Happy Tuesday, What's on your menu, everyone?

Partlypollyanna
on 5/2/23 6:27 am
RNY on 02/14/18

I am 80% sure I will, the only reason I wouldn't is if I was really off in my research in budgeting. I just want to do the front and possibly my deck area so that gives me some wiggle room on the cost too.

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

Grim_Traveller
on 5/2/23 7:34 am
RNY on 08/21/12

The one thing I would look at closely is if there is a UV rating on the lights. To leave them up year-round, they need to last. And the insulation on cheaper lights deteriorates really fast under all that UV.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Partlypollyanna
on 5/2/23 8:13 am
RNY on 02/14/18

Yes, I did look at that -- UV and dry brittle cold, I know take a toll on anything we leave outside here.

This company gets good marks for both, much better than the more well known national brand.

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

Partlypollyanna
on 5/2/23 8:17 am
RNY on 02/14/18

Oh, and this one, you can replace a single bulb if needed as opposed to having to replace a whole section...unlike the others (or Christmas lights in general, lol)

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 5/2/23 5:47 am
WLS on 07/15/22

Is the quality if available smoking components just different here versus Italy? I'm curious why you only smoke there. Though it does seem like quality is generally lacking for most US products versus just about anywhere.

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

White Dove
on 5/2/23 6:43 am - Warren, OH

Smoking is just socially acceptable in Europe. My little Italian mother-in-law had a pack of cigarettes hidden under the dishtowels in the kitchen drawer. When none of the other family was around she would have me to the store and get her Coca Cola and Hostess cupcakes. She would smoke and enjoy the sugary foods that her doctor told her not to eat.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 5/2/23 11:37 am
WLS on 07/15/22

Sounds like she got in all her banned pleasures at once!

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

Icecream Dreamer
on 5/2/23 8:13 am - Central Coast, CA
RNY on 06/26/17

Nothing to do with quality and everything to do with social acceptance. Especially here in CA they look at you like a second class citizen if they see you smoking. When I had a couple of Italian friends visiting, we had to sneak around and they were joking that they felt like they were treated like drug addicts who shoot up.

SW:261 6/26/17 GW:150 10/6/18

CW: 142

PGW: 140-142

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 5/2/23 10:09 am
WLS on 07/15/22

That makes sense. I remember being shocked at the amount of smokers in Stockholm. And Florence was literally just hard to breathe in with the narrow roads and smog/smoke. Guess that's one thing the US is ahead of the curve on, so to speak. I'm sorry you felt ostracized.

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

catwoman7
on 5/2/23 12:59 pm
RNY on 06/03/15

China and Japan are like that, too. Mostly the men - but some women, too.

RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)

HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163

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