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That's awesome!

I did get a small bit of pork lard from another store today, but they basically told me it was a one time thing. I was definitely hoping it would be free since it's otherwise garbage, but I also wasn't surprised that they charged a small fee for it. But then again, it's a national chain, not some small, local shop. The "no code = trash" store is also a national chain, so I'm a little surprised by the differences.

Wow, that's crazy! I actually worked at a Subway for a while, and we definitely had an "extra meat" button, but as long as the manager wasn't around, we could get away with lots of freebies. I think the only things that were actually inventoried, and therefore had to be paid for, were bread and drink cups.

This meant that we could go crazy with our shift sandwiches. As long as we rang in the "sandwich" part, the add ons didnt matter. We could have all the fountain soda we wanted in our own cups, but if we wanted a paper cup, we had to pay full price for the cup.

I also recall a story where someone's friend came in with a loaf of bread (French loaf or something from the grocery store next door, basically a mini party sub) in the evening, and the employee made them a free (giant) sandwich.

Yeah, I might try again by going in person if I don't have luck elsewhere. I have a few leads, but found no code = trash to be mildly infuriating.

One of the other markets around here said they can offer lots of beef tallow, and suggested I try some of the Asian markets, but the challenge is that most of those are a hassle to get to via public transit. I did find at least one other that says they can provide pork fat on Saturday, and I still have a few other places to call too. Worst case, I make a special trip to the Mexican market to buy rendered lard. Just wanted to try rendering it myself this time, and found it super frustrating that no code = trash.

I hope you're right, but I'm in the US, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's only true elsewhere.

I've been asking around for a while in order to plan for my holiday cookiing, and got a small amount from another store this morning, but when I asked about getting more another day, they basically said they were doing me a favor and wouldn't be able to provide more. The reasoning they gave me was that most of the pork they receive now is pretrimmed, but they did say that they could provide lots of beef fat trimmings, if that's what I wanted. I'm sure that would be close enough (for central American tamales), but I'm already modifying the family recipe a decent amount to work with what I can get locally, so I'm hesitant to make more modifications when I do still have some less convenient options available to acquire the proper ingredients.

I specifically asked for the meat department, so it was whoever picked up the phone in the meat department, but they did put me on hold to ask someone else.

Those are getting harder and harder to find. I've had a number of occasions now where I went directly to a brand's website or even their physical store in an attempt to avoid Amazon, only to receive the product in an Amazon box delivered by an Amazon courier anyway.

The most recent physical store was shoes: I found a size/style that fit well, but wanted a different color. I ordered the preferred color through the in store salesperson, but it was still fulfilled by Amazon.

Drives me nuts too! Signal at least has a toggle for it, so the user can decide. I wish more apps would do the same, maybe with a pop up warning explaining the risks.

I wouldn't say this is my favorite TV episode ever, but my favorite episode from a specific show that I don't see mentioned elsewhere: Corporate "Natural Beauty" (Season 2, Episode 3). It pokes fun at the different expectations, etc., that men and women face, particularly in the workplace.

The opening scene shows the female character going through her long morning routine, with occasional cuts to the male character repeatedly hitting the snooze button before rolling out of bed and spending 30 seconds getting dressed. When they each arrive at the office, he's complimented on his appearance, and she's told that she looks tired.

Nah, but the closest he ever comes to acting "excited" is when he's upset. For string cheese or kibble (his other favorite), he'll get close by, then just sit and stare. He might reach out with a paw if I ignore him, but he's kinda aloof. He's also very much a grazer, and not super food motivated. In fact, when he was an only kitty, I'd throw a treat, he'd chase it, catch it, then look up at me to throw the next instead of eating it. So, I'd throw a few, then pick them all up and throw them again and again, and eventually he'd start eating them. Once I adopted a second cat, he learned to eat them right away.

My other cat had digestive troubles for the first year, so I haven't given him any cheese, but he's way more food motivated and often yells at me while I'm taking too long to prepare his meals. If he ever catches on to the cheese thing, he'd probably have a similar response to your cat.

How did you figure out it was being rejected? I had some issues a while back trying to post a picture of my cat, but I just gave up.

Mine also loves mozzarella! No matter how much I try to be quiet, any time I open a string cheese, he's there in 2 seconds.

Have you considered talking to your roommates about it? Maybe let them know that you want to make sure you're not disturbing them and asking them to send you a text or knock on your door if it's too loud? They might have ideas on how to minimize the sounds and/or agree on "quiet hours".

Thanks! Just reminded me that I had a relatively simple task to do that would have been weighing on my mind at 2a.

Now the other tasks on my mind are "perpetual tasks" or otherwise aren't so simple to complete, like finding a new job. So uh, how do I stop stressing about those tasks?

Anywhere we can see a scan of the original? I'm very curious about the "indecipherable" bits, and it would also be very interesting to see what the handwriting looks like.

If you're buying packaged stuff, buy it in the hard plastic containers, not the soft plastic bags. The hard plastic protects it much better during transit, and can easily last a week for me before getting soggy and gross.

They kinda sorta reversed course on that.

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On the floor of a closet in a cheap hotel. With the closet door closed.

I hear you and definitely agree that many activities are more fun with company, but if I only did things when I had someone to do those things with, I'd never get to do anything, definitely never anything new. Why should I let the lack of companions prevent me from having the experience?

For example, I wanted to go crabbing, but none of my friends wanted to go, so I decided to go on my own, and got to share the experience with the other people out crabbing on the pier, and even exchanged phone numbers with one of them, so now I have someone to go with next time. I used to go out alone to bars, concerts, festivals, etc., all the time and always made new friends, in fact for a while I preferred doing some of those solo so that I could just totally get lost in the moment.

First of all, how is the bite wound doing? Cat bites (and scratches) can transmit some very nasty stuff, and it's often recommended to see a doctor ASAP. I had a bite a few years ago that resulted in me getting IV antibiotics.

In terms of winning the void over, patience is key. Let the cat lead any future physical interactions. You can offer your finger for it to sniff, and when it decides it trusts you, it will rub its cheeks against your finger. Talk to the cat in a calm voice. Just talk about anything, read to it, etc. Look up "slow blinks" and learn how to read the movements of its tail. If it's tail is flicking, back off. Jackson Galaxy is a great resource.

Have you been able to check it for a microchip? Have you checked to see if it has a human family that might be looking for it?