Octopus Overlords

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:41 am You need to unlock the achievement where mac and cheese becomes the base, not the point. For example, adding a spoonful or two of chili or BBQ pulled pork over a bowl of mac and cheese.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:41 am You need to unlock the achievement where mac and cheese becomes the base, not the point. For example, adding a spoonful or two of chili or BBQ pulled pork over a bowl of mac and cheese.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:08 pm But I appreciate the tip on using a shell insert on some of the tight ones.

KKBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:31 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:08 pm But I appreciate the tip on using a shell insert on some of the tight ones.

Nature's tools!
We have been eating shelled pistachios with salt and pepper from Aldi's. They are so yummy!

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:40 pm I was reading something a while back about a couple had a Norwegian flag at their inn and somebody came in and was outraged that they were flying a Confederate flag.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid some people are.

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:44 am And for today's useless but cool random thing you now know, I give you this.

Blazing Saddles had an entirely hoseback premier in 1974.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:55 am

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:44 am And for today's useless but cool random thing you now know, I give you this.

Blazing Saddles had an entirely hoseback premier in 1974.

Why would they sit on hoses?

Paingod wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:38 am Yesterday when I woke up, my ankles were itching like hell and I found numerous small red welts on them, clustered in one spot, and individual spot in another, etc. I assumed something had been gnawing on me in my sleep and I vowed to check all around my bed before turning in. Later in the day when I showered, I felt a sudden burning pain as water ran down my leg and found a new cluster of small red welts and it clicked.

A week ago I had been mowing and bumped an old wheelbarrow we had flipped over under the deck. A small swarm of yellowjackets came out and attacked my ankles. While the stings hurt when they happened, they didn't seem to leave any mark except little red spots. Every single one of the red welts I had yesterday corresponded with a spot where I had been stung.

It just took a week for my body to respond.

Fretmute wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:07 pm I just got a leadership team all hands invite . . . in Comic Sans.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:15 pm Well it's been like 18 month and I'm out of Naruto and out of Dragon Ball (boy, what a show that is not MeToo or stereotype friendly. I wonder if the bigotry would have seemed that flagrant to me 20 years ago) and it's been so long since I've watched much of anything else, I don't know what else to do. I tried some of the TiVo suggestion movies and as it turns out, unless I really want to see a movie, I don't have the attention span. I'm pretty hip on watching more anime (manga?) but I'm really in above my head. Naruto was really good. Dragon Ball just occupied the time. I loved me some One Punch Man, which I think it what pulled me in. I thought Attack on Titan has been fantastic to date and am eager to see where it goes. That's the extent of what I know. I need to do me some learning.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:49 pm On the only plus side of the day I asked the lady at Dollar General if they had any hand sanitizer. She said they were sold out. After thinking a moment she reached behind the counter and simply handed me 2 large bottles of it. Said it was from corporate for employees only but they sent a crate of it and they didn't need that much. So free. Nice! She said it smells funny but if I didn't mind. I smelled of it and ya its one of those weird smelling ones. The label says like 66% ethyl alcohol so guessing its safe....may not work great but better than nothing as everyone is sold out.

FDA.gov wrote:[7-2-2020] FDA is warning consumers and health care providers that the agency has seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol) but that have tested positive for methanol contamination. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested and can be life-threatening when ingested.

The agency is aware of adults and children ingesting hand sanitizer products contaminated with methanol that has led to recent adverse events including blindness, hospitalizations and death.

Methanol is not an acceptable ingredient for hand sanitizers and must not be used due to its toxic effects. FDA’s investigation of methanol in certain hand sanitizers is ongoing. The agency will provide additional information as it becomes available.

Consumers who have been exposed to hand sanitizer containing methanol and are experiencing symptoms should seek immediate treatment for potential reversal of toxic effects of methanol poisoning. Substantial methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:32 pm I tried Samuri Jack but Adult Swim's streaming was terrible, or at least it is for my connection. The poor streaming saw my attention wander and I don't tend to come back to shows once they lose my attention.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:34 pm If you experience a coma or death, please seek medical attention.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:48 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:32 pm I tried Samuri Jack but Adult Swim's streaming was terrible, or at least it is for my connection. The poor streaming saw my attention wander and I don't tend to come back to shows once they lose my attention.

Do you get HBO Max? (Geez, am I a corporate shill or what?) They have a "CrunchyRoll" segment that has lots of anime. (They also have Samurai Jack on the Adult Swim segment, which is bound to be better than the stand-alone AS streaming.)

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:00 pm Well you make me worry. Its not on the FDA's list of bad sanitizers. You'd think we'd heard something if DG employees were all going blind. I dont have much of my normal sanitizer left and stores are pretty bare pickins.

UCHealth.org wrote:And there’s a little known secret about good, old-fashioned soap, even if it’s the cheap, generic kind.

It works better than hand sanitizer to remove the coronavirus.

How could this possibly be true?

Well, it’s all about chemistry, says Dr. Daniel Pastula, a UCHealth neuro-infectious disease expert who recently assisted local public health officials in Summit County as the coronavirus sparked a spike of cases in their area.

Pastula is a neuro-infectious disease expert and neurohospitalist at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and an associate professor of neurology, infectious diseases and epidemiology for the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health.

Pastula said soap is a simple, but highly effective tool.

(Washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with any kind of soap works great for getting rid of the coronavirus. Pastula is a fan of Gloria Gaynor’s video showing her lathering up as she sings her song, “I will Survive.”)

Millennia ago, humans discovered that they could combine animal fat with alkaline salts or ash to create what we now call soap.

“And this combination did a remarkable job at cleaning,” Pastula said.

In more recent years, humans discovered that alcohol can kill bacteria and viruses like the new coronavirus that has sparked a global pandemic. Hand sanitizer is made up mostly of alcohol, so sanitizers have become a popular choice as people try to stay safe from the coronavirus.

While hand sanitizer can neutralize the coronavirus, it doesn’t have one little-known superpower that soap has.

“Soap disrupts the sticky bond between pathogens and your skin, allowing the pathogens to slide right off. Not only are you neutralizing the virus with the soap, but you’re also physically knocking it off your hands,” Pastula said. “Hand sanitizer doesn’t do all of that.”