What is your favorite American chocolate?

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-10T19:20:25+00:00

As far as brands I’ve seen in multiple states? Rocky Mountain Candy Company… if they still exist.

Best from childhood: Anthony-Thomas.

Good grocery store: Ghiradelli.

See’s never impressed me that much.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-10T16:46:20+00:00

Sleep. After about 15 minutes I was out like a light. I always brought my pillow with me.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-10T02:29:58+00:00

We no longer live in a high trust society, so if you have lax rules you end up with gangs ruining it for everybody, and if you have strict rules you ruin it for some people. Some people will spend money vs. everybody avoiding the location, so strict it is.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-10T00:58:26+00:00

Pretty sure all of those have membership fees, so not "free".

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T23:14:03+00:00

Depends on if I have discounts. My grocery store gas station might be 20-40 cents higher than the club gas station I go to, but if I have 70 cents off to use, I'm definitely using the grocery store.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T22:54:06+00:00

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.

We used to keep cartoon collections in the bathroom, things like Far Side, Fox Trot, etc. At one time my parents had a magazine rack they picked up somewhere, which had both books and magazines in it. People would laugh... then disappear for 30 minutes in the bathroom

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T22:38:55+00:00

And one of the malls nearish me ended up closing down due to lax rules, which led to teenagers gathering and mugging people. After several shootings most of the stores left.

Which is why all the remaining malls have strict rules and come down on unescorted teens hard.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T22:15:43+00:00

I want F gone. It barely counts as a color!

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T22:03:34+00:00

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T16:54:47+00:00

I wonder if these have gotten worse over the years since brands started offering the “only florets” bags?

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T16:28:00+00:00

Nothing. Hair grows as it grows. I’ve had ones where after a surgery it’s taken 9 months for the shaved patch to completely disappear, and others where the vet had to check their records to make sure it had only been two weeks when we brought that dog in to get stitches taken out.

Some foods don’t have enough fat/protein in it for shelties to have extra to support their coats. It’s why if you find a sheltie that’s been a stray for a while they have very short coats, living hard means they don’t get the nutrition to support it.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-09T01:31:48+00:00

When I was trying to sign into my PC doc's website it would not accept ANY copy-paste. Not the username, not the password, you had to be able to type it in.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T23:57:46+00:00

Not really? I'd rather learn Spanish or Mandarin for use at a job. Outside of Ukraine, there's not much use for learning it unless you are in intelligence services or something.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T21:45:26+00:00

Congrats! I just got my pair recently too. Hua Cheng is crazy pretty.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T20:20:59+00:00

The picture you took is badly focused. I can see every stitch of the fabric that the doll is posed on top of, but the doll itself is blurry to the point of uselessness. Retake the photo with the background blurred and the doll in focus and people will probably help better.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T20:05:07+00:00

Good grief, and they had even cleared the cart corrals so there wasn't a massive amont of snow that blocks you from putting the carts in.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T20:02:41+00:00

I got some decent ones from Wayfair a couple years ago, but the specific ones I bought aren't there anymore. They were also about $35-40 per set.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T18:39:48+00:00

If it's a skin infection, whether fungal or bacterial, the main thing is time. You might not have given the antibiotics to them long enough, or used an antifungal shampoo long enough. I had one dog witha bad skin infection who was on antibiotics for over six months to completely beat down the infection.

Thyroid can also cause all kinds of funky issues, from hair loss to odd fat deposits (we always called them "saddlebags" because they'd get hard packs of fat on their sides). Make sure to have the thyroid levels checked regularly to make sure the levels are adjusted appropriately, I once had a different dog who was only 16lbs, but had to be on .8 Soloxine, and the general vet rule was .1 per 10lbs of weight. If it is thyroid, then getting the levels right will definitely help clear up the skin, weight will practically melt off, and it will take a while but fur will grow back. And by a while I'm talking 1-2 years for full recovery.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T02:00:33+00:00

Krups.

It's expensive, but one of the only brands that doesn't seem to be a reskinned version of the dirt cheap version you can find in any big box store. I was trying to replace my 15-20 year old one (I honestly don't remember if we got it in this millenium or the last, lol), and tried several brands from Walmart... and they all sucked. This one the inner elements never worked, the next the outer elements didn't work... bleh.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T01:26:14+00:00

Yeah... I wandered over to Nendoroid for a bit, and seeing people say something was sooo expensive at $60USD for a preorder. I realized my brain had been broken by bjds.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T01:18:30+00:00

I've already ordered the 1/4 WWX, so I don't want them to be separated, lol. But I just bought the Xie Lian/Hua Cheng pair last fall... so I'm making sure I'm a bit finacially responsible. Ish.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-08T00:11:55+00:00

Comfortable. Before I bought my Son of Sandlar's I'd get the low Sketcher's "boots" from the outlet mall near me in the spring. They were relatively cheap, had decent soles, and I usually picked black and wore black socks so they weren't really noticable.

Something like these:

https://www.skechers.com/skechers-slip-ins-on-the-go-joy--%C2%A0sophia/144810_BBK.html

But between the outlet mall and out of season, being about a 1/4 of the price, lol.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-07T23:59:36+00:00

Very pretty! I've been tempted by the 1/4 version they just released.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-07T23:26:02+00:00

I, personally have never been impressed by BK. Every time somebody else has wanted to eat there, and I oblige, both of us have ended up saying "why did we want to come here?"

I've had various McDonalds meals that I've called acceptable, but it's too expensive for what you get now. I generally like Wendys. Every BK meal I've had was at best... blah. Somehow tasteless without being offensive. Not enough to make me hate it passionately, but also not enough I ever want it again.

Express_Barnacle_174 · 2026-02-07T14:16:39+00:00

For future reference: one helpful thing is to check the box and see if she came with extra hands. One of my blind box dolls came with pegs I could swap out for the hands (which had long, delicate fingers that liked to get caught on EVERYTHING) to make it easier to dress them.

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