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When I make mashed potatoes for the family I use 10 potatoes (in the instant pot) usually peeled. I add about 1/2 cup of milk, an entire stick of butter and an 8 oz block of cream cheese. They are absolutely delicious. However, I don't make them very often anymore.

I did absolutely nothing today, but took a nap. Doing a couple of loads of laundry now for my daughter so she has clean clothes for her work week.

I think tomorrow I am going to work on the dining room, sweeping and mopping the floor and hoping to get rid of cat odor because the litter boxes have been in there for a couple of years. I will move my freezer into the.kitchen and out of the dining room. I will probably have to have help though because that thing is full.

Monday I am taking my son for an semi-emergency dental extraction. I was supposed to have an eye exam at noon but his appt is at 1045 so I will have to reschedule.
 
I hope your son's tooth extraction goes well.

I cleaned up and mopped the floor in the bathroom to little effect. Got down on the floor and started scrubbing but my body noped out on me so I ended up calling it a day. I was losing light and the light in there sucks. It started flickering and I got really annoyed and it didn't provide enough light to see well. I misplaced the brand new bottle of flooring cleaner I got. No idea where the hell it went and its pissing me off. I looked all over for it and then tried some lysol but that didn't work. Might have to buy another bottle of the flooring cleaner. I hate to have to do that, but sometimes its necessary when stuff goes missing.
 
So we're all about the mashed potatoes here. What kind of potatoes? Russetts make a nice fluffy mashed but red or gold make a creamier mashed. I sort of favor a red or gold potato to mash. A blend is pretty good too. I do love mashed potatoes. Sometimes I'll order them with a burger vs a fry. Of course gray is implied.
 
I don't know what kind of potatoes. LOL. I never pay attention. I'll have to look at what type they are next time. I get Eddie's pre-made mashed potatoes usually. I also am trying to cut back on potatoes because of the carb factor. I'm thinking russet potatoes sound familiar.
 
After making new potatoes in white sauce I will only be eating mashed potatoes as someone's guest from here on in. If no new (or small) potatoes I'll just quarter some russets.
 
We grill potatoes often. Sliced into 1/2" thick rounds in a bowl with a little oil and vinegar and some seasoning. You can use Italian dressing too. Put them on the grill turn them a couple times and good. My wife tends to avoid potatoes due to the carbs. Never tried the white sauce thing though.
 
Ooh, grilled potatoes sound good. I shouldn't be hungry because I just stuffed my face and my belly is full. The cat is happy that my belly protrudes so much because it makes a great bed for him.

I just remembered that today is the 5th birthday of 3 of my cats.
 
Well, Good Morning Lady and Lads...
Well, feel better than I have the last 2 mornings, All I wanted to do was sleep the last couple of days.. But so far, been up an hour and a half, and feel pretty good... So it could be a good day to get some things done...

For potatoes... I love baked potatoes... with lots of butter, salt and pepper, and greek plain yogurt... I also love them done on the bbq in a pan with olive oil and salt and pepper... Also, love roasted potatoes in a nice beef roast... Like mash, but much rather have them the ways I mentioned... How the mash is done, I have no idea for the wife does 7/8's of the cooking around here...

Well everyone, have yourselves a GREAT Sunday... God Bless YOU all...
 
Good Morning, Redneck (and everyone else). Glad you're feeling better. I know that feeling of wanting to sleep and not having any energy. I've been struggling with chronic fatigue the last two decades. My thyroid meds seem to be working though so I have more energy than before and have managed to be a bit more productive. Although my back and knees aren't in agreement on some of the stuff. LOL. Just woke up because my bladder told me to. Cats saw me move and started gathering around.

I found my floor cleaner bottle-- it had fallen over and was inside a bag. One of my cats helpfully shoved it into view for me. I was planning to do nothing today but if I have enough energy and ye olde body cooperates I'll clean the floor in the bathroom more thoroughly. I need to locate my tools to remove sharkbite push-on fittings because the toilet supply line is too long. The cutoff should be long enough to reach the tub spout from the shower valve though, so that is good news.

I was trying to wash off a spot of dirt on my arm and realized its a bruise. No idea how I got it and it doesn't feel sore. I'm still not fully awake so I'm going to take my vitamins and allergy meds and rest.
 
zannej said:
Good Morning, Redneck (and everyone else). Glad you're feeling better. I know that feeling of wanting to sleep and not having any energy. I've been struggling with chronic fatigue the last two decades. My thyroid meds seem to be working though so I have more energy than before and have managed to be a bit more productive. Although my back and knees aren't in agreement on some of the stuff. LOL. Just woke up because my bladder told me to. Cats saw me move and started gathering around.

I found my floor cleaner bottle-- it had fallen over and was inside a bag. One of my cats helpfully shoved it into view for me. I was planning to do nothing today but if I have enough energy and ye olde body cooperates I'll clean the floor in the bathroom more thoroughly. I need to locate my tools to remove sharkbite push-on fittings because the toilet supply line is too long. The cutoff should be long enough to reach the tub spout from the shower valve though, so that is good news.

I was trying to wash off a spot of dirt on my arm and realized its a bruise. No idea how I got it and it doesn't feel sore. I'm still not fully awake so I'm going to take my vitamins and allergy meds and rest.
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@zannej ya know I suffer from different things like many of us do... I suffer Chronic pain from a car accident many years ago that took me and the wife out of the workforce... and then I broke my leg in 5 spots 6 years ago, which left me with 2 rods and 20 screws... and a total of six surgeries because I kept getting an infection on the metal rods... At one point, we thought I was going to lose my leg...
But probably 30 or more years ago, I had 1/2 my thyroid n taken out because of cancer... They put me on medication for it, but I was a younger man in those days and knew everything, and all I worried about was women and beer... (LOL)... But I am starting to think maybe my thyroid is why I am gaining all the weight, and always sleepy...

I am going to have to check with my doctor next time I see him... Thanks for bringing that up Bro...
Have a GREAT day...
 
Redneck, ouch! That sounds very painful. I hope you stop getting the infections and that you find some relief from pain. Having thyroid levels checked can help. Cutting back on carbs/sugars can also help apparently. They can cause "crashes" of exhaustion. Carbs supposedly give temporary energy boost but I'm always sleepy right after eating.
My lower back is being hateful today so I might get out the heating pad.
Buzz, it would leave too much of film on the vinyl anyway. I got stuff specifically for vinyl floors. Hope it actually works. I'm gonna have breakfast first though.
 
Flyover said:
NYC didn't feel crowded to me exactly,

Back then as a scrappy young buck who felt invincible, I quickly adjusted to that pace of life, and it was invigorating and fun. (Oh, and for whatever reason there are always lots of very good looking women walking around.)
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When I was in NYC just before 9/11 happened (so glad it didn't happen while we were at top of WTC), driving there seemed about the same a driving here in downtown Toledo... difference is our downtown is about 6 or 8 blocks long, but NYC's goes on for 60 miles!
I read that since young girls flock to NYC's glamour, there are 7 young single women for each single young man.... While there for my girlfriend's daughter's wedding at Trinity Church near WTC, I did notice the young single women there looked at me totally differently than around here. Here guys fight for girls, there the girls fight for men... And this all reminds me again of the horrible storyline pimped by the movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's...
 
zannej said:
Buzz, it would leave too much of film on the vinyl anyway. I got stuff specifically for vinyl floors. Hope it actually works. I'm gonna have breakfast first though.
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I don't recall car wash soap ever leaving any film on my car... are you thinking of car wax?
I only suggested it because it seems to cut through road grease and grime better than most soaps...
 
BuzzLOL said:
young girls flock to NYC's glamour
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This part seems true.
BuzzLOL said:
Here guys fight for girls, there the girls fight for men...
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This part seems half true. I think both things happen both places. (Not Toledo, but I am from Cleveland, not too far away.) At my high school many of the fights were girls fighting, maybe not "for" men but definitely over stuff having to do with men. The boys fought mainly over money/gang stuff. (We had cafeteria-clearing brawls over gang stuff once or twice a week. High school was fun.)

I look back with amazement at myself for having not been in a fight since junior high, what with all the ways I used to run my mouth...I also never managed to inspire two girls to fight over me, though I did end up dumping one girl to date another one, who eventually became my wife!

Instead of fighting, the one I dumped sat at home and did drugs a lot...I worried about her from time to time. That was (holy cow!) something like 16 or 17 years ago. Earlier this year she got back in touch with me, and it turns out she eventually got a good career, met a good man, and has a cute little boy. Happy ending.
 
Flyover said:
At my high school many of the fights were girls fighting, maybe not "for" men but definitely over stuff having to do with men. The boys fought mainly over money/gang stuff. (We had cafeteria-clearing brawls over gang stuff once or twice a week. High school was fun.)
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I was in school before drugs became common and caused all those problems... which are still getting worse... 75 murders daily now... in my day you stood at the side of the road gun in hand and the school bus stopped and picked you up and took you to school for monthly Gun Club Day...
 
Drugs were always common, Buzz. Caffeine is arguably responsible for moving us into the modern era, and you probably already know about alcohol consumption among early American settlers. Look up the history of Coca Cola sometime.

Federal drug prohibition, which created unregulated markets for drugs that attracted criminal suppliers, started over 100 years ago but got ramped up a lot in the 1970s by people like Nixon and Joe Biden. Drug raids and gang violence were not always common!

It's making drugs illegal that caused the problems you're alluding to.
 
Flyover said:
Drugs were always common, Buzz.

It's making drugs illegal that caused the problems you're alluding to.
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Total bull shiiite... drug abuse used to be just among a few lowlifes... got common in late 1960's along with protests of EvilJFK's War on Vietnam... I didn't see drug abuse when I was in school but it got in there while my younger brother was in school... my older brother and I wailed on my younger brother a few times to get him away from drugs and his drugged friends... now he's doing well with a wife and 4 successful kids and a home and grandkids... but the druggies my brother was hanging around with are all dead long ago... never did anything but get in trouble and O.D. ...
Alcohol is a natural substance in the body... illegal drugs aren't... and most people can't control them... the drugs control the people...
Ignore the democrats' lies!
 
:rolleyes:
The 'town alcoholic' was a common trope for centuries. I read about reports of drug abuse in 1700s India and 1800s China, though like reports of drug abuse in American cities today they always distort the numbers to make it look like it's more widespread than it is. Every year they do surveys of drug users (I think they do the reports separately for marijuana-, opium- and coca-derived drugs) and find that only a tiny minority are weekly or daily users, and only a tiny minority of those have their drug use interfere with their jobs/family/etc.
 
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