I know! I can't imagine why they stopped making them. The company still is around making juice, just no spritzers. :(

No, I've never heard of them before. But that's just the kind of thing I'm looking for. I used their store locator, and they should be available at a local store here (one I never shop at, which is why I haven't seen them). I will definitely make a special trip and give them a try. Thanks!

I'm in search of fruit flavored sodas that actually taste fruity. We used to buy Knudsen spritzers, and they were perfect. They were fruit flavored sodas (not seltzer) made with real juice and in interesting flavors like boysenberry and tangerine. Unfortunately, they have been discontinued. I haven't found anything else that's really similar. Sometimes I buy juice and plain seltzer to mix together, but the cans were really a great convenience. We only want to drink sweet beverages occasionally, say on pizza night. Also it was really nice to be able to keep several flavors around to offer to guests. I do know about San Pellegrino, and they're okay, but they only have citrus flavors. Anyone know of other brands with more flavors? I don't really care whether they are made with real juice or not. We only drink them occasionally and think of them as soda. I just want something that tastes good, though I do prefer not to have day-glo colors. And I'm really looking for something that I can buy in single-serving cans or bottles.

I don't want cats on my table at home, but I would be okay with this solution as a guest. It was the tablecloth thing that made it so awful -- you can't wipe down a tablecloth!

Our cats do not go on the counter or dining tables. Our first cat was barely an adult when he came to us, and we had to train him not to (a quick spray of water from a spray bottle) but he learned fairly quickly. I am fairly certain he didn't do it when we weren't around, simply because he was a terrible klutz and surely would have knocked things over or left some sort of evidence. He was allowed on end tables and coffee tables, etc. But not on the kitchen counter or eating table. Our current cat was ten years old when we got her, and luckily she already had no inclination. I am sure it would be more difficult or maybe impossible to train an older cat. I find the idea of cats on eating surfaces extremely unpalatable. My in-laws allowed their cat on their dining room table. Then they would shoo him off the tablecloth and put our silverware right where he had been sitting. When my dh had a compromised immune system, I would quietly fetch clean silverware from the kitchen and hand it to him without letting it touch the table. I'm sure the risk was in actuality quite minimal, but the yuck factor was high.

Spinach mushroom are my favorite. So yummy, but we use bechamel sauce and gruyere, so it's not dairy free.

Has he ridden buses before? Some basic bus tips -- off before on (let everyone get off the bus first, giving them enough space to depart the bus) leave the closest seats for the elderly and disabled don't have your stuff spread out over the seat beside you unless there's tons of empty space on the bus use headphones if you are listening to something My ds has been riding the bus independently since age 12 and has never had any troubles. I bet it will be a great experience for your ds.

That's not really an example of the Mandela effect, though. That's an example of a common misconception, something that people may have even been taught in school. It's not a case of a large group of people sharing a common incorrect memory. At least, it seemed different to me when I started typing this post, but now I'm confusing myself. :huh:

Yes, exactly. Just now when I came to the forums, my square box had notifications and one of them said, "goldenecho quoted a post you made". I clicked on the word "quoted" and it took me right to goldenecho's post in this thread. I DO get notifications sometimes when someone just replies to a thread. I have never figured out any pattern to when that happens. It's certainly not for every reply on every post. But as far as I know, I do always get a notification whenever I am quoted. You can adjust your settings to get notifications for different things (or email notifications if you are so inclined, though that seems to me like it would be a huge annoyance). Just click your username and go to "My Settings".

I *think* she is saying -- "Today in class, we were talking about what to wear for the field trip. Your dd and I had some back and forth. I'm fine with what she said and what she wears. I just wanted to let you know about the conversation from my point of view in case your dds talk about it at home."

Me too. I'm always looking for savory breakfast options that aren't eggs. I just remembered I used to do bean tortillas for breakfast -- refried beans on a corn tortilla, toasted in a skillet, then topped with salsa. Like a quesadilla but with no cheese. That was good.

An assortment of baked goods and pastries, scrambled eggs, and sliced melon. Very typical. :lol: That is actually what we had for breakfast, but it is not typical at all. Somehow we had ended up with a variety of baked goods -- bran muffins from Monday's breakfast, biscuits from yesterday's breakfast, and some pastries from something else. I put them all out on the table, then decided a breakfast of all carbs would be not be wise before a day of skiing, so I made dh and ds some eggs. I also put out a tupperware of melon I cut up a couple of days ago.

That's what I have wondered too. Could it be the word "column" or something like that? The Mandela effect is so weird to me. I can't say that any of the examples I've read resonate with me (you can google for quite a few more). The "dilemma/dilemna" one is the closest but not quite enough for me to say I remember being taught that. Instead, the things that I have remembered very clearly but are provably wrong are always just my own memory. I'm not sure which is more unsettling -- knowing that I can't rely on my own memory or that an entire group can be wrong.

You can set notifications so that you get a notification when someone quotes you. (Notifications are in the little square box in the upper right of the page, to the left of your username). I just rely on that. Or are you saying that does that not catch everything either?

Here's a guide to solving crosswords. It says it's for solving the NYT, but I think the advice applies to most puzzles -- https://www.nytimes.com/guides/crosswords/how-to-solve-a-crossword-puzzle

Me, me, me! I love crosswords. Some of it is age and accompanying knowledge, but some of it is just crossword experience. My dh and I have always been about equal at crossword puzzles, but I have been doing a lot of them over the past year and I'm now definitely better and faster than he is. There is a certain amount of crossword knowledge that you pick up by just doing puzzles. I do the NYT and it's so good I don't bother to do any others. My subscription gives me access to their 25+ year archive, so that's thousands of puzzles. I don't spend much on myself, and the subscription is so worth it to me. I'd like to try my hand at constructing a puzzle some day, but I haven't tried it yet.

When we visited the Grand Canyon several years ago, we got off the shuttle bus and walked about ten paces down the walkway, and ran into a friend of dh's from our little New England town. The funny thing was both of the men were so low-key about it. They just nodded heads and said hi to each other and kept walking. They didn't even stop to talk! I couldn't believe it.

Can someone record the class for you? I don't think you have any business being in class with a fever. And chances are you wouldn't get much out of it. Stay home and work on getting better.

I've never been to a baby shower or a wedding shower.

That's a good description. I've had that type of illness twice -- once when I was a teenager and again a few years ago when dh, ds, and I all had it at once. I'm pretty sure it was the flu because it fits all the descriptors, but we weren't tested.

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years Old https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Diary-Hendrik-Groen-Years/dp/0718183002

The bathroom thing is interesting to me. I would say that's the one place we DON'T regularly accumulate clutter. Everything has a spot and people generally put things back where they belong. Everywhere else in the house, we do get clutter -- Kitchen -- mail, books, scraps of paper, groceries not yet put away, etc. Living room -- books, magazines, papers, projects Bedroom -- clothes, books But the bathroom? Occasionally a hair product or a hair pin is left on the counter but that's about it.

I would take someone with flu symptoms to the doctor if they were experiencing: trouble breathing or shortness of breath fever that doesn't respond to medication something feeling "wrong" I would take someone with gastro symptoms to the doctor if they were experiencing: lasts more than three days can't keep anything down after 24 hours severe vomiting Calling the doctor is always a good option. They can help you figure out if it's time to go in or not.

For those working on decluttering -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/i-was-getting-buried-in-clutter-heres-how-i-finally-got-free/2018/01/16/c6592f1a-e054-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?tid=pm_lifestyle_pop&utm_term=.39a33f205d3c There's nothing particularly earth-shattering here, but I found it interesting. The biggest take-aways for me -- 1. Declutter slowly and steadily rather than as a one-time project. Both because it's more realistic for most of us but also because we are more easily able to let go of things if the change is gradual rather than all at once. 2. Identify the reasons you personally accumulate clutter. The author identifies sentiment, utility, and aesthetic as the basic reasons. For me, it's clearly utility. I hang on to things in case we might need them later. This is rooted in a fear of waste. And even when I am ready to let go of things, it's important to me to get it to a place where it doesn't go to waste. I can't just take it to the dump. The other reasons don't really resonate with me, but I'm sure they do for other people.

These were my goals for last week -- 1. Keep up with daily routine (I'm already decent at this but I should start earlier in the day). DONE 2. Clean the clutter out of the kitchen or find ways to make it look better (winter boots, ski boots, etc.) No 3. Vacuum the whole house. DONE and I also cleaned the bathrooms and did some other cleaning 4. Try to fix the dryer. It's a good thing my goal was to "try" to fix it. I have been unsuccessful so far, but I did try, so this is DONE. 5. Add some beauty somewhere in the house. No. 6. Finish organizing receipts and tracking expenses. No Not awesome. I think for this week I'm going to try the "X minutes a day" approach because setting achievement goals was not very successful. New goals for this week-- 1. Keep up with daily routine. 2. Do the weekly cleaning. 3. Work 15 minutes a day on decluttering, starting with the kitchen. 4. Work on paperwork 15 minutes a day. 5. Add some beauty to my home. 6. Fix the dryer or call a repair person.