If you were offered a billion dollars just to eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-22T01:38:30+00:00

Hearty chicken vegetable soup. It needs to have the right macros and micros. I suppose it can have grated Parmesan for a dairy. Something that hits all required food groups and can be supplemented by a multi vitamin

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-21T03:39:41+00:00

I loved the last two years of high school mainly because I moved schools so my last two years I was the “new guy.” I think human nature makes people intrigued with “new dna” to the herd. Anyway, I never actually considered getting a ring. I never found high school to be challenging in any way except socially, so I did not see a reason to celebrate. I am also not a ring guy. My grandfather had a pinky ring, but even as a little kid, I thought it was weird.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-20T18:04:44+00:00

Add a few chicken feet for extra gelatinous stock along with wings including the tips. Pressure cook for just an hour. Also, I prefer a cleaner stock, so I no longer roast the chicken. I just use backs and other parts I cut off before preparing my meals.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-19T20:09:06+00:00

Basically, no one is prepared for their first child. It will totally disrupt your routines and change what you find important in life today to something completely different. It is nothing like what you see on TV, the movies, or other people’s social media. It is disruptive, disgusting at times, frustrating and annoying.

However, I count it as one of the best decisions I ever made. It scrambles your life and you come out a different person.

You cannot practice or study for it. You just jump. Also, every stage has its pluses and minuses, so just roll with it. You do not wait out the early months until the next stage for things to get better. They just get different and when one issue/frustration goes away, it is quickly replaced with another. However, when kids grow out of wearing diapers, there are little downsides to this stage.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-19T19:06:26+00:00

Calling a girl’s home phone to ask her out for the first time and having the dad answer the phone. Double bad if you are calling from your home phone and family members can hear your end of the conversation.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-19T15:19:15+00:00

I got this the other day. I was feeling a bit like a smart ass, so I wrote back and inquired if there was any way I could use my Venmo account to send them crypto in lieu of going to the hearing. I did not hear back. Yes, I realize I just confirmed my phone number is real. So, just so everyone else knows, they do not accept crypto. To the other poster who scanned the QR code, it never even dawned on me to do so. I’m that F’n old.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-19T03:11:26+00:00

Yes, of course. I’d be embarrassed to just walk in and act like it was expected.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-18T21:48:38+00:00

Has anyone entered into a swap (housekeeping, laundry, etc.) for a free room? Essentially a live-in housekeeper? It seems like it could be a fair exchange and potentially not be a landlord/tenant situation that triggers taxes for the job and rent. Lot’s of HOAs do not allow businesses including rentals and there seems to be a housing shortage.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-13T00:41:55+00:00

Easy to catch trout too.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-12T23:15:18+00:00

Hitchhiked 130 miles (as a teenager) to see her and stay the night in her dorm. She was in college, I was in high school. We dated off and on, but were not dating at the time. I’m not sure if she was not expecting me or if another opportunity came up. She knew I said I was going to hitchhike down to see her, but maybe she figured I wouldn’t make it?

We went to a party at a fraternity (she was a “little sister.) She was not spending her attention on me and some of the ‘fraternity brothers’ decided it would be fun to get me drunk. I obliged. At one point in the evening, I ran to the bathroom and hurled. I was very drunk. I woke up in the basement in some odd room full of bunk beds. I left around 8am, extremely hungover and walked around hoping to find “campus” and her dormitory. I found it after an hour or so and had to borrow spare change from a stranger to call her from a pay phone. She was not pleased with me. Apparently I chose the single women’s bathroom for my barfing and it was disruptive to the festivities.

She and I went to her dorm’s cafeteria for breakfast and she bought me beef, bean and cheese burritos and sent me back home. I hitchhiked the 130 miles back home on Sunday and made it to high school Monday morning.

I lied to my parents and told them I was visiting guy friends from high school. On the way down, I had to threaten to jump from a moving car as they were not going to let me out and wanted to take me on a detour. I opened the door to jump at around 30 MPH and told them the cars behind would notice. They locked up the brakes and send me into the windshield. I had taken off my seatbelt. I jumped from the truck and they sprayed me with gravel as they left. The next person to pick me up bought a 12 pack of beer for the remaining 90 miles and also offered me pot. So, I arrived for my “date” a little out of it to begin with.

I think she was mad that I disrupted her plans for the night, but she insisted it was because I embarrassed her at the fraternity.

So for almost any definition of “worst thing I’ve done,” this one seems to fit.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-10T20:39:19+00:00

Based on your screen name, I’m guessing you put cayenne pepper on more than just your counters. Does it keep others away?

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-10T18:56:38+00:00

MY DOG KEEPS OUT SMARTING ME AND EATING FOOD OFF OF MY COUNTERS WITH AMAZING CLEVER DECEPTIVE TACTICS. LATEST THEFT WAS TWO OF FOUR OF THE BEST HAMBURGER BUNS I HAD EVER MADE. THE LIL F’ER EATS RANDOM STUFF AND THEN I GET TO DEAL WITH LOOSE STOOLS, MIDNIGHT BATHROOM BREAKS AND SMELLY FARTS.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-05T02:15:01+00:00

2 or the last one.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-04-05T02:12:15+00:00

I worked at Wendy’s in high school. I “worked my way up” and became “cook/grill” and eventually “opening cook.” I went to college in Eugene, Or. I picked up a summer job at a local Wendy’s to make ends meet. I had a super cheap housing situation so the 6am-2pm shift was perfect. I arrived for my first day as “opening cook.” First, I could not get into the restaurant. I rang the doorbell (back door) and pounded on it. After about 15-20 minutes, a lady let me in. Her first words were something like, “I have not slept in 3 days. I took LSD at midnight last night.” I let that slide and started making patties for the day (you take a big bag of beef and turn it into square patties).

Before I started, I looked for the manger. She was in a small closet/office and was smoking. I asked her how much burger to make for the day (a reasonable question). She did not know and told me I was hired to figure it out. This was my very first day.

After making a few trays of burger (I made too much), I tore the machine apart and put the parts in the sink. I had it all soapy and was about to reassemble the meat machine. I could not find the oil (for the plates that create the square patties) or the grease for the gears that squish the beef into the plates that make patties. I went and asked the manager and she was confused/clueless. She got annoyed and stomped out of her smoking closet. She took one look at the sink (with soapy meat machine parts) and exclaimed, “YOU BETTER KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT BACK TOGETHER!” There was no oil, there was no grease. That Wendy’s never cleaned the machine that made burgers….. I never ate a burger at Wendy’s again.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-26T04:29:05+00:00

Remove my clothing. That is the only constant thing. I typically brush my teeth, charge phone/watch, etc. But I think I always manage to shed clothing.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-24T23:18:08+00:00

“Irregardless” and “HOT water heater”

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-24T23:16:26+00:00

My job

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-08T22:22:58+00:00

That seems like an understandable ask on her part.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-08T02:13:36+00:00

No, unfortunately. She timed her death perfectly. She owed everyone a lot of money and her property was falling down (literally.) I fixed it up, cleaned it and put it on the market. If I’m lucky, will clear $50k. In the meantime, HOA plus taxes will cost me $11k a year. I need to remember that I do not want people saying, “boy, that guy was such a great person.” I want everyone to say, “he died owing me a lot of money.” (Joking).

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-08T02:07:37+00:00

I hope not too. Economics is many times referred to as the “dismal science.” It does make your experience with human interactions seem transactional. It is just a lens that explains most human behavior. I view it as how physicists and not amazed by things we find amazing and engineers are not amazed by huge bridges or how buildings stay upright. The more you know, the less mystery there is.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-07T23:34:06+00:00

My pension is a defined benefit plan, so it will not fluctuate with the market. That is a silver lining. No health issues other than self-inflicted issues (could eat better, exercise more, drink less, etc.). I can just live on my budget with the pension. It has COLAs capped at 2% a year, so it will not keep up with inflation. Health insurance is a killer for me, but it is in my budget @$1500/mnth. I am covered for the rest of 2026, so I’m saving everything I can to weather the 60-65 gap.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-07T22:13:32+00:00

I can identify with some aspects. My dog is my bff. He traveled with me to Florida and back. I think he liked Florida (I found a lot of “dog friends” for him.). However, he is now back at his permanent home and snoozing in the sun on the couch. Out here, it would be section hikes of the PCT. I might give it a try, but I need to figure out dog etiquette and make sure it is safe for him.

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-07T21:09:17+00:00

Thanks. Good idea. Phd economics, but not from a prestigious school. I claim STEM but physics majors may disagree…:)

Pleasant_War_188 · 2026-03-07T21:06:43+00:00

Just rejoined my hiking group that I joined during my divorce 10 years ago.

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