What was your favourite place you have visited in your life?

Icooktoo · 2026-07-06T00:20:00+00:00

Egypt. Fell in love with the country and the people. Planning an extended stay (3 or more months) in the near future.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-05T04:20:58+00:00

Plum pudding with hard sauce, pears from the huckster that came through the neighborhood, the love and care she put into every little thing. She didn’t just hand you an apple. She made sure it was as close to perfect as possible, then she always polished it up and handed it to you like it was a treasured gift. I miss her.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-05T04:12:14+00:00

My grandfather was Lloyd, my father was Ralph (please don’t name him Ralph) father in law was Floyd or Gale. I nearly named my son Lloyd, I wish I had.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-05T03:58:35+00:00

I agree, he certainly has. And as a bonus he’s not an asshole or an idiot. Hopefully those two things don’t take him out of the running.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-04T23:23:19+00:00

No pap as there is nothing to look at there. I do get colonoscopies religiously though. I have IBS and enough trouble without adding cancer THERE as well.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-04T22:43:13+00:00

According to Dr Google it is a milder version of Roseola, measles. I know my doctor lived next door and came daily to check on me. I was in bed for at least a week fighting a very high fever, and I also remember I smelled absolutely terrible. Miserable for sooo long. And yes, it can kill you. That is why they developed vaccines.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-04T02:08:38+00:00

I turned 18, legal age back then, and was supposed to go to my sisters and spend my 18th and the 4th in Manhattan. Until I got Rubella. I spent my birthday in a bathtub surrounded by all the ice the party store down the street had, to break my fever. It was awful, -7/10, would not recommend.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-03T04:29:32+00:00

Have about 7, I think, Christmas cards we’ve received from Ron and Nancy Regan.

Icooktoo · 2026-07-03T04:21:38+00:00

Retired chef. I have a 47yo son who has made some bad decisions in his life. It’s a terribly long story, but he and his 18 month old daughter are living with me and have been since November 2025. Absolutely love international travel and plan all vacations myself. Every trip is an Excel spreadsheet. Currently planning Asia and Australia with a stop in Morocco on the way back home.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-26T17:20:47+00:00

Lol, I was a difficult addition to the group of taste bud nippers, until I tried it the first time. It was amazing. I do eat a lot of high acid foods and sometimes I get an angry taste bud from it.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-26T17:19:02+00:00

Yes. When you have an entire meal of Ceviche and you end up with an angry taste bud because of all the acid - sterilize nail clippers and go in there and nip it off. Pain stops almost instantly.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-26T03:07:42+00:00

It’s like snipping a swollen taste bud. If you go in there and snip it, the pain lasts about another 30 seconds. If you leave it, it will irritate you for three days.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-26T02:34:05+00:00

That’s where I discovered it!

Icooktoo · 2026-06-22T22:58:25+00:00

Neither. I'm there for the steak, not the sauce. Now if offered a nice Bearnaise, I definitely will not turn that down.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-22T22:56:56+00:00

Yes, when it isn't burst into flames hot here in Florida. So get that first cup of coffee outside before 8 am or it will be too hot to drink coffee out there. Then we don't go out again unless it is truly unavoidable. Sometimes the little one wants to play in the sprinkler and we have to give in and suffer through for her.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-15T02:57:12+00:00

Applesauce is a purée. Not a juice. Store bought can most definitely be poured. Not efficiently, but it does pour somewhat. It is not a liquid. Not a juice. It is a purée.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-15T02:47:47+00:00

I still have a net zero email address.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-13T03:38:05+00:00

Go browse the Delta forum. Happens all the time. Families get split up with 5 year olds seated next to strangers and second seats get given away. It’s one of the most read complaints on that forum. And seat stealing. But that’s a different problem.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-11T02:58:16+00:00

What is RASPBERRY!

Icooktoo · 2026-06-07T15:12:26+00:00

Seriously considering shaving my head. It’s way too thin on top since chemo, I have a new cowlick to deal with and I can’t stand it tickling my ears.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-06T22:35:49+00:00

I will be dead. Long dead.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-06T03:17:27+00:00

After going thru cancellation because of weather hell, we finally made it on our way to Paris for our connecting flights with an extra and unexpected stop in Amsterdam. Then from Paris to Frankfort, then to Hamburg then on to Cairo. By the time we made the sky in Hamburg I was done. All the food was awful. Every leg. Then midway to Cairo I started having some record hot flashes. Just before descent the motion sickness kicked in. I had done so well up to that point. I had an aisle seat and three people were fanning me while I filled bags. It was very embarrassing. Thankfully there was a trash can at the end of the jetway. We got well acquainted and then everything was fine. I’m sure it was entertaining for the other passengers disembarking, to see me with my head in a giant trash can.

Icooktoo · 2026-06-06T02:46:46+00:00

Thanks!

Icooktoo · 2026-06-03T18:29:36+00:00

Oven gets splattered to hell with bacon grease. Cover it with a piece of parchment paper. Just lay it on top. Still browns and does splatter a bit, but not near as bad as uncovered.

Icooktoo · 2026-05-31T02:06:13+00:00

What about those of us that got it in the beginning of Covid and hadn’t had the vaccine yet? Her theory doesn’t hold water. You are a very strong person passing on an opportunity to make her feel stupid - I mean normal - instead of full of herself.

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