In the last few years...probably the 2016 win over UCLA. First win over a CA school under Sonny Dykes (and it was a blowout win too), but who cares because 1) UCLA sucked, 2) we sucked, 3) it was the last game of the year and we weren't going bowling.
"Unsure of what kind of financial aid he might receive from the government, he feels that his options are otherwise limited. But he hopes the support of the public will help Amoeba to someday re-open and continue to thrive as a San Francisco landmark — not just for his own sake, but the city's."
@They don't have the minimum 500 stores to qualify as a small business@
Apparently Jared Goff's favorite. I say he should bail them out now that he that big contract burning a hole in his pocket. I also saw Jared at Gregoire on North side a few years back. He was eating an aioli sandwich.
Wyking Jones was in The Benchwarmers? No 3 was looking at the IMDB page for it and noticed his name. Apparently he's been in a few things. Looks like all bit parts. BTW I haven't watched The Benchwarmers.
I thought the popcorn jellybeans were good on its own, but it doesn't go well with other flavors. I recall being quite annoyed by the number of popcorn beans that I got from the large bag of bellyflops when I visited the Jelly Belly factory...which was 15-16 years ago.
Everybody will have their favorite, but there is no such thing as worst. Kind of like too much bandwidth or too much pitching, it is a concept that can not exist.
Actual sentence from me to the 17 year old the other day: “it’s okay to not go to the highest ranked school you got into - I mean I got into Cal and went to SC.”
That might point more to the choice of field of study than the value of a degree from USC, the nearly highest in class price it comes with not withstanding.
I'll gladly pay more for better quality TP at Costco like Charmin Ultra (preferable), or Cottonelle, or Quilted Northern Ultra. Kirkland Signature is my last choice. Unfortunately that's what I've got now since due to the hoarding that was the only option they had about 4-5 weeks ago.
I was the same way with Kleenex Ultra soft. I Don't like any other facial tissues. When I had a bad cold with a runny nose I found the Kleenex Ultra Soft with Lotion was better. Less chafing below my nostrils.
Oh I never thought of that. I usually just use whatever tshirt I'm wearing. My two pairs of glasses are probably 8-9 years old. There are some light scratches but they aren't deep enough that they bother me.
My wife has always preferred Scott’s toilet paper, I don’t care, but every old person who visits complains every time like she’s actually going to source special bum wiping supplies for them
We have been a Northern quilted operation for some time, but based on it being what was in the store at 6:01 AM, as reported earlier, going to try the Charmin. If Scootie endorses it, as I read earlier, then I'm sure it will be excellent.
The bargain basement toilet paper my wife picked up at Target the other day (it was all they had). It's thin enough that you can see your hand through it if you hold a single ply.
I haven't seen any at Costco since February. Wegman's usually has six-packs of their own brand (which isn't bad, actually), but they were out last time I was there.
do you go right when they open? I know that for at least a few weeks the TP was gone probably within the first couple of hours. Not sure if they currently get shipments every day and stay stocked.
I've gone twice since the lockdown, once about an hour after they opened and once several hours after they opened. When we're due for another trip, I'll try getting there shortly before they open. Other than TP, they've consistently been surprisingly well stocked.
The local Safeway had it once when I was there in the last month. CVS has been empty. The only place that seems to have it on any regular basis is the mini-Target.
We had a *MAJOR* breakthrough this morning. The household shopper for just the second time since the stay at home started was able to get some TP this morning. At 6:01 (in a store that opened at 6:00) had about 3 packages left.
Twist ordered Chinese toilet paper off the internet. I live in China and do not use Chinese brands (not because of quality issues, but the consumers who buy Chinese brands want cheapest / best value - and they're all single ply)
Speaking of wine, I found a new pairing for a new dish the wife has been making. She has been making a roasted cauliflower, onion, garbanzo bean & a little yellow bell pepper dish, over pearl couscous, Indian spices, with a side of yogurt (cool things down) and cilantro chutney.
I tried various big reds Zin, Syrah, or Rioja, but those weren't a perfect match. Last night I went the other direction with a Vinho Verde Rose, and I think that worked better.
撲街！- "Pok Gai!" in Cantonese "Pu Jie!" in Mandarin, although it really doesn't make sense in Mandarin. Throughout the non-Cantonese speaking diaspora, it's often just written "PK" but the meaning has flattened away from Cantonese.
In Cantonese it literally means "to be pushed into the street" - and it means
"asshole" but like "fuck" in English, it can be used as many different parts of speech - noun, adjective, adverb, etc. etc.
"冚家鏟!" - "Haamm Gaa Chaan" in Cantonese. I don't think the first character exists in Mandarin - but it literally means "Entire Family Shovel." In Mandarin, or more polite Cantonese, they would say "全家"
What it means - "asshole", but more like "I'm going to kill your entire family and bury them with this shovel"
I have questions. Does it count if both my arms are out in front of me at the same time - like a masked zombie? And if it does, how do I secure the ball. If not, are your arms 3 feet long? And if I don't carry the ball, am I penalized 10 yards for illegal use of hands to the face? Wait a second. That last one is it. You mad genius.
It looks like the Governor of Tennessee isn't extended the stay at home order that expires on Apr 30. Vandy sent out something that says they're exempt because Davidson County, that includes Nashville, has their own health dept order that supersedes the state order. Theirs expres on May 1, but is subject to being extended based on hard data.
I don't see how Tennessee can do this; weren't they one of the harder hit states?
Got an email earlier this afternoon that the remote work order for our customers has been extended through May. I’ll be curious to see if we head in June 1.
"President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an “injection” of disinfectant into a person infected with coronavirus as a coronavirus deterrent at the White House daily briefing on Thursday.
Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, a Department of Homeland Security official who leads the department's Science and Technology division gave a presentation on research his team has conducted that shows the virus does not live as long in warmer and more humid temperatures. Bryan said, “the virus dies quickest in sunlight.”
"I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning," the president said during the briefing, speaking to his health officials. "As you see it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."
It has been and continues to be such a damning indictment of this country that we elected such an abject moron to be the president and can't get rid of him.
“The pandemic is going to take a greater toll on the conservative electorate leading into this election — and that’s simply just a calculation of age,” Andrew Johnson, the lead author and a professor of management at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, said in an interview. “The virus is killing more older voters, and in many states that’s the key to a GOP victory.”
Johnson and his colleagues Wendi Pollock and Beth M. Rauhaus projected that even with shelter-in-place orders remaining in effect, about 11,000 more Republicans than Democrats who are 65 and older could die before the election in both Michigan and North Carolina.
In Pennsylvania, should the state return to using only social distancing to fight infections, it could lose over 13,000 more Republican than Democratic voters in that age category."
Well yesterday, I had my first lease signing get cancelled after the guy had a talk with his boss right before he was set to come over and sign a lease, he didn't feel confident enough to do so.
Pretty sure one of my colleagues has the ‘rona, he’s been down for the count for over a week while he tries to recover. Poor guy and his wife are also trying to ride herd on 3 kids aged 5 and under.
MLB close to finalizing which 42 teams will be cut when MiLB gets reduced to 120 teams. As a point of reference, here was the preliminary list back in Nov 2019. Unfortunately, the Vibes (mascot: flaming s'more), Rumble Ponies, Scrappers, MuckDogs, Spinners, and Lookouts are in trouble.
There was then another announcement from MLB about how this report was untrue. Not sure that they need to publicize this right now because who knows how the pandemic will change things when it's all over.
30 picks in, the Pac-12 has had 3 players taken in the NFL draft. With 1 picks left, the SEC has had a record 13, surpassing their 3 time record of 12.
Other ideas include chocolate; Godiva has various sales going on, and I recently ordered the luxury self-care package from here, which arrived in NYC really quickly! https://formosachocolates.com/ (use code SHOPSMALL15 for 15% off)
Have you guys been doing care packages? What have you been sending?
Her son lives out of state and is apparently arranging a lot of food delivery, so we’re just supplementing dairy and fruit for the most part - but we’re happy to help, she’s on her own and shouldn’t be out and about too much.
Just heard an interesting tidbit on the news; today is the 15th anniversary of youtube videos. The first one ever was a guy at the elephant exhibit at the zoo (they showed a clip from it; looked interesting). Boy, did that take off.
I took No 3 there last summer. The first time I've ever been. The kids had gone with their mom and her parents (they live in Benicia) way back when before we moved.
My favorite is Peach, with Buttered Popcorn a close second. As for worst, I could have sworn there was a Blue Mint bean at one point, but all record of its existence has been scrubbed from the archives. I’ll go with Tutti-Frutti as worst, simply because it is so similar to Bubble Gum. This is an 18 given the current situation.
I grew up in Fairfield, so the Jelly Belly tour was a staple field trip. Took the family a couple years back and it’s pretty easy to navigate the self-guided tour. Plus, Belly Flops are available in the gift shop! I recommend.
Virtual Cal campus ...
For Graduation, Cal Students Build ‘Blockeley University’ in Minecraft
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879036/for-graduation-cal-students-build-blockeley-university-campus-in-minecraft
Worth posting daily!
Or twice daily haha!
CAL
Which Cal victory was the most underwhelming?
Southern Miss in 2004 apparently (too soon?)
ALWAYS!
In the last few years...probably the 2016 win over UCLA. First win over a CA school under Sonny Dykes (and it was a blowout win too), but who cares because 1) UCLA sucked, 2) we sucked, 3) it was the last game of the year and we weren't going bowling.
WSU in 2007. Nate Longshore limps around as we barely beat a Cougar team we should have blown out.
Amoeba Records is in trouble
https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/Facing-an-uncertain-future-Amoeba-Music-launches-15214265.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Oh no!
"Unsure of what kind of financial aid he might receive from the government, he feels that his options are otherwise limited. But he hopes the support of the public will help Amoeba to someday re-open and continue to thrive as a San Francisco landmark — not just for his own sake, but the city's."
@They don't have the minimum 500 stores to qualify as a small business@
Needs to beef up his on-line market presence!
Cheese-N-Stuff is in trouble.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/slideshow/I-ll-take-out-a-home-equity-loan-if-I-have-201713.php
Apparently Jared Goff's favorite. I say he should bail them out now that he that big contract burning a hole in his pocket. I also saw Jared at Gregoire on North side a few years back. He was eating an aioli sandwich.
Very underrated place - one of my favorite sandwich shops around town but the only people in there tended to be athletes.
Wyking Jones was in The Benchwarmers? No 3 was looking at the IMDB page for it and noticed his name. Apparently he's been in a few things. Looks like all bit parts. BTW I haven't watched The Benchwarmers.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429480/
Top Dog update
apparently so many people tried to do mail in orders that they cant actually fulfil them.
they normally get 3-4 orders/mo. they got over 150 orders recently.
apparently they are "doing ok"
I didn't get a chance to go pick up a Hot and a Kielbasa last weekend. Maybe I'll go this weekend.
Best jellies: pear (honorable mention to toasted marshmallow and cotton candy)
Worst jellies: popcorn or black licorice
I’ll take those black licorice ones off your hands!
you can have mine as well. Those are nasty.
Nom Nom nom
Best: Island Punch or tangerine.
Worst: black licorice, jalapeno, coconut
I'm not into jelly beans
I’ll eat them if they’re around (see earlier comment about mopping up the liquourice flavored ones) but I don’t seek them out
same
well I guess you wont become my daughter in law after all
What? Buttered popcorn is a very solid jelly belly flavor.
I thought the popcorn jellybeans were good on its own, but it doesn't go well with other flavors. I recall being quite annoyed by the number of popcorn beans that I got from the large bag of bellyflops when I visited the Jelly Belly factory...which was 15-16 years ago.
Everybody will have their favorite, but there is no such thing as worst. Kind of like too much bandwidth or too much pitching, it is a concept that can not exist.
Something of low dollar value that did exactly what it was supposed to do, but ended up being not a very good purchase.
@my bachelor's degree@
The man knows his audience
Unabashed pandering is the name of my game
Actual sentence from me to the 17 year old the other day: “it’s okay to not go to the highest ranked school you got into - I mean I got into Cal and went to SC.”
Heh
That might point more to the choice of field of study than the value of a degree from USC, the nearly highest in class price it comes with not withstanding.
I wasn’t paying retail, that’s for sure
I bought an electric hedge trimmer. Number of times I have used it: 1. I use manual hedge shears instead.
I loved to use our old electric hedge trimmer to square up our box hedges. I couldn't imagine using manual ones and getting them all lined up easily.
I have old school shears but I’ve yet to figure out how to use them at length without exacerbating an old wrist injury :(
I'll gladly pay more for better quality TP at Costco like Charmin Ultra (preferable), or Cottonelle, or Quilted Northern Ultra. Kirkland Signature is my last choice. Unfortunately that's what I've got now since due to the hoarding that was the only option they had about 4-5 weeks ago.
Oh I am definitely #OnlyCharmin. It can be ultra strong, it can be ultra soft, it can be ultra gentle, I don't care as long as it's Charmin.
I was the same way with Kleenex Ultra soft. I Don't like any other facial tissues. When I had a bad cold with a runny nose I found the Kleenex Ultra Soft with Lotion was better. Less chafing below my nostrils.
That's nice stuff, but don't mess up and clean your glasses with it because it's a mess.
Oh I never thought of that. I usually just use whatever tshirt I'm wearing. My two pairs of glasses are probably 8-9 years old. There are some light scratches but they aren't deep enough that they bother me.
Gasp!
I've found that if you clean glass with tissue and it leaves particles behind, just use another dry tissue, and voila.
Glasses or glass? they're two different things.
My wife has always preferred Scott’s toilet paper, I don’t care, but every old person who visits complains every time like she’s actually going to source special bum wiping supplies for them
We have been a Northern quilted operation for some time, but based on it being what was in the store at 6:01 AM, as reported earlier, going to try the Charmin. If Scootie endorses it, as I read earlier, then I'm sure it will be excellent.
I almost always get Cottonelle. No complaints....? I've never occasioned to discuss toilet paper brand preferences before.
The bargain basement toilet paper my wife picked up at Target the other day (it was all they had). It's thin enough that you can see your hand through it if you hold a single ply.
Bless her heart, she didn't know we still had some Costco rolls in the basement.
Do your local stores have TP? My buddy in Scottsdale says stores are now restocked with the blessed ply.
I haven't seen any at Costco since February. Wegman's usually has six-packs of their own brand (which isn't bad, actually), but they were out last time I was there.
do you go right when they open? I know that for at least a few weeks the TP was gone probably within the first couple of hours. Not sure if they currently get shipments every day and stay stocked.
I've gone twice since the lockdown, once about an hour after they opened and once several hours after they opened. When we're due for another trip, I'll try getting there shortly before they open. Other than TP, they've consistently been surprisingly well stocked.
The local Safeway had it once when I was there in the last month. CVS has been empty. The only place that seems to have it on any regular basis is the mini-Target.
We had a *MAJOR* breakthrough this morning. The household shopper for just the second time since the stay at home started was able to get some TP this morning. At 6:01 (in a store that opened at 6:00) had about 3 packages left.
Twist ordered Chinese toilet paper off the internet. I live in China and do not use Chinese brands (not because of quality issues, but the consumers who buy Chinese brands want cheapest / best value - and they're all single ply)
Ex-UCLA MSOC coach Jorge Salcedo to plead guilty in college admissions scandal.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-admissions-scandal-ex-ucla-coach-plead-guilty-taking-200-n1189281
A dish that you are now - under current circumstances - more frequently consuming
Sandwiches.
steak and protein bars
Cheez-its
@Does wine count?@
Also pasta's in the rotation more frequently, which isn't surprising.
Speaking of wine, I found a new pairing for a new dish the wife has been making. She has been making a roasted cauliflower, onion, garbanzo bean & a little yellow bell pepper dish, over pearl couscous, Indian spices, with a side of yogurt (cool things down) and cilantro chutney.
I tried various big reds Zin, Syrah, or Rioja, but those weren't a perfect match. Last night I went the other direction with a Vinho Verde Rose, and I think that worked better.
Yeah, I'll even have a sauvignon blanc with spicy Indian food, but I don't mind white wine.
What is your favorite non-English curse?
Vaffanculo!
Accompanying hand gesture is mandatory
撲街！
冚家鏟!
Translate pls!
撲街！- "Pok Gai!" in Cantonese "Pu Jie!" in Mandarin, although it really doesn't make sense in Mandarin. Throughout the non-Cantonese speaking diaspora, it's often just written "PK" but the meaning has flattened away from Cantonese.
In Cantonese it literally means "to be pushed into the street" - and it means
"asshole" but like "fuck" in English, it can be used as many different parts of speech - noun, adjective, adverb, etc. etc.
"冚家鏟!" - "Haamm Gaa Chaan" in Cantonese. I don't think the first character exists in Mandarin - but it literally means "Entire Family Shovel." In Mandarin, or more polite Cantonese, they would say "全家"
What it means - "asshole", but more like "I'm going to kill your entire family and bury them with this shovel"
A few of mine:
đậu má
behn chod
putain/puto
sheiße
Merde
Give the DBD some social distancing rules without traditional units of measurement
Please distance yourself like if everyone is the Hate Man
But the Hate Man had his pushing philosophy - where people pushed each other around.
Keep at least two stiffarms away at all times.
I have questions. Does it count if both my arms are out in front of me at the same time - like a masked zombie? And if it does, how do I secure the ball. If not, are your arms 3 feet long? And if I don't carry the ball, am I penalized 10 yards for illegal use of hands to the face? Wait a second. That last one is it. You mad genius.
It would be great if someone could do a deep dive in a post about DBD social distancing rules without using traditional units of measurement. I found some social distancing rules online that can help out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_distancing_rules_without_measurements
Imagine that everyone is that dude at the punk show with the leather jacket he’s been sweating in for 10 years
The economy
Weekly jobless claims: 4.4m. 5-week cumulative: 26.4m
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/weekly-jobless-claims.html
R.I.P.
Today in the 'rona
It looks like the Governor of Tennessee isn't extended the stay at home order that expires on Apr 30. Vandy sent out something that says they're exempt because Davidson County, that includes Nashville, has their own health dept order that supersedes the state order. Theirs expres on May 1, but is subject to being extended based on hard data.
I don't see how Tennessee can do this; weren't they one of the harder hit states?
Got an email earlier this afternoon that the remote work order for our customers has been extended through May. I’ll be curious to see if we head in June 1.
I just got the call. My dad will not survive this virus.
I am destroyed.
That's terrible. I'm so sorry to hear this.
I am so sorry to hear this. I'm glad several of us CGBers/W4Cers got to talk with him at the UNC tailgate.
oh shit. So sorry to hear this.
oh man. sorry to hear
I'm sorry for your loss.
My condolences. Awful loss.
Damn, I'm sorry to hear this
I’m so sorry
Damn
oh wow, that's absolutely crushing. so sorry for your and your family.
Oh no, I am so so sorry man :( :( :(
Sorry to hear this.
I'm so sorry
Damn
Oh jesus fucking christ I'm so sorry
Very sorry to hear the news....
Incoming 911 calls after people start injecting bleach and hydrogen peroxide at the recommendation of the president. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216
"President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an “injection” of disinfectant into a person infected with coronavirus as a coronavirus deterrent at the White House daily briefing on Thursday.
Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, a Department of Homeland Security official who leads the department's Science and Technology division gave a presentation on research his team has conducted that shows the virus does not live as long in warmer and more humid temperatures. Bryan said, “the virus dies quickest in sunlight.”
"I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning," the president said during the briefing, speaking to his health officials. "As you see it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."
He did not specify the kind of disinfectant."
I can't even.
It's like he's trying to kill his own supporters en masse.
He is such a simpleton.
It has been and continues to be such a damning indictment of this country that we elected such an abject moron to be the president and can't get rid of him.
“The pandemic is going to take a greater toll on the conservative electorate leading into this election — and that’s simply just a calculation of age,” Andrew Johnson, the lead author and a professor of management at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, said in an interview. “The virus is killing more older voters, and in many states that’s the key to a GOP victory.”
Johnson and his colleagues Wendi Pollock and Beth M. Rauhaus projected that even with shelter-in-place orders remaining in effect, about 11,000 more Republicans than Democrats who are 65 and older could die before the election in both Michigan and North Carolina.
In Pennsylvania, should the state return to using only social distancing to fight infections, it could lose over 13,000 more Republican than Democratic voters in that age category."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/23/how-coronavirus-could-upend-2020-battlegrounds-204708
Well yesterday, I had my first lease signing get cancelled after the guy had a talk with his boss right before he was set to come over and sign a lease, he didn't feel confident enough to do so.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/22/devos-wealthy-colleges-coronavirus-aid-201375
Pretty sure one of my colleagues has the ‘rona, he’s been down for the count for over a week while he tries to recover. Poor guy and his wife are also trying to ride herd on 3 kids aged 5 and under.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Assuming:
- we actually hold an election in Nov
- Biden wins that election
- Trump voluntarily leaves the White House
then
I really hope President Biden closes his twitter account
maybe the VP, Michelle Obama, has control of his twitter account.
"I'm voting for the placeholder President!"
PRO
Marshawn Lynch driving around Lake Merritt on an electric cart (natch) handing out free BeastMode masks.
https://twitter.com/Kenmeezy/status/1253084850317225984
For better social distancing, Marshawn should have been launching these masks out of an air cannon.
NFL Draft
MLB close to finalizing which 42 teams will be cut when MiLB gets reduced to 120 teams. As a point of reference, here was the preliminary list back in Nov 2019. Unfortunately, the Vibes (mascot: flaming s'more), Rumble Ponies, Scrappers, MuckDogs, Spinners, and Lookouts are in trouble.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/all-42-teams-reportedly-up-for-elimination-in-mlbs-minor-league-reduction-proposal/
There was then another announcement from MLB about how this report was untrue. Not sure that they need to publicize this right now because who knows how the pandemic will change things when it's all over.
As are the Raptors I think.
30 picks in, the Pac-12 has had 3 players taken in the NFL draft. With 1 picks left, the SEC has had a record 13, surpassing their 3 time record of 12.
Make that 15 SEC players in the first round. The SEC has the 4 highest totals drafted in the 1st round, and 6 of the top 7, all in the last 14 years.
And I have watched more of the draft in 1 night than the combined total in my life previously.
Matt Talbot in the news https://abc7news.com/society/coronavirus-medical-professionals-draft-wills-and-trusts-just-in-case/6120705/
Can't confirm it's the same guy without a photo of him in a red Cal hat
Oh damn, I just watched the clip! The doctor is also a Cal blog/twitter person :)
I found this dumpling video mesmerizing and soothing, but the "rose bud" one should have been "butts" https://www.facebook.com/firstmediasoyummy/videos/565077734132826/?__xts__[0]=68.ARABTBKOjOr9Q_jLd4TRJjpyCDuL14EKkOGgZH4CpTwXObiNjVe0jX4ArgJgiO8bUYO62KH39Tzo0fcsL90NmYS7w1004quZEy94IDjzMqrOKNE3LFLIqNtEcpJ4YsGshDutxDG6zeGUE5kupz1hP3VsRLRAu2jHibGVlv5fuRe12800RXqPbQtz6uC1F4SofXiEnm_AMj1luLZcm9xGRwIcL1KujxfeiDQWvy9Od_N2-6jI9JljI0652qFAftqRbLcBimbSrCVlxe9ZMXneQTSRr5fodfwCQNczQfZg-I55GZyRCI113uUqs8s9-ixbXUHUnyJWP3GyV9bndKrFTFDsNyDXBciYTQF20V-dRmerwZVwCaVS40RdBcPQBB9DAqyI&__tn__=H-R
Touring the Jelly Belly factory was fun. I like cinnamon and hate popcorn.
If you're looking to send a stress-relief gift, and your loved one likes vintage dresses, this might be an option: https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/vintage-collectibles/simplicity-vintage-paint-by-number-kit/ (use code S15 for 15% off)
Other ideas include chocolate; Godiva has various sales going on, and I recently ordered the luxury self-care package from here, which arrived in NYC really quickly! https://formosachocolates.com/ (use code SHOPSMALL15 for 15% off)
Have you guys been doing care packages? What have you been sending?
@my parents’ rent subsidy@ and we buy groceries for our 70-something neighbor
I'm glad the neighbor has your help!
Her son lives out of state and is apparently arranging a lot of food delivery, so we’re just supplementing dairy and fruit for the most part - but we’re happy to help, she’s on her own and shouldn’t be out and about too much.
Just heard an interesting tidbit on the news; today is the 15th anniversary of youtube videos. The first one ever was a guy at the elephant exhibit at the zoo (they showed a clip from it; looked interesting). Boy, did that take off.
That IS interesting! Sadly, I heard yesterday that the Oakland Zoo is also in trouble :(
I know this guy in Oklahoma that can help them out!
He's probably too busy shagging his nanny
I love citrus flavors and passion fruit jellies. Dislike bubblegum
Toasted Marshmallow or GTFO
I remember touring the factory. My favorite is strawberry. I also remember the large, weird mosaic of jellybellies in the image of Ronald Reagan.
I took No 3 there last summer. The first time I've ever been. The kids had gone with their mom and her parents (they live in Benicia) way back when before we moved.
My favorite is Peach, with Buttered Popcorn a close second. As for worst, I could have sworn there was a Blue Mint bean at one point, but all record of its existence has been scrubbed from the archives. I’ll go with Tutti-Frutti as worst, simply because it is so similar to Bubble Gum. This is an 18 given the current situation.
Favorite: Green apple. Worst: Root Beer (discontinued)
Also, I regret never touring their factory.
Normally, this is a 15 topic. Now, it's an 18.
They've discontinued Root Beer? It was totally in my top 5.
I grew up in Fairfield, so the Jelly Belly tour was a staple field trip. Took the family a couple years back and it’s pretty easy to navigate the self-guided tour. Plus, Belly Flops are available in the gift shop! I recommend.
Favorite is Coconut. Also in my top 5: Watermelon, Cappuccino, Licorice, and Cinnamon.
During normal life this is a 12 topic. Currently, it's an 18.
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