Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory

[Ionathus]

Welcome to the new Random Banter Thread! I have the sneaking suspicion several other posters were saving their eligibility for the big Two-Five-Oh but I have no such ambitions.

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[Bartmanhomer]

So anyway. The doorman give me a $30 Starbucks gift card for yesterday for my belated birthday present.

[Peelee]

New rule suggestion: next thread is number 251. All in favor say aye theayeshaveitmotioncarries [gavel bang]

[Ionathus]

So anyway. The doorman give me a $30 Starbucks gift card for yesterday for my belated birthday present.

I love it! As a kid I always thought gift cards were "cheating" or boring, but my sister-in-law made a good point recently that stuck with me: she loves getting gift cards to a place she loves, because she's required to shop at a place she loves now. If she got cash, she'd feel guilty if she didn't put it towards household or family expenses. But oh no, now she has to spend 50 bucks on her favorite yarn (one whole strand of it, these prices amirite :P)

New rule suggestion: next thread is number 251. All in favor say aye theayeshaveitmotioncarries [gavel bang]

100% in favor. Make the forum archaeologists search in vain for decades for the Random Banter Thread version of the elusive Pig #3.

[Rater202]

So, I'm successfully down to 10 units of insulin a day.

[Anonymouswizard]

I have an opthalmologist appointment tomorrow. Here's hoping they don't decide they have to surgery my eyes again!

[LaZodiac]

Every day is a new horror!

Today's horror: Salmon grilled cheese sandwich. Also far more blood than should be expected at this point in my recovery process but mostly the former.

[Anonymouswizard]

Every day is a new horror!

Today's horror: Salmon grilled cheese sandwich. Also far more blood than should be expected at this point in my recovery process but mostly the former.

...if you don't want the sandwich can I have it?

Also keep an eye on the blood, if it continues to be too much maybe a doctor can put some of it back.

[Rater202]

Every day is a new horror!

Today's horror: Salmon grilled cheese sandwich. Also far more blood than should be expected at this point in my recovery process but mostly the former.

1: Oh sweet merciful Titan what the **** is that?

2: Are you okay? Blood is supposed to be on the inside.

[Peelee]

100% in favor. Make the forum archaeologists search in vain for decades for the Random Banter Thread version of the elusive Pig #3.

Excellent! My sphere of influence continues to grow unabated!

So, I'm successfully down to 10 units of insulin a day.

Hooray!

I have an opthalmologist appointment tomorrow. Here's hoping they don't decide they have to surgery my eyes again!

I sincerely hope that either i never need eye surgery or they figure out a way to do it with general anasthesia. Because otherwise I'm just going to eventually go blind.

Every day is a new horror!

Today's horror: Salmon grilled cheese sandwich. Also far more blood than should be expected at this point in my recovery process but mostly the former.

Boo!

2: Are you okay? Blood is supposed to be on the inside.

I can't remember the source but i love the joke "the doctor told me all the bleeding was internal, that's where the blood is supposed to be!"

[Batcathat]

I sincerely hope that either i never need eye surgery or they figure out a way to do it with general anasthesia. Because otherwise I'm just going to eventually go blind.

Agreed. I'm not usually the squeamish type about stuff like that (I reserve my squeamishness mostly for spoiled food), but I found my dad's story about being awake when they operated something at the back of one of his eyeballs quite disturbing. Though he didn't seem that bothered by it, so I suppose the drugs did their job, at least.

Not sure what to think about salmon grilled cheese. It sounds like one of those combinations of two good things that end up bad when combined, but I've been wrong about such things before.

[Bartmanhomer]

I love it! As a kid I always thought gift cards were "cheating" or boring, but my sister-in-law made a good point recently that stuck with me: she loves getting gift cards to a place she loves, because she's required to shop at a place she loves now. If she got cash, she'd feel guilty if she didn't put it towards household or family expenses. But oh no, now she has to spend 50 bucks on her favorite yarn (one whole strand of it, these prices amirite :P)

Gift cards are very fun in my opinion.

[Anonymouswizard]

Agreed. I'm not usually the squeamish type about stuff like that (I reserve my squeamishness mostly for spoiled food), but I found my dad's story about being awake when they operated something at the back of one of his eyeballs quite disturbing. Though he didn't seem that bothered by it, so I suppose the drugs did their job, at least.

Don't worry, you can't really see what they're doing.

[Form]

Every day is a new horror!

Today's horror: Salmon grilled cheese sandwich. Also far more blood than should be expected at this point in my recovery process but mostly the former.

So..... the salmon grilled cheese sandwich was bad and I should not try it myself?

[Bartmanhomer]

I have my share of spoiled food and trust me it's so bad.

[LaZodiac]

...if you don't want the sandwich can I have it?

Also keep an eye on the blood, if it continues to be too much maybe a doctor can put some of it back.

You're free to if you can grab it.

I'll keep that in mind.

1: Oh sweet merciful Titan what the **** is that?

2: Are you okay? Blood is supposed to be on the inside.

It's my dad's partner wasting food is what it is!

I'm okay, just slightly injured myself.

EDIT: Yes the salmon grilled cheese was one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth ever.

[Peelee]

It's my dad's partner wasting food is what it is!

Fish = yum
Cheese = yum

Fish and cheese together? It can be done, sure, but you'd better damned well know what you're doing. Sounds like dad's partner doesn't.

[Ionathus]

First time my wife ever made a tuna melt, it blew my mind. I'd never had one before and genuinely loved it.

Second time she made it, it was with cheddar instead of Swiss as before. I loathed the flavor combination and was thoroughly confused. I asked her why she'd done cheddar this time and she was baffled by the question. "What do you mean, this time?"

Turns out, she'd used Swiss the first time because we were out of cheddar. If she'd made it "the usual" way that first time, I never would've touched a Swiss tuna melt again.

[LaZodiac]

First time my wife ever made a tuna melt, it blew my mind. I'd never had one before and genuinely loved it.

Second time she made it, it was with cheddar instead of Swiss as before. I loathed the flavor combination and was thoroughly confused. I asked her why she'd done cheddar this time and she was baffled by the question. "What do you mean, this time?"

Turns out, she'd used Swiss the first time because we were out of cheddar. If she'd made it "the usual" way that first time, I never would've touched a Swiss tuna melt again.

Tuna melts are fine in my limited experience, but salmon aint tuna!

[Rater202]

I'm pretty sure that salmon and cheese was a flavor of off-brand cat food we got once.

[Anonymouswizard]

You're free to if you can grab it.

I make no apologies for my weird taste in food.

I should, but I don't.

[Bartmanhomer]

Has anyone ever put butter in coffee? Because the other day I had an interesting conversation with one of the Starbucks baristas near my house about it. If you recall my mentioning about the olive oil in coffee at the last Random Banter Thread.

[BisectedBrioche]

The nearest I've heard is that one FFVII character who puts it in tea, and I think he's meant to be kind of a weirdo.

Would butter even mix like milk? I'd have thought it would emulsify, like the little blobs of fat you get if you add cream.

[Rynjin]

Butter is way better than olive oil in coffee, but still not my fave. It does mix but in terms of flavor it's basically nonexistent. You're better off sticking with full fat cream for the extra flavor kick and oiliness, or just plain 100% milk if you DON'T want said oiliness.

Also if you add cream and/or sugar first and then pour the coffee over it you don't get the blobs.

[Bartmanhomer]

So anyway. I've been working very hard to create my Monster Rancher 2 Monsters as Pokemon lately.

[BisectedBrioche]

Butter is way better than olive oil in coffee, but still not my fave. It does mix but in terms of flavor it's basically nonexistent. You're better off sticking with full fat cream for the extra flavor kick and oiliness, or just plain 100% milk if you DON'T want said oiliness.

Also if you add cream and/or sugar first and then pour the coffee over it you don't get the blobs.

Ah, this is interesting. There's an ongoing debate (stretched out over the decades) in the UK over if you add milk or tea to the cup first (naturally some styles of tea call for brewing within the mug, making the point moot), with arguments ranging from how it affects the resulting drink, to the risk of shattering fine china.

[Anonymouswizard]

Ah, this is interesting. There's an ongoing debate (stretched out over the decades) in the UK over if you add milk or tea to the cup first (naturally some styles of tea call for brewing within the mug, making the point moot), with arguments ranging from how it affects the resulting drink, to the risk of shattering fine china.

BH, everybody knows that the correct way is to heat the milk and use that to brew the tea!

[Peelee]

Ah, this is interesting. There's an ongoing debate (stretched out over the decades) in the UK over if you add milk or tea to the cup first

I don't even drink this crazy concoction but obviously it's tea first, then milk. You always add acid to water, never the reverse. This is basic chemistry!

[Ionathus]

Has anyone ever put butter in coffee? Because the other day I had an interesting conversation with one of the Starbucks baristas near my house about it. If you recall my mentioning about the olive oil in coffee at the last Random Banter Thread.

I know some people hate the idea but it's never bothered me -- what is butter, if not cream that's gotten itself all worked up?

I've had it a few times from relatives who swore by it at the time (fad thing, didn't last for them). It was okay -- interesting mouthfeel, and I can see how some people would like it. At the time, they insisted on its health benefits but I'm convinced that's a meaningless distinction and the only reason to do it is for the taste/experience.

I do love the name. "Bulletproof coffee." Helluva fad name, I gotta give them credit.

Ah, this is interesting. There's an ongoing debate (stretched out over the decades) in the UK over if you add milk or tea to the cup first (naturally some styles of tea call for brewing within the mug, making the point moot), with arguments ranging from how it affects the resulting drink, to the risk of shattering fine china.

I won't weigh in on its effects on brewing, but I can definitely sympathize with the fear of a shatter-worthy temperature fluctuation. Ever since I broke a plate microwaving a frozen donut as a kid, I've felt hyperaware of the temperature in every glass or ceramics container I use in the kitchen.

I don't even drink this crazy concoction but obviously it's tea first, then milk. You always add acid to water, never the reverse. This is basic chemistry!

Listen, Peelee, I know it's our patriotic duty to dunk on tea (or, preferably, dunk tea in the harbor), but you gotta lay off the "hot leaf juice" schtick.

The Brits, I think we can handle -- it's the Dragon of the West I'm worried about.

[enderlord99]

Black tea is significantly more acidic than milk, and so by Peelee's logic should be added afterwards. Milk and tea are both mostly water.