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Comments (16)I don't know if McDonald's food will rot or not, but Dolly Madison's Red Coconut Zingers will not rot. I worked as a computer network administrator before my retirement in 2000. At my last job we had an on-going joke in the department where ownership of a package of the red coconut Zingers was passed from one person to another whenever they earned our honorary "Super Geek" junk food trophy. Photo taken 31 Aug 2010 Whoever had last been awarded the Zingers, would at their discretion, award them to the next recipient based upon that person performing some feat of extraordinary technical brilliance. When I first awarded this trophy to one of my coworkers, I had planned to use a package of plain Twinkies which we would often share a pack of when working late, but the vending machine in the break room was sold out that day. The dyed red coconut Zingers looked even better for the purpose, so I dropped in my quarters. After 5 years being passed respectfully and gingerly from one recipient to another the trophy had made it to everyone in the department. Every recipient kept it on display in a prominent place in their cubicle. The Zingers are still red and all the coconut is still glued to the surface of the cakes. The cakes were as hard as a stone after about 3 years. The cellophane was beginning to turn yellow, and the writing on the package began to fade, so everyone avoided displaying it in a sunny location after 3 years. When I retired in 2000, the department retired the trophy as well and gave it to me to take home. These Zingers are now 15 years old and do not have a single speck of mold on them. They are every bit as un-wholesome looking now as they were when they were brand new....See MoreA Very interesting article thought I would share....
Comments (60)"I didnt say she posted the positive side, I said she posted a biased view, and the entire article had some other points. For example, where the article said SM was a bit of a misnomer, and it might be better for a SM to forget the mother in the name, and be more like an aunt." It did have other points you are right, but what is wrong with putting the ones on there that will lift the group. Also, I completely disagree with the act as an aunt role idea. I do not pretend to be the BM of my son, but at my home I AM the mom and I refuse to go back and forth between roles. This is easier in my family since my SS was young and excepting of me when DH and I got together. The aunt role would work better (IMO) for someone coming in later in the child's life. IMO I am a parent to my SS regardless of step or bio and I will act as such. "I do regard my DD as a victim of divorce. I am not aware of any study that doesnt put children of divorce at a disadvantage to children in intact families. And she certainly didnt cause the divorce". I did not say they are not victims. However, it is not a good idea, IMO, to go around considering yourself or your kids as victims, at least not to them, or they will always pitty themselves instead of learning from the situation that they have been put in. I agree that it is not fair to them and is definitely not an ideal situation to be in. I did say that with the way you and others act about second marriages it is almost like you are disregarding the fact that other children are born out of these second marriages and that they could be put in this situation to. Do you not understand that by constantly telling everyone that statistically they are more likely to fail than succeed in a second marriage it comes off as you almost hope we do, our kids bedamned. Also, I completely agree that kids of divorce are at a disadvantage to kids in a intact family. Unless, that intact family is an unhappy one in which they are better of in a divorce situation. "I think the point about second marriages failing is taken out of context. Its more about Dad should have more a role, as child may end up with serial SMs." You are generalizing here. Dads are not the only ones who do this. In fact, in my own person experience my DH and I have been together for quite a while and I was the first and only serious relationship he had after his divorce. His ex wife has been involved in a serious relationship off and on since right after they seperated. Between her and her long-time bf's fall outs she has had many bfs who my son has had to stay with, be babysat by, and all sorts of other situations where there were serial SDs....See Morealoha: I thought of your kitchen when I saw this...
Comments (5)I like boring monochromatic and understated design. Even so, this isn't for me. I think you want more color (as in CML's kitchen) and contrast. This kitchen creates contrast with the walls and the floor but not quite enough to hold visual interest for me. There is no reflective surface in that kitchen other than the SS. It is a space that sucks the color and energy from you because it is so dark, which I do not like. I would like to have had a light reflective countertop in this kitchen. They tried to feature the light fixture too much by receding everything else, IMHO. I have seen similar interesting lights on Ebay that did not cost an arm and a leg. You should look. To me, lights like can look really cheap or really expensive. It LOOKS nice and expensive in this kitchen because everything else is custom, ie how they finished around the window... Unfortunately, you risk the light like than looking kitsch in a kitchen that is not as well done....See MoreI Thought You Might Enjoy Seeing . . .
Comments (59)I have sort of a "natural experiment" (aka "by accident") going on with restricting the size of Fortuniana by not irrigating it in summer. Late last winter I moved a 'Fabvier' up to a spot at the very edge of the cared-for part of my garden and grabbed the water line of the Fortuniana I also have growing up there (wild-and-crazy and regularly pruned) and gave it to 'Fabvier', figuring I would get around to fixing something up for Fortuniana later. Well, the summer went along and then it was fall without me getting around to it and I'm realizing that the Fortuniana still looked fine, though not putting on lots of new growth. Never did give it irrigation, and rains started in early November. Looked at it this morning -- lots of new leaves and flower buds, but no wild-and-crazy octopus canes yet, which it used to produce all the time when it got summer irrigation. I know of at least a few banksia roses at old houses around town that don't get any summer water but have persisted for a long, long time, and I am curious now to see how Fortuniana fares under that regime. Imagine this strategy wouldn't work in Florida, though, jin......See More- 5 years ago
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