Topic: BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED (Read 7346 times)

Jane · « **Reply #90 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:48:49 PM »

Quote from: Jrand73 on August 28, 2023, 12:28:42 PM

Dental vibes for DR JANE....or was she changing the appointment?

Thanks. Just changing. I'll save the vibes next week.

Jane · « **Reply #91 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:49:47 PM »

Since we are now going to the coast tomorrow we filled the gas tank today.

Jane · « **Reply #92 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:50:06 PM »

$4.95 for regular.

Jane · « **Reply #93 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:51:01 PM »

Mid-grade, which we used, was $5.15.

Jane · « **Reply #94 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:51:18 PM »

We paid 30 cents less with our Fred Meyer discount.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #95 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:51:58 PM »

I sit in foggy Anchorage after a lively journey up through the glaciers and ports of Alaska. Flying to Seattle then to Vancouver. Much catching up to do. But wanted to say hello! Hope everyone is doing well.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #96 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:54:36 PM »

Also, I swiftly finished Preview Harvey, which was a delight.

singdaw · « **Reply #97 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:57:10 PM »

Glad to hear the trip went/is going well, DR Rodzinski!

John G. · « **Reply #98 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:57:16 PM »

We got rain!

singdaw · « **Reply #99 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:57:34 PM »

DR elmore3003, enjoyed both the cartoon AND the YouTube link.

John G. · « **Reply #100 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:57:54 PM »

Excellent choice of reading material, Rodzinski. Fog sounds delightful to me.

singdaw · « **Reply #101 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:57:57 PM »

Quote from: John G. on August 28, 2023, 12:57:16 PM

We got rain!

It's raining men?

John G. · « **Reply #102 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:58:14 PM »

Wait. It’s Monday. My mind is in a fog.

singdaw · « **Reply #103 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:58:16 PM »

Make it rain!

John G. · « **Reply #104 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:58:35 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on August 28, 2023, 12:57:57 PM

Quote from: John G. on August 28, 2023, 12:57:16 PM
We got rain!

It's raining men?

Only in dreams.

John G. · « **Reply #105 on:** August 28, 2023, 12:59:10 PM »

Quote from: Jane on August 28, 2023, 12:50:06 PM

$4.95 for regular.

I saw $3.09 at a regular gas station yesterday.

John G. · « **Reply #106 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:00:30 PM »

Quote from: Jane on August 28, 2023, 12:48:12 PM

Quote from: Jrand73 on August 28, 2023, 12:28:19 PM
I almost to death on a Necco Wafer in the 2nd grade, so they moved way down on my list.

I forgot the Hollywood Candy Bar - I liked them, too.

I'm guessing you left out the word choked. That would have been a good reason to stop eating them. I simply did not like the taste.

You mean flavored chalk? Blech.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #107 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:28:55 PM »

The 5th Avenue with an almond on top.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #108 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:38:21 PM »

Here ya go, Jack:

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #109 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:38:49 PM »

And my favorite was:

ChasSmith · « **Reply #110 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:44:28 PM »

Raisinets were always one of my top favorites, but now that I've gotten used to the dark chocolate ones, I can't go back to the regular milk chocolate ones. Well, that's because I did, in fact, go back to the regular milk chocolate ones just a few weeks ago when the theeder didn't have anything else I wanted. And they were okay, but I wouldn't choose to buy them again when I can have the dark.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #111 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:45:53 PM »

Milk Duds were indeed a favorite at the movies. I might have gotten those more often than any other kind when I was a kid. But I didn't have any for many years, and when I tried them -- damn, I wish I knew when that might have been -- I thought they were just kind of waxy and unseemly. I wish I knew whether that was before or after they changed them.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #112 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:51:55 PM »

I was saddened when a British friend posted just the other day about how poor a second American chocolate candy is to the British equivalents. And I mean direct equivalents, like some of the famous candy bars we all know and love. It's because the U.S. doesn't require the same level of cocoa [something or other] content as the Brits and Europeans do in their chocolate, and the difference is apparently pretty obvious. And remarkable. I've never had the pleasure, myself, but he was posting about Twix, specifically, and even that difference is remarkable. I wonder if any of these can be found at various "international" shops.

John G. · « **Reply #113 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:55:45 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 28, 2023, 01:44:28 PM

Raisinets were always one of my top favorites, but now that I've gotten used to the dark chocolate ones, I can't go back to the regular milk chocolate ones. Well, that's because I did, in fact, go back to the regular milk chocolate ones just a few weeks ago when the theeder didn't have anything else I wanted. And they were okay, but I wouldn't choose to buy them again when I can have the dark.

Costco has had milk chocolate covered dried cherries lately. YES!, as Mildred Natwick sang. You can keep your pedestrian raisins.

John G. · « **Reply #114 on:** August 28, 2023, 01:58:07 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 28, 2023, 01:51:55 PM

I was saddened when a British friend posted just the other day about how poor a second American chocolate candy is to the British equivalents. And I mean direct equivalents, like some of the famous candy bars we all know and love. It's because the U.S. doesn't require the same level of cocoa [something or other] content as the Brits and Europeans do in their chocolate, and the difference is apparently pretty obvious. And remarkable. I've never had the pleasure, myself, but he was posting about Twix, specifically, and even that difference is remarkable. I wonder if any of these can be found at various "international" shops.

I found British chocolates at a tea shoppe in town. The difference is remarkable. I think to be called chocolate overseas, you have to have at least 20 percent chocolate. Ours sometimes have less than 2 percent, if I remember correctly.

Jane · « **Reply #115 on:** August 28, 2023, 02:38:14 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on August 28, 2023, 12:51:58 PM

I sit in foggy Anchorage after a lively journey up through the glaciers and ports of Alaska. Flying to Seattle then to Vancouver. Much catching up to do. But wanted to say hello! Hope everyone is doing well.

Hi DR Rodzinski. I am looking forward to details and photos.