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My Mom canned a lot, and we did use the dates on the lid to know which to use first. We would only pitch them if it had been years, but that didn't happen often with a family of six.

Aww, that was mean!

I took away the opposite - that they're saying eating at TB might brighten up an otherwise craptastic morning. Which I highly doubt, but whatever. It's something other places have implied in their ads. McDonald's, for example.

Personally, I love Sparkling Ice (especially the Black Raspberry and Sparkling Lemonade), but loathe the commercials. Really stupid. OK, this one's kinda funny: The first few times I saw these, I heard "Sparkling Ice isn't planned, so this commercial can't be, either!" And I'm all "Of course the commercial was planned, how could you even (looks up and reads the words). Oh. Stupid commercial!"

Well, those of us who've had breast cancer are supposed to avoid soy, so - yes? *said uncertainly*

Yes! The lion trying to say "Bock, bock, squawk!" Love your user name, btw.

My uncle once flew a single engine plane under a bridge on the highway on a dare. Hmm, maybe it's Dad's side of the family... I remember Dad had a huge woodpile he was going to burn and he was mad when I poured an old milk jug full of gasoline on it first. He improvised by using a roman candle from his fireworks stash (yeah, it's definitely Dad's side of the family) to fire at the pile until it ignited the gasoline. There was an almighty WHOOMP and the pile literally lifted off the ground for a second. That was fabulous. Another time, I wanted to burn a pile of leaves in the second driveway (there were two about 10 feet apart - one was for the farm equipment). But they were damp and wouldn't catch, so... I got a small coffee can of gasoline from the farm gas tank, which held 250 gallons and was up on stilts. I thought I was being perfectly safe throwing a lit match from 6 feet away, but there was another WHOOMP, the leafpile blew up and I burned off my bangs and had minor burns on my face. Mom swears the windows rattled and she saw the fireball through the closed curtains and was positive I'd blown up the farm gas tank (thankfully, no). My little brother grabbed the garden hose and turned it on as he ran out the back door. There was nothing coming out of it by the time he got to the second driveway, though. Because that sucker wasn't nearly that long and he'd snapped it off when it got to the end and kept running. And since I'd lit the fire, it was my fault the hose was torn up and I had to pay for a new one. Mom told me later she didn't know whether to hug me or smack the crap out of me for being so stupid. And then my Dad took me out and taught me fire safety since he knew it was futile to just tell me not to play with it. He taught me the concept of using a fuel "wick" for cases like that, where you'd trickle a little stream of gas about 6 feet away from the pile and then stand 6 MORE feet away and throw the match at that. Definitely Dad's side of the family.

Cute kid, but I hate them for making me sick of a song I used to like. Because it's on 90 gazillion times an hour.

I like the Chobani flips because otherwise, the crunchy toppings would be soggy. That said, I just saw an ad for a drinkable Chobani and gagged.

(((Jaded)))

We insist on them at our children's hospital, so this really makes me shake my head at the TV.

I have one of those promotional records for this song shaped like a fish head. Uhmm... somewhere.

Yep, they sure do, and many other species as well. It's a defense strategy so they won't look weak and ripe for some other animal to attack. You'd think that domestic animals might have let go of that reflex in the thousands of years they've spent in our company, but they don't. It can be heartbreaking when they don't get medical attention in a timely manner because of that.. Been there. :{

If you're already doing FF, have you tried the Exquisite Medleys? The Primavera and Tuscany types have a goodly amount of gravy in them. My kitties think it's crack. <3

Any chance this guy's just making shit up because he's bored and/or senile?

90% of my dreams seem to involve hunting for something, someone, someplace, etc. That one's pretty easy, too. LOL.

I think it's a riff on the series of viral videos called Kid Snippets.

Have you guys ever seen the YouTube channel for "Vivian Tries"? This lady tries out those ASOTV products and tells you if they work or not. And rates them with 1 to 5 "Vivian heads". She's pretty funny and profane and I've become a fan.

I'm an amateur, Blergh, but sounds like you're nostalgic for a simpler and happier time. Is your job stressing you out lately? As for the sleep sounds, may I recommend NOT using rain? We had a patient (baby) whose mother wanted us to play one of those all the time. And we hated "babbling brook" because we always felt like we had to pee when it was going.

I know it's not funny, but sometimes, when my Mom was extra fed-up with the 4 of us, she'd say, "You're the worst kids ever!" It probably didn't help that our response was "We're number one! We're number one!" I think the difference was probably that we knew she didn't really mean it and that we were loved. Poor Mama. Hee.

My bad.

It's called "exploding head syndrome". It's real (google it), but apparently harmless. I've had it for about 30 years, but with LONG stretches between occurrences. It seems to happen more when I'm tired and stressed.

I find myself using both.

Don't suggest that. He'd probably think it's a peachy idea.

I ordered from Chewy.com in the wee hours of Friday and it was delivered Saturday.