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Indeed it is. Hope the women needs it rather than just looking to stockpile.
Wow, C-19 isn't keeping the springbreak kids inside, biked over the to public beach access, all the spots are filled (normally 1/2 filled is a lot), all the grass in between spots packed in, and the entire service road bumper-to-bumper cars.
Daughter, "Why are so many people here?"
Me, "Oh, it's just a bunch of kids taking a break from doing nothing ..."
Daughter, "Why are so many people here?"
Me, "Oh, it's just a bunch of kids taking a break from doing nothing ..."
I very much hope that that is the case as well. The needing it, not stockpiling it. She seemed sincere enough.
It's fairly well documented that the poor are rather more likely to share what little they have.
The poor don't have that fear that "if you give them an inch, they take a mile".
In that situation, statistically speaking, it's their elders back home will pay the price... and any vulnerable people they happen to bump into while in the convenience store or fast food joint.
... or any other sort of "bumping" that typically occurs (at least, that's how I remember it ...)
So true, that's why we bailed on our trips, it's a bit reckless, even if you're in a sort of non-crticial demographic, so potentially spread this around, and possibly to people who could have a lethal response to it.
I lived in NYC for 35 years and up here 35 years. The hedge fund managers I knew, you had to arm twist to get them to make company-matchable grants to libraries or PBS etc., or even donate a pint of blood at a company blood drive. The poor that we'd meet at mini-park cleanup days and like so would have us in for coffee later to reciprocate for stuff like a post-event evening of pasta and brews that some of us could afford to throw, and it was clear that it was coffee they'd be hard pressed to re-up on for themselves, even when it was on sale... nonetheless those invitations were always genuine and insisted upon.
It's just the way of the world. The haves fear losing what the have-nots never dreamed of and the have-nots know what it's like to have a wolf at the door and will share bread to lessen those nightmares.
Maybe he's at a truck stop - with his iPad selling his container online for double the price?
Thank you.
She is already realizing it is difficult at home, but I hope she can get additional guidance on PT at some point. She had a great PT before but doesn't want him in the house with the amount of sick patients he sees.
I do not think I want her family friend who teaches children helping here either.
I will walk through the exercises with her.
Sis recommended Aleve which gave her some relief, so mom is sleeping now, I couldn't (Dog noise, just trying to let the neighbors be a holes during the day without saying something).
Mom and are realizing it will be different and tough here. We will see what happens.
Sent friend's band a little money for their bog roll fund. We've been friends for 30 years, so with their festival gigs being cancelled I wanted to help out.
@Mefisto that's lovely to hear (Sharing and healing).
Nice story...
Speaking of shopping my example is ridiculous, it’s not Armageddon yet, and all those perishables you horde, you have to eat them... 👀 Plus cereals, canned goods, and we already knew about cleaning supplies. The signs at the top of the refrigerator units say limit 2 per customer.
Really people? 💩
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That's a wonderful thing to do. I also have a few friends in bands that had big tours coming up, or were on tours that are now cancelled after only a couple of gigs so I know they will appreciate the ever-loving heck out of it.
A truck came in at Costco and I snagged jumbo Costco size paper towels and toilet paper.
France has bad numbers at the moment... double the new cases in 72 hours to 4500, w/ half the 300 most serious cases being people under 60 years of age. So it makes sense they will like to bear down on unnecessary exposures, they need to try to suppress expansion to keep their hospitals able to serve those gravely affected.
It's Pi Day, and Pie Day!
As promised, here's a picture of the chocolate pecan pie I made.
It hasn't cooled enough to sample yet. Besides, I'll probably hold off until Sunday evening, because a friend invited me for dinner, and I said, "I can bring dessert."
There's 1-1/2 cups of pecans in there, but they're all hiding at the bottom.
I'll post the recipe after the taste test tomorrow. I don't like to post untestedalgorithms recipes.
As promised, here's a picture of the chocolate pecan pie I made.
It hasn't cooled enough to sample yet. Besides, I'll probably hold off until Sunday evening, because a friend invited me for dinner, and I said, "I can bring dessert."
There's 1-1/2 cups of pecans in there, but they're all hiding at the bottom.
I'll post the recipe after the taste test tomorrow. I don't like to post untested
Positively mouthwatering.
On the subject of Pi, one of the unfortunate things to happen in recent years is that I seem to have misplaced my copy of the Darren Aronofsky film Pi, and I can't seem to find it anywhere. Need to start scouring the mighty internet for a copy, but I feel like I've done that before and it was pretty much a dead end. A tragedy if there ever was one, I tell you.
So I’m assuming it kind of a pudding texture or more like a cheesecake texture?
Upadate: I just noticed you called it chocolate pecan. I’m very picky about my pecan pies, unlikely to mix chocolate with the normal favorite pecan sugar bomb flavor. 😝 Too bad there’s not online tasting.
Man I could not be trusted with something like that hanging around my kitchen, I'd have to hire a security guard for it until time to truck it over to my dinner host's house next day.