Small Talk: Ughngnggh! Ugghhnnn!

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, Nashville said:

Merry $&#@ing Christmas.  🤬🤬🤬

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/explosion-reported-downtown-nashville-police-investigating

 

I saw that too. I do not understand it, but then I don't understand most of the insanity that is going on these days. 😵

[Nashville]

6 hours ago, nachomama said:

I saw that @Nashville and came to check on you. Wtf Is that about?  

Last I heard no group has claimed responsibility yet, but the current working theory appears to be domestic terrorists targeting an AT&T regional communications hub.
If part of their grand master plan was to inspire terror then they’ve fucked up miserably, though; instead of a city full of frightened citizens, they now have a state full of royally pissed-off rednecks - and they better pray to their god the feds catch them before the locals do, because I’ve heard more than a few express a deep and burning desire to deep-fry the bombers’ balls in motor oil + preferably while still attached.

 

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Clearly I’m not creative enough but I can’t even fathom the ways this year can continue to offer up assholery and yet it does.

Everybody needs to stop saying “thank god this year is almost over”; every time somebody does, 2020 says “Think I’m done yet?  Here - hold my beer and y’all just watch this....”. 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[nachomama]

Very valid point. 2020 has plenty of fuckery left. Sorry. I’ve been reading the theories. About possibly timing the communications or outages. That it coulda been prep for a larger plan. And it didn’t seem like the objective was killing people (not that it matters what the intent was) I’m ok with deep fried balls if they catch em. 

[Nashville]

A lot can change in a couple of days; apparently it now looks to be the work of a solo suicide bomber, motive unknown.  It’s not even certain now if the AT&T comm center was an actual target. 

[nachomama]

It's weird how many circles this went in, within just 48-72 hours. Now he blew himself up? I will never understand anything. I, myself, am pretty disgruntled by the universe. I don't even get to request who I want to attend my own birthday dinner...30 holidays with virtually no relatives to hang with. I have a shitty job, no money, I can't go on jeopardy and win money cuz I'm an idiot. I'm not cute enough to fake a spanish accent despite being from Massachusetts...these things could send me into blowing myself up territory...but I guess I'm kinda gruntled...cuz that aint my plan. I'm gonna die alone and sad...like a normal person.

[nachomama]

What do you do if you have a client who insists the word Assistance is spelled Assisstance? I guarantee spell check isn't lying to me. And english is not his first language. I've stated twice that it's Assistance and even tried to "ignore" his request that I change it. I mean...the customer is always right???

[Mr. Sparkle]

47 minutes ago, nachomama said:

What do you do if you have a client who insists the word Assistance is spelled Assisstance? I guarantee spell check isn't lying to me. And english is not his first language. I've stated twice that it's Assistance and even tried to "ignore" his request that I change it. I mean...the customer is always right???

I assume (or assassume) this is a printing job? Do they have to sign off on it? 

Where I work, an assistant engineer had his business cards made up to say "Ass. Engineer." He didn't talk to me for a while after I made fun of him mercilessly. That same company spelled my cards "Engineeer." We don't use them anymore, and now we have to sign off on the cards. 

[nachomama]

yes he has to approve them. And yes he corrected my correction. I have floated it past my boss. Obviously if you named your company Assisstance Inc, it's a proper name and therefore not "spelled wrong" I just feel like an asshole for stating twice it's wrong. being told I'm wrong so like he IS signing off on it and therefore not my prob but Im feeling oogy about it. Pre-covid I would take him to my computer and show him spellcheck, show him an online dictionary like I promise dude I'm not lying. But we aren't allowed to have anybody in the building except the front room. Everything he has forwarded to me is def from spanish language websites or his phone/computer are set to spanish language so I don't know what his spell check tells him.

[Mr. Sparkle]

20 minutes ago, nachomama said:

yes he has to approve them. And yes he corrected my correction. I have floated it past my boss. Obviously if you named your company Assisstance Inc, it's a proper name and therefore not "spelled wrong" I just feel like an asshole for stating twice it's wrong. being told I'm wrong so like he IS signing off on it and therefore not my prob but Im feeling oogy about it. Pre-covid I would take him to my computer and show him spellcheck, show him an online dictionary like I promise dude I'm not lying. But we aren't allowed to have anybody in the building except the front room. Everything he has forwarded to me is def from spanish language websites or his phone/computer are set to spanish language so I don't know what his spell check tells him.

Just my opinion: you tried. 

[PrincessPurrsALot]

On 12/29/2020 at 7:04 AM, nachomama said:

What do you do if you have a client who insists the word Assistance is spelled Assisstance? I guarantee spell check isn't lying to me. And english is not his first language. I've stated twice that it's Assistance and even tried to "ignore" his request that I change it. I mean...the customer is always right???

Does this client work in pornography?  Are they a proctologist?  Just coming up with some possible reasons for this spelling.  😄

I worked for a a software company.  In our instructional materials they created a series of items for Asset Analysis with the abbreviation Ass Anal.  I had the fun of explaining to our German colleagues why this was an issue.  Ah, good times . . . .

[OoohMaggie]

Wishing you all a much happier new year 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by OoohMaggie

[AngelaHunter]

Yes, let's hope for a better year!

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[Mr. Sparkle]

Amen! 

[nachomama]

I already quit. 

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, nachomama said:

I already quit. 

The job, or the year? 

[nachomama]

Both! If you’ve already cried in 2021 it might be worth seeking cryotherapy for the next few months. 

[OoohMaggie]

It’s not all doom and gloom  😋
 

 

[Nashville]

. . . . 
I don’t wanna talk about it.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[AngelaHunter]

8 hours ago, Nashville said:

. . . . 
I don’t wanna talk about it.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Go ahead, Nashville. We're all old friends here.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I'm kind of rooting for Buffalo to take the whole thing. 0 chance of that happening. I'll root for the Titans because I have no horse in that race. 

[Nashville]

5 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

Hey Nashville,

Are they allowing fans into the stadium for the Titans' game?   Are you going?

I am rooting for the Titans.  Cleveland in the other game.

 

Yes they’re allowing fans, and yes I’m going to be there.  I may have to bathe in sanitizer before and after - and I may be freezing my balls off during - but I WILL be there.

[Nashville]

20 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

Ruh-roh, rey rost.😭

Teams I root for tend to lose, I probably should have rooted for Baltimore.

I wasn't impressed with the Titans offense, I thought the offensive play calling was horrible, the pacing too slow.   But then again, the closest I have ever gotten to playing football is that vibrating ironing board with the plastic players I had as a kid.

I wanted The Titans and the Browns to advance.

I was already disappointed that the Colts lost yesterday.  Rivers played well, but the Colts' coaching staff was far too aggressive.

Yesterday’s loss was pretty straightforward.  The Titans came out gangbusters in the first quarter - and if the Ravens had continued with their same playing strategy, the result would most likely have been a lopsided Titans win.  Thing is, though, after the first quarter the Ravens shifted tactics to counter the Titans offense - but more importantly, the Titans didn’t change their tactics in response.  The Ravens went at least 2-on-1 covering Henry on every play, but the Titans kept running Henry as if he wasn’t getting the extra coverage.  As a result Henry, who has been averaging 117+ yards per game all season, was held to something like 40 yards - but more significant was the number of wasted-on-Henry downs which should have been directed toward more yardage-profitable play, which in turn translated to fewer scoring attempts.

Fourth-quarter turnovers don’t help a lot in that respect, either.  😛

[nachomama]

Cheese is so good. Has anyone ever cooked a vienna sausage? My foray into spam was a mistake, then I see somebody frying up vienna sausages. It did not make me tempted.

When they narrow down the choices for the big game just tell me who you want to win and I'll go for the opposite because anybody I hope for loses.

[Nashville]

On 1/11/2021 at 12:31 PM, icemiser69 said:

Does that mean that the coaching staff doesn't have enough faith in Tannehill?

Nah, IMHO the coaching staff simply was simply suffering from a lack of flexibility.

 

On 1/11/2021 at 12:31 PM, icemiser69 said:

The dude is mobile, was there a reason why he wasn't rolling out of the pocket in an effort to spread out the Ravens' defense and opening up the offense a bit?

Tannehill did do such a rollout in one play during the Titans’ first possession of the game - and I don’t know whether or not the broadcast caught it but he took a pretty nasty hit as a result.  Not to mention the hit was out of bounds, which should’ve drawn a penalty flag on the Ravens - but there were numerous occasions Sunday those flags stayed in officials’ pockets when they should’ve come out.  The officiating was even worse than usual - and for that particular officiating crew, that’s saying something.  🤬

[Mr. Sparkle]

3 hours ago, nachomama said:

Cheese is so good. Has anyone ever cooked a vienna sausage? My foray into spam was a mistake, then I see somebody frying up vienna sausages. It did not make me tempted.

They look like dog snacks to me. Something about canned meat bothers me. 

3 hours ago, nachomama said:

When they narrow down the choices for the big game just tell me who you want to win and I'll go for the opposite because anybody I hope for loses.

Me too. I rooted for the Titans, and look where that got ol' Nashville. 

[Nashville]

4 hours ago, nachomama said:

Has anyone ever cooked a vienna sausage? My foray into spam was a mistake, then I see somebody frying up vienna sausages. It did not make me tempted.

Cooked, no - but when I was a kid and my father and I would go fishing, those were a staple on the boat.  We didn’t cook them, though; just ate them straight out of the can.  
Canned sardines were a regular as well, but I never had any inclination to try those; to me, they always looked just a little too similar to the minnows we used for bait.  😁

 

1 hour ago, Superclam said:

Me too. I rooted for the Titans, and look where that got ol' Nashville. 

And yes, @Superclam, I blame you.  😆

[Mr. Sparkle]

35 minutes ago, Nashville said:

And yes, @Superclam, I blame you.  😆

I guess my trip to Nashville is off! 

35 minutes ago, Nashville said:

Canned sardines were a regular as well, but I never had any inclination to try those; to me, they always looked just a little too similar to the minnows we used for bait.

Now those I love. Sardines on a roll with onion?? F yeah! My breath is delightful after that! 

[madmax]

6 hours ago, nachomama said:

Cheese is so good. Has anyone ever cooked a vienna sausage? My foray into spam was a mistake, then I see somebody frying up vienna sausages. It did not make me tempted.

 

My mother has a recipe where she wraps them in bacon and rolls them in brown sugar before she bakes them.  Last time she made them, I think I ate a dozen and wanted more, but the kids finished them off before I could.

Haven't had Spam in ages, but Mr. Max likes Treet, which is similar.  The smell of it makes me throw up.  Literally.  I cooked it for him once and threw up twice while I was doing it.  So he does not eat it in my presence.  

[Mr. Sparkle]

Snausages. 

[nachomama]

18 hours ago, Superclam said:

They look like dog snacks to me. Something about canned meat bothers me. 

Maybe it's the New Mexico...we ate everything canned and frozen. Went to the grocery store once a month. Potted meat or deviled ham in a can is nasty though. Maybe we always got low sodium spam? I really, really did not like my recent spam encounter and it's not like it was something I loved...just hadn't had it in 20 years so I gave it a shot. blech

16 hours ago, Nashville said:

Cooked, no - but when I was a kid and my father and I would go fishing, those were a staple on the boat.  We didn’t cook them, though; just ate them straight out of the can.  
Canned sardines were a regular as well, but I never had any inclination to try those; to me, they always looked just a little too similar to the minnows we used for bait.

Vienna sausages I only eat with mustard. Sardines, nothing, just plain, no tomato sauce or any kind of saucy things, just plain.

14 hours ago, madmax said:

My mother has a recipe where she wraps them in bacon and rolls them in brown sugar before she bakes them.  Last time she made them, I think I ate a dozen and wanted more, but the kids finished them off before I could.

Haven't had Spam in ages, but Mr. Max likes Treet, which is similar.  The smell of it makes me throw up.  Literally.  I cooked it for him once and threw up twice while I was doing it.  So he does not eat it in my presence.  

Pretty much anything wrapped in bacon sounds tasty. My dad made what he called "pigs in a blanket" but trust me, it wasn't anything like what normal people call pigs in a blanket. His version of corn bread was hot water bread...corn meal mixed with boiling water (nothing else) and then make a patty out of it and deep fry. THIS IS NOT CORN BREAD! this is a hockey puck, a dry, hard as a brick hockey puck. and he would poke a sausage in it and then bake it with some kind of red sauce (I'm sure it started out with ketchup but took a turn at barbecue) who knows. Trust me, I wasn't eating it. I am guessing that a lot of things my father brought were about poverty. This was his recipe for "salad" ...lettuce, miracle whip. done.

[Mr. Sparkle]

10 minutes ago, nachomama said:

Sardines, nothing, just plain, no tomato sauce or any kind of saucy things, just plain.

Yeah, either packed in oil or water. Skinless and boneless. 

[nachomama]

58 minutes ago, Superclam said:

Yeah, either packed in oil or water. Skinless and boneless. 

yep. My dad would eat the bones and all but I was very surgical. I split my teeny fishies in half and removed their bones and guts. Havent' had them in a long, long while but I do splurge for the boneless these days.

[Nashville]

8 hours ago, nachomama said:

Maybe it's the New Mexico...we ate everything canned and frozen. Went to the grocery store once a month.

I think it’s more an outdoors thing - or a rural thing - or a poor thing - or some combination of all the above.  Canned Viennas are hella cheap, they don’t require refrigeration, and they last just shy of forever - the perfect sort of thing to throw in a backpack/lunchbox/glovebox/tackle box and forget about until you need it. 😉 

 

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Potted meat or deviled ham in a can is nasty though.

You think so?  Underwood’s Deviled Ham was a childhood favorite of mine; don’t think I’ve had in in a few decades or so, though, so it may not taste the way I remember....  😄

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, Nashville said:

 Underwood’s Deviled Ham was a childhood favorite of mine

OMG, I remember that! I loved it, as I loved something we made in Home Econ. class in about grade 6: Take a hot dog and cut a slice in the top. Put cheese in the slice, wrap it all with bacon and put it the oven. Heaven, I promise. My mother used to give us bread 'n butter pickles wrapped in a slice of baloney. We kids loved it, but I doubt I would indulge now.

4 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

As a vegetarian, the smell of liver and onions makes me want to puke.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I mostly eat chicken breasts, salmon and pasta. The look and smell of any kind of innards makes me ill, to the point that when my husband craved liver and onions he had to go a local restaurant that served it every Thursday. I tried cooking it a couple times for him, but then went on strike.

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, icemiser69 said:

My dad used to love tripe and liver and onions,

I tried tripe once because I heard it was actually good. It wasn't terrible but I didn't like the texture. It's never on a menu and no one makes it for me, so it never comes up. 

Liver is absolutely vile. My mother would make chicken liver and onions and I couldn't stomach it. Weirdly, I can eat chopped liver and pate. 

When I was a kid I used to LOVE Hormel chili and Dintey Moore's beef stew. I haven't had either in a while. I also liked Chef Boyardee ravioli and stuff like that. 

Edited January 14, 2021 by Superclam

[nachomama]

12 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

My dad used to love tripe and liver and onions, not at the same time.  I don't think I have ever seen tripe, but I have heard stories.  As a vegetarian, the smell of liver and onions makes me want to puke.

My dad liked tripe too. bllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech and she made me eat 2 bites of liver when she made it for my dad.

11 hours ago, Superclam said:

I tried tripe once because I heard it was actually good. It wasn't terrible but I didn't like the texture. It's never on a menu and no one makes it for me, so it never comes up. 

Liver is absolutely vile. My mother would make chicken liver and onions and I couldn't stomach it. Weirdly, I can eat chopped liver and pate. 

When I was a kid I used to LOVE Hormel chili and Dintey Moore's beef stew. I haven't had either in a while. I also liked Chef Boyardee ravioli and stuff like that. 

They tricked my sister into eating tripe. My uncle sent me pate from france once and I ate a little, didn't hate it but upchucked violently in the middle of the night. and we used to eat braunschweiger as a kid (my mom never called it liverwurst). I still love my dinty moore (I always pictured that's what cowboys were eating in movies where they got their big wooden spoon and shoveling food in their mouths) I eat spaghettios once in a while.

12 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

My mother used to give us bread 'n butter pickles wrapped in a slice of baloney. We kids loved it, but I doubt I would indulge now.

My mom would have us make "baloney pizza" slice of baloney is your "crust" put ketchup on it, olives,  cheese, maybe pepperoni but I feel like it was "get rid of shit in the fridge" so it was probably ham. We would make smiley faces. Every day I realize how truly stupid I was as a child.

[Mr. Sparkle]

22 minutes ago, nachomama said:

My mom would have us make "baloney pizza" slice of baloney is your "crust" put ketchup on it, olives,  cheese, maybe pepperoni but I feel like it was "get rid of shit in the fridge" so it was probably ham.

🤢🤮

[nachomama]

I will say 1 thing that stands up ...cheese toast. slice of bread with a slice of cheese under the broiler. Universally loved for eons. For a child that didn't like anything "browned" my pancakes had to be blonde, I didnt like regular toast, if it was steak I wanted toast "rare" like pop it in a toaster and less than a second I wanted it out. cut off crusts but damn did I like a really burnt piece of cheese toast. Not even the bread part, I wanted the cheese broooooooooooown like form a bubble and I pop the bubble and I eat the brown crusty part and make my sister eat the rest. I also hate marshmallows but I love a burnt to death marshmallow. Where it's crispy cinders in my mouth. I don't even want the guts. Just squoosh out the middle and gimme the smoking shell. I'm not weird, you're weird.

[AngelaHunter]

3 hours ago, nachomama said:

I will say 1 thing that stands up ...cheese toast. slice of bread with a slice of cheese under the broiler. Universally loved for eons.

Same. I don't eat most of the foods I ate as a kid (so much hamburger I can't look at the stuff anymore) but to this day Velveeta grilled cheese sandwiches are my "go-to" comfort food.

 

18 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

My dad used to love tripe

The inside of a cow's stomach - not even if I were starving. Same with kidneys and tongue. No, never.

I did eat liver as a kid. It was kind of change from hamburger I guess, but gave it up eventually. Can't stand even looking at it in the supermarket.

[Mr. Sparkle]

38 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

The inside of a cow's stomach - not even if I were starving. Same with kidneys and tongue. No, never.

Tripe doesn't really taste like anything, it takes on whatever sauce you put on it. Still, the idea is pretty disgusting. 

I've never had kidneys, but my grandfather was a butcher and we'd get entire cow tongues. It's absolutely delicious, but again, I can understand the aversion. 

[nachomama]

I think my dad ate pickled pigs feet.

Several years ago I went to a restaurant with an pseudo ex bf and he ordered liver. I gave him a look and questioned that. He said he loved liver and his sisters used to give him theirs when his mom served it. The lady behind the counter asked if we were married because we bicker like we're married.

[OoohMaggie]

On 1/14/2021 at 6:53 PM, AngelaHunter said:

The inside of a cow's stomach - not even if I were starving. Same with kidneys and tongue. No, never.

I have to admit that kidney does taste lovely in a steak & kidney pie, as for offal in general I agree with you.

I remember my Mother telling me about my Grandad’s special treat, sheep’s head stew, she used to come home from school and there would be a big pot bubbling away on the stove, with the front teeth on the skull overhanging the edge of the pot. Being the working man of the family, the sheep’s brains were solely for her dad to eat, how times change 🤮

Edited January 15, 2021 by OoohMaggie

[OoohMaggie]

22 hours ago, nachomama said:

 

I think my dad ate pickled pigs feet.

 

I found this pretty amusing 😁

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by OoohMaggie

[OoohMaggie]

2 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

On entirely different topic.  The best Looney Tunes character (and it isn't close) is Foghorn Leghorn.

I say, well I say he’s definitely up there, however I have to pay homage to Sylvester, Wile-e and Yosemite, I have very little time for their various, more popular? adversaries  😱

[Mr. Sparkle]

3 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

I have to admit that kidney does taste lovely in a steak & kidney pie,

I would try that. I generally enjoy meat pies, or as we call them around here, empanadas. 

2 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

The best Looney Tunes character (and it isn't close) is Foghorn Leghorn.

He had some great lines. "You don't like baseball? Something kind of yeesh about a boy who doesn't like baseball." 

[AngelaHunter]

8 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

I have to admit that kidney does taste lovely in a steak & kidney pie, as for offal in general I agree with you

I make the most delicious steak 'n kidney pie, with no kidneys.😄 I substitute mushrooms.

7 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

The whole thing just makes me want to barf.

Better not look up the recipe for haggis, then.

 

8 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

I remember my Mother telling me about my Grandad’s special treat, sheep’s head stew, she used to come home from school and there would be a big pot bubbling away on the stove, with the front teeth on the skull overhanging the edge of the pot.

Just kill me now. My mother-in-law loved pig's feet and made them in a big stew pot with veggies and meatballs (so I would have something to eat) I had to keep my eyes riveted on my plate as we ate, so as not to see her putting hunks of quivering white fat she dug out behind the bristles still on the feet and put it all in her mouth. Sorry if I'm incoherent, but I'm getting queasy again just thinking about it.

[Nashville]

 

On 1/13/2021 at 7:24 PM, Superclam said:

I tried tripe once because I heard it was actually good. It wasn't terrible but I didn't like the texture. It's never on a menu and no one makes it for me, so it never comes up. 

Liver is absolutely vile. My mother would make chicken liver and onions and I couldn't stomach it. Weirdly, I can eat chopped liver and pate. 
 

Damn, y’all are picky; from where my folk come, tripe was the fancy shit.  
Give souse meat a try if you’re feeling... adventurous.

 

On 1/13/2021 at 7:24 PM, Superclam said:

When I was a kid I used to LOVE Hormel chili and Dintey Moore's beef stew. I haven't had either in a while. I also liked Chef Boyardee ravioli and stuff like that. 

Same here, and still do.

 

[madmax]

1 hour ago, Nashville said:

Give souse meat a try if you’re feeling... adventurous.

 

UGH!  I used to work in a deli and had to cut slabs of souse/head cheese for people.  "Try not gagging in front of the customers, Max."

[Mr. Sparkle]

Head cheese sounds and looks disgusting. I've never tried it. My grandmother used to make something called p'tcha, which is equally disgusting and I never used to eat it. She also made borscht, which I never ate because I don't like beets. But I'd chow down on her fricasee, which is a stew made from chicken feet and gizzards. Also gefilte fish, which is kind of the spam of fish. Most people hate it, but I love it. 

I'm an adventurous eater, but some things just bother me. Snails, crickets, rattlesnake? I've tried them all. Raw tomatoes? Don't even want it on my plate. 

[OoohMaggie]

Wait for the ‘pop’ 😋