thanks for the good thoughts everyone! the family issue remains unsettled and in a bad way. many tears have been shed on my part
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Originally Posted by SolRaven
I don't believe Vit. A turns your skin orange, but beta carotene can. I know, because there was a time when I took large doses of beta carotene in an attempt to get an orange hue. However, you can't overdose on beta carotene, just already processed Vitamin A.
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
30 years ago, a guy at work used to nosh on carrots ALL the time .... and eventually developed an orange tint to his skin. He dropped the carrots after noticing that. (I never asked whether a doctor, or a wife, or anyone else made the suggestion.....)
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when my son was an infant, we knew a young German couple who had a baby boy about the same age (this was in Germany). they fed this poor kid nothing but "things orange", he had carrot juice in his bottle, ate pureed carrots, and sweet potatoes. he was DEFINITELY orange. I have a picture of him and my son laying next to each other during a diaper change, the hue on that baby was very disturbing. also his groin was completely irritated and he had bad diaper rash. I don't know if that was the diet or care
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
For kk.
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I got quite a chuckle out of that!
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Originally Posted by Exer
Took my lady out for pizza and a movie tonight. While we were at the restaurant, the young waitress -- somewhere around 18 or 19 years old -- drops a full cup on our table. Kind of hits the side of the table and then falls to the floor, completely drenching my left pant leg, and shoe, and leaving a huge puddle on the table.
Accidents happen, I wasn't mad about the fact she dropped the cup ... I was kind of stunned that she never apologized. She quickly bent to the floor and scooped the ice onto the tray and that was the last we saw her until she brought out our food. Never blinked an eye or so much as mentioned it happening.
Me and my lady just kind of sat there there in awe for a few minutes, thinking she was coming back with a washcloth or something, and then we took our only 2 napkins and tried to soak up the puddle on the table.
This wasn't a cheap place either, a so-called "gourmet" pizza restaurant, the bill was just shy of 70 bucks just for the two of us. Nothing like paying good money to get your clothing ruined  |
back in college, I was also in ROTC. two of us cadets met another ROTC cadet at a restaurant after a field problem. the first two of us had been in the field for 4 days, still had a fair amount of cammo on our faces, and probably didn't smell very good. the third cadet had been at an interview for a Army Reserve position for the rest of his time in college prior to active duty and was in his dress greens. our waitress turned a corner fairly quickly took one look at the two of us who were funky, gasped and dropped a full pitcher of water on the dressed up one. we drank beer for free that night. we were not only college students, but soldiers, we got more beer out of that deal than the restaurant caused inconvenience!
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Originally Posted by LCF
I once left a penny in a similar situation. I counted the exact bill, put it aside on the actual bill paper and left the penny a few cm to the side. You should have seen her face when asking (pointing to the penny) "What is this?" I said "It's just the appropriate tip for the service you provided."  |
I used to sacrifice a $20 bill every 6 months or so and tear it into quarters. if I received poor service I would leave a quarter of a 20 for the waitress. I got some really puzzled looks out of that