The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Revoltingest]

I just read a thread expecting it to be boring, and it turned out to be 4 pages of awesome.

What forum is it on?
Dang...RF needs threads like that.

 

[Wu Wei]

And now my dad, failing to even try to understand me when I say I burn very easily here, tried to me he does as well. No. If he burned like me he'd be as red as a lobster and in the hospital as much time as he spends in the direct sunlight here wile the UV index is high. If he burned like me all he'd need is a few minutes to start turning red.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I used Neutrogena 100 SPF. I still feel this "deep burn" being in the sunlight too long (and with frequent reapplication).

 

[Wu Wei]

 

[Stevicus]

I used Neutrogena 100 SPF. I still feel this "deep burn" being in the sunlight too long (and with frequent reapplication).

I remember when I was in California, my mom and many other Californians would make a big thing about sun tanning. "Oh, you got to get a tan while you're here" and stuff like that. I never could understand the fascination behind it, especially when I would generally burn to a crisp after spending time in the sun. To this day, I still can't understand why people do that. I went along to go along back when I was younger, but now that I look back, it was a very absurd activity. Nowadays, they even have tanning booths. What is the point?

I've heard some theories that white people secretly hate being white, so they go sun tanning to become darker. My mother thought it was healthier, although I don't think people knew about the dangers of tanning and skin cancer.

By the time they get to a certain age, all that time in the sun takes its toll. They become as wrinkled as prunes.

 

[ChristineM]

Excerpted....
The process to create these elevated fries does not stop there. The fries are then seasoned with Guerande Truffle Salt which is hand-harvested from Guerande, France, and then the fries are tossed in Urbani Summer Truffle Oil. They are topped with shaved Crete Senesi Pecorino Tartufello made of milk from sheep that are grazed on the clay-rich hills of Crete Senesi and are then black truffles foraged from valleys and forests in Volterra and Miniato, Italy are added. The fries are also topped with shaved Black Summer Truffles from Umbria, Italy.

The "Creme de la Creme Pommes Frites" are served with an accompaniment of Mornay sauce made with Udder Cream, Black Truffle Butter, Gruyere Truffled Swiss Raclete.

The presentation is also quite the spectacle as the fries come on a Baccarat crystal Arabesque plate and bowl -- and are sprinkled with 23K edible gold dust!

Sounds delicious but check out the bold.

 

[Revoltingest]

Sounds delicious but check out the bold.

Meh...tis all fungus among us.

 

[ChristineM]

Let's take this to Canada

Talking of Canada, when is the good mrs wu moving you there?

 

[ChristineM]

Meh...tis all fungus among us.

Can see you don't know one fungus from another.

 

[Revoltingest]

Can see you don't know one fungus from another.

I've had some different varieties.
But never truffles.

 

[ChristineM]

I've had some different varieties.
But never truffles.

Tiz a shame, i feel saddened for you.

 

[Revoltingest]

Tiz a shame, i feel saddened for you.

You are easily saddened.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I think I may love chocolate milk almost as much as @Revoltingest does bacon.

 

[ChristineM]

You are easily saddened.

Not really but to have almost a whole life without savouring a Dordogne tuber melanosporum, the culinary diamond of the kitchen does sadden me a little to realise you have missed so much flavour

 

[ChristineM]

I think I may love chocolate milk almost as much as @Revoltingest does bacon.

Impossible, maybe

 

[Revoltingest]

Not really but to have almost a whole life without savouring a Dordogne tuber melanosporum, the culinary diamond of the kitchen does sadden me a little to realise you have missed so much flavour

I've never been interested in diamonds either.
There are so many good things to eat. Can't
try'm all. So missing this one is meh....

 

[ChristineM]

I've never been interested in diamonds either.
There are so many good things to eat. Can't
try'm all. So missing this one is meh....

Diamonds of the kitchen is just a name given to appreciate the rare value.
I would say black truffle is the one thing you do not want to miss, even if it's only once. But hey, each to their own.

 

[sun rise]

I've never been interested in diamonds either.

Thus you are here among the peasants rather than on a $100M yacht with hot and cold running staff.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Thus you are here among the peasants rather than on a $100M yacht with hot and cold running staff.

He may not have a $100M yacht among the peasants, but with some of the posts he makes, he may still have hot and cold running staff.

 

[Stevicus]

Walmart Worker Attacks 70-year-old Woman: 'She Went Crazy' (msn.com)

An elderly woman says a Walmart employee "went crazy" and attacked her following a dispute over checkout lines.

P. K. Shader said she had gone to customer service while shopping inside the store in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, last week to ask if another checkout lane could be opened due to long lines.

"The young woman I dealt with started yelling at me, asking if I wanted to work there; if I needed a job there," the 70-year-old told FOX6 News.

Shader said the store manager "didn't say a word" when she complained about the employee, identified by authorities as 17-year-old Jazareia Velasquez.

Ironic that this happened in a place called "Mount Pleasant." Imagine how bad it would be if it was in Mount Horrible.

"Lo and behold, she's walking right towards me and I snap a picture–and she went crazy," Shader added. "Would you ever in a million years expect some young Walmart employee to beat up a 70-year-old?"

She said several employees witnessed the assault, but only one stepped in. Shader said she had to call 911 herself because no one else did.

Officers responded to the store, located at 3049 South Oakes Road, at around 7 p.m. on July 7 after receiving a report that an elderly woman had been punched in the head and face by a Walmart employee, the Mount Pleasant Police Department said in a news release at the weekend.

The victim had been punched numerous times but did not require immediate medical attention, Sgt. Jason Vaccaro said in the release.

But Shader, who was left with severe bruising around her eyes, told FOX6 News that the attack has had an enormous impact on her life.

"You don't realize how this, after a while, starts to affect how you live," she said.

According to the station, Walmart has suspended Velasquez. Shader and her attorney, Carl Ricciardi, have called for the company to fire her.

"They have to take seriously their duty to work with their employees so this never happens again," he said.

Police said that although Velasquez, of Racine, is 17, she can be charged as an adult in Wisconsin. She is charged with aggravated battery to an elderly person and disorderly conduct and was transported to the Racine County Jail.

Police said the Racine County District Attorney's Office is now handling the matter.

The district attorney's office, Shader and Walmart have been contacted for additional comment.

And in other Walmart news: Woman Shot and Injured Following Dispute Over 21 or 22 Cents (msn.com)

A woman was shot in the parking lot of a Natchez, Mississippi, Walmart as a result of an altercation between two men over 21 or 22 cents.

Michael Shawn Coon, 52, accompanied by the woman, was in the process of purchasing items in the self-checkout line on Saturday night when the machine allegedly shorted him, Natchez Police Chief Joseph Daughtry said, according to The Natchez Democrat newspaper.

Coon began swearing, Daughtry said. In an attempt to resolve the situation without further incident, the man behind the duo offered to make up the difference. The three then left the store so the man could retrieve a quarter from his car.

Their relationship soured over the course of the brief walk to the parking lot and Coon charged at the man with a knife, prompting him to pull out a gun, Daughtry said. The woman then pulled out a gun and put a round in the chamber before pointing it at the man, Daughtry said.

In what Daughtry characterized as an apparent act of self-defense, the man then shot her multiple times. She was taken to a hospital in the city of Jackson. Her condition was not released.

In response to reports of a shooting, officers with the Natchez Police Department, the Adams County Sheriff's Office and the Mississippi Highway Patrol arrived at the Walmart around 9 p.m. and attempted to arrest Coon, according to the Democrat. However, he allegedly resisted by punching, kicking and attempting to reach for his knife, according to WLBT.

While Coon was eventually apprehended, he allegedly wounded two of the officers, one of whom was taken to a hospital with a "non-life-threatening injury," according to the Democrat.

"On a holiday weekend, for individuals to get that irate over change," Daughtry told the outlet. "We have families, seniors getting last-minute items for a holiday. We have to come up with better solutions for situations."

Coon has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, but the shooter remains free, according to the Democrat. Daughtry said that the Natchez police department is continuing to investigate the incident.

In 2021, 55.8% of Mississippi adults reported that they owned one or more firearms, according to World Population Review.

In 2019, 710 residents, including kids and teenagers, died as a result of firearm-related injuries, averaging nearly two people per day, according to the Educational Fund to Stop Violence.

Newsweek reached out to Daughtry for comment but did not hear back before publication.