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HouCuseChickie
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Sorry...it's probably come up but my mind can only retain so much these days!
I laugh, but it's true.
StarWarsGirl
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I think everyone should be allowed one food that they are allowed to loathe without anyone questioning why or "well, have you tried it like this..." For me, that is sweet potatoes.Sorry...it's probably come up but my mind can only retain so much these days!
Apparently, I have hated them since I was a baby.
HouCuseChickie
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I think everyone should be allowed one food that they are allowed to loathe without anyone questioning why or "well, have you tried it like this..." For me, that is sweet potatoes.
I'm picturing my girls spitting out Gerber sweet potatoes! Hey, at least you tried. Granted, I can't eat them now due to allergic reaction issues, but that's how I was with oysters.
StarWarsGirl
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I didn't spit them out apparently, just stuck the tongue out with the food still on it, and then the next time she tried was like "nope."
StarWarsGirl
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My dad and brother love oysters. My brother eats fried oysters basically whenever he can. When we go to Busch Gardens Williamsburg, now we have to make a stop at a local restaurant outside the park because they have fried oysters. We went with "other little brother" (our really close friend; we grew up with him and he is like our third sibling) and other little brother looked at him and said "I have never seen you eat that much food."
I like other shellfish, but those really aren't my thing. They still rank way above sweet potatoes, though.
HouCuseChickie
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My dad and brother love oysters. My brother eats fried oysters basically whenever he can. When we go to Busch Gardens Williamsburg, now we have to make a stop at a local restaurant outside the park because they have fried oysters. We went with "other little brother" (our really close friend; we grew up with him and he is like our third sibling) and other little brother looked at him and said "I have never seen you eat that much food."
I like other shellfish, but those really aren't my thing. They still rank way above sweet potatoes, though.
Back in my Florida days, I worked at a seafood restaurant and their fresh fried oysters were super popular. They looked amazing but when I finally got to try them, they were awful. I even tried a batch on a different day that fellow coworkers said were great but again...YUCK! One of those coworkers said maybe it was just the prep style and I should try a different approach. She was a big fan of this place where she'd either order them on the half shell or Rockefeller. Yeah...those were awful as well.
Maybe I'll have some sweet potato fries with my dinner tonight in your honor
@Sans Souci how are you?
Songbird76
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I don't think there should be a limit of only one food that you can dislike without people trying to get you to try it again. You like what you like, you don't like what you don't like. Let me have my own tastes please.I think everyone should be allowed one food that they are allowed to loathe without anyone questioning why or "well, have you tried it like this..." For me, that is sweet potatoes.
Songbird76
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What is it with stupid/rude people today??? I had to go to the hospital to get my blood drawn, since they closed all the other blood labs during covid and never opened them back up. So I made my appointment, got in and out before my actual appointment time. They have this new system at the hospital that I guess is supposed to expidite the process. They installed these kiosks and now you have to scan your ID card and your appointment code and it tells you where to go, but the blood lab has its own kiosk right by the lab, and the lab is just to the right from the main entrance. So as I'm coming out, there's a women with her husband and they are looking at the machines and are obviously confused. She's trying to scan things and it's not working. There are two people at the front desk just sitting there....they were just sitting there when I got in and didn't offer me any help, either. But finally the woman just shouts "Can someone please help me? I've never done this before!" and the guy at the desk saunters over and looks, but he obviously doesn't know how it works either. She says she needs to get her blood drawn, so I ask her if she has an appointment, she waves her QR code. So I tell her she needs to go around the corner to the blood lab and they have their own kiosk. I just got through with mine. So she thanks me and the useless desk guy goes back to the desk. An elderly woman is brought in by a taxi driver, and then he leaves, and this woman is in a wheelchair, too far away from the kiosks to reach, and no one to help her. SHe's just sitting there quietly looking around, obviously waiting for someone to help her....no one does. So I walk over and ask her if she's ok, if she needs help. She says she THINKS she needs to scan her ID at the kiosk, right? I've never used those kiosks, because they JUST installed them a couple of months ago, and the only one I have ever used was the blood lab one today. So I go over to look at the kiosk to read the instructions. FINALLY, someone from the desk says "Those don't work until 8:00am". It was 7:51. So, what.....they just weren't going to do their job until 8? They were just going to ignore every person who came in? Which is kind of BS anyway, because appointments start at 8, and you are supposed to be there 10 minutes before your appointment to check in, and you have to check in at the kiosk. So how are you supposed to check in 10 minutes early for an 8:00 appointment if the kiosks don't work until 8? So strange. But WHY did these people not even acknowledge her existance? I waited for a couple of minutes to see if someone was going to help her before approaching her, because I don't work there...not my job. But she obviously couldn't get to the kiosks on her own, there was no one with her....how did they think she was going to get checked in and to her appointment? And why are they even there at the front desk if it's not to help people get checked in and to their appointments? What exactly is their job, now that there are kiosks for efficiency, that they apparently also do not know how to use? I'm baffled.
And then I get out, get on my bike, and I guy in a car decides he doesn't need to wait until I'm past him to pull onto the street. He almost ran right into me. How in the world did he not see me? I was right in front of his car!!
So that was my morning....all before 8am.
And then I get out, get on my bike, and I guy in a car decides he doesn't need to wait until I'm past him to pull onto the street. He almost ran right into me. How in the world did he not see me? I was right in front of his car!!
So that was my morning....all before 8am.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
That's discouraging to say the least. Certainly wasn't the way I was brought up. It only takes a minute or two, to assist others. Kindness goes a long way.
Songbird76
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Exactly! And it's not that I minded helping these people, but there are two people sitting RIGHT THERE whose job it is to help them...why aren't they doing it??
StarWarsGirl
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True, but I think prep makes a difference in most cases.
Like, I don't eat tomatoes straight or in salads, but I will eat tomato sauce, tomatoes on a sandwich, or salsa fresca. I don't like most veggies straight, but if you throw them in something, I'll eat them. I really am not a broccoli fan, but I eat it as part of an Asian dish or in a tomato sauce with pasta.
Sweet potatoes for me will 100% ruin a dish they're in. I don't care how they're prepped; I think they are nasty. My first job out of college had a chilli cook off. Everyone loves this one chilli and said "oh, you have to try it." I thought it was nasty. I finally looked. Yeah, someone had the bright idea to put sweet potatoes in there.
That's where I say it is absolutely the one food that I hate. I don't care if someone insists that maybe I haven't had it prepared right. Most other foods I'll try if prepped differently. Sweet potatoes? Absolutely not. I have tried them and always regretted it.
Sans Souci
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I am good. I returned from England last night. I hope you and your family are doing well.
All is well, the usual boys eating me out of house and home, dh essential so that's fun
My shoulder and elbow are healed but doc doesn't want me lifting anything heavy for the rest of the year, I've been cleared to do everything but lifting
StarWarsGirl
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Wow, how long did that take you? I went from England to France and then to Morocco and it took under ten minutes...
Sans Souci
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Hello-
I actually started writing a post last Friday and it disappeared. I kept getting interrupted by various ppl at my MIL's house.
I got back two nights ago. The flight back was 100% better than going there. It was crazy town. I knew something was amiss when I saw loads of people in Pittsburgh Steelers gear waiting for this flight. This was in Philadelphia, mind you. I asked someone wearing a Steelers swat shirt, "Why are there so many of you going to Dublin?" She told me there was an NFL game in Dublin. This flight...I have had more leg room on Frontier. I have never been on a flight where the flight attendant had to tell people to pipe down after dinner so people can sleep (lookin' at you, Steelers fans). I have never been on a transatlantic flight that used an A321 Neo--it's tight. This woman sitting behind my husband slept talked/shouted the whole flight.I laugh about it now, but it prevented me from falling asleep .Ear plugs were the one thing I forgot to put in my back pack before I left. The shouting made me jump, because it would always happen when I was drifting off. Then this Irish dude kept leaning on me as he was sleeping. The 7.5 hour lay over in Dublin kept getting longer due to a delay, but we got there in the end. But coming home was SO much better. We had exit row seats and the cabin crew was less cranky. Prooooooobably won't fly Aer Lingus again unless they had a really good deal and flew larger aircraft on this route.
We got to my MIL's about 6 PM Monday night, only to wake up at 7 AM to go back to Dublin on Tuesday. My MIL can't walk very well, but she refused the assistance we ordered for her at both airports, citing she did not need it. It was a test of patience, because she very clearly did. We stayed around the corner from a distillery, which is where my husband and I went on a tour and a tasting. I am not someone who drinks whiskey, but they had a bar there and I ordered a blood orange smash. It was so delicious. We went on vintage 60s route master bus for afternoon tea that drove around Dublin for about 90 min. The food was fresh-tasting and yummy. The tour guide was really fun, too. We were assigned seats up top, which I loved. The main reason we took my MIL to Dublin was bc she wanted to see where her great-grandfather came from. My SIL found the house, so we took an uber there. My husband and MIL were taking photos of the house and filming while walking down the street. I acted like I wasn't with them because that felt very invasive. We were unable to do much more than that bc of my mil's mobility issues, so I am going to have to go back.
Then we just spent the rest of the time at my MIL's, walking her dog, going to pubs, watching quiz shows with the TV volume on full blast-- really fun stuff. My BIL, whom I thought was coming up for an afternoon, stayed for two whole nights. BOOOOOOO. My MIL, my SIL, my 2 nephews, my husband and me went out for dinner. My BIL made a point of sitting next to me, only to ignore me. He literally could have sat anywhere else. So, when it was time for him to leave, I ignored him. He will not be staying here to see the World Cup matches in Philly. Last weekend was his evaluation and he failed. No free lodging for you. Womp, womp.
When I go, I am showing up for one of my nephews. He is a tween and he's going through some stuff. We text most days. My MIL encouraged me to continue to be there for him, so I am. He mostly talks to me about Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, but it segues to other stuff. It was good to see him again.
I have photos, I just need to edit people out of them.
I actually started writing a post last Friday and it disappeared. I kept getting interrupted by various ppl at my MIL's house.
I got back two nights ago. The flight back was 100% better than going there. It was crazy town. I knew something was amiss when I saw loads of people in Pittsburgh Steelers gear waiting for this flight. This was in Philadelphia, mind you. I asked someone wearing a Steelers swat shirt, "Why are there so many of you going to Dublin?" She told me there was an NFL game in Dublin. This flight...I have had more leg room on Frontier. I have never been on a flight where the flight attendant had to tell people to pipe down after dinner so people can sleep (lookin' at you, Steelers fans). I have never been on a transatlantic flight that used an A321 Neo--it's tight. This woman sitting behind my husband slept talked/shouted the whole flight.I laugh about it now, but it prevented me from falling asleep .Ear plugs were the one thing I forgot to put in my back pack before I left. The shouting made me jump, because it would always happen when I was drifting off. Then this Irish dude kept leaning on me as he was sleeping. The 7.5 hour lay over in Dublin kept getting longer due to a delay, but we got there in the end. But coming home was SO much better. We had exit row seats and the cabin crew was less cranky. Prooooooobably won't fly Aer Lingus again unless they had a really good deal and flew larger aircraft on this route.
We got to my MIL's about 6 PM Monday night, only to wake up at 7 AM to go back to Dublin on Tuesday. My MIL can't walk very well, but she refused the assistance we ordered for her at both airports, citing she did not need it. It was a test of patience, because she very clearly did. We stayed around the corner from a distillery, which is where my husband and I went on a tour and a tasting. I am not someone who drinks whiskey, but they had a bar there and I ordered a blood orange smash. It was so delicious. We went on vintage 60s route master bus for afternoon tea that drove around Dublin for about 90 min. The food was fresh-tasting and yummy. The tour guide was really fun, too. We were assigned seats up top, which I loved. The main reason we took my MIL to Dublin was bc she wanted to see where her great-grandfather came from. My SIL found the house, so we took an uber there. My husband and MIL were taking photos of the house and filming while walking down the street. I acted like I wasn't with them because that felt very invasive. We were unable to do much more than that bc of my mil's mobility issues, so I am going to have to go back.
Then we just spent the rest of the time at my MIL's, walking her dog, going to pubs, watching quiz shows with the TV volume on full blast-- really fun stuff. My BIL, whom I thought was coming up for an afternoon, stayed for two whole nights. BOOOOOOO. My MIL, my SIL, my 2 nephews, my husband and me went out for dinner. My BIL made a point of sitting next to me, only to ignore me. He literally could have sat anywhere else. So, when it was time for him to leave, I ignored him. He will not be staying here to see the World Cup matches in Philly. Last weekend was his evaluation and he failed. No free lodging for you. Womp, womp.
When I go, I am showing up for one of my nephews. He is a tween and he's going through some stuff. We text most days. My MIL encouraged me to continue to be there for him, so I am. He mostly talks to me about Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, but it segues to other stuff. It was good to see him again.
I have photos, I just need to edit people out of them.
StarWarsGirl
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And now you know why Ravens fans have a beef with them.
Sans Souci
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I would've rather gone to that England, myself.Wow, how long did that take you? I went from England to France and then to Morocco and it took under ten minutes...
Sans Souci
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I don't really follow NFL. But they were walking around Dublin with their terrible towels and Steelers regalia. This is just me, but I don't want to look like a mark when I'm overseas. They played the Vikings. I honest to goodness only saw 1 person wearing a Vikings t-shirt v the countless people with Steelers stuff on.