my jaw while operating and which has caused some complications. I am not and never have been good on narcotics, but still need something for pain. I need to ask for something else but don’t have a clue as to what to ask for that won’t knock me for a loop like the hydrocodone I’m on. Anybody have any ideas?
Haydnseek
@Burnspbesq: And where else can you get tangerine juice in a half-gallon jug? Goes great with Vodka of the Gods……….
Redshift
@trollhattan: The only reason I can think of would be if his plans included burning something down.
BillinGlendaleCA
@PsiFighter37: Told the wife about your shirt, she liked it. See ya on Friday.
raven
@geg6: Tram a dol
trollhattan
@gbear:
That’s just freaking weird. Reminds me of rural Big Island Hawaii where cesspools were only outlawed fairly recently. Folks would just run a sewer drain into the nearest handy lava tube.
Roger Moore
@raven:
The solution I use is one that can be either hand cranked or powered with a drill. It’s not as good as the plumber’s monster model, but it’s fairly powerful if you have a decent drill.
Haydnseek
@Roger Moore: I know that store. I hate that store. But I shop there anyway because I need things that are only carried by that store.
LeftCoastTom
@Burnspbesq: Not a convenience meal, but their smoked salmon is quite good and sensibly priced.
raven
@Roger Moore: Sounds like a good alternative. I guess it just depends on how far in the obstruction is.
jill
@trollhattan: I swear- absolutely true.
lojasmo
@gbear:
Randolf and Lexington?
Schlemizel
@gbear:
CUB has Friskies on sale 20 for $10 last week when we were there. It goes on sale often
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: There are train tracks right next to the pub, mooning passing metrolink trains could be a possibility.
lojasmo
@raven:
Powered snake rental at 7PM on a monday ain’t happening. The boy is having fits about going to school unwashed. If it had happened this morning, I would have been all over it.
Oh well…just money.
Ruckus
@trollhattan:
Why?
Because the person is a flaming nut job? A moron deluxe? A first class lunatic? Suffering from major delusions? Or just a fucking idiot.
Omnes Omnibus
@geg6: Don’t get either of the Percs (ocet or odan). They will probably flatten you. I had the ‘ocet version after knee surgery a few years ago and the minimum dosage at the maximum time (1 pill every six hours) basically rendered me unconscious for four of the six hours.
geg6
@raven:
What is that? Just to give you an idea, I have a hard time when I take too much ibuprophen. And too much ibuprophen usually means about 800 mg. Always told my parents that they never had to worry about me becoming a drug addict because I simply can’t handle hard drugs. I have the lowest tolerance of anyone I’ve ever known.
raven
@lojasmo: Ah, I see, “emergency everyone to get from streets!”
p.a.
I use phone notes, or calendar, for my shopping, so no problems there. Now I just have a hard time finding my car when I’m done. 54 next month. I don’t think it’s brain degeneration as much as it is full capacity. Every new fact requires one getting dumped. Need an upgrade.
Schlemizel
@trollhattan:
Because for the money you would be hard pressed to find something that simple and easy to make that can spread fire as well. Pro tip: use a diesel/gas mix – its a lot more volatile!
raven
@geg6: a weak μ-opioid receptor agonist that also induces serotonin release and inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine.[3]
I don’t do well on opiods but when I had a REALLY nasty surgery in a really awful place they took the pain away.
lojasmo
@raven:
Que?
raven
@lojasmo: It’s a line from “The Russians Are Coming”. Allen Arkin is a Russian sailor on a grounded sub on a cutesy vacation island. He speaks a little English and he and his crew are trying to keep the locals inside. That’s the phrase he teaches the crew to say.
Jonathon Winters is hilarious as usual.http://movieclips.com/NbS7-the-russians-are-coming-the-russians-are-coming-movie-weve-got-to-get-organized/
Keith
JC, you have a kindred spirit in me. I get supremely pissed when I do that, mainly because I go out of my way to go to a better store than Kroger. My downfall (like, for instance, Saturday/Sunday where I had eggs on my list, but a woman and child parked her monstrous cart in front of the pricer (one of those stores where you scan your own items) right as I approached it. After saying “Well, God damn!” loud enough for her and kid to hear, I spent the rest of the time being pissed off at mothers + kids in the stores (I could go on and on about this). So pissed, I didn’t even realize I forgot eggs until that night when I started prepping my Caesar salad.
Ruckus
@Schlemizel:
Also don’t use champagne bottles. They are harder to break and being heavier, harder to throw as far. Of course a real idiot would use plastic soda bottles, which may explode but won’t break, and when you grab one to throw, you squeeze out some of the liquid onto one’s self.
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
I had ruled those out from the start, having had the same experience as you when I was given one for an eye injury. But this is even worse. Not only am I passed out about 18 hours a day, but they are making me horribly nauseated on top of it all.
lamh35
@Omnes Omnibus: damn, it was a TPM link: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/shocking_horrifying_miraculous_story.php?ref=fpblg
Steeplejack
@gbear:
I go to Trader Joe’s once a month or so to pick up a few specific things. I don’t drink much coffee—maybe three to five cups a week (and I often don’t finish the cup)—and the T.J. instant coffee is quite good, certainly good enough to replace the hassle of a coffee machine or a French press for a single cup. And there are some “convenience meals” that I like for times when I want the taste of something but don’t want to cook. A couple that spring to mind are pasta shells with Brie and pasta with asparagus. And occasionally I’ll succumb to impulse and get guacamole or something like that.
I’ll have to test the cat food on the housecat. I hadn’t thought of looking at Trader Joe’s for that.
But the place is too expensive for me to be a “regular” shopper there, and the one closest to me is in a crowded location with bad parking, like the one you described. I found another one a bit farther away that is in the same strip as Total Wine, so that’s a good two-fer shopping destination.
gelfling545
I remember what I need to buy, then I forget that I bought it & end up with 4 bottles of Worcestershire Sauce or whatever.
Burnspbesq
@Haydnseek:
Trader Joe’s will hopefully take advantage of the real estate opportunity that will arise when Fresh & Easy shuts down, and replace some of its older, parking-challenged locations.
Cassidy
@geg6: I’ve always been a fan of Robaxin and Mobic.
NotMax
All this talk of Molotov cocktail recipes should kick up some off the beaten track ads.
dance around in your bones
My kid is always trying to make me use some app on my iPhone that scans the item you need and adds it to a list.
I say, “What’s wrong with writing what you need down on a piece of paper? What if the thing you need has been thrown in the trash and you can’t scan the damn thing?”
So now the kid just calls me while at the store and asks me what we need. So I stand there at the fridge and cabinets and guess.
Piece o’paper – too easy, I guess.
I know, oldster. ETA: didn’t read any posts before commenting, so I’m sure I’m repeating, repeating.
Steeplejack
@Yatsuno:
Little change, big change, it doesn’t matter. It’s a different nym, that’s all FYWP will see.
It would be interesting to learn someday why FYWP decided it didn’t like your name–and only for some people. I wonder if it’s browser-specific.
Schlemizel
@Ruckus:
If you find breaking is difficult you can always scribe a few lines with a glass cutter
Anne Laurie
@geg6: Well, tramadol was the drug my oral surgeon gave me after my last root canal — from what he said, it’s a standard dental srip these days, if that helps.
It’s also what the vet prescribed for our late little dog Flicker’s bladder-stone-related pain issues… I figure if it could be used safely by an elderly ten-pound dog, it had to be pretty low-risk for people.
Omnes Omnibus
@lamh35: Cool. Thanks.
MattR
100+ comments and not a single one asking if Rosie did in fact shit in the garden or if Cole’s screaming had the desired effect.
Gravenstone
@Alison: The “year of firsts” after the death of a loved one is always a challenge. And different people process it in different ways. The Mother’s Day after the loss of your mother (or grandmother as the case may be) can seem particularly cruel. Mother’s Day has always been special to me because it fell on the Sunday between my grandmother’s and my mother’s birthdays (8th and 15th). I lost them both five months apart a few years back, so the holiday has been rather bittersweet ever since. But like all things, the impact slowly lessens with time.
NotMax
@Schlemizel
Which is what was traditionally done to champagne bottles intended for ship launchings.
Ruckus
@Schlemizel:
That thought process may be way too far up the scale in this particular case. He would probably want to go in and pick up the not broken but now flaming bottle to scribe the lines so he could throw it again.
Haydnseek
@Burnspbesq: As a general thing, I hope this happens. I’ll be moving soon, and will be able to take advantage of the much easier Trader Joe’s #3 in East Pasadena. I tried the nearby Fresh and Easy once, and only once. Never again. You’re right about the blue corn tortilla chips. Before my out-of-state guests left town, they stocked up big time………
Scott Alloway
@Alison: I’m an associate editor at a community newspaper in Philly (35,000 circulation) and I tell people we’ll print small obituaries for free and memorials (4″ x 2″) for $40. Not to gouge but to cover costs. Never liked charging lots for that sort of thing and never will.
Snarki, child of Loki
Better just name all your pets “Damnit”. Saves time.
lojasmo
@Steeplejack:
I think nail under head here. I had no problem quoting and typing his nym in a post on iOS.
MattR
@lamh35: And that is why Wanda Sykes does a standup bit about not being able to claim her white children if they ever get separated out in public.
Glad those women are OK, but still a damn shame that seeing a mixed race family raises people’s suspicions.
Gravenstone
@Steeplejack: Just wait, the pending site redesign will surely take a dislike to his current nym. If not his, then certainly someone shall learn the fickle nature of FYWP.
Poopyman
I wonder back to the computer to see what’s going on, and find the thread veering between discussions on constructing the best molotov cocktail and drugs.
Ah, good to be home with the BJ family!
lamh35
wow. the story keeps getting updated, sorry chips.
http://editors.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/shocking_horrifying_miraculous_story.php
You can listen to the 911 tape.
Schlemizel
@Ruckus:
That guy in MN seems to have a wee bit of an anger issue. That probably is not a surprise diagnosis given his history
Schlemizel
OK – something od has been happening with the new chromebook. I am very sure I am only tapping once but I am getting a lot of double posts. Only one is editable so I have to do something like this. Don’t know if the button is flaky or if I am doing something wrong
koalaholik
@lojasmo: 3 years ago I had to replace the entire line to the sewer – 64 feet of pipe 9 feet down (F’ing Colorado) cost me $15K (thank FSM for 401K loans). Sewer lines are NOT covered by homeowner’s insurance. 3 months later got a letter from the city offering insurance overage for sewer lines. I hate home ownership. Never again!!!!
johnny aquitard
To be fair, it’s West Virginia so everyone is used to neighbors hollering that to their kids. And their wives. And mothers.
pinacacci
I always write a list and then leave it in the car along with the grocery bags.
Alison
@Gravenstone: Yeah, we’ve had first Hanukkah and first birthday, but Mother’s Day seems much harder for my mom. I think part of it is she feels guilty that she wasn’t with her when she passed. I try to convince her not to be unkind to herself about it, but…I know it’s hard.
MattR
@johnny aquitard: And how many different people is that?
Alison
@Scott Alloway: Thank you for being so kind about it. Wish other papers did the same!
Heliopause
Long been a proponent of, if you don’t want turds in your garden don’t live in a world with cats & dogs. Also a proponent of, plant about double of anything deer/rabbits like to eat and live with whatever you end up with. I’ve had quite enough of my psycho neighbor who threatened me with a shovel because he blamed me for turds the provenance of which couldn’t be established, goddamnit, just live with your animal friends people, it’s not worth getting upset about.
Schlemizel
@Poopyman:
BTW – some people swear by styrofoam as a gelling agent. Never tried it so no idea.
During the cancer treatment I was given oxycontin and it did zero for me. I even gave up on the recommended dose & was taking 3-4x what they said but got no relief. Had good luck with the morphine when they nailed my pelvis back together though.
There got em both in one comment!
Steeplejack
Damn it, now I’m getting good tips on other things to be tempted by at Trader Joe’s.
I forgot to mention that they have some sinfully good candies–e.g., dark-chocolate-covered anything–and a “Thé Vert” green tea soap that I find really pleasant.
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
@Steeplejack: There’s a Bass Pro Shop not too far from my house, and they are a really good place to go for taffy.
Yatsuno
@Steeplejack:I don’t think so, unless it was the other person’s browser. I use FF at home, IE at work, and this is being typed on my Crackberry. I still think it’s SG and OO punishing me for being a Dawg lover.
Schlemizel
@Belafon (formerly anonevent):
Bet they carry some pork skin too – might be a bit tough but it would be low carb!
Bump on a Log
@geg6: Whiskey? Never forget the classics. Vbut don’t mix it with Tylenol.
Comrade Jake
The interview with the neighbor who saved those women in Cleveland is pretty epic if you haven’t watched it yet:
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Cleveland-police-dispatch-Missing-teens-Amanda-Berry-and-Gina-DeJesus-found-alive
Be sure to watch it all the way to the end!
Schlemizel
@Bump on a Log:
All pain killers – but every particularly tylenol and ibuprofen are really really tough on your liver. Adding booze to the workload is really really bad for your liver and can even be fatal in some cases.
Mike in NC
After leaving NoVA we had to survive without Trader Joe’s for 5 years. Now there’s one an hour away. Not exactly convenient but we visit it every once in a while for niche items like wine, cheese, snacks, and frozen foods. I like the crumpets and scones, which nobody else carries.
Southern Beale
Didj’all hear the one about the people in small-town Kentucky who beat up and threatened journalists covering that “My First Accidental Shooting” story?
Yeah it’s so hilarious when rednecks live up to their stereotype.
Anoniminous
@lamh35: @Comrade Jake:
Yeah but.
lojasmo
@Schlemizel:
Actually, drugs such as Tylenol (acetaminophen) is tough on the liver, Motrin (ibuprofen) is nephrotoxic.
Acetaminophen and alcohol should not be combined. Ibuprofen is not as big a deal.
Southern Beale
@lojasmo:
That’s a relief, I’ve been known to chug a few ibuprofin with a glass of wine when I’m in serious pain.
scav
TJ’s ground up almonds is a current luxury when I can get there and have cash. Sneak it into oatmeal, on salads, pasta . . . all my other nut obsessions are salty, so I can feel virtuous with this one. Also enjoying the piquant flavor of the Air Force Officer in charge of dealing with sexual assault getting taken up on exactly the same. Brings up all those jokes about Rear and Vice Admirals that were old by Jane Austen’s day for some reason.
Triumph
I’m sure it’s been said a million times by now, but… no list? For reals? Maybe your continued failure to learn from your mistakes is a vestige of your wingnut past. ;)
gbear
@lojasmo: Yep. It’s not really a major intersection, it just gets so congested because of the 35E ramps and so many people needing to turn left there. It’s a horrid place for a little shopping center.
Origuy
@MattR:
Rosie’s a Jack Russell; no need to ask.
lojasmo
@gbear:
That was the stupidest construction/location choice ever.
If you live closer to plum’s than the summit brewery, My dad is likely your state rep.
The machine the guy brought in to clean out the pipes probably weights a hundred pounds.
It was roots.
Steeplejack
@Yatsuno:
I meant the other people’s browsers, since it’s their messages that are getting hosed.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yatsuno: I’d quote raven’s “eat the apple; fuck the Corps,” but that seems weird in this context.
Mnemosyne
@Alison:
Is there maybe a memorial donation you can make somewhere instead? I know that the humane society near us lets you put someone’s name on a brick for X amount of money (and I’m pretty sure that X is less than $300).
Ruckus
@lojasmo:
I believe that ibuprofen taken in maximum doses(800mg/dose, 3200mg/day) over a period of time can be harmful. I have been prescribed that dosage and informed of the issues. And like a lot of drugs, otc or not, alcohol is not recommended as it can exacerbate the side effects.
Mnemosyne
@MattR:
I’m not sure if it was just the mixed-race thing, or the fact that a woman in her early 20s was snuggling up to a man in his 50s that struck the witness as being weird enough to report.
ETA: IOW, a similarly-aged mixed-race couple probably wouldn’t have drawn nearly as much attention as the 30-year age difference mixed-race couple did.
lojasmo
@Ruckus:
Not saying it can’t be harmful. The risk with ibuprofen is of RENAL dysfunction (primarily) while the liver of Tylenol overdose is LIVER dysfunction, which can be worsened by alcohol (which affects the liver, but not the kidneys)
I don’t take medications, though, so it’s all academic.
/nurse.
Mnemosyne
@Ruckus:
It can be harmful, but it’s not the OTC drug that’s bad for your liver. Tylenol/acetaminophen is bad for your liver, Motrin/ibuprofen is bad for your kidneys (and potentially your heart, if you have high blood pressure).
MattR
@lojasmo: Yeah. I have kidney disease and ibuprofin is a huge no-no. I’ve been told to avoid acetaminophen (tylenol) as well since it does tax the kidneys a bit (which is fine for anyone with normal kidney function). I use aspirin as much as I can and tylenol if I have to.
@Mnemosyne: That makes sense, but at the same time a same race 30 year age difference couple would draw glances but not too much suspicion. So we still have a ways to go (though it might not be as bad as I first thought)
Mudslide
a day in the life of my teenage son: we left the house and half a block down the road he says “Dad, stop, I forgot my wallet” …I turn the car around and pull into the driveway, runs into the house, comes back out, jumps in the car and we drive off again. Almost exact same spot:
son: “Dad, stop, I forgot my wallet!”.
me: “WTF did we just go back for???”
son: “Oh I forgot about my wallet but I found my gloves!”
Turn around and repeat. Get to the store and find he had still forgotten his wallet.
me: “Really dude, what happened the second time we went back?”
son: “I found my cap”.
Debbie(aussie)
@Schlemizel:
People are funny. Morphine does nothing for me but have been taking OxyContin for years for chronic pain. Medicine/pain is not a simple science.
gbear
@lojasmo: I live down the hill a block east of the old Schmidt Brewery (and my street is torn up right now as part of the renovation of the brewery). I don’t want to give your name away but it starts with P? He’s a great rep!
Debbie(aussie)
@Schlemizel:
People are funny. Morphine does nothing for me but have been taking Oxy*ontin for years for chronic pain. Medicine/pain is not a simple science.
Mnemosyne
@MattR:
Actually, I just listened to the interview (JG posted it above) and what the guy is saying is that he knew there was something seriously wrong because a pretty young white girl ran into his arms when he rescued her. As in, he thought it was funny (and sad) that she was so desperate and panicked that she was willing to ask a black man for help.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Debbie(aussie): considering they’re both opiates, that’s kind of odd. As you said, it’s not simple.
MattR
@Mnemosyne: That makes a whole lot more sense. And it fits with what he said in a different (I think) interview that I just watched. In that one, he said that he realized something wasn’t right when he heard a woman screaming from the house next door but he knew no women lived there.
Ruckus
@lojasmo: @Mnemosyne:
lojasmo, I thought I remembered that you were a medical professional. I have been told that ibuprofen is worse on the kidneys than the liver but it is the best choice for me but there are possible and actual side effects that are fairly rare but can be serious.
Mnemosyne, you may know this but some may not, ibuprofen is also available in prescription strength, 800mg so 4-200mg is the same thing and I find, cheaper. So otc or not, effects can be the same.
I’ve had chronic pain for years so I’ve paid a lot of attention to these issues.
Debbie(aussie)
@The prophet Nostradumbass:
Yes, but my understanding is that morphine is natural the other synthetic. That is probably the reason.
Debbie(aussie)
@Ruckus:
Prescription meds can be cheaper than over the counter here in Aus. For example Panadol-osteo, a slow release paracetamol is cheaper by about 50% for low income/pensioners on script(PBS) we are so lucky.
lojasmo
@gbear:
You got it! He’s a mensch.
ETA: Different last names, but I wouldn’t put it past some stalkers/trolls *ahem CORNERSTONE* to fuck with me IRL..assholes that they are.
Thanks.
Roger Moore
@Mnemosyne:
No. The witness/rescuer is the black man, and he realized the situation was worse than he first thought when the white girl he rescued jumped into his arms like a movie heroine. He’s obviously joking at least some, but there’s a lot of truth to the idea that pretty white girls usually aren’t that happy to see ugly old black men they’ve never met.
Ruckus
@Debbie(aussie):
That is not usually the case here. That’s why so many bought medicine from Canada. Or if they were close to Mexico they would drive over and drugs were much cheaper and in some cases available otc.
lojasmo
@Ruckus:
Nurse
Kidney problams, avoid aspirin, alleive, motrin, etc.
Liver problems, avoid booze and tylenol.
Ruckus
@lojasmo:
Yeah, my kidney function gets checked every 3 months.
Ruckus
Does word press go on a jihad against it’s customers every so often? Or is it just my imagination?
Dagh (formerly tesslibrarian)
@raven: he’s right. It does a good job with pain without all the nausea, dizziness, etc of other narcotics. Most make me too sick to move, but as long as I didn’t drive, I could work while on it (back when I had a desk job). The worst is possibly feeling a little spaced out. You should also ask (if the drugs nauseate you) if any of your pain options come with (I think) fineran–that helped quite a lot after I had my wisdom teeth out, tho those meds didn’t wear off for nearly 48 hours after I stopped taking them. (That’s when I discovered I’d written 4 Xmas cards to our accountant and 3 to my aunt while being “productive” in recovery. )
Hobbes
Maybe Mr Cole should invest in a redneck palm pilot.
lovable liberal
Tell yourself, “Don’t forget the primary.”
Anyhow, that helps me.