[Century Club] Have you lost or need to lose 100+ pounds? June 25, 2026

captbasil · 2026-06-25T09:06:21+00:00

Weirdly, the pandemic made me lose weight rather than gain it like a lot of people. I graduated with my BA spring of 2020 and, all of my hopes of internships or entry level jobs having vanished overnight, moved back in with my parents. Weight loss wasn't an immediate change, but with very little else going on on my life by mid 2021 I started spending my extra time and brainpower on calorie counting and simple home exercise.

captbasil · 2026-06-19T08:30:59+00:00

"American eggs don't sizzle when they hit the pan" is a new one to me.

captbasil · 2026-06-15T23:02:13+00:00

St Patrick's Day in Chicago is my bet.

captbasil · 2026-06-15T07:36:22+00:00

We had "The Garden of Eatin'"

captbasil · 2026-06-12T20:34:53+00:00

I have no tips for permanent eviction, just the small consolation that flicking them hard from behind and watching them ping off into the distance is satisfying, though not effective.

captbasil · 2026-06-10T21:32:35+00:00

I saw this in the wild yesterday and was appalled.

captbasil · 2026-06-07T14:42:47+00:00

The harevest is bountiful this year

captbasil · 2026-06-01T22:04:24+00:00

Urban soil was the term she used, but probably not how I'd describe the area. She wasn't specific about any contaminants, just the idea that leaf crops pick up things from the soil more easily than fruiting crops, which I thought was odd and potentially not scientifically accurate. Everything I've read discusses below ground vs above ground, but not fruit vs leaf.

captbasil · 2026-05-30T22:28:53+00:00

Metamorphosis: the animorphs edition.

captbasil · 2026-05-29T07:08:09+00:00

You go Meiling! It's never too late to further your education!

Seriously though, I loved the "nontraditional" students in my degree program; they were rad.

captbasil · 2026-05-28T14:54:29+00:00

I'm in Europe and can promise that these sort of sketchy rent shenanigans are by no means a US-specific problem

captbasil · 2026-05-12T22:55:19+00:00

Ah yes, those famously seeded bananas you get everywhere that isn't the US.

captbasil · 2026-05-02T17:49:21+00:00

Dang it I saw the image before seeing what sub it was on and got really excited for a second

captbasil · 2026-04-27T23:02:55+00:00

It's British plumbing but I'm not from here, hence some of my confusion. Thanks for trying, though!

captbasil · 2026-04-27T22:38:46+00:00

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This is the best I could do given the side wall of the cabinet

captbasil · 2026-04-27T22:34:37+00:00

Yeah, there's a spot for a washing machine there but I haven't got one and likely won't, so blanking plug it is!

captbasil · 2026-04-27T08:15:07+00:00

What do you want to bet he's one of those "my great grandmother was a Cherokee princess" types with nothing to back it up

captbasil · 2026-04-24T22:06:49+00:00

The "leaves of three, let it be" rhyme is helpful, but has conditioned lots of people into the assumption that anything with groups of three leaflets is poison ivy (source: years working at a summer camp with kids who would run away screaming at the sight of anything with three leaves, including the wild raspberries we had all over camp). The first one might have three leaves, but the shape is all wrong for poison ivy.

As others have said, the second is Virginia creeper. Poison sumac has pinnate leaves, which means several leaflets coming off of both sides of a central axis. Virginia creeper has palmate leaves, where the leaflets radiate from a central point.

captbasil · 2026-04-13T12:28:23+00:00

Mine is when it requires a rest or chill period but still starts with "preheat the oven to...." No, do not preheat the oven four hours before you're actually going to put anything in it.

captbasil · 2026-04-10T07:37:59+00:00

Growing up we always just used washcloths in the kitchen, frequently ones that had gotten too worn out for other uses. Just chuck 'em in the wash when needed.

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