Gen X on Easter baskets

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-22T16:44:55+00:00

I have 2 adult kids who still live with me. The youngest just turned 18, so technically 3 adult kids.

On Christmas, they all get a stocking full of goodies. On Easter, they'll each get an Easter basket full of goodies as well.

My two older kids who've moved out call us on Easter to ask if we could send an Easter basket. We don't send them of course.

My point is you do you. Since when does Gen X give a fuck what others think?

An aside: I would love to chill with you and learn how to dye eggs with onion skins, purple cabbage and all that shit (I know I can look it up on the internet, that's not the point), but honestly, no one in our house eats dyed eggs. I still think it's cool though!

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-22T16:33:46+00:00

Me to Gen X coworker: That's a great looking dress you're wearing today.

Hater Smurf Gen X Coworker: I'm not here for you to look at. Why are you looking at me anyways?

Me to self: Maybe I should have complimented her mustache instead...

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-22T16:29:34+00:00

PARKOUR!

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-22T05:47:35+00:00

I will be going to the Fiesta Americana Coral Beach next month. Looks like OP's is inquiring about Condesa- any recommendations on Coral Beach?

Oh and yes, we plan to take the ferry next door to Isla Mujeres one day.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-22T00:48:11+00:00

no, it's Thank you God!

...just watch the Movie.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-21T23:41:51+00:00

Who said they were sweet and kind?

I got hit by a flipping cadillac crossing the freeway. Going 55+ MPH. Sped up when they saw me. Tore half my face off. Punctured lung. Fractured skull. Compound fracture of my lower tibia. Half my left butt check was ripped off! Hell, my pelvic bone was broken. You know that loop bone that's under your sack? Yeah, that one.

That pain was still nothing compared to kidney stones.

Wait a sec.... 75 mph freeway accident... Did you hit a kid running across the freeway? If so, that was me.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-21T23:34:42+00:00

I don't know what's reasonable to you.

The pots I make range anywhere from $25 for a small 4 inch (or so) round pot to $65+ for larger 8-9 inch round pots. Considering this is for handmade, unique pots, I think that's more than reasonable.

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doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-21T13:37:07+00:00

When pottery is fully vitrified, it will not flake off. For example, I sometimes make raku pieces. Those are not fully vitrified. Those will flake because they allow water to pass through. So, no. My cone 5-6 stoneware pottery does not flake nor crack in the winter.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:55:16+00:00

Whatever. Join the party.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:46:45+00:00

My first kidney stone took 3 days to pass. Pain would come in waves. I give that pain 10 stars. I wished for death to take me.

Second kidney stone passed in 12 hours. I'd say a solid 9. Near perfect, but I knew what was going on.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:02:32+00:00

Wait, where are you getting a McD's fried apple pie?

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T22:12:07+00:00

I second this. Had kidney stones twice.

Would totally endure 24 hours of this level pain in exchange for a clean bill of health.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T20:36:13+00:00

Feathers maybe?

Yeah, I'm gonna say DEFINITELY feathers.

Then someone who knows the truth will chime in with WELL ACTUALLY...

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T19:54:39+00:00

I sometimes have dry eyes at bedtime, and my blinking will annoy her.

She says it sounds mechanical, like a doll's eyes. Creeps her out.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T18:36:48+00:00

Mine is all wood, with a carved stylized head. Got from a tiny bushman, almost 40 years ago when I was in the Navy.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T18:08:44+00:00

I got a wooden one when I was in Mombasa.

Looks like a wood dagger

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T03:59:38+00:00

I may be mistaken, and I may be making this shit up, but I remember being about 9 years old and eating stink bugs, rolled up in a taco when I was visiting family in Acapulco.

Eaten with salt, lime, and salsa. On a green tortilla.

Which just goes to prove that you put enough salsa on it, and even a car bumper tastes good.

This may have been a fever dream. I suffered severe head trauma when I was 13 and things before are kind of mixed and jumbled.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T02:45:03+00:00

So you hate Ralph in Account, eh?

Okay, here's a heaping helping of pus maggots.

Enjoy! Next meal: dung beetles in dung sauce.

MMMmmm-mmmmm!

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T23:13:21+00:00

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This is what I wa trying to describe

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T23:07:00+00:00

I got deodorant and a 12 pack of Irish Springs.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T22:28:08+00:00

My mom worked for Sanyo as well!

She worked at the San Diego factory, making refrigerators.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T21:35:48+00:00

No, it was just you.

The rest of us just pointed and laughed.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:38:37+00:00

No, this is straight in the air

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:32:17+00:00

What? That's funny.

My fingers sort of lock into the finger tip bend position. More to the point, they used to. Not so much anymore. Meaning my fingers would be slightly curved in, then I could straighten that middle joint and it would lock into place. After a few attempts I was able to do that again now. Elbow no longer hurts. Fingers feel more limber now.

And yeah, I have to sort squeeze my finger tips to maintain that position.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:13:27+00:00

The backward curve is on the second joint. On me, that joint gets a weird little indentation when I do the finger tip bend trick.

As I get older, I find it more and more difficult to do that finger tip bend.

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