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We ordered Chinese food a couple of times during the lockdown. It supported our neighbors, and was very tasty. It led to a couple of hours of dancing in socks to forgotten hits. I need to be very careful, though. I can easily gain weight or become a alcoholic from all this.

Oh, that's pretty. I did manage to do red beans and rice, and we hurt ourselves for two days. Damn, it takes so long for ham hocks to soften! Had this pack of "gourmet" red beans, smaller than normal. I like to use salt pork for blackeyes and other beans, but had these hocks in the freezer. Took 6 hours, at least. Also made cornbread (from the Albers box recipe, which is glued inside of my kitchen cupboard) After all the mixing, found out we didn't have an egg. Made it without it. Don't try this, especially if you don't have natural teeth. Boy I don't mean to overshare here, but thanks so much for being internet friends. Will try to store up snark. Thanks, and love.

Hi everybody! Coming to you from Hotel California. Check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. I'm sure most of you can relate. I am truly alarmed about storm and tornado damage in the South, and more bad weather and winds coming up the East Coast tonight. Please everybody take care. I am praying, for what it's worth.

Thanks

Actually that makes a lot of sence. I don't have my sewing machine anymore, but seriously, what do I need to make masks etc.

Hi, everyone. I have been on lockdown for a month, and have lost my job. Can't do Facilities from home. Mourning Kenny Rogers. Doing nothing but drinking, except when my husband ordered Chinese food and I hoovered it up. Felt a lot better. Cats are good, food and catbox ok. Play with wand toys and try to communicate love, not fear. Am scared (!) and I wish a homestyle chicken sandwich and a large frys would fix it.

Hello folks, am in total panic tonight. We have shutdown of state, no work, how are we going to pay mortgage? I can't drink enough to sleep.

Thanks, you guys. I just microwaved a frozen chicken enchilada and will join in live chat tonight.

No, I meant plastic containers will leak around their tops when frozen, because the liquid expands when frozen. I really don't want to insult or offend anybody at all. If anyone feels so, I apologize, truly. I am a Pounder viewer, but I never finished college, so I'm not an expert on anything at all. And yes, the morbidly obese 600lb life folks are really at risk. We are in a shelter-in place lockdown here, and am really scared.

Yes they will pop and leak.

I know milk doesn't freeze well.. I keep riffing on this, but what about that powdered milk stuff they sold in the 60's and 70's? It would put anyone off milk.

Thanks so much for your kind thoughts. I'll see how this boils down with my employment. Thing is, my Union Carpenter former self has COPD and is vulnerable, and I haven't really to put down the smokes. My fault. Oh "butt" yes the napkins will do just do their multi-purpose fine. Good thing the yard waste bin is so large; one can bury a multitude of sins (!) under a mower bag of grass. Seriously, my online pals, I do appreciate your comments and company, thanks!

Hi folks, I'm checking in...I have been absolutely floored by flu (I don't think covid 19) for a week. I feel like I have lost a week of my life. I have been stuck at home with my now blind husband, unable to shop or drive or go to work Getting blasted by my boss, until today, when our county has imposed a mandatory 3-week shelter in place. No work. Maybe it's time to retire. I did get to the store where I did get cat food and canned goods. No toilet paper or paper towels, but I did score a 300-pak of napkins. It's good to feel like I'm back among the living, and looking forward to Wednesday!

OMG! I remember the broomstick thingie. In Fresno clothes dry in half an hour and bleached I 110 degree summer heat. My grandmother couldn't be convinced to get a dryer, even when my folks offered her one. We weren't poor; it was a state of mind. Like my middle-class mom mixing up that depression-era powdered milk when all my friends got the cartoned stuff!

Yes, I usually duck out for the surgery scenes. I'm also kind of afraid of a "something's wrong" moment, like with Vianey.

Gosh, I cringe when I read this stuff sober, but it's actually all true.

You know, don't regret it. I had spine surgery last year from too many years with the nail gun and hammer. Have osteo in my hands and neck, but so.... Glad you are healthy and lead an active life. Getting older sucks, but it sure beats the alternative!

I have always rooted for her. From being basically imprisoned in the basement of her parents' house in a Chicago winter to living her dreams---hooray!

Oh, now I can't get that song out of my head (Coca, not Cherry) cola included. Go on, belt it out! I can't sing at all, but my late-night guilty fun is singing and dancing to stuff like "Smokin' in the Boy's Room", "Spiders and Snakes" and especially "American Pie". I know all the words. IMO it referred to JFK. Long, long time ago, we used to drive the pickup up to an irrigation ditch and drink our strawberry sodas and eat burgers and watch the water go by. Coolth by extension. You were always warned never to swim in them, which of course we never did.

So glad to hear it. In my opinion young people just kind of need us to be a stable (if boring) presence they can be assured to come back to after their emotional storms and troubles. And about clothes; I'm doing this right now myself.... if you haven't worn it in (some) years, if it needs altering you never got around to, if it's a size you just aren't anymore---donate it. Buy some new, cute outfits for yourself that fit your current size and feel good. You deserve it!

Yes, the burger patties have that real meat taste and chew. forget the "sausage" substitutes of any brand.

Welcome to the forum! I am so glad you are healthier now; nobody should be over 400lbs and suffer like that. I'm glad to hear your family supported you with the diet changes, instead of a lot of the usual eyerolls, sighs, and parading of forbidden food in front of you.

To me "Beyond Meat' burger patties are the best, meaty tasting stuff. I used some other brands and had to discard.

Oh Hana Chan, stay strong! Am just now reading this. You are strong and can support your niece. Yes, you can. Deep breath....This is what's it's about, you can help others too. While you are healing yourself! Do the best you can, and disengage from emotional drama (been there). Food is not the answer, and throw out the "fat pants" etc..buy new clothes and embrace the new you. Lay down the law and don't take stuff! Seriously you can help squash the family drama by your example. I really know it's hard. It's easy to melt down and cry. Breathe, and don't...... And throw out the "fat" clothes! Love!

Just an observation here....am checking e-mail, avoiding Friday night housecleaning and drinking my 2nd beer. No, I can't get the emogis to work, and kind of bluff my way through smartphones etc... BUT...….I do know how to call collect from a pay phone, drive a stick-shift car, do math without a calculator, shorthand and ditto machine, iron clothes, defrost a freezer, make cornbread, biscuits and bread from scratch, sew from a pattern, and even use a clothes wringer (don't ask!). And I'm still young! I shop (judiciously of course) in the Jr. department. Oh, I forgot the slide rule! Point is things change so fast, even for us "normal" folks, and I feel a pang for these poundticipants who really need to put down the mcMuffins and get a life before it's too late. I'll bet they are way more adept at their phones than me, though.