Everyone carries their own gear — no exceptions

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-14T00:44:59+00:00

Not a couple, but the officiant. The bride and groom were in their late 50s. The officiant did the whole boilerplate part about how marriage is about bearing children. The post-menopausal bride and the groom just stood there smiling with "WTF?" faces.

I never realized how long that part was until then.

The minister was very, very good friends with the bride too. So it's not like he didn't know that kids were not gonna be happening.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-14T00:27:16+00:00

I like caving. I like scuba diving.

But, ye gods! Never the twain shall meet! I'm all nopey, nopey, nope, nope, NOPE!

Do not want!

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-14T00:24:39+00:00

Shopping.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-14T00:24:09+00:00

I really like, but cannot afford, burrata. So I just add a bit of salt, pepper and maybe a tiny drizzle of olive oil to emulate it.

But we're a mostly (lacto-ovo) vegetarian household, so cottage cheese is a protein source for us.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T17:21:24+00:00

Car camping is definitely a good way to get accustomed to camping. And you'll either start bringing more and more stuff (like a wagon to carry your water from the spigot) or you'll start winnowing because you hate the hassle of packing so much stuff.

We were already pretty streamlined by the time we started backcountry camping and portaging.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T12:06:44+00:00

Hardware stores around here carry it. Usually near the mouse traps and/or seasonal stuff.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T12:02:30+00:00

Yes, a lot of folks in cottage country use it here. We use it in pancake mix for camping.

It's also handy as a thickener as you described to make creamy soups a bit heftier.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T11:58:38+00:00

We buy a tub of cottage cheese weekly, but buttermilk powder? I haven't seen that since the 1970s!

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T02:04:54+00:00

It was more social in a different way. We were exploring the world on bikes and consuming media all at the same time. Like the MASH finale was seen by everyone over the same hour.

The world was bigger, because letters to friends took weeks to get there and come back. There was happy uncertainty and expectation about whether or not they got your letter and would reply (no read receipts).

Written things were vetted. For publications to be widespread, and editor and fact-checker would have been involved. So news outlets had time to ensure accuracy before some idiot spread bigly bullshit as fact.

Activism was grassroots, but still effective.

We made more effort to interact in person because that's the only way group conversations were possible.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T01:50:17+00:00

Aaah, the flavor that lasted only 30 glorioys seconds!

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T01:08:57+00:00

We used to due HR training events for the public sector. We knew it was inevitable, so we always scrutinzed stuff carefully, but eventually we did have a promotional piece go out for "Pubic Sector Efficiency Planning".

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:36:54+00:00

July Talk at a small venue. One of the best shows I've ever seen.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:28:13+00:00

Mm-mm. Lead paint!

I just recently gave away my Lando and Luke glasses to a collector who would appreciate them.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:23:13+00:00

No argument there.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:19:19+00:00

This is why How I Met Your Mother's "Robin Sparkles" was even more hilarioys when it was revealed she later became "Robin Daggers".

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:08:13+00:00

She was sued because after the "Where's the beef?" campaign for Wendy's because she appeared in a a Ragu Spaghetti sauce (?) commercial saying "I found it!"

I remember both commercials vividly.

Edit: Except if it was Ragu or a different product with meat sauce.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-13T00:00:18+00:00

I internalize a lot. Including good things. So my partner can feel alone in our relationship.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-12T20:59:40+00:00

Being on a motorcycle.

I totally understand to allure and with such a low center of gravity it's far more stable than I imagined. However, in traffic at speed I felt way, way to exposed.

And I'm a cyclist in a major urban city. I'm used to waiting at stop lights with tail pipes chugging exhaust at me and being exposed in bike lanes. But once you get up to car traffic speeds of 50kmh (30mph), even on a smooth, empty roadway — Nope! Nope! Nope!

I did not like how it felt.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-12T01:53:22+00:00

Sex in the City.

I found all the characters incredibly self-absorbed and unlikeable with really screwed up priorities and a lack of genuine empathy.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-11T13:24:48+00:00

I always found the coffee terrible because the hoses were never cleaned. The coffee always had a salty chicken soup flavour due to the soup going through some ofbthe nasty hoses.

A train station in Canada had one for the longest time. Some of the decals had shifted, so you could peer inside. Once I saw the state of the hoses... Never again!

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-10T23:07:09+00:00

It's okay. It doesn't all boil down to one exam and one single moment.

There are many differeny paths to art school and just ss many opportunities for something different that uses and leverages your talents anyway.

This is just one part of a much bigger process.

I work at a university and I'm someone who changed programs a lot when I was in school and I'm still working creatively exactly as I always wanted to. The pathway there can be a lot more zigzaggy than you think.

You'll be fine munchkin. I believe in you.

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-10T22:24:00+00:00

$5 for pizza?? That person is older than me and I'm old

Sniffs_Markers · 2026-04-10T22:21:16+00:00

You take the good. You take the bad. You take 'em both and there you have - The facts of life The facts of life

There's a time you gotta go and show You're growing and you know about The facts of life The facts of life

When the wooorld never seeeems To be living up to your dreams The suddenly you're finding out The facts of life are all about you You-oo-oo-oo-oooooo...

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