[tim60]

Used to boil my corn on the cob, then I was introduced to grilled. Haven’t boiled an ear since! The kernels get a bit carmelized. And even sweeter. Add butter and YUMMM!!

That sounds just like a night market food in Taiwan.

[lesmore49]

What about popcorn?

Too expensive.

In the past half century, due to popcorn, I've broken two teeth, one fixed with a bridge, the other with an implant.

The implant was very costly...mucho dinero .

So I like popcorn, but it's too hard on my choppers.

[MarkJerling]

Too expensive.

In the past half century, due to popcorn, I've broken two teeth, one fixed with a bridge, the other with an implant.

The implant was very costly...mucho dinero .

So I like popcorn, but it's too hard on my choppers.

That's pretty funny Les!

[MarkJerling]

Yesterday, we went to Wellington for the day. The trip in the morning was normal, but it was raining non-stop.

The fun and games stared when we tried to come home. The highway was shut due to flooding and the mountain pass shut due to a slip. So, we had to come home the long way round. Took almost four hours as the traffic was at a crawl for a good part of the way.

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[StiffLegged]

Supermarkets in England are much worse than in Australia. Even for long shelf life products like milk. Seems they store them till just before use by date before putting them on the shelf. Australian supermarkets solved that problem by using local suppliers working on consignment and managing what is on the shelf instead of putting perishables through the whole supply chain so the freshness is used up in the depot and the truck.

Huh? Are you sure you’re not thinking of Arkwright’s open-all-hours shop?

[rod_grant]

The fun and games stared when we tried to come home

I've got friends about to return home from Cairns, Queensland. (shortest route 2719kms - 29 hours plus a few stops of course!)
Because Our borders are shut to anyone travelling through New South Wales they have decided to take the "scenic" route (plus a side trip to Ayes Rock);
Cairns to Yulara (where Ayes Rock is) 2360kms (26 hours)
Yulara to Renmark (South Australia) 1666kms (17 hours)
Renmark to Wangaratta 683kms (7.5 hours)
You can tell by Google Maps times that the roads aren't high speed roads - and they are towing caravans (recreational trailers in US?)
The alternative was to get a border pass, come straight home, and then isolate at home for 14 days. (The wives were both for the straight home option.)

[StiffLegged]

… and they are towing caravans (recreational trailers in US?)

Known as grockle boxes in parts of UK.

[Parallax]

It's the artificial flavors.

Grabbing your taste buds and ripping them out by the roots.

That's a bit of an overstatement, but only a bit.
The flavor is pretty strong and there's a distinct aftertaste.
I like them, but only a few at a time.

[robtcorl]

I can't juggle more than two things at a time, this to me is mesmerizing.

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[robtcorl]

Too expensive.

In the past half century, due to popcorn, I've broken two teeth, one fixed with a bridge, the other with an implant.

The implant was very costly...mucho dinero .

So I like popcorn, but it's too hard on my choppers.

You need to pop it first #2, then avoid the old maids.

[lesmore49]

You need to pop it first #2, then avoid the old maids.

But I did,

But there are always just a few partially popped pieces of popcorn in every bowl, and those ones got me, twice in half a century. A favourite snack used to be a bowl of popcorn, which I would wash down with a beer, The beer being usually a Molson's Canadian....or if I was feeling 'international' that evening, maybe a Newcastle Brown Ale, or aCoors or a Budweiser.

We used to buy a large case of unpopped popcorn at Costco. Good deal.

[lesmore49]

That's pretty funny Les!

Sometimes humour comes at too high a price.

[robtcorl]

One of our late yellow Labradors, Kelsey, loved the old maids, she'd catch them and crack them with her teeth.
Our girl Brooke was a pest when we made popcorn. She would sit on one side of Mrs Bob's chair and stare until she got a piece, then immediately move to the other side of her chair sit and stare again. Back and forth until it was all gone.

[Racer X 69]

Our girl Brooke was a pest when we made popcorn. She would sit on one side of Mrs Bob's chair and stare until she got a piece, then immediately move to the other side of her chair sit and stare again. Back and forth until it was all gone.

Zoe was the same way.

I would pour a beer in her water dish, and if she drank some she got popcorn.

We drank beer and ate popcorn a lot. Mrs. Racer 2.0 was surprised at first, but got used to it.

[Racer X 69]

..... - and they are towing caravans (recreational trailers in US?)

Camp trailer. There are also trailers with a door on the back that doubles as a ramp, and room enough in the back for a small car, known as toy haulers.





What do you call car trailers?




Enclosed car trailers?







Utility trailers?






Van or box trailers.





Horse trailers?






Boat trailers?