On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:57:48 -0700 (PDT), Ding - Dong Daddy
> wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
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>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:50:32 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
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>> >On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:52:18 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> >> No BJs or Cabots here.
>> >
>> >Fred Meyer and QFC both carry Cabot cheese. Gee, imagine that -
>> >another lie.
>> >
>> >> I think Costco cheese is usually around 5 pound
>> >> blocks or bigger. Let me check. Yep. Blocks of cheddar are 5 pounds but you
>> >> can get 40 pounds.
>> >
>> >Costco (such as the one in Woodnville) Kirkland brand cheddar cheese
>> >(and Monterey Jack, and Colby Jack) come in 32 ounce packages. Only
>> >the American cheese is in 5lb blocks (of slices). The Business
>> >Costco's may carry larger blocks, but why would you shop at a business
>> >Costco if you're always bitching about large sizes and limited
>> >selection when you have a regular Costco even closer to you?
>>
>> Unless one is catering a party why would they buy so many *pounds* of
>> cheese.... a two pound block of cheese would become moldy before any
>> normal human could eat it all. I buy cheese no more than 1/2 pound at
>> a time and no more than two kinds at a time and then the two of us
>> barely finish it and sometimes the last begins to mold so the critters
>> get some. Cheese is not something I stock up on, since it's sold
>> daily I only buy what we can consume within a week or less.
>>
>> My wife will be coming home today, her son is driving her as she's
>> still not capable of driving the three hour trip. They decided on my
>> 12 ounce burgers for dinner tonight so they are defrosting now. They
>> will be bringing the hard rolls among other items we can't buy here.
>> Since her son likes cheese burgers yesterday I bought a half pound of
>> sliced Land O' Lakes white American yesterday (he prefers white,
>> doesn't believe the yellow is anneto). The half pound is more than
>> enough, maybe cheese omelets the next day.
>>
>> Anyway my wife is already able to drive but still only short
>> distances, maybe just a half hour before stiffness sets in from being
>> in one position so long. Her doctor said that stiffness will go away
>> after three months as everything inside heals. Outside she only has
>> very small scars and those will also fade in time. She loves her new
>> knees, she says her knees feel like they did at sixteen. She told
>> everyone she wasn't coming home with a walker and she's not.
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>One thing I notice about you and your wife - along with some others here, and in real life - is that you possess a *very* positive (and realistic) mental attitude about things, along with the trait of resilience.
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>Although age - wise I am a "senior", I HATE in general being around old people, the majority are constantly whining, complaining, kvetching. A few years back I ate senior lunch, it was provided daily at the senior center attached to my workplace. Despite it being a tasty and nutritious lunch (provided FREE by the city's 'Golden Diner" program), staffed by splendid caring volunteers, I was embarrassed by the behavior of the majority of attendees, I'd cringe at their pettiness and mean - spirited antics, particularly towards the staff providing the vittles, and in a very pleasant atmosphere to boot. I often thought, "If I ever act like that, please shoot me..."
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>I've worked with job - seekers of many types, and I will tell you that working with seniors is the absolute worst, 98% are negative, so they are doomed before they get in the race. I prefer working with ex - cons, homeless, low - literacy populations, young single parents...ANYTHING except seniors! Those nasty 'n negative attitudes are nausea - inducing to be around...
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>Anyways, 'scuze the rant...I'm glad your wife is doing well, and that is because not only is she in good physical shape, but she has that Positive Mental Attitude thing going for her, that is why she is decades "younger" than her actual on - the - clock age. Enjoy the homecoming...!!!

A lot of seniors were spoiled brats as youngsters and became even more
spoiled as they age. I meet a lot of people of all ages who have
never suffered any set backs in life and always had a network of
family to pull them out of their self-created quicksand without ever
so much as a 'thank you'. The worst whiners by far and the least
appreciative of what they have, and the laziest are those who never
served in the military. And the very worst are those who constantly
take credit for a family member who served in the military as if it
was them who served... no one can ever know about military life
without ever being in the military themselves. I have no respect for
those who are constantly refering to a family member having served...
and today more than ever teh family members of those having seved are
being rewarded with all kinds of undeserved recognition and even
medals... I RESENT THAT FRIGGIN' FOLD STAR FAMILY BULLSHIT... IT'S
STEALING RECOGNITION FOR SOMETHING ONE DIDN'T DO. Lots' of people
lost someone to war, they didn't get attaboys.