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[twelvetigers]

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Yusss I will drink all your milks. All the milks in the world.

Seriously, whenever I had dinner, I had two choices for what to drink with it (from when I was able to make choices)... milk or water. I'd pick milk. There was never soda, and the iced tea was for the grownups. So, a glass of milk every night for like 15 years (if not a bit more with breakfast/lunch) and it's no wonder I'm so used to it now. Strict parents.

It's still gross with things like Mexican food or pizza, IMO, but a big glass of milk with my homemade fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy? Heaven. I weird people out, but it's okay. 🙂

Also, Miracle Whip is the best - I love how you can kinda taste the eggyness. Haha. I put it on my hot dogs with ketchup. THAT grosses people out too. 😀

 

[HopefulAg]

and the iced tea was for the grownups

Was it of the Long Island variety? I hear they make good tea over there.

 

[twelvetigers]

Haha, no. My mom once told me that she didn't understand how I could drink a long island iced tea, because she didn't see how tea could possibly taste good with alcohol in it...

 

[Lissarae06]

Haha, no. My mom once told me that she didn't understand how I could drink a long island iced tea, because she didn't see how tea could possibly taste good with alcohol in it...

Bahaha. That is too funny. Speaking of LITs, I could really go for one from Stonewall right now. I feel like the Path exam we had today was more of some kind of psych experiment the profs were conducting than exam. There were multiple choice questions where you had to circle all correct answers. It was trippy.

 

[racccjlm]

Silk (soy milk) = 😍

Miracle whip =

p.s. I love the randomness of this thread 😀

 

[Chinola]

Sorry to bring this thread down again...

But we have a major distemper outbreak in our shelter. Big enough that we have to empty out the shelter of dogs in order to sterilize the entire place. Half of the shelter has gotten adopted/rescued in the past 2 days (over 140 just last night). But in the next few days there will be lots of euthanasias. We have no other choice. I just hope that this doesn't happen again once the place is sterilized. 🙁

 

[pennyonthefloor]

Seriously, whenever I had dinner, I had two choices for what to drink with it (from when I was able to make choices)... milk or water. I'd pick milk. There was never soda, and the iced tea was for the grownups. So, a glass of milk every night for like 15 years (if not a bit more with breakfast/lunch) and it's no wonder I'm so used to it now. Strict parents.

Also, Miracle Whip is the best - I love how you can kinda taste the eggyness.

Those are the same options I was given while growing up (or Kool-Aid if we were "lucky").

As far as Miracle Whip-- peanut butter and miracle whip sandwiches dipped in a glass of milk. Mmmmmmmmmm.

That is all 🙂

Sorry to bring this thread down again...

But we have a major distemper outbreak in our shelter. Big enough that we have to empty out the shelter of dogs in order to sterilize the entire place. Half of the shelter has gotten adopted/rescued in the past 2 days (over 140 just last night). But in the next few days there will be lots of euthanasias. We have no other choice. I just hope that this doesn't happen again once the place is sterilized. 🙁

Sorry to hear about the situation. Hope it all goes well.

 

[twelvetigers]

As far as Miracle Whip-- peanut butter and miracle whip sandwiches dipped in a glass of milk. Mmmmmmmmmm.

That has to be one of THE weirdest combinations I've EVER heard of.

 

[cowgirla]

Was it of the Long Island variety? I hear they make good tea over there.

Us LIers sure know our teas 🙂

 

[lareinesoleil]

Hate ketchup.
Majorly lactose intolerant, and getting worse by the day. Can't even cook with milk anymore.
Almond milk = 😍
Hellman's mayo, but I mix it half and half with plain yogurt.

As for beer:

Which is not available in this state.

Followed by:

Also not available in this state 🙁

RED HOOK!!!! Best. Beer. Ever. Have you ever been to the brewery? The tour they give is really fun and they give you something like 6 sample glasses of free beer. I go every time I"m in Seattle; I have a lot of those beer glasses they give you for the tour 😀

EDIT: I see that box is for Winterhook. Mmmmmm.

 

[pennyonthefloor]

Dog sitting: night 1... woken up by dog, reach to pet her and my hand lands in a huge pile of poop.

Great start to my weekend.

 

[cowgirla]

RED HOOK!!!! Best. Beer. Ever. Have you ever been to the brewery? The tour they give is really fun and they give you something like 6 sample glasses of free beer. I go every time I"m in Seattle; I have a lot of those beer glasses they give you for the tour 😀

EDIT: I see that box is for Winterhook. Mmmmmm.

They have a brewery in NH less than ten minutes from my old house as well. So yes I've been quite a few times. You can almost get drunk off all the samples they give you! And for only $1, can't argue with that

 

[EllieGirl89]

I'm pretty sure I accidentally deleted the entirety of my OneNote notebook from last quarter 😡 It's not like I really needed anything from it, I am just anal and like to have these things. Now I'm angry.

 

[psilovethomas]

I'm pretty sure I accidentally deleted the entirety of my OneNote notebook from last quarter 😡 It's not like I really needed anything from it, I am just anal and like to have these things. Now I'm angry.

Recycle bin? 😳

 

[EllieGirl89]

Recycle bin? 😳

lol Thanks but the recyle bin is empty. I was organizing all my files and stuff from this past quarter and got a bit feverish about it and I think I might have accidentally deleted the notebook before I emptied the recyle bin. Bummer 🙁

 

[Zany Tiger]

Was it of the Long Island variety? I hear they make good tea over there.

That was my signature drink when I used to tend bar. Everyone seemed to love me after I mixed a few of those up. Go figure. 😀

 

[HopefulAg]

That was my signature drink when I used to tend bar. Everyone seemed to love me after I mixed a few of those up. Go figure. 😀

Did you have a special recipe/proportion you used or did they just love you as the source of alcohol?

 

[Zany Tiger]

Did you have a special recipe/proportion you used or did they just love you as the source of alcohol?

It was prolly the after effects of a couple sips. 😛 lol I would pour two bottles at a time and watched as their eyes widened. Most people don't realize what goes into a LA.

 

[vetme]

I have been out of town and internet deprived for a week, so some of this might be old news for you all, but I wanted to comment on it anyway.

Now that is just a tease! It has to be more interesting than reviewing Nutrition or Physiology or Immunology or whatever.

And why are y'all trying to squash the controversy. It is entertaining.

Personally I find nothing wrong with the phrase ignorant liberal. Nor with the phrase ignorant conservative. There's plenty of both of em around.



Disliking ignorant liberals does not imply disliking or disagreeing with liberals in general. It does not even mean the person writing it isn't a liberal. Just doesn't like the ignorant ones. And if you take offense to that, I guess you would have to feel like you are one of the ignorant ones.

yes! SOV I like the way you think, because I thought this very thought🙂

Just a couple of things. We don't typically close threads unless there are ToS violations. If you think there have been ToS violations, please report the offending posts (and the bickering doesn't really count). The other thing is if you want this thread to go away, stop posting in it. It will drop by the wayside.

Trying to get a thread closed for bickering made me laugh.

right on! in fact i love 8.25% milk which is pretty much watered down cream. i don't understand skim milk. it's like murky nasty water. lol. but then i drink milk maybe like 2-3 times a year. i can tolerate 2% and organic whole milk for cereal and such, but otherwise, it's go big or go home.

Oh, I love the THICK milk. I grew up practically on the teat. We drank fresh milk everyday for every meal NO EXCEPTIONS because we didn't want to waste the milk. Some did have to be given away, but we drank most of it. So, unhomogenized, full fat milk is my favorite, but I will drink 2% storebought stuff, if that is all that is available, but it tastes a little too watery to me. Forget 1% and definetely forget fat free milk, that is just NASTY!!

As for condiments, I prefer heinz over hunts and I can't stand mircle whip. Mayo is the way to go. OOH and I like to mix the two and dip all sorts of stuff in it.

Love mustard, hate A1 but love heinz 57. And lastly, I LOVE worstchershire (or however its spelled)!!!!

 

[vetme]

Oh, and how come scarcelyheard turned into 1683409 (or whatever) ?😕

 

[twelvetigers]

I think she quit.

 

[LMMS]

Dear Coworkers:



Thanks for listening, SDNers.

Feel just a touch better now...

 

[lareinesoleil]

along those same lines:

To my neighbor who likes to blast annoying techno:



only two more weeks here!!! I can make it!

 

[withoutane]

along those same lines:

To my neighbor who likes to blast annoying techno:



only two more weeks here!!! I can make it!

I haaaate it when people do that. I lived next to loud stoners (weird, right? They exist.) who constantly had loud techno playing my first year living in the dorms. They played it so loud that my walls literally shook. What sucked was that my RA always took their side whenever I told them to turn the music down. Obviously a stoner's comfort is more important than a hardworking student who just wants some quiet to study.

 

[CurrySpice]

Reason #5 billion why living in dorms is terrible: My roommate has the flu, but I have to be in our room to work on my calligraphy project. Thus, I have no option but to sit 5 feet away from her for an hour breathing in her germs. Then, I will go to sleep, maybe 8 feet apart (rooms are f-ing tiny) and breathe her germs all night. Finally, I will catch her illness, but b/c my classes are insane I will just be miserable and attend anyway.

ARGHHHHHH

And this is why I have no pity for people complaining about sharing an apartment. Try sharing a 10' by 10' room! And having people come in and take smelly dumps while you're trying to shower in the public bathroom. UGH.

Yes, I AM counting down to graduation.

 

[futurevet3000]

Two clients literally had a smack down at my practice tonight.

One client had her Westie, not on a leash, the others, all on leashes.

There was a Weimer there, on a leash, growling at the Westie, and so a young guy politely asked the women to pick up her dog or go outside because it was not safe.

Woman refuses, and claims they're just playing.

And so began the smack down. I missed most of it but a coworker filled me in.

End result: we ended an hour and a half behind in appointment times (after the closing time) and half the clients ended up outside and 2 stayed inside. No joke. People are insane, and sometimes, extremely annoying.

Sorry for the rant, but it was just too incredible I needed to share. I can write the details if you want but its long (lots of name calling and screaming).

 

[CurrySpice]

along those same lines:

To my neighbor who likes to blast annoying techno:



only two more weeks here!!! I can make it!

TWO weeks?!?! I have EIGHT weeks until graduation... which sounds ridiculously far away..... 🙁

 

[lareinesoleil]

TWO weeks?!?! I have EIGHT weeks until graduation... which sounds ridiculously far away..... 🙁

Haha I'm not in school, that's why it's 2 weeks. I'm teaching abroad in France, which is great except for my techno-happy neighbor in the student housing I live in. Sometimes I can still hear it with earplugs in. There's a lot of young French people who loooove techno, don't ask me why. 🙄

 

[vetme]

I have three lab partners in my microbio lab. They all knew each other before the semester started, so naturally they are more talky with each other than me. I don't really mind this but today it interfered with what I need to get done. Usually we all work great as a team, but today was a great big funk. So last lab we had inoculated a bunch of different medias with different bacteria, and then some unknowns. Today was supposed to be an analytical day where were record and find what the unknowns could possibly be. Well tubes were all layed out and my three lab partners kind of huddled around them and were talking about the results. We work at a long straight bench so it is hard to all gather at the same time. At first I was trying to see and squeeze my way in there ,but it was just too crowded. I was fine, I thought, " I'll just record my findings when they are done." So, I finally get my chance, and I'm looking through everything. Since they are done they assume I am done. So they start ripping all the labels off for cleanup. I asked, "What are you doing?" they said, "we are cleaning up" all sarcastic like. and then I told them to stop because I still needed to record some results. But they kept on.... so I said it all stern like, "please stop! I still need to look at those!" Then they were acting all *****hurt because I talked to them that way! If they didn't want to stay, they could have left and I would have cleaned up...I don't mind doing the work. Instead they were all like, " well we guess we'll let you look at our data pages.😕 I WOULDN'T HAVE TO IF YOU HADN'T DESTROYED ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT I COULD DO IT MYSELF!! RRRRAAAARRRR

 

[BHLegend]

Reason #5 billion why living in dorms is terrible: My roommate has the flu, but I have to be in our room to work on my calligraphy project. Thus, I have no option but to sit 5 feet away from her for an hour breathing in her germs. Then, I will go to sleep, maybe 8 feet apart (rooms are f-ing tiny) and breathe her germs all night. Finally, I will catch her illness, but b/c my classes are insane I will just be miserable and attend anyway.

ARGHHHHHH

And this is why I have no pity for people complaining about sharing an apartment. Try sharing a 10' by 10' room! And having people come in and take smelly dumps while you're trying to shower in the public bathroom. UGH.

Yes, I AM counting down to graduation.

I'm sorry. We've all been there. I was overjoyed when I was at a school where I was "permitted" not to live on campus. Just remember, it will go by super quickly.

 

[Cautionary Tail]

So, my favorite lamp just fell and shattered... on my face.

I came uncomfortably close to having to remove a sizable shard of glass from my eyeball... thing missed it by about a centimeter. (I'm kinda squeamish about eyes. Especially when they happen to be mine.)

Ow.

Goodbye, lamp.

 

[pennyonthefloor]

It's never a good thing when your vet refers to your dog as a "train wreck".....

Grade 3 luxating patella on her left side.... torn cruciate ligament on the right side.

Surgery 4/25 for one of the two (whichever appears more painful by the date of surgery).... *sigh*... surgery #2 a few months after that....

At least I'm looking on the bright side of things.... I get another two days of volunteering at a vet clinic that I absolutely love before vet school....

 

[withoutane]

It's never a good thing when your vet refers to your dog as a "train wreck".....

Been there. My dachshund has allergies to everything and allergy injections just made them worse, he has a crooked front paw which will probably develop arthritis, and has had two spinal surgeries in the last year. Good thing I love him so much (and get a professional discount!).

Hope your pup makes it through the surgeries with flying colors!

 

[racccjlm]

33 days left: 13 tests 🤣. I'm going to go insane. It was nice knowin' ya SDN --- see ya in about a month!

 

[LetItSnow]

So, my favorite lamp just fell and shattered... on my face.

One has to wonder... what were you doing down under your lamp? 🙂

(Glad you weren't damaged. 🙂)

 

[Cautionary Tail]

One has to wonder... what were you doing down under your lamp? 🙂

(Glad you weren't damaged. 🙂)

I was reading in a nearby chair, and an alarm went off near the lamp... when I picked it up to turn it off, the cord caught and it tipped the thing over.

It's one of those tall Medusa floor lamp things. It's old, and the plastic shades had started to disintegrate, so I replaced them with some nifty blue glass ones intended for ceiling fans that I spotted in the clearance bin at Home Depot. I was concerned that the thing was kind of top-heavy, and evidently, I was right. FAIL!

 

[CurrySpice]

They began construction AGAIN right outside my room. I am trying to watch Netflix on my computer... can't hear it over the bulldozers even on full volume. They finally finished the building they've been working on since September.... no clue what they're up to now!

WTF

 

[thedogisgreen]

Aghhh. So I ended up in an awful position where I had to tell an already angry and upset owner that her dog had cancer. I'm not a doctor yet, I shouldn't be doing this!!! We did an FNA on this dog a week ago and the owner was told they would get the results in 2-3 days. We got the results back the next day and it was a mast cell tumor. Put it on the dr's desk and he is supposed to take it from there. Well, it just sat there and he kept pushing it aside.
Owner called tonight after all the doctors had left and was very, very angry that she hadn't been contacted after spending all this money and the mass was growing etc etc. On top of the anger, there was quite the language barrier and accent, so communicating with her in general was not the easiest. I found her chart on the desk and saw that the dr had noted that he called her yesterday and recommended surgery. I told her this and she refused to believe that the dr had even called her because she had no messages or missed calls, etc, but demanded the results from me. I was in a really weird place because she knew that we did have the results so I had to tell her something, but I didn't have enough knowledge about the prognosis, procedure, etc to give her any concrete details. Talked to the other tech about what to do and eventually told the owner that it was a tumor that the doctor noted should be surgically removed and he would give her a call first thing tomorrow to discuss it. Of course then she starts worrying like crazy and asking me about what kind of cancer is it etc etc but I manage to dodge her questions for the most part because a) I should not even be the one discussing this with her and b) I didn't want to scare her anymore. Finally got off the phone with her after many promises he would call her in the am... which he better do, I'm not there tomorrow to make him do it. Wrote a long detailed highlighted account of the conversation, so hopefully that will be convincing enough. But ugh, that was such a bad situation to be put in and I'm very frustrated that I wasn't able to reassure her or present the bad news in a better way. But what else could I even do? 🙁

 

[withoutane]

I hate it when I'm put in situations like that! I think you handled it well, though. There's very rarely a smooth way out of that kind of client interaction. 👎

 

[pennyonthefloor]

I am pissed. Okay, beyond pissed.

Just had a meeting with my boss in which I was lectured on how to create an agenda. AN AGENDA. I'm so tired of being treated like a ***** at this job that it's not even funny.

FFS, I'll have my Masters in a few weeks.....

 

[Jamr0ckin]

I lost my Droid X, named Xyphoid, yesterday and I feel like I've lost my arm. I rely on my phone for communication, e-mail checking, my alarm clock, and my planner. It will cost $90 to get a replacement... and that is with insurance!

 

[vetme]

I lost my Droid X, named Xyphoid, yesterday and I feel like I've lost my arm. I rely on my phone for communication, e-mail checking, my alarm clock, and my planner. It will cost $90 to get a replacement... and that is with insurance!

Ouch! So sorry to hear that and you will alsohave to take the time to enter all the #s back in your phone and what not. Bummer🙁

 

[pennyonthefloor]

Ouch! So sorry to hear that and you will alsohave to take the time to enter all the #s back in your phone and what not. Bummer🙁

that sucks. My Droid is like an extension of my hand (stupid work getting me an electronic leash!).

As far as contacts- hope you backed them up.... google syncs nicely with Droid (if you have that feature enabled-- the first time they wiped my phone 100% at the store, I didn't.... talk about having a meltdown....)

 

[Jamr0ckin]

Well, I reactivated my old Droid with the cracked screen... only to get a call almost immediately that my Nana died... 🙁

 

[jsp132]

I am pissed. Okay, beyond pissed.

Just had a meeting with my boss in which I was lectured on how to create an agenda. AN AGENDA. I'm so tired of being treated like a ***** at this job that it's not even funny.

FFS, I'll have my Masters in a few weeks.....

what kind of job do you have?

 

[twelvetigers]

Well, I reactivated my old Droid with the cracked screen... only to get a call almost immediately that my Nana died... 🙁

****, that's crappy. What a junk day. 🙁

 

[GellaBella]

So sorry Jamr0ckin.

crummy day for sure 🙁

 

[pennyonthefloor]

what kind of job do you have?

I work in disaster response. I am "on call" 24/7 in case any emergency happens (and yes, there are random checks on us that you are able to respond within an hour....)



Sorry for your loss Jamr0ckin.... 🙁

 

[Jamr0ckin]

Thank you all. She donated her body to science just like my Grandaddy did, so hopefully some med school students can learn from her.

 

[SouthJerseyBell]

Ok, HUGE pet peeve getting released here: People who fly up behind you on the highway and then flash their headlights to get you to move out of there way. This is incredibly selfish, rude and something I have been watching develop more and more. Granted this could be rude jersey drivers, but just today I was driving on the turnpike, not slow mind you, about 80 mph, and some girl comes flying up on to my ass flashing her lights to have me move (there was plenty of room for her to fly around after two seconds, but there was a car I was currently passing). When I didn't move she had the nerve to flick ME off as she passed me.😡 I'm sorry the world and other drivers on the highway don't revolve around you getting your way all the freaking time, and no, I'm not going to move just because you flashed your bloody lights at me. If someone is going slower than you prefer in the left lane, don't be an *******, don't tailgate, or flick your lights at them. Just go around, or sit behind them until you can . The world is not going to come to an end cause you cant be flying down the highway.
Other motorist peeves: driving down the shoulder when traffic is dead stopped. Unless you are getting off at the exit that is with in a reasonable distance (aka not a mile). Wait in line like the rest of the world. I will be the person that is blocking you half in my lane and half in the shoulder. Moral of the story, if your an ******* on the road, I'll be an ******* right back. If you peacefully drive along, and I see you coming up quick behind me, I *might* move, as long as you don't flash your lights. 😎