Why should anyone rag on you for this? I’ve been really discouraged over the past 5 to 10 years to find out that more than a couple of people who I liked have some pretty outlandish or downright abhorrent beliefs. It hurts to find out that someone you liked is just not compatible. You deserve better!
If I’m parsing ^^ correctly, he’s … completely fruit loops? 
Methinks you might have dodged a bullet. Still sucks, though, I know you were looking forward to it.
… however, I remain unclear on why we were supposed to rag on you; it’s not like you did anything wrong.
Groaning upon standing, or sitting, or lifting something.
Not that it helps how you feel at the moment, but the guy is a bit of a loon regarding vaccinations. Nothing you can do about that.
My thought exactly.
I have been ragged on before about my choices. We’d gotten on so well for years, it just hits me cause we should’ve been together. Yeah, I’ve discussed him here before, he’s maganut.
Be glad you didn’t end up enjoying the weekend a lot and getting your hopes up even further before he dropped the crazy-bomb on you.
This is wise:
Whatever you do, don’t blame yourself. He’s the wacko; you’re OK.
I’m not sure whether to title this,
“The Hunt for Red October now starts in September”
or
“Ukrainian Government prevents Russian Gangsters from moving a Kilo”
I’m sorry. It’s such a stupid thing to come between two people. And no it’s not your fault. You’re the responsible one.
I’ve been known to exclaim, “Jesus Christ!” at the price of things. And to speak to other shoppers, “Can you believe this?!”
So there is a next level, and I am there. A large package of chicken wings has been about $18! But - I was just looking up the price so I could bitch about it - and it’s on sale at my store for $13. I think I will swing by and get some. I’ve been avoiding them because of the price. Still high, but better than 18 effin dollars.
I’m spending the morning sitting in the waiting room of my car servicer. Tire replacement and brake inspection, which inevitably led to replacing a bunch of brake parts, bringing the grand total of this trip to… $2,000.
Oof.
“Young man! Young man! Is this the correct price? Jesus Christ! In my day everything was a quarter!”
No, actually if I’d spent the weekend, I’d have had a wonderful memory. If only I could get Alex Jones to convince him.
My wife just had to get her tires replaced, it cost $750. Just for tires alone, nothing else. And that was at a really good tire place with reasonable rates. Tires are damn expensive.
I plan for these expenses with You Need a Budget but I wasn’t quite expecting that.
Sorry, I just do. not. get. chicken wings. Eating them is simply way too much work (besides leaving my hands a greasy mess). Whenever I would cook a whole chicken for my family, I would eat the chicken wings, in much the same manner that my mother would always take the smallest piece of cake. As something that goes with the territory of being the responsible, nurturing adult in the family. I can’t grok a mindset that would prompt someone to seek out multiple opportunities to eat them at a single sitting, and pay extra for them into the bargain.
But maybe I’m missing out on the chance to get in on the ground floor of the next big thing: chicken necks, coated with, I dunno, fabric softener or something.
Chicken wings are delicious if they are meaty and cooked/prepared properly.
The meat to skin ratio is really good (again, on proper wings). They’re like little drumsticks in a sense.
My favorite part of the chicken is the thigh, that’s the most flavorful. But good wings can be fantastic.
Lately my favorite wings are from Safeway, they make some salt and vinegar wings that are delicious. And you get them hot and ready to eat right away, for a good price. (The only downside is that half the time they are out of them.)
Agreed. But personally I wouldn’t try to make them from scratch, and the wings from a typical roast chicken are not the right way to prepare wings. Spicy hot wings and fries with malt vinegar are great pub fare in that style of restaurant, usually served with stick vegetables like celery with blue cheese dipping sauce, and many types of frozen wings are pretty good prepared in the oven at home.
As said, wings (not drummies - real wings) have the perfect ratio of skin & fat to meat. Lots and lots of crispy skin & fat for flavor and texture with just enough highly juicy meat to slightly buffer the cholesterol mega-overdose. And with each one you get to tear the two bones apart & suck the meat off each. So about 5 highly tactile bites per wing. Humans are carnivores and any meal that involves rending a skeleton by hand just appeals to something deep in our minds coming from deep in our pasts.
If at one time as a hard pressed single Dad you were reduced to eating just 2 wings for dinner to feed your kids a sufficient nutritious meal I can respect the heck out of that as I say that would also really color your expectations in a bad way. The correct number of wings for a sitting is 10 unless it’s just a side dish to the main course, in which case 6 is sometimes enough.
Drummies are the amateur sidekick to cognoscenti’s wings. Bigger, whiter, meatier, but less skin, sauce, fat, or flavor. And far less visceral primitive fun.
And of course wings or drummies can be doused in so many interesting sauces. And some awful ones too.
I just want to point out, actual drumsticks are maybe my least favorite. That’s usually the piece of chicken I eat last. It’s a huge piece of bone with some meat that’s not particularly tasty. My daughter loves them and if we’re eating a whole chicken she is welcome to that part, no thank you.
The breast is also not great on its own, but I see a chicken breast as a blank canvas that you can do a lot with. On its own there is nothing to it, but you can glaze it, stuff it, slice it and put it with something, and so on.
Chicken breasts are especially delicious if the chicken is coated in just the right herbs and spices and then roasted on a spit. There are a couple of restaurants around here that specialize in that style of takeout chicken, and they serve it with an addictively tangy dipping sauce, and various sides including exceptionally good fries.