++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[bigboxes]

I'm out in West Texas again tonight. Been to nine county seats in two days. I think I will take pics of two more tomorrow on the long drive home.

 

[sdifox]

I'm out in West Texas again tonight. Been to nine county seats in two days. I think I will take pics of two more tomorrow on the long drive home.

what are you collecting? Pokemons?

 

[bigboxes]

what are you collecting? Pokemons?

Love to travel. Started at 179 counties before this trip. Texas has 254 counties. This may take awhile.

No to da Pokemons.

 

[sdifox]

Love to travel. Started at 179 counties before this trip. Texas has 254 counties. This may take awhile.

No to da Pokemons.

my ideal vacation would be my wife take the kids somewhere for vacation and leave me behind

 

[shortylickens]

I was 40 years old when I learned "Kiss From A Rose" is about cocaine.

 

[bigboxes]

I was 40 years old when I learned "Kiss From A Rose is about cocaine".

Look up the meaning of "Semi-Charmed Life"

 

[Red Squirrel]

Lunch! (normal food! )

 

[Red Squirrel]

I usually go with regular but was feeling for a quebec today.

 

[bigboxes]

I usually go with regular but was feeling for a quebec today.

Explain for a non-Canadian

 

[Red Squirrel]

Quebec style is cheese curds, regular is shredded. You can also get mixed, which is both.

 

[sdifox]

Wtf is that

 

[Red Squirrel]

Food from the true north! Cheese is made from giant's milk.

 

[sdifox]

Food from the true north! Cheese is made from giant's milk.

Nothing fried should look like that.

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[bigboxes]

Just got home. About another 1k miles in this road trip. Now, to eat me some pizza!

 

[sdifox]

Just got home. About another 1k miles in this road trip. Now, to eat me some pizza!

Your closest pizzeria is 500 miles away?

 

[bigboxes]

I had lasagna last night in Andrews, Texas. Friday night, I had BBQ in Sterling City, Texas.

 

[sdifox]

I had lasagna last night in Andrews, Texas. Friday night, I had BBQ in Sterling City, Texas.

damn foodies are destroying the planet! :awe:

 

[bigboxes]

damn foodies are destroying the planet! :awe:

Actually, I wasn't impressed. Screw ups at both places and the food was ok, not delicious. You never know when you'll run into one that you definitely have to go some day. I love that about traveling.

 

[sdifox]

Actually, I wasn't impressed. Screw ups at both places and the food was ok, not delicious. You never know when you'll run into one that you definitely have to go some day. I love that about traveling.

I remember food really well so I can tell if a place I have been to decades ago changed cook. Sadly the good ones are dying out.

 

[shortylickens]

thats some good lookin pizza.
would look even better without that gross sausage.

 

[bigboxes]

thats some good lookin pizza.
would look even better without that gross sausage.

I love sausage. To each his own. My father loved anchovies, but no one else could stand it on the pizza. Poor dad.

 

[bigboxes]

 

[bigboxes]

 

[lxskllr]

Went to a fairy festival yesterday. Daughter wanted to go. We have one down this way she liked going to as a kid, and thought it would be something cool to do. It was kinda lame. The promoter used a gmail address, so that gives you an idea of the budget. Out in the middle of nowhere PA. Pleasant drive with interesting things to see in the mountains, but not much around.

Anyway, it was full of vendors selling hippie dippy stuff. I haven't heard so much bullshit in years. One guy in particular, it took every bit of my self control to not laugh at him. Clean cut, not hippy dressed, he looked like a MLM "guru". He was explaining his essential oils and essences, which were roughly homeopathic. I didn't smell any, but maybe they could have have done something if they were sufficiently strong. Scent can affect well being, so stripping away the mumbo jumbo, they may have been good for something. The crystals OTOH...

Holy shit! He's talking about aligning them to get the correct energy, and passing them over each other in a particular order to get the positive effect D^: He had rustic... I'd call it display shelves. Rounds cut off sticks, and glued together on the edges, and some three dimensional ones using copper wire to raise the levels. A nice display thing for your little rocks or whatever, but no.... That's not what it was at at all! You put your crystals on it, and his precise scientific build aligned the crystals in the correct matrix for healing energy. JFC! I almost couldn't take it. I just nodded, and plotted my escape, while trying to think of something nice to say that didn't indicate I believed his bullshit. He's either a scammer, or an idiot. Not sure which, but neither makes him look particularly good.

Maybe the placebo effect is stronger than I give it credit for. Everyone acts like they believe that nonsense. Perhaps believing in it enough makes it actually work. Maybe being stupid can be a net positive in life? Questions, questions...