One of the more common fixtures in American coffee drinking homes is a drip brewer. It pours hot water over a basket of grounds into a glass carafe which sits on a heating element to keep it warm.
Personally, I dislike the taste and never drink that much coffee. I use a Clever Dripper to make my one large cup before work, drink it, and go. Depending on my mood or time available I might make an espresso based drink, but my Clever otherwise meets my daily needs.
Crazy thing. You don't have to put any effort into "following people around". Just click a person's username and you can scroll right through their comment history to get an idea what you're dealing with.
Lime Jello, shredded carrots and cabbage, diced celery, and walnuts. Every holiday as a kid I was so stoked for Jello, but then ... Oh God, it was ruined. When it was served to me I tried sucking the Jello off the veggies and spit out the veggies strategically hiding them, but that celery flavor ruined everything.
I'm not even a fan of seafood, but my understanding is that anything of notable size will be deveined. Unless you're talking little popcorn shrimp sized things, which for that I think they "purge" and then call it good enough because with all the seasoning/breading there wouldn't be enough to notice.
Again, nothing I have any interest in eating, but I've watched a lot of cooking shows.
A cop had someone handcuffed in the backseat, an acorn landed on the car, the cop panicked thought he'd been shot and emptied his gun at his car, somehow not killing the person handcuffed in back.
My boyfriend bought his kids special cereal bowls that have a divider in the middle. Cereal on one side, milk on the other. Spoon the dry cereal, dip into the milk side.
My old ass feels like either that's too much trouble, or maybe I just don't appreciate cereal that much lol .
For marketability, it's horrendous. While I'm open to dramatic, unique, and off the wall stuff it's still not my taste.
BUT! I would absolutely take advantage of the discount I'd get on the property after it's spent over a year on the market. I also wouldn't be in a rush to remodel, but would look for ways to highlight it till the novelty wore off.
Growing up in an environment where mistakes were unacceptable sets the stage. Our willingness and ability to understand that that's fucked up and change our attitudes about mistakes takes more growth.
For some people it's easier to dig in their heels and double down.
As a non denominational Christian that is sickened by the abuse by power hungry "Christians" I'm out here with you :). I get a raised eyebrow now and then since my boyfriend is a Jewish socialist, but honest to God he displays more characteristics of what we're supposed to strive for in loving and caring for others than the majority of self proclaimed Christians I meet.
I work in hospice and regularly visit independent and assisted living facilities. Some are set up like duplexes, some are condo/apartment style. The costs of these facilities can be insane. One of the cheaper independent facilities I was seeing a patient in was charging just over $6000 month for a one room studio. Yes, utilities were included with basic basic cable channels.
Gen X as well here - I've come to the conclusion that while I'm not expecting to be able to afford to retire at a reasonable age and have no life insurance beyond what my employer offers, the one thing I'm hoping to be able to leave my children is my house. For so many years raising them we were broke and housing was definitely questionable at times, but now I'm about 6.5 years into a 30 year mortgage. If it can be maintained, at least they won't have to worry (as much) about losing the roof over their heads. And if need be they'll be able to sell it when I'm gone, and hopefully it'll still be worth something.
I adopted an adult kitty a few years back and he had horrible dental issues which resulted in having most of his teeth extracted (I ended up with significant discounts per tooth because most of them basically fell out once any stress was applied.) After a few weeks of wet food he went back to eating mostly dry. Per my vet, cats mostly swallow pieces of dry food whole and the crunching occasionally heard is more the result of pieces of food getting caught between teeth while repositioning in the mouth to swallow.
I still give the little guy a fat tablespoon of moist food every morning as a treat, but aside from that he just eats dry without a problem.
Oh, in America you still have to provide those things too, AND have a decent credit score.