Wow! As an outsider, that is in interesting story. Can’t imagine what it’d be like to experience that.

In all seriousness, I feel like I need a kitchen torch so I can do this now.

“sitting around for a few days and beginning to lose their luster”.

I have 7 kids. I’m not bringing any of them to a cocktail party. The words “cocktail party” indicates a grown ups party. My kids get frozen pizza and a movie, and the older kids (15, 14, and 11) are old enough to take care of the younger ones and get paid for it too. We have plenty of other times to hang out with…

hahah, whoops - Bill, i didn’t mean to reply to you, i was meaning to reply to moose knuckle.

Having the chicken pox vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting shingles. When my wife and I had my niece living with us, she (and our kids) got the chicken pox vaccine. She got shingles when she was somewhere between 10 or 12. She never got chicken pox, none of the kids did. So there’s that. Still worth it. Chicken pox…