Black pepper on anything is a genetic curse on the patrimonial side.
Found out when a physician diagnosed mah dad's "itchy butt" syndrome - it was an allergy making him scoot across the lawn imitating the dog.


When my wife was peeved with me she'd take revenge by putting plenty of black pepper on everything in a meal she so "lovingly" crafted just for my pleasure - then she'd giggle herself silly over my all-too-apparent discomfort for the next few hours.


Serves me right, I have long known a husband ALWAYS loses arguments, even if only for the make-up sex afterwards.

My cats don't wear collars either.
I don't want them to, not even if they have so called safety clasps that open when it gets caught. I still feel it's too risky.

My cats' chips are under the skin of their neck/between shoulder blades.
I had that done when they got spayed so they didn't feel a thing of it.

Nevertheless I can't get a catflap as I have sliding doors with huge windows in 'em. Too expensive to have a catflap fitted in there and what if it goes wrong and the double glazing breaks? Would cost a fortune to have that sorted and I haven't got a fortune, hihi.
So getting up again and again it is.

As far as the cat doors sorry I'm with y'all I would never have one.. I'm a dog person but never would put one in for my dog.. Heck I live in town and have a Huge Raccoon & Opossum that I see on my patio from time to time.. I could just see coming home and my house be a shambles due to they got in and went nuts in my house..

The only time I had any issues was after my gallbladder was taken out for it is a filter for your body that is now being bypassed. It is the reason foods go through much faster lol

It took me a few years being able to get back to eating the spicy food I like..

Humm OldCoot now Black Pepper is something that I put on all my food.. I never use salt but pepper is a must.. As well as Jalapenos & onions...

Speaking of spicy food in Asia. I was having a meal with a girl at a road side stand in Thailand. On the table were three small containers of some kind of spice mix. I asked the girl what they were.
She said, "this one is hot, that one is hotter, and you don't want to touch the third one". I didn't try any of them.

I don't use pepper at all.. I use this instead ONLY on salads and veggies.. I NEVER salt anything else..

it isn't spicy at all IMO..

because mine is a stray, just showed up and immediately fell in love with my dog.. I didn't chip her.. but cool you did.. I did manage to spay her tho.. then she got hit by a car a few years ago.. took her to the vet and they wanted $1200+ to fix her.. I asked the vet a lot of questions and decided to fix her myself.. and after a few months in "jail" inside my dogs crate.. she was healed.. (had the vet check her to be sure)..

same here.. patio doors are costly to get fitted and even though I CUD cut a hole in the wall from the deck inside, I do NOT want to wake to a skunk, a raccoon, a possom, or any other critter roaming around the house.. not that it's scary.. my worst fear would be the skunk and their smell..

I prefer a dog myself but.. I get what I get out here in the country most times it's raccoons, stray cats, foxes and possoms.. the occasional dog, AND skunk (seen 2 skunks this winter already ) actually..

coons are fairly clean & neat animals.. they only wreck havoc when afraid.. that "fight or flight" mode kicks in to FLIGHT when confronted with humans.. in my experience.. lol



add lack of gallbladder to IBS and you have the indy 500 meets the autobahn

hey Mo welcome to the pub!

I bet ya didn't.. wow.. sounds too spicy for my tastes

Sounds way too hot for me as well!

The gallbladder isn't a filter. It's a storage place for bile which is produced by the liver.
The bile aids in digestion of fats.
Without a gallbladder there's no more storage but the liver still produces bile which is then directly dumped into the digestive tract.
When it comes to eating I haven't noticed any difference whatsoever.
But then I must say that my fat intake isn't crazy either.


I'm nibbling on beef jerky, YAM!
Supermarket was out for days and I asked about it 2 days ago. He immediately ordered a new batch which was in today :D
Me very happy, hihi.

Thanks,

Most of the food I try there though was excellent.

I'm nibblin' on a rice cake maself.. I prefer the caramel flavor but it's hard to find these days.. currently on buttered popcorn flavor then I'll snacky on a white cheddar..

I'd love to travel to Asia one day.. I BET the foods are tasty.. my mouth is watering just thinkin about it.. and probably why I got the urge to nibble on rice cakes

I love spicy foods... but even I might have passed that up

But then knowing me, I might have tried the one that was just hot...

and ended up in the bathroom stall next to mine

most likely and regretted trying it..

I did get some wings when I was on a group ride one time for we stopped to eat on the way back..

Ohhh my gawd I got the hot thinking I have yet been to a restaurant that the wings were too hot.. Well I met my match that day.. At least I did order half of them hot and the other half a bit milder.. That first bite of the hot ones took my breath away.. Talking about breaking a sweat.. Of course got a good laugh out of the group I was with.. For I was sweating and trying to cool down my mouth...

Threw a bag of frozen wings in my cart once, not realizing they were "hot" wings.

Got a nice surprise when I pulled them out of the oven and took a bite.

that'll teach ya fer next time huh
maybe bring one of those mini-hand-held-fans along just in case

I bet NEXT time you'll take a few seconds more to read the label FIRST

mornin peeps'n lurkers


another sunny day in da hood here.. and it's getting WARMER.. *Zee does the ol'snoopy dance* WEEEEEEEEEEEEE.. mind you.. it did dip to -20 overnight but.. I was asleep so didn't feel a thang

You peeps got weird culinary habits.

<Pops another salted-in-the-shell peanut in the mouth & grinds the whole thing to a fine powder, then dips a puffy Cheetos into the picante sauce to palate cleanse for the next in-the-shell peanut.>