Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

People are weird.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

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  6. 6.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Baud: Do people still call them doggie bags?

    My wife and I do, and I’ve never owned a dog.

    Names stick to things.  That rectangular gizmo in your pocket that does a jillion different tasks is still called a ‘phone’ even though that’s probably not even its main use for most people anymore.

  16. 16.

    Gvg

    Staying home. 2 relatives in 2 different households tested positive this week. I have allergy symptoms and a headache. Tomorrow I will use one of my home tests before going to work on Tuesday. Pretty sure it is allergies but it’s a precaution. I did go pick up a prescription wearing a tight n95 and Publix grocery pharmacy had lots of home Covid tests in stock. Walgreens had them on line on Friday but hard to find. I think supplies are starting to show up.

  17. 17.

    Yarrow

    @JPL:  Completely random. Went for a walk after a very long day with my dad. Walked through a park, was on the sidewalk so not in anyone’s way. Kid was throwing something to his friend who missed catching it and it hit me at high velocity in the back of the head. I knew it wasn’t good. Went home and iced but the dizziness started up after a bit. All symptoms on the very mild side of concussion protocols but they’re definitely there.

  21. 21.

    Suzanne

    @JPL: Normal-ish, I guess. We had an insurance adjuster and a door sales guy come out on Friday. Insurance adjuster said that everything permeable in the path that the guy took is okay to be considered a loss because of the blood. So that is good. So now we are okay to dispose of the stuff that got destroyed. That will maybe require a junk removal service because some of it is furniture. The door guy was more of a disappointment, he said that it would be June and more likely September before we could get a new door. So we are looking for someone else. But we don’t really want to have any tradespeople in the house until after this Omicron wave chills out.

    Mr. Suzanne is still having a hard time sleeping but his mood is improving. The police officer said that the warrant for the dude’s arrest has been approved by the DA’s office, but that he hasn’t been arrested yet. I don’t know how long arresting someone typically takes.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    @Yarrow: Maybe you should see a medical professional, just to see if you should be doing something else.   It doesn’t sound good.

  24. 24.

    Yarrow

    @zhena gogolia: I’m not going near an ER or Urgent Care right now unless it’s an absolute emergency. From what I’ve read they’ll want to do an MRI and that means a hospital and nope. I had someone monitor me and I never lost consciousness or lucidity (ha ha – insert joke here). Symptoms mild on the concussion symptoms charts. I can function but there are things I’m not doing, like bending over to pick up something off the floor because moving my head like that will kick off some feelings of instability. It’s less dizziness now (been a few days) than instability. From following the charts I think I’m okay. The general advice is to rest, which is what I’ve been doing. But I’ve been doing it for several days so I’m starting to get grumpy about it.

  26. 26.

    Kay

    Nick Iannelli
    @NickWTOP
    · 3h
    Exclusive: Governor Youngkin on Arlington school system saying it will require masks, despite Youngkin’s order stating that schools can’t do that. He threatened to use state resources to force schools to comply – but we still don’t know what that means exactly.

    First order of business for the “moderate Republican” is to engineer a big, stupid culture war with public schools over masks.
    He’s planning on campaigning against public schools for the next 4 years. I hope the public school parents who voted for him are excited about their schools turning into GOP campaign headquarters for the duration. Hopefully he can gin this up enough so there will be crowds of screeching Trump supporters disrupting every school board meeting.
    These people are just exhausting. It’s never, ever some practical assistance or actual “idea”. It’s always this stupid bullshit. They’ll be begging to go back to a governor who lets school boards and principals run public schools after 4 years of this.

  31. 31.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Yarrow:

    Yikes! Can someone get you to an urgent care place to check it out?

    ETA: Posted this before reading your #24. Okay, but please don’t be stubborn about it. And keep us posted, mmm?

  32. 32.

    Yarrow

    @raven:  Not exactly sure what it was. Something the kids were playing with and throwing around. Roundish but not a ball. It was hard and it hurt.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    @Yarrow: oh, no!

    I got hit in the head really hard with a volleyball once.  I didn’t feel well, sick to my stomach, but I was playing volleyball on a sand court in the hot sun and the concussion thing never even occurred to me.

    The ball hit shockingly hard.  So I feel for you.  I bet the kids felt terrible.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    @Yarrow: @Suzanne: With Covid, it might be smarter to just follow the concussion protocol.

    STAY AWAY FROM SCREENS, stay away from bright lights, noise and lots of activity, make sure someone checks on you regularly.

    These days it can be hard to know what to do.  ?‍♀️

    edit:  I see that you are in camp “fuck no, I do not want to spend hours and hours in a Covid pit”.

    I think I would make the choice you are making.

  37. 37.

    MagdaInBlack

    @Quinerly: I watched some of that sad rally last night, thru a humor filter. Google up those “Blacks for Trump” t-shirts seen on some folks behind him….there’s a website on them which I won’t post here. It’s far right sovereign citizen stuff.

    Nice, huh?

  38. 38.

    Quinerly

    @HinTN: years ago, l hosted a Red Beans and Rice party every Mon (traditionally in NOLA Red Beans and Rice was cooked on laundry day… Which was Mon) during Mardi Gras season… From first Mon after Epiphany until Mon before Fat Tues. EVERY MONDAY my house for those weeks for 7-8 years running. 10-20 neighborhood folks. People would bring sides. I also started doing an old school different “guest” cocktail every Mon with the RB&R. Think Sazeracs, St. Charles Cocktails, French 75s…Fun times with highend booze and peasant food.

  41. 41.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: Potentially, yeah.

    That’s what makes this whole thing hard: weighing risks against one another. I kept musing on that yesterday while I was at the grocery store and it was really crowded. I’m risking Covid, but if I don’t go, I’m risking my family being without nutritious food in a snowstorm.

  42. 42.

    Yarrow

    @WaterGirl:  This is what I decided. I had someone monitor me. I never even got above the lowest level of the mild concussion symptom list so I didn’t get too worried. My ear is still ringing, which is annoying. I might have to see someone if it doesn’t resolve. It was better this morning, which was encouraging.

    The whole thing was just so random. I was minding my own business, having a nice walk after a hard days and BAM! Something hits me in the back of the head. Talk about an adrenaline spike. And I’ve been dealing with the resulting effects ever since. Ugh.

  43. 43.

    Another Scott

    @Yarrow:  Ouch!

    When I was in college, I ended up playing a game of pickup football one winter. Somehow I ended up with the ball and the guy tackling me grabbed the hood of my hoodie and spun me around and my head bounced pretty hard on the frozen ground. I saw stars, but didn’t lose consciousness. It was kinda scary (and back then we didn’t know as much as now). I didn’t seem to have any ill effects, but I was in my early 20s then…

    It’s good you’re keeping an eye on it, and good you’re staying away from hospitals unless you need it. But if you do need to go, then go!

    Good luck!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  44. 44.

    Jay

    @Suzanne:

    find somebody else.

    Taking measurements, on the way home from another job, (no charge), making a quote, ( no charge) ,

    new Door and doorframe, ( if needed) is at most a 6 hour job, including anchoring deep into the studs, including spray foam insulation,

    Then maybe 4 hours for door trim and paint, all with the door area mostly open.

    When I was a contractor, it was a “priority job”, but the homeowner would have to deal with the insurance.

    Same with furnaces being out, major appliances, water leaks, etc, they all bumped other reno/construction work, and with good communication, my other Customers all understood.

  45. 45.

    raven

    @WaterGirl: We used to play 11 on 11 tackle football without pads or helmets in Carle Park. One time I got hit in the mouth so hard my teeth marks went into the guys shoulder and it broke my nose at the bridge.

  46. 46.

    Quinerly

    @HinTN: love andoulle. I actually use that and another locally made sausage here… “Cajun Sausage.” It’s a little different texture than the butcher’s andoulle.

  48. 48.

    Another Scott

    @Kay: We knew this was coming, and tried to warn people, but no…

    Democrats still control the VA State Senate.

    Hey @GovernorVA, since you want to run school policy come to Portsmouth where we teach kids in the THIRD GRADE about separation of powers. You will learn we in the legislature write the law and it only changes if we agree to do so. Will make this governing thing easier for you! https://t.co/PDG4K1MAfr

    — L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas) January 16, 2022

    We can win on the facts and the law. We need to be able to win on the messaging too. So far, it seems like Team D is aware of the stakes and is prepared to do battle.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  51. 51.

    Bill Arnold

    @Quinerly: 
    From that link:

    His group also trafficks in a wide range of outlandish conspiracy beliefs such as that long dead famous people such as Michael Jackson and JFK Jr. faked their deaths and are working with Donald Trump in secret to take down a global satanic pedophile cabal.

    Redemption arc for not-dead MJ?

  53. 53.

    Quinerly

    @raven: that chicken sausage section of TJ’s pisses me off. I have absolutely no patience with chicken sausage. Ridiculous invention. Sausage is pork based. The. End. ?

  55. 55.

    Suzanne

    @Jay: That’s the plan. They estimated 6 hours to do the work (I want to also have the front door replaced, since it is just as vulnerable as the one that got broken). The delay is just to order the damn doors.

  57. 57.

    RSA

    @JoyceH: Nice.  Sometimes expressions from technology persist long after the technology itself becomes obsolete, or sometimes just commonplace (when the intention was to suggest something new). “Now you’re cooking with gas,” “Let’s go to the videotape,” “butt-/pocket-dial,” “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent,” :-) …

    I could go on, but I’d sound like a broken record.

  60. 60.

    raven

    @Quinerly: xin loi, I don’t eat it and haven’t for 30 years. Savoie’s Turkey Tasso isn’t bad either but I like mine. I don’t get all a twitter about booze either.

  62. 62.

    MagdaInBlack

    @Quinerly: A tedious sedated ramble thru his greatest hits. So, ya, they were packin’ up early. Although, what is early, really, after 2+ hours of disjointed complaining?

  64. 64.

    Quinerly

    @Kristine: I started smoking my glasses with Pernod instead of Absinthe. Lots cheaper. I go heavy on Peychauds. Must use high end Rye… Not Bourbon. I went through a period of time l was honing my cocktail skills, with proper glassware. My go to summer drink is a St. Charles… Essentially a souped up G&T… Extra lime and Peychauds. Yum, yum.

  66. 66.

    MomSense

    I made braised baby bok choy and scallops with sushi rice. So freaking yummy!

    My mom and I went to see the symphony today and we sat next to (seats between us per the bubble rules) a delightful man who is the same age as my mom. My mom used to play in the symphony and he has been on the board for decades so it was like old home week with N95s.
    We were talking about musicians and conductors and I showed him a photo of a guest conductor I particularly liked.  He said “I’m a gay man so I usually remember the good looking ones”.  My mom chimed in with “ well we have that in common”.

    After much laughter and conversation, numbers were exchanged and we have a new symphony friend.  He is widowed and doesn’t have children so the pandemic has been tough on him.  I think he likes the idea of a family of crazy, music freak friends.

  67. 67.

    Scout211

    @Quinerly:

    We really like the hot chicken sausage from Sprouts, but not their sweet chicken sausage.  All the hot spices camouflage the chicken taste. 

  68. 68.

    Jay

    @Suzanne:

    unless you are in a “Historic District”, go with an off the shelf, steel clad, pick up in store.

    Did a job for the Wosk’s. Double entry front and back, teak, handcarved doors, wrecked in a kidnapping attempt.

    Pulled the doors, frames, stuck in $500 worth of generic steel clad, to cover them off until I could get the guy who made the doors, make replacements, ( 16 months, $47k)

    Beat patchwork repairs and plywood coverings until the replacement doors were ready.

  69. 69.

    Quinerly

    @Kristine: l did Man O Wars one night at those parties. Great winter drink.

    The one drink that produced the most hangovers that l heard about… The French 75. Gin and champagne… And sugar. There’s not enough rice in Soulard to absorb 5 or 6 of that combo. Guests complained the next day about being overserved.? I limited myself to 2. Folks were guzzling it down in champagne flutes. Should have known better. Wicked “overhangs.”

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Baud:

    @Another Scott:

    Aaron Rupar posted a clip from today’s MTP, in which Chuck Todd said these words:

    ”Biden has been unable to build a small coalition of governing Republicans.”

    What the actual fuck, Chuck?

    Double GRRR….

  75. 75.

    mrmoshpotato

    @MagdaInBlack:

    I watched some of that sad rally last night, thru a humor filter. 

    I popped into Hal’s commentary last night for a couple minutes.  I don’t know how he wades through all of this crap everyday.

  76. 76.

    Jay

    @Yarrow:

    take the time, and take care.

    Had a concussion a year ago,

    Did the 24 hours of doing nada, staying awake, not eating, staying hydrated, took one day, then went back to work.

    That did not work out well, had to take a couple more days out, as the concussion protocols took more out of me than the accident.

  77. 77.

    Scout211

    I’m making a spicy Moroccan soup that was highlighted on cnn.com as one of the best soups from around the world in their travel section. It is making the house smell fantastic  and it does taste yummy and is spicy hot like we like our soups.

  80. 80.

    cope

    Leftovers?  In descending age in our fridge: homemade meatballs in tomato sauce, chicken sausage vegetable soup, pulled pork tenderloin taco meat and Greek lemon chicken with orzo. I’m likely to finish off the last cup of soup or make two last tacos tonight. Who knows, maybe both. Available desserts are raspberry jelly filled cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and chocolate peanut butter chip cookies. Decisions, decisions…

  81. 81.

    frosty

    @Quinerly: Ms F’s pandemic hobby has been mixology. Love the French 75s! A couple are good but 5 or 6? Yikes!

    The worst recent error I made in that vein was a pitcher of Rumrunners for several of us. That was fine … my decision to make another pitcher was the mistake, LOL.

    I’m looking up the Man’O’War now.

  82. 82.

    MomSense

    @Steeplejack:

    I’m so glad we went. We almost stayed home because of the COVID numbers, but we live in a highly vaxxed area and the symphony has strict rules so we decided to go. The last few years have been tough on musicians and people who support music.

  85. 85.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Baud:

    I wish we could find a way to do reputational harm to the GOP. It’s always the same story over and over again with them. Bait and switch.

    All of us on this side of the aisle know they’re shit, but for the GrOPers to feel bad about it, they’d have to have a sense of shame.  And that disappeared fuck knows how long ago.

    Also what Another Scott said at comment 59.

  86. 86.

    Quinerly

    @Scout211: I feel very strongly about this whole chicken sausage thing. It started with turkey bacon. When will it end? A world gone mad.

  89. 89.

    raven

    @Quinerly: For me it started when I broke into hives three times when doing blow, drinking and eating Big Mac’s. It was the beginning of the end for me almost 30 years ago. I quit it all and it’s been better for me.

  93. 93.

    Quinerly

    @frosty: hard drinking crowd in my neighborhood. Even the pros were knocked out by that gin/champagne combo. I really got into the history of each cocktail. Interesting backgrounds. I guess you know the back story on the French 75?

  96. 96.

    zhena gogolia

    @MomSense: Maybe — what part of CT?

    I’m recovering from a replaced elbow and can’t drive, and Omicron is rife, so I’m somewhat limited, but let’s see!

  103. 103.

    Laura Too

    @Suzanne: do you have a ReStore or other Habitat for Humanity store around? You might be able to pick up a really nice door from there and just have it installed.

  108. 108.

    Quinerly

    @frosty: sickest l ever was was Rum and Cokes… One night in college. Have never touched one since. Rarely drink rum… Rumrunners are a fun at the beach drink, though. (and l actually like that coconut rum really chilled and with lime… But only one) . I probably have one Coke/Pepsi a year… If that. Still remember that whole R&C mess from 40 plus years ago when l drink a Coke. Ugh.

  110. 110.

    Mary G

    In May, I ordered a pair of double prehung doors for my dining room – the housemate’s room is the previous formal living room. I had bought a pair on Craigslist when they moved in, which were pretty sad, floppy, and too big for the space so there was no trim on one side. Housemate’s husband was high on something and rather than go for that last piece of drywall tried to fill it in out of a large bucket of vinyl wall patch – spackle?
    Anyway, I digress. Lowes.com had the door in stock” but could deliver until October.
    That was a pain, but we still had a door and it was inside.
    Your situation is much worse. Are they walking them across the country?

  112. 112.

    Jay

    @raven:

    which was worse, Mickey D’s or snorting blow?

    when I was commercial driving, I discovered that speed and coffee didn’t mix. I chose coffee.

  113. 113.

    Quinerly

    @raven: Never done blow. Hell, l have never even had a Big Mac… Makes sense since l have never been to a McDonald’s. Maybe that was the root of your hives???

  114. 114.

    bemused senior

    @Quinerly: Some of us don’t eat pork. When I quit, being a Texas girl who loves pork sausage based dishes I discovered that it was the spices in the sausage that were most important (and smokiness). I have made a lot of pretty good sausage since then. Yes I miss the pork, but pigs are smarter than dogs and I wouldn’t eat a dog.

  115. 115.

    MagdaInBlack

    @Steeplejack: Hal Sparks is a comedian who went to youtube political commentary during the shut-down. He watches a lot of the nutjobs and their podcasts. Also does a Saturday radio show on Chicago WCPT Progressive talk. ( used to be Air America

    Eta: NM, you got it ?

  119. 119.

    raven

    @Quinerly: Didn’t matter, I walked away from it all in one day and didn’t look back. I also got pulled over three times in the months following. Something or someone was telling me it was time.

  120. 120.

    Quinerly

    @mrmoshpotato: I guess somebody had “to go there.” Did you ever see the cult classic “Motel Hell?” Pretty sure that is the movie l am thinking about.

  122. 122.

    frosty

    @Quinerly: For me it was tequila chased with beer. Haven’t touched the stuff since, not even in a margarita.

    I looked up the Man o’ War. Whiskey and vermouth? I’ve made a Manhattan, and I’m not a fan. I guess I’ll try one and see how it goes.

  124. 124.

    Jay

    @Quinerly:

    Mojito’s. Used to be a place, tapas, on Commercial that had a killer choppino. Took some of the “boys” from Cleveland, ( great guys, great vendors) there one summer.

    Blown away by the scenery, ( mountains, docks, “alternate” females), knocked over by the food and 3 mojito’s in the sunshine on the patio.

    they sneak up on you.

    Sadly, it burned down and the family decided not to reopen and do something else.

  125. 125.

    MomSense

    @zhena gogolia:

    My son works in Glastonbury and lives in Willimantic.  His fiancée’s parents live in Essex (?). It’s a pretty little town on the river.  His fiancée teaches at UConn Storrs so I’ll be in a few different places.

  128. 128.

    Quinerly

    @bemused senior: kidding aside… I am very close to being a vegetarian most of the time. Beef isn’t a priority and something about chicken lately isn’t appealing. But, pork… Maybe it’s my Southern roots, love of bacon and all the sausages, country ham… I don’t know… I would have a problem giving up pork. I get it, though… Why some people don’t eat it. More power to them.

  131. 131.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Quinerly:

    I would have a problem giving up pork. I get it, though… Why some people don’t eat it. More power to them pork for me. 

    Fixed. ?

  133. 133.

    Quinerly

    To bring the last thread about books and this thread with the RB&R, sausage, cocktail references together, l highly suggest a fun read… “Gumbo Tales:Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table.” Sara Roahen. Read it 10 plus years ago. And just pulled it out of one of my many bookcases here. Packed up and going to the new house. It’s a great read.

  134. 134.

    Jay

    @raven:

    67 delivery stops, 380 miles one way, 20-28 hours depending on road conditions, then 8 hours between shifts, but free coffee, ( bad coffee) at each stop, often slept in my car between shifts,

    Had an arrhythmia event, Doc said I had to cut down, so I cut out the meth and cream in my coffee.

  138. 138.

    raven

    @WaterGirl: Well, quitting my job in my chosen field and pursuing a doctorate led to a decent outcome but “deciding” to get sober was probably the most important of all.

  142. 142.

    Quinerly

    @mrmoshpotato: it is the movie l am thinking about… Wikipedia starts out: “The plot follows farmer, butcher, motel manager, and meat entrepreneur….” l don’t want to give it away, though.

    Hmm…. meat entrepreneur and motel owner. ?

  144. 144.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Quinerly: I haven’t sat down and watched a movie in I don’t know how long.

    I might throw in Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive tonight.

  145. 145.

    Jay

    @raven:

    mountain weather, atmospheric rivers, floods, landslides, forest fires, hijackings,  accidents, idiots.

    Got corporate sh|t one month because I came out of a tunnel into a forest fire and the vinyl advertising on the side of the truck melted and the spares caught fire and exploded. They didn’t care that I saved the rig, called 555 and made my deliveries.

  148. 148.

    Quinerly

    @mrmoshpotato: I haven’t been able to watch a movie since the start of Covid. My attention span is only primed for binge watching old episodes of Dark Shadows. And l haven’t even been able to do that since the summer.

  149. 149.

    Steeplejack

    @Mary G:

    Supply chain, baby! My brother’s beautiful summer kitchen renovation at Sighthound Hall still has a gaping hole waiting for the new wall oven.

  150. 150.

    Quinerly

    @mrmoshpotato: maybe l’ll watch “A Boy and His Dog.” My attention span might be up for that. Love that dog and Don Johnson is so, so young. Great ending.

  151. 151.

    Betty

    @Yarrow: With my concussion, they told me to monitor it for 30 days in case there is bleeding. If you get a bad headache, go for help!

  155. 155.

    NotMax

    @Quinerly

    If (a) you’ve got Netflix and (b) aren’t put off by subtitles will again give a thumbs up to Toc Toc.

    Fun ride and not at all what one would expect from any bare bones non-spoiler description (so shall forgo one).

  156. 156.

    Just One More Canuck

    @raven: Romo is such a ridiculous homer. He makes me cheer for whoever is playing the Cowboys, even if I didn’t already hate them.

    Go Niners

  158. 158.

    Quinerly

    @NotMax: no Netflix here. Maybe down the road in the new house. I do watch Amazon Prime when l can settle my mind to do so.

    Thanks for the recommendation.

  159. 159.

    Ruckus

    @Yarrow:

    Hope you get better soon.

    Ringing in the ear. Yep. 18 yrs ago I was standing next to a machine that blew up and ever since I have a sound at 3K hertz that is always the same volume and tone. 24 hours a day. Every day. Sort of like a jet exhaust. Had my hearing checked and at 3K hertz I have zero hearing on the right side from the explosion. Good times. Hope yours goes away.

  161. 161.

    ObedMarsh

    When I was a much younger man and a callow youth, I worked in a lot of back-of-the-house restaurant jobs.  As recent as the 1980s, they were still “doggie bags.”  And most had doggies on them. It was considered the ultimate low-life inbred gesture for a restaurant patron to ask for anything on their plate except for the meat to be put in a doggie bag.  “To go” was for Chinese food and fast food.  At one place where I worked that served steak and lobster, as dishwasher I had the important task of separating out the left-over meat and lobster so that all of the pet owning workers could split it up at the end of the night.   The assumption that the left-overs were solely just for pets was so ingrained that if a server or busser would rush back into the kitchen looking for a plate they had brought back a few moments ago because the diner had suddenly asked for a doggie bag, together we would go through my scrap bucket and find a leftover piece of meat that looked like theirs.  It was only for their dog anyway, right?   How our perceptions of eating out have changed….

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