They seem more common now if anything

I’m not sure what extra cleaning you’re talking about but if you use them once in a while they don’t stink

Or they could try a front door, which is much more straightforward

My remaining fast food vice is Chipotle.

We have a bit of a tradition going. When my teenager drives over from his mom’s house Friday after school, I send out a Chipotle group order so he can pick what he wants, and it’s ready for pickup as he approaches.

So fast, so convenient

Do they have options?

I gave up Taco Bell after college as “not actual food”, and for decades only went to McDonald’s in a road trip or Wendy’s for a frosty. There was a cheap local-ish burger joint that sometimes took their place but it was a bit out of the way …… then we got Chipotle and Panera!!! Fast food that’s actual food and not quite as bad for you. And now it’s the same price or cheaper.

My burrito cost less than your Big Mac meal while being more filling. It has less sodium, less saturated fat, actual fiber and vegetables, and tastes so much better.

We do have at least one authentic burrito place that’s even better and cheaper but you can’t order online. Chipotle group orders are the god of food apps

NH missed the opportunity of the Merrimack River as a border…… plus the Saint Laurence Seaway up north, oui?

I guess it worked for Kansas City, right? Be prepared for NYC NY, vs NYC CT

Looking at Long Island, I find it interesting that they chose the Hudson River as a natural boundary but apparently Long Island Sound is no big deal

I can’t figure out what Rhode Island’s border is meant to be but it apparently doesn’t include Rhode Island

If it makes a difference, this is on my iPhone running iOS 18.0.1

The default gui works fine on my ancient iPad stuck on iPadOS 16

If it makes a difference, this is on my iPhone running iOS 18.0.1

The default gui works fine on my ancient iPad stuck on iPadOS 16

It all depends on whether they’re competent and can act together for their goals. Many of those goals are truly horrible, but

• Trumps first term was incompetent, fractured. Despite all the chaos and destruction, they did nowhere near as much damage to peoples lives and democracy as they wanted to
• My conservative brother is all too typical, dismissing the worst statements as “he’s not serious. He’d never do that”. We have to hope people like my brother are right
• their goal is narcissism and their methods are stoking outrage: is it possible they’re not actually evil, don’t actually pay attention to what comes out of their own mouths? Are they even capable of working together? Making Trump rich and stoking his ego would be a travesty, but far less damaging than what he says he’ll do

Why do they even need runways for taking off? Yeah you want to make sure your engines start but it’s not like you need to reach a specific speed to get in the air nor do you need to be generating lift.

Imagine how much more quickly you could react by just dropping all your aircraft off the side at the same time (with engines running) rather than be bottlenecked behind individual runway use

They’re convenient scapegoats that can’t defend themselves. “Look, it’s a witch! Burn it”

Looks a lot like lack of awareness to me. The price of pretty much everything has at least stabilized or is down from the peak. Individuals are better off today than recently.

However prices are shockingly high compared to four years ago. Many are worse off than four years ago. The economy is trending much better at the individual level but people can’t get past the four years of buildup to realize that it has turned around

But it’s not just the status quo. If we don’t jump off the precipice, things were starting to turn around in. Several ways.

For me it’s the environment. I grew up when concerns about the environment were getting real, we were hearing about the scare of global warming, etc. we all started recycling and there were some big wins: clean air act, clean water act, ozone hole treaty, etc, but it’s coming up on half a century and we’ve just gotten worse in so many ways. But the infrastructure act is finally showing results and might be a turn around. EVs are starting to enter the mainstream, EV trucks are coming. I’m not so positive about BEV trains but at least they’re a thing. Renewable energy is the cheapest choice and finally growing rapidly. We have huge amounts of grid storage in place…… things are finally happening

It’s by state, and would never be tolerated where I live.

Unfortunately it seems to be a systemic issue with certain states. At one point several had federally monitored elections to prevent shenanigans but I don’t know if that’s true anymore

Some states do not allow counting early votes early, some states allow a couple days for mail in votes as long as they were postmarked today, plus there will almost certainly be challenges and recounts

Yeah my nostalgia food is Kraft mac&cheese. It always tastes amazing as it reminds me of my childhood …… but i try to rarely have it

Somewhat the opposite.

• I seem to be the only one here who likes Bisquick pancakes, at least as a starting point (I usually add something: last time it was half a can of pumpkin, walnuts and pie spices)
• I find frozen meatballs significantly worse than hand made, plus there’s usually a lot of junk ingredients. However realistically that usually means I’ll Use sausage or shredded chicken thighs

On days when I feel like this, the two most important pieces of equipment are a rice maker and an air fryer. Now I can have chicken breasts over rice at the touch of a few buttons.

• take a look at how much sodium too much instant rice has, plus it’s overly processed to make it quick. With the rice maker it might take 15-20 minutes but all I do is pour rice and water in and press the button…. Much better than instant and no sodium. This is what converted me from a potato guy to a rice guy.

• air fryer gets a bad rep because it’s only the chicken tenders and fries labeled with directions, but it does a great job with chicken breasts or thighs - just press the button and wait for it to ding!

If a lasagna is more effort than you want to put in, there are lots of recipes for “deconstructed” lasagna, so you can make it yourself much easier!