RBWells

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This is such a cute promo!

[–] RBWells 1 points 8 hours ago

No, probably not, and I live in a mid-sized city, so between metro and suburban I guess. Again, I do think it would be safe and overwhelming percentage of the time just wouldn't FEEL safe.

[–] RBWells 1 points 8 hours ago

I am older, and wanted to say there have been a few random guys who were enormously sexually attractive to me but not on their looks or personality or anything, and I always figured it was just some sort of biological compatibility, that my body recognized they would make healthy babies or something like that.

This sounds similar to what you have going on here, and it's safe to ignore it. It is puzzling, that feeling, but no way does it mean you'd get along well with someone.

[–] RBWells 1 points 9 hours ago

At the big cat rescue here they figured out that cats love Calvin Klein Obsession For Men perfume.

And once my ex stood with the cat on the kitchen counter and opened, one by one, every spice jar in the kitchen and let him sniff it. Then closed and replaced it. The cat just sat there sniffing them. So I'd say yes. Not as food, but certainly as smells.

[–] RBWells 1 points 9 hours ago

Home laptop, power button. Work computer, CTRL-ALT twice brings the login screen.

[–] RBWells 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What sort of help? Get something for me while I wrangle the kid? Sure. Also blocking if they are running off and turning them in the right direction, sure.

No I wouldn't have handed off a baby to a random dude, even though I'm sure that 95% of the time it would be safe to.

[–] RBWells 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A Crow Strike sounds both glorious and terrifying.

[–] RBWells 2 points 1 day ago

I miss the non-sexual nudes threads, Normalnudes and NakedProgress. I miss the nice places like ABraThatFits. I miss having enough of a user base to have a city specific subreddit.

I don't miss having to take down tens of posts every day in the aforementioned nonsexual nudes threads as a mod helper, because nobody could follow the rules, so to keep it a place for real people it took a lot of culling of mean comments and isolated boner pics and ladies promoting onlyfans.

I thought I'd miss the busy R/Cocktails but love maintaining the small one here and in nearly a year have had only two reported posts, it's just so much nicer here.

And when I've ventured back, it's worse even than it was. So many ads.

[–] RBWells 3 points 2 days ago

Mine was easy too, no hot flashes or anything, don't even know when it happened since I had the IUD. but got the MHT, low dose estrogen & progesterone, because I was getting bladder infections and worried about osteoporosis (family history) realized I did have some symptoms because my balance came back (standing in one foot balance not like mental balance) and my thinking cleared up some, I was foggy but just figured it was normal. I freaking love this routine except for the fact that it's made me medium sized rather than slender, which is a mindfuck - I feel really good otherwise, both in body and mind. And the weight gain increased my bone mass so I can't even lose it.

I think it's 50% of women get symptoms like hot flashes - that's a big chunk but certainly not everyone.

[–] RBWells 2 points 2 days ago

Not a typo, actually. She's my ex mother outlaw because I never married my ex, her other title is "my kids grandma". She is great, though has the oddball conservative ideas you'd expect for an old person. Like the yogaphobia.

[–] RBWells 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought a destination wedding was basically an elopement, like you are trying to really cull your guest list. Never felt bad about sending a no to those, always figured that's what they were aiming for.

[–] RBWells 6 points 2 days ago

The Republican position is that race should not be a factor in hiring decisions

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The party of cronyism and nepotism, the least diverse political party? Really?

[–] RBWells 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got away with so many things like this at my previous job because nobody dreamed I would do it so never, ever was I suspected (older white lady and in a comedy routine I would be the straight person). Accounting often works late though. So I'd move a tyrannosaur toy around, change the after hours sign to say things like "after 5 please dance", put funny things on the printer glass. Others were always suspected. I never even blinked and they never knew who.

 

Pausing dry July for one drink, streets are too flooded to get to yoga and it's been an eventful month.

1.5 oz bourbon (any whiskey would be good)

.75 oz Amaro Toscano (would not substitute another)

.75 lemon juice

Shake together then stir in

3 oz dry or sweet full flavored ginger beer (mine is home fermented, spicy and dry but a strong and sweet one would also work)

Really hitting the spot, the Toscana and ginger reminds me of gingerbread. An aperitif before supper then back to none for another week. Usually my one drink of July is historically on the 15th so made it an extra week!

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Mixed feelings (imbibemagazine.com)
submitted 1 week ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This sounds delicious and right up my alley, but a Paloma is so simple and easy and perfect, and with only an oz of grapefruit soda I'm not sure this is even a Paloma variation.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

From Punch.

I am making ginger beer this week and sort of dreaming about what to do with it after my Dry July. I don't have the minty Fernet, but may aquire it to try this.

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N/A - La Verdita (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

Recipe is in the non alcoholic pinned post.

Funny looking but really good. Made a half batch of the Verdita syrup, my jalapeno was not spicy but I guess that's better than too spicy. Mojito Mint.

Next one I may use tepache, not tonic, and spicy it with some fire tincture. But it's very good.

 

The July contest is a non-alcoholic cocktail, must contain at least 3 ingredients. Non-alcoholic for purposes of this challenge is defined as non-intoxicating, not absolute absence of ethanol so a squirt of a tincture, splash of bitters, a base of kombucha or fermented ginger beer is allowed, also caffeine at reasonable level but a THC cocktail would be disallowed.

Happy July!

 

I made today a pineapple margarita with mezcal, tequila, lime, and the fresh pineapple juice. One more day before I start Dry July and I would like a banger, this is good but not great.

Any suggestions for this weekend, also anything interesting and pineapple not alcoholic would also be most welcome. I am making tepache, but it's not done will make ginger beer, have mint in the garden, have tonic water, will probably buy some Chinotto soda too.

 

Apparently we were a bitter bunch in June!

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A sidecar-ish (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 weeks ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This is delicious. Fruity, tart, round in flavor.

2oz cognac

1oz Giffard Abricot

1oz Heirloom Pineapple Amaro

1oz lemon (a little more than an ounce, lemon was juicy)

Shake everything, a coupe would be ideal but it's too hot now to have an outdoor drink without ice. I wouldn't make any substitutions or corrections so it should probably have a name, but I can't think of one. The cognac and apricot are French, the Amaro is American Hipster, the flavor smooth as hell, feel this should be easy but my brain is fried from work.

 

The rain lilies are happy, and I am enjoying the rain with a paper plane. So happy the rainy season has arrived at last.

What are y'all drinking?

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

Well, this was quite a journey but it's good.

I was going to have a margarita with our dinner of chicken and black bean enchiladas, oh no, used almost all the tequila making a batch of margarita and one of Paloma for memorial day. Ok, plug the gap with mezcal, the good one. Measure the juice from my measley lime, nope not enough, juice my last lime, well now it's too much but I don't want to waste it. So a smidge of simple. I'll be damned, it ended up very good but I do think it is because of the good mezcal.

1oz Tequila Ocho claro

1oz Del Maguey Chichicapa

1oz orange liqueur

1.25 oz lime

.25oz simple (1/1)

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Ranglum (punchdrink.com)
submitted 1 month ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

Punch has such good articles. Any Germans who can confirm this is a local drink? I've never heard of it. I particularly liked the line:

"The simplest cocktails have the smallest margin for error."

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