USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

 

[ChrisL]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

 

[Foxfyre]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

Never tried it. Usually the best shampoos, though a bit pricier than the over the counter stuff at the grocery store or other retail, you can get at the beauty salons.

 

[ChrisL]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

Never tried it. Usually the best shampoos, though a bit pricier than the over the counter stuff at the grocery store or other retail, you can get at the beauty salons.

That's where I got it. You can get them on Amazon and sometimes even at regular stores, but they aren't guaranteed to be the real thing unless you buy them in a licensed salon, so I spend a little extra $$ to make sure I am getting a real product and not a knock off or an expired product.

 

[ChrisL]

A lot of times, products like professional hair care products are expired when you buy them from Amazon or other places. Usually, before they are sold to a store in bulk like that, they would wait until the lot numbers expire, which means that the product can also be past its expiration date. Hair care products last, on average 1-2 years before they start to break down.

 

[Montrovant]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

 

[ChrisL]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

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Yikes! That is a LOT of hair you had there! Mine usually only is frizzy when it gets humid out or raining out. My hair looks great in the winter when it's colder and drier. For some reason, my hair hates the hot humid weather.

 

[ChrisL]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

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You could have easily been a member of an 80s hair band!

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

It's day 2 of the Summer semester and I am not happy so far. I have 5 classes during this shortened semester. 1 of them is still not available, but has work that will be due this weekend. 1 of them had a particular book listed in the school book store as necessary for the class, but had a different book listed in the syllabus, which I first was able to see yesterday. That means I wasted money on the wrong book, and it also means I won't have the correct book for longer than I would like: and again, I will have work due this weekend.

I didn't get registered for my classes until late, because my advisor was slow. That led to my financial aid not being processed, which means I'm currently paying for everything out of pocket. Between tuition and books, I'm at somewhere around $2200 so far this semester; that might not seem like a lot, but when you are paid in room & board, it's quite a bit. I'm hoping my financial aid will eventually go through and I'll get reimbursed for some, if not all, of what I'm paying, but it's something else not to be happy about so far.

I'm actually waiting for books to arrive in 3 of my 5 classes. That may mean having to take quizzes based entirely on some PowerPoint presentations or limited notes available on the class sites, and searching the internet for the rest. In 1 of the classes I'm waiting for a book I don't have anything due for a while, at least, but I'm worried about the other 2. It's especially worrisome because 1 of the books didn't ship until today and I don't know when it will arrive, and another that shipped early yesterday afternoon is estimated to arrive on Saturday.

Making the book situation even worse, I have been planning to drive to my friends' house for the weekend for a while now. I'm going to get a bit of help and advice with my car, and apparently the plan is for us to go somewhere and play some sort of Laser Tag on Sunday. I was going to stay until Monday because it is a holiday. I'm not sure if I should go, though, if I might miss my books arriving.

The school also changed the format of their class websites, and I'm not as comfortable with the new format as I was with the old one.

This has not been an auspicious start to the semester, but at least it's only 2 months instead of 4.

Which courses do you intend to learn next semester?

Suffer and Serve

The freeloading sadistic hypocrites who imposed this indentured-servitude system don't care if the talented drop out.

"Don't forget to to Suffer" Do you really think, healthcare is good somewhere at Earth... Maybe only in Cuba, lol?

In our world no one need to be "more socialistic than USSR", so, why anyone have to cure us without a lot of money? )))

Anal-Retentive Creeps

An MD is a Mama's Boy who doesn't earn a living until he is 26. Not only is he a weakling conformist, but all that unnecessary sacrifice makes him want to make as much money as he can, as fast as he can, and any way he can in order to make up for lost time. A PhD medical researcher doesn't earn a living until he's 30, so he's even more incompetent and dishonest.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

 

[ChrisL]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

What about tacos? They have cumin in them and they are delicious!

 

[Foxfyre]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

I enjoy breaded and fried oysters if prepared by somebody who really knows how to do that properly. And some oyster dressings are to die for. But just eat an oyster on the half shell or some such, no. Even cumin wouldn't make that appealing to me.

 

[Foxfyre]

Note to Nosmo King re your new Alexa system in your home. I ran across this video and article today:
Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact

If this is on the level--I always leave open the possibility that it is some underhanded trick by a competitor--then I can understand Amazon being reluctant to refund that couples' money for a system that they no longer want to use as that would set a precedent that could open a floodgate of such requests.

But I have often wondered about the voice activated stuff as to how much the suppliers would have ability to use them as 'spying' devices? For instance, does my voice activated remote for our TV listen to everything we say? I am less concerned about that as you have to depress a button on the remote in order to use the voice commands, but I do wonder.

 

[ChrisL]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

I enjoy breaded and fried oysters if prepared by somebody who really knows how to do that properly. And some oyster dressings are to die for. But just eat an oyster on the half shell or some such, no. Even cumin wouldn't make that appealing to me.

There is no meat that I will eat raw, sea or land meat, doesn't matter. Ewww. Raw clams on the half shell. So gross. It must feel like sucking down a cold lugey! *barf* As we discussed before, I am a big "texture" kind of person.

 

[Foxfyre]

And with happy thoughts of Penny snuggled warm and safe in GW's arms. . .

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, but since I don[t need anything from Albertson's and I'm not too interested in National Escargot Day, I'll probably serve tomorrow as "Eat more Fruit and Vegetables Day."

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

I enjoy breaded and fried oysters if prepared by somebody who really knows how to do that properly. And some oyster dressings are to die for. But just eat an oyster on the half shell or some such, no. Even cumin wouldn't make that appealing to me.

There is no meat that I will eat raw, sea or land meat, doesn't matter. Ewww. Raw clams on the half shell. So gross. It must feel like sucking down a cold lugey! *barf* As we discussed before, I am a big "texture" kind of person.

LOL. The adventurous side of me has tasted various sushi delicacies that our daughter loves. And I will admit, they were not revolting, but also were not all that appealing to me. I too want my meat, poultry, fish all properly cooked.

 

[Foxfyre]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

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Wow. You're a good looking guy Montro.

 

[ChrisL]

I've never eaten a snail and have no desire to. Lol.

The newest thing in hair and skin care is snail slime, believe it or not! I kid you not.

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

I enjoy breaded and fried oysters if prepared by somebody who really knows how to do that properly. And some oyster dressings are to die for. But just eat an oyster on the half shell or some such, no. Even cumin wouldn't make that appealing to me.

There is no meat that I will eat raw, sea or land meat, doesn't matter. Ewww. Raw clams on the half shell. So gross. It must feel like sucking down a cold lugey! *barf* As we discussed before, I am a big "texture" kind of person.

LOL. The adventurous side of me has tasted various sushi delicacies that our daughter loves. And I will admit, they were not revolting, but also were not all that appealing to me. I too want my meat, poultry, fish all properly cooked.

Especially something like a clam though. I can eat them cooked, but I don't think I could stomach that slimy thing going down uncooked.

 

[Foxfyre]

It's day 2 of the Summer semester and I am not happy so far. I have 5 classes during this shortened semester. 1 of them is still not available, but has work that will be due this weekend. 1 of them had a particular book listed in the school book store as necessary for the class, but had a different book listed in the syllabus, which I first was able to see yesterday. That means I wasted money on the wrong book, and it also means I won't have the correct book for longer than I would like: and again, I will have work due this weekend.

I didn't get registered for my classes until late, because my advisor was slow. That led to my financial aid not being processed, which means I'm currently paying for everything out of pocket. Between tuition and books, I'm at somewhere around $2200 so far this semester; that might not seem like a lot, but when you are paid in room & board, it's quite a bit. I'm hoping my financial aid will eventually go through and I'll get reimbursed for some, if not all, of what I'm paying, but it's something else not to be happy about so far.

I'm actually waiting for books to arrive in 3 of my 5 classes. That may mean having to take quizzes based entirely on some PowerPoint presentations or limited notes available on the class sites, and searching the internet for the rest. In 1 of the classes I'm waiting for a book I don't have anything due for a while, at least, but I'm worried about the other 2. It's especially worrisome because 1 of the books didn't ship until today and I don't know when it will arrive, and another that shipped early yesterday afternoon is estimated to arrive on Saturday.

Making the book situation even worse, I have been planning to drive to my friends' house for the weekend for a while now. I'm going to get a bit of help and advice with my car, and apparently the plan is for us to go somewhere and play some sort of Laser Tag on Sunday. I was going to stay until Monday because it is a holiday. I'm not sure if I should go, though, if I might miss my books arriving.

The school also changed the format of their class websites, and I'm not as comfortable with the new format as I was with the old one.

This has not been an auspicious start to the semester, but at least it's only 2 months instead of 4.

Which courses do you intend to learn next semester?

Suffer and Serve

The freeloading sadistic hypocrites who imposed this indentured-servitude system don't care if the talented drop out.

"Don't forget to to Suffer" Do you really think, healthcare is good somewhere at Earth... Maybe only in Cuba, lol?

In our world no one need to be "more socialistic than USSR", so, why anyone have to cure us without a lot of money? )))

Anal-Retentive Creeps

An MD is a Mama's Boy who doesn't earn a living until he is 26. Not only is he a weakling conformist, but all that unnecessary sacrifice makes him want to make as much money as he can, as fast as he can, and any way he can in order to make up for lost time. A PhD medical researcher doesn't earn a living until he's 30, so he's even more incompetent and dishonest.

Okay, you two. However fond I am of you, I must gently suggest that we are creeping into the area of controversial sociopolitics that is best discussed outside of the Coffee Shop. Please take It to private message or to another thread.

As Lumbergh would have said: "That'd be great."

 

[Foxfyre]

I always envisioned escargot as little crispy things like fried oysters. But then I looked them up and nope. I have a very adventurous spirit and I think a pretty sophisticated palate when it comes to cuisine, but I'm going to pass on the snails as food or hair products.

I've discovered that oysters are the only food that cumin doesn't destroy the taste of. It tones down the thickness of the oyster's taste.

I enjoy breaded and fried oysters if prepared by somebody who really knows how to do that properly. And some oyster dressings are to die for. But just eat an oyster on the half shell or some such, no. Even cumin wouldn't make that appealing to me.

There is no meat that I will eat raw, sea or land meat, doesn't matter. Ewww. Raw clams on the half shell. So gross. It must feel like sucking down a cold lugey! *barf* As we discussed before, I am a big "texture" kind of person.

LOL. The adventurous side of me has tasted various sushi delicacies that our daughter loves. And I will admit, they were not revolting, but also were not all that appealing to me. I too want my meat, poultry, fish all properly cooked.

Especially something like a clam though. I can eat them cooked, but I don't think I could stomach that slimy thing going down uncooked.

I agree. I don't want to eat anything I don't have to swallow in order to eat it.

 

[ChrisL]

It's day 2 of the Summer semester and I am not happy so far. I have 5 classes during this shortened semester. 1 of them is still not available, but has work that will be due this weekend. 1 of them had a particular book listed in the school book store as necessary for the class, but had a different book listed in the syllabus, which I first was able to see yesterday. That means I wasted money on the wrong book, and it also means I won't have the correct book for longer than I would like: and again, I will have work due this weekend.

I didn't get registered for my classes until late, because my advisor was slow. That led to my financial aid not being processed, which means I'm currently paying for everything out of pocket. Between tuition and books, I'm at somewhere around $2200 so far this semester; that might not seem like a lot, but when you are paid in room & board, it's quite a bit. I'm hoping my financial aid will eventually go through and I'll get reimbursed for some, if not all, of what I'm paying, but it's something else not to be happy about so far.

I'm actually waiting for books to arrive in 3 of my 5 classes. That may mean having to take quizzes based entirely on some PowerPoint presentations or limited notes available on the class sites, and searching the internet for the rest. In 1 of the classes I'm waiting for a book I don't have anything due for a while, at least, but I'm worried about the other 2. It's especially worrisome because 1 of the books didn't ship until today and I don't know when it will arrive, and another that shipped early yesterday afternoon is estimated to arrive on Saturday.

Making the book situation even worse, I have been planning to drive to my friends' house for the weekend for a while now. I'm going to get a bit of help and advice with my car, and apparently the plan is for us to go somewhere and play some sort of Laser Tag on Sunday. I was going to stay until Monday because it is a holiday. I'm not sure if I should go, though, if I might miss my books arriving.

The school also changed the format of their class websites, and I'm not as comfortable with the new format as I was with the old one.

This has not been an auspicious start to the semester, but at least it's only 2 months instead of 4.

Which courses do you intend to learn next semester?

Suffer and Serve

The freeloading sadistic hypocrites who imposed this indentured-servitude system don't care if the talented drop out.

"Don't forget to to Suffer" Do you really think, healthcare is good somewhere at Earth... Maybe only in Cuba, lol?

In our world no one need to be "more socialistic than USSR", so, why anyone have to cure us without a lot of money? )))

Anal-Retentive Creeps

An MD is a Mama's Boy who doesn't earn a living until he is 26. Not only is he a weakling conformist, but all that unnecessary sacrifice makes him want to make as much money as he can, as fast as he can, and any way he can in order to make up for lost time. A PhD medical researcher doesn't earn a living until he's 30, so he's even more incompetent and dishonest.

Okay, you two. However fond I am of you, I must gently suggest that we are creeping into the area of controversial sociopolitics that is best discussed outside of the Coffee Shop. Please take It to private message or to another thread.

As Lumbergh would have said: "That'd be great."

That's right. You get em!