Couch 82: If you're happy and you know it, be a number!

I'm not a coffee drinker; everyone else in my family is though. But I do love the quick access to hot chocolate and hot tea. And since our furnace in our house is only working sporadically right now, having a hot beverage is great for warming me up from the inside.

Do they make tea in the little cups too? I only use it at my dad's house and they only have the coffee packages (and my fill your own which I leave there)

Yes, you can get K-cups for all sorts of coffee, hot teas, hot chocolate, etc. And apparently (though we haven't tried it yet) iced drinks like lemonade, iced tea, etc. We will definitely be looking into those too.

Well, for what it is worth - you can get kcups that you can fill yourself too.
Environmentally sound and all. And can be filled with one's own blends.
And I like messing with making my own blends. My dad just shakes his head and throws in whatever one they found on sale and drinks it.

Yes, I've seen that. Haven't bought it yet but plan to. I like your Dad's approach myself.

I often just drink tea at his house because I find his coffee so awful. He makes great strong tea - he actually does drink more tea than coffee. Which, considering how bad his coffee tastes, makes a lot of sense. I think they got theirs because his wife drinks more coffee than he does but they like not having to make a whole pot which may or may not be consumed.

Well, off to read some more Wuthering Heights. Somehow I've gotten this far in life without reading it, but my son will apparently be reading it next semester and wants me to read it with my English teacher eyes so I can help him with it when the time comes. Kind of liking it; fairly intriguing character dynamics. I figured I'd like it. The Gothic writers appeal to me.

The only version of wuthering heights I can abide-monty python semaphore version (sketch starts at about 1:23):



I read it in high school and college and still don't see the appeal. Give me Austen or Trollope any day.

Dont forget the symbolism of the heath. I read it in 11th grade, read it more for the story than the description parts, and all i remember is my english teacher lambasting me in my paper for not mentioning "the heath". I still dont know wtf heath even is.

I've found that people who are insensitive will become insensitive parents and then insensitive old people.

I had a co-worker who was where he was supposed to be when some lady on one of those motorized scooters ran over his foot. She then screamed for him to watch where he was going (idk, does she hit pedestrians with her car and then yell at them too?). Poor kid was on crutches for weeks on account of a broken foot. Never was able to grab her info

That being said, I'm a parent and I hate strollers, before I had kids and after. With my first, I used it a lot, but I've always been mindful and I tried to use umbrella strollers which are smaller when I could. With my second, I was able to wear him in a sling/wrap until he was close to a year. Then I put him in an umbrella stroller. We get the big stroller out for things like the zoo or the mall. In general though, I try to find every which way not to use them.

I don't think you meant SD that parents shouldn't go out. Only that they should be mindful of what they're doing and respect those around them. It's heinous to me that someone would hit your dog That's just not right! I let my almost eight year old push, but with me, standing next to him, one hand on the stroller, and the second I think he's not paying attention, I take over and he doesn't get to do it anymore. That way I know no one gets hit and I'm aware of what's happening.

Sometimes kids break free. Sometimes parents are frazzled. Sometimes kiddos have special needs that aren't apparent. Sometimes dogs bite. Sometimes people lose control.

But for the most part, I think expecting people around us to be thoughtful goes a long way in making sure we can all share space.

Also, the Keurig doesn't make strong enough coffee but I like the ease of use over my regular Mr. Coffee.

We have a K-Cup too... but I got annoyed at all the grounds my husband left on the counter :: side eye :: Love the man but this was one of those areas where I was like, "Look, I have a hard enough time keeping us from living in squalor on account of my depression, could we TRY not to get grounds all over the place too?"

O.o

Heath:
a : a tract of wasteland
b : an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus
2
a : any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil; especially : an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers
Heath - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I was in a HURRY to get to the bathroom at the grocery story the other day, and i bumped my cart into a baby carriage - it must have had wheels wider than the top portion because i thought i had enough space! - i was mortified, i go, "im sorry i didnt see you", then i see the sleeping baby, and the mom gave me a LOOK - but i was gonna poop my drawers if i didnt keep moving.

If she was that concerned about his sleep, they should both be sitting in the car with him in his car seat. Stores are loud and I've always noticed that if my kid can sleep through the grocery store, they're probably really tired anyway. A little jolt wouldn't have done anything. :P It's not like you ran the kid into the wall of cans that then came crashing down on both of them.

Thanks i was feeling like a horrible person!! She probably didnt realize i had to poop and thought i was just being rude and pushy. I did make kind of a surprise move.

dont worry about it. lots of parents with huge pushchairs have a vast sense of entitlement that everyone around them sings to the tune of their almighty little angel.

I am trying to decide if I have a place to hang meat that is cool enough but not freezing- i want to make my own pancetta.

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What's the difference between A HEATH and a MOOR?

My favorite book of all time!! The first time I read it was in 11th grade (30+ years ago) and once I started reading it, paid zero attention to any of my other classes because I read straight through until I finished it. I've read it numerous times since then, one of my prize possessions is a very old copy of the book. I need to read it again I think, it's been awhile. I love, love, love that book!! And the movie with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. Best ever.

swoon!

Thats what i say!

I did go see WH The Musical here on college campus - i cant say it helped much. My pea brain keeps thinking there should be some connection between Heathcliff the person and the heath on the cliffs.

I'll have to watch the movie once I'm finished. My mother made me read Jane Eyre in 11th grade; one of the better things she insisted I do growing up. Loved it. I figured I would like this too, I just had never gotten around to reading it until now. So far I think I like it better than Jane Eyre; it is an easier read and the plot is a bit more intriguing.

Will my son like it? Not so sure. It's a bit of woman's book really. Seems like an odd choice for an AP English class; I tend to try to choose novels for my classes that are a bit more accessible to both sexes. Of course, I've learned it is absolutely impossible to find something everyone likes as a group. I tend now to have an AP novel list I have my students work off of. What is on the list is "meaty", but they can choose individually what they think they might be interested in reading from that list rather than everyone having to read the same book at the same time. I do some things as a group, but less and less all the time. Students tend to read more actively with a bit a choice.

My son's in AP English this year too, this was on his list of choices, but he already knew how much I love the book so he said no way am I going to pick this one. I didn't tell him I would have volunteered to write any papers for him. haha just a joke I really wouldn't but... well... I do get over enthusiastic about this particular novel.

No idea. I haven't finished it yet, but my guess is that Heathcliff is a rather uncultivated, wild individual--a gypsy of sorts; very rough around the edges personality-wise (huge understatement--rather dark and dangerous actually). And Heath works better as a name than Moor I suppose. Certainly the names of the houses, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, are symbolic. I suspect Bronte was using his name symbolically also.