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Leftovers (Open Thread)

by Betty Cracker|  January 16, 20225:11 pm| 161 Comments

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I did some local traveling this weekend. Met up with some old friends. Ate and drank too much! Slept too little.

So, I’m too tired and hungover to manage much of a post, but I can see one is sorely needed. Also, here’s a cool old-school takeout bag for your consideration.

Leftovers (Open Thread)

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    Do people still call them doggie bags?

  2. 2.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    I went to the Georgia Bulldog National Championship Celebration yesterday!!!!

  3. 3.

    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 5:17 pm

    @Baud: I wasn’t sure if she meant it was old school, or school.

  4. 4.

    Yarrow

    January 16, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    You get the Good Owner Award!

  5. 5.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 5:20 pm

    @raven:

    You a Dawgs fan?

  6. 6.

    lowtechcyclist

    January 16, 2022 at 5:22 pm

    @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.

  7. 7.

    soapdish

    January 16, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    That *is* a cool old school doggie bag.

  8. 8.

    James E Powell

    January 16, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    @Baud:

    You a Dawgs fan?

    Who knew?

  9. 9.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    I am making the Barefoot Contessa version of Engagement Chicken and my house smells so good.

  10. 10.

    JoyceH

    January 16, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    @lowtechcyclist:

    Names stick to things.

    Boy-howdy! I’d like to see a poll to learn how many people actually have gloves in their glove compartment.

  11. 11.

    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    @Suzanne: How are you doing after your terrifying night a few days ago?  Is life returning to normal?

  12. 12.

    Yarrow

    January 16, 2022 at 5:28 pm

    I got hit in the head and think I have a mild concussion.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    @Yarrow: What?   How did that happen?

  14. 14.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    @JoyceH:

    Oh, I never thought of that one.

  15. 15.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 5:30 pm

    @Yarrow:

    Whoa.

  16. 16.

    Gvg

    January 16, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    @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.

  18. 18.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    @Baud: hahahahahaha!

  19. 19.

    zhena gogolia

    January 16, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    @Yarrow: Oh, God. Don’t you think you maybe should see a doc?

  20. 20.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    @Yarrow: Something?

  21. 21.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    @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.

  22. 22.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    @Yarrow: Shit, yo….. can you go to an ED and get checked out?

  23. 23.

    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    @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.

  25. 25.

    HinTN

    January 16, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    @Suzanne: Red beans here on this snowy day. Yes, the house smells good. Rice coming soon.

  26. 26.

    Kay

    January 16, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    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.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    Boy, that “doggie bag” brings back memories!

  28. 28.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    @HinTN: We just finished ours. I used home-made turkey tasso that I smoked a while back.

  29. 29.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    Well, l tried to post this with a little synopsis/intro but something gobbled up my original comment. Yes, l only hit BJ on the phone and tiny keyboard hates me.

    Just read it. We are so fucked if any of these nuts get close to power:

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-qanon-jkf-conspiracy-1286053/

  30. 30.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    @Yarrow: You can probably get a MRI at an imaging center if you go to a clinic rather than a ED.

  31. 31.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:44 pm

    @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.

  34. 34.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    @Yarrow: Damn

  35. 35.

    HinTN

    January 16, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    @raven: We’ve got a local pork producer that makes excellent andouille, so that was an easy call.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    @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.

  39. 39.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    @HinTN: I’ll bet it’s good. I don’t eat beef or pork so Traders Chicken andouille has to do.

  40. 40.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    @Quinerly: It also is cooked on Monday because they use the sunday hambone!

  41. 41.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    @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.

  47. 47.

    Cameron

    January 16, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    @Quinerly: “Gematria?”  Wow – nothing like the classics, is there?

  48. 48.

    Another Scott

    January 16, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    @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.

  49. 49.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    @MagdaInBlack: l did hear on MSNBC this AM that loads of people were leaving early.

  50. 50.

    Kristine

    January 16, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    @Quinerly: Sazerac is my absolute favorite cocktail. Not many places make them because of the absinthe–I guess it’s still illegal in some places?

    Man O’ War is my second. I am definitely a bourbon/rye gal.

  51. 51.

    Bill Arnold

    January 16, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    @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?

  52. 52.

    WereBear

    January 16, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    @Yarrow: sounds like you are doing the right things.

  53. 53.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    @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. ?

  54. 54.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    @raven: ?

  55. 55.

    Suzanne

    January 16, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    @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.

  56. 56.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    @Another Scott:

    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.

  57. 57.

    RSA

    January 16, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    @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.

  58. 58.

    WereBear

    January 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    @Quinerly: yes. They can also keep their turkey bacon.

  59. 59.

    Another Scott

    January 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    @Baud: As long as the MSM is wired for them, it’s really, really hard.

    :-(

    Grrr…,
    Scott.

  60. 60.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    @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.

  61. 61.

    Miki

    January 16, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    That’s My Ty Guy!

  62. 62.

    MagdaInBlack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    @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?

  63. 63.

    laura

    January 16, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    We used to call that the bowser bag.

  64. 64.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    @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.

  65. 65.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    @Miki: Did you read my message to you about Mankato ???? I posted on here and one on your flickr

  66. 66.

    MomSense

    January 16, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    @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.”

  70. 70.

    zhena gogolia

    January 16, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    @MomSense: I’m coming for dinner!

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 16, 2022 at 6:12 pm

    @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….

  72. 72.

    MomSense

    January 16, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Yes!  My youngest and I are going to spend 9 days in CT next month.  Maybe we can do a meet up?

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    @raven: ouch ouch ouch.

  74. 74.

    Steeplejack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    @MomSense:

    That sounds like a nice connection.

  75. 75.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    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.

  78. 78.

    Kristine

    January 16, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    @MomSense: That sounds like such a fun time.

  79. 79.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    @Suzanne: How much snow is supposed to be coming?

  80. 80.

    cope

    January 16, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:17 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    @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.

  83. 83.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:19 pm

    @WereBear: don’t get me started….

  84. 84.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 6:19 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Mommy can’t get daddy to stop drinking.

  85. 85.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:22 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:22 pm

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

  87. 87.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: l think Mittens made a big deal about no one from the WH calling him. Don’t know which Sun show.

  88. 88.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    @Scout211: that sounds fabulous.

  89. 89.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:26 pm

    @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.

  90. 90.

    MagdaInBlack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Lately he’s on a mission to rebut the relentless negativity about Biden, the Democrats, and the economy, and I’ve found it helpful.

  91. 91.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    @MagdaInBlack:

    I’m not in twitter but I have a lot of respect to our Twitter warriors on the front line.

  92. 92.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 16, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    @Baud:

    exACKly!!

  93. 93.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    @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?

  94. 94.

    MagdaInBlack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    @Baud: Hal Sparks on Youtube or Twitch.

  95. 95.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 16, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    @Quinerly: If I weren’t happily married I’d be proposing to you right now.

  96. 96.

    zhena gogolia

    January 16, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    @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!

  97. 97.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Jesus. It’s like Mittens and his ilk are just advertising “We have no agency!!”

  98. 98.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    @MagdaInBlack:

    I don’t do any political media except for BJ.

  99. 99.

    Rob

    January 16, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    That doggie bag is the hit of the evening here!

  100. 100.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    They have no accountability.

    And they know it.

  101. 101.

    MagdaInBlack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    @Baud: No doubt a wise choice.

  102. 102.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    @Quinerly: Soylent sausage is people!

  103. 103.

    Laura Too

    January 16, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    @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.

  104. 104.

    Steeplejack

    January 16, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Who is Hal?

    @MagdaInBlack: Ah, got it.

  105. 105.

    Laura Too

    January 16, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    @Miki: Adorable!

  106. 106.

    Jay

    January 16, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    @Quinerly:

    go “meatless”, ???

  107. 107.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:35 pm

    @Quinerly: I thought you meant a cat at first.

  108. 108.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:35 pm

    @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.

  109. 109.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    @MagdaInBlack: I love that he’s rebutting all of the RJNWs.  I’m in awe that he can keep it up without going crazy.

  110. 110.

    Mary G

    January 16, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    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?

  111. 111.

    frosty

    January 16, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    @Quinerly: Yep, named after the WWI French cannon.

  112. 112.

    Jay

    January 16, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    @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 ?

  116. 116.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:40 pm

    @Quinerly: Try a 41 year old coke!
    Georgia football fans had waited 41 years to taste another national championship.
    After Monday night’s first title since 1981, a faction of Bulldog fans say it tasted pretty sweet. And perhaps a little bit flat.
    Social media was replete with Georgia supporters washing down years of frustration by chugging Coca-Cola out of commemorative bottles that were produced in honor of the 1980 national championship team.

  117. 117.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:40 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: l will take that as a compliment. Cheers!

  118. 118.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia: replaced elbow?

  119. 119.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    @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.

  121. 121.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    @Jay: Fuck, when I was a truck driver in Asia we lived on french pharmaceutical methamphetamine.

  122. 122.

    frosty

    January 16, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    @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.

  123. 123.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    @raven: great decisions.

  124. 124.

    Jay

    January 16, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    @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.

  126. 126.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    @Quinerly: I don’t think I’ve ever seen Motel Hell.

  127. 127.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    @Quinerly: I’ve been so goddamn lucky it’s not funny.

  128. 128.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    @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.

  129. 129.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    @frosty: ?

  130. 130.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    @Quinerly: Why are we supposed to be calling Mitt Romney?

  131. 131.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    @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. ?

  132. 132.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 6:55 pm

    @raven: What was your best decision, besides choosing your bride as your life partner?

  133. 133.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    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

    January 16, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    @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.

  135. 135.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: ?

  136. 136.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm

    @WaterGirl: bipartisanship

  137. 137.

    Jay

    January 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm

    @Quinerly:

    mor bacon for you.

  138. 138.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    @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.

  139. 139.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    @Jay: Mines? Ambushes?

     

    I have a friend driving out of Savannah and they are killing him/

  140. 140.

    smedley the uncertain

    January 16, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    @JoyceH:  I do. Minus 6 Wind Chill out there and so there they’re ’till spring. Go Bills

  141. 141.

    Jay

    January 16, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Why what are we supposed to be calling Mitt Romney?

    There are many choices,…..

  142. 142.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    @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. ?

  143. 143.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    @Jay: ?

  144. 144.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 16, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    @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.

  146. 146.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:12 pm

    @Jay:
    Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites [1972] – Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen

  147. 147.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 16, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

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

    Is it about mosquitoes?

  148. 148.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    @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!

  152. 152.

    Just One More Canuck

    January 16, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    OT – Why are the Dallas Cowboys announcers calling the game on CBS?

  153. 153.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    @Just One More Canuck:  They are the regular commentators, it just happens that Romo played for Dallas.

  154. 154.

    Steeplejack

    January 16, 2022 at 7:40 pm

    @Just One More Canuck:

    Jim Nantz and Tony Romo (ex-Dallas QB ?). They’ve been amped up since the pre-game. Should have been sedated.

  155. 155.

    NotMax

    January 16, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    @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

  157. 157.

    LiminalOwl

    January 16, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    @Kay:  Per the Twitterverse, he has some other… interesting…priorities:
    Removing D,E,&I
    Removing oversight of convictions
    and
    abandoning sex-trafficking survivors
    Though I’m guessing he’ll make an exception for Qult claims, in that last item.

  158. 158.

    Quinerly

    January 16, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    @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

    January 16, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    @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.

  160. 160.

    Miss Bianca

    January 17, 2022 at 11:08 am

    @Kristine: Dead thread, but there’s a cocktail called the Man O’War?

    *reads recipe*

    GAME ON !

  161. 161.

    ObedMarsh

    January 17, 2022 at 3:57 pm

    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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