Susan Mené

   What are some funny/strange/foul things that you say or have said in the past, or have heard someone else say in moments of frustration or anger?
    Mine range from the mild, yet frequent, "I need this like I need a______(fill in the blank, I really can't be that blunt here) and, "If I could drink, I would be drunk right now" to my most random: "God, I wish somebody would just throw me up against a wall and kiss me!".  Never saw that coming, it just fell out.
   I said it quite viciously at work (hospital) during a usual day chaos/no food/no bathroom/no staff running through a unit full of coworkers, bosses, and (unfortunately) patients. Today I'd be sent to HR and fired, but back then it broke the tension, that's for sure!  Big laughs, and nobody ever brought it up again except one person who gave me that kiss later, thank you very much!  Oh, to be young again!  
    Share with me your strange, your random, your funny utterances.  I'm hoping to find some new ones!

I am an adventurous eater, so for me this is weird and controversial:
My favorite topping is NOTHING!! NAKED!... except for the tomato sauce and mozzarella it wore when it
came in my door.  Occasionally I'll add red pepper flakes and/or a sprinkle of dried, not fresh, oregano.

Burra Maluca wrote:My neighbour, Christine, takes my sheepdog Rock out for a walk every afternoon.

Yesterday he suddenly raced up our steps and started scratching at the door while he was supposed to be out with her helping in the garden, so naturally I assumed something had happened and he'd come to fetch me. I went outside to see him hurtling off at top speed so I followed. Christine was fine. He sat by her side and grinned at me smugly and said that he thought we should have a nice chat about whatever it is that hoomans chat about. So we did that for a while. Then she put her secateurs down and showed me some baby puffballs that had decided to appear after the recent unexpected rains. Rock gleefully pounced on the secateurs and ran off with them, which I'd never seen him do before. She shrieked and set off in hot pursuit to retrieve them and said that he'd started doing that with socks too and she had to make sure all underwear was in off the clothes rack before she came to fetch him.  So then he found a nice bit of unwanted plastic and started running round like a lunatic with that instead.

I have to wonder if maybe he's found some different sort of mushrooms to eat, because he's not usually quite this bonkers...

I could picture every moment you described in my head, thanks for the smile!

Because of this thread, I realize I have low level tinnitus which I believe I put in the background and ignore.  Kind of like having eye floaters: I can see then if I focus on them, but generally look past them and don't notice them.  The noise is there all the time if I listen, but I can put it in the background.

My county banned plastic grocery and takeout bags March 2020.  Around the same time, "New York State adopted the nation's strongest state ban of expanded polystyrene, single-use foam food and beverage containers, and polystyrene loose fill packaging materials, commonly known as packing peanuts. In 2024, the state law was amended to include a ban on certain expanded polystyrene foam containers that are used for cold storage."
We actually are taken aback now when we travel and are handed a plastic bag at a store.
But plastic is everywhere.  For at least a decade I have been using glass food storage containers, the lids I have replaced with stretch silicone lids, which are also problematic. Now I found some food covers that kind of look like shower caps. I use wax paper bags to pack husband's sandwiches. Bar soap & 100% cotton soap saver bags.  Toothpaste tablets. Basically I have been avoiding plastic/single-use like the plague, and it's still difficult.  I do enjoy the challenge.

A volunteer pumpkin, so cool!  I'm beginning to really focus my attention on what is volunteering and where.  Tomatoes (many) every year.  Potatoes are growing, perhaps from ones I missed last year.  Lamb's quarters.
I figure if they want to grow, that's what I'll eat.

Jay Angler wrote:

Susan Mené wrote: I just had a very wet, puddled area in my back yard and I threw some coir on top to suck up the moisture.  Gave no thought at all as to whether that was a good idea or not; what say you?

OK - I have heavy clay soil. Water doesn't soak in well, so puddles tend to evaporate, which is part of the water cycle, but doesn't help my growies!

So coir added to the puddle might hold that moisture and give it more time to either soak into the clay a bit more, or encourage the worms to move in and help aerate the clay (how the worms manage to get through amazes me, but they do because I see the tunnels).

So I would say this is a great experiment and I hope to hear how it works for you. If your puddled area is low on organic matter, increasing that alone could provide nice benefits.

Thanks
I live on Long Island in NY.  My neighborhood's soil (soil can vary a lot here) is glacial till: clay, silt, and sand, but with pebbles, cobbles, and boulders scattered through, and all of this add up to poor drainage, so I'm going for it.

Thekla McDaniels wrote:I sit in my pasture, it’s part of training my puppy.  He needs a chaperone 🤣.  Today the neighbor has moved his cattle into the neighboring field, but it’s always something.

The meadowlarks are singing now that it’s spring.  As soon as I try to get them on the soundtrack of a video, they are a lot quieter!

I’m posting a video.  I hope the soundtrack comes with it, but you might need to turn your speaker on.

OH!  Thank you!  THAT brought me joy!

Hi everyone!
I just had a very wet, puddled area in my back yard and I threw som coir on top to suck up the moisture.  Gave no thought at all as to whether that was a good idea or not; what say you?
Because there is no "tone of voice" in posts, I just want to say that if my above post seemed cranky or snippy, I say "NOOOOOOOO!!!😁"
I loved the info Jay gave and I love the whole "cradle to the grave" way of thinking.  I (for myself and for myself alone) try to consider sourcing, carbon footprint, sustainability, place of manufacture, etc. etc. On the other hand, there are times that I feel that I don't have enough "spoons" (https://permies.com/t/48536/spoon-theory) to take the next step forward, never mind having enough time and energy to micro-analyze each penny I spend, so I am gentle with myself. I also don't put a thought to what other people do, I haven't shared a meal with most people in the world,never mind walked in their shoes, so it's none of my business.  

I've used both PictureThis (paid version) and plant.net (free, although I occasionally donate). My current favorite is PictureThis, but both are good.