I get the personal reasons, and I realize not everyone has relatives they enjoy hanging out with. I’m older, my parents are dead, and it’s just me and the adult kids, maybe some friends, so it’s nice.
I look at the origins of TG the same way I look at christmas (I’m an atheist): The original meaning doesn’t speak to me, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it.
Good points, but I really do like Thanksgiving best. I have good relatives who I like hanging out with, and it’s just doing that and eating food (though I usually do an awful lot of cooking).
My wife got cataract surgery years ago and they kind of botched it, so she could see for some time. She couldn’t watch videos/TV, browse the web, or anything like that, and it was pretty terrible for her. She asked me to read to her, so it became a daily thing. It was pretty neat, I have to admit, though it sure did make me hyper aware of my pronunciation and stuff.
Lots of plastics can’t take the high heat. They melt or warp.
I thought we Americans wore that particular crown…
Absolutely
This comes off like a person who has no empathy, or who assumes everyone else thinks like they do. When I was in college, I tutored math to middle school kids, and I can say with certainty that some people’s brains take to it more naturally than others. You can be very smart and still struggle with math.
And putting that aside, “enjoyment” is inherently subjective. It’s like saying most people would enjoy liver and onions if they had it cooked right. No, some people will and some people won’t. It’s okay - people are a diverse lot and it’s fine if some people don’t like what you like.
No keys to anyone else’s place. Car key is a little odd: the hotel has mandatory valet parking, so I don’t have the key when I leave the room, or if I go for a walk. If I drive someplace, the valet hands me the key when they bring the car, so I do have one, but it’s not something I make sure I have when I leave.
It’s funny, for years my list was keys, wallet, and phone, and of those it’s the keys that go back the furthest. I had a key to my parents house when I was a young teen, and I’ve always carried keys with me since (I’m in my 60s now). I sold my house a couple months ago, and I’ve been living in a hotel until I close on a condo, and it feels so strange not to own any keys now, just the key card for the hotel.
It’s hard to tug back when you’re kissing the top of her nose.
Practically speaking, there’s no good way around it. If you could block them seeing you, they could just make another account to follow you with.
You can buy it in half gallons and quarts, too, but a lot of families go through a gallon in a couple days.