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    Friday OT - Southern Trees Bear a Strange Fruit

    Braunschweiger is good. I only buy it every few years because it's so unhealthy.
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    Friday OT - Southern Trees Bear a Strange Fruit

    Brick cheese, which smells like limburger.
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    Friday OT - On Good Author-ity

    Pat Conroy (sadly he died) Michael Connelly My wife and I loved Beach Music.
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    Friday OT #1 - Cookie Doughn't You Want Me Baby

    Can't stand raw tomatoes, except diced in Mexican food, and beets. Fruit and/or nuts in chicken salad is a big no no, as well. Other than those, not picky about veggies, meats, etc. My wife and I always joked that we fell for each other because we both hated tomatoes but loved onions.
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    Metronet vs Mediacom

    I switched from Mediacom cable to YouTube TV last year and put in MetroNet three weeks ago to completely get off Mediacom. My only regret is losing Bally Sports Midwest and the Cardinals games. YouTube TV shows White Sox games through Bally Sports Chicago.
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    Hy-Vee vs Fareway - Sunday Commercials

    In all the years since the Urbandale HyVee put in the bath and soap department, I have never seen a customer shopping in it. Sometimes I see an employee, but never a customer.
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    Our screwed-up heath care system

    I really hate to bring this up. About a year ago, my wife's lower back started hurting, for now reason. After two doctor visits, the pain was so bad, she took an ambulance to the hospital. 12 days in the hospital and an MRI later, they diagnosed two cracks in her sacrum, pretty much the lowest...
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    Hy-Vee vs Fareway - Sunday Commercials

    I asked a woman working in the wine and spirits section in the Urbandale HyVee why Barefoot wines were 7.99 and Fareway was always 4.99, and she said it was to have a higher-end store than Fareway. I shook my head.
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    Favorite Movie Scenes

    Sure, make me feel old! ;)
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    Favorite Movie Scenes

    This is long (10 minutes) but has always been my favorite scene in a movie.
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    Convenience Stores When Traveling

    Yes, that should count as buying something.
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    Convenience Stores When Traveling

    If you are traveling and need to use a convenience store restroom instead of a rest area, do you typically buy something as well?
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    Friday OT #2 - It's My Safety

    Agree. Two other good episodes: when Marie tries sculpting, and when Robert takes the frog lady out.
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    Friday OT #2 - It's My Safety

    It's on Hulu, for which I pay $1.00 / mo as it shows commercials.
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    Friday OT #2 - It's My Safety

    I am watching St. Elsewhere. My wife and I watched it when it ran 1982-1986. It was such a well written show and was both of our all-time favorite TV show.
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    On That Note: Turn The Page

    Here's one:
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    Crazy story on dinner leftovers

    So unbelievable to waste good leftovers. I make a couple good meals on weekends and have leftovers the rest of the week.
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    On That Note: Turn The Page

    I like this song best by 10,000 Maniacs and Michael Stipe.
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    Friday OT #2 - Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

    My wife and went to the Smokey Mountains twice and loved it each time.
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    Friday OT #1 - "I'm looking GOOOOOOOD."

    My wife had a closet full of black or gray. Just about all of her pants were black, and most of the tops were black, with some gray in there. And it still always took her a long time to figure out what to wear.