[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

The same as every generation. The whole reason Social Security was started here in the US is because there were so many indigent old people.

And it's been running out of money since forever, I always figured I'm just paying for my mom's generation and I won't get anything but my kids think they are paying for me and I will get social security but they won't.

Whatever. It was so difficult to work while raising a family, now they are grown it's not so bad, why not work now? I could have used years off better when younger. I would happily work now to pay taxes to support younger people's retirement, and medical/parental paid leave, honestly, even if I can't personally retire.

They really need to remove the income cap on the FICA tax here. It's regressive.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Something for everyone!

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Because working with people you like makes work so much more bearable? We have an AP lady who is a hotshot, does such a good job but so mean and hotheaded and thinks she is "honest" but is really just mean. Hates her husband , hates people, only likes her dog. Her manager is on her last straw because she criticizes everyone else all the time and dislikes half the people she works with, and she (the manager) has had to referee arguments she has with the rest of the staff.

You can train someone to do a job, it's much harder to train someone out of being an asshole.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Best Coast doing the song Rhiannon

It's close, because I LOVE the original but Porter Robinson's cover of the Fontaines DC song Favorite is amazing and everyone in my family likes it so much. The interview where he talks about the song also great.

Probably more if I think about it, but those 2 came to mind as really good covers that do something different from the original songs.

ETA - just about anything by Bob Dylan or the Grateful Dead sounds better to me when another band does them, Dylan in particular writes amazing songs but I don't like his delivery of them and the Dead, that sound annoys me so much I cannot.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Treat yourself with the same consideration you would give someone else. You are a person too. Would you tell your loyal and loving friend they were inadequate?

Be nice to yourself.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I am the same with sweet things, I like them but want to taste it, not eat it, sort of.

I have a set of wee demitasse spoons at home so I can put my one spoonful of ice cream in a little bowl and eat it, lol. Just little tastes of very sweet things, they do not feel good to eat in quantity.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Same here. Work mouse is a mirror of home mouse. I started putting it on the left because I use the 10-key a lot. When there was a phone I put it on the left too, so that my right hand (the 10-key hand) would not get confused by the upside down layout of the phone keypad.

At work, mouse and phone (gone now, thank every God) on left, to leave my dominant hand free for the keyboard, basically.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Huh. That's an odd one. We are all here because someone had kids, you grew up with people who had kids, it's a funny thing to not understand. I always wanted kids but can wrap my mind around people not wanting them, feel everyone should live their lives the way they want & most of my kids don't themselves want kids (though they all like kids, they just each want one of their siblings to give them nieces).

Raising kids is by far the best work I ever did, and babies are cute, little children are delightful, teenagers are cool, and now as adults they are awesome.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

? I do. Only at home, it's sometimes before not after. Because hands are considerably more dirty than pussy. So if battling any hint of UTI, washing them before is recommended.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is the most likely explanation by far. You are looking for such a small subset of the available population, you are unlikely to hit on what you want by chance.

You would need to either increase your tolerance in some direction (need fit & active, don't mind some drinking, some junk food as long as they don't care you don't join in that).

One other thought, I am a lady but if I met a guy who was TOO clean living, I'd worry how he was in bed, does he consider sex a vice too? Some of those guys are kinda crazy.

Maybe ask your friends if they know anyone you might vibe with or try online dating apps.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

"Other than making some sort of vegan statement" is such an oddball exception.

I don't mind the casual conversation. But do mind proselytizing.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

For decoration. I like them, and also like scars - bodies move through time and I like when our lives mark them, I guess.

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You can't read it on the board but this was the special at the hotel bar today, they have a Bourbon bar, all sorts of good whiskey on the shelf. Always a sucker for a fruity bourbon sour!

Don't know exactly what is in it but my guess is bourbon, lemon, cherry heering and soda water. Can taste the whiskey, the cherry is not dominant, nor the lemon. More refreshing than I'd expect from something 'bourbon cherry'

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Three years old and I've not had to moderate even thrice! Will have a cocktail later to celebrate but wanted to say thanks for making this place great!

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world

Featuring Juno, our velvet hippo.

This made 2.

4 oz gin (Farmer's)

6 oz grapefruit juice

1 oz Campari

1 oz lime

8 oz tonic (fever tree light tonic, la mejor)

Stirred with ice, strained over fresh ice with one lime wedge squeezed in and put in. A little watery, the grapefruit maybe not quite perfect but it's good.

Because the fever tree comes in weird sized bottles, there was left over so I made a gin & tonic for my daughter's girlfriend. She did not like it but a splash of St. Germain fixed it for her.

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Strap on your adblocker, this is a very adsy website but this story was good. I do a lot of waste diversion drinks but no trash can in a bar is absolutely incredible.

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I'm having a Friend Zone, a non alcoholic cocktail, as I still have strawberry kvass. One of the most delicious cocktails around. Batched it for a party once and nobody could even pick it out as the booze-less one.

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/friend-zone-a-zero-proof-strawberry-drink/

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Rhubarb martini (thelemmy.club)

2 oz vodka

1/2 oz lemon

1/2 oz St Germain

1/2 oz rhubarb amaro

Not sure what else to call it. If a drink can be said to be vodka-forward, this is. It's balanced, a little sweet, barely tart, a little bitter, and I don't think I'd want anything adjusted but it is sort of like a really good flavored vodka. I am enjoying it. And I do love a pink drink. May work on this as a start to a Thanksgiving punch.

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Spumoni Highball (thelemmy.club)

1 oz Campari

1oz orange liqueur

2 oz gin

2oz fresh grapefruit juice

6oz Fever Tree light tonic water

Shook first 4 ingredients with ice, stirred in the tonic water. Tried it and OMG way too sweet for me, bitterness perfect but so overwhelming sweet. Added:

Juice of an entire lemon

And it's delicious now. Like a bitter sparkling grapefruit lemonade. This recipe made 2 servings but I am having both. One for an aperitif and one for dessert.

Regular spumoni recipe has the Campari, gin, grapefruit, tonic and SUGAR. I cannot imagine.

Featuring my neighbor's ever so American truck, and my in between front garden, looking bare but I planted sunflowers & cosmos & giant marigold, they are wee sprouts now. Hopefully won't all get eaten by birds.

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Today's Bread (thelemmy.club)

The crumb

30% whole wheat, the rest strong white flour. 70% hydration, no mixer just stretch & fold 5 times 30 minutes apart, rest until puffy, split into loaves and rest overnight in lined baskets, covered with plastic bags, in the fridge.

Bake next day in hot cast iron (you can see it in the picture) this time 450F for 20 minutes closed then 30 minutes open.

This (or slight variations) is the bread my kids call THE Sourdough.

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Tommy's Margarita (thelemmy.club)

Basically a tequila daiquiri. I used my beloved Tequila Ocho.

2 parts tequila, one part lime, squirt of agave (to taste. Less in mine, more in the one I made for my daughter). So simple, so good.

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Be it coffee or be it whiskey, wine, water, or a cocktail old favorite or new. What are you drinking this weekend?

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submitted 2 months ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world

I had a really beautiful ruby grapefruit, so wanted to use it. This is

A spoonful of honey-ginger-arbol syrup

2 oz bourbon

1 oz Giffard Abricot

1 oz grapefruit juice

Scant oz lemon

Shake with ice, pour over new ice.

Oddly a little watery tasting/feeling (like, it could use more mouth feel, or a bit of fizz) but flavor is mmmm.

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Kimchi in a basket (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

She has been chilling in this basket off & on all week, so freaking cute.

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