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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:47 am
by dualstow
No worries. We all have different irony meter calibrations.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:44 pm
by vnatale
dualstow wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:47 am
No worries. We all have different irony meter calibrations.
Obviously mine has LOW sensitivity!

Vinny

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:58 pm
by Tortoise
One of the things I've always liked about the Permanent Portfolio is the virtually limitless number of PP puns.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
by Smith1776
I am definitely noticing a much more subdued appetite since starting this new water regimen. I'm also staying disciplined with tracking every bit of my food and daily exercise. So far, so good.

I went on a coffee date last night with a girl who lives about 30 minutes away in the Abbotsford area. A nice girl who seems stable. She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I'm also learning that wine is a truly fascinating topic. Thanks for that one, Hal. Matthew Mcconaughey says that he drank as much wine as he wanted when losing weight for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. (He apparently plays a guy dying of HIV/AIDS?)

About to hit the gym. ^-^

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:14 pm
by vnatale
Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
I am definitely noticing a much more subdued appetite since starting this new water regimen. I'm also staying disciplined with tracking every bit of my food and daily exercise. So far, so good.

I went on a coffee date last night with a girl who lives about 30 minutes away in the Abbotsford area. A nice girl who seems stable. She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I'm also learning that wine is a truly fascinating topic. Thanks for that one, Hal. Matthew Mcconaughey says that he drank as much wine as he wanted when losing weight for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. (He apparently plays a guy dying of HIV/AIDS?)

About to hit the gym. ^-^
Thanks for the reminder!

It reminded me that while I dutifully grabbed a quart of water from the refrigerator to drink after I had my usual huge amount of afternoon popcorn (about three hours ago)...until you reminded me now I'd not yet touched it. I will now start drinking it!

Vinny

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:31 pm
by Tortoise
MangoMan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:30 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
If you were 50 and divorced, that would be par for the course (ask me how I know). But at your age, dating single mothers is insanity. They are generally 'provider hunters' and you will always be the lowest of priorities for them. Find yourself another 'stable' girl who doesn't already have kids. This is standard advice/knowledge in the manoshere.
Pugs, your dating/marriage advice always seems rock-solid. You're a veritable guru. 8)

Smithers, was this woman ever married? If not, that's a big red flag that she chose to have not just one, but two kids without a husband and father to be involved with them. (Inconsiderate to the kids.) And if she's divorced, there's a good chance her husband agreed to a divorce because he eventually couldn't stand to be around her any longer.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:14 pm
by Libertarian666
MangoMan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:30 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
If you were 50 and divorced, that would be par for the course (ask me how I know). But at your age, dating single mothers is insanity. They are generally 'provider hunters' and you will always be the lowest of priorities for them. Find yourself another 'stable' girl who doesn't already have kids. This is standard advice/knowledge in the manosphere.
Yes, absolutely.
If I were a young man, I would emigrate to a less misandrist country.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:32 pm
by Xan
The only way I'd even consider something like that in your situation is if she had been married and her husband had died. (Not at her hand, it goes without saying!)

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:45 pm
by vnatale
MangoMan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:30 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
If you were 50 and divorced, that would be par for the course (ask me how I know). But at your age, dating single mothers is insanity. They are generally 'provider hunters' and you will always be the lowest of priorities for them. Find yourself another 'stable' girl who doesn't already have kids. This is standard advice/knowledge in the manosphere.
On the other hand......

I had a coworker whose first marriage in his early 30s was a short one. Then he remarried about five years later (33 or so years later, they are still happily married). The second wife came with two young children. Forget what had happened with her and her first husband.

Anyway they had me to their house several times for supper. Once I was there before my now no longer coworker came home from work (our mutual employer had gone out of business). I observed the reaction of the kids. It was like God had just come home! My thoughts were not a bad situation. He basically married into "instant family". He was always someone who liked kids and these two kids absolutely loved and adored him. And, he got to bypass the whole changing diapers stage with children.

Just another view of it....

Vinny

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:31 pm
by Mark Leavy
MangoMan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:30 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:07 pm
She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
If you were 50 and divorced, that would be par for the course (ask me how I know). But at your age, dating single mothers is insanity. They are generally 'provider hunters' and you will always be the lowest of priorities for them. Find yourself another 'stable' girl who doesn't already have kids. This is standard advice/knowledge in the manosphere.
Pugchief is right again. (ask me how I know).

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
by Mark Leavy
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:38 pm
by Xan
Holy cow, Mark!

How many hard-boiled eggs could you eat at a sitting?

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:16 am
by Mark Leavy
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am

Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Yea, but I've been doing a lot of hiking lately and needed the extra calories. It's been a couple of years since I've had a slice of cheesecake. An old fashioned, on the other hand...

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:23 am
by Mark Leavy
Xan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:38 pm
Holy cow, Mark!

How many hard-boiled eggs could you eat at a sitting?
Less than fifty. I've never had more than a dozen at once.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:25 am
by Hal
Xan wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:38 pm
Holy cow, Mark!

How many hard-boiled eggs could you eat at a sitting?
50 I believe....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3oMPqUTxCE

Edit: Mark, you and I were thinking of the same movie 8)

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:31 am
by Cortopassi
Mark, this is what I picture every time you discuss your life

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am
by vnatale
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am
Mark Leavy wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.
Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Curious if there is anyone else here but me that had zero idea what an "Old fashioned" is?

Vinny

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:43 am
by Mountaineer
vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am
Mark Leavy wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.
Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Curious if there is anyone else here but me that had zero idea what an "Old fashioned" is?

Vinny
In my younger days, before I developed an appreciation for single malts from Speyside, I liked Southern Comfort Old Fashioneds. That ‘like’ completely disappeared one New Years eve after several OFs and a couple dozen raw oysters, none of which were nearly as good coming back up as they were going down. 🤮

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:49 am
by pp4me
vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am
Mark Leavy wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.
Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Curious if there is anyone else here but me that had zero idea what an "Old fashioned" is?

Vinny
Just assumed it was one of the many drinks I've heard of, mostly from movies, that I have never ordered. I stick with beer 99.99% of the time.

Most interesting drink name I ever ran into was an "orgasm". My wife asked me to order one for her on a cruise ship. Had to rehearse how to ask the bartender for it before I stepped up to the bar, especially since she was female. Imagine the possibilities.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:05 am
by Cortopassi
Mountaineer wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:43 am
vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am
Mark Leavy wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.
Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Curious if there is anyone else here but me that had zero idea what an "Old fashioned" is?

Vinny
In my younger days, before I developed an appreciation for single malts from Speyside, I liked Southern Comfort Old Fashioneds. That ‘like’ completely disappeared one New Years eve after several OFs and a couple dozen raw oysters, none of which were nearly as good coming back up as they were going down. 🤮
Southern Comfort. College. Same kind of night. Never drank the stuff again. I could still make myself gag thinking about it.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:29 pm
by Cortopassi
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:15 pm

Didn't you go to UIUC Corto? All we drank there was Everclear in Hawaiian Punch, or beer. Although as a freshman, I do remember ordering Tequila Sunrises, Whiskey Stone Sours and Sloe Gin Fizzes in the bars. Ick.
Yep. Everclear. Ahhh, yet another night, that if I did now, I would most certainly have ended up in the hospital. Bars, all we looked for were quarter beers. What it was, I never knew.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:42 pm
by Smith1776
This stuff is like crack in cake form.

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WHY IS IT SO GOOD.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:44 pm
by Kriegsspiel
The only time I remember seeing someone black out in front of my eyes was the result of Everclear. It's an impressive beverage.

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:07 pm
by Mountaineer
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:06 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:44 pm
The only time I remember seeing someone black out in front of my eyes was the result of Everclear. It's an impressive beverage.
If by impressive you mean causes violent vomiting and horrible hangovers if you drink too much of it, then yes, it's an impressive beverage. :P


That’s an old fashioned comment. 😉

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:14 pm
by dualstow
Vodka is the ideal hard beverage in my opinion. Unpretentious ethanol, minimal impurities, easy on the breath.
And you can put herbs and caraway seed in it and make aquavit.

Smithers, that looks delicious!

ADDED: I’ve never drunk Everclear, but I would use it as an expensive sanitizer.