RBWells

I literally had someone honk at me while I was crossing the street on foot, at a crosswalk where they had a red light and I had the right of way. Some drivers just assume you are supposed to get out of their way regardless of the law.

On the bike I stop (or at least California stop) and check at every crossroads, I move to the side off the road for awhile to let cars pass if they are behind me, walk the bike across any larger intersections using the crosswalk. make every effort to be seen and polite, oh so polite.

But a fucking crosswalk, while the light is red for cars, who doesn't know how that works? You shouldn't drive if you don't know at least the basic rules.

Make it so.

Pork floss sounds terrible but it's so good, I can't even figure out why - maybe you have to eat it while young to like it. I don't like cotton candy but that salty sweet meat fluff is delicious.

If you measure your life only in dollars, maybe. Maybe.

My mom came from a small town and said she'd never raise a kid in a small town - her cousins, all save one, were in jail or pregnant before they graduated high school. Because there was literally nothing to do.

I like having restaurants, a good library system, concerts, bars, not needing to drive to get anything. I like living in a mid-sized city, but if I couldn't, would go bigger not smaller.

Tampa International Airport

I give thanks every time we land at home. Our airport is really awesome. Good layout, beautiful, long security line usually but otherwise so good.

https://news.tampaairport.com/

I didn't enjoy being a kid at all, but being an adult I do like, don't mind working because they pay me.

"Everyone else got it" is a stretch.

It does sound like you are carrying a lot of trauma, I don't want to minimize that, but if you are able bodied, can see and hear and move and think, you are ahead of a lot of people. If you live in a developed nation, you are ahead of a lot of people. I don't think even a majority of kids get the idealized childhood you think they do.

If you have no kids or obligations - what I did was get a lot of roommates to get living cost low and yeah, did just work a minimal job and hang out for a few years before sort of getting more serious about work. Never did the career ladder thing but did get a good job and I can say with absolute honesty - it got better.

Well, my mind is in the gutter I guess. Yards, I like a balance. Wild in defined spaces; food garden without weeds; open yard is literally mowed weeds, not too short. Flower garden has some weeds. We get lots of bees and butterflies with this scheme.

(On the question I thought you were asking, slight preference for uncut)

Ah, got it. Maybe not as fancy but one I could actually produce.

Appetizer: salt & taragon cured trout with sourdough crackers and dry white wine.

Lamb vindaloo (ketchup as part of sauce - I do hate ketchup so it would be hidden) and sag paneer with basmati (ETA I think Temperanillo or Langhe Nebbiolo with these)

Cheese course goat cheese, blueberries and Semillon

Dessert dulce de leche custards (caramel) with tops torched.

1. Never owned a whole encyclopedia.

But probably -1 for not only rotary phone but "party line"; sometimes you couldn't use the phone because someone else, in another house, was using that line.

I like cooking, and don't use recipes. Drinks, too. I like creating foods and drinks that people love because it's like a gift but they don't have to keep it. I guess it's a traditional art in a way but not always expressed artistically.

I can't speak for all women, but looks for me are a yes/no binary, but a primary filter. So if a guy looks good enough, attractive to me, then I can be attracted to him if he's attractive in other ways. But there's no bonus for better than good enough, better looking doesn't matter at all. It is quite important - nobody has ever moved out of the appearance "no" bucket into the "yes". But there is no 1-10 scaling, no consideration beyond the yes/no, I'm never going to be more attracted to a man just because he's gorgeous.