The Random Thoughts Thread

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon May 30, 2016 3:21 pm

In first grade, my lunch box was so cool, all the other kids would fight to sit near me so they could look at it while they ate their lunch:

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 31, 2016 11:45 am

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:39 pm

The single greatest breakfast cereal ever is Grape Nuts. Try it with full cream and whatever fruit is in season. Peaches might be best. Be sure to let it chill in the fridge while the nuggets soak up the cream.

Wheat Chex is pretty awesome, too.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:09 pm

I like Grape Nuts in yogurt but for straight cereal i go with Raisin Bran with banana slices.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:34 pm

Grape Nuts is straight garbage. Everyone knows that to be true.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:39 pm

Chicat wrote:Grape Nuts is straight garbage. Everyone knows that to be true.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:42 pm

Grapes nuts are meh. Cinnamon toast crunch is #1

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue May 31, 2016 9:01 pm

Here is someone asking how to make Grape Nuts edible: http://ask.metafilter.com/130637/How-do ... uts-edible" target="_blank

Note that the majority of the answers instruct to you to add it to something (yogurt) or add something to it (fruit) and there is no one willing to come out and say they think it's delicious.

Also, it is a cereal made with lies: http://gawker.com/5273844/stupid-americ ... grape-nuts" target="_blank

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue May 31, 2016 9:42 pm

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:18 am

Special K with red berries is all the cereal you'll ever need.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 5:31 pm

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:24 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:37 pm

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:32 am

Longhorned wrote:The single greatest breakfast cereal ever is Grape Nuts. Try it with full cream and whatever fruit is in season. Peaches might be best. Be sure to let it chill in the fridge while the nuggets soak up the cream.

Wheat Chex is pretty awesome, too.

Both are all-time favorites. Of course, as a kid, I heaped sugar on top. Mom used to get pissed at me when I used her half and half on the cereal.

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:15 am

catgrad97 wrote:Special K with red berries is all the cereal you'll ever need.

One of my favorites. I will also recommend rice crispies with a sliced banana on top.

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:41 pm

Red raspberries topped with real cream. Two pieces of toasted, buttered Irish soda bread. Cup of French Market coffee(chicory) with cream.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:49 pm

EOCT wrote:Red raspberries topped with real cream. Two pieces of toasted, buttered Irish soda bread. Cup of French Market coffee(chicory) with cream.

I just started making Irish soda bread! I'm going to open a can of Cafe du Monde coffee and do this.

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:42 pm

Good call Longhorned!

I love breads, and especially the rich moist ones like French, sourdough, dark brown---even pumpernickel, rye, and Challah.

What I love about Irish soda is its uniquely subtle sweet---maybe even sugary flavor. And unlike the terrific moist breads, Irish soda can have a dry flakiness which is delicious to chew.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 2:12 pm

EOCT wrote:I love broads, and especially the rich moist ones

Fixed your post...

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:58 pm

EOCT wrote:Red raspberries topped with real cream. Two pieces of toasted, buttered Irish soda bread. Cup of French Market coffee(chicory) with cream.

Hipster.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:12 pm

Chicat wrote:
EOCT wrote:I love broads, and especially the rich moist ones
Fixed your post...

I couldn't help but have a Homer Simpson response to this.

Mmmm....rich, moist broads......

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:33 pm

catgrad97 wrote:
Chicat wrote:
EOCT wrote:I love broads, and especially the rich moist ones
Fixed your post...
I couldn't help but have a Homer Simpson response to this.

Mmmm....rich, moist broads......

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:33 pm

What the fuck is a Tronc?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:38 pm

¿Qué?

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:41 pm

Chicat wrote:
catgrad97 wrote:
Chicat wrote:
EOCT wrote:I love broads, and especially the rich moist ones
Fixed your post...
I couldn't help but have a Homer Simpson response to this.

Mmmm....rich, moist broads......

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:58 am

Chicat wrote:What the fuck is a Tronc?

The new name for the Tribune Publishing Company, pub of the Chicago Tribune, LATimes and I think Baltimore Sun.

After years of losses and crumbling corporate value they've become the target of a group of potential buyers----the latest suitor being Gannett. Tribune Management and Board have been resisting offers to-date. So maybe the change of name to the tronc acronym which they say stands for "Tribune online content" is meant to say to stockholders that they're strategically "with it"; that is, so competent they should not be taken over by a buyer in an unfriendly transaction. Or maybe they're just negotiating.

t(too clever small letter)ronc. Weird. Ditch the Tribune name, whose history should represent value to stockholders and affection to the reading public?

Gumby, Chi, anyone---- thoughts on this?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:54 pm

I think its the dumbest shit I've ever heard.

It makes Radio Shack rebranding to "The Shack" seem wildly intelligent in comparison, and that was a clusterfuck that only lasted a few weeks.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:34 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:40 am

EOCT wrote:
Chicat wrote:What the fuck is a Tronc?
The new name for the Tribune Publishing Company, pub of the Chicago Tribune, LATimes and I think Baltimore Sun.

After years of losses and crumbling corporate value they've become the target of a group of potential buyers----the latest suitor being Gannett. Tribune Management and Board have been resisting offers to-date. So maybe the change of name to the tronc acronym which they say stands for "Tribune online content" is meant to say to stockholders that they're strategically "with it"; that is, so competent they should not be taken over by a buyer in an unfriendly transaction. Or maybe they're just negotiating.

t(too clever small letter)ronc. Weird. Ditch the Tribune name, whose history should represent value to stockholders and affection to the reading public?

Gumby, Chi, anyone---- thoughts on this?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:02 pm

I saw four movies during my flight yesterday.l, all of which I e never seen before.

1. Whiskey tango foxtrot
2. Sicario
3. The Martian
4. Lethal Weapon 1

Lethal weapon was by far the best one and I am kicking myself for not just watching it first and running a lethal weapon marathon during my 16hr flight.

Daryl Zero · Post by **Daryl Zero** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:20 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:I saw four movies during my flight yesterday.l, all of which I e never seen before.

1. Whiskey tango foxtrot
2. Sicario
3. The Martian
4. Lethal Weapon 1

Lethal weapon was by far the best one and I am kicking myself for not just watching it first and running a lethal weapon marathon during my 16hr flight.

I'm guessing you weren't on the Tucson to Phoenix flight. You wouldn't have time for a Seinfeld ep.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:50 pm

Daryl Zero wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:I saw four movies during my flight yesterday.l, all of which I e never seen before.

1. Whiskey tango foxtrot
2. Sicario
3. The Martian
4. Lethal Weapon 1

Lethal weapon was by far the best one and I am kicking myself for not just watching it first and running a lethal weapon marathon during my 16hr flight.
I'm guessing you weren't on the Tucson to Phoenix flight. You wouldn't have time for a Seinfeld ep.

No it was like 10 phx to us flights.

The top three could be renamed
1. Eat pray love in Afghanistan
2. Poor mans traffic
3. Mars Castaway

All of them were stupid for a multitude of reasons. I can't imagine have struck on three movies in row especially after their reviews were pretty decent.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:38 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:
Daryl Zero wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:I saw four movies during my flight yesterday.l, all of which I e never seen before.

1. Whiskey tango foxtrot
2. Sicario
3. The Martian
4. Lethal Weapon 1

Lethal weapon was by far the best one and I am kicking myself for not just watching it first and running a lethal weapon marathon during my 16hr flight.
I'm guessing you weren't on the Tucson to Phoenix flight. You wouldn't have time for a Seinfeld ep.
No it was like 10 phx to us flights.

The top three could be renamed
1. Eat pray love in Afghanistan
2. Poor mans traffic
3. Mars Castaway

All of them were stupid for a multitude of reasons. I can't imagine have struck on three movies in row especially after their reviews were pretty decent.

You should read the Martian book

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:11 pm

I hope it was better than Damon's mugging and the "yay America, Independence day" style ending that the movie portrayed.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:18 pm

I thought the movie was good....but the book is amazing. Way more in depth and a better examination of the character

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:37 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:I thought the movie was good....but the book is amazing. Way more in depth and a better examination of the character

Maybe I'd read it. The movie was the bastard child of castaway meets independence day.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:41 pm

Bookcase a lot more focused on just him surviving on mars. It's really funny too

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 10:10 pm

I've decided not to apply for the opportunity of a one-way journey to Mars with the Mars One mission.

Anybody here still on the fence about this?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:49 pm

What's this with techies and high 5s in Seattle?

http://gizmodo.com/author-of-brokeback- ... ntent=link" target="_blank

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 1:28 am

Longhorned wrote:I've decided not to apply for the opportunity of a one-way journey to Mars with the Mars One mission.

Anybody here still on the fence about this?

My answer is exactly the same as it has been for almost 50 years: if offered the legitimate chance to go to Mars I'm there in a heart beat.

Hell, at my age going down to the shop for bottle of milk could be a one way trip, especially with the traffic these days. What difference does a few million miles make?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:28 am

RichardCranium wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I've decided not to apply for the opportunity of a one-way journey to Mars with the Mars One mission.

Anybody here still on the fence about this?
My answer is exactly the same as it has been for almost 50 years: if offered the legitimate chance to go to Mars I'm there in a heart beat.

Hell, at my age going down to the shop for bottle of milk could be a one way trip, especially with the traffic these days. What difference does a few million miles make?

You could still post here from Mars. But each video or voice mail to earth would take 15 minutes more or less each way. That's a pretty experiential cut-off from everyone you know and love, while you're eternally isolated countless millions of miles away with a few people you probably want to strangle. That's assuming you don't die on the way there or shortly after arrival, which you would.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:30 am

Longhorned wrote:
RichardCranium wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I've decided not to apply for the opportunity of a one-way journey to Mars with the Mars One mission.

Anybody here still on the fence about this?
My answer is exactly the same as it has been for almost 50 years: if offered the legitimate chance to go to Mars I'm there in a heart beat.

Hell, at my age going down to the shop for bottle of milk could be a one way trip, especially with the traffic these days. What difference does a few million miles make?
You could still post here from Mars. But each video or voice mail to earth would take 15 minutes more or less each way. That's a pretty experiential cut-off from everyone you know and love, while you're eternally isolated countless millions of miles away with a few people you probably want to strangle. That's assuming you don't die on the way there or shortly after arrival, which you would.

Deal breaker.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:10 pm

And why don't we ever acknowledge the bunny face on Mars?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:22 am

Don't be silly . . . that's Bullwinkle the Moose.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:15 am

At the risk of repeating myself, I just want to say that Grape Nuts is the most amazingly delicious cereal in the world. The caloric density is off the charts, which isn't unusual for something so good. Most cereals are just sugared to cover up how tasteless or downright bad they really are. Grape Nuts are an explosion of pure malty, yeasty wheat and barley that need nothing added, and take the things you pair them with to a higher level. It's like someone figured out how to pack freshly baked bread in a concentrated form.

It isn't even bad for you, though it does make you fat.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:42 am

If you own LinkedIN shares and haven't sold them yet this morning stop what you're doing and get on your scottrade app.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:04 am

Longhorned wrote:At the risk of repeating myself, I just want to say that Grape Nuts is the most amazingly delicious cereal in the world. The caloric density is off the charts, which isn't unusual for something so good. Most cereals are just sugared to cover up how tasteless or downright bad they really are. Grape Nuts are an explosion of pure malty, yeasty wheat and barley that need nothing added, and take the things you pair them with to a higher level. It's like someone figured out how to pack freshly baked bread in a concentrated form.

It isn't even bad for you, though it does make you fat.

At the risk of repeating myself, I could secretly replace your Grape Nuts cereal with a bowl full of petrified mouse turds and you wouldn't notice the difference.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:53 pm

I've decided to cut supermarkets out of my life completely. Just buying directly from local farmers on an online service, the local co-op, specialty stores, Walgreens, and the occasional run to Target. This is going to cost me a shitload of money.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:19 pm

Longhorned wrote:I've decided to cut supermarkets out of my life completely. Just buying directly from local farmers on an online service, the local co-op, specialty stores, Walgreens, and the occasional run to Target. This is going to cost me a shitload of money.

Trader Joes?

what was the breaking point other than the routine slop like ham salad found in Midwestern supermarkets?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:41 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I've decided to cut supermarkets out of my life completely. Just buying directly from local farmers on an online service, the local co-op, specialty stores, Walgreens, and the occasional run to Target. This is going to cost me a shitload of money.
Trader Joes?

what was the breaking point other than the routine slop like ham salad found in Midwestern supermarkets?

- supermarket soundtrack (where else do you hear that crap?)
- everyone shopping in the supermarket looks like they have type 14 diabetes
- the produce is in various stages of rotten
- the produce that isn't rotten comes in sealed bags (like the washed lettuces) and tastes like nothing whatsoever
- the meat looks like it's from the morgue
- the baked goods are you gotta be kidding me
- they're always out of what you came for anyway, unless it's Country Crock. Life would be so much easier if I just wanted Country Crock, or similar looking fake food products decorated with wagon wheels and stuff to make you feel somehow more rural about the whole thing.

It's depressing. Makes me feel like a farm animal to think I deserve that slop. I don't understand why it doesn't just completely ruin everyone's day like it does mine.

I got tired of the 6 hour round-trip drive for the nearest Trader Joe's.

Oh, yeah: I also order stuff from Anson MIlls and Rancho Gordo.

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