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Every Choice You Make in Life Is a Calculated Risk.


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mharper42
mharper42
May 2, 2022 11:14 pm

Regarding washing the dishes — although I’m probably chiming in too late for most of you to see this… Last fall, the dishwasher was acting up — After I started it, I would sometimes notice that the settings had changed. Sometimes I’d see the settings change even while I was looking at the controls. So I’m thinking I need to… Read more »

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 11:07 pm

Some satire on the leaked Supreme Court info. Overall between OK to good with some funny points.

https://babylonbee.com/news/left-panics-that-millions-of-babies-might-live?fbclid=IwAR331D2UjmZeRykWXPUNJwGXPYh-kFIh6pTv2XBTCQIePf2xMEmhDZXtNEQ

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 10:14 pm

//“Conservative justices will have their lives and the lives of their families threatened,” tweeted podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. “The person who leaked this knows that.”//

https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-call-for-probe-of-scotus-leak-warn-justices-in-jeopardy

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 10:07 pm

Texpat #93 / 95

Yup. That’s really bad.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 10:03 pm

G’night y’all bis morgen.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 10:02 pm

Texpat

Ain’t denying that.  Some chicken fecal matter puke bubble breaking faith is not a good thing, not at all.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:59 pm

Things must be getting back to normal.
KHOU has a gator story.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:58 pm

Or my real name

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:56 pm

I wish you would not.

 

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:53 pm

Squawk;

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

When I share that on facebook should I reveal your super secret name here?

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:51 pm

Getting old sucks. Niki has a bloodclot and the best meds will push our overall monthly medicine bill from about $60/month to over $700/month. God is good though. Can’t tell you how many times He’s pulled us through financial hardships. We’ll see what happens.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:51 pm

Elon Musk’s reply to the Supreme Court leak

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:50 pm

Texpat;

Congrats to her. That’s awesome!

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:42 pm

#53;

 

One of my favorite meals is rice and beans.

Rice and beans was my food staple for two years in Brazil. Great overall nutrition for cheap. Add a little noodles and meat and you have a meal that’ll keep your tummy full for hours.

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:38 pm

#69, 73, 74, 76;

 

I’m with you. Once in a while I make paper plates and plastic cups part of my SAM’S purchase. They have the best prices on dog food as well.

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:34 pm

#76;

 

I don’t have a dishwasher.

At first I thought you meant BSue left you. 😳 😉

 

Darren
Darren
May 2, 2022 9:28 pm

Thoughts and prayers Texmo #4!

El Gordo
May 2, 2022 9:22 pm

#79 – One of the few times I agree with Roberts.  It should be a State matter.  Other than the moral issue, the other big deal might be to do away with federal funding for abortions, namely getting rid of PP.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:13 pm

El gordo

Big time news there.  I heard Justice Roberts say that he believed that abortion should never have been heard and that the issue would best be left to the states.  I think that is why several states are getting their laws in gear including some states declaring they will be abortion safe zones.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:08 pm

I have MY coffee cup that I had back in the service and my favorite all purpose glass.  the only deviation is my tea glass (no sugar. plenty of cut lemon).

El Gordo
May 2, 2022 9:08 pm

Wow, if this is true, it’s a big deal.  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/leaked-draft-opinion-signals-supreme-court-is-overturning-roe-v-wade

The draft opinion is available if you click on the right URL.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:05 pm

I don’t have a dishwasher.  Well I do but it is full of canning jars. Jars stored there after use.  I stopped using the dishwasher years ago before my Mom moved in.  We would eat, rinse of the plates put em in the dishwasher and three days later wash the dishes when the thing got full.  Forget that.  It is… Read more »

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 9:02 pm

We do use the highball and wine glasses, though. We’re not savages.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:59 pm

Cheapo translucent Solo cups, too.

That woman would dirty up forty glasses a week.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:53 pm

……BSue and I eat a whole bunch of meals off heavy duty paper plates. Oh, man. I haven’t seen a real plate since the last time we had company. Probably since Texpat’s last visit……and there is no guarantee that we used them then, either HEB has had intermittent interrupted supply of their good, heavy duty ten inch paper plates. I… Read more »

Bonecrusher
May 2, 2022 8:37 pm

I would much rather wash the plate than eat off of paper. To each his own.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:31 pm

Shannon

Since Mom passed away BSue and I eat a whole bunch of meals off heavy duty paper plates.  I cannot bring myself to use plastic knives and forks.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:26 pm

Since I am the head cook and dish washer round here i am not going to contribute to a larger workload. Even it is just one more dish.

Brutha, I can definitely identify with that.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:26 pm

ADD BEANS MORE PROTEIN

Harrruummmph argue that.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:08 pm

Ya gotta have a steak to eat it.
We’re talking apocalypse here, Bubba.
Mad Max.

All the meat will be gone from the shelves within 48 hours.

All the cows on hoof will be gone in a month. Unless your favorite neighborhood cowboy sleeps with the cattle and has plenty of ammo for his automatic weapon.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:04 pm

I refuse to put my beans on the side.  Since I am the head cook and dish washer round here i am not going to contribute to a larger workload.  Even it is just one more dish.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 8:01 pm

Nothing wrong with beans ON THE SIDE.
That’s how Fay eats chili.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 7:59 pm

Don’t get me wrong – I love rice. Unfortunately I fell for a potato woman.

Potatoes are only 2grams protein per serving.
But high in Vitamin C, fiber, potassium, and B6.

wagonburner
Editor
May 2, 2022 7:50 pm

That’s kinda unfair.

I could gnaw on a steak that gives more than that, plus you still need the raw calories from the fat.

And not commit a crime against nature.

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 7:47 pm

Shannon

Pintos – 7.2grams per serving.

Homemade Chili w/pintos

Chili with beans and meat, homemade (1 cup) contains 23.5g total carbs, 16.3g net carbs, 9.1g fat,, and 242 calories.

18.2g protein

So there.

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 7:41 pm

Rice only supplies 4 to 4.5grams of protein per serving.

Pintos – 7.2grams per serving.

Great Northern Beans (a favorite of mine) a whopping 9.7grams.

The story on various beans and their protein:

https://www.eatthis.com/high-protein-beans/

El Gordo
May 2, 2022 6:26 pm

Bed got made up.  Snacking now on a couple of left over ribs, and they are still pretty good.  Food shortage – yeah, where do they think fertilizer comes from.  All the energy people want to talk about is forcing you in to an electric car.  No mention at all of all the petroleum or fossil fuel products, including fertilizer. … Read more »

squawkbox
Admin
May 2, 2022 6:16 pm

Shannon #55

Let me check with Daniel James

Shannon
Admin
May 2, 2022 6:09 pm

There was a very, very spooky lack of traffic out here on my afternoon rounds.

Did the apocalypse happen while I wasn’t looking?

Tedtam
Admin
May 2, 2022 5:27 pm

One of my favorite meals is rice and beans. Unfortunately, I can’t indulge any more with my diabetes threat. Dangit.

Love my rice. Love my beans.