Save The Last Rants For Me

[TBoneTX 45,591]

22 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Surely you would have found a coupon, or less-compellingly:  a recipe?

If there were any coupons, they would have been for girl stuff, probably icky stuff, sigh JD ma'am.

And Real Men Don't Cook, oj nie JD ma'am.  Real Men Eat, see JD ma'am.

22 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Or are you one whose morality forbids the removal of coupons from dental office magazines?

We would excise an unexpired coupon off somebody who was tattooed with one,  JD ma'am.

This is called being Financially Savvy, see JD ma'am.

It is part of how we became the most enviable of Business Typhoons in our industry, si JD ma'am.

And now we must excuse ourself to mollify a certain miu who wants to play, insistent miu man.

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Coupons in Poland are flexible or deceptive, depending on one's viewpoint man.

They are always for "1," "2," or "Many" zlotys or polacos off, or whatever their monetary unit is man.

 

Along this line, Poles can be flexibly stratified economically by whether they have Many or Many zlotys or polacos or whatever their monetary unit is in their bank accounts, oj tak.

 

Well-off or dirt-poor Asia!  Well-off, WELL-OFF or dirt-poor DIRT-POOR Asia!

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Finally some scintillating repartee, no yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Foot not much improved over Monday's condition, ongoing podiatric saga man.

We charmed young doctorette into extending our antibiotic Rx, persuasive we man.

She will surely also buy at least one Pre-Owned Toilet Seat from us, inevitable man.

 

Lunch was Many (2+2+2) soft tacos from Taco Bell, ingest we man.

Din-din was salad + hot dogs, ingest Two Guys man.

 

In the morning, Mini-B. again lobbied to not go to skool, future Sales Director wee man:

     Mini-B.:  Must I go to skool, Dad, huh man?

     We:         Si, and shut up, son man.

     Mini-B.:  But skool is BAD for you, si man!

Mini-B. knows full well that he's manipulative, and we both burst out laughing, Two Guys man.

Edited November 17, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man.

(Bad silent lurking Asia!  Bad, BAD silent SILENT lurking LURKING Asia!)

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Awoke via alarm and smelly miu-butt in our face, Get Up and Feed Your Miu daddy man.

Mini-B. objected to going to skool only Many times, probably still sleepy wee man.

Miu energetically aysheep in morning, aysheep miu man.

 

After off-dropping Mini-B., we headed for Dollar General, one of our favorite stores man.

Went to pick up more fruit gummies or whatever they're called, just $1/box man.

Picked up lunch there, see just below man.

 

Lunch was onecan (family size) of Campbell's Spaghetti'Os + Meatballs, ingest we man just like wee man man, except ingest we a family-size onecan, ingest we man versus ingest wee man man.

 

Dished and de-dished the warsher, surprisingly organized during daylight hours we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. retrieved Mini-B. from skool, took tonight instead of tomorrow night ex-she man.

 

Din-din was onecan of (Aldi house-brand) sliced carrots, ingest we man.

This was not as filling as onecan of green beans or corn, no man.

We therefore finished the half-bag of chicken tenders from 2 weeks ago, ingest before go bad man.

Miu kept jumping on kitchen counter to supervise, invasive miu man.

 

Mini-B. in good mood upon return but had a tummyache, eat cheaps at Mommy's wee man.

He paid for it, seance on throne wee man.

 

Infected foot just throbbed and appears to be oozing fluid, perhaps rid self of infection we man.

 

Mini-B. has just burped twice in his sleep, Real Mini-Guy wee man.

 

We have an utterly exciting life, party-animal* we man.

   *Bad-influencing Asia!  Bad-influencing, BAD-INFLUENCING Asia!

Edited November 18, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Local pharmacy gives rewards, si man.

Usual is a Many%-off coupon for grocery purchases when one fills Many (2+2+1) 'scrips, $i man.

We went today to get our foot antibiotic, kill them infectious Little Beesties we man.

Pharmacy clerkette is the one whom we always butter up and who falls for it, serendipitous man.

She took our Rx stamp-card, hey only one stamp man.

She gave us a store gift card worth $Many, $[2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 + 1] man.

She then gave us a new stamp-card worth $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 + 2) after Many (2+2+1) stamps, $i man.

We shall sweet-talk the pharmacist to force out our remaining 'scrips, $$$$$$$i and    man.

 

Lunch was two ham sandwiches from same store, indict both of them man.

Register discount was $Many ($2+2+1) off THAT purchase, Christmas every day man.

Too bad the store doesn't also have a casino, doggone it man.

 

Mini-B. upset after skool, upset wee man.

He failed to fully complete a "major grade" test or assignment, details murky man.

We e-mailed the teechur to find out what the dickens happened, awaiting response man.

 

Din-din was two BIG beef pot pies, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Miu has spent entire post-sunset time lobbying us to feed her/supply treats/play, insistent miu man.

 

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scintillating Friday repartee, yawn man.

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Special mini-Mini-B.-talks-with-Daddy report, see man:

 

Fri. afternoon.  Mini-B. (exiting skool and approaching the T-B.-mobile):  "Freedom!  Freedom from the chains of elementary skool, si man!"

 

Fri. night, Mini-B. purportedly in bed for the night:  "Dad, si man!"

T-B.:  What, huh man?

M-B.:  My bed is shaking, si man.

T-B.:  It's probably just the monsters under there, si man.  Go back to sleep, zzz man.

M-B. (bending to look under bed):  Dad, there are no monsters, but a lump there on the bottom, si man!!

T-B.:  What kind of lump, huh man?

M-B.:  Come down here and see it, see man!

T-B.:  We're scared of the monsters, but OK, si man.

   [T-B. manages to get down on floor and sees a lump under boxspring, see man]

T-B.:  It IS a lump, si man.

   [T-B. pokes warm, soft lump and gets a familiar-feeling claw in return, si man]

T-B.:  It's Miu, si man.  She comes into your bedroom all the time, si man.

M-B.:  How can we get her out, huh man?  She's trapped, si man!

T-B.:  Mius know how to find these spots, si man.  She'll come out on her own, si man.

   [After a wait of less than a minute, a tabbyish blur zooms from under bed, see man]

T-B.:  We TOLD you that it was Miu, see man!

M-B.:  Still want to know how she got in there, si man.

T-B.:  Well, now that she's gone, the monsters can go back under where they belong, si man.

M-B.:  Thanks a LOT, Dad, si man.

Edited November 20, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

Miu zooming like an aysheep wildmiu in morning, aysheep wildmiu man.

 

Foot almost back to normal size but still red, see red we man.

Wound almost healed but still infected under there, see probable pus we man.

Not sure what to do now, keep popping antibiotic we man.

 

Went to bank, $i man.

Staff ooo'd, aah'd, and red-carpeted us, premier service for Business Typhoon we man.

Dropped something with perhaps Black Muslim delivery outfit, Fed X man.

Lunch was Many (2+2) gut-bombs from Arby's*, ingest we man.

     *of course with use of coupon, financially savvy we man

Miu still zooming like an aysheep wildmiu most of afternoon, uncharacteristically diurnal miu man.

 

Got hourlong nap, zzz we man.

Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, per above man.

 

Din-din was nuked corn and battered chicken tenders with honey-mustard, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. provided log-in secrets for The Disney Channel, lobbied for by Mini-B. man.

Watched "Cars" for first time in Many years, still superlative man.

Played game of chess against computer, victorious Two Guys man.

Read with and embedded Mini-B., per above man.

Miu nowhere to be found during entire time, except per above man.

 

Vigorous yet not-too-geographically-sensible GS/ES itinerary itineraried for Saturday, embark we man.

 

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

 

We again got going too late and decided to skip most of our itinerary,  we man.

Only one, an ES, yielded fruit, see the take man:

  -- toucans (big ones) baked beans; can tuna, can green beans, can corn, toucans soup, 

        sm. jar smokehouse almonds, half-jug "bug removal" windshield fluid, full box staples, 

        deck of Eastern Airlines playing-cards = $Many ($2x2x2 + 2+2), OK man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2 + 2+2)

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scintillating Saturday repartee, get with the program man.

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Thrilling non-GS/ES Saturday report, see man:

 

Miu an aysheep wildmiu in morning but rather quiescent thereafter, split-personality miu man.

 

Lunch was a Mexican plate from a restaurant inside a gas station, not bad man.

 

After return of self & later Mini-B. to casa, had Two Guys time, Two Guys man.

Split piece of peanut-butter pie from FST, ingest Two Guys man.

Watched "Home Alone" on Disney Channel, view we and wee man.

Din-din was Costco frozen hamburgers, ingest 2 plain we and ingest 1 loaded wee man.

Alternated playing chess against computer, lose we win wee man.

 

Then replaced batteries in Many (2+2+2) Harbor Freight blue worklights, overdue man.

(There was a Many'th [2+2+2+1th], but it was too far gone, burial at si man.)

We unscrood the things, and Mini-B. inserted the new batteries*, teamwork man.

     *Manyple-A (AAA), size man

Mini-B. and we quite pleased with the result, impart financial savvy from we to wee man man.

 

Finished Mini-B.'s bedtime book, perfect timing again this week man.

Must out-figure what to pick for when he's back again, ruminate we man.

Overall, a good day, Two Guys man.

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, miu got your tongues man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Miu racing around completely aysheep in morning, aysheep wildmiu man.

Dropped Mini-B. with Mama T-B., doting senior she man.

During 2-hour interim, visited 2 stores and conquered Many (2+1) laundry loads, industrious we man.

Lunch was onecan of the Campbell's soup from Saturday's ES, financially savvy we man.

 

Retrieved Mini-B., spoiled wee man by doting senior she man.

 

Din-din was traditional end-Sunday fare, ingest respectively wee and we man:

  -- ABCs+12Manys, ingest wee man man

  -- Spaghettio's + Meatballs, ingest we man man

Two Guys eating WHAT they want WHEN they want, si man!

Dessert was the end of the peanut-butter pie, perfect timing man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. & Cousin Mini-B. came to watch AFV, watch we and wee and wee and ex-she man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. up-cleaned our foot-blood from the floor*, amazing man.

     *which we either fizzicly couldn't reach, bad back man, or didn't want to reach, who cleans man

Mini-B. performed his imitation of a "Christmas car-alarm," to Jingle Bells including the verse man.

 

Recited the mantra of "We're Two Guys" and sent Mini-B. off, sigh man.

Going to take ourself on an out-of-town road trip, probably man.

[Redro 4,611]

After binge-reading this thread and T-Bone's multiple postings about food, I have a massive craving for Spaghettio's +meatballs. 

Unfortunately. it's not available in regular stores here so I'd have to order it online and have it shipped... 

Won't get here until December... price? USD $13.00 for a 15.6oz can... USD $28 for 4 cans... 

Might just splurge and buy 4. Will tell the husband it's my Christmas present to justify the cost.

Edited November 23, 2021 by Kor2USA

[laylalex 7,293]

Back from a weekend in Las Vegas. My sister-in-law is visiting for the next month from the UK, and she has never been and wanted to do the drive through the desert, so we obliged. We dropped her off at her hotel to meet up with her dirtbag boyfriend (more on him in a moment) and then spent a blissful weekend doing a lot of nothing except eating and walking around the Venetian where we were staying. He went gambling a couple of times and I gave it a pass, but I did get a full pre-winter body polish/moisturizing. It included a "ritual bath" (lol) which was a very hot bath with some lovely oil and flowers floating in it, along with woo-woo spa music. The bathtub lit up in different colors which was very amusing to me. Then I lounged in a pink "salt grotto" for a while because... I could. More woo-woo music and colored lights in there. Relaxing and dumb and I loved it.  

 

Ranked a tie for lowlight of the weekend: hitting a one hour delay on the 15 West due to a crash at the state line between Nevada and California; and having to deal with the dirtbag boyfriend when he picked my SIL up at our hotel after we'd had lunch together at the Venetian. It sounds like a Dear Prudence or Ask Amy advice column scenario but (deep inhale before I spill this tea about myself) my ex and my SIL have been "dating" for 2 years now. They got together well after he and I split up (as far as I know) and while she knows precisely why I think and her brother thinks this is a terrible idea, they are adults who have known each other many years and I can't do anything about it. We stayed apart the whole weekend until then, but he came to collect her so all four of us got to stand around and be awkward for a few minutes. Well, except my SIL who has no shame about anything and thinks everyone should just move on because it suits her. I don't doubt he really cares for her (2 years is a long time) but him showing up? 100% him trying to provoke a reaction. But no one was anything more than stiffly polite. Well done us.

 

However there was one moment I enjoyed: my ex has packed on some COVID weight since the last time I saw him. I know, I'm horrible.  

 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

17 hours ago, laylalex said:

Ranked a tie for lowlight of the weekend: hitting a one hour delay on the 15 West due to a crash at the state line between Nevada and California;

Nitpicking, but I-15 North (yes, it's going a bit more west than north for a lot of the LA to Vegas segment, but odd numbered interstates are north/south, even are east/west).

 

A few weeks ago we hit traffic mostly around the LA exurbs (from the east side of San Diego it's usually 15 to 215 back to 15 unless your phone thinks there's too much traffic on 215 and has you stay on 15 the whole way like it did on the way back) and in Vegas proper (on the way there; on the way back we were on the road before 8am on Sunday so going through Vegas was fine) going there and back.

[laylalex 7,293]

42 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Nitpicking, but I-15 North (yes, it's going a bit more west than north for a lot of the LA to Vegas segment, but odd numbered interstates are north/south, even are east/west).

 

A few weeks ago we hit traffic mostly around the LA exurbs (from the east side of San Diego it's usually 15 to 215 back to 15 unless your phone thinks there's too much traffic on 215 and has you stay on 15 the whole way like it did on the way back) and in Vegas proper (on the way there; on the way back we were on the road before 8am on Sunday so going through Vegas was fine) going there and back.

Yes, derp about the 15! I always think of it as "west" because I am headed back to the LA area. I had a cool journey on the way there though: 10E-405N-5N-SR14-SR138-SR18-15N.

 

On the way back it was more boring: 15S (this is where the hourlong tailback was at Primm)-10W (yawn).

 

What's everyone doing for Thanksgiving? We're going to my sister's place -- she's nearing the end of her second trimester and she has become disturbingly domestic all of a sudden. This is the first year she has ever decided to host. I'm handling roasting a porchetta and making hot chocolate from scratch. Alex is handling booze selections. My sister is roasting a turkey just in case she hates the porchetta (she won't) and making mashed potatoes and smashed potatoes because her almost-a-fiancé (we call him the preancé) prefers smashed to mashed. Mom is making roast broccoli and roast brussels sprouts along with her famous cranberry-jalapeno sauce. Dad's on stuffing duty and I am hoping someone is doing something about dessert because I don't recall this part of the divvying up. My sister-in-law will drop in for a plate and then go back to have dinner with Voldy (my ex/her dirtbag BF) and his mother and a couple of other guests. We've pared down the menu over the years -- used to have 2 kinds of stuffing, candied yams, succotash and green bean casserole on top of everything else, plus at least 3 pies. 

 

It's family so it's bound to be wonderful and irritating!

[cdneh 3,112]

Nothing going  on here. Not bothering with Thanksgiving again this year. Just me and Herself, and one day is pretty much like any other to her.  Christmas...ditto.

 

I am off for a few days new year, I have rented a place on the water in Greer's Ferry. The house is too big for just me and the dog, but there is a fireplace and TV, neither of which we have here. 200 feet of river frontage with swans and geese for her to bark at. 

 

Happy Thanksgiving