For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.

--Bryan

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>
> --Bryan
>
The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
> >
> > --Bryan
> >
> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.

So you fry it at fridge temp? I fry fish cold, because otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook the fish, but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little before frying it.

--Bryan

On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:37:32 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>
>--Bryan

it kind of depends really. How much chicken are you frying? If it is
just some nuggets then you can fry them while they are still frozen.
If you are frying an entire breast then that could be iffy depending
on the thickness of the breast. If you are frying bone in pieces of a
chicken then it is usually recommended that it be a room temperature
before you fry.

--

____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:12:48 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> >
> > The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.
>
> So you fry it at fridge temp? I fry fish cold, because otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook the fish, but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little before frying it.
>
> --Bryan
>
The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl. But can you
cite your source of letting your chicken sit out for an hour and take the
chill off her bones?

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:20:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:37:32 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
> >
> >--Bryan
>
> it kind of depends really. How much chicken are you frying? If it is
> just some nuggets then you can fry them while they are still frozen.
> If you are frying an entire breast then that could be iffy depending
> on the thickness of the breast. If you are frying bone in pieces of a
> chicken then it is usually recommended that it be a room temperature
> before you fry.
>
2 each breast, thigh, wing, leg, plus the back. I cooked the neck already. I generally leave it out for about an hour before cooking.

--Bryan

On 8/5/2020 4:42 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:12:48 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>
>>> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.
>>
>> So you fry it at fridge temp? I fry fish cold, because otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook the fish,

What's that about fried fish?! You'd have to overcook the fish to get
the cornmeal crunchy if the fish wasn't refrigerator cold? Boy, you
don't know about frying fish. Turn down the heat.

> but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little before frying it.
>>
>> --Bryan
>>
> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl. But can you
> cite your source of letting your chicken sit out for an hour and take the
> chill off her bones?
>
It might be less spatter but I sure wouldn't let chicken get to room
temp before I did anything with it.

It's fine to fry chicken pieces right out of the fridge. Granted, I
haven't fried chicken since around 1982. I stopped at the grocery store
on my way home from work. Bought a package of raw cut-up chicken. You
can be sure it had been refrigerated! I did let the packaged chicken
sit on the counter while I prepared the seasoned flour coating and
heated the oil (probably Crisco). I don't recall if I did an egg wash.
I was 22; who remembers? IIRC I was using an electric skillet my
mother had given me to fry the chicken.

One could reasonably say it was still fairly cold when I dredged it and
set it aside for a minute on waxed paper so the coating could set. (I do
remember knowing that much, even at that young age). Then the chicken
went into the hot grease. The key is to slip the coated chicken pieces
it into the pan one at a time. Don't drop them in. That way it won't
spatter. Don't overcrowd the pan. People often make the mistake of
having the temperature of the fat too high. Nice crispy coating, raw
chicken. Ooops. Don't try to turn it too soon. Leave it alone! Fried
chicken takes a good 30 minutes. And you should arrange the pieces so
they can all cook evenly.

One must have patience. Good home fried chicken cannot be rushed.

The reason I stopped making fried chicken is because I had just come
home from work, stopped at the store, started dinner. I had not yet
changed out of my work clothes. I was wearing a silk blouse. About 15
minutes in, the chicken skin *popped* and I got spattered with hot
grease. It melded my silk shirt to my chest. I've never fried chicken
since. But I *do* know how to cook it!

Jill

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>
> --Bryan

Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)

John Kuthe...

jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/5/2020 4:42 PM, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:12:48 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5,
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.
>>>
>>> So you fry it at fridge temp?* I fry fish cold, because
>>> otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook
>>> the fish,
>
> What's that about fried fish?!* You'd have to overcook the fish to
> get the cornmeal crunchy if the fish wasn't refrigerator cold?
> Boy, you don't know about frying fish.* Turn down the heat.
>
>> but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little
>> before frying it.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>>
>> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.* But
>> can you
>> cite your source of letting your chicken sit out for an hour and
>> take the
>> chill off her bones?
>>
> It might be less spatter but I sure wouldn't let chicken get to
> room temp before I did anything with it.
>
> It's fine to fry chicken pieces right out of the fridge.* Granted,
> I haven't fried chicken since around 1982.* I stopped at the
> grocery store on my way home from work.* Bought a package of raw
> cut-up chicken. You can be sure it had been refrigerated!* I did
> let the packaged chicken sit on the counter while I prepared the
> seasoned flour coating and heated the oil (probably Crisco).* I
> don't recall if I did an egg wash. I was 22;* who remembers?* IIRC
> I was using an electric skillet my mother had given me to fry the
> chicken.
>
> One could reasonably say it was still fairly cold when I dredged it
> and set it aside for a minute on waxed paper so the coating could
> set. (I do remember knowing that much, even at that young age).
> Then the chicken went into the hot grease.* The key is to slip the
> coated chicken pieces it into the pan one at a time.* Don't drop
> them in.* That way it won't spatter.* Don't overcrowd the pan.
> People often make the mistake of having the temperature of the fat
> too high.* Nice crispy coating, raw chicken. Ooops.* Don't try to
> turn it too soon.* Leave it alone!* Fried chicken takes a good 30
> minutes.* And you should arrange the pieces so they can all cook
> evenly.
>
> One must have patience.* Good home fried chicken cannot be rushed.
>
> The reason I stopped making fried chicken is because I had just
> come home from work, stopped at the store, started dinner.* I had
> not yet changed out of my work clothes. I was wearing a silk
> blouse.* About 15 minutes in, the chicken skin *popped* and I got
> spattered with hot grease.* It melded my silk shirt to my chest.
> I've never fried chicken since.* But I *do* know how to cook it!
>
> Jill

We have aprons these days that work very well.

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)
>
> John Kuthe...
>

Remembering the good ol days? You must miss him terribly.

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 5:03:00 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
> >
> > --Bryan
>
> Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted
> a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)

I did that for humor. It was more performance art than an actual desire to have a snack handy.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 4:54:08 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/5/2020 4:42 PM, wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:12:48 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.
> >>
> >> So you fry it at fridge temp? I fry fish cold, because otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook the fish,
>
> What's that about fried fish?! You'd have to overcook the fish to get
> the cornmeal crunchy if the fish wasn't refrigerator cold? Boy, you
> don't know about frying fish. Turn down the heat.
>
> > but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little before frying it.
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >>
> > The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl. But can you
> > cite your source of letting your chicken sit out for an hour and take the
> > chill off her bones?

"Its important to keep meat and poultry chilled before cooking for safety reasons. But it is acceptable to let your chicken sit at room temperature for up to 30 minutes before frying. This step also ensures that your chicken cooks evenly and has a superior texture."
--source: https://blog.chefworks.com/uniforms/...fried-chicken/

For chicken that has been brined, I give it an hour.
> >
> It might be less spatter but I sure wouldn't let chicken get to room
> temp before I did anything with it.
>
> It's fine to fry chicken pieces right out of the fridge. Granted, I
> haven't fried chicken since around 1982. I stopped at the grocery store
> on my way home from work. Bought a package of raw cut-up chicken. You
> can be sure it had been refrigerated! I did let the packaged chicken
> sit on the counter while I prepared the seasoned flour coating and
> heated the oil (probably Crisco). I don't recall if I did an egg wash.
> I was 22; who remembers? IIRC I was using an electric skillet my
> mother had given me to fry the chicken.
>
> One could reasonably say it was still fairly cold when I dredged it and
> set it aside for a minute on waxed paper so the coating could set. (I do
> remember knowing that much, even at that young age).

I use a plastic grocery bag, rather than waxed paper, then turn the bag inside out to use as a garbage bag. Our kitchen garbage can is a little ~1.5 gallon one that fits grocery bags, as we compost and recycle.

> Then the chicken
> went into the hot grease. The key is to slip the coated chicken pieces
> it into the pan one at a time. Don't drop them in. That way it won't
> spatter. Don't overcrowd the pan. People often make the mistake of
> having the temperature of the fat too high. Nice crispy coating, raw
> chicken. Ooops. Don't try to turn it too soon. Leave it alone! Fried
> chicken takes a good 30 minutes. And you should arrange the pieces so
> they can all cook evenly.

I don't need to turn the chicken because it's fried in https://www.pinterest.com/pin/825706912910808500/ in peanut oil. I heat the oil to 375, put in the chicken, then reduce the heat to 350.
>
> One must have patience. Good home fried chicken cannot be rushed.
>
> The reason I stopped making fried chicken is because I had just come
> home from work, stopped at the store, started dinner. I had not yet
> changed out of my work clothes. I was wearing a silk blouse. About 15
> minutes in, the chicken skin *popped* and I got spattered with hot
> grease. It melded my silk shirt to my chest. I've never fried chicken
> since. But I *do* know how to cook it!

Jill, I fry stuff all the time. The big fryer is for everything besides fish, and I have a smaller one exclusively for fish. I almost certainly deep fry more often than anyone else who posts here. I tell folks that the best reason not to fry as much as I do is, "...because you don't want your kitchen to look like mine." If you don't want silk shirts melded to your chest, and that's understandable, wear a cotton shirt, or no shirt. While I'm pretty nudist, I typically have pants on when I fry, but often don't have a shirt on, and I almost never get hit with oil splatter.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

Cooked til done. Done is done.
I will do frozen burgers on the grill,
My point is cook it till you like it. No blood in poultry.
More on blood ...

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 9:37:36 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>
> --Bryan

I don't let the chicken sit around but there's probably no reason not to let the chicken warm up a bit. My brain is calibrated to cook refrigerated chicken thighs perfectly. I keep the seasonings to a minimum because I want a classic, simple fried chicken.

OTOH, sous vide is probably the easiest way to cook perfect chicken. It also affords a way to cook the chicken in a tasty marinade. Once the chicken is fried, it is coated and fried at high temperature till brown i.e., you don't have to worry about whether the chicken is done or not and can concentrate on getting a crispy coating/skin.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...fYihs41dTQbmDp

Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted
> > a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)
>
> I did that for humor. It was more performance art than an actual desire to have a snack handy.

There's an old movie, "Down Periscope" (1996) about a submarine
crew of misfits. In one scene they were playing pirates and the
cook pinned a whole raw chicken to his shoulder to simulate
a pirate with a parrot perched on his shoulder. heh eheh

It's an amusing movie.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:52:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > > For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > >
> > The hot grease takes care of taking the chill off that girl.
>
> So you fry it at fridge temp? I fry fish cold, because otherwise to get the corn meal crunchy, you'd have to overcook the fish, but bone-in chicken is better if you let it warm up a little before frying it.

I'll warm up a steak to room temp before cooking but I've never
bothered to do that with chicken. Chicken takes longer to cook
and it doesn't really matter, imo.

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 5:56:38 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted
> > > a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)
> >
> > I did that for humor. It was more performance art than an actual desire to have a snack handy.
>
> There's an old movie, "Down Periscope" (1996) about a submarine
> crew of misfits. In one scene they were playing pirates and the
> cook pinned a whole raw chicken to his shoulder to simulate
> a pirate with a parrot perched on his shoulder. heh eheh
>
> It's an amusing movie.

Oh, please don't refer to that as an "old movie". It makes me feel ancient.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 5:56:38 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > Bryan is the ONLY ONE whoever used to Wear FRIED CHICKEN, in case he wanted
> > > > a snack! Safety pinned to whatever on his clothes! ;-)
> > >
> > > I did that for humor. It was more performance art than an actual desire to have a snack handy.
> >
> > There's an old movie, "Down Periscope" (1996) about a submarine
> > crew of misfits. In one scene they were playing pirates and the
> > cook pinned a whole raw chicken to his shoulder to simulate
> > a pirate with a parrot perched on his shoulder. heh eheh
> >
> > It's an amusing movie.
>
> Oh, please don't refer to that as an "old movie". It makes me feel ancient.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Even though we still feel and think young, we are ancient ppls
now.
Just ask any teenager.
Especially once you turn 60, it's all downhill from here. Just be
thankful that you are still a few years younger than me.

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 9:38:33 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Even though we still feel and think young, we are ancient ppls
> now.
> Just ask any teenager.
> Especially once you turn 60, it's all downhill from here. Just be
> thankful that you are still a few years younger than me.
>
In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
old wanted with such a snazzy car?

https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg

On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 13:51:10 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:20:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:37:32 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >For those of you who fry chicken fairly frequently, how long do you leave the chicken pieces out of the fridge before you fry them? I find an hour or a little more is sufficient to take enough chill off.
>> >
>> >--Bryan
>>
>> it kind of depends really. How much chicken are you frying? If it is
>> just some nuggets then you can fry them while they are still frozen.
>> If you are frying an entire breast then that could be iffy depending
>> on the thickness of the breast. If you are frying bone in pieces of a
>> chicken then it is usually recommended that it be a room temperature
>> before you fry.
>>
>2 each breast, thigh, wing, leg, plus the back. I cooked the neck already. I generally leave it out for about an hour before cooking.
>
>--Bryan

The thing about bone in is it can take the bones several hours to
defrost and if not defrosted then the center of you chicken will not
cook.

--

____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 7:45:34 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> The thing about bone in is it can take the bones several hours to
> defrost and if not defrosted then the center of you chicken will not
> cook.
>
You're having a lot of reading comprehension problems today, eh Crusty?
Frozen chicken wasn't mentioned. Bruce originally asked if anyone let
their refrigerated chicken come to room temperature or near room
temperature before frying.

You might want to use your finger to follow along with the posts before
tapping out a reply.

" wrote:
>
> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg

Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
in odd minds.

When I turned 40 in 1993, I bought a pair of RollerBlades and
my next door neighbor asked, "Aren't you a little old for
those?" Idiot.

I was enjoying life while he (age 35 with children) had
already settled down into do nothing old age.

On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:

" wrote:
>>
>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
>
>Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
>in odd minds.

When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
and approaching 60.

Bruce wrote:
>
> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> " wrote:
> >>
> >> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
> >> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
> >> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
> >>
> >> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
> >
> >Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
> >in odd minds.
>
> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
> and approaching 60.

I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
so OLD.

On 8/8/2020 7:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> " wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
>>>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
>>>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
>>>
>>> Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
>>> in odd minds.
>>
>> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
>> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
>> and approaching 60.
>
> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> so OLD.
>
I wondered if I would make it to the next century. After all, 2020 was
a whopping 35 years away and I'd really be old by then.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 8/8/2020 7:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> > Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >>
> >>> " wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
> >>>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
> >>>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
> >>>>
> >>>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
> >>>
> >>> Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
> >>> in odd minds.
> >>
> >> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
> >> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
> >> and approaching 60.
> >
> > I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> > age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> > so OLD.
> >
> I wondered if I would make it to the next century. After all, 2020 was
> a whopping 35 years away and I'd really be old by then.

The changing of the guards. Now all us young people have turned
into
the old people. We are the ancient ones now. Time to run for
congress.

On 8/8/2020 7:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> " wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
>>>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
>>>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
>>>
>>> Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
>>> in odd minds.
>>
>> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
>> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
>> and approaching 60.
>
> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> so OLD.
>
My mother was 32 when she had me. When I was 17 she was nearly 50.
Practically eligible for an AARP subscription. By their definition, she
was old.

Jill

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 7:22:35 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > On 8/8/2020 7:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > Bruce wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> " wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
> > >>>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
> > >>>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
> > >>>
> > >>> Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
> > >>> in odd minds.
> > >>
> > >> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
> > >> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
> > >> and approaching 60.
> > >
> > > I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> > > age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> > > so OLD.
> > >
> > I wondered if I would make it to the next century. After all, 2020 was
> > a whopping 35 years away and I'd really be old by then.
>
> The changing of the guards. Now all us young people have turned
> into
> the old people. We are the ancient ones now. Time to run for
> congress.

55 is the new 21. Folks used to think, "I don't want to age a day over 21 (the legal drinking age)," but at 55 folks become eligible for the early bird senior buffet special at Golden Corral.

In truth, I've only eaten at Golden Corral twice in the last 30 years, and both times were because my young son requested it for a birthday, but man, you let me loose in there and I go for one thing, and one thing only, fried chicken.

That reminds me of back in the 1990s, when I worked at the church I'd get off at 2:30, and sometimes I'd do the Long John Silver's all-you-can-eat fish Sundays. Well, then they stopped having the AYCE, so I stopped going there. About a year later, I stopped in because they had some good deal on a poster on their window, and a woman who worked there pointed at me and told a coworker, "That's him. That's the guy who ate 11 pieces of fish."

I was like, sure that's a lot, but I couldn't be the only one. She replied that no one had ever eaten that many pieces of fish, and I said, "I ate 12 at the one down on Hampton one time." It was true.

--Bryan

jmcquown wrote:
>
> My mother was 32 when she had me. When I was 17 she was nearly 50.
> Practically eligible for an AARP subscription. By their definition, she
> was old.

AARP lowered their age to 50 many years ago. Guess they needed
more suscribers.

I joined up at age 50 but they offered nothing that helped me
so I quit.

Then I joined again at age 64. Still nothing for me so I quit
again.

I get constant email and snail mail offers from them to this day.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> That reminds me of back in the 1990s, when I worked at the church I'd get off at 2:30, and sometimes I'd do the Long John Silver's all-you-can-eat fish Sundays. Well, then they stopped having the AYCE, so I stopped going there. About a year later, I stopped in because they had some good deal on a poster on their window, and a woman who worked there pointed at me and told a coworker, "That's him. That's the guy who ate 11 pieces of fish."
>
> I was like, sure that's a lot, but I couldn't be the only one. She replied that no one had ever eaten that many pieces of fish, and I said, "I ate 12 at the one down on Hampton one time." It was true.

I loved Long John Silver's when they had one nearby. I never did
try the
fish planks. I always bought the chicken planks. Damn good eats.

Also Bryan... thanks for the heads up about the Target mini fans.
Looks like just what I want and the price is right!

On 8/8/2020 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> My mother was 32 when she had me. When I was 17 she was nearly 50.
>> Practically eligible for an AARP subscription. By their definition, she
>> was old.
>
> AARP lowered their age to 50 many years ago. Guess they needed
> more suscribers.
>
> I joined up at age 50 but they offered nothing that helped me
> so I quit.
>
> Then I joined again at age 64. Still nothing for me so I quit
> again.
>
> I get constant email and snail mail offers from them to this day.
>
I asked friends in my neighborhood about AARP. What benefit would I get
from joining? The answer was "nothing" unless you want travel
discounts, hotel deals, things like that. Or a Medicare supplement
plan. I'm still nowhere near Medicare age and I don't travel. So, the
AARP snail mail goes into the shredder.

I'm kind of surprised you signed up for AARP twice. Also surprised
you're surprised you're being bombarded with emails and snail mail. You
invited them! Good luck getting off their list.

Jill

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:15:16 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> When I turned 40 in 1993, I bought a pair of RollerBlades and
> my next door neighbor asked, "Aren't you a little old for
> those?" Idiot.
>
> I was enjoying life while he (age 35 with children) had
> already settled down into do nothing old age.
>
I love roller skating and a few years ago I toyed with the idea of getting
a pair of rollerblades. My brother pointed out we don't heal as we did
when we were kids. I let the idea die a quiet death.

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:27:34 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> so OLD.
>
When I was 17 my mom was 55 and my dad was 65.

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:39:05 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> I asked friends in my neighborhood about AARP. What benefit would I get
> from joining? The answer was "nothing" unless you want travel
> discounts, hotel deals, things like that. Or a Medicare supplement
> plan. I'm still nowhere near Medicare age and I don't travel. So, the
> AARP snail mail goes into the shredder.
>
> I'm kind of surprised you signed up for AARP twice. Also surprised
> you're surprised you're being bombarded with emails and snail mail. You
> invited them! Good luck getting off their list.
>
> Jill
>
I joined at age 50 and like Gary, just got a bunch of junk mail all the time.
Stopped the junk mail and quit them. But did rejoin for a supplemental
Medicare plan but checked the boxes I wanted no junk mail, magazine, or
e-mails from them. So far, so good.

On 2020-08-08 1:10 p.m., wrote:
> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:15:16 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> When I turned 40 in 1993, I bought a pair of RollerBlades and
>> my next door neighbor asked, "Aren't you a little old for
>> those?" Idiot.
>>
>> I was enjoying life while he (age 35 with children) had
>> already settled down into do nothing old age.
>>
> I love roller skating and a few years ago I toyed with the idea of getting
> a pair of rollerblades. My brother pointed out we don't heal as we did
> when we were kids. I let the idea die a quiet death.
>



So true. The older we get the longer it takes to recover. I chipped my
knee cap when I was 13 and was in a cast for a couple weeks. I broke my
collar bone at 51 and was off work for two months. A few years later I
broke some ribs and it took even longer to heal.

I had a serious talk with my buddy about fitness. We were bother pretty
active before the pandemic, playing pickleball three times a week. We
both gained weighed an slipped out of shape with the lockdown. I have
been getting back into things lately, bicycling and playing outdoor
pickleball. He has not. He wants to get back at things and I had to
point out to him that it has been 5 months for him, so he is going to
have to take it east. I am having enough trouble getting back into shape
but I am worried that if he rushes back into things to hard and too fast
he is going to get hurt, and then he is going to learn the hard way
about the lower healing.

On 2020-08-08 1:13 p.m., wrote:
> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:27:34 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
>> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
>> so OLD.
>>
> When I was 17 my mom was 55 and my dad was 65.
>
My wife's father was 48 when she was born.

I used to work with a guy who split up with his wife when his daughters
were in their teens. He hooked up with a much younger woman and started
over. One day I had to go back to the shop with one of my new co-workers
and we were talking to Joe and he told us that his wife was going to
have a baby in a few weeks. My new co-worker asked him how old he was...
55. New co-worker looked at him and asked "Are you ****ing nuts?"

The kid would be going in to Grade 5 when Joe hit 65, and into high
school when he is 72. Then it would hit university when Joe was 75,
graduating at 78 or so. Give him or her a couple years to settle down
and start raising a family and Joe would be in his 80s.

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:27:28 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I used to work with a guy who split up with his wife when his daughters
> were in their teens. He hooked up with a much younger woman and started
> over. One day I had to go back to the shop with one of my new co-workers
> and we were talking to Joe and he told us that his wife was going to
> have a baby in a few weeks. My new co-worker asked him how old he was...
> 55. New co-worker looked at him and asked "Are you ****ing nuts?"
>
> The kid would be going in to Grade 5 when Joe hit 65, and into high
> school when he is 72. Then it would hit university when Joe was 75,
> graduating at 78 or so. Give him or her a couple years to settle down
> and start raising a family and Joe would be in his 80s.
>
My brother is 73 and has two little boys age 9 and 11.

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:27:28 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-08-08 1:13 p.m., wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:27:34 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> >> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> >> so OLD.
> >>
> > When I was 17 my mom was 55 and my dad was 65.
> >
> My wife's father was 48 when she was born.
>
> I used to work with a guy who split up with his wife when his daughters
> were in their teens. He hooked up with a much younger woman and started
> over. One day I had to go back to the shop with one of my new co-workers
> and we were talking to Joe and he told us that his wife was going to
> have a baby in a few weeks. My new co-worker asked him how old he was...
> 55. New co-worker looked at him and asked "Are you ****ing nuts?"
>
> The kid would be going in to Grade 5 when Joe hit 65, and into high
> school when he is 72. Then it would hit university when Joe was 75,
> graduating at 78 or so. Give him or her a couple years to settle down
> and start raising a family and Joe would be in his 80s.

The premise of my novel is that an older, recent widower (exact age not specified) wins the lottery, and offers a young woman a lot of money to be his paid GF. Everyone gets more than they bargained for.

--Bryan https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/brya...-176j5weg.html

On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:28:08 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> " wrote:
>> >>
>> >> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
>> >> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
>> >> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>> >>
>> >> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
>> >
>> >Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
>> >in odd minds.
>>
>> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
>> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
>> and approaching 60.
>
>I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
>age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
>so OLD.

Some people actually are older than their age. Look at McBiddy. She's
as old as the mountains.

Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:28:08 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:51 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> " wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In the early '70s, my oldest brother was 40 years old and bought a
>>>>> chartreuse Dodge Super Bee. My 20-year-old cousin wanted to what an
>>>>> old wanted with such a snazzy car?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/xCDTSWtY/Super-Bee.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Nice looking car and age 40 has never been old age except
>>>> in odd minds.
>>>
>>> When I was 16 or so two friends of mine pledged they would kill each
>>> other when they'd reach 40. As far as I know, they're both still alive
>>> and approaching 60.
>>
>> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
>> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
>> so OLD.
>
> Some people actually are older than their age. Look at McBiddy. She's
> as old as the mountains.
>

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