[Would You Eat This: Smoked Salmon]

I'd eat it. Smoked salmon is very well-preserved and lasts a long time. 

[I don't want to put a 50 cent stamp on this envelope.]

Why bother completing it??? I'd just shred it and be done. 

[Sister was diagnosed with Celiac AND a soy and rice allergy...]

I'd look into going low-carb. Though, there are still many grain option with these restrictions; she'd just have to make them herself. 

[Help me come up with something for dinner]

Soups might be a good option to have up your sleeve. We had fasolada (greek white bean soup) last night. There are lots of recipes available online, like this one. Other soup options are lentils of all kinds, vegetable, Italian minestrone with gluten free pasta, potato sausage kale, chicken soup, chicken tortilla, etc. 

[Best menstrual cup for a teen?]

I don't know how to put this delicately so I'm just going to say it.  The diameter of a cup is MUCH bigger than an ultra tampon.  I can't imagine being able to comfortably put a cup and make sure it's popped open in the right spot prior to having sex. Sometimes I really have to sort of dig to get the cup adjusted. So if a DD hasn't had sex yet I think I might discourage this.  There are softer cups, but the softer/smaller/more flexible, the more difficult to get to pop open IMHO.

I know several women who have been able to use cups 100% successfully without having had sex. It's just a matter of relaxing enough and getting used to it. There is a learning curve to be sure, but it's not impossible by any means. 

[Do you brush your cat's teeth?]

What the?!?!? Never in a gazillion years will I ever brush a cat's teeth. 

[WWYD]

Does your DS have anxiety? I can understand his not liking travel or wanting to spend time with his dad regardless. It just crossed my mind to wonder if anxiety could be exacerbating it. 

[Please forgive me, a sinner!]

May God forgive us all! Please forgive me, a sinner.

[I need help... Continental Breakfast for 100...]

What about breakfast burritos? 

[REI shoes and returns?]

I do this all the time. It's the only effective way to find shoes in my opinion!

[Would you eat this]

Absolutely, I'd eat them without a second (or even first) thought.

[Decent bras]

Curvy Kate

Panache

Freya

 

[Enneagram]

I love the Enneagram. I’ve never felt things like Myers-Briggs fit me well, but Enneagram does. I am tritype 6-2-1, and it’s amazingly accurate.

[Dr. Hive: Shaving tonsils vs cutting them]

My dad had his tonsils out when he was in his early 30s. He is fine, and doing so much better without them. 

[Informal "meeting" at Noon...do I need to have food??]

Grilled Cheese sandwich and Coca Cola would sound good to me. Just a light snack, to be hospitable to your guests. You don't need to feed them Lunch...  

To many people a grilled cheese sandwich IS a lunch...

[Nike running shoe peeps: do they run small?]

I've found them to run 1/2-1 size small depending on style.

[Totally random: "milk"]

Coconut milk was around and being called coconut milk far longer than many of the newer alternative milks have been. 

[She "needs" a bra... what do I need to know?]

I'm trying to understand all of the 'tank' suggestions. Do people really wear an entire tank top under their various t-shirts, tops and dresses all day, every day?

 

In my imagination having an extra layer all over (especially around the waist) would seem a lot more bulky and intrusive than just a bra or bralette.

I actually do wear an extra camisole under everything. It makes me feel more comfortable somehow. I have a set of encyclopedias and wearing one that's pretty elastic seems to help provide a little bit of extra support when worn over the bra.

[Cloth pad recommendations?]

I like MamaBearBabyWear on Etsy.

[Any traditional Thanksgiving food you don't like/can't stand/won't eat?]

For me, it's more how the food is prepared.  You can take the same food and prepare it in the way I like it  (such as savory roasted sweet potatoes) or in the way I don't like it (mushy sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar), and that will make all the difference.  But well-prepared turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie -- it's all good!  The fresher and more natural, the better.

This. I really don't like Stovetop or other boxed stuffing, gravy from a packet is blech, boxed mashed potatoes are also blech, and green bean casserole with gloppy soup is disgusting. 

 

However, I do like the homemade fresh versions of all of the above. My mom makes a green bean casserole with fresh green beans (or frozen), homemade mushroom cream sauce, and caramelized onions on the top. It really is delicious and makes the canned fried abomination all the more disgusting. 

[Important Thanksgiving Tip: Don't eat turkey from the dumpster]

Well, in that case I'll settle for a trash can.

 

(This is actually super good, no kidding!!!)

[I smell bad]

I hate to be the Debbie Downer, but I'm in the same boat as you. No natural products really work or they make me sweat buckets (Crystal worked well for smell but I swear it made me sweat twice as much. Not okay.)

 

So, I went back to aluminum antiperspirants. Le sigh. 

[Best bakeware?]

I really like stoneware. We have mostly Pampered Chef, but I’m sure there are other good brands.

[Selling on CL - help me understand this response.]

Basically I'd take this to understand that he just wants to get it for less. 

[Suggestion - posters should include state of residence]

I would agree but it seems to be less than 50% (total guess) especially for questions on charter schools and diploma requirements which are very state dependent so many of the replies can be mis-informative.

While I agree that there are times that state is relevant to a question, I still think the burden of providing the information needed to answer a question lies on the person doing the asking.