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The silence is overwhelming. I need some benign noise so I've started Critical Role campaign 3. I'm already at episode 6

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Oct 4 '22, 17:27

I've just tried Door Dash for the first time. I've ordered fish and chips from a local restaurant. It arrived right when they said it would and the cod is good.

My mom has had me over at her house for the past three nights. I'm grateful for all her efforts and everything she does for me, but I was sort of relieved when she told me that unfortunately she and Bill (her boyfriend) had made plans to go to dinner in Boise with another couple prior to my tragedy. I told her I would be fine.

Eating old people food three nights in a row is a bit much. On Sunday, she told me that we would have steak . She wanted to know how I wanted mine cooked I said medium rare or medium would be just fine. She said "Oh Mark, I'm afraid I cooked yours too rare"

I stopped myself from laughing. There was just the barest hint of red in all the brown, but at least it was moist. She then said "Have half of mine. It is a filet". I mean I suppose it could have been half of a filet, but it looked like half a hockey puck with grill marks. What happened to the woman I knew 40 years ago? Or was this the way we ate our steaks in high school and I just don't remember it?

But I'm a very good kid and thanked her for all her kindness.

Bill has had me watch football with him the past three nights. He much prefers the college game to the pro. So Saturday night we watched Wyoming vs San Jose St which was about as good as it sounds. Sunday night watching Brady vs Mahomes, we were talking and I had to inform him that Odell Beckham was not the soccer player's son.

They mean very well and I am grateful for them. But I'm also grateful for fish and chips and Critical Role. I just thought I'd pop in and post something.

Responses:

awww....your mom is the best! -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 18:25 1
- totally -- nm - psilotum Oct 4, 18:43
So I’ll let others do the, whatever you need, thing. I’ll be the one who says, you are doing good. It’s going to take a long time to even get to… - Qale Oct 4, 18:13 1
- That last paragraph was very kind. Thank you -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 18:14
I have passwords to every streaming service, including NFL+. It has all football games this year. Just message me if you want any. - David Oct 4, 17:50 9
- Thank you so much. BTW, I received such a kind heartfelt message from Musubi. He said he occasionally lurks here, so if you want s-talk the Mets... -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 17:52
- BTW, if you skip to the most recent four episodes of Critical Role, it apparently gets wild. -- nm - David Oct 4, 17:52 7
  - I appreciate the tip, but I like my D&D sequential -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 17:54 4
    - Hopefully we can all get together and actually play again -- nm - zork Oct 4, 18:19 2
      - 👍 RC called me yesterday and we talked about it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 18:21 1
        
        Efforting! Looking at starting up a week from Friday. Or whenever folks can play. - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 19:03
    - Weirdo. -- nm - David Oct 4, 17:58
  - don't do this as it won't mean much without the build!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 17:53 1
    - This. I have some issues with C3 but it has been very wild and entertaining. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 4, 18:12
All my love to you, my friend. My mom overcooked steak as well and was the reason I didn't like it until I went to a steakhouse in my 20s. - Krusty Oct 4, 17:38 22
- There’s a reason we make jokes about Irish cooking in our house. - spamlet Oct 4, 17:59 11
  - You don't often hear people say, "Let's go out for Irish food tonight." -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 18:07 10
    - Only if there's a good Irish pub out there. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 18:08 6
      - Doyle's (was noted as a top ten bar in a national magazine for best Irish) seems to specialize in Cajun, go figure -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 19:23
      - Sure but people will say something about going out to the pub or for drinks, not specifically for the food - zork Oct 4, 18:22
      - Sure, for drinks and bar food an Irish pub is a great place. - Krusty Oct 4, 18:19 3
        
        There’s a good reason for that. - spamlet Oct 4, 18:30
        
        I have. I was in Ireland at the time. -- nm - .🎡 Oct 4, 18:26 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 18:28
    - Loaded potato skins don’t count? -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 18:08 2
      - as Irish as the bloomin' onion is Australian. -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 18:14 1
        
        It’s a very brief harvesting season, when the onion trees are in full bloom. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 18:31
- this was my mom with pork chops. -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 17:54 1
  - Those were hit or miss. But it came with Rice-A-Roni usually so I'd end up eating a lot of that some nights. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 18:06
- My mom called me last night about half an hour before I was supposed to go over for dinner. She asked if I had any tapioca I could spare. I did not. - crash davis Oct 4, 17:46 7
  - I think Bill had tapioca at one time but I've never used it. My mom used to make tapioca pudding but I've never thought of it. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 18:02 2
    - I think unmemorable would be a fair adjective for it :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 18:05 1
      - Tapioca, sago, or rice pudding. I don't know there's a difference. -- nm* - Meg Oct 4, 18:09
  - my grandmother would have asked this and then would have been offended when I said no. - mafic Oct 4, 17:56
  - Ha! Of all the things someone could ask you to bring I wouldn't expect tapioca to be it. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 4, 17:49
  - Already got big plans for that pantry full of tapioca, huh? -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 17:49 1
    - Gonna corner the market and then make a fortune in tapioca futures -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 17:51
Hugs to you. I'm still on campaign 1 (ep 48 or so} but only started a few months ago. -- nm - zork Oct 4, 17:32
Good to hear from you. I can't stop laughing at the thought that ODB could be David and Victoria Beckham's son -- nm - JD Oct 4, 17:30 1
- I'm proud of my straight face -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 17:33

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