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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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ursus said:
I am not ashamed to admit that I loved Vienna Sausages as a kid....and every once in a while I eat a can when I am alone. Watching cartoons.
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I liked, not loved, them as a kid. As an adult, I just can't.

My dad loved those and the little cans of potted meat that had a red devil on the label.
 
Other than a Coney Island (that my kids love but I can only go to so many times) it's hard to find dinner in my local downtown that isn't going to cost us >$100 but a local taco stand chain opened up a spot in a tiny, narrow storefront last summer. It's on a side street I don't go down often so I always forget about it but was reminded of it the other day for whatever reason so my oldest and I stopped in there for dinner last night after I picked her up from her drama club and it was delicious... and cheap! It was so good, that I took advantage of our beautiful "Spring of Deception" weather and walked back today for lunch!
 
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JNA said:
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My FB profile picture is me in front of a historical marker. Just a very general history of Illinois, maybe 5 miles south of the WI state line. For some reason they state who whoever stopped mowing the grass in front of it so you have to wade through the grass to read it.
 
78rpm said:
Early winter has had us on full tap for a month now. It's been like this for about a decade.

If this is a first for you, then how are your maple trees behaving?
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Sap runs when the cambium layer in trees expands following a thaw. We've had a freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw-freeze type pattern going all winter long. Maybe this would be normal for, say, Kentucky but not locally. I honestly don't know what's been happening with sap collection under these circumstances.
 
TOFB said:
On Saturday morning, my dad would get home from the grocery store and go to town with liverwurst, yellow mustard, and saltines.
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Liverwurst, one of the staples when growing up in a home that had a German background. My mom used to send me to school with a liverwurst and cheese sandwich on white bread and mayo for lunch.
 
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Tranplanner said:
I seem to have lost my ability to post YT videos...anyway it was a link to "The Trees" by Rush.
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I actually considered posting the following video as my initial response instead of the cambium explanation. You're welcome.

 
Anybody liked grilled bologna sandwiches?
Does it have to be on rye bread w/ mustard ?
 
JNA said:
Anybody liked grilled bologna sandwiches?
Does it have to be on rye bread w/ mustard ?
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I have enjoyed that, but not on rye bread. I will give that a try. I love bologna. Not a surprise, I realize. I was probably the world's easiest kid to feed: bologna, frozen burritos, hot pockets, canned soup, Kraft mac n' cheese, PB&J, canned chili - the list goes on. Oh, hey, we're completely broke and having pancakes for dinner the rest of the week? Best news ever!!

My food tastes have not matured a whole lot, and I still kind of like it simple at lunch if it's not leftovers.


Have you every put peanut butter on apple slices? I love that. And celery.
 
I've gotten to a point when the only time I eat bologna is with a slice of cheese food product, & mayo on white bread when we're fishing.
 
ursus said:
I have enjoyed that, but not on rye bread. I will give that a try. I love bologna. Not a surprise, I realize. I was probably the world's easiest kid to feed: bologna, frozen burritos, hot pockets, canned soup, Kraft mac n' cheese, PB&J, canned chili - the list goes on. Oh, hey, we're completely broke and having pancakes for dinner the rest of the week? Best news ever!!

My food tastes have not matured a whole lot, and I still kind of like it simple at lunch if it's not leftovers.


Have you every put peanut butter on apple slices? I love that. And celery.
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I don't know about grilled, but in my house we ate lots of microwaved bologna growing up. It just took 30 seconds to get it to pop up like a circus tent.
 
Tranplanner said:
I seem to have lost my ability to post YT videos...anyway it was a link to "The Trees" by Rush.
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The local high school is "The Maples" and every year when the school district sends around their annual survey, I always suggest making The Trees the school fight song when they as for additional comments. It hasn't happened yet, but my daughter is entering 9th grade next year and is a reluctant Rush fan so maybe now I'll have a voice on the inside!
 
Today in History -
William Morris Davis was born, the ‘Father of American Geography’
 
Literarily, is it a cliche to call a town "sleepy"?
On a somewhat related note, let's start a movement to eliminate imprecise technical terms like "economically-depressed" from planning literature. We should instead try to incorporate local history and terms as descriptors, for example "electricity-poor walmart-besotten pothole farm".
 
Sooo this is like the 10th Call i received asking if I am on Medicare A or B... this is great.. now I just eff with them for like 5 minutes. They ask how old I am.. and well.. i just go down the rabbit hole with them.
 
ursus said:
I have enjoyed that, but not on rye bread. I will give that a try. I love bologna. Not a surprise, I realize. I was probably the world's easiest kid to feed: bologna, frozen burritos, hot pockets, canned soup, Kraft mac n' cheese, PB&J, canned chili - the list goes on. Oh, hey, we're completely broke and having pancakes for dinner the rest of the week? Best news ever!!

My food tastes have not matured a whole lot, and I still kind of like it simple at lunch if it's not leftovers.


Have you every put peanut butter on apple slices? I love that. And celery.
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You sound like a low maintenance kind of guy. I like that.
 
Whose Yur Planner said:
Liverwurst, one of the staples when growing up in a home that had a German background. My mom used to send me to school with a liverwurst and cheese sandwich on white bread and mayo for lunch.
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We were a bologna family. When I was young my mom would make a trip to Johnny's Meat Market on Union Road in Cheektowaga (walking distance from home but we usually drove) with me and my little brother in tow, and Johnny (or whoever was working the counter that day) would give each of us a slice of freshly cut slice of bologna which we'd roll up and eat right there in the market.



Good times. Good times.
 
Doohickie said:
We were a bologna family. When I was young my mom would make a trip to Johnny's Meat Market on Union Road in Cheektowaga (walking distance from home but we usually drove) with me and my little brother in tow, and Johnny (or whoever was working the counter that day) would give each of us a slice of freshly cut slice of bologna which we'd roll up and eat right there in the market.



Good times. Good times.
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We got olive loaf occasionally as a kid. One time early in our marriage I bought olive loaf, and was told in no uncertain terms don't you dare do that again!
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Maister said:
We got olive loaf occasionally as a kid. One time early in our marriage I bought olive loaf, and was told in no uncertain terms don't you dare do that again!
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My oldest sister loved that stuff but she was the only one in the house who really enjoyed it so my mom would only buy that once in a great while.

Anybody here ever get "monkey meat"? That was another favorite of my sister that my mom would only buy that from the deli once in a great while. For those unfamiliar, it was basically tuna salad but made with bologna instead of tuna. My stomach turns just thinking of it! :rofl: :sick:
 
WSU MUP Student said:
My oldest sister loved that stuff but she was the only one in the house who really enjoyed it so my mom would only buy that once in a great while.

Anybody here ever get "monkey meat"? That was another favorite of my sister that my mom would only buy that from the deli once in a great while. For those unfamiliar, it was basically tuna salad but made with bologna instead of tuna. My stomach turns just thinking of it! :rofl: :sick:
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When I hear the phrase 'monkey meat' my mind immediately goes to the Philippine dish of the same name. Usually served on a stick/skewer by street vendors.

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Happy Pączki Day!

I picked up some from the Polish bakery (via the fancy grocery store) this morning and had a couple of those before coming into the office and having one a coworker brought in. Currently on #3 for the day!


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FWIW, in general Lemon > Raspberry > Strawberry > Custard > Prune > Rosehip > Chocolate > Apple
 
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