In grade school I had the worst time remembering which was which, so I used to tell myself After Midnight and Pre Midnight lol. I absolutely knew it was Latin for something, but could never remember it for the life of me.

It was technically smooth and got my order right, but the whole time I was irritated that the money saved on a computer doing the job was not likely to find its way to the employees preparing food.

A couple months ago I went to a Wendy’s and AI took my order.

That was the last time I went to a Wendy’s.

At Mc Donald’s that’s where you dip your fries.

Who am I kidding. If I got that at Subway I’d dip potato chips in it lol.

I wish I lived in an area to vote for Chuck Schumer so that I could vote for someone else.

Here, let me help - That far in the future that amount of money would probably buy a loaf of bread.

😁

Now?

Right now I hate that voice in my head that does the real voices.

Fuck - why did you make me look.

“Gen Xers are the older end of the workforce. Some might be lucky enough to be able to retire, but they’re not as well off as the Boomers.”

Born in 71 from older parents who had raised my boomer siblings, once I became an adult I found out the world was not what I was prepared for. Long story short, I was able to start putting away for retirement 3 years ago. So yeah, I’ll hopefully have some money for an emergency, but not counting on actually getting to retire till my 70’s, health permitting.

My first thought was roller skates lol .

How about a mandatory time management course online to integrate into your schedule as is convenient, but the nature of your job is to respond to ever changing patient needs and triage is constantly adjusting your schedule by adding visits because a coworker went on unexpected medical leave?

Do you know something about Dr. Glaucomflecken that I don’t? He seems to be a solid dude (from his vids on YouTube.) The ‘X’ stuff I get, but looking for clarification since you removed him as well.

I’m almost 54 and menopause has not yet been achieved, though my system is constantly teasing/taunting me with it.

I couldn’t agree more.

I love horror, I hate anxiety.

I’d rather spent the night in the Overlook Hotel than a night in thye torture rooms 😳.

Throw a couple cups of milk in a pot, start to heat on medium/medium high (don’t let it boil.)

While that’s heating, take about half a cup of milk, and a couple fat tablespoons of flour and whisk it together in a separate bowl. It should be thick, but not real lumpy. If it comes out like mashed potatoes, add more milk.

Once the hot milk starts to bubble on the stove, slowly whisk in about half of your flour mixture. Let it come back to a slight bubble and see how thick it is. If you want it thicker, add more of the flour mixture. Once it bubbles for a minute or two, that’s almost the final consistency as it’s going to thicken a little as it stands. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. to taste. Turn the heat off. Add a bunch of shredded cheese. If you heat it with the shredded cheese in it, you run the risk of the sauce breaking. Check it again for flavor, and if it thickens up too much as it cools, you can always add a little more milk.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make is heating up a sauce too much after it has the cheese in it. This can make the cheese break and get gross. I also have zero issue with using pre-shredded cheese this way either. And bonus tip, if you throw a slice of American cheese in there, it’ll have enough sodium citrate to help make it a very smooth cheese sauce.

Different cheeses depending on the end goal. If you dehydrate cheese it can be ground into a powder. I’ve seen cooks on various shows do this to recreate powders for popcorn seasoning, home made Doritos, Cheetos, or even for long term prepping/storage. Makes it easy to create sauces in a pinch as well.

And for dessert, Executive Dysfunction Glazed Croissant.

Oh damn. TIL, thanks.

Mine is a pretty backwards situation lol.

The crawlspace under my uninsulated floor will get cold enough a few times in the winter that we’ve had to install heat tapes to keep pipes from freezing. I put a wireless thermometer down there and it’ll average temps in the mid-upper 30’s January and February. No one walks barefoot in the winter because it makes your feet hurt lol.

As for the heat, being such an old house we have hot water baseboard heat. We finally figured out that we think they have it pumping the wrong direction, because the hottest water off the boiler heats the second floor before coming down to heat the first. This means I set the heat in the winter to 64 (one thermostat in the center of the first floor) and the second floor will be 78 in the bedrooms and the first floor will be 63-64. If we try to heat the first floor beyond that we have to open windows on the second floor to exist up there. And yes, this is with blocking the stairwell to reduce heat that rises through there. I’m also assuming there’s not much attic insulation either because snow really doesn’t stick to the roof. I’d check the attic, but there’s currently no access and we’d have to decide which ceiling to cut a hole in for greatest convenience.

Some day with enough money it’ll get fixed, but for now the focus is just keeping the bills paid.