SteveB wrote:
> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
> glopping on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving
> me a plate of food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or
> serving me something I totally don't like or something I can't eat
> because of medical conditions.
> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own
> sandwiches, because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other
> condiments I like, that that's not so much that when you take a bite
> off one end, a turd size glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>
> Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and
> lunches for people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly
> offensive to some people to be handed something and told "Here, eat
> this". If possible, I always let people either put their own stuff
> on their sandwiches, as in prepared in a bowl or put on a platter,
> and then the bowl or platter served, and each can construct their own
> sandwich. I abhor too much mayo or mustard, and some people consider
> them food groups.
> Rant off.
>
> Steve

oooohhhhh get 'im!

"SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
...
> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
> on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
> food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something I
> totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical conditions.
>
> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>
> Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
> people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
> people to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I
> always let people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in
> prepared in a bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter
> served, and each can construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo
> or mustard, and some people consider them food groups.
>
> Rant off.
>
> Steve
>

I usually let them serve themselves, however, I have developed a few 'hawgs'
in my family that try to Bogart all the of the (you fill in the
blank).....so whenever I make that certain item, I serve them
all........when I get a WTF look from the resident 'hawg' I remind them that
other's need to be fed as well.....one embarassing correction of the like
usually ends the problem, but I have had a few repeat offenders.
-ginny

Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:

I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make the
bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.

But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something I
totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical conditions.

Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
glop of mayo comes out the bottom.

Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some people
to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I always let
people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in prepared in a
bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter served, and each can
construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo or mustard, and some
people consider them food groups.

Rant off.

Steve

"SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
...
> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
> on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
> food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something I
> totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical conditions.
>
> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.


If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and take the
rest like a man.

What do you do for them?

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
wrote:

>I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
>that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
>glop of mayo comes out the bottom.

Picky, picky, picky!



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:

> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make the
> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.

Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
bachelor.

-sw

SteveB wrote:

> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
> on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
> food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe.

Mmmmmm...occasional bouts of gourmandism. Mmmmm!

> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.

Mmmmmm...turd sized glops of mayonnaise. Mmmmm!

> Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
> people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
> people to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I
> always let people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in
> prepared in a bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter
> served, and each can construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo
> or mustard, and some people consider them food groups.
>
> Rant off.

You must be great fun at restaurants.


--
Blinky
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Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:
>
>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>
>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>> the
>> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>
>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.
>
> Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
> bachelor.
>

Or perhaps not married a stupid woman. Isn't this the same guy whose wife
thinks things last forever if they are refrigerated?

SteveB wrote:
>
> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy mayo
> running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and opened
> it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked for easy
> condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Not picky, just not into gobs of anything.

Eating at a fast food joint qualifies as not being picky.

"Nina" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
> wrote:
>
>>Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>
>>I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>>the
>>bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>
>>But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
>>on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
>>food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something I
>>totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical conditions.
>>
>>Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
>>because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
>>that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
>>glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>>
>>Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
>>people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
>>people
>>to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I always
>>let
>>people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in prepared in a
>>bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter served, and each
>>can
>>construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo or mustard, and some
>>people consider them food groups.
>>
>>Rant off.
>
> I guess that what I hate is not so much other people preparing my food
> but people not *listening* to my preferences. I mean, you'd only have
> to tell me once that you didn't like a lot of mayo or mustard on your
> sandwich, and that's the way that you'd get it forever. It seems to
> me that your wife/MIL should be able to process this information and
> give you a sandwich that you like. It's not rocket science.
>
> I pay attention to what other people like, and I try not to serve them
> things that they don't like, and it really does annoy the hell of me
> when they don't do the same.
>
> Nina

Question: Are you married?

Steve ;-)

"cybercat" > wrote in message
...
>
> "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
> ...
>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>
>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>
>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
>> glopping on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me
>> a plate of food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me
>> something I totally don't like or something I can't eat because of
>> medical conditions.
>>
>> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
>> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I
>> like, that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a
>> turd size glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>
>
> If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and take
> the rest like a man.
>
> What do you do for them?

Lemmesee ...........I unstop the toilets turds tampons and all when they put
too much toilet paper in it. I cut, split, and stack 4 cords of firewood a
year. I clean and maintain a wood stove. I mow the yard. I maintain the
fence around a two acre plot of ranch from marauding cows. I built my MIL a
1,100 sf casita, fully self-contained, own kitchen, bathroom, and laundry.
I put up and took down Christmas lights. I clean the property. I haul off
the garbage once a week to the drop off point since we don't have garbage
truck service. I fix roof leaks, faucet drips, cranky toilets, stuck
garbage disposals, burned out lights, and dirty air conditioner filters. I
bathe the two dogs. I wash the vehicles. I till and maintain the garden.
I maintain the farm irrigation and lawn sprinkler systems on two acres of
land. I trim the trees every fall. I prune the grapes every winter. I
change the oil and filters on two vehicles.

I also do a lot of work on our cabin, and two vacation rentals we own in Las
Vegas.

Other than that, not much.

Do all what other stuff for me? What they do for me amounts to a lot less
than they do for me. I'd trade in a heartbeat, but neither of them can do
what I do. If I did what they do for me on an hour for hour exchange, I'd
like that a lot. But I do it out of love.

Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to the
thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU! Or killfile
me. Please?

Steve

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
> wrote:
>
>>I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
>>that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
>>glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>
> Picky, picky, picky!
>
> Mae West

I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy mayo
running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and opened
it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked for easy
condiments", and then returned to my seat.

Not picky, just not into gobs of anything.

Steve

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:
>
>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>
>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>> the
>> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>
>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.
>
> Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
> bachelor.
>
> -sw

My therapist told me the same thing!

Steve ;-)

"SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
...
>
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>
>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>>> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>
>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
>>> glopping on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me
>>> a plate of food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me
>>> something I totally don't like or something I can't eat because of
>>> medical conditions.
>>>
>>> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
>>> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I
>>> like, that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a
>>> turd size glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>>
>>
>> If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and take
>> the rest like a man.
>>
>> What do you do for them?
>
> Lemmesee ...........I unstop the toilets turds tampons and all when they
> put too much toilet paper in it. I cut, split, and stack 4 cords of
> firewood a year. I clean and maintain a wood stove. I mow the yard. I
> maintain the fence around a two acre plot of ranch from marauding cows. I
> built my MIL a 1,100 sf casita, fully self-contained, own kitchen,
> bathroom, and laundry. I put up and took down Christmas lights. I clean
> the property. I haul off the garbage once a week to the drop off point
> since we don't have garbage truck service. I fix roof leaks, faucet
> drips, cranky toilets, stuck garbage disposals, burned out lights, and
> dirty air conditioner filters. I bathe the two dogs. I wash the
> vehicles. I till and maintain the garden. I maintain the farm irrigation
> and lawn sprinkler systems on two acres of land. I trim the trees every
> fall. I prune the grapes every winter. I change the oil and filters on
> two vehicles.
>
> I also do a lot of work on our cabin, and two vacation rentals we own in
> Las Vegas.
>
> Other than that, not much.
>
> Do all what other stuff for me? What they do for me amounts to a lot less
> than they do for me. I'd trade in a heartbeat, but neither of them can do
> what I do. If I did what they do for me on an hour for hour exchange, I'd
> like that a lot. But I do it out of love.
>
> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to the
> thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU! Or killfile
> me. Please?
>

I'm sensing that you may not be cut out for Usenet.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB wrote:
>>
>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>>
>> Not picky, just not into gobs of anything.
>
> Eating at a fast food joint qualifies as not being picky.

For the most part. But I have to say, when I need Bojangles sausage, I need
it. Very picky.

cybercat > wrote:

> Or perhaps not married a stupid woman. Isn't this the same guy whose wife
> thinks things last forever if they are refrigerated?

That's his Mother in Law mostly. But the stupidity is hereditary.

-sw

"Nina" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 19:51:19 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nina" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>>
>>>>I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>>>>the
>>>>bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>>
>>>>But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
>>>>glopping
>>>>on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate
>>>>of
>>>>food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something
>>>>I
>>>>totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical
>>>>conditions.
>>>>
>>>>Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
>>>>because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I
>>>>like,
>>>>that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd
>>>>size
>>>>glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches
>>>>for
>>>>people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
>>>>people
>>>>to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I always
>>>>let
>>>>people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in prepared in
>>>>a
>>>>bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter served, and each
>>>>can
>>>>construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo or mustard, and
>>>>some
>>>>people consider them food groups.
>>>>
>>>>Rant off.
>>>
>>> I guess that what I hate is not so much other people preparing my food
>>> but people not *listening* to my preferences. I mean, you'd only have
>>> to tell me once that you didn't like a lot of mayo or mustard on your
>>> sandwich, and that's the way that you'd get it forever. It seems to
>>> me that your wife/MIL should be able to process this information and
>>> give you a sandwich that you like. It's not rocket science.
>>>
>>> I pay attention to what other people like, and I try not to serve them
>>> things that they don't like, and it really does annoy the hell of me
>>> when they don't do the same.
>>>
>>> Nina
>>
>>Question: Are you married?
>>
>>Steve ;-)
>
> Yes. :-) Fortunately to a guy who is also pretty good (although not
> perfect) about remembering preferences.
>
> The (sort of) funny thing is that what we fight about is that his
> preferences *do* change.... "I don't want a lot of mustard on my
> sandwich" today really doesn't mean "I don't EVER want a lot of
> mustard on my sandwich." So, really, you just can't win....
>
> Nina

We have horseradish mustard, yellow mustard, honey mustard, plain
horseradish, German mustard, etc, etc, etc. My preferences change from
minute to minute. Please just put the stuff out there, and I'll see what
catches my attention THAT MOMENT. Or, I know where the Fridge is, and know
how to open it and reach in and get some and put it on myself.

I like cooking for and serving people. But even then, I like putting things
on the table in bowls or platters, and letting people do their own portions
and combinations, because honestly, they come up with some pretty weird
things. If there's too much, I like buffet line, although some think that
is primitive. I think to serve them a preportioned plate of what I think
they would like, expect them to eat it, and for them to do this not to
offend me is rude. Even at a restaurant you have some control over what you
get if you are not too timid to ask in advance.

Steve

"Nina" > wrote

> So again, you get good at asking and listening. Which are always
> important relationship skills anyway, dinner aside.
>
> Nina

Your points are well taken. But my house is not like the Cleavers. And
even there, June is having hot flashes. The Beave is in rehab again. Wally
is dating Lumpy. And Ward spends a lot of time in the garage asleep.

Ah. To live at the Nelson's .............

Steve ;-)

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 20:03:24 -0800, SteveB wrote:

> "cybercat" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>
>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>>> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>
>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
>>> glopping on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me
>>> a plate of food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me
>>> something I totally don't like or something I can't eat because of
>>> medical conditions.
>>>
>>> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
>>> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I
>>> like, that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a
>>> turd size glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>>
>>
>> If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and take
>> the rest like a man.
>>
>> What do you do for them?
>
<snip>

> Do all what other stuff for me? What they do for me amounts to a lot less
> than they do for me. I'd trade in a heartbeat, but neither of them can do
> what I do. If I did what they do for me on an hour for hour exchange, I'd
> like that a lot. But I do it out of love.
>
> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to the
> thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU! Or killfile
> me. Please?
>
> Steve

you might not like her tone, but she was most certainly on the subject.
touchy, touchy, touchy.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 20:05:38 -0800, SteveB wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
>>>that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
>>>glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>>
>> Picky, picky, picky!
>>
>> Mae West
>
> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy mayo
> running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and opened
> it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked for easy
> condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Not picky, just not into gobs of anything.
>
> Steve

i'd say they remember you at burger king. not that it will make it more
likely you'll get what you want though, your being a prick and all.

blake

In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> > Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
> > people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
> > people to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I
> > always let people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in
> > prepared in a bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter
> > served, and each can construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo
> > or mustard, and some people consider them food groups.
> >
> > Rant off.
>
> You must be great fun at restaurants.

<snicker>

Since I discuss menus with house guests prior to the meal prep, I don't
generally run into this problem. I start with small portions if I serve
and put the rest on the table in containers for self-serve...

As for sammiches? Yeah, I'd rather make them myself!

I love lots of mayo and will lick it off the edge of the bread if it
oozes out. ;-d
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
"SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:

> > If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and take
> > the rest like a man.
> >
> > What do you do for them?
>
> Lemmesee ...........I unstop the toilets turds tampons and all when they put
> too much toilet paper in it. I cut, split, and stack 4 cords of firewood a
> year. I clean and maintain a wood stove. I mow the yard. I maintain the
> fence around a two acre plot of ranch from marauding cows. I built my MIL a
> 1,100 sf casita, fully self-contained, own kitchen, bathroom, and laundry.
> I put up and took down Christmas lights. I clean the property. I haul off
> the garbage once a week to the drop off point since we don't have garbage
> truck service. I fix roof leaks, faucet drips, cranky toilets, stuck
> garbage disposals, burned out lights, and dirty air conditioner filters. I
> bathe the two dogs. I wash the vehicles. I till and maintain the garden.
> I maintain the farm irrigation and lawn sprinkler systems on two acres of
> land. I trim the trees every fall. I prune the grapes every winter. I
> change the oil and filters on two vehicles.
>
> I also do a lot of work on our cabin, and two vacation rentals we own in Las
> Vegas.
>
> Other than that, not much.
>
> Do all what other stuff for me? What they do for me amounts to a lot less
> than they do for me. I'd trade in a heartbeat, but neither of them can do
> what I do. If I did what they do for me on an hour for hour exchange, I'd
> like that a lot. But I do it out of love.
>
> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to the
> thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU! Or killfile
> me. Please?
>
> Steve

Are you married? ;-) I'll cook for you to your specifications. <g>
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

cybercat wrote:
> "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>>
>>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes.
>>>> Make the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>>
>>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people
>>>> glopping on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or
>>>> serving me a plate of food that would make Diamond Jim Brady
>>>> cringe. Or serving me something I totally don't like or something
>>>> I can't eat because of medical conditions.
>>>>
>>>> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own
>>>> sandwiches, because I know just how much mayo and mustard and
>>>> other condiments I like, that that's not so much that when you
>>>> take a bite off one end, a turd size glop of mayo comes out the
>>>> bottom.
>>>
>>>
>>> If they do all that other stuff for you, quit whining, shut up and
>>> take the rest like a man.
>>>
>>> What do you do for them?
>>
>> Lemmesee ...........I unstop the toilets turds tampons and all when
>> they put too much toilet paper in it. I cut, split, and stack 4
>> cords of firewood a year. I clean and maintain a wood stove. I mow
>> the yard. I maintain the fence around a two acre plot of ranch from
>> marauding cows. I built my MIL a 1,100 sf casita, fully
>> self-contained, own kitchen, bathroom, and laundry. I put up and
>> took down Christmas lights. I clean the property. I haul off the
>> garbage once a week to the drop off point since we don't have
>> garbage truck service. I fix roof leaks, faucet drips, cranky
>> toilets, stuck garbage disposals, burned out lights, and dirty air
>> conditioner filters. I bathe the two dogs. I wash the vehicles. I
>> till and maintain the garden. I maintain the farm irrigation and
>> lawn sprinkler systems on two acres of land. I trim the trees every
>> fall. I prune the grapes every winter. I change the oil and
>> filters on two vehicles. I also do a lot of work on our cabin, and two
>> vacation rentals we
>> own in Las Vegas.
>>
>> Other than that, not much.
>>
>> Do all what other stuff for me? What they do for me amounts to a
>> lot less than they do for me. I'd trade in a heartbeat, but neither
>> of them can do what I do. If I did what they do for me on an hour
>> for hour exchange, I'd like that a lot. But I do it out of love.
>>
>> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to
>> the thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU! Or
>> killfile me. Please?
>>
>
> I'm sensing that you may not be cut out for Usenet.

LOL

cybercat wrote:

>> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to
>> the thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU!
>> Or killfile me. Please?

> I'm sensing that you may not be cut out for Usenet.

On the opposite, I sense him every skilled: you gave him shit, he gave it
back to you.
Need a smoke?

"Vilco" > wrote in message
. ..
> cybercat wrote:
>
>>> Now be off. You're beginning to be a pain. If you can't respond to
>>> the thread and keep to the subject, do me a favor, and just STFU!
>>> Or killfile me. Please?
>
>> I'm sensing that you may not be cut out for Usenet.
>
> On the opposite, I sense him every skilled: you gave him shit, he gave it
> back to you.
> Need a smoke?
>
I apologized to SteveB later, but he had already kfed me. And no, I'm over
smoking. And into spending the money I would on smokes for other stuff!

SteveB wrote:
> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make the
> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
> on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
> food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe. Or serving me something I
> totally don't like or something I can't eat because of medical conditions.
>
> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>
> Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
> people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some people
> to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I always let
> people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in prepared in a
> bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter served, and each can
> construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo or mustard, and some
> people consider them food groups.
>
> Rant off.
>
> Steve
>
>

I always serve buffet style. People like to control their own portions..

Nina wrote:
> I pay attention to what other people like, and I try not to serve them
> things that they don't like, and it really does annoy the hell of me
> when they don't do the same.
>
> Nina
>
ditto!

SteveB wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0800, "SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
>>> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
>>> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.
>> Picky, picky, picky!
>>
>> Mae West
>
> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy mayo
> running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and opened
> it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked for easy
> condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Not picky, just not into gobs of anything.
>
> Steve
>
>

ROFL...BK always puts too much mayo...

SteveB wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:
>>
>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>
>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
>>> the
>>> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>
>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.
>> Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
>> bachelor.
>>
>> -sw
>
> My therapist told me the same thing!
>
> Steve ;-)
>
>

Why don't you tell your wife to quit?

"ravenlynne" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB wrote:
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>>
>>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes.
>>>> Make the
>>>> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>>
>>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.
>>> Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
>>> bachelor.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> My therapist told me the same thing!
>>
>> Steve ;-)
>
> Why don't you tell your wife to quit?

She won't and I can't fire her.

Steve

SteveB wrote:

>> Why don't you tell your wife to quit?
>
> She won't and I can't fire her.
>
> Steve
>
Then perhaps a simple "May I have just the <fill in the blank> on my
serving please" type request may be in order. No petulant childish
demands, and respect given as she's serving you. What's not to like
about such a simple solution?

SteveB wrote:

> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.

Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that day,
and where might those hands have been before?

Bob

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:10:12 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>SteveB wrote:
>
>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
>Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
>burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that day,
>and where might those hands have been before?
>
I sincerely doubt he went on to eat it. Put that self proclaimed huge
IQ to work and think for a change.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf sniped:

>>SteveB wrote:
>>
>>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>>
>> Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
>> burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that day,
>> and where might those hands have been before?
>>
> I sincerely doubt he went on to eat it. Put that self proclaimed huge
> IQ to work and think for a change.


SteveB's initial and subsequent posts both imply that he *did* go on to eat
it.

Try reading for comprehension for a change.

Let's be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, though: Steve, after you counter-squeegeed your
burger, did you take it back to your seat and finish eating it?

Bob

"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB wrote:
>
>>> Why don't you tell your wife to quit?
>>
>> She won't and I can't fire her.
>>
>> Steve
> Then perhaps a simple "May I have just the <fill in the blank> on my
> serving please" type request may be in order. No petulant childish
> demands, and respect given as she's serving you. What's not to like about
> such a simple solution?

BTDT. Trying alternatives now. In many cultures and societies it is
considered good manners to eat what you are served and as much of it as you
are served. Just not at my house.

Steve

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> SteveB wrote:
>
>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
> burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that day,
> and where might those hands have been before?
>
> Bob

If I were that paranoid, I would drive four blocks out of my way just NOT to
pass that outlet. And wear a respirator. Anyone with a modicum of fear
would never eat at a fast food restaurant. Start with the handle to the
front door, and go from there.

I don't worry a lot about such things. There are two golden rules in
medicine: all bleeding stops eventually, and everyone dies from something.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
> "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> ...
>> SteveB wrote:
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>>>>>
>>>>> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes.
>>>>> Make the
>>>>> bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals.
>>>> Judging from your postings it sounds like you should have stayed a
>>>> bachelor.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>> My therapist told me the same thing!
>>>
>>> Steve ;-)
>> Why don't you tell your wife to quit?
>
> She won't and I can't fire her.
>
> Steve
>
>

Very true.

I wouldn't dream of serving my husband, and I wouldn't want him serving
me. He's big on mayo and I'm not, and he'll give me portions that are
way too big.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> SteveB wrote:
>
>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
> burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that
> day, and where might those hands have been before?
>
> Bob

Not to mention the fact that he screwed over the cashier, not the person
who actually messed up the order.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> SteveB wrote:
>
>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>
> Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
> burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that
> day, and where might those hands have been before?
>
> Bob

I thought more that that was a rather nasty way to make a statement.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> SteveB wrote:
>>
>>> I went to Burger King once and ordered "easy condiments". I had gloppy
>>> mayo running out of the bottom. I took the burger up to the counter and
>>> opened it. I ran it across the edge of the counter, and said, "I asked
>>> for easy condiments", and then returned to my seat.
>>
>> Didn't you think about what might have been on the counter before your
>> burger? How many people's hands might have touched that counter that
>> day, and where might those hands have been before?
>>
>> Bob
>
> I thought more that that was a rather nasty way to make a statement.
>
Childish. Not unlike squeezing loaves of bread in some retaliation
......how can you respect a person who pulls stupid stunts like this? <shrug>