What did you eat today?
September 14th, 2025 at 12:50:20 PM
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Sunday's brunch dinner is served
September 15th, 2025 at 12:12:01 PM
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It's a slow day @ casino
A simple meal's served
A simple meal's served
September 15th, 2025 at 5:51:00 PM
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Re:
Wanton soup
What is your wise choice?
A)
a regular $25 wanton soup
@Noodle Bar
@Golden Dynasty Restaurant
@ Boardwalk, AC
Or
B)
a regular $2.50 wanton soup
@Hong Kong House Restaurant
@Off Boardwalk, AC?
See menus
Wanton soup
What is your wise choice?
A)
a regular $25 wanton soup
@Noodle Bar
@Golden Dynasty Restaurant
@ Boardwalk, AC
Or
B)
a regular $2.50 wanton soup
@Hong Kong House Restaurant
@Off Boardwalk, AC?
See menus
September 16th, 2025 at 12:09:10 AM
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Quote: ArmageddenRe:
Wanton soup
What is your wise choice?
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I'm going to play the prude a bit, and tell the soup it needs to simmer down.
May the cards fall in your favor.
September 16th, 2025 at 3:35:28 PM
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Lunch was a Loaded BBQ Chicken Tender Bowl from Clean Eatz.
Lightly breaded chicken, bacon bits, corn peppers, and grilled onions in BBQ sauce over tater tots.
490 calories, with 26 grams of protein and only 10 of fat.
Lightly breaded chicken, bacon bits, corn peppers, and grilled onions in BBQ sauce over tater tots.
490 calories, with 26 grams of protein and only 10 of fat.
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September 16th, 2025 at 4:03:06 PM
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Dinner's served
September 17th, 2025 at 4:54:43 PM
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Dinner's served
September 17th, 2025 at 7:39:05 PM
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Chicken salad tomato and onion sandwich.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 18th, 2025 at 4:36:14 PM
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This ViP lounge gets the most disserts🍨
September 19th, 2025 at 1:08:42 PM
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Lost another four pounds this week, primarily thanks to Clean Eatz Kitchen. Today's lunch was a Southern Fried Chicken Bowl, my favorite dish of theirs, and one I have been eating three times a week. Five or six of their meals a week, combined with a KaChava shake in the morning, and I can pretty much eat anything I want in the other meals.
I was snacking on protein bars from Daid, but incredibly, the prices seem to have gone up almost 40% in the last six weeks. I can't justify paying $3.79 for a candy bar/snack.
My coach wants me to consume under 16,000 calories a week, and almost every CEK meal is under 500 calories. A Ka'chava smoothie is between 300 and 500 calories, depending on the ingredients I add. So, a smoothie and a CEK lunch, alongside two 100-calorie snacks, give me plenty of leeway for dinner.
I was snacking on protein bars from Daid, but incredibly, the prices seem to have gone up almost 40% in the last six weeks. I can't justify paying $3.79 for a candy bar/snack.
My coach wants me to consume under 16,000 calories a week, and almost every CEK meal is under 500 calories. A Ka'chava smoothie is between 300 and 500 calories, depending on the ingredients I add. So, a smoothie and a CEK lunch, alongside two 100-calorie snacks, give me plenty of leeway for dinner.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
September 19th, 2025 at 3:49:36 PM
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Seafood Friday!
Dinner's served
Dinner's served
September 20th, 2025 at 4:29:48 PM
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Saturday special...
Sushi's served 😋
Sushi's served 😋
September 21st, 2025 at 12:09:01 PM
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Sunday dessert's served
I've looked it up, what is it?
Per Google
"This dessert is classic Mille-feuille, also known as Napoleon. It consists of layers of puff pastry filled with a creamy filling, often pastry cream or whipped cream. The topping features small swirls of cream and a dollop of fruit jam (likely raspberry or another berry). The layers and the delicate, flaky pastry give it a distinct and elegant appearance. It's a delicious and rich treat commonly served in European patisseries."
I've looked it up, what is it?
Per Google
"This dessert is classic Mille-feuille, also known as Napoleon. It consists of layers of puff pastry filled with a creamy filling, often pastry cream or whipped cream. The topping features small swirls of cream and a dollop of fruit jam (likely raspberry or another berry). The layers and the delicate, flaky pastry give it a distinct and elegant appearance. It's a delicious and rich treat commonly served in European patisseries."
September 21st, 2025 at 12:09:03 PM
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I have removed these duplicate posts due to technical glitches.
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September 21st, 2025 at 12:09:03 PM
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I have removed these duplicate posts due to technical glitches.
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September 23rd, 2025 at 7:42:52 PM
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Free food!
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Get to a Discord-server.
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September 29th, 2025 at 4:25:41 AM
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I just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
I am generally not a big pasta easter as I may only have it twice a year. I got one Carbonara that was incredible and the best pasta that I have ever ate. It was unusual as it was a little saucey. Usually Carbonara is somewhat dry but this one had an egg based sauce that was perfect.
I am generally not a big pasta easter as I may only have it twice a year. I got one Carbonara that was incredible and the best pasta that I have ever ate. It was unusual as it was a little saucey. Usually Carbonara is somewhat dry but this one had an egg based sauce that was perfect.
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September 29th, 2025 at 5:50:24 AM
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looks good and a coke chaser to bootQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
I am generally not a big pasta easter as I may only have it twice a year. I got one Carbonara that was incredible and the best pasta that I have ever ate. It was unusual as it was a little saucey. Usually Carbonara is somewhat dry but this one had an egg based sauce that was perfect.
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October 1st, 2025 at 6:48:53 PM
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Quote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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October 1st, 2025 at 7:07:31 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I've been to Italy, and Sicily too. I guess I went at a different time; it was very Italian.
The food was very different than what we call "Italian" here, even in the Northeast. Seems that the people live on pastries and coffee, walking around Rome all night, stop here, stop there. Pizza is a much simpler arrangement than it is in the US.
But I think that's the case with most native cuisines, which were usually poverty foods at one point. How hungry did a Frenchman have to be to try a frog, and discover it's not bad at all? The US has always had a wealth of food and I think when the immigrants came here, they started making what they could only dream of making with what was available and affordable in the old country.
October 2nd, 2025 at 6:01:58 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
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October 2nd, 2025 at 12:09:09 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
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Let me get this straight. You live in Florida which is a peninsula completely surrounded by ocean and beach so you go to Italy and spend 90% of your time at the ocean and the beach. I think you need to find a new vacation planner. I lived in Santa Barbara for 7 years and I saw the ocean every single day for 7 years. It was four blocks from the bar all I had to do was look South and there was the ocean. You literally could not pay me to go to an ocean. For me there are few places that are more boring than water.
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October 2nd, 2025 at 1:04:09 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
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Let me get this straight. You live in Florida which is a peninsula completely surrounded by ocean and beach so you go to Italy and spend 90% of your time at the ocean and the beach. I think you need to find a new vacation planner. I lived in Santa Barbara for 7 years and I saw the ocean every single day for 7 years. It was four blocks from the bar all I had to do was look South and there was the ocean. You literally could not pay me to go to an ocean. For me there are few places that are more boring than water.
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Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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October 2nd, 2025 at 7:31:01 PM
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Quote: DRich
Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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It's like those people who go on vacation and spend their whole time in their hotel room watching TV. I saw that happen. We took this friend to Vegas with us because he'd never been there and he spent 90% of his time in the casino hotel room watching movies on TV. No gambling, no seeing the sights, made no sense. That's all he did when he was home was watch movies on TV. In video games people like this are called NPCs. In the simulation there are lots of NPCs, in fact I think most of the world is made up of NPCs. Always has been. They are here to take up space, to add to the population but they contribute absolutely nothing.
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October 2nd, 2025 at 8:47:30 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRich
Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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It's like those people who go on vacation and spend their whole time in their hotel room watching TV. I saw that happen. We took this friend to Vegas with us because he'd never been there and he spent 90% of his time in the casino hotel room watching movies on TV. No gambling, no seeing the sights, made no sense. That's all he did when he was home was watch movies on TV. In video games people like this are called NPCs. In the simulation there are lots of NPCs, in fact I think most of the world is made up of NPCs. Always has been. They are here to take up space, to add to the population but they contribute absolutely nothing.
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We should make an WOV poll about members most likely to be NPCs in the simulation.
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.
October 2nd, 2025 at 11:15:09 PM
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Quote: unJon
We should make an WOV poll about members most likely to be NPCs in the simulation.
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There should be a poll about how pointless that would be.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 4th, 2025 at 4:59:33 PM
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I have had a pork butt in the smoker for 10.5 hours and it looks like it probably still has 2 more hours to go. I really thought it would only take about 9 hours total.
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October 5th, 2025 at 8:04:49 AM
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Quote: DRichI have had a pork butt in the smoker for 10.5 hours and it looks like it probably still has 2 more hours to go. I really thought it would only take about 9 hours total.
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Can be pretty unpredictable how long it takes to get a slab of pork to get through the “stall”. If you need more predictability, you can wrap in foil or butcher paper when you hit 150 or 155. That will get it through the stall more quickly (and braise the meat) but you’ll lose some of the bark.
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.
October 5th, 2025 at 9:30:27 AM
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Quote: unJonQuote: DRichI have had a pork butt in the smoker for 10.5 hours and it looks like it probably still has 2 more hours to go. I really thought it would only take about 9 hours total.
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Can be pretty unpredictable how long it takes to get a slab of pork to get through the “stall”. If you need more predictability, you can wrap in foil or butcher paper when you hit 150 or 155. That will get it through the stall more quickly (and braise the meat) but you’ll lose some of the bark.
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Thank you. I rarely wrap food on the smoker. I generally just keep it at 225-235. This pork butt took 13 hours. I will be trying it shortly.
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October 5th, 2025 at 10:21:12 AM
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One year, I decided to have a pig roast. I don't remember why, but it costs $350 and the guy showed up at 10AM, and started to set up. I asked him how long it took to cook the pig, and he told me it was between 15 and 18 hours, followed by an hour or two to cool down and carve. I explained the crowd would be there at 4 PM and he laughed. He suggested he could do it at a higher temperature and it might be ready by around 8 PM, but it would taste different. As I was pretty sure few of my customers knew what roast pig tasted like, we rushed it. Initially, the guy who came was just going to set up and leave, but with the rush job, he stayed all day, and it cost me another couple of hundred dollars..
Some wise guy saw we were cooking it much higher than 250 degrees and he spent the next month telling everyone how we screwed up.
Some wise guy saw we were cooking it much higher than 250 degrees and he spent the next month telling everyone how we screwed up.
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October 5th, 2025 at 12:55:44 PM
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My one experience with an on-location pig roast did not go well.
Some of Ashly's friends decided to get a barbecue service to cater their wedding reception (around 12 years ago). I was concerned when the caterers arrived after the cocktail hour started. Sure, it is possible that their pit trailer was maintaining temperature for the final hours of cook, but... I begged off eating, due to my various medical concerns.
Everyone else said it tasted good, but they all had upset stomachs over the next day.
I did taste a little of the potato salad; it was awful.
My general rule is that if the pit hasn't been on-site for 24 hours, I'm not interested. I'm sure I've missed out on some wonderful barbecue, but I'm also quite sure I've skipped hours of gastric distress.
There was a food truck at some block party event in Milwaukee around 20 years ago; they were selling whole hog pulled pork sandwiches with vinegar sauce. They were excellent. Clearly, there are exceptions to my rule.
Some of Ashly's friends decided to get a barbecue service to cater their wedding reception (around 12 years ago). I was concerned when the caterers arrived after the cocktail hour started. Sure, it is possible that their pit trailer was maintaining temperature for the final hours of cook, but... I begged off eating, due to my various medical concerns.
Everyone else said it tasted good, but they all had upset stomachs over the next day.
I did taste a little of the potato salad; it was awful.
My general rule is that if the pit hasn't been on-site for 24 hours, I'm not interested. I'm sure I've missed out on some wonderful barbecue, but I'm also quite sure I've skipped hours of gastric distress.
There was a food truck at some block party event in Milwaukee around 20 years ago; they were selling whole hog pulled pork sandwiches with vinegar sauce. They were excellent. Clearly, there are exceptions to my rule.
May the cards fall in your favor.
October 10th, 2025 at 2:20:55 AM
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Haha wow, that’s such a classic “seemed like a good idea at the time” story 😂. I can totally picture the guy laughing when you said people were coming at 4. At least you got the pig done before midnight though! And honestly, most folks probably just enjoyed the food and the whole vibe — there’s always that one person who has to play expert after the fact.
October 11th, 2025 at 3:30:33 PM
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Michelob Ultra Zero.
0.0 Alc/vol and 29 calories per 12-ounce serving. It's labeled a Superior Alcohol-Free Brew, rather than beer.
It comes in skinny tall-boy cans that don't feel right. The drink itself has a beer aftertaste, but it reminds me more of 1970s Schaeffer than modern Michelob Ultra. I have not been drinking much , mostly because of working on my weight, but at 29 calories a pop, I'm adding it to my diet.
0.0 Alc/vol and 29 calories per 12-ounce serving. It's labeled a Superior Alcohol-Free Brew, rather than beer.
It comes in skinny tall-boy cans that don't feel right. The drink itself has a beer aftertaste, but it reminds me more of 1970s Schaeffer than modern Michelob Ultra. I have not been drinking much , mostly because of working on my weight, but at 29 calories a pop, I'm adding it to my diet.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
October 11th, 2025 at 3:36:24 PM
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My wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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October 11th, 2025 at 4:27:21 PM
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Treated myself to Wegman’s full sized sub. 1/2 for lunch, 1/2 for dinner. Start with a whole wheat sub roll. Asked the girl to scoop out a bunch of the bread. Slather on chipotle mayo. Schmear on spicy pepper spread. Lettuce. Tomatoes. Lots of onions. Hot banana peppers. Sweet peppers. Some other peppers that look like jalapeños but I can’t remember the actual name. Sautéed mushrooms. Double meat. Salami, cappicola ham, some other spicy cold cut. Pepper jack cheese. It wasn’t as spicy as it sounds. But everything messed together perfectly. Generally low carb and high calorie. Yummy.
October 11th, 2025 at 6:50:46 PM
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Quote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 11th, 2025 at 7:41:18 PM
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Cheap beer seems to work fine for simmering sausages, and some other recipes.
The rest of the household seems to go out of their way to get Bud Light or Busch Light for recipe purposes, rather than dip into whatever bottles are lurking in the basement beer fridge.
Otherwise, you can contribute it to a neighbor's delinquency, provided they agree that any ensuing bad decisions happen at least 2.5 miles away.
The rest of the household seems to go out of their way to get Bud Light or Busch Light for recipe purposes, rather than dip into whatever bottles are lurking in the basement beer fridge.
Otherwise, you can contribute it to a neighbor's delinquency, provided they agree that any ensuing bad decisions happen at least 2.5 miles away.
May the cards fall in your favor.
October 11th, 2025 at 7:51:53 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
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October 12th, 2025 at 9:48:57 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
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Giving alcohol to minors, I hear that's legal in Florida. Why don't you give it a try on Halloween and see. Just keep it and cook with it. Beer makes an excellent marinade and it's good for lots of things in cooking.
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October 12th, 2025 at 10:13:38 PM
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Oh my gosh, we had this exact same stove. My dad bought it in the early sixties at a barn auction and I used it till about the year 2000 when it just got too old to use. Best stove ever had. Used that broiler griddle all the time. The circular thing on top is a soup well that had a big doup pot inside of it.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qsHctQ4nwqU
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October 12th, 2025 at 10:52:40 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
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Giving alcohol to minors, I hear that's legal in Florida. Why don't you give it a try on Halloween and see. Just keep it and cook with it. Beer makes an excellent marinade and it's good for lots of things in cooking.
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One of the curious traditions on the west side of the lake is that adults accompany children on their candy extortions.
It is not uncommon to offer shots to the adults.
May the cards fall in your favor.
