asking for a friend, what is a nice place to hike in the USA
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Comfortable pants/capris for travel, walking, hiking
Comments (31)Before lizzard had even suggested the LL Bean pants, I had ordered them! And happy to report that they are fantastic. I actually had to order a size smaller because they were too big (love when that happens!). I also ordered a chino skirt from LLB that I'm very happy with. Finally, in my Zappos shipment, I received a skirt and casual dress from Horny Toad that I loooove. Both are in a jersey fabric that somehow does not cling to my less-favorable parts. And both are in a charcoal gray color that is nice, a little different from the usual black. For me, this process works better than the mall. I had free shipping from LLB, and I can return my rejects to the store about 15 minutes from here. Zappos is free shipping and returns. Still waiting for the cropped chinos I ordered from Garnet Hill... (Yes, I went on a bit of a spree!)...See MoreGood place to ask this question, need Ideas?
Comments (6)Hi, I often cook up food in batchs for my lunch. Lots of good stuff comes prepackaged and is better then fast food or vending machines. I love tunafish in the foil pouchs as it stores at room temp and does not need draining (eat out of the bag). A couple rolls of "Ritz" style crackers helps to make that a meal. Tins of sardines and kippered herring are compact and shelfworthy. Dried fruit in a ziplock bag can double as desert or snack. A little jar of peanut butter (refilled from a big jar). Some spray can cheese, some hard cheese. Okay, you have probably already discovered most of that stuff. I almost can't eat without salt & pepper. Even Mc Fries taste better with a little black pepper. Condiments go a long way for making a lunch taste better. A fellow I knew always took a whole jar of pickles in his lunch... made him happy. Perhaps your guy has some "comfort food" like those pickles that other people might not think important. My comfort food is to make my sandwichs on homemade bread. Wrap them in wax paper and then in plastic, discard plastic wrap before nuking and you have a warm sandwich with something to eat it on. Food to cook that packs well. I like to boil a whole pot of potatos at the start of the week. They reheat well and you can put all sorts of things on them from butter to vinegar. I'll cook ground beef and baked beans together with enough sweetener to make it taste "good"... very heavy and filling. Spagetti reheats fairly well. Cook up a bottom round roast with all the veggies, slice up the roast and he can make a sandwich or heat it up with some veggies. Put some gravy in a jar for "almost home" affect. Tortillas and "taco stuff" reheats well. Don't be afraid to slap a nice steak on the grill then cut it up and pack it... not as good as fresh done but better then any "window" food. Grilled chicken and cheese is one of my favorite sandwich fillers. Well wrapped sandwichs can last 3-4 days in good shape if you don't put stuff on that makes the bread soggy. Enough home cooking, I imagine your guy will want to sit still for his meal at least once a day. Don't forget to pack vitamins & mineral suppliments, a small bottle of asprin, antacid tables, and maybe some tylenol... hehe! just part of what I call "lunch". Yes, most guys like those little notes you hide in with the lunch. good luck, michael...See MoreHow far would you hike to the fridge?
Comments (23)Unless the sink and non-cook usage areas are also part of the conversation, the logic of anybody's refrig placement is not clear. How far would you hike from anywhere to get an ice cube or a hunk of cheese? Listening to others (above) moves me add to my posting about the 12 foot trot from range to refrig at my place. I realize now that at our place the triangle is redefined as a trapezoid by the microwave which in our household acts as a second range opposite the first range. Additionally, "plunk space" is as important as any other part of the geometry. Without space for items to sit temporarily near the refrig, the refrig is a difficult appliance to use at all, unless you're an octopus. And work space must figure into the picture--what is the path of a tomato from purchase (or garden) to the stew pot in your house? Is it direct or in stages and is the refrig involved? As I said, I don't use many canned goods, etc but they're stored next to range, so I don't have the long pantry run that some others have. I have flour and such very near range in a baking station area. Except for eggs, bacon, butter/marg, milk, wine, most of my refrig ingredients destined for use at range just take a trip to a sink and prep area, then are transferred to the range zone afterward. That is probably why I don't commute directly between range and refrig very often. On the other hand, an unimpeded commute between seating areas and refrig is very important to me. Condiments, beverages, marg, cold foods--no need to go near range. Salads of fresh ingredients are prepared at prep sink close to refrig.--a big deal at our house. Microwave is quite near refrig so leftovers go there and then to table. If the refrig were positioned any deeper into my kitchen, it would make life very hard for grocery delivery, servicing the table, stashing cleaned produce from garden, working at sandwich/breakfast prep portion of countertop, and general access to iced tea or ice or beer when the spirit moves. All summer I haul stuff across the entire width of the house from refrig and peninsula to the deck at back of house and back again. (Yes, this is a stupidly designed house, but I won't go into that. We've done the best we can with what we have.)...See MoreA deep-in-debt friend asks your help to get another credit card
Comments (26)This has always been a political analogy. There is no friend with a credit card. And yes, welcome to the US. Where some people care more about who wins the next election than the well-being of the entire country. Where many, many people vote not on the issues but because of their hatred of certain parties. Where our elected officials fight like stubborn pre-schoolers while we're left helpless with nothing to do but watch. It's just way too over simplistic to just say "well stop spending" because that doesn't solve the problem right now, which is that in exactly 2 days we could have a crisis. People who depend on social security checks might not get them. Loss of our credit rating means car loans, mortgages, all interest rates will shoot up. Our dollar will fall even lower than it is now. All the people who depend on social security, that they paid into, will risk defaulting on their own mortgages and bills because they don't get their check on time. This painful recession will be nothing compared to what will happen if the US can't pay it's bills and loses it's top credit rating. Anyone who relies on social security, on medicare, on medicaid, on disability, on military pensions, on any kind of government assistance will not be able to rely on that income anymore. Everyone is saying "Don't spend more!" but where do you think these checks come from? And trust me, social security will NOT be the first thing the US pays if it has to pick and choose bills. Figuring out the debt, raising taxes, cutting spending...that's all fine and well but those things take time. We don't have time. I hope everyone who relies on this money has a back up plan....See More
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