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How's that advertisement going to go? Please buy my personally tested dildos?🤣🤣Quote: happaheroCan I solicit here I need to raise some capital too.
Whoa! that the can sealed does not mean the contents are safe, in and of itself alone. If you accept someone else's canned food, you need to ask some questions. You can find those questions by googling.Quote: petroglyphI've home canned since the 70's. Never had a problem. Home canners always check the lids to make sure they are sealed before they open them.
I agree about wild meat, it often even tenderizes better when frozen.Quote:... But living a remote lifestyle, I've frozen venison for 2 years and it was plenty edible. You can smell when it starts going bad. That venison though, was home processed, and higher quality meat then store bought.
don't know that much about canned fish, but I eat plenty of it. I even once in a while eat canned mackerel, makes a good sandwich you'd probably like if you like sardines. The types of fish like canned sardines are supposed to be good for you, having the right kind of fatty acids I think.* In the cases where bones are in the fish, even with mackerel where they are a bit big, you are wasting your time removing them, the process of high heat pressure cooking makes them totally soft and may be part of the nutrition.
*though I have confessed to liking canned fish, including types most people won't touch, I get tired of any kind of regular diet of them, so I am not a person trying to stay healthy because they are good for you in current estimation. Besides, I get this feeling that one day the doc pundits are going to come out and say "well, anymore, no, we don't think sardines are good for you."
Quote: AxelWolfI mean come on, eating discarded room service food Casino hallways.
I remember watching someone leave their tray on the table in a food court, and this other guy comes over in about 30 seconds and starts eating what's left. That's probably some sort of food AP play.
Quote: MaxPenTwo slices of whole wheat bread raises blood sugar more than a candy bar. Wheat converts to blood sugar more efficiently than just about any other carbohydrate including straight up table sugar.
https://amp.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-wheat-is-ruining-your-life-the-author-of-wheat-belly-explains--9484
New edition of his book due out in thirty days, though I have some doubts as to its validity.
It's certainly a different kind of Advantage Play.Quote: rxwineI remember watching someone leave their tray on the table in a food court, and this other guy comes over in about 30 seconds and starts eating what's left. That's probably some sort of food AP play.
Personally, I'm into Advantage Play for a few different reasons, but when it comes down to it my ultimate goal is to make money. I want to make money so I can avoid having to do those types of things. I want to be comfortable and spend money on things I like, want and need without being too foolish. If Scavenging is being used as a survival tactic then by all means do what you got to do. There's nothing wrong with that.
I guess if dumpster diving and whatnot allows you to save your way to that new Lamborghini you've always wanted then maybe I can understand.
Quote: AxelWolfI never said or even insinuated I had a problem with him promoting his website here, I'm all for it. I appreciate and respect the fact that they are willing to help a brother out who's competing with them on a small scale.
I was only making fun of the content, I mean come on, eating discarded room service food Casino hallways. Imagine eating a hot dog that either Rome's or PokerGrinder left outside their room. God only knows where that hot dog once was. I'm sorry, but that's not fancy brown mustard on that thing.
Oy vay, that’s all I can say is Oy vay.
If you walk past someone's tray and there is untouched toast, there really is no difference. Why shouldn't you eat it?
What is the difference between having a few fries of your friends plate, and having a few of some other random person's? Did the plate being moved from the room to the hallway change the fries in some way?
I don't usually like sharing drinks and stuff, but tons of people do, or take a bite of something that someone else has bitten out of. Or double dip. All that stuff is gross to me. But if you are a double dipper, why not eat right out of the trash?
I haven't crossed the line myself, but I can't really think of a good reason not to.
Quote: Rigondeauxbut I can't really think of a good reason not to.
Sometimes my 'leftovers' are leftover because they fell on the floor, or a fly was on it, or I sneezed on it. Are those good reasons for you?
Quote: SOOPOOSometimes my 'leftovers' are leftover because they fell on the floor, or a fly was on it, or I sneezed on it. Are those good reasons for you?
My theory is that the cook, server, or delivery person probably already did that even before you ate. What's the difference.
Really, I don't think a lot of people sneeze on their food. I can't remember ever doing it, anyway.
If I dropped my toast on the floor, I wouldn't attempt to perfectly rearrange it so it looked untouched. If I dropped a fry on the floor, I wouldn't put it back in with the others. I'm pretty clumsy but I don't really drop food I'm eating on the floor much at all when I'm just sitting there eating it. More when preparing, or getting something out of a package.
I do stuff like this all the time, and I think it's pretty normal: I cook food and eat some, while the rest is sitting in the kitchen. Then I come back for seconds. Could a fly have landed on it? Sure, I guess.
Order delivery, or eat at a buffet, or use a salsa bar. Could someone have sneezed on it, or stuck their finger in it, or a fly have come by? Sure. Actually, I think at a buffet, it's more likely than if it has been sitting in a hallway for a little while. Some stuff at buffets, it's a virtual certainty that people have stuck their fingers in. You think everybody is using the tongs to get their rolls? What about kids? Imagine all the gross ish they do at buffets.
Quote: RigondeauxIt's an interesting thing, because it's totally social/mental.
If you walk past someone's tray and there is untouched toast, there really is no difference. Why shouldn't you eat it?
What is the difference between having a few fries of your friends plate, and having a few of some other random person's? Did the plate being moved from the room to the hallway change the fries in some way?
I don't usually like sharing drinks and stuff, but tons of people do, or take a bite of something that someone else has bitten out of. Or double dip. All that stuff is gross to me. But if you are a double dipper, why not eat right out of the trash?
I haven't crossed the line myself, but I can't really think of a good reason not to.
Wife and I share drinks all the time. Will run through mcd drive thru and get large coke and share it.
If someone drops food on the ground and is about to throw it away I will eat it.
Quote: GWAEWife and I share drinks all the time. Will run through mcd drive thru and get large coke and share it.
If someone drops food on the ground and is about to throw it away I will eat it.
Why? I’ve never been hungry enough to eat out of the trash, eat a strangers food or eat food someone else dropped on the floor lol.
Quote: GWAEWife and I share drinks all the time. Will run through mcd drive thru and get large coke and share it.
If someone drops food on the ground and is about to throw it away I will eat it.
Obviously, I share with my wife but I also share drinks with friends all of the time. If a friend has a drink that looks good I will ask to try it, I will drink out of the glass, bottle, or can and then hand it to my wife for a taste. I also let all my friends drink out of my glass or bottle if they ask.
I have a friend that is just the opposite. If you grab a french fry or anything off of her plate, she will throw the rest of the plate away. It doesn't matter if she has a whole steak and all you touched was one french fry, she can't eat off that plate again and will throw the steak away.
I'm mostly over it now, but part of me still hates it. Straws aren't happening.
I'd eat stuff I drop on my kitchen floor, except that I put out a lot of poison. My apartments, like most in Vegas from what I've read, are prone to getting roaches. I hate roaches so I wage all-out chemical warfare to keep them away. I'll probably get cancer but that's a small price to pay.
Does Canada not enforce the "Five Second Rule?" ;)Quote: PokerGrinderWhy?
Quote: RigondeauxI hate roaches so I wage all-out chemical warfare to keep them away. I'll probably get cancer but that's a small price to pay.
Learn the proper way to apply boric acid powder. Fairly harmless to you. (Improper way is piles of powder)
Quote: JoemanDoes Canada not enforce the "Five Second Rule?" ;)
Why would I want to eat someone else’s food that they dropped lol? I don’t really want to eat my food off the floor why would I eat someone else’s?
Quote: PokerGrinderWhy would I want to eat someone else’s food that they dropped lol? I don’t really want to eat my food off the floor why would I eat someone else’s?
Apparently you have never been REALLY hungry. I know a woman who would not eat for a few days at a time because she could only afford to feed her babies, she might eat it.
Quote: JoemanDoes Canada not enforce the "Five Second Rule?" ;)
They do, but at the current exchange rate is the "Six Point Five Nine Second Rule".
Quote: rxwineLearn the proper way to apply boric acid powder. Fairly harmless to you. (Improper way is piles of powder)
I've heard of that but it sounded like some hippy crap that wouldn't work. I'll look into it though.
Quote: RigondeauxI've heard of that but it sounded like some hippy crap that wouldn't work. I'll look into it though.
It works. Check the laundry aisle in Target or a large store. It comes as powder. You rake it into carpet, or carefully sprinkle it on the edges of tile or hardwood, or under any counters or appliances too low for pets or kids to get beneath.. Check it on yt foe better guidance
The molecule has very sharp, razor edges that cut the bugs to ribbons and they bleed to death. Works on fleas, roaches, bedbugs etc. Doesnt help with eggs, though, so you are killing generations every few weeks.
Imagine eating a hot dog that either Rome's or PokerGrinder left in the trash. God only knows where that hot dog once was. I'm sorry, but that's not fancy brown mustard on that thing.Quote: RigondeauxIt's an interesting thing, because it's totally social/mental.
If you walk past someone's tray and there is untouched toast, there really is no difference. Why shouldn't you eat it?
What is the difference between having a few fries of your friends plate, and having a few of some other random person's? Did the plate being moved from the room to the hallway change the fries in some way?
I don't usually like sharing drinks and stuff, but tons of people do, or take a bite of something that someone else has bitten out of. Or double dip. All that stuff is gross to me. But if you are a double dipper, why not eat right out of the trash?
I haven't crossed the line myself, but I can't really think of a good reason not to.
Quote: AxelWolfImagine eating a hot dog that either Rome's or PokerGrinder left in the trash. God only knows where that hot dog once was. I'm sorry, but that's not fancy brown mustard on that thing.
It's not every day that someone double posts 3 pages apart.
use sparingly. if it gets into the air conditioning your lungs have had it.Quote: beachbumbabsIt works. Check the laundry aisle in Target or a large store. It comes as powder. You rake it into carpet, or carefully sprinkle it on the edges of tile or hardwood, or under any counters or appliances too low for pets or kids to get beneath.. Check it on yt foe better guidance
Kethinks that ketoF__ fasting is depriving your brain of oxygen.Quote: RigondeauxIt's not every day that someone double posts 3 pages apart.
"left in the trash."
"left outside their room"
Whatever the case, the truth it's worth repeating more than once.😊
Quote: odiousgambitare going to come out and say "well, anymore, no, we don't think sardines are good for you."
Why would they ever say that. Sardines
have no mercury because they eat plants,
not other fish. Nobody will ever say they
are anything but good for you. I buy
the BumbleBee 3 pack online at Walmart.
They have the best sardine to can ratio,
not a ton of oil.
20/20 show on how strippers hustle rich guys in NYC strip clubs - get them drunk and sell them $2,000 bottles of champagne that the liquor store sells for $20
or have them take the stripper to his room and then the stripper drugs him and takes his money - trick rollers
https://abc.go.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-09/13-091319-the-hustlers
Quote: lilredroosterpretty fun to watch:
20/20 show on how strippers hustle rich guys in NYC strip clubs - get them drunk and sell them $2,000 bottles of champagne that the liquor store sells for $20
or have them take the stripper to his room and then the stripper drugs him and takes his money - trick rollers
Incapacitating people or encouraging them to incapacitate voluntarily with drugs or alcohol seems to be an age-old tactic used across a broad spectrum of activities both legal and illegal.
Quote: lilredrooster20/20 show on how strippers hustle rich guys in NYC strip clubs - get them drunk and sell them $2,000 bottles of champagne that the liquor store sells for $20
Alcohol is a huge hustle in clubs
and restaurants. Tony Bourdain
points out in one of his books
that a mid range restaurant in
NYC could not make a profit
on food sales only. They totally
depend on wine that is marked
up 1000% over what they paid
for it. And mixed drinks before
dinner.
In the bar biz I paid $3 for a liter
of vodka or whiskey, and sold it
a shot at a time for $33. Made
nothing bu money. A neighborhood
bar is as close to a perpetual
money making machine as you'll
ever see. Once it's up and running,
and has at least a dozen regular
customers (most have dozens)
you have to do nothing except buy
more booze to keep it going. It
runs itself.
Quote: EvenBobAlcohol is a huge hustle in clubs
and restaurants. Tony Bourdain
points out in one of his books
that a mid range restaurant in
NYC could not make a profit
on food sales only. <snip>
"Alcohol cash cow,"
Said Tony Bourdain; also
"Food profit too low"
Dog Hand
Quote: rxwineIncapacitating people or encouraging them to incapacitate voluntarily with drugs or alcohol seems to be an age-old tactic used across a broad spectrum of activities both legal and illegal.
it's all about the Benjamins and how low people will slither to get their hands on them
"𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞"
lyrics from a Beatles song they ripped off from some old blues singer
Anthony Curtis tells a story about something similar happening to him. You'll have to search and find it yourself. I think he actually got rolled with his investors money. If I recall correctly it was in the $10,000 range.Quote: lilredrooster
or have them take the stripper to his room and then the stripper drugs him and takes his money - trick rollers
https://abc.go.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-09/13-091319-the-hustlers
And yet a very large percentage of them go out of business. Something like 80% within the first 5 years, I guess that's mixed in with restaurants as well.Quote: EvenBobOnce it's up and running,
and has at least a dozen regular
customers (most have dozens)
you have to do nothing except buy
more booze to keep it going. It
runs itself.
Nonetheless, I don't think it's as easy as you're prottraing it to be.
People still pay too much for a 'cash cow'. Other bars open, traffic patterns change, neighborhoods change, décor becomes dated, favorite bartenders and barmaids move on.Quote: AxelWolfAnd yet a very large percentage of them go out of business.
You could just get a pet chicken and don't feed it. They are good "buggers". Plus you get free eggs.Quote: Rigondeaux.....I'd eat stuff I drop on my kitchen floor, except that I put out a lot of poison. My apartments, like most in Vegas from what I've read, are prone to getting roaches. I hate roaches so I wage all-out chemical warfare to keep them away. I'll probably get cancer but that's a small price to pay.
Win win
Assuming the person running the place isn't an idiot....Quote: FleaStiffPeople still pay too much for a 'cash cow'. Other bars open, traffic patterns change, neighborhoods change, décor becomes dated, favorite bartenders and barmaids move on.
I always assumed location and competition were the major factors.
Agreed, but is that left to right or right to left?Quote: lilredroosterthe business flows nicely at this strip mall:
Quote: FleaStiffAgreed, but is that left to right or right to left?
the liquor store should have been put in the middle
first you get a divorce
then you get drunk
then you go bankrupt
Quote: lilredroosterthe liquor store should have been put in the middle
first you get a divorce
then you get drunk
then you go bankrupt
You have it backwards. First you
go broke, then you get drunk
and tell your wife, then she
leaves you and gets a divorce.
e.g. there is a left turn arrow with two lanes. 10 cars are in line at the far right lane, the other lane is empty.
I understand that there are cases where this makes sense. Like there is a huge shopping center that will come up right away on one side or the other after you turn. But I see it happen a lot without that being true.
At first I thought this was a Vegas thing, since we have the worst drivers on earth. But a friend who lives in Mich. brought it up. I think maybe it's something that occurs in areas without much traffic. I moved here from CA, where there just isn't enough room for such foolishness.
It's still weird, though obviously I like it, because I just slide into the open lanes and cruise past all the suckers.
Quote: RigondeauxI just slide into the open lanes and cruise past all the suckers.
Yeah, no. They aren't 'suckers'. They're
planning their move coming up like
you do in a chess game. They know
where their turn is so they prepare
for it by being in the right lane long
before they get to it.
It's a mentality that develops when
you don't live in a place where driving
5 miles might take 25 min or 45
min, like in So Cal. You know exactly
how long it will take and you don't
have to drive like a cutthroat maniac
just to shave minutes off the ride.
It's how civilized people drive. I lived
in So Cal for 7 years, it's a totally
different driving mentality.
It's funny how you adapt. Today I had to go to summerlin. A whopping 25 mins from home. I thought, while I am in this far flung hinterland I should sample some of the local cuisine. So I am sitting in call me cakes soul food. Which is really, really good.
Of course in California it takes 25 mins to get to the nearest grocery store and so it feels like nothing.
However, I will remain an effectively aggressive driver. I actually don't think we are cuthroat drivers. They are, for example in Chicago.
Socal driving is just the big leagues. No room for goofing off. But people will usually let you in if you signal, where in places like Chicago they will accelerate to shut you out.
Quote: GWAE3 weeks ago I pulled a hamstring pretty badly. This week it finally feels good. Today at sons baseball I stepped in a hole and really messed up my hamstring or my knee. I am actually a little concerned. My lower hamstring hurts but more so behind my knee but towards the outer side. Wonder what I messed up.
I feel your pain. My hamstring is still barking from my afternoon on the roof three weeks ago. I've recovered from broken bones quicker.
Quote: billryanI feel your pain. My hamstring is still barking from my afternoon on the roof three weeks ago. I've recovered from broken bones quicker.
I just looked it up since Google knows all. Apparently this current injury is the ligament that attaches hamstring to knee area. So I went from top of hamstring to ligament.
I will never complain when a sports player cant play over a hamstring. Crazy how this affects everything.
In honor of today's 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we're celebrating the woman responsible for saving the iconic science fiction show -- comedian and entrepreneur Lucille Ball! In 1964, Ball was the sole owner of Desilu Studios and the first woman to ever run a major Hollywood studio. At the time, Desilu producers were looking for ideas that could be developed into new series and they contracted two ambitious writers to develop pilots: Gene Roddenberry with "Star Trek" and Bruce Geller with "Mission: Impossible."
Desilu took the Star Trek pilot to CBS with whom they had a first-refusal agreement but the network rejected it and opted to pick up another new space-themed show "Lost in Space." The studio then took the pilot, "The Cage," to NBC which called it "too cerebral" but, rather than rejecting it outright, they took the unprecedented move of ordering a second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." The network decided to order a season but the Desilu Board of Directors balked. Fearing that the studio was overstretching itself with three expensive new programs -- Star Trek, Mission Impossible, and a western called The Long Hunt for April Savage -- all but one of the board members voted to cancel Star Trek in February 1966.
Lucille Ball, however, had high hopes for the fledgling show and was impressed by Roddenberry’s vision so she used her power as board chair to override the decision. Production of the show continued and the first episode aired in September of that year. As studio accountant Edwin Holly later conceded, "If it were not for Lucy, there would be no 'Star Trek' today." So the next time that you’re watching Star Trek -- or one of the many science fiction future worlds that it inspired -- remember that you have one more reason to love Lucy!
