That's been happening to me lately too. I'm going to wait until the new thread tomorrow to post my update.

My mom did too, but without any gravy. We put ketchup and mustard on it, and she served it with sliced tomatoes on the side. Basically it was just a hamburger on a plate without the bun. I guess she was ahead of her time though she didn't realize it. People doing low carb diets now order hamburgers without the bun. 🙂

I'm so sorry. It's such a difficult decision to make and the whole process is heartbreaking. (((hugs))) I've made that decision too many times to think about but dogs and cats bring so much to my life that I can't keep from having pets.

There are 2 pregnant women now in NYC who have the measles. I believe they're from the same Orthodox Jewish community where the outbreak is.

Yes to the pudding too. It must have cost more because we had it less often than jello. My mother loved butterscotch while my brother and I preferred chocolate. Gag.

I wasn't aware of a different standard for devices. That's interesting, but also a bit unsettling.

Give me above 80 rather than below 30 any day, all year long!

I agree. She was 19 and a mixed up kid. Now of course there are a lot of mixed up 19 year olds who don't go on to become gruesome murderers, but she probably asked herself that question and has not come up with a good answer. I think what matters is realizing how awful it was to be who she was at 19. She has done that and she has repeatedly shown remorse. It's been 50 years.

I didn't realize she was up for parole again. I do think she should get it this time.

With 57 degrees and 100% humidity I'd be bundled up like I was in the frozen tundra lol. Humidity makes hot feel hotter and cold feel colder.

What do you all consider humid? The past few days, maybe a week, we've had humidity around 35-45%. Everyone was in shock to see it that low in late April. Even today it's only 65% which is also pretty low. We're used to humidity of 70% or higher most of the year. In summer it's not uncommon for the humidity to be higher than the temperature. 90 degrees with 95% humidity is a normal summer day.

I'm a Floridian who freezes at room temperature 🙂 so take my comment with a grain of salt, but that seems cool to me too. Even my friends who keep their homes cooler than I do don't usually set it that low. ETA: I wonder if young men get hot easily. Ds 21 often gets up at night and turns the thermostat down to 70 (we keep it around 74-75). He does have a fancy computer in his room and even though the computer has a fan, it heats up his room. However, he turns it off when he goes to bed and still turns down the thermostat.

While asthma isn't an issue for us, both ds and I feel the effects of pollen when we open the windows. But it's so rare that we get to enjoy cool, fresh air in the house so we do it anyway.

I don't watch much tv and shows I do watch aren't the kind with tv personalities, such as talk shows or news shows. If I had to think of one it would have to be Dr. Oz.

Where I live most people only turn it off for a few months a year. It's always on from March to October. November through February depends on the weather. We love it when we can turn off the A/C and throw open the windows for a few days.

It's possible that Strattera does work for some people with impulse control ADHD. There are still a lot of unknowns about the disorder but it's so much more than being able to sit still and pay attention. The dopamine theory is not the be all-end all of impulse control and hyperactivity ADHD. The disorder is being better studied today than it ever has been in the past and they keep learning more. It doesn't get the attention that say, autism does, but it is getting more attention (no pun intended) and more/better research is being done than ever before.

More on the new device: I saw something earlier this morning on facebook saying that the FDA approval was based on one very small study. That seems odd to me that they would approve it, but the moderators of the group where it was posted (an ADHD group) said they'd look into it and try to learn more.

That's so common and so frustrating. It's happened more than once with dh and me as a couple, but the worst was my own first new car buying experience It was the late 80s and car salesmen were pretty much just that - all salesmen. When I finally decided on which car I wanted I had more than one guy trying to convince me he knew better than I did. I had to insist that no, I will NOT get tired of a manual transmission. I want my car to have a stick shift tyvm. Once we got past that, they kept at with the payment question. They couldn't wrap their heads around the idea that a young professional woman (or any woman for that matter) understands how interest works. ETA: I had several people tell me I should take my (5 years younger) brother or some other man with me when I went car buying and shopping but I was a maverick (for that era) and determined to do it on my own.

This is how the military should move into the 21st century.

And that's why it works on those with inattentive adhd but not so much on those with impulse control-hyperactivity.

I posted a link to the story in this thread a few days ago. So far the only information coming out is about the test subjects.

Since we're admitting that we like some of these foods I'll admit I like meatloaf and have made it as an adult. My family likes it when I make it. I make my mother's which was done with Italian seasonings. Basically it's a giant Italian meatball but in a loaf shape. 🙂

Ugh. I forgot about creamed corn. Our poor people dinner was something we called "corn on bread", and that's exactly what it was. A slice of white bread (Wonder of course), butter, covered with creamed corn. My brother and I actually loved it and didn't realize it was served because the money was low. Even thinking about it now makes me gag but I'm sure my mother was glad we liked it at the time. I ate all of those things as a kid and liked them at the time. My brother and I used to fight over who got more juice from the canned peaches or fruit cocktail. It was only in adulthood that I realized how yucky they were and wouldn't touch them (and certainly not serve them to my family) now.

I wonder if I'm the only person in the U.S. whose mother never once made a jello salad. Was it because she was a busy working single mother? She just made plain jello and put it in the fridge. The end. She never, ever put anything in it and only occasionally added whipped cream on top when serving it. Dh's mother made weird jello salads and we're only 2 years apart, so I don't think it's my age.

When I've felt like talking to the salesperson more than usual I've said something like, "I know you have a spiel and you're supposed to say X but can we just discuss Y for a bit?". Someone who actually has sales experience can switch gears and talk to me about what they're selling, with more than just the sales pitch. Those who are inexperienced or took the sales job temporarily always get flummoxed. Unfortunately many of them are young people who were tricked into thinking they could make good money when in fact they're working on commission (another reason to learn basic logic).