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I got a 'Helpful' badge, so I knew something was screwed up

That's a thing of beauty! Did you have the resident artiste arrange those?

I'm gonna have to look up what a lengua is before I commit El Camino Real at 7th and Minnesota is really good stuff. Dos de Oros Taqueria at Holmes and Blue Ridge is good too. They have all kinds of tacos and interesting salsas. Not their restaurant up the street, the little taqueria on the corner.

No, but with a recommendation like that I will give it a try.

I dunno. Doesn't sound very maple syrupy. Here's what we got https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BZCH7H5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Nice! I love a good tamale, but good ones are hard to find around here. None of the ones I've tried from Mexican restaurants around here are anything special.

We were just talking about that the other day. Haven't had it for years, but we do like it. Chocolate version too; we had that a lot as kids. Well, I'll say it again: you just haven't had it cooked right. Steel cut, with a little butter and real maple syrup is really good eating, IMO. The missus loves it with brown sugar and cinnamon.

I've heard about that place too. Sounds terrible. That one always makes me cry.

I haven't read that thread since the early posts and probably won't. But, if you think it may go south, what about a gentle rule reminder beforehand? That just might turn things the right way before it goes bad. And doing it in the topic instead of behind the scenes would be a reminder to all of us. I'd do it, but nobody would listen to me.

I do appreciate what you and the mods do, and I think I've let all of you know that before too. I suspect the vast majority of us do. I suppose I ought to use the 'follow' function more for subforums/topics I like, and quit reading the noise because I end up grumpy too often. Now, where's the post where you went off on wrench? I must have missed it, and it would probably cheer me up

I get that. I don’t think you need to be harsh to be effective. How about, ‘Hey guys, let’s not let this one go off the rails’ before it does? Or, ‘Careful here or I’ll axe the thread.’ Are you scared of the anti-censorship thugs?😀

You’ve just never had them cooked right😀 I never had them until I was an adult. My dad had to eat them every morning when he was in military school and he hated them.

Sure, I remember looking up your number and calling you to encourage you to not quit. Felt like the right thing to do at the time.

I’m not much. You have publicly quit here twice. Why are you here?

I follow a few forums and none of them has the nonsense this one does. It’s not heavy-handed daily moderation that keeps things in check on those, it’s an acceptance by the members of some basic rules, respect for others, and an understanding and acceptance of what’s good for the group as a whole. Common sense stuff, really. This won’t be popular, but in my opinion the moderation here is weak, because it tolerates the junk here. The three things that are stated no-no’s: politics, religion and language come up almost every single day here. Personal attacks are tolerated. Members have called others liars. It’s not always blatant, but it’s always here. Things are allowed here that other successful forums simply don’t. Not just through tough moderation, but also through the group’s intolerance of it. Moderation isn’t censorship. It’s keeping the peace. It’s a shame what this place has become. It used to have real camaraderie, a wide range of interesting topics, and … even more fishing reports. But the BS just drowns out the good things, often creates animosity among us, and drives people away. This really could be a better place with some effort. Better that the Facebook crap. Or it can go down the tubes like most forums have. Now I’m off to cook some ~~ shrimp and grits, god darn it!

Very cool stuff!!

Bounce that last check!

Gotta be Justin Wilson, right?

Wow! Either that’s a helluva coincidence or ol’ uncle Red did write that song. If so, he cleaned the story up a bunch. Anyhoo, the old man saw I had knack for getting people to cry and cough up money, so he ran a new fundraising idea past me. I can’t get into details too awful much due to pending litigation, but I’ll say it involved Christmas and some shoes for momma.

I was Teddy Bear. We lived right off US 50 and I used to have a blast talking to the truckers. To keep things interesting, I started screwing with them by telling them my dad was a trucker. Soon I was telling them I was crippled, my dad was killed in a wreck, mom had to work to make ends meet; whatever came to my 4 year old mind. Those suckers started yakking back and forth, then they got a thing going and soon the cash started rolling in. Lines of trucks backed out onto the highway waiting to make little Teddy Bear's life easier. My dad's brother Jimmy, who we all called Uncle Red, was a dreamer trying to make his way in Nashville. Said he was going to write a song about it but as far as I know he never got around to it.

Bees and beekeeping are fascinating to me. The bank was briefly in the bee business through a foreclosure a few years ago. Undeveloped land we found some manmade hives on. The CEO was happy to get a little income off that property 😀

I go around 14-16 hours. You can do too much light; plants need dark too.

Oh, my! Please don't disrespect Saint Viola and her creamed peas (or, her pancakes, sour cream raisin pie, rhubarb cream pie, or wilted lettuce!)

Like the wise man said, 'You've just never had them cooked right.'

I’m with lovey on this one 😀