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  The Rogue Tomato > 11-02-2018, 04:04 PM

  Post your current pet peeves!
  
  Does anyone remember when it was a thing for men with hairy chests (back when a hairy chest was considered manly) unbuttoning their shirts almost down to the waist?  Add a gold medallion and the look was complete.  Yuck. 
  
  There's a current trend for women wearing jeans or jean shorts to unbutton the waist button and leaving the zipper half unzipped.  So tacky, IMO.

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  praise_yeshua > 11-02-2018, 07:27 PM

  (11-02-2018, 04:04 PM)The Rogue Tomato Wrote: Post your current pet peeves!
  
  Does anyone remember when it was a thing for men with hairy chests (back when a hairy chest was considered manly) unbuttoning their shirts almost down to the waist?  Add a gold medallion and the look was complete.  Yuck. 
  
  There's a current trend for women wearing jeans or jean shorts to unbutton the waist button and leaving the zipper half unzipped.  So tacky, IMO.

  
  I haven't seen the jean or jean shorts unbutton yet but I do remember the "hairy chest" fad. Burt Reynolds. Conway Twitty. Tom Selleck. I had a close relative that just loved Conway Twitty.....
  
  I kinda always thought the upturned collar was silly. Jesse Watters still does it.

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  DeepSix > 11-02-2018, 09:49 PM

  Oreos and M&Ms..
  
  2 of my most favorite treats growing up, 
  
  But even back then, as much as I loved them, I never over did it on them.. and only enjoyed them occasionally - or "in moderation" as they say.  
  
  Afterall the options with both of them was limited.  
  
  At first there was only one kind of each, Then Mars Candy came up with Peanut M&Ms in case you wanted a change from the regular variety. And Nabisco came out with Double Stuff Oreos in case you thought you weren't getting enough sugar high from the regular cookie. 
  
  Looking back now I realize it was all incredibly ordinary.  But it was all we had, so we thought it was awesome.
  
  And then I got diagnosed with diabetes.
  
  It had nothing to do with Oreos or M&Ms.  It was directly related to genetics, plus a paramedic/first responder lifestyle that kept me moving at all hours of the night and day, for 3 decades.. living on fast food, big gulp Dr Pepper, which I consumed by the gallon every day. And with very little sleep.
  
  And that's when the inventors of M&Ms and Oreos stepped up to rub it in deep, and make my life miserable every time I find myself on the cookie and candy isle in the grocery store.
  
  First Oreos came out with every different kind and flavor imaginable.  Even a lemon cookie variety I would have killed for as a youngster.   
  
  Then M&Ms followed suit coming up with everything from coconut flavor.. mints and creme.. and they even have one now called Coffee Nut flavor that I tasted once and fell into immediate depression over because I wanted to finish the whole bag, but knew I would be in diabetic keto-acidosis if I ate even a few more. 
  
  Every time I go down the snack isle of any place selling food, I see a new flavor one of them just invented.. So the thing I'm wondering is this -  Why couldn't they have come up with these things back when I was still healthy enough to enjoy them?
  
  I hate Mars Candy Company and Nabisco.
  
  The only pet peave I have bigger than that one is the way McDonalds came out with all these elaborate playgrounds long after I got too old and too fat to enjoy them.  
  
  When I was a kid McDonalds didn't even have rubber ball pits.  
  
  It's just not fair.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  The Rogue Tomato > 11-02-2018, 11:55 PM

  @DeepSix -- I've got the opposite problem. I'm not a fan of sweets. There are a few sweet things I like, but I can easily live without them.
  
  Here's the irony. I'm on the diabetes plan for the Nutrisystem diet. The good part is that it's working. I'm losing weight.
  
  The crazy part is that some of the snacks are ice cream sandwiches, orange cream Popsicles, cookies, popcorn... I'm eating more sugar and carbs on this diet than I ever would under normal circumstances. I never ate any of those things before Nutrisystem. So weird.
  
  The reason it works for me is that I don't have to count calories or track things with a Weight Watcher style point system. I just open the right package, eat it, and get on with my day. Even the things I add (vegetables, yogurt) are easy to work into the daily diet. I tap the entries on my phone and it tells me how many calories I ate that day. I'm always under the limit.
  
  But if anyone on here is considering Nutrisystem, let me warn you, most of the food is terrible. Fortunately, you can get an idea of what you like from the first order, and then pick the stuff you like most for the next orders. It's also expensive, but not as expensive as gastric bypass surgery. It's not covered by my insurance.

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  DeepSix > 11-03-2018, 04:48 AM

  (11-02-2018, 11:55 PM)The Rogue Tomato Wrote: @DeepSix -- I've got the opposite problem.  I'm not a fan of sweets.  There are a few sweet things I like, but I can easily live without them.  
  
  Here's the irony.  I'm on the diabetes plan for the Nutrisystem diet.  The good part is that it's working.  I'm losing weight.  
  
  The crazy part is that some of the snacks are ice cream sandwiches, orange cream Popsicles, cookies, popcorn... I'm eating more sugar and carbs on this diet than I ever would under normal circumstances.  I never ate any of those things before Nutrisystem.  So weird.  
  
  The reason it works for me is that I don't have to count calories or track things with a Weight Watcher style point system.  I just open the right package, eat it, and get on with my day.  Even the things I add (vegetables, yogurt) are easy to work into the daily diet.   I tap the entries on my phone and it tells me how many calories I ate that day.  I'm always under the limit.
  
  But if anyone on here is considering Nutrisystem, let me warn you, most of the food is terrible.  Fortunately, you can get an idea of what you like from the first order, and then pick the stuff you like most for the next orders.   It's also expensive, but not as expensive as gastric bypass surgery.  It's not covered by my insurance.

  
  I never tried Nutrisystem.  But I did hear, like you said, that the food was terrible.
  
  Since retirement I have been eating much better than I ever did before.  A balance of proteins, fats and low glycemic carbs.  Almost no processed foods. Checking blood sugar at least twice a day.  (A close family member helped me plan the best diet after doing some research)
  
  So far it's working as long as I avoid all sugars and stay physically active.  
  
  In fact that has been the hardest part.  An injury in my mid 50s caused residual damage from old injuries from my teens and 20s to resurface with a vengeance.  Constant pain and arthritis from all that keeps me from being as active as I need to be.  Plus a lot of the things I use to do to keep active are inherently dangerous.  Arthritis compounds the danger, so I have to hold back sometimes.  
  
  
  

  Quote:The Rogue Tomato: 
  
  There's a current trend for women wearing jeans or jean shorts to unbutton the waist button and leaving the zipper half unzipped.  So tacky, IMO.

  
   
  I don't know if you remember but that is actually a throwback from the 1960s and early 70s.   
  
  But the fad was short lived back then, as blue jean companies began making jeans and shorts for women with an extremely lowered waistline, which had the same effect.  If I remember right It coincided with the "big bell" bell bottom jeans fad that the Beatles made famous. 
  
  But calling it tacky would have been an understatement. Because unfortunately, unlike todays millenials, the young women at that time had not yet realized it was better to shave areas of the body you wanted to show off by way of skimpier clothing. 
  
  And they didn't have it figured out yet when women's swimwear first started getting skimpier either.  I remember working emergency calls on the beaches in Hawaii back then, and seeing things that couldn't be easily unseen.
  
  I guess there are a few things we can be appreciative of millenials for.  Even though, and I agree with you, it would be better if they just buttoned up their pants.

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  aleshanee > 11-03-2018, 09:55 AM

  a few years ago on one of the old forums...... i posted a thread on my pet peave about people who drive cars with dogs sitting in their laps... .... and how i almost got run over in a cross walk by a car driven in that same manner..... then got into a shouting match with the driver which ultimately got me nowhere...  ......i think i even posted a picture of former president bush driving a car with a dog in his lap and pointed out what a terrible example he was setting as former president... .....
  
  but that was before this new fad started of people taking their pets into all kinds of places where they don;t belong... and where for sanitary reasons they were formerly banned... ... today people are trotting stinky little ankle biting dogs into restaurants... .... supermarkets.... and carrying them onto airplanes... ..even into the lobby of doctors offices while trying to pass them off as legitmate service animals..... most of the dog owners doing this claim their pets are certified emotional comfort dogs... or ptsd dogs.....and that they qualify as official service animals exempt from prohibitions against pets being allowed in such places.. ... to which i answer horse hockey...  .....true service dogs have specialized skills and they take years to train... .... plus... they don;t bark... they don;t bite... and they don;t stroll over to a fellow diners table in the restaurant and pee on their leg..... .... i have confronted a few of the more obnoxious people who were forcing us to endure their obnoxious dog in a place where it didn;t belong... ...and just like before it got me nowhere..... 
  
  so... ... i have decided that if this trend continues... .. i am going to get me a service monkey.. ... not just an emotional comfort monkey... .. a real multi-purpose service monkey that i will especially train to seek out and acquire foods in expensive restaurants that i can;t afford to order myself.... .. he won;t need a leash.... i will carry him around sitting on my shoulder or top of my head like the kid in the picture below.. ... .. ....and if someone like a waiter or other restaurant employee challenges my service monkey or makes a rude inquiry.... .. i will say... "baba.. fetch me some escargot.... "... .. then watch baba hop off across the tables to come waddling back carrying a steaming dish full of fresh snail, baked in buttery garlic sauce.... and if that doesn;t convince them then i;ll have baba snatch a plate of oysters rockerfeller off a servers table.... bring it back to me.... then set the vodka soaked salt under the oyster shells on fire with a lighter he pick-pocketed from the waiters apron.... ... ....i will then explain with great detail how it brings me emotional comfort and helps cure my ptsd to watch baba do all this....  .........i;ll show them what an emotional comfort....highly trained service animal is all about............ 
  
  but anyway.... .. that;s my pet peave...  ..or at least my newest and most latest one.....  .....i;m sure i;ll have another one by tommorrow....
  
  https://beta-static.photobucket.com/imag...fit=bounds
  
  < ... really awesome picture of a brazilian jungle girl with a little pet monkey on her head removed due to the totally not awesome website photobucket turning hostile towards it;s users..... hopefully soon i will have another photohosting website i can use and put my pictures back up..... but for now......  you will just have to use your imagination......  ..........by the way...... add companies that get you involved in using their services by offering them for free only to turn the screws on you later, to my list of pet peaves.... .... that;s photobucket in a nutshell.... >
  
  certified all purpose service monkey... shown here ready to save it;s owner from drowning.. ... should the need arise......

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  praise_yeshua > 11-06-2018, 01:12 PM

  (11-02-2018, 11:55 PM)The Rogue Tomato Wrote: @DeepSix -- I've got the opposite problem.  I'm not a fan of sweets.  There are a few sweet things I like, but I can easily live without them.  
  
  Here's the irony.  I'm on the diabetes plan for the Nutrisystem diet.  The good part is that it's working.  I'm losing weight.  
  
  The crazy part is that some of the snacks are ice cream sandwiches, orange cream Popsicles, cookies, popcorn... I'm eating more sugar and carbs on this diet than I ever would under normal circumstances.  I never ate any of those things before Nutrisystem.  So weird.  
  
  The reason it works for me is that I don't have to count calories or track things with a Weight Watcher style point system.  I just open the right package, eat it, and get on with my day.  Even the things I add (vegetables, yogurt) are easy to work into the daily diet.   I tap the entries on my phone and it tells me how many calories I ate that day.  I'm always under the limit.
  
  But if anyone on here is considering Nutrisystem, let me warn you, most of the food is terrible.  Fortunately, you can get an idea of what you like from the first order, and then pick the stuff you like most for the next orders.   It's also expensive, but not as expensive as gastric bypass surgery.  It's not covered by my insurance.

  
  
  Good to hear that its working for you! I need to do something myself. I've gotten to the point that restricting sugar intact makes me feel horrible and I haven't figured out what to do about it. 
  
  If you don't mind me asking, how much does the package you're on cost a month?
  

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  (11-03-2018, 09:55 AM)aleshanee Wrote: a few years ago on one of the old forums...... i posted a thread on my pet peave about people who drive cars with dogs sitting in their laps... .... and how i almost got run over in a cross walk by a car driven in that same manner..... then got into a shouting match with the driver which ultimately got me nowhere...  ......i think i even posted a picture of former president bush driving a car with a dog in his lap and pointed out what a terrible example he was setting as former president... .....
  
  but that was before this new fad started of people taking their pets into all kinds of places where they don;t belong... and where for sanitary reasons they were formerly banned... ... today people are trotting stinky little ankle biting dogs into restaurants... .... supermarkets.... and carrying them onto airplanes... ..even into the lobby of doctors offices while trying to pass them off as legitmate service animals..... most of the dog owners doing this claim their pets are certified emotional comfort dogs... or ptsd dogs.....and that they qualify as official service animals exempt from prohibitions against pets being allowed in such places.. ... to which i answer horse hockey...  .....true service dogs have specialized skills and they take years to train... .... plus... they don;t bark... they don;t bite... and they don;t stroll over to a fellow diners table in the restaurant and pee on their leg..... .... i have confronted a few of the more obnoxious people who were forcing us to endure their obnoxious dog in a place where it didn;t belong... ...and just like before it got me nowhere..... 
  
  so... ... i have decided that if this trend continues... .. i am going to get me a service monkey.. ... not just an emotional comfort monkey... .. a real multi-purpose service monkey that i will especially train to seek out and acquire foods in expensive restaurants that i can;t afford to order myself.... .. he won;t need a leash.... i will carry him around sitting on my shoulder or top of my head like the kid in the picture below.. ... .. ....and if someone like a waiter or other restaurant employee challenges my service monkey or makes a rude inquiry.... .. i will say... "baba.. fetch me some escargot.... "... .. then watch baba hop off across the tables to come waddling back carrying a steaming dish full of fresh snail, baked in buttery garlic sauce.... and if that doesn;t convince them then i;ll have baba snatch a plate of oysters rockerfeller off a servers table.... bring it back to me.... then set the vodka soaked salt under the oyster shells on fire with a lighter he pick-pocketed from the waiters apron.... ... ....i will then explain with great detail how it brings me emotional comfort and helps cure my ptsd to watch baba do all this....  .........i;ll show them what an emotional comfort....highly trained service animal is all about............ 
  
  but anyway.... .. that;s my pet peave...  ..or at least my newest and most latest one.....  .....i;m sure i;ll have another one by tommorrow....
  
  
  
  
  
  certified all purpose service monkey... shown here ready to save it;s owner from drowning.. ... should the need arise......

  
  Now that's an idea!!!

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  The Rogue Tomato > 11-10-2018, 06:28 PM

  @praise_yeshua
  
  The first month was about $450, but once I figured out how to make my own substitutions, I got it down to about $260 the next month. I simply tweaked my order and my wife made my breakfasts the second month. She makes great scrambled eggs (1 full egg, 1 white, mushrooms, green onions, 1 tsp oil) which equals the same calories as the Nutrisystem breakfast. My wife has her hands full now, so I added breakfast back in and it went up to about $340 this last month.
  
  The trick is to keep your eye on the deals you get offered in emails. I added breakfast back in through one of their "buy 30 egg/turkey sausage muffins for a low price" deals. And I canceled all shakes, since I never use them. In other words, you can learn quickly how to keep costs down if you pay attention.

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  praise_yeshua > 11-14-2018, 04:47 PM

  (11-10-2018, 06:28 PM)The Rogue Tomato Wrote: @praise_yeshua
  
  The first month was about $450, but once I figured out how to make my own substitutions, I got it down to about $260 the next month.  I simply tweaked my order and my wife made my breakfasts the second month.  She makes great scrambled eggs (1 full egg, 1 white, mushrooms, green onions, 1 tsp oil) which equals the same calories as the Nutrisystem breakfast.  My wife has her hands full now, so I added breakfast back in and it went up to about $340 this last month.  
  
  The trick is to keep your eye on the deals you get offered in emails.  I added breakfast back in through one of their "buy 30 egg/turkey sausage muffins for a low price" deals.  And I canceled all shakes, since I never use them.  In other words, you can learn quickly how to keep costs down if you pay attention.

  
  That makes perfect sense! I really appreciate you sharing!
  
  I might just go that route.
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