What is in your cup? - Page 2094

poohbear_nc · 10-22-2015, 06:24 PM

Hi KK! Can you post pics of your new feathery family?

Ice water in my glass ...

CRussel · 10-22-2015, 10:42 PM

A wee dram of Bruichladdich Port Charlotte. And I just scored the last bottle in BC.

ProfCrash · 10-23-2015, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

Something is seriously wrong here, but I'm not sure what it is. We can't give "natural" things, like apples, since the nutcases are out there. We can't give anything with nuts out of concern for allergies. Sigh. We basically gave up and just don't make ourselves available for Holloween. There aren't any kids on this block anyway, and I'd just as soon not have the candy in the house.

Keemun sounds like a good idea. I'll fix a pot of Lion Mountain Keemun to get me going today.

Pu Erh this morning.

We have three pumpkins. One with snickers and the like, one with Mike and Ikes and Sour Patch Kids (gluten free/nut free) and one with bubbles, crayons, erasers, and super balls. There is nothing wrong with offering choices.

Clearly something has changed because allergies are on the rise. Kids with allergies find themselves in the hospital or dead if they ingest the allergen and it sucks for them that something like Halloween is hard for them to do. They are kids and want to wear a costume and go trick or treating.
I want my friends whose son is deathly allergic to nuts to be able to have fun. He has been hospitalized after a reaction to one peanut.

It is not that expensive to buy another pumpkin and filling it with candy that is safe for them kids with nut allergies or gluten problems. There are kids who have diabetes and cannot eat Halloween candy. It is not expensive to buy another pumpkin and put some toys in it.

We will hang up the Teal Pumpkin sign and plant a teal pumpkin at the end of the driveway so that parents know that there is a safe option. I hope that my little man never has to deal with these type of issues but if he does need some type of accommodation at some point in time in his life, I would hope that other people would be accepting of that and take the little extra steps that help him to participate in normal activities.

I do think it is an over reaction to a few problems to not accept apples and oranges as Halloween treats. As a kid we avoided those houses because, well, snickers taste better and my Mom already had a ton of fruit in the house. (grins)

wodin · 10-23-2015, 01:23 PM

Black Silk

CRussel · 10-23-2015, 04:10 PM

This morning was Peet's Major Dickason's Blend coffee while I smoke some salmon that a co-worker gifted me. Then I'll take at least some of that salmon and make risotto this weekend.

badgoodDeb · 10-23-2015, 05:36 PM

Major mind glitch, as I picture you puffing away on a fish-stogey in your mouth. Ugh! And then making a risotto from it too. Major ugh!!

Oh, you meant ......

poohbear_nc · 10-23-2015, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Major mind glitch, as I picture you puffing away on a fish-stogey in your mouth. Ugh! And then making a risotto from it too. Major ugh!!

Oh, you meant ......

Whatever is in your cup ..... I'll have a double!

CRussel · 10-23-2015, 08:58 PM

Indeed. The meds, Deb. Half'em or double'em.

FWIW, the salmon came out perfect. And will be consumed in various forms over the next couple of weeks.

Finishing up a pot of Snow Leopard a China White tea.

poohbear_nc · 10-23-2015, 08:59 PM

Talisker Storm .... finally recovering from my cold ...

CRussel · 10-23-2015, 09:04 PM

Glad to hear it, poohbear_nc. This was a nasty one.

cromag · 10-23-2015, 09:05 PM

Finished up the second pot of tea. Fridays always run late.

cromag · 10-23-2015, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Talisker Storm .... finally recovering from my cold ...

It was the chicken soup, wasn't it? Which would explain your avatar!

CRussel · 10-24-2015, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

It was the chicken soup, wasn't it? Which would explain your avatar!

Somehow, I can't see pooh having chicken soup. At least any time short of the Donner Pass...

Large doses of really, really peaty single malt, on the other hand? Oh, yeah.

Having a small glass of orange juice I squeezed myself to take my evening pills. (These are navels from Australia, and not all that good, but it's a bad time of the year and California has had horrible droughts, so we go with what we can get.)

poohbear_nc · 10-24-2015, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

It was the chicken soup, wasn't it? Which would explain your avatar!

It was medicinal ... I had to ... or drown in my own phlegm ....

red_phoenix · 10-24-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

It was medicinal ... I had to ... or drown in my own phlegm ....

Desperate times called for desperate measures.

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10-22-2015, 06:24 PM	#31396
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,007 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hi KK! Can you post pics of your new feathery family? Ice water in my glass ...

10-22-2015, 10:42 PM	#31397
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,307 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	A wee dram of Bruichladdich Port Charlotte. And I just scored the last bottle in BC.

10-23-2015, 01:23 PM	#31399
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Black Silk

10-23-2015, 04:10 PM	#31400
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,307 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	This morning was Peet's Major Dickason's Blend coffee while I smoke some salmon that a co-worker gifted me. Then I'll take at least some of that salmon and make risotto this weekend.

10-23-2015, 05:36 PM	#31401
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,567 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Major mind glitch, as I picture you puffing away on a fish-stogey in your mouth. Ugh! And then making a risotto from it too. Major ugh!! Oh, you meant ......

10-23-2015, 08:58 PM	#31403
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,307 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Indeed. The meds, Deb. Half'em or double'em. FWIW, the salmon came out perfect. And will be consumed in various forms over the next couple of weeks. Finishing up a pot of Snow Leopard a China White tea.

10-23-2015, 08:59 PM	#31404
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,007 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Talisker Storm .... finally recovering from my cold ...

10-23-2015, 09:04 PM	#31405
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,307 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Glad to hear it, poohbear_nc. This was a nasty one.

10-23-2015, 09:05 PM	#31406
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,643 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Finished up the second pot of tea. Fridays always run late.