@Kidsandliz I did - lol, I actually rely on those bags. I have been grocery shopping for both my elderly parents and my compromised daughter since the beginning of the pandemic.
Those are great grocery bags for a weekly produce drop.
Another way in which meh came through during Covid
I still have about 150+lbs after giving that much away. My haul was 330 in my last pasta drop…just finished the 1st 10lbs bag last week. We do not eat much pasta here.
@Kyeh@narfcake /giphy seems to rely on artificial intelligence that’s more artificial than intelligent. My guess is that it matched “slurps” to “surpsie” as close enough. That’s my explanation for why so many irrelevant giphies (giphys?) show up for order numbers where maybe the gif is maybe remotely relevant to one of the three words.
@Kyeh@narfcakenot to get technical/metaphysical, but giphy is right – that is not a cat, merely a caricature of one. Just as what I see in the mirror is not me, but rather a reflection of light waves that have impinged on me.
[Incidentally, I would have given a 2nd like just for that giphy if that had been an option.]
@narfcake Also, I’ve been remiss in not having sent you some extra notes of appreciation:
Well over a year ago you recommended I use an ozone generator to help with smoke damage after a house fire. I got a good one and it did help considerably, including in making my clothes wearable again (along with much laundering). I still use it quite a bit to help freshen up rooms closed off in my house (to help keep AC bills down), to retard growth of mold/mildew in my bathrooms (not adequately ventilated by the central system), and even occasionally to help control pests in the house, such as occasional accumulations of gnats/mosquitoes (from leaving a back door open for my pooch when the weather is not too hot). I attribute much magic to the device.
(Much as I do to steroids, which have at times helped considerably with on-going effects from a PE and joint pain. But both have a dark side to their magic, if used improperly, so anyone reading this, BE ADVISED to know what you are doing with them! Either can be quite dangerous.)
We still have 80 lbs of the penne and 20 lbs of spaghettini which the food bank is finally ready to take - they had cancelled all private food donations during the troubled times - and we’re on our second bag of the spaghettini (3 of the bags had split open so we couldn’t donate them). With the coupons from then, Meh basically paid us $20 to take 150 lbs of pasta.
/giphy pandemic paunch
@stolicat It’s really unfortunate that they canceled private food donations. So much of what’s going on in the past year has been more about fear and less about science.
@KENSAI@stolicat With food donations, most food banks can do so much more with the money is the thing. Recently one has been advertising that a $25 donation pays for 100 meals. They can do it so cheap by buying food by the pallet. If they take private donations, the cost in time to sort can be more than the cost of just buying what they need by the pallet. It works ok if the have a surplus of volunteers to do the work for free, but otherwise?
@KENSAI@kevinrs this is what our local food bank described also. COVID restrictions and liabilities led them to stop their volunteer program, so they didn’t have the staff to deal with drop-offs of foodstuff.
They recommended, if you want to donate food directly, to contact local food kitchens to see if they need your donations or to get a list of what they can use.
I know it feels right and good and all to donate actual groceries, but it feels just as much of all that to donate $100 knowing they can turn it into 400 meals.
Turns out this is my entire IRK - really? ten lbs of pasta? not even a bag…
@jmhsrv You sound as if you have regrets about your purchase.
Seems to me we have another satisfied customer.
/giphy our job here is done
@jmhsrv @mike808
looks like the pasta is in a bag to me…
@mike808 more confusion than regret
@jmhsrv
/giphy winning
@jmhsrv contact support for your bag
@Kidsandliz I did - lol, I actually rely on those bags. I have been grocery shopping for both my elderly parents and my compromised daughter since the beginning of the pandemic.
Those are great grocery bags for a weekly produce drop.
Another way in which meh came through during Covid
We just ran out of spaghetti the other day. Still got lots of fettucini though.
I still have about 150+lbs after giving that much away. My haul was 330 in my last pasta drop…just finished the 1st 10lbs bag last week. We do not eat much pasta here.
Fortunately I have a brother with six kids - this will be gone by Tuesday
“surpsie”? Is that the sound made by someone sucking up their saucy pasta?
@Kyeh
/giphy surpsie
@narfcake
How is there a giphy for “surpsie?”
@Kyeh @narfcake /giphy seems to rely on artificial intelligence that’s more artificial than intelligent. My guess is that it matched “slurps” to “surpsie” as close enough. That’s my explanation for why so many irrelevant giphies (giphys?) show up for order numbers where maybe the gif is maybe remotely relevant to one of the three words.
@narfcake @phendrick That must be it.
I guess occasionally though even giphy gets stumped…
@Kyeh @phendrick Yes.
/giphy not a cat
@Kyeh @narfcake
notto get technical/metaphysical, but giphy is right – that is not a cat, merely a caricature of one. Just as what I see in the mirror is not me, but rather a reflection of light waves that have impinged on me.[Incidentally, I would have given a 2nd like just for that giphy if that had been an option.]
@narfcake Also, I’ve been remiss in not having sent you some extra notes of appreciation:
Well over a year ago you recommended I use an ozone generator to help with smoke damage after a house fire. I got a good one and it did help considerably, including in making my clothes wearable again (along with much laundering). I still use it quite a bit to help freshen up rooms closed off in my house (to help keep AC bills down), to retard growth of mold/mildew in my bathrooms (not adequately ventilated by the central system), and even occasionally to help control pests in the house, such as occasional accumulations of gnats/mosquitoes (from leaving a back door open for my pooch when the weather is not too hot). I attribute much magic to the device.
(Much as I do to steroids, which have at times helped considerably with on-going effects from a PE and joint pain. But both have a dark side to their magic, if used improperly, so anyone reading this, BE ADVISED to know what you are doing with them! Either can be quite dangerous.)
So, thanks again!
/giphy acceptance
We still have 80 lbs of the penne and 20 lbs of spaghettini which the food bank is finally ready to take - they had cancelled all private food donations during the troubled times - and we’re on our second bag of the spaghettini (3 of the bags had split open so we couldn’t donate them). With the coupons from then, Meh basically paid us $20 to take 150 lbs of pasta.
/giphy pandemic paunch
@stolicat It’s really unfortunate that they canceled private food donations. So much of what’s going on in the past year has been more about fear and less about science.
@KENSAI @stolicat Kind of describes much of human history, doesn’t it?
@KENSAI @stolicat With food donations, most food banks can do so much more with the money is the thing. Recently one has been advertising that a $25 donation pays for 100 meals. They can do it so cheap by buying food by the pallet. If they take private donations, the cost in time to sort can be more than the cost of just buying what they need by the pallet. It works ok if the have a surplus of volunteers to do the work for free, but otherwise?
@KENSAI @kevinrs this is what our local food bank described also. COVID restrictions and liabilities led them to stop their volunteer program, so they didn’t have the staff to deal with drop-offs of foodstuff.
They recommended, if you want to donate food directly, to contact local food kitchens to see if they need your donations or to get a list of what they can use.
I know it feels right and good and all to donate actual groceries, but it feels just as much of all that to donate $100 knowing they can turn it into 400 meals.
Ooo! Jealous!
Very jealous!