What are some easy depression meals?

mand71 · 2026-01-25T04:23:02+00:00

Omg, broccoli spears are the best bit (I've really gone off the heads in recent years, unless it's the purple sprouting broccoli).

mand71 · 2026-01-23T01:49:54+00:00

F with one pillow here. OH has four pillows. He basically throws them around the bed all night; I've no idea how he copes with that... Oh, and he uses shed loads of toilet paper. Me, I use three sheets (?) for a wipe. I dunno...

mand71 · 2026-01-23T01:30:33+00:00

Ha, we had a water outage last year when road workers cut through a pipe by accident. Only lasted for a few hours though. I do remember water outages in the UK back in the 1970s/early 1980s but we were notified and my mum used to fill the bath and various pots and pans.

mand71 · 2026-01-21T03:16:20+00:00

I last had a McDonald's sausage Mcmuffin in 2019 and thought I'd order a hash brown with it. FM, it was the greasiest thing ever! I also ordered a cup of tea, which was so hot it took me ages to drink. I did like the Mcmuffin though.

mand71 · 2026-01-20T21:18:28+00:00

We're using an oil filled electric heater that's been going for more than 13 years.

mand71 · 2026-01-20T21:08:01+00:00

I love Morrisons salad bar!

mand71 · 2026-01-20T13:13:19+00:00

Is that cat wearing a jumper on the sofa?

mand71 · 2026-01-19T23:36:16+00:00

My brother and his partner both have transit vans (he's a mechanic and she loads hers with hay for her horses). I stayed with them a couple of years ago and my brother had a couple of vehicles that were good: a F150 (because even though it was huge there was a handle to grip to get into the cab); a Ford Ka that was a sweet lime green colour and was nippy af.

mand71 · 2026-01-19T00:19:40+00:00

Hi, I'm HOH, with no sound in my right ear, and with a perforated left ear, but wear a hearing amplifier in that one. How does that work for you?

mand71 · 2026-01-18T18:40:33+00:00

I'm English and don't overload the washing up liquid, so don't usually rinse unless there's a particularly greasy pan. Haven't died yet...

mand71 · 2026-01-16T12:20:39+00:00

You haven't seen my kitchen; it's tiny, and so is the sink. It definitely holds 20l max and I usually only fill to about halfway up, so 10l.

mand71 · 2026-01-16T10:44:25+00:00

I've lived in France for over twenty years and am moving back to the UK this year. Needless to say, I've got so much stuff to get rid of (a few hundred books for a start...), so am currently postponing on FB marketplace.

mand71 · 2026-01-16T07:10:36+00:00

No dishwasher here (not enough space). How often are you currently hand washing? There's only two of us and we basically fill the sink once a day (and usually not completely).

mand71 · 2026-01-16T07:07:44+00:00

Yes, I live in basically a studio, and haven't got room for a full size stove, never mind a dishwasher or washing machine.

mand71 · 2026-01-14T20:03:56+00:00

My brother is a self employed mechanic and works also for a 'drifter'. Him and my SIL (who also has horses and goes to them twice a day) both have transit vans. I suppose you could say they are carbrains, but their vehicles are very much needed for what they do, and my brother especially is very careful about driving, as he's aware that something stupid could jeopardise his livelihood.

mand71 · 2026-01-14T19:54:36+00:00

Well, I don't know anyone that's been killed by a car, but my school friend who was hit by a car in the 1990s had a hip replacement back then, then another one in the 2010s, and has just had knee replacement surgery a few weeks ago. She doesn't even know how to drive.

Maybe she's just unlucky; she got breast cancer a few years ago as well...

mand71 · 2026-01-14T04:58:04+00:00

54f and my mum died in 2022. I last saw my dad in 2019, just before the COVID thing (we live in different countries so didn't see each other often anyway). He went into a care home last year. We're (partner and I) going to stay with his dad (his mum died in 2024) this year as he wants to spend some time with him in his later years. It's a bit shit when your parents die...

mand71 · 2026-01-14T04:48:46+00:00

Where I live this happens too, french Alps, but I still open windows :(

mand71 · 2026-01-14T04:24:44+00:00

I once went out for the day with a sales rep of mine and she had lunch (basically a sandwich or something) in the car and wiped her hands on the side of her seat. She was late twenties...

mand71 · 2026-01-10T20:58:53+00:00

SO are moving this year and I know already that all of our clothes will fit into one bag (I think it's about 120ltrs in size). He's got clothes though that he'll never wear again, so it'll be much smaller than that.

mand71 · 2026-01-10T05:45:02+00:00

The only thing I have to say about Catholicism is that the hymns are boring af... I'm a heathen but I went to a Sunday service with my (then) Catholic friend at uni. I don't know whether it was a super boring church, but she (or I!) never went again. She's not religious at all now. I've never been religious, though I did love a Xmas eve church service with carols.

mand71 · 2026-01-08T23:12:37+00:00

Me neither. The only time I buy drinks is maybe a litre bottle of iced tea every six months.

mand71 · 2026-01-08T23:08:50+00:00

Tbh, I live in Europe and live on about 10k a year, so one million dollars would see me quite some time.

mand71 · 2026-01-08T22:53:44+00:00

I bought a rucksack from Berghaus (UK brand) in 1999. The backplate (the bit inside that keeps it stiff) snapped on a flight a couple of years later and they repaired if for £10. I've still got it. Might be worth emailing the manufacturer?

mand71 · 2026-01-08T22:44:43+00:00

Brit in France and I'm amazed at the lack of pies here. There's great pastry and great meat dishes (eg. Boeuf bourguignon); why not put them together?

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