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The Polling Place / Re: Do you have a favorite fruit?

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on May 25, 2024, 09:18:31 pm »

I don't care for watermelon either. I took a dislike to it when I was a kid. I think it was the seeds. I tended to not like anything with seeds or pits. (For example, I was perfectly fine with products like spaghetti sauce, but I wouldn't eat an actual tomato.) When I was a kid I wouldn't eat cantaloupe; I don't remember why. In recent years I've tried it and find it OK, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get it and eat it. I admit I have tended to buy the chunks of already cleaned cantaloupe. Even I consider that dubious, but I hate buying a whole melon. Either most of it would go to waste before I could eat it all, or I'd get thoroughly sick of it trying to eat it all before it would spoil.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by serious crayons on May 25, 2024, 08:00:47 pm »

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩TITAN


Connections
Puzzle #349
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Flashback for May 25, 2024

21 points
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The Holiday Forum / Re: Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

« Last post by serious crayons on May 25, 2024, 07:57:30 pm »

I'm having my own private (unfortunately    ) indoor Memorial Day picnic for supper today here at the house. I'm having shredded (maybe pulled?) pork barbecue, potato salad, and baked lima beans, with fresh strawberries for dessert.

I'm going to make some shredded pork myself, in the crockpot.

I'll go by the diner for their half-pound Angus cheeseburger.

Fun way to go out!

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The Polling Place / Re: Do you have a favorite fruit?

« Last post by serious crayons on May 25, 2024, 07:54:40 pm »

I'd say my standard year-round favorite is blueberries. Cherries are also really good but much more seasonal. (I've been splurging on them lately because I don't think they're in season but the ones in the store are really tasty, if expensive.) Raspberries are good but you have to eat them almost immediately. Blackberries are hit and miss. Nectarines and plums are good when in season.

I like strawberries too, but tend to get sick of them by this time of year because they come early and in big boxes. I actually don't like watermelon or really any melon, but like everything else I'd probably eat it if someone served it to me.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on May 25, 2024, 05:46:25 pm »

Connections
Puzzle #349
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on May 25, 2024, 05:45:59 pm »

Strands #83
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I understood early on what the theme was, but simply couldn't find the words.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on May 25, 2024, 05:44:51 pm »

Wordle 1 071 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 OUIJA
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ TYRES
🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 TAINT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TITAN

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The Polling Place / Re: Do you have a favorite fruit?

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on May 25, 2024, 04:00:42 pm »

There was an article about Driscoll's in the New Yorker a few years ago. It was interesting.

I remember that article.

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The Polling Place / Re: Do you have a favorite fruit?

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on May 25, 2024, 04:00:19 pm »

Strawberries are great too. I really love strawberry lemonade, even more than raspberry lemonade.

I like both. Plus, I think it was many years ago on Roundup that OCD introduced me to raspberry iced tea, and to my surprise (because I don't like iced tea) I really liked it.

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The Holiday Forum / Re: Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on May 25, 2024, 03:56:33 pm »

I'm having my own private (unfortunately    ) indoor Memorial Day picnic for supper today here at the house. I'm having shredded (maybe pulled?) pork barbecue, potato salad, and baked lima beans, with fresh strawberries for dessert.

Tomorrow afternoon I need to head back to my own place. Before I do, I'll go by the diner for their half-pound Angus cheeseburger.