Absolutely agreed and understood. As I stated, "it depends on your area and the ... education generally required."

I'll simply have to apologize for not having time or inclination to read each of the "ad nauseam" replies to the other comments that were made before throwing in my own two cents' worth of anecdata.

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It certainly depends on your area and the amount of education generally required to earn those teaching salaries, but in my area I would be plenty happy to be making $50k ten years out of school with a bachelor's degree (and, in my case, no student loans, since I didn't have any of those until I went to grad school).

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Maybe it's the difference between "traditional" and not, but the Banh Mi I've had didn't have headcheese on it. Just pork or chicken.

"Fagpoles? ..."

Excellent, point! "One spoonful," then? I haven't had one since 1989, and that one was Nerds-infested, so my recollection on how thick they are is a little fuzzy. I know the experience ended in sadness and regret, just as it had every time before. I'm not sure I've ever actually enjoyed an entire Blizzard.

Excellent point. "One spoonful" would be more accurate. I haven't had one since 1989, and the last one (as with every one before it) was Nerds-infested, so my recollection of the process is a little fuzzy. I know it ended with sadness and regret.

Ah, good point. Probably a spoonful, to be more precise. I haven't had one since 1989, and since that one was Nerds-infested, my full recollection of the experience is a little fuzzy. It ended in sadness and regret, though.

YES.

*flashback to childhood trauma*

Wait, no, I amend my statement to C.A. Pinkham. There *is* a candy I hate more than Nerds. It's banana Runts.

OH.

Brilliant! That makes perfect sense! Thank you for explaining! :)

I haven't learned my "something new" yet today, so I have to ask!

Wait, you are ranking candy bars, but you just said chocolate sucks.

But German. Chocolate. Cake!!!

Interesting twist — after all of the UK-specific references to Mars bars, I started thinking that it had actually been a while since I'd seen the bar I consider a "Mars" bar, because the one I'm talking about was made by M&M/Mars in the US. I kept wondering why something made in Chattanooga, TN was so UK-loved.

You've never seen a Mars bar?! :'(.

Another "We have Symphony bars, here" comment. They're so readily available here in Tennessee that I've never thought they would be anything particularly special, so I've never tried one. Might have to check one out, now, though I always imagined they are similar to Dove.

Oh, you had me nodding and cheering along when I saw Payday in the dregs of the list (though I couldn't imagine anything worse than those — actually, no, Zero bars are that bad, too — so I'm scared of that Mallow Cup thing, which I've never seen).

I have a Bon Voyage Duffel that is my go-to travel/airline bag. Fits easily in the overhead bin and holds a week-worth of Lulu easy. I've had it for three years, now, and it still looks brand new. I throw it in the washing machine, it gets shuffled around on the airplane (I never check baggage, though, so I can't…