I’ve used melted wax (leftover candles, warmed in a pot on the stove) and those plain cotton pads used for makeup removal. Hold a corner of each pad with tweezers, dip into the wax, let cool and harden while out on parchment paper/etc. They’re less messy to store than if you use vaseline.

For me it does, except for the more insistent panhandlers that get in everyone’s face. My natural resting bitch face probably doesn’t hurt, either.

This. Chicago’s system is only partially underground but the connectivity seems very good when I use it.

Yeah, Chobani is crap. Long live Fage!

Aluminum on your armpits is not a bad thing.

Aluminum on your armpits is not a bad thing.

Hah, love it:

Semi-pedant here, though it’s been a long, long time since I looked over the DSM criteria. BPD was a good catch. Mix in some serious abuse from him (used to be physical, ongoing emotional/mental) and that’s why I was leaning toward either narcissistic or even sociopathy. For bipolar disorder, instances of…

This. I have an inlaw who I alternate between thinking has bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, or even sociopathy. He schmoozes the hell out of people until they deny him something, and then he turns on them.

Friend of mine did that, except it was her elopement wedding/honeymoon in the USVI. Ouch.

It’s a fairly impressive-looking tome, as well. Really looks like it could be a prop from one of his movies.

Ah! I have a friend who has and loves that cookbook (unironically, and he’s worked in the restaurant business for years), and he’s the first person I ever heard about it from! Glad to know other people these days appreciate it too.

Plus I’ve seen news stories here in the U.S. about high school students who get acceptance letters to all of the Ivy League colleges, so one where a student was dual-admitted would definitely get attention.

Ours ended up in my inlaws’ chest freezer in the garage. It’s probably still there because FIL doesn’t throw anything out, even after a power outage, and I don’t like cake enough to eat it the next day, much less a year later... Oh and I’ll put my vote on the turkey being “freeze-dried” dessicated turkey jerky.

God, that is a fantastic description.

Coming at this from another angle - many years ago, there was a local country club that raised eyebrows for not having a golf course. Apparently this caused much confusion with people who wanted to join, only to find out this fact. They had tennis, racketball, even a pool, but no golf. They ended up changing their…

Probably a dude who was once in the same position those teens were, and had a wiser friend who could help him out.

This. A lot of that migration was life-or-death necessity, not “loving it,” and that argument just irritated the hell out of me.

I think I need more coffee - I was trying to figure out how this would make sure you always had your watch with you...

Yeah, but all those little Caitlyns will grow up some day. Maybe some will be sick of the childish sound -or second syllable - of their names and go by Kate? (Cate? Cait?)

I (indirectly, we’ve met a few times, etc.) know someone who transitioned probably 30+ years ago He’s married to a woman, which is important for this story. I know an older couple who can be really entrenched in outdated beliefs sometimes, but I had to keep from laughing when (several years ago, mind you) they said…