Yank's Free Range Turkey Trot Warming House and Bondage Barn

[Aphroditiac]

Absolutely! Especially when they come with soft buns.

Soft buns are always a very good thing. Especially if there's one in each hand.

 

[midwestyankee]

Who is here, right now? Not watching this shit show.

I dearly wish I could have joined you. I haven't felt this shitty after watching television since the Red Sox lost the World Series to the Mets in 1986.

 

[midwestyankee]

One of my happiest memories.

I had a feeling that this might give you some joy. That's ok. You have to live with New York pizza so a little joy from the midwest now and again will surely help.

 

[midwestyankee]

Soft buns are always a very good thing. Especially if there's one in each hand.

This seems like a perfect recipe for slipping and getting something gooey all over my shirt.

 

[midwestyankee]

Would it help if I added a margarita?

 

[midwestyankee]

I’ll eat your pizza if it means we can hang out and drink together.

I would never turn down such a noble sacrifice. Or a chance to drink with smart, cool people.

 

[midwestyankee]

I’ll bring some.

 

[midwestyankee]

For some reason I'm feeling a little nostalgic this afternoon and one image that came to mind was how my friends and I often spent payday Fridays when I was living in Buffalo. We generally gathered at a chain bar called The Ground Round, usually arriving by 4 pm or so. We liked the place for a few reasons. They put baskets of free peanuts in the shell on the tables and the default for disposing of shells was to toss them onto the floor. They had a Pong game, so for a quarter you could play the world's simplest video game (note: this was not last year, just so you know) until you were too drunk to play the game with any kind of fiscal responsibility. And on Fridays there were two regular specials: All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Wings and All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry. We were poor student teachers and the value of such meals was a godsend.

What about you? Any good Friday memories?

 

[gracie920101]

Friday!!!!!!

See you at Chi Chi's by 5:30.
Bet they already have our margaritas waiting!
I'll order queso if you'll spring for some guacamole.
We can call that dinner if we beg for some extra chips and that way it won't slow us down to get changed before hitting Spanky's at 9pm for dancing.

Unfortunately, both those places have been torn down now

 

[cookiecat]

Thursdays used to be our night out. Philbert's. A group of us met - 3 of my girlfriends, my boyfriend and a bunch of his friends. Lots of time on the dance floor - Tainted Love was big. Controversy. Sea breeze was the drink at the time. Or long island iced tea.

Fridays - I can't remember. Vague memories of parties at boyfriend's house or seeing live music down at the Cabooze.


Hamburger stops if you're ever in Paul Bunyon-land: the Nook or Matt's. Both total dive bars but destination spot for burgers.

 

[midwestyankee]

There's a real appeal to the simpler times, thoigh it doesn't take too long before the less-simple parts of life come back into focus: the worries about being able to pay for a new tire to replace a bald one, concerns about sexually-transmitted diseases (and here I mean the simole stuff like crabs), relationship challenges that seemed like the end of the world.

Friday nights in burger joints sharing cheap but good food with friends helped set those worries aside for a while.

I miss the times with friends. I really do.

 

[cookiecat]

Zoom calls, even with wine and good friends, just don't cut the mustard.

I've never been much of a hugger. And frankly, I haven't been ---- touched / hugged in a long long time. I really miss it. Just being next to someone in a close way.

What is everyone doing tonight?

 

[midwestyankee]

Zoom calls, even with wine and good friends, just don't cut the mustard.

I've never been much of a hugger. And frankly, I haven't been ---- touched / hugged in a long long time. I really miss it. Just being next to someone in a close way.

What is everyone doing tonight?

Same. It has been almost 7 months since I have seen anyone in a purely social setting. I like the guys at the hardware store but it's not the same.

Tonight: pizza, wine (probably more than I need), andca movie.

 

[gracie920101]

Chili, cornbread and a movie or a book since I usually don't get to hold the remote!

 

[ultramarineblue]

Necro and I had Greek takeout. We may start watching Ratched. I’m drinking rose, he’s drinking beer.
My dog is a PITA.

But I bet your dog is a cute PITA.

 

[midwestyankee]

Got my general election ballot in the mail today. Most likely I will be turning it in shortly after the early voting sores open up here in a couple of weeks.

Anyone else have a different voting plan for this year?

 

[gracie920101]

I have been pushing a couple of canned goods around in the back of my pantry for a few (or more!) years. (don't judge me, this was a hard thing to do) I was beginning to worry about them going bad and exploding into a horrible mess.

This morning, I finally pulled them out, opened and disposed of them before I could have any seconds thoughts. Surprisingly, the seals were completely intact and tough to open and the contents still smelled fine.

I know better and certainly wasn't going to eat the applesauce and salsa that my mom had canned prior to her death in 2005 but I felt horrible getting rid of them. She was so proud of the results and had finally gotten both recipes to her liking. The tomatoes and peppers in the salsa were from the last garden she had.

I'm sad. Another link is gone but I know it was silly for me to keep those two jars. I still miss her but I'm working hard emotionally to let everything go. A lot of people just don't understand how hard it can be for some of us.

Now I just have to open and dispose of the remaining 6 pints of jelly and 4 quarts of peaches that I still have left from the last time I canned in 2013. I know it's such a waste but we stopped eating stuff like that a few years back and they're too old to give to anyone.

No responses needed here just...thanks for listening for a minute.

 

[phil1955]

I have been pushing a couple of canned goods around in the back of my pantry for a few (or more!) years. (don't judge me, this was a hard thing to do) I was beginning to worry about them going bad and exploding into a horrible mess.

This morning, I finally pulled them out, opened and disposed of them before I could have any seconds thoughts. Surprisingly, the seals were completely intact and tough to open and the contents still smelled fine.

I know better and certainly wasn't going to eat the applesauce and salsa that my mom had canned prior to her death in 2005 but I felt horrible getting rid of them. She was so proud of the results and had finally gotten both recipes to her liking. The tomatoes and peppers in the salsa were from the last garden she had.

I'm sad. Another link is gone but I know it was silly for me to keep those two jars. I still miss her but I'm working hard emotionally to let everything go. A lot of people just don't understand how hard it can be for some of us.

Now I just have to open and dispose of the remaining 6 pints of jelly and 4 quarts of peaches that I still have left from the last time I canned in 2013. I know it's such a waste but we stopped eating stuff like that a few years back and they're too old to give to anyone.

No responses needed here just...thanks for listening for a minute.

Actually it was not silly of you to keep two jars from you mother unless you were really short of space. Better to keep them for a few extra years until you were ready to dispose of them. Of course not eating good homemade apple sauce could be considered a sin.

 

[soltiera]

I plan to vote as soon as I receive my ballot! What a strange election year.

 

[midwestyankee]

I finally tossed the last partial jar of my mother's jam a few months ago. I'm forever grateful that I have several pieces of craft art that she made over the years. If it were only the jam I'd keep it until they put me in box.

It is, indeed, a very strange election year. I will be voting, of course, but differently than usual and that alone feels strange. Doing one's civic duty shouldn't feel like you're going undercover in a war and might face a firing squad if you're caught.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

For some reason I'm feeling a little nostalgic this afternoon and one image that came to mind was how my friends and I often spent payday Fridays when I was living in Buffalo. We generally gathered at a chain bar called The Ground Round, usually arriving by 4 pm or so. We liked the place for a few reasons. They put baskets of free peanuts in the shell on the tables and the default for disposing of shells was to toss them onto the floor. They had a Pong game, so for a quarter you could play the world's simplest video game (note: this was not last year, just so you know) until you were too drunk to play the game with any kind of fiscal responsibility. And on Fridays there were two regular specials: All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Wings and All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry. We were poor student teachers and the value of such meals was a godsend.

What about you? Any good Friday memories?

I missed this last week.

In my Poor Engineering Student days my favourite place to drink was a "bar" that operated in an empty classroom in an Eng building, run by the Engineering Society. The "bar" was a folding table and beer was still $1 as late as 1984. There was a "Pong Machine" set to free play after they acquired a "Space Invaders" table and a couple of pinball machines. We would gather at 2pm to watch an exercise program called "The Twenty Minute Workout", three scantly clad women doing aerobics. (We could borrow a TV but couldn't afford a Juke Box.)

As I walked thru the door the Barmaid would reach into the refrigerator and crack an ice cold bottle of Labatt's Fifty (Okay fellow Canadians: let's hear the abuse) and I would hand over a dollar, usually in the form of three quarters, two dimes and a nickel I found in the car.

This delightful establishment was ONLY open on Friday afternoons until 4pm. It was called "The POETS Pub". Sounds classy, eh? Note that there is no apostrophe. POETS stood for "Piss On Everything Tomorrow's Saturday".

Damn I miss that hole in the wall.

 

[midwestyankee]

I have concluded that the 666 mark of the devil has already been used and its owner has already used up its 15 minutes of fame.

The new mark of the devil is pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice anything that isn't pumpkin pie or a derivative thereof.

 

[wicked woman]

I have concluded that the 666 mark of the devil has already been used and its owner has already used up its 15 minutes of fame.

The new mark of the devil is pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice anything that isn't pumpkin pie or a derivative thereof.

Whew! I was worried you saw how much pumpkin pie spice that I put in my pumpkin pie last weekend. 'Cause no way I'm using less.

Now about the pumpkin spice candle on the table beside me....

 

[midwestyankee]

Whew! I was worried you saw how much pumpkin pie spice that I put in my pumpkin pie last weekend. 'Cause no way I'm using less.

Now about the pumpkin spice candle on the table beside me....

About that pie: here's a belated Happy Thanksgiving to you. I hope you had a good celebration.

 

[midwestyankee]

Thinking about making a patty melt for lunch. It's not precisely a hamburger but close enough for my taste.