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TattleTeeny

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  1. On August 29, 2016 at 3:32 PM, janestclair said:

    Does anyone even really want pumpkin waffles, pumpkin cereal and pumpkin marshmallows?  Someone must, but it's definitely not me.  I have one serving of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving dinner and I'm good.

    I do. But those Dunkin' Donuts asses ruined the pumpkin coffee in recent years, probably due to Americans' weird obsession with cloying sweetness! It used to taste mostly like unsweetened coffee with just a suggestion of a spicy smell. Now it's grossity-gross garbage!

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    And isn't most canned 'pumpkin' not actually pumpkin, but some other squash? 

    Maybe pie filling is but the plain pumpkin is pumpkin. I used to have to buy it for my aging pet ferret who had digestion issues (miss you, my little Finster!). I also use it in a hummus recipe; it doesn't change the taste all that much though, but does make it a much less bland color!

  2. On August 30, 2016 at 4:36 PM, smartymarty said:

    Forget leaving that water bottle behind in the hotel hallway; forget not packing the shopping cart more full of water. What about the hot water shower?? You know that water is limited, yet you find a hot water heater full of clean water, and you take a shower? You should be filling jugs up!

    That might not have been potable water; last time I was in Mexico, the bathrooms in the resort had little plaques saying not to drink it. But I suppose they could have boiled it?

  3. Oh my god, that was so, so stupid. This whole thing reminded me of, like, being a little kid and playing some pretend adventure game (like an actual old-school running-around-outside game, not a computer one) that you'd make up as you go along -- "No, I can't be dead in our pretend magical jungle-city because...I'm just now standing near this certain tree and...uh, it grew here to save me on days that I wear a blue T-shirt!"

    And Amy is powerful enough to bodyslam people all over the place but is then limited to simply hiking through the woods like a regular person and calling out names when she's on a rage-fueled predatory hunt?

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    I also didn't think the tattoo with the square border was as bad as the judges were making it out to be. The snakes looked like snakes at least.

    I liked it--it looked well done to me. I think a gradual fading would have looked better, though I wasn't totally bothered by by the sharp edge. I don't get why Chris said that it looks like the snake was coming out of her temple as if it's a bad thing; she has snakes for hair, and some hair comes from temples, so what's the problem?

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  5. While I can possibly forgive the ill-advised urge to get loaded on free booze (though who in their right mind wants to risk a hangover in this situation?), I feel like Madison and Strand's wanton olive-eating was irresponsible! Madison's remaining kid is scavenging for food for their group, while her mother and Strand eat it during impromptu happy hour?!

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  6. Oh my goodness, that pool! I would totally go there, though I don't want any spa treatments, just the pool.

    I kind of hate online armchair psychology directed at reality-show people but Jaqueline's "love me, love me not" thought made me think of OCD tendencies, which are known to increase in women close to menopause (women who already display the tendencies, I mean--not all women).

    I also hate mess in real life, but I always think its horrifying-funny when someone on TV makes one; I laughed when Teresa super-abruptly flipped that candy onto the floor...but I was waiting for a reference to the infamous sprinkle-cookie incident.

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  7. 24 minutes ago, DeLurker said:

    How do household essentials up and wander away?  I understand why my scissors, sticky notes and tape goes missing, but how and why do my toaster tongs get misplaced?  There only good for one thing and that thing is always in the same place?

    I hate, hate, hate when, at work, someone nearby needs a pen or a stapler and grabs it off my desk (fine), uses it (also fine)...

    and then leaves it wherever s/he is as opposed to where s/he just took it from (NOT FINE)!

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  8. Yeah, and I believe there's not even currently a test that guys can take to see if it's present. Plus, even if there was a way to find out, teenage guys in general don't typically get any kind of male equivalent of the gyno exam that girls do when they get to a certain age. HPV is actually super-common (and can affect the throat as well depending on the chosen activity); honestly, I don't think I have many female friends who haven't had a bout with it (and none of them, as far as I know, have dealt with warts--and yes, some of them would actually come right out say so if they had. We're a TMI bunch over here).

    But it is a pretty nasty commercial campaign; instead of scaring or guilting people, maybe give some valid info? 

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  9. 11 hours ago, amass said:

    When I had a cat I used  buy litter box liner bags and just toss the whole thing every few days.....

    Every few days? I can't even imagine; at our place, it's scoop two boxes at least once a day, more if we're present at the time of the act. And then dump the works when the litter (World's Best) starts being too sawdusty.

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    I am SO TIRED of the "Mom, did you know?"  "Dad, you killed me!"  HPV-genital warts vaccine commercials (your parents didn't make you have unprotected sex with infected people!)

    Unfortunately, HPV can be spread even if people use condoms, and it's still pretty difficult for a guy to even know if he's a carrier.

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  10. 18 hours ago, Apatee said:

    I don't think they mentioned it, so I'm curious how judging is going to work. Nunez and Peck choose the bottom artist on their team and Dave decides maybe? It didn't look like in the previews they had guest judges. Guess we'll see next week.

    I thought they said that one team will win the challenge, then I guess judging is the same as other seasons?

  11. 6 hours ago, NutMeg said:

    tattleteeny, I hear you, but when the original poster says 

     

    I think at some stage you have to choose between staying sane and keeping on having friends over, some of whom will last you a lifetime, or keeping on writing off your social life so that the unsocial cat cat continue having a bad time. Because obviously something is not right with that cat. And while I'm all for trying to help awkward cats (maybe someday I'll post a pic of that feral cat I nurtured to adulthood - gorgeous beast, even if he jumps a mile whenever I try to pet him, although he has no problem sleeping on my bed or staying near me in the kitchen/living room/wherever I am), I still think human interactions are deeper - try to explain to your cat how fantastic a play/concert/book was, and see the response :)

    I know, I know, whereas I'm a cat person and always have been, I may be roasted on charcoals here, but if so, so be it. 

    Wait, what? I never said to abandon all hope of human interactions, and I never  assigned a "level of deepness" to anything. I never even said that not having people over is the only viable outcome. I just said that those two suggestions, as conveyed, are not humane solutions. Yes, there is something wrong with the poor cat; I merely asked whether all ideas (aside from relegating him to a corner or ushering him outside) had been explored. Of course AgentRXS should be able to have her cat and her guests...and a home free of errant pee!

    I am by no means a fan of pee smells or anything, but I am happy to say that my friends would understand if that's what I were dealing with at home.

    No charcoals! And good work with the feral! I had one once too (from a hoard house!) and, yikes, she took years to become comfortable, poor thing. Once she did though, she was a dream, if a bit...quirky.

    (I am not sure why the site is crediting your comment under the O.P.'s name in my original post. That's odd.)

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  12. Haha, logically I know I can go to look at them on the website but Diva Me wants to see them while I watch the show! While the pausing issues I have are not Spike's fault, the fact that the show spends more time showing me dumb drama than it does tattoos is.

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  13. On 8/22/2016 at 1:34 PM, AgentRXS said:

    You know, you should not have to stop inviting people over because of your cat - temporarily, yes, for 9 years or however long you've had it, no. If all other options have failed, I would go for limiting your cat to one area of your apartment, area getting smaller and smaller so the litter box area becomes more and more prominent, until he gets it.

    If it still doesn't work, and unless you're considering moving to a place with a yard, I'd say you have to start talking with friends with outdoor space where he might feel better. 

    I am sure you're a good pet owner (and I am sorry to hear about your 16-year-old; I've definitely been there), but I respectfully and wholeheartedly disagree (I'm sorry). Please don't do either of these things, AgentRXS. To put it mildly, these ideas are just not conducive to unstressing a cat, much less fixing a possible health issue; the first suggestion is, IMO, bordering on cruel. Further, outdoor cats live significantly shorter lives on average than indoor ones. 

    Have you tried getting the opinion of another vet? I would. Or even looking for solutions on websites like LittleBigCat (affiliated with a Jackson Galaxy-approved holistic vet, I believe)? There are even online vets that will answer as many questions as you have for a set price. 

    There could be any number of reasons that your cat is behaving this way, from mental to physical (I mean, he can't help what his poop smells like; maybe he's got a sensitive stomach that needs to be addressed), and not one of them will be helped by cramming him into a tiny space or leaving him outside.

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  14. Oy, I didn't like this episode too much--too many people and not enough focus on the tattoos. I don't care that a ton of them wouldn't be there too long, I still want to see the work. Even the tattoos they did show flashed by so fast--and, ugh, ever since I upgraded DVRs, my remote's response time is so bad and delayed that it's near impossible to pause on anything!

  15. Between fast-forwarding through the bazillion commercials, I wondered
    • where was the bus even going? 
    • why was this camp even still open after so many people died in various violent ways in so short a time?
    • will we ever know why Amy's friend was so over-the-top worried about police breaking up a party?

    What a convoluted story. It's as if the creators just threw everything at the proverbial wall.

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  16. I just wanted you all to know that, out of sheer boredom at work today, I just read all 11 pages even though I have had the same BF for seven years, and didn't much like online dating back when I had a Match account (I'm an "in-person/instant-spark" type; I'd probably try out speed dating if I were single). Anyway, the thread's been enlightening and entertaining; I feel like I just binge-watched a show!

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    It's not that I approve of Teresa committing crimes when I say Jacqueline is wrong in how she approaches situations. Why can't people understand that you can not like one person, disagree with how they approach another person, yet still know that the approached person was wrong in the past? 

    Oh my god, amen

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