Cooking for yourself doesn't make economic sense - it's more like a hobby.
Absolutely NOT true.
I generally eat better, more healthy and cheaper than most anyone that eats out.
I do happen to like to cook, but you don't have to have the interest and go as exotic as I do some times.
I basically use my Sundays to cook most of the day, while also cleaning the house.
I cook 3-4 different things that I can eat on for most all of the coming week. It isn't rocket surgery....and you can switch up the leftovers so that you don't get bored with the same thing all week for lunches and dinners.
I didn't go all out this weekend, but here's a sample of what I did.
I made a big batch of cole slaw.
I have a ceramic grill (you don't need this a simple grill will work too)....and I found whole turkey breast on sale for $0.99/lb. I brined it before I went to bed Sat night. I got up Sunday and drained it and put it on a spit and on the rotisserie...I also threw some chunks of hickory wood in there for a slow smoked turkey. Once I put that out there, I pretty much left it alone for 4 hours.
While that was cooking , I put a pot on the stove, and with some ground beef and italian sausage (beef was on sale), I raided the pantry for tomato sauce and tomato paste (stocked up on when on sale)...and made Italian meat sauce.
I ate that last night with some pasta as a carb treat. As the week goes on, I'll eat the meat sauce on spiralized zucchini for low carb meals, I can grill some eggplant later in the week..takes minutes, and do a grilled eggplant parm. dish.
In the meantime, I can take the turkey and eat slices as is with sides of slaw,or I can make great sandwhiches out of it with slaw on the sandwhich....and I'm sure I can find something else to do, maybe a lettuce salad with smoked turkey?
OH yeah, I saved the smoked turkey carcass....one night this week, when I have some down time or while TV is on, I'll throw that carcass into a pot on the stove, and boil it and make smoked turkey stock, and either freeze that or can it (I do pressure can, again, not necessary you can easily freeze the stuff)....and use that later as that it makes a WONDERFUL chicken and sausage gumbo base.
This isn't rocket surgery.
You do need to learn and hone cooking skills. If you do like I do (learned as a poor college student)....you look at the weekly grocery store ads, and base your menus off of what is on sale. You buy canned goods, etc...when on sale and keep them handy for cooking.
You buy meats on sale and throw in freezer....often all I really HAVE to buy at any given time, are my fresh veggies as that often I have pantry and freezer of foods that were bought on sale and I can make what I want with them.
If nothing else, a good grill helps in that you can just grill veggies and meats and eat them throughout the week....in sandwiches, salads, stews, mixed up and do tacos with them, etc.
All healthy, and most of the cooking time and work was only invested in one weekend day.....while doing other house work.
It does take a little effort, but just do things similar to what I've described, and you can eat healthy...and save money.
We all have 24 hours in a day, you just have to plan what to do with them.
A couple less hours in front of the computer or TV often can be put towards other activities....AND, if you are a family person, cooking can be a family bonding activity....get the kids in to learn to cook with you, etc.
3) Eating at home requires having the time to prepare the food. Speaking as someone with a young child and a working wife this time can be hard to come by for many people even if you would prefer it.
Funny, while I was growing up as a kid, same situation, we STILL managed to have home cooked meals 99% of the time....in fact as I got old enough, as a young pre-teen and teen, when I got home from school before everyone else, Mom had notes for ME to do some things to start the evening meal and have some things ready and going for when she got in, etc.
Seemed normal for us, and frankly, most everyone I knew growing up in my neighborhood with working parents ate home cooked meals Imost from scratch) with no problem.
What's wrong with the families today...this isn't rocket surgery.
Cooking and cleaning are harder than people like to admit, especially when you have a tiny, crappy apartment kitchen, fridge and feezer. Your pans take forever to heat on your (unlevel) stove, your microwave can barely pop corn (if you have one) and there's not enough room to store things unless you want to spend hours organizing. Plus you better clean up ASAP or it's bug city.
Where the heck do you live with such crappy apartments?
I lived in a number of apartments, many of them while in college, cheap college apartments, and I never had it as bad as you described?!?!
I cooked back then, had room for all my cooking gear and a pantry that was decently stocked.
Nothing as small and nightmarish as you describe...are you only talking apartments in crappy urban areas where you are piled on top of everyone else like NYC, etc?
Most of the US is nowhere near that bad, even for a lower end apartment.
Actually, slavery did not end "a LONG time ago"... it's still happening all over the world to the tune of 40+ million slaves. https://www.walkfreefoundation... [walkfreefoundation.org]
I'm guessing there's not a lot of python coding going on there, eh?
Yeah...I"m wondering who is the judge of what is extremist and must be removed?
I mean, ok, if it is islamic jihad saying "blow xyz up"...that's pretty easy.
But if it is some one that gets on and says something racist, or sexist, or some other -ist of the day.....do they compel them to take it down, when it isn't actually promoting violence or damage to someone or some group?
I know other parts of the world don't have a 1A in their constitutions, but it should be something that most all strive towards, and especially on the internet...it has long been a way for anyone to hook a computer on and have an equal voice in the world.
It may not be popular or in good taste what they say, but all speech needs to be protected as long as it isn't inciting direct violent, etc......
On a world scale, the US democratic party is on the right of the center of the political spectrum.
And we should care about this exactly WHY...??
Why do people keep bringing up this useless tidbit of information up...it has NOTHING to do with the discussion when it comes to the US.
Obviously we don't want that kind of major left leaning groupthink....those that do, can freely leave to live in the EU or wherever.
Please bring your arguments one way or another, but leave this stupid bit of info out of the conversation....it is what it is here, and has been that way largely since the inception of the country...we got away from Europe because we didn't want to BE Europe.....amongst other reasons.
I reckon the same logic can be applied for taxes for this company too. It's a moral requirement for the federal government to make money.. by jacking up your corporate taxes by 400%.
The government cannot target a business for taxation....it's against the law for the government to single out a business and tax it differently than other businesses.
I understand your sentiment, but this one isn't a solution.
I would posit that suger laden sodas are a much large threat to teen health (and the US population in general)....
Why not ban flavored sodas? It's being show that sugar and even diet sodas have harmful effects on our teens and population at large, let's ban those flavored items, eh?
Geez, keep on this track and they'll be banning ALL things flavored that are bad for you, and that list is LOOOOooonggg.
Not to be mean, but "youtube celebrity' is not very high on the list of things which makes the world a better place. There's no long term job satisfaction in that.
WTF does that have to do with having a job?!?!?
You work to earn money to live your life for necessity (food, shelter, etc)...and hopefully a bit more than that to save for elder years, and a bit above that for a lifestyle that makes living today happy.
For 99,999999999999% of people that's the ONLY reason they work....most don't give a flying fuck about making the world a better place when you come down to it.
If I didn't have to work to support my lifestyle, I'd certainly NOT work....I have much better stuff I can think of to occupy my time on earth.
Eh, you're half right. What people desire above all, especially men, is status.
Actually, I think status is as important or even maybe more important to most women than it is to men.
Women seem to compare themselves to all other women MUCH more than men compare themselves to other men.
Most guys don't even notice what another guy is wearing....women look at everything other women wear, and what their men wear.
I mean, virtually NO man looks to see what another man is wearing on their feet....women seem to notice shoes on every other women (and know the price)......etc.
The old saying that women don't dress for men, they dress of other women is largely true....and that is purely status.
Sure guys have it some, but not nearly as bad as women. I've often liked nice cars...sports cars. But I don't buy them for what other people think, I buy them because they're damned fun for me.
If someone looks or gives a thumbs up, that's nice....
But I don't really care....and if I see someone in a Porsche or such, I'm not jealous, I'm happy for them.
I think sometimes it's hard when you peak so young, you don't know what to do next because whatever it is will probably not be as successful.
I dunno, I don't think going to bed with young, beautiful women, or driving fast exotic cars, traveling and generally partying and enjoying yourself and any hobbies you have every gets old.....
Hmm...seems like those famers would be better served NOT sending their money to this lobbying group, and instead support one that would support their needs?
I'm trying to figure this out....they're saying that global warming is going to cause this large storm to stall and dump rain?
I mean, it is moving about 15mph or so now, and is forecast to slow to like 3-7mph once it makes landfall....and somehow this slowdown is caused by global warming?
I mean, that is the reason they're worried about rain fall flooding.....
I canâ(TM)t speak for everyone, but my house came with in-ceiling speakers that would be a nightmare to get to, and the primary TV room is open with the kitchen - so it has tile floors. A good stereo system would be wasted in there even if I could figure out how to get good speakers in.
I'm guessing there has to be a place you input into the ceiling speakers, right?
Just a thought, that the new Dolby ATMOS (sp?) systems now use speakers over you as part of the surround signal, you might could use the ceiling speakers as that part for movies....
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Of course some rooms are better than others, and could benefit from sound deadening and such to help 'tune' the room....but if you get a decent quality AV receiver/processer....those often come with mics and utilities to set up and EQ things for your room, and I think some of those can even tame lots of tile....
Just something to consider...in the long run, you'll have better sound quality with a good system and good floor standing speakers....and in your case a good EQ would help things.
Setting aside the microphone privacy problem, these speakers are also self configuring for stereo and/or quad. Just plop them down in somewhat arbitrary convenient locations and they will self configure themselves to properly "flood" the room with sound. Its not a bad idea and it is something quite separate from "gizmo, order milk from amazon".
Hmm...in my home, I listen to my fairly high end audio system I've been building and putting together since I was a kid....
I can't imagine wanting to listen to something that can't possibly reproduce the sound quality and fidelity that my good stereo can....
I can understand listening to lessor systems in poor environments, like a car or a gym, but, why would you want to listen to a small speaker that can't possibly move enough air in the room to sound very good, when you have a good home stereo....?
Or do people not have good home stereo or AV units in their main living rooms ?
Exactly! I don't get how this supposedly "always listening and spying on me" device is going to get more out of me than the phone that knows almost everything I do and write, all day every day. I don't tell Alexa before I go to a store where I'm going and what I'm going to get, but the phone knows exactly where I went, how long I spent there, and what products I researched before I did it.
All the phones these days are listening all the time, as well. And they follow you around.
Not everyone feels the need to carry a phone around with them 24/7 everywhere they go....
I too agree on the privacy issues ya'll have raised here, but I in general, just fscking HATE talking to a machine/computer in general.
I cannot STAND places that have switched to phone support that tries to get you to speak to answer questions rather than hitting a number to make choices on how they want to direct your call.
This is especially a PITA when you're sitting in cubeville making a call....whether a direct work support call, or maybe you're on break, and calling local utilities for instance.
I don't want co-workers around me to hear my personal business, etc.
I have read, that some of these robo-support systems listen for hostility and curse words....I use this possibility to the fullest when calling from home and continually yell "Get me a FUCKING live operator"....after about 2-3 of those, I get to a person.
I'm very calm and gracious when talking to people on the phone, but I cannot stand having to talk to a fucking computer...I'd almost rather talk to a foreigner with too thick of an accent to understand than a flawless English speaking computer, I hate it that much....
A sports car is not fun when you're stuck bumper to bumper on the freeway. The scenery is not enjoyable when it consists of 10 lanes of barely moving traffic. Where you are, or where you drive, it may be great, sure, but it's not a general rule. In large cities, it's definitely not the most common case.
What you describe is pretty much ONLY in a few very large cities in the US, like NYC, Chicago, LA....etc.
That is certainly NOT the norm for the rest of the US.
You do realize that what you just wrote would sound, like, insane in any other developed Western country? You don't want to take the bus 'cause you can't carry your concealed firearm with you...well, good. I wouldn't want a wacko with a gun next to me on the bus either. When I'm in the US again next month, I'll be sure to check the local transit authority's rules on that, and avoid using them if they let people with hidden guns on. I wouldn't feel safe in a bus or train where random passengers might be armed.
Well, you shouldn't be worried about any citizen that has taken the time and effort and mandatory training to carry a concealed firearm, they're not folks you would need to be afraid of....you should be afraid of the criminals, like gang members that are quite often illegally armed.
It might be that a legal licensed citizen could be there to stop and protect you from one of the criminals I just described.
I consider carrying a pistol on the same level as carrying a pocket knife....a tool for the day.
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Absolutely NOT true.
I generally eat better, more healthy and cheaper than most anyone that eats out.
I do happen to like to cook, but you don't have to have the interest and go as exotic as I do some times.
I basically use my Sundays to cook most of the day, while also cleaning the house.
I cook 3-4 different things that I can eat on for most all of the coming week. It isn't rocket surgery....and you can switch up the leftovers so that you don't get bored with the same thing all week for lunches and dinners.
I didn't go all out this weekend, but here's a sample of what I did.
I made a big batch of cole slaw.
I have a ceramic grill (you don't need this a simple grill will work too)....and I found whole turkey breast on sale for $0.99/lb. I brined it before I went to bed Sat night. I got up Sunday and drained it and put it on a spit and on the rotisserie...I also threw some chunks of hickory wood in there for a slow smoked turkey. Once I put that out there, I pretty much left it alone for 4 hours.
While that was cooking , I put a pot on the stove, and with some ground beef and italian sausage (beef was on sale), I raided the pantry for tomato sauce and tomato paste (stocked up on when on sale)...and made Italian meat sauce.
I ate that last night with some pasta as a carb treat. As the week goes on, I'll eat the meat sauce on spiralized zucchini for low carb meals, I can grill some eggplant later in the week..takes minutes, and do a grilled eggplant parm. dish.
In the meantime, I can take the turkey and eat slices as is with sides of slaw,or I can make great sandwhiches out of it with slaw on the sandwhich....and I'm sure I can find something else to do, maybe a lettuce salad with smoked turkey?
OH yeah, I saved the smoked turkey carcass....one night this week, when I have some down time or while TV is on, I'll throw that carcass into a pot on the stove, and boil it and make smoked turkey stock, and either freeze that or can it (I do pressure can, again, not necessary you can easily freeze the stuff)....and use that later as that it makes a WONDERFUL chicken and sausage gumbo base.
This isn't rocket surgery.
You do need to learn and hone cooking skills. If you do like I do (learned as a poor college student)....you look at the weekly grocery store ads, and base your menus off of what is on sale. You buy canned goods, etc...when on sale and keep them handy for cooking.
You buy meats on sale and throw in freezer....often all I really HAVE to buy at any given time, are my fresh veggies as that often I have pantry and freezer of foods that were bought on sale and I can make what I want with them.
If nothing else, a good grill helps in that you can just grill veggies and meats and eat them throughout the week....in sandwiches, salads, stews, mixed up and do tacos with them, etc.
All healthy, and most of the cooking time and work was only invested in one weekend day.....while doing other house work.
It does take a little effort, but just do things similar to what I've described, and you can eat healthy...and save money.
We all have 24 hours in a day, you just have to plan what to do with them.
A couple less hours in front of the computer or TV often can be put towards other activities....AND, if you are a family person, cooking can be a family bonding activity....get the kids in to learn to cook with you, etc.
Funny, while I was growing up as a kid, same situation, we STILL managed to have home cooked meals 99% of the time....in fact as I got old enough, as a young pre-teen and teen, when I got home from school before everyone else, Mom had notes for ME to do some things to start the evening meal and have some things ready and going for when she got in, etc.
Seemed normal for us, and frankly, most everyone I knew growing up in my neighborhood with working parents ate home cooked meals Imost from scratch) with no problem.
What's wrong with the families today...this isn't rocket surgery.
Where the heck do you live with such crappy apartments?
I lived in a number of apartments, many of them while in college, cheap college apartments, and I never had it as bad as you described?!?!
I cooked back then, had room for all my cooking gear and a pantry that was decently stocked.
Nothing as small and nightmarish as you describe...are you only talking apartments in crappy urban areas where you are piled on top of everyone else like NYC, etc?
Most of the US is nowhere near that bad, even for a lower end apartment.
Err....really?
I don't see how this will effect myself or anyone else in the US....or any other country outside the EU...?
hmm....now where have I heard that before....?
I'm guessing there's not a lot of python coding going on there, eh?
This one got to me:
Seriously? I mean, LOTS of countries had slaves if my history memory serves me right.
For goodness sakes...slavery ended a LONG time ago, get over it...move on.
These terms have nothing to do with slavery in any country.
What's next? Do we have to rename the "master" brake cylinder on your car?
I mean, ok, if it is islamic jihad saying "blow xyz up"...that's pretty easy.
But if it is some one that gets on and says something racist, or sexist, or some other -ist of the day.....do they compel them to take it down, when it isn't actually promoting violence or damage to someone or some group?
I know other parts of the world don't have a 1A in their constitutions, but it should be something that most all strive towards, and especially on the internet...it has long been a way for anyone to hook a computer on and have an equal voice in the world.
It may not be popular or in good taste what they say, but all speech needs to be protected as long as it isn't inciting direct violent, etc......
Where exactly in the constitution is that? Federal? State?
And we should care about this exactly WHY...??
Why do people keep bringing up this useless tidbit of information up...it has NOTHING to do with the discussion when it comes to the US.
Obviously we don't want that kind of major left leaning groupthink....those that do, can freely leave to live in the EU or wherever.
Please bring your arguments one way or another, but leave this stupid bit of info out of the conversation....it is what it is here, and has been that way largely since the inception of the country...we got away from Europe because we didn't want to BE Europe.....amongst other reasons.
The government cannot target a business for taxation....it's against the law for the government to single out a business and tax it differently than other businesses.
I understand your sentiment, but this one isn't a solution.
Taxes are a necessary EVIL that funds our government and government services.
It should NEVER be used to try to manipulate human behavior.....
Why not ban flavored sodas? It's being show that sugar and even diet sodas have harmful effects on our teens and population at large, let's ban those flavored items, eh?
Geez, keep on this track and they'll be banning ALL things flavored that are bad for you, and that list is LOOOOooonggg.
WTF does that have to do with having a job?!?!?
You work to earn money to live your life for necessity (food, shelter, etc)...and hopefully a bit more than that to save for elder years, and a bit above that for a lifestyle that makes living today happy.
For 99,999999999999% of people that's the ONLY reason they work....most don't give a flying fuck about making the world a better place when you come down to it.
If I didn't have to work to support my lifestyle, I'd certainly NOT work....I have much better stuff I can think of to occupy my time on earth.
Actually, I think status is as important or even maybe more important to most women than it is to men.
Women seem to compare themselves to all other women MUCH more than men compare themselves to other men.
Most guys don't even notice what another guy is wearing....women look at everything other women wear, and what their men wear.
I mean, virtually NO man looks to see what another man is wearing on their feet....women seem to notice shoes on every other women (and know the price)......etc.
The old saying that women don't dress for men, they dress of other women is largely true....and that is purely status.
Sure guys have it some, but not nearly as bad as women. I've often liked nice cars...sports cars. But I don't buy them for what other people think, I buy them because they're damned fun for me.
If someone looks or gives a thumbs up, that's nice....
But I don't really care....and if I see someone in a Porsche or such, I'm not jealous, I'm happy for them.
I dunno, I don't think going to bed with young, beautiful women, or driving fast exotic cars, traveling and generally partying and enjoying yourself and any hobbies you have every gets old.....
Hmm...seems like those famers would be better served NOT sending their money to this lobbying group, and instead support one that would support their needs?
It might make search/response times a slight bit longer, but that's not our problem, is it?
I mean, it is moving about 15mph or so now, and is forecast to slow to like 3-7mph once it makes landfall....and somehow this slowdown is caused by global warming?
I mean, that is the reason they're worried about rain fall flooding.....
I'm guessing there has to be a place you input into the ceiling speakers, right?
Just a thought, that the new Dolby ATMOS (sp?) systems now use speakers over you as part of the surround signal, you might could use the ceiling speakers as that part for movies....
> Of course some rooms are better than others, and could benefit from sound deadening and such to help 'tune' the room....but if you get a decent quality AV receiver/processer....those often come with mics and utilities to set up and EQ things for your room, and I think some of those can even tame lots of tile....
Just something to consider...in the long run, you'll have better sound quality with a good system and good floor standing speakers....and in your case a good EQ would help things.
You keep using that terminology, but can you explain "why" you think someone that carries a gun is "crazy" or a nut?
Do you think cops are nuts and crazy too because they carry guns?
I'm just exercising my 2A rights in the US, and I have just as many rights as a cop...so, what's so unusual or "nutty" about doing so?
Hmm...in my home, I listen to my fairly high end audio system I've been building and putting together since I was a kid....
I can't imagine wanting to listen to something that can't possibly reproduce the sound quality and fidelity that my good stereo can....
I can understand listening to lessor systems in poor environments, like a car or a gym, but, why would you want to listen to a small speaker that can't possibly move enough air in the room to sound very good, when you have a good home stereo....?
Or do people not have good home stereo or AV units in their main living rooms ?
Not everyone feels the need to carry a phone around with them 24/7 everywhere they go....
I cannot STAND places that have switched to phone support that tries to get you to speak to answer questions rather than hitting a number to make choices on how they want to direct your call.
This is especially a PITA when you're sitting in cubeville making a call....whether a direct work support call, or maybe you're on break, and calling local utilities for instance.
I don't want co-workers around me to hear my personal business, etc.
I have read, that some of these robo-support systems listen for hostility and curse words....I use this possibility to the fullest when calling from home and continually yell "Get me a FUCKING live operator"....after about 2-3 of those, I get to a person.
I'm very calm and gracious when talking to people on the phone, but I cannot stand having to talk to a fucking computer...I'd almost rather talk to a foreigner with too thick of an accent to understand than a flawless English speaking computer, I hate it that much....
What you describe is pretty much ONLY in a few very large cities in the US, like NYC, Chicago, LA....etc.
That is certainly NOT the norm for the rest of the US.
Well, you shouldn't be worried about any citizen that has taken the time and effort and mandatory training to carry a concealed firearm, they're not folks you would need to be afraid of....you should be afraid of the criminals, like gang members that are quite often illegally armed.
It might be that a legal licensed citizen could be there to stop and protect you from one of the criminals I just described.
I consider carrying a pistol on the same level as carrying a pocket knife....a tool for the day.