OT - NO POLITICS Sammiches, haircuts, and cakes ….oh my!

[sarge88]

So I’m not a drinker at all. When I lost my kidney as a child the doctor told me to avoid motorcycles, contact sports and alcohol and I’d be able to live a normal life.

(Turns out he told all of his pediatric patients to avoid motorcycles…and it had nothing to do with kidney health, ).

Anyway my 22 year old got a drink last night called a Tropicali….

I’m a huge mango fan and it has mango rum, regular rum, lime, mango syrup and mint in it.

Short story long, I might become a drinker!

 

[Fenway]

 

[Ladyfan]

Lol……hate to tell you this but as life winds down, time speeds up.

So true

 

[Troublesome 85]

I forsee Kellys getting messy out here already 3 complaints that coworkers either don’t speak english or only a lil bit. I speak broken Spanglish and even im having trouble.

 

[shelbysdad]

So true

Life is a roll of toilet paper....it goes faster as you near the end

 

[GordonHowe]

Luna. is from Harry Potter. She probably would have had a different name if I knew how many people were naming their pets Luna.

When I went to the cat shelter. She kind of skipped up to me right away (there were many kittens). She made me think of Luna Lovegood.
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I have actually never read one word of the Potter books or seen any of the flicks. No interest, but very heartened that the books turned a lot of kids on to reading. They will be readers the rest of their lives.

 

[Gilmour1996]

New Orleans Bread Pudding is delicious:

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

I forsee Kellys getting messy out here already 3 complaints that coworkers either don’t speak english or only a lil bit. I speak broken Spanglish and even im having trouble.

3 complaints about coworkers that take orders up front or coworkers who just put the meals together in the back?

 

[Terrier]

Chris Hanifan backstops No. 12 Reading boys’ hockey to an upset of No. 1 Arlington - The Boston Globe

The junior netminder had 29 saves for the Rockets (4-0) in a 3-1 victory over the top-ranked Spy Ponders (4-1) in a Middlesex League showdown at Ed Burns Arena on Saturday.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[McGarnagle]

Benedict XVI, the First Pope to Resign in 600 Years, Dies at 95

The former Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, whose resignation as the head of the Catholic Church rocked the world, has died. He was 95-years-old.

www.nbcboston.com

Great intellectual, philosopher, and theologian. Benedict was the one who brought back the Latin Mass, which is a beautiful experience. He didn't have the dynamic personality or charisma that John Paul II had as pontiff, he was much more introverted and wasn't well suited for such a public position - a major factor in his decision to abdicate (I think other pernicious influences behind the scenes forced it too). Still my favorite Pope. JPII inspired people with his public appearances, but he was actually pretty lax on a lot of issues (both theological and temporal). And my thoughts on Francis I'll keep to myself.

 

[Troublesome 85]

3 complaints about coworkers that take orders up front or coworkers who just put the meals together in the back?

By people I work with. The communication gap is an issue when you need to know who needs to do what.

I can get by others cant. One lady quit because of it.

 

[Ladyfan]

I have actually never read one word of the Potter books or seen any of the flicks. No interest, but very heartened that the books turned a lot of kids on to reading. They will be readers the rest of their lives.

The Harry Potter stories are great. They do get a bit dark.

 

[eightspokedb]

I have actually never read one word of the Potter books or seen any of the flicks. No interest, but very heartened that the books turned a lot of kids on to reading. They will be readers the rest of their lives.

Whenever there's a HP marathon I am glued...
I'm still seeing things I never caught before.

The opening scene in Sorcerer's Stone is phenomenal.... Richard Harris and Maggie Smith are perfect and I watch it every time it's on....

 

[caz16]

Just wanted to share this, I am an avid contest enterer. My total for the 2022 was just over $7,200.00 worth of prizes. I have won many epic prizes over the 25 years I have been doing it. I also make a rule that I will give prizes away to family and friends, no strings attached, just take it - for example I gave away a mountain bike, a couple of Keurig coffee makers. It is an addiction, I love the chase.

This year I won numerous small gift cards to KFC, Taco Bell, McDonalds etc. I wanted to do something nice with them so I gave them to homeless people on street corners and also to the cleaners who work so hard at the mall we walk at in the winter months. The joy and gratefulness were unbelievable. I feel a little guilty that they weren't gift cards that I paid for...lol Giving feels so good and the fact that my hobby allows me to do this makes it even better.

I also donated toys to toy drives, a year's supply of yogourt to the Food Bank and about 1,000 books to a local high school and university (I won 3,000 classic books in a Penguin contest believe it or not).

I can't wait to see what I can win in 2023!

 

[Alicat]

Just wanted to share this, I am an avid contest enterer. My total for the 2022 was just over $7,200.00 worth of prizes. I have won many epic prizes over the 25 years I have been doing it. I also make a rule that I will give prizes away to family and friends, no strings attached, just take it - for example I gave away a mountain bike, a couple of Keurig coffee makers. It is an addiction, I love the chase.

This year I won numerous small gift cards to KFC, Taco Bell, McDonalds etc. I wanted to do something nice with them so I gave them to homeless people on street corners and also to the cleaners who work so hard at the mall we walk at in the winter months. The joy and gratefulness were unbelievable. I feel a little guilty that they weren't gift cards that I paid for...lol Giving feels so good and the fact that my hobby allows me to do this makes it even better.

I also donated toys to toy drives, a year's supply of yogourt to the Food Bank and about 1,000 books to a local high school and university (I won 3,000 classic books in a Penguin contest believe it or not).

I can't wait to see what I can win in 2023!

Phenomenal!you have a true givers heart.

Can I please have some of your luck?

 

[GordonHowe]

The Harry Potter stories are great. They do get a bit dark.

Give it a go, though I suspect you are past the coming of age angle,

 

[Bocephus86]

Lol……hate to tell you this but as life winds down, time speeds up.

My friend's dad used to say that life is like a roll of toilet paper: the closer you get to the end the faster it goes.

Life is a roll of toilet paper....it goes faster as you near the end

I swear I did my last post before turning the page haha

 

[caz16]

Phenomenal!you have a true givers heart.

Give it a go, though I suspect you are past coming of age angle,

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I will re-watch this one, so good.

 

[Gee Wally]

Give it a go, though I suspect you are past coming of age angle,

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I surprisingly enjoyed it.

 

[GordonHowe]

Just wanted to share this, I am an avid contest enterer. My total for the 2022 was just over $7,200.00 worth of prizes. I have won many epic prizes over the 25 years I have been doing it. I also make a rule that I will give prizes away to family and friends, no strings attached, just take it - for example I gave away a mountain bike, a couple of Keurig coffee makers. It is an addiction, I love the chase.

This year I won numerous small gift cards to KFC, Taco Bell, McDonalds etc. I wanted to do something nice with them so I gave them to homeless people on street corners and also to the cleaners who work so hard at the mall we walk at in the winter months. The joy and gratefulness were unbelievable. I feel a little guilty that they weren't gift cards that I paid for...lol Giving feels so good and the fact that my hobby allows me to do this makes it even better.

I also donated toys to toy drives, a year's supply of yogourt to the Food Bank and about 1,000 books to a local high school and university (I won 3,000 classic books in a Penguin contest believe it or not).

I can't wait to see what I can win in 2023!

If you are old enough, you might remember the Coca Cola ad. (No, not the Don Draper one.)

The tag line: "It's the Real Thing."

And that's what you're doing. Compassion, generosity of spirit, and kindness are the real thing.

You get it.

Je doff mon chapeau,



"Nice guys finish first.

"And if you don't understand that, you don't understand where the finish line is."

- Gary Shandling

 

[Ladyfan]

Give it a go, though I suspect you are past the coming of age angle,

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You should either read or watch (or both) the Harry Potter series. Well written and the movies have some great actors!

 

[GordonHowe]

I surprisingly enjoyed it.

Worth a look. The first four episodes were directed by Tim Burton. To me anyway, they'ere the strongest.

Back in a bit. Gotta go wolf out.

 

[GordonHowe]

You should either read or watch (or both) the Harry Potter series. Well written and the movies have some great actors!

Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm lazy and I bore easily.

It's been awhile since I read my last book -- Eden on The Charles, about the making of Boston's Back Bay and beyond -- though I used to have a library of them.

I've never seen a luggage rack on a hearse. (Though maybe when Stills and Crosby spotted Neil driving his in LA, which led to the formation of Buffalo Springfield, Young had one atop.)

 

[Ladyfan]

Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm lazy and I bore easily.

It's been awhile since I read my last book -- Eden on The Charles, about the making of Boston's Back Bay and beyond -- though I used to have a library of them.

I've never seen a luggage rack on a hearse. (Though maybe when Stills and Crosby spotted Neil driving his in LA, which led to the formation of Buffalo Springfield, Young had one atop.)

well than...watch the movies!

 

[Troublesome 85]

Weak

Three 6 Mafia's Gangsta Boo Dead at 43, Possible Overdose

Pioneering female rapper Gangsta Boo has passed away at the age of 43.

www.tmz.com