April 23rd- Unusual/unexpected favorites (Galactic goat substitute)
7Temporary goat Dashcloud here.
Your goat went out to dinner tonight, and on going to the restroom saw the restroom had the goat’s favorite hand dryer, which made the goat very happy.
Your goat really likes this brand because it actually works, and even asked management at GoatCo about getting one during construction of GoatCo’s new building, but management went with paper towels instead.
Do you have a favorite or preferred brand on a trivial or unexpected item like your temporary goat? Maybe you prefer a certain brand of salt or a particular dollar store brand over another?
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Costco toilet paper. They’re still full size sheets.
This is embarrassing, but WalMart’s Italian bread. It’s $1.00, and it slices properly, toasts well, and makes great garlic bread. It doesn’t stay fresh, because it’s not loaded with chemicals. So we get another one after three days, and the ducks like what’s left over.
@OldCatLady Yes I agree. It is very good. You can buy it already sliced by the way. The only thing I hate is that mine generally starts growing mold on the day after the date stamped on it and often what they have for sale in the stores around here only give you about 2 days.
@Kidsandliz Mine lives in the fridge. Anyway, they recently opened a super WMT six miles down the road from me. The major problem with that is the day-old bakery cart, which lives in the back of the store near the milk. It calls me, and the bread is $.50, with a dozen mini-cupcakes at $1.17.
@OldCatLady For garlic bread Wal-Mart bread is really good. For everything else, Kroger cottage white bread from their store bakery is my jam. It’s got a wonderful chewy body that is great on sandwiches and even better toasted or grilled. I got hooked on it when that was the closest store to my house, but now that I’ve moved I will drive 20 minutes past two other grocery stores to get it.
It also lasts forever. I guess I should read the label and see what kind of chemicals are in it.
One other bread tip: Sunbeam BBQ Bread makes the best Texas toast. Butter (actually, this is the one case I can make where margarine is better,
but I don’t ever buy margarine) and add a little garlic salt on one side and put it on a griddle or cast iron skillet. Voila, you have your own source for Cane’s toast.
@OldCatLady Big 8, a local Meximart grocery chain, has an extraordinary baker at one of their stores. Her cakes are works of art, and her bolillos are divine. They are like single serve french breads, crusty on the outside, so tender on the inside, and chock full of fresh bread flavor. 3 for $1, and because you don’t break the crust until you eat them they stay good for several days. Great for garlic bread, French bread pizza, for sandwiches, with soup, or my favorite, to make sugar toast in the toaster oven with butter and sugar for breakfast (people who like cinammon would add some and call it cinammon toast).
Everything Trader Joe’s! If you stick to their store-branded stuff, you can be sure of
If you really start looking at labels in other stores, you may be amazed how many items have high-fructose corn syrup. I haven’t seen it in Trader Joe’s products, I do as much of my shopping there as possible.
@KDemo
And often quite inexpensive for the quality.
@f00l I come out with three huge bags every time I go. It’s a 20 mile drive, and you have to cross a 1.5 mile river too, so it’s an event.
@KDemo Every time I get near one I load up. The nearest one is 3 hours away, though. I’d love it if they opened one here.
@KDemo there’s only one thing that I absolutely must buy if I’m close by a Trader Joe’s:
/image trader Joe’s lentil curls
@KDemo I dislike the taste and heaviness of HFCS, so I avoid it. Ya’ll that shop at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Sprouts for packaged goods ought to look at Thrive Market online. I got a free trial a couple of years ago and bought five huge boxes of planet friendly, humane, fair trade products which I’m still working my way through. If it weren’t a membership place I’d shop there a lot. If you routinely shop at that type of place (too rich for my wallet) it might well be worth it for you to join.
@RiotDemon - I must try those on my next trip.
I have chemical sensitivities to products that come in contact with the skin like soap, lotions and shampoo. I have had pretty good luck with several of the 365 branded products at Whole ̶P̶a̶y̶c̶h̶e̶c̶k̶ Foods. They are actually reasonably priced and last a long time. I especially like the fragrance free Gentle Skin Cleanser. It’s excellent at removing makeup too.
@dashcloud is it the xlerator dryer? Those are what everywhere is putting in around here, and they are 1000x better than those wimpy push button, receive bacon World dryers that used to be everywhere.
I have a weird preference for Viva Vantage paper towels. I don’t care for their regular product but love the little diamond pleated ones, and they make every regular paper towel seem as sturdy as tissue paper.
@djslack It is. #2 on the list is the Dyson Airblade v2, a vastly improved version of the original.
I’m actually glad when restrooms use paper towels when they have doors you have to open by pulling a disgusting handle. On the one highway they use the Airblade, but their restroom bathrooms have a little maze entry so you don’t have to touch anything after you wash your hands. The other highway has really wimpy dryers, but still have the maze entry. I just shake my hands dry and pat them against my jeans because I can’t be bothered to wait.
@RiotDemon Yes! I use a towel to dry my hands, turn the water tap off, open the door, then toss the towel. I’m pretty sure some of those taps don’t get cleaned any other time.
Thank you for bringing up hand driers. I was at the UCB theater in Chelsea tonight. Sweet Jahova was that a shitty hand direr. I yearned for the harsh hot drone of the XL-BW-ECO.
I forget the name of the offending drier, but the sticker illustration included a superfluous undie-pant section. Anyhow it blew in all the wrong ways
…all of which is neither here nor there. I found joy in a pencil, the Blackwing 602.
Modern repop is a good approximation, but not an equal to the Eberhard Faber original.
@ticklescratch
Here’s a place I don’t log into very often, for fear of what I might spend.
Go to town on gorgeous writing implements and related items. More pens than pencils, but still …
They put up new offers several times a week. You can’t see what they offer until you create an account.
To find out more about the business model, read here first:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massdrop
Everything I’ve purchased from the seems to be every bit as nice as presented on the site. As far as I know, they are completely legit and ethical. They seem to have an excellent reputation among the bargain hunters at Slickdeals.
They also have very active forums, and it’s common for either staff, or someone from the manufacturer, to answer questions there.
Again, the link below to see current and recent offers won’t work until someone creates an account.
https://www.massdrop.com/writing/drops
@Dashcloud This is a great thread topic! Because secretly in my head, (I don’t bring it up at parties) I judge these things and keep a running list of every new one I encounter.
I remember the first time I ran across one of the Dysons I thought it was the coolest things.
But I came away unimpressed in the hand drying experience.
Then, at a local kids sports center I came upon the BluStorm.
This thing left me feeling totally satisfied with a BlowJob, or is it a HandJob? My hands were totally dry in seconds. Either way, this dryer is the best I have ever run into in a public restroom.
@mfladd I’d hope you’re picky about who you get blowjobs from in public restrooms.
@RiotDemon I have an algorithm for that.
@mfladd
Yes?
@f00l What are you asking me, exactly?
@mfladd V2 of the dryer is so, so much better- it’s really what v1 should’ve been.
@mfladd
"Yes?" could be interpreted as:
“Pray continue. Do tell us all about your public restroom blowjob choice algorithm, kind sir. We would love to hear all, especially all the technical specs.”
“Yes?” could be interpreted as:
“I take it that ‘Yes?’ is an accurate description of your public restroom blowjob choice algorithm. Is that correct?”
Do you think I might have intended either one of these, possibly?
@mfladd I want to hear about the public restroom blowjob choice algorithm.
@mfladd
What, no response either to the first or the second of the alternative meanings I listed regarding the question you asked me to elaborate on, involving your Public Restroom Blowjob Choice Algorithm?
Hmmmm?
Cat Got Your Tongue?
/giphy "cat got your tongue"
@f00l
@mfladd
It’s more polite to say:
"I’ll have a blowjob this evening.“
Or
"I’d like to order the blowjob special tonight, as long as it’s prime quality and freshly made.”
BTW, what’s the quality of this special in the various public accommodations you frequent? Do you have some favorites?