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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.
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- 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.
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17 minutes ago, Wanda said:
It’s terrifying times. I’ve given up withdrawing from Ativan since I don’t drink. Had to bring my son home from his residential group home and his dayhab is of course closed. He doesn’t understand why. There’s nothing to do except let him watch barney videos until they break. My cat sits on me every chance he gets. We will get through this. Bruised and battered, but somehow we will come out the other side, whenever it is. Good luck.
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12 minutes ago, DEG9 said:
Hey sweetie. You need to find something to occupy yourself (besides snarking here). I'm sewing masks for careworkers. There are other things that you might be able to do that would be helpful. Don't sit and dwell, for that will not help anything.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks, you guys. I just microwaved a frozen chicken enchilada and will join in live chat tonight.
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20 hours ago, fonfereksglen said:
I read this as poop and leak ..... and thought you were talking about the daily problems of the Pounders ..... not milk.
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.
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On 3/15/2020 at 3:06 PM, CrazyInAlabama said:
I wonder how many poundticipants will get this, and have bad outcomes? I can't think of a more high risk group, with tons of medical issues.
I grew up with monthly trips for staples, and freezing cartons of milk, and bread. I wonder how many of the food hoarders know that a lot of what they purchased won't sit well for a week or two. I'm guessing a lot of spoiled milk, and moldy bread in a week or so. Note: the cartons of milk have to be the cardboard type, I bet the plastic ones would pop.
Yes they will pop and leak.
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5 hours ago, peaceknit said:
That was one of my first thoughts. How are these morbidly obese people going to get through this?
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.
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20 minutes ago, DC Gal in VA said:
Hey there @Carboncat so sorry to hear about you battling the flu, ugh. Also sorry to hear that your way less than informed employer's response; has he/she been living under a rock? Obnoxious and ridiculous. At least your county has your back. What a jerk. When you're battling the flu the last thing you need is to expose your immune system, which is already under siege, to another possible infection.
BTW, hopefully will you be able to get emergency financial assistance from your state during your mandatory quarantine.
Glad that you were able to get out and at least get some necessities. The store I usually shop at for groceries, Harris Teeter among others, is limiting many of the items people have been hoarding.
I was really sick for about a month -- last week of January through the third week of February -- then another week just begin feeling like normal. Still not sure what the Hell that was (cold, flu?).
Heh heh, your butt will do just fine with napkins, just remember to not flush them!😁
Here's wishing you and your husband all the best and sending loving, healing thoughts.
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!
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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!
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On 3/10/2020 at 11:48 AM, CrazyInAlabama said:
The safe way to use a clothes wringer is to use a cut off broom stick, and use it to lift the clothes from the tub, and push through the wringer. I remember my mother doing that. My grandparents were very poor, so they bought nothing that they could avoid buying. My mother used the broom stick, because her mother did, and not because we couldn't afford something better.
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!
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On 3/6/2020 at 4:35 PM, auntjess said:
I bet we've had at least glimpses of one on this show, although I usually turn the TV to "guide" during the surgery.
Yes, I usually duck out for the surgery scenes. I'm also kind of afraid of a "something's wrong" moment, like with Vianey.
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On 3/5/2020 at 8:48 PM, Carboncat said:
You know, folks, we really need an "Eerrrrrgh!" button, or even a vomit emogi for our comments. A "that's so disgusting/exasperating/beyond-it" button.
Sorry about the over-share there, the wine caught up with me, but I do love Wednesday nights.
Thanks for the fun!
Gosh, I cringe when I read this stuff sober, but it's actually all true.
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10 hours ago, FormeryHeavyJ said:
If anyone needed a good palette-cleansing from this year's parade of crybabies, whiners & b.s. artists...the perfect antidote was on this morning. I was getting ready for the gym and saw a an update show featuring Diane for a few years ago. This is someone who GETS IT. Someone to be admired. Someone who shows that a quitter never wins and a winner never quits. She had to get double knee replacement (as I say....from too many years of being stupid....and I speak from experience on that one) but never gave up.
Many years ago I damaged my meniscus coaching basketball and then "got stupid" for too many years. I dropped the weight thanks to sleeve gastrectomy, work out like I am possessed, but still have osteo-arthritis in the right knee. All from being stupid for too long.
Lesson learned. Don't be stupid.
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!
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3 hours ago, libgirl2 said:
I remember her! She rocked!
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!
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9 hours ago, FormeryHeavyJ said:
Every time Lola come on the show I have to grab my acoustic and start playing "Lola". Some people like her beauty, some like her wigs. I have the impulse to play "Lola".
I play it well but I am asked to not sing. I could make Huskies howl a mile away. I wouldn't know a correct vocal key from a hole in the ground.
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.
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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!
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17 hours ago, Carboncat said:
To me "Beyond Meat' burger patties are the best, meaty tasting stuff. I used some other brands and had to discard.
Yes, the burger patties have that real meat taste and chew. forget the "sausage" substitutes of any brand.
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23 hours ago, DuckyinKy said:
I'm a new to this snow, I can't believe how things have changed. In 1987, when I was 26, I had a gastric bypass which I know how mine was done is antiquated. I was 400+ lbs, at 5'11". I didn't have to lose weight. They scheduled mine right away. Things are so different and 99% of the people who had theirs done has gained their weight and more. I haven't. I'm about 198. I do suffer from anemia, low B12, calcium, and vitamin D. My doctor was so kind. But I don't know what makes me different from the other patients. I do feel for some of these patients, because no one knows what it is like to be in our heads. I will say that to accommodate me, my family ate like I did. In any event thanks for having me and I look forward to much more with you guys!
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.
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On 3/3/2020 at 8:38 PM, nokat said:
Not me, but now I'm interested.
To me "Beyond Meat' burger patties are the best, meaty tasting stuff. I used some other brands and had to discard.
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On 3/3/2020 at 5:28 PM, Hana Chan said:
Unfortunately her father fucked off to South Carolina this past summer (we all lived on Long Island NY) so he's going to be as helpful as tits on a bull. Her mom didn't have an apartment big enough to help out but is looking to move so hopefully she'll be in a better place soon.
I've had to give up my office for the duration so I don't have my own TV right now (I refuse to have one in my bedroom because I'm a chronic insomniac) so I'm not sure if I'll be able to watch live for awhile. And I need to figure out where I'm going to work on my writing.
But there is no way that I would abandon her when I found out that her ex had cheated on her. She needs all the support she can get right now.
Yeah, all I want is a five pound bag of M&Ms right now but I'm consoling myself with a sugar free pudding cup.
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!
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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.
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Small Talk: Only 2 Ounces Of Commenting Allowed
in My 600-lb Life
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.