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My wife will be living in the Silver Lake area for work for the next six months. I'll be going back and forth, but for the most part she'll be on her own. I'm the chef in the family and she's not great when it comes to meal planning. I'm cooking some big batches of her favorites to stock up her freezer, but I'm trying to find good options for pickup or delivery that she can rely on. One thing she never gets tired of is chicken soup. Chicken noodle, chicken and vegetable, pretty much anything with a good chicken broth that doesn't contain any seafood (allergies). Can anyone recommend some tasty chicken soup options? Are there any fresh soup brands available in grocery stores or farmers markets that are any good? Any recommendations from local soup aficionados would be hugely appreciated!

Hi everyone , looking for suggestions on both brand and companies for A/C units, I have heard about both Goodman and Carrier units as to be with high reliability but definitely looking for any suggestions and past experiences. Costco ? Any other places ?

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/costco-open-brand-clubs-6-150022093.html
(Not that I thought one would EVER be built here)

Used to play golf a lot with my dad as a kid & teen. Haven’t played in years and starting to pick it back up again (I’m now 25).
No idea what my handicap is, but I have a decent swing and im not a complete beginner. I’m looking to finally upgrade my clubs to something I feel more confident with, but not ready to blow a whole grand.
Still gaming a set of TopFlite inertia clubs my dad bought me when I was ~13y/o. I upgraded the driver and got a Taylormade R7 and Odyssey white hot putter. I’m really not a fan of the TF irons or 3 wood that came with the set so that’s my main priority.
I’m a lefty and it’s been really hard to find good used deals. I’m considering buying the Costco callaway edge set for $780 CAD, or I found this on Facebook marketplace for $500 CAD:

• titleist bag (already have a brand new callaway bag so would sell this for ~$60)
• taylormade burner driver & 3 wood
• Ben hogan 2hybrid
• Titleist 775 CB irons with new golf pride grips (4-W, missing P)
• Ben hogan 52, 55 and 60 wedge set
• Taylor made rossa corzina agsi+ putter (would sell this for probably ~$50)

Looking for some opinions on this.

Hi! Im making a Marquise Cake for the 1st time, and it only has 5 ingredients. I know I need to use top quality ingredients so the flavors shine through, is there a brand of 70% chocolate you’d recommend?
From my research, it seems Valhrona or Guittard are highly rated on this sub. I’m in the USA and was hoping to find something high quality that would be available at Whole Foods, Costco, local grocery stores etc. I suppose I could order online if it was worth it, but that seems like overkill. I’m not a baker, so idk if the difference in taste is that noticeable to warrant custom ordering ingredients online.
For context, I’m trying to impress a date whose favorite dessert is chocolate cake. Thank you!

hey folks, just found this sub & i'm glad that lmop still gets attention! apologies in advance for any typos, my phone is old as balls and hates typing on reddit mobile.
I'm running the mod for three of my good friends; one is an experienced player and the other two are brand new, so we decided to start "simple".
BUT (big but) a few things led me to want to rewrite a lot of the module: - my players are a bunch of hippie nerds with interests in ecology, moral philosophy, etc. and don't gravitate toward the typical dungeon crawl. - 2/3 of my players listened to TAZ: Balance and would be insufferably annoying with references if i left the majority of the plot and NPCs alone (we're only two sessions in and I've already had to stop play to shut down repeated references to barry bluejeans and the fantasy costco jingle) - the experienced player was also in the party last time I ran this module as-written and she's a good sport but I'd love to shake things up for her
So, I decided to keep the skeleton of the module but slant it heavily towards a sort of environmentalist angle where motivations and impact aren't necessarily cut-and-dried, and the PCs have to make in-character decisions based on their internal morality instead of just playing as 'protags actions good, antagonists actions bad'.

• I changed the background of the pact/mine so that the history as-written is the accepted version of events; but the truth of the mine's collapse was something more like, harnessing the natural font of magic to create the Forge of Spells upset the balance of the surrounding area, and the town/mine fell to attacks from monsters driven to desperation by the lack of resources to support them, and the orcs' involvement was inflated to pin them as the perpetrators instead of the pactmakers admitting they fucked up.
  
• I've reskinned the Redbrands from a straight-out bandit group, now they started out as kind of a citizen's militia to defend against further attacks during the rebuilding of Phandalin, then as time passed several compounding factors (incl. the installation of Glasstaff) led them to start throwing their influence around and hassling the townsfolk for 'protection' taxes and whatnot. (loosely inspired by disco elysium's hardy boys)
  
• Nezznar just sucks so I replaced him with a half-orc sorcerer PC i played in a one-shot before and really enjoy, and she's recruited Reidoth the druid to help instigate more monster attacks on the town/party and do ecoterrorism with her (instead of her acting through glasstaff and the goblins)
  
• "sildar" and "gundren" are reskinned as a variant "fighter" and a forge cleric, and are acting to reopen the mine without the party's input (one pc met them early on and they told him his peaceful hermetic druid life was going to be disrupted by the 'inevitable' gold rush when they reopened the mine so he wants to stop them... he is doing a shrek plot. it's fine.) and they may end up being the actual BBEG's depending on the party's actions. They have many opportunities and resources to aid the party with up until the party actually has cause to communicate with them that they don't want the mine reopened. (I also have a very weird party makeup with some extraplanar races so the original idea was that this band of misfits would be kind of 'cleaning up after' a couple of more conventional adventurers that don't pay attention to the consequences of their actions)
  
• I have a potential concept for the goblins in cragmaw cave to be affected by some kind of curse or illness, possibly caused by the nothic in tresendar manor and implemented by the RB's to 'cull the monster population'? - that the party can investigate the cause of and possibly cure, instead of having the goblins just be bandits (none of us are huge fans of any sapient race having a default alignment)
  

If anyone has any suggestions for other twists or ways fo rework some of the other sidequests, I'd love to hear ideas! Clarifying questions about this variant are welcome too, if you want to borrow any of my rewritten material feel free :) TIA!
tl;dr - looking for suggestions to alter sidequests in LMoP to slant toward more environmental/ecological themes, putting PCs in ethical binds, and/or maybe some related horror elements

Hey, so I have a weird thing about textures. To me, Maruchan’s noodles have a really good texture. I can eat them and not think about it.
But I would love to love other brands as well.
Does anyone know of any other ramen brands that have noodles with the same texture as Maruchan PACKS (not their cups).
Thanks. 🙏🏻 ❤️

Hi everyone,
Here's the summary for the second half of Day 3 of Safe House. There were also quite a few talking-based activities today, and I directly transcribed a bit more this time, especially during the cooking competition, because a lot was happening so I wanted all the funny exchanges to be translated. Hope you guys enjoy!
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/cjn8w8j06ik?feature=shared

• They're having a jam session when we join
• 3:45 Neo and Luke are improvising a song about all the guys. I'll just translate the lyrics that Luke sings in Thai because he also sings in English a bit too. When you hear Neo talking/singing, he's trying to translate what Luke is singing, but sometimes he's a little off.
  • Mix: "can be good but also bad. Likes to eat a lot with Pond"
  • Phuwin: (sings in English)
  • Pond: (sings in English) "Everyone knows that he always wants to eat rice with Thai omelette (extra salty)"
  • Neo: "He's probably the most annoying in the house, but he's also cute. He loves annoying everyone a lot, especially Earth. That's the kind of person he is. He plays guitar really well."
  • Khaotung: "I like how he likes similar things as me. I like how he plays darts with me. I like how he also wins games like me."
  • (pause while they laugh)
  • 6:30 Earth: "Everyone who's watching this livestream knows that he likes to wear this red sweatshirt." (pause because Neo needs to think of what to play) "Red shirt, red shirt, has nice stuff in his hair" (then sings in English) (pause because of Neo's mistranslation) "Actually, he should be the best in the house, but right now he has the lowest score. But that's alright, because there's lots of time for him to win more games."
  • Gun: "Yellow shirt, like the Sang Sang that he's the presenter of. He's really tiny, but his smile is huge. He's also very good-looking and the nicest in the house" (then Luke says something a bit funny but rude, which makes Gun get up and try to push a pillow in Luke's face)
• 9:50 Mix and Gun go to the kitchen. The others realise that they can watch the footage of the kitchen from the TV.
• 10:45 Neo and Khaotung consider improvising a song for Luke since he didn't get to sing about himself, but Luke declines.
• 12:15 PD asks everyone to assemble in the kitchen. She makes a notification sound before speaking so that the guys don't get startled, which they appreciate
• 13:20 Medal competition sponsored by Sea Me Now. Gun reads the rules. They will divide themselves into two teams. Each team will send two members to prepare "yum" (a type of Thai salad served at room temperature, often involving some kind of noodles like glass noodles) within 15 minutes, using the seafood from Sea Me Now. Meanwhile, the remaining 4 guys will wait in another room until the dishes are ready, and they will come and blindly taste the dishes and vote on which dish is better. Winning team gets one medal each.
  • 16:00 PD asks the teams which member each thinks is the best cook in the team. Phuwin is the best of the left team, and the right-hand team are undecided between Gun and Khaotung. At 17:30 PD asks which member from each group is the worst at cooking. The guys start to figure out that PD is going to pair the best cook with the worst cook, so the right-hand team try to blag that Khaotung and Gun don't know how to cook that well after all. At 18:30, Neo is the only one who hasn't caught on to PD's plan, so he raises his hand to indicate that he's the worst cook on that team because he thinks it means he won't have to cook. Final cooking teams are Phuwin/Neo and Gun/Pond. The rest go to wait in the play zone.
  • 21:00 Phuwin has only just realised that they are required to make "yum," which he doesn't know how to make. He mistakenly thought they could make whatever they wanted. Gun is also not confident.
  • 23:00 Cooking timer begins. Both teams decide to use the salmon. Phuwin/Neo decide they're going to leave their salmon raw. Pond asks Gun if they're going to leave theirs raw too, and Phuwin accuses him of copying them. Gun decides they're going to lightly blanch their salmon.
  • 28:00 Neo goes to look for a food processor. Gun asks if he can process enough chilis for both teams, and Neo initially jokingly declines, but then agrees.
  • 30:15 Phuwin asks Neo to make the glass noodles. Neo isn't sure how to prepare them, and Phuwin guesses that they're supposed to just put them briefly in boiling water (which is correct)
  • 31:30 We cut to the play zone where the tasting teams do a light brand plug for Sea Me Now. They teach Luke a new word that basically means "great." (I guess it's kind of like "sick" in English how the actual definition of the word is different, but it's slang when used in context). Mix is confident that Gun/Pond are going to make the better dish.
  • 37:00 PD announces one minute remaining, and that "the customers are complaining." Gun/Pond finish with some time to spare and present their dish to the camera, but Phuwin/Neo finish a little late (but it's fine; there will be no penalty. PD just keeps rushing them to finish)
  • 40:30 PD asks the teams to write the names of their respective dishes on the mini boards provided. Pond originally writes a name that indirectly reveals that he and Gun made that dish, and PD says that the names can't have any hints of who made which dish.
  • 43:30 PD asks the teams to pose with their respective dishes, and invites the audience to screenshot and caption them. Gun/Pond's dish translates to, "Definitely delicious; try it and see," and Phuwin/Neo's dish (roughly) translates to, "Just making a 'yum,' but don't know how to make it" (It's a rhyme/pun in Thai)
  • 44:30 Cooking teams leave the kitchen and go sit in the living room so they can watch the tasting on the TV. PD warns them not to cheat while the teams are changing rooms.
  • 47:15, the tasting team goes to the kitchen. They each get 3 ping pong balls with which they can vote. Phuwin/Neo's dish is the white side, and Gun/Pond's is the blue side. The votes can be cast by dropping the balls into the coloured containers corresponding to the dishes.
  • 48:00 It is immediately obvious to all of them immediately which team made which dish. Transcription starting from 48:20:
    • Earth: "Why don't we start by judging the presentation before we taste?"
    • Mix: "Looking at these two dishes, this one (blue) is definitely wins."
    • Earth (trying to help his team): "I think I'm going to go with this one (white). Listen, none of us know which dish was made by which team..."
    • Luke: "But we have theories."
    • Mix: "I just want to know in what way this (white) dish could possibly be more beautiful than that (blue) dish."
    • (pause while they think of some nonsense) Luke: "The vegetables. They just look so nice. And there are so many of them."
    • Earth: "I'm giving it to this team (white)."
    • Luke: "Me too."
    • (audio cuts out for a few seconds)
    • Mix is saying "The truth?!" to implore Earth and Luke to admit the truth, but they stick to their decisions
    • Luke: "It's my personal opinion. I'm not changing."
    • 49:55 Mix comes up to the camera and mouths, "There are cheaters here."
    • Earth and Luke say, "Who knows? This plate could have been made by anyone."
    • 50:15 Mix: "Okay, let's move on to the flavour." They taste Phuwin/Neo's first.
    • Earth: "I hear laughing outside. Who's laughing?"
    • 51:00 Luke: "Very good."
    • Earth looks at Luke. Luke: "It's actually good. It suits my palate."
    • Mix: "I mean, it's alright. It's not bad. The salmon and imitation crab are good. They taste really fresh. But the noodles are awkwardly super cold. Like, is this bamee yen (a cold noodle dish)? Also, there's just something not right. It's sour, and it's like trying to be spicy but not spicy, trying to be salty but not salty. It's not balanced. What do you think, Earth?"
    • Earth: "I'll give it to you honestly."
    • Mix: (puts his hand on Earth's shoulder and looks into his eyes) "Yes, give it to us honestly."
    • Earth: "Okay, honestly, I like the raw ingredients. I like that the imitation crab meat is in large chunks. But..."
    • Mix: "Look, he's talking about the raw ingredients. He's not even talking about the flavour of the dish."
    • Earth: "The flavour is like how Mix described. And honestly, it's sour. It's so sour. Uncomfortably sour. Like, too sour. Can I have some water?"
    • 52:40 Luke: "I really like how there are lots of vegetables here. That means that dish is really healthy for you. If you ask me if I can eat the other dish, I can eat it, but it won't be as healthy as this dish."
    • Earth: "Oh, okay, so he's talking about the health value of the dish."
    • Mix: "But we're talking about the flavour of the dish, here, no?"
    • Luke: "I'm a person who doesn't like eating things too spicy. (uses the vocab word he learned earlier) So I like that this one is a good balance. It's not too spicy for me.
    • 53:35 Earth looks at Luke and says, "Is it not too sour? I think you've already helped our team a lot here."
    • Luke: "No, I don't think so. I honestly think it's good. But we haven't tried the other dish."
    • Earth: "That's true. Different people have different flavour preferences. Some like super sour, for example. And if those people also don't like spicy food, this dish is for them."
    • 54:05 They ask for Khaotung's review. He pauses and then quietly says, "Um... Sour. It's sour."
    • Mix: "How about between the words 'delicious' and 'not delicious'?"
    • Khaotung: "Well, I can definitely eat it. But it's super sour. It's not well-rounded."
    • 54:35 They move on to taste Gun/Pond's dish. Mix comes to the camera and enthusiastically whispers, "It's SO good!"
    • 55:15 Earth: "I like the creativity of this team. The salmon was raw, but this team lightly blanched the fish so that the inside is still raw, which adds a lot of layers to the flavours and textures of the dish. I like it."
    • Mix: "Can I speak extendedly? It's SO good. It's amazing. It's well-rounded, yummy, the textures are amazing, and it's easy to see that the person who made it really knows how to cook. I'm pretty sure I know who made it." Khaotung agrees.
    • 56:40 Luke decides to still vote for the white dish because the second dish is a bit too spicy for him. Earth sees that there's no way that the white dish can win anymore, so he puts his last ball into the white container anyway.
  • 58:00 More brand plugging for Sea Me Now
  • 59:45 PD calls the cooking teams back to the kitchen to announce the results.
  • 1:00:35 Luke says to Phuwin/Neo: "I tried, guys." Neo says, "I love this guy. He said the truth straight from his heart." Earth says that he tried to say the truth too. Neo complains that he was working with so many ingredients he had no idea how to use. I was just putting everything in randomly. Mix asks who did the seasoning/flavouring, and Neo said, "Me, but we didn't have time to taste it because we ran out of time."
  • 1:02:00 The cooking teams try each other's dishes (and Phuwin/Neo try their own dish for the first time too). Neo tries Gun/Pond's dish. Earth immediately feeds him a huge bite of his own dish. Neo pauses and says, "It seems like it's missing something." Mix and Earth say, "Not something. Many things. Like deliciousness." Earth feeds some to Phuwin, and he also doesn't like it.
    • 1:02:45 Neo looks at Earth and says, "You did the right thing." (in reference to criticising this dish and voting for the other one). Earth says, "So you understand me now?!"
    • Neo makes fun of how Gun was previously dramatic about not knowing how to make "yum." Gun says that he truly wasn't sure, and Neo feeds Gun some of Phuwin/Neo's dish saying, "See? This is what it means to truly not know what you're doing." Gun's eyes water while eating it, and he says, "It's so sour," and goes to hug Neo and Phuwin.
  • 1:04:00 More brand plugging for Sea Me Now
  • 1:05:00 Neo says that he's glad that there's at least someone (Luke) who enjoys eating his food. He then realises that Luke has only been eating the seafood and the vegetables, none of which have been flavoured/seasoned. Luke then takes a bite of the noodles to appease him.
• 1:06:00 Seafood lunch. Menu includes (professionally-made) "yum" with salmon and imitation crab topped with salmon roe; oysters with a seafood sauce; scallops fried with garlic, salt, and pepper; and grilled salmon steaks
  • 1:17:45 Khaotung and Mix go to the kitchen to make some more food with the fresh seafood they have
  • 1:19:15 Luke asks Earth why he's sitting so far away from him, and Neo turns it into a pun about Earth wanting scissors ("sitting far away" sounds a bit similar to "looking for scissors")
  • 1:21:10 This is Pond's first time trying mashed potatoes. Luke and Phuwin explain what they are to him and explain that in some Western countries, they eat less rice than they do in Asia, so sometimes they eat potatoes as the starch (a lot of the dishes for this meal were prepared in a Western way)
  • 1:22:30 Neo teaches them Isan slang that a more polite phrase to basically say, "BS-ing." They also mention the Central equivalent of the phrase. They ask Luke what an equivalent in English would be, but Luke can only think of "BS-ing," so he says that he can't say it out loud. He eventually goes with "spinning stuff." Neo says that he feels like English doesn't have as many rude/swearing words as Thai does, and Earth makes a joke that he wouldn't be surprised if Neo's name was rude in English.
  • 1:23:55 They like how Luke seems especially giggly today, so they try to keep him laughing. Neo says a Thai phrase/idiom that basically means that he's not even being funny to his full capacity right now, then Earth and Phuwin give some sarcastic remarks that are like playful insults to Neo, which Luke continues laughing at.
  • 1:26:00 Phuwin and Gun join Mix and Khaotung in the kitchen to cook some more seafood. They're prepping some salmon, scallops, and oysters. Gun wants to make lightly floured and pan-fried tofu.
  • 1:27:30 The guys at the table are joking to Luke that it's Thai culture to be polite to people, but then the closer you get to them, the more you insult them. You start the insults behind their back, but then you can eventually insult them to their face (it's not technically false, especially for some friend groups, but the way they were explaining it is a bit too much, hahaha). Then they demonstrate that, actually, the best thing to do is to be polite to someone's face, and then behind their back, you compliment them again.
  • 1:29:00 They exchange the English and Thai versions of the phrase "fishing for compliments"
  • 1:32:20 Luke is trying to tell the story of why he came to Thailand, but he's still in his giggly mood. He wanted to be an actor in the US, but he was scouted from IG to come and be a model in Thailand, so he arranged to come for 3 months, but he liked it, so he stayed.
  • 1:34:10 They mention that they're glad they have Neo in the house because otherwise it would be so much quieter and less entertaining.
  • 1:40:15 Gun brings the tofu for the guys at the table to try. They struggle a bit because it's still very hot, but they approve.
  • 1:43:45 The guys at the table talk about ventriloquists. Luke explains how in the US, ventriloquism can either be creepy or funny depending on the act, but in Thailand it tends to mostly be creepy. They start discussing some related film/series plots.
  • 1:59:30 Pond, Neo, and Luke dance a bit for the cameras
• 2:01:00 Relaxing time. Mix presents the dish he made to the camera: spaghetti pad kee mao (drunken noodles) with scallops, crab, and salmon roe. He brings it to the living room for everyone else to try.
  • 2:08:40 Some language lessons. Phuwin and Luke ask Neo some questions for him to answer in English. They also ask Luke some questions in Thai. They try to ask Neo and Luke to speak English and Thai (respectively) for two minutes each, language exam-style.
• 2:13:50 PD asks the losing team from the last game to go wash dishes. They say that the sink area is small, so two people will wash at a time.
  • 2:36:05 Earth drops and breaks a dish. Earth tells a story about how when he was very young, he hated washing dishes, so sometimes he would secretly break some dirty dishes behind his house so he wouldn't have to clean as many. Eventually his mother started wondering where all the dishes were disappearing to, but she just kept buying more
• 2:41:15 PD asks for someone to wake Gun (who's napping on the sofa) and assemble in the area in front of the medal board for the next medal game. She asks Mix "the one with many medals" and Earth "the one with hardly any medals" to take the lead in reading the rules. Earth is offended, but PD says, "Earth, you have to accept the truth."
  • 2:42:40 Game sponsored by Super Coffee. They will divide into two teams. King of the Day chooses the pairs that will compete together. Each person in the pair will wear a sumo costume with a bag of Super Coffee attached to their back. Whoever is the first to successfully remove the bag of coffee from their opponent's back wins that round, and their team is awarded one point in the game. Once all the pairs have competed, the winners will compete to determine the final winner. Winning team gets one medal each. The rules say nothing about singing or having dancing breaks during each match, but the guys do so anyway.
• 3:21:20 PD asks everyone to change into swimming clothes and meet at the pool. Phuwin has to study, so he won't join for the next activity.
• 3:39:00 Neo reads the directions. They're going to play the Werewolf (ma paa) game. Between the 7 of them, they will randomly get assigned roles: 2 werewolves (who can kill people), 1 bodyguard (who can choose someone to protect from death each round), 1 seer (who can privately uncover the identity of one other player each round), 1 hunter (who, if they are killed, can choose one other person they suspect of being a werewolf to die with them), and 2 villagers. PD will be the narratoreferee. The game is basically between the werewolves and everyone else. Each round, in order, the narrator will instruct the werewolves to choose someone to kill, then the bodyguard to choose someone to protect, then the seer to privately uncover the identity of one other player. Then everyone must talk and decide on one person to kill out of suspicion of being a werewolf. If both werewolves are killed, the common people win. If there's at least one werewolf left at the end of the game, the werewolves win.
  • [PD is a very dramatic and colourful narrator, which is why everyone is reacting to most of her lines throughout the game. Werewolf in Thai is "ma paa" and villagetownsperson is "chao baan," to help you guys understand what's going on. All the other roles are called in English, although sometimes they call the bodyguard "moh" which means doctor]
  • 3:45:30 First game: Werewolves=Gun/Earth, Bodyguard=Neo, Seer=Khaotung, Hunter=Mix
    • First round: No one dies
    • Second round: Pond dies. They vote to kill Khaotung
    • 4:04:45 Third round: No one dies. Neo says that Mix is a common person because he saved this round. They vote to kill Earth
    • 4:13:30 Fourth round: Neo dies. They vote to kill Gun. Common people win.
  • 4:19:00 Second game. They're no longer allowed to say whether they saved someone or not. Werewolves=Khaotung/Mix, Bodyguard=Gun, Seer=Luke, Hunter=Pond
    • First round: Earth dies. They know someone is lying because too many people are claiming to be villagers. They think they should believe Neo because he was so honest last round. They vote to kill Khaotung.
    • 4:34:10 Second round: Pond dies and choses to kill Mix with him. Common people win.
  • 4:37:50 PD asks them to vote on the best and worst liar. They aren't sure yet, but Khaotung is voted the worst liar. Punishment is cleaning one of the bathrooms tomorrow.
• 4:41:15 Relaxing time. Neo gets thrown in the pool.
• 5:08:00 Fan talk
  • Group 1: It's supposed to be the 4 top scorers on the medal board, but Khaotung is still showering, so Earth goes in his place because he's lowest. Neo did a bit more exercise with Luke this morning. They recap the walking doll game from the morning and how random and unpredictable it was. Mix was bitter that he felt like being King today was more of a burden than Luke's experience the previous day. Luke says it's probably because Mix's Thai is better, so they felt like using him for more jobs/tasks. They recap the cooking competition; Gun/Mix say they were lucky that they were on the team that had several options of people who knew how to cook. They talked about how the judging was biased, but Earth said that at the end, he had to admit the fact that Phuwin/Neo's dish was so sour that he could feel it in his brain. Gun/Mix were glad that they didn't have to wash dishes today because there were so many dishes to wash, and they made fun of Earth breaking the dish. They all enjoyed the sumo game. They started to regret that they started the singing/dancing gag, but they committed to it for entertainment purposes. They agreed that Khaotung is indeed the dark horse because no one expected him to be that quick in the sumo game. Everyone also had fun playing Werewolf.
    • 5:18:45 Fan comments: They like how Gun seems like the eldest brother in the house, taking care of everyone. People made fun of Earth's childhood dish-breaking story. (The guys eventually start talking amongst themselves, mainly about how Earth doesn't think he has a chance to win anymore, and they say that there are many more opportunities for medals in the coming days, so anything can happen)
  • 5:26:15 Group 2: They talk about how much Pond likes rice with Thai omelette [note: pretty much everyone in Thailand loves it, but Pond feels like eating it all the time], and he likes to make Phuwin make it for him in this house. They're all impressed with how good Khaotung was at the sumo game. Phuwin/Neo explain what happened during the cooking competition: Phuwin usually never eats "yum," but last week, his family made some but he didn't have any, so he regrets not having it so he would have a better idea of how to make it. Neo said he was just randomly putting things in without knowing for sure if they were supposed to go in. They made fun of Neo's dishwashing "technique." They recapped Werewolf, and everyone was unsure whether to trust/believe the things Neo says because he talks rubbish a lot.
    • 5:32:45 Fan comments: They mention that this has turned into a pure comedy show. They like how everyone works together and the vibe isn't overly competitive.
  • 5:37:00 Late-night meal. Menu includes fried chicken wings, spaghetti carbonara, spaghetti with bacon, sticky rice with pork, sandwich, pizza, more spaghetti, and minced pork wrapped with noodles.
    • They feel like today was very full/busy, and they're all feeling tired, but they've had fun.
    • 5:47:00 Earth and Neo say that they may not have many medals, but at least they're funny. They get up and try to entertain the rest of the guys.
• 5:52:45 Everyone bids farewell to Gun because it's his last night. Gun says to the audience, "Thank you so much for watching all of us these past three days. I hope you've enjoyed seeing our dynamics in this more relaxed environment. I hope you'll continue watching the rest of the guys for the rest of the days and see what fun is in store."

As a slightly obese college student who was (and still is) looking to lose weight, and improve the skin on my face, going to a low sugar diet was relatively easy to start. It is about having motivation and committing to starting. I had a problem where I would be eating large quantities of ice cream at night and would crave it all of the time when I had time alone. I really wanted to change this habit, but ice cream and other sweets were hard to put down. I decided to really commit to the bit and make sure I would be checking nearly everything I eat and seeing how much natural and added sugars were in each thing moving forward toward this nearly sugar free (low sugar) transitional diet. For me, my exercise is moderate, and will occasionally go on walks and play sports, but that is the extent of it.
I set some rules for myself for how this low suganearly sugar free diet would go. 1. Absolutely no sweets of any kind (Candies, Ice Cream, Pastries, etc.) 2. No sweeteners of any kind (Sucralose, Aspartame, Stevia, etc.) (I don't have sodas, fizzy drinks or anything like that anyways so this one didn't really apply to me.) 3. Avoid added sugars if possible (or lower amounts of added sugars if alternatives aren't feasible) Things like bread sometimes have a little bit of added sugar, so going for breads that are low in this department are better than ones with high amounts of added sugar. Things like Brioche buns and sandwich bread can be really high in sugar like 7-15 grams, while a giant white sub roll from Jersey Mikes only has 3 grams of sugar. 4. Check all labels for serving size, sugar content, and bad sweeteners such as corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup. Even if product says there is 0g of added sugar on the label, there still might be sweeteners that allow for the brand to mark the product as sugar free, as the serving size can dictate that sometimes. 5. Aim for a high protein, high fat, medium carb diet daily. 6. No more than 50 grams of total natural sugars per day. Don't eat too much fruit. 6. Avoid all highly processed foods and snacks when possible 7. Reduce dairy intake, do away with cheeses on occasion
Here's a timeline of what occurred so far through these first 46 days
First two days: I would think about ice cream and sugars occasionally, but was easy to put aside, and had the motivation to eat a regular low sugar diet.
Days 3-10: Easily the toughest days. I would just be thinking about sugar and craving it constantly. I would not leave my mind to have a bite of a cookie, or a scoop of ice cream. It made me want sugar so badly, which made me realize how addicted I actually was to sugar. I lost 10 pounds in 10 days, which kept me engaged and motivated to continue this diet.
Days 10-14: Headaches! I had a few headaches and it sucked, with each headache lasting about 30 minutes to two hours. Apparently, this is extremely common, and even expected. During these days without the headaches, I still had cravings for ice cream and other sweets, but I noticed it was getting easier to avoid these things.
Week 3: Even from day 10, I noticed that my breath, even with brushing my teeth, flossing, mouthwash rinsing, and tongue cleaning, smelled horrible, and it did not make any sense to me. This goes away eventually and it has not returned ever since the end of week 3. I went searching around, and I guess this is a common thing.
Weeks 4 -7 (present): The cravings have not completely gone away regarding sugar, but every time I think about them, I just think that they seem way too sweet, and it actually turns me away from actually wanting to purchase ice cream or make any sweets. Since the start of this diet, I have lost a total of 15 pounds at about 1 pound per week. Going low sugar or nearly sugar free is so much easier after the 3rd week, and avoiding sugars feels so much easier.
There is a caveat here in that I did have a regular 24 oz gatorade on day 10, but I was playing tennis and another half of a gatorade sometime during week 4 when playing golf. So there were two times that I "violated" my diet rules, but I'll give myself a pass because I was outside, sweating, and needed the sodium electrolytes at those given times.
There are a couple of tips that I can offer that made this diet much easier to do. 1. Snacking. One trick that I have been using in order to feed into my cravings a little bit is to eat apples and popcorn. - Popcorn, especially homemade popped popcorn (not microwaved), is a cheat code. Popcorn contains no sugar at all, and is low in calories, making cravings easier to manage. For me, I have a popcorn maker that I put in like half a tablespoon of avocado oil with about 1/3-1/2 cup of popcorn kernels, and top with a tablespoon of butter and salt. If you are looking for a more convenient option, or don't have a popcorn maker, or don't want to make popcorn on the stove, I would suggest looking for the bagged popcorn, that is cooked in Avocado or Olive Oil instead of the seed oils (because seed oils contribute to fatty liver disease, amongst other health problems), even though these can be really tough to find. If you live in the Northeastern United States, Wegmans sells a bagged popcorn cooked in Olive Oil that is a really good option. - Apples were another food that I ate both when I wanted a snack, and occasionally for dessert. Apples are high in natural sugars, but are also high in fiber, so it'll be easier for the sugar to pass compared to processed sugars. I would have organic Pink Lady apples and the Costco, Kirkland Signature all natural peanut butter that has no added sugar to it. The only ingredients are just peanuts and salt. I prefer natural peanut butter to the ones with sugar in it anyways, so this was a go-to option. For me I would have up to two apples a day, and that was about all of my fruit intake for the day. Obviously, berries and other fruits are also good options for snacking and desserts, but just make sure not to overdo it because if you consume too much natural sugar, it will have a similar affect to consuming processed sugar. 2. If you are someone who carries a little extra weight, continue to weigh yourself everyday, it keeps you motivated to continue. There will be some days where you might gain a pound here, and lose a pound there, but over the course of a week, you'll notice that you'll slowly lose weight over time. 3. Treat yourself on occasion (but not with sugars). Eating a healthy balance of proteins, fats, and carbs is important. But every once in a while, do not be afraid to have pizza or burgers and fries, and/or other more traditionally "unhealthy" foods. But be careful, ketchup, for example, for just a tablespoon has 3 grams of added sugar in it, so be careful about dipping sauces and condiments. Still watch out for sugars! 4. Identify what healthy foods you like to eat for meals, and continue to have those things if possible. Cook at home instead of going out to eat if possible, unless you can afford to purchase and identify healthy takeaway foods.
Another important note, I have read in several places that sugar can have a similar affect to alcohol with several bodily functions, and can prohibit weight loss while also resulting in weight gain. I would highly recommend to avoid all alcohol at all costs because it might actually be counter productive to drink alcohol and go sugar free because the alcohol will act in a similar capacity to how sugar is processed. Alcohol is made from fermenting sugars after all.
For me, once I made it past week 3, everything gets so much easier from there. I hope someone found this helpful or had clarified any questions that one may have had.

I posted the beginning of this information in someone else’s recent Hollister vs. Coloplast post but thought the info might be helpful here as well:
I seem to have an allergic reaction to both Hollister and Coloplast bags. I’m a couple of months into my Ostomy and I still don’t have a go-to solution that works consistently. With either brand I need to use a convex bag.
One thing that I’m just recently giving a shot is the 4” X 4” Coloplast Brava Stoma Skin Protection pads. I’ve relayed my skin issues to my Ostomy nurse but surprised that she hasn’t suggested their use. I’m still not positive but it seems like I have much less skin irritation using these pads. Supposedly these pads eliminate the need for barrier rings. You cut a hole in them just like you might do with your bag, place it around your stoma, then put your bag in place. Also note that they have great reviews on Amazon
With that having been said and related to this, I also can’t seem to get a good fit-up around my stoma. I’ve tried the crusting technique, barrier rings, and the pads mentioned above in all possible combinations. Part of the problem is that my stoma started out round and now it looks to be an irregular oblong shape. This makes it extremely difficult to cut a properly sized and shaped hole in either the bag or the 4X4 pad. It’s also extremely difficult to use of the paper sizing charts in an accurate manner with the stoma being this shape. If anyone has suggestions on getting the holes correctly sized I appreciate the info.
A couple of things that I haven’t tried yet is using a barrier ring and forming it into almost of a turtleneck shape coming up around the base/neck of my stoma. I’ve also thought about shaping a barrier ring into a worm-like noodle and forming this around the stoma. Has anyone tried such an approach? It seems like in doing so that I wouldn’t necessarily have to get the exact size/shape cut into my bag for it to provide a good seal. Any and all additional input is greatly appreciated.

Need to pickup a gun safe. I looked at both of these previously, but the one form Home Depot was deeper and I liked it a bit better. I know nothing about safes and brands or quality.
Thanks!
Costco Safe - Cannon reliant 30 Gun
Home Depot Safe - Stack-On 40 Gun

Please add any BOGO and $ off finds in the comments instead of posting individual posts about them.
Here is a list of all other Aisle offers I have found that aren't completely free. This list may be helpful to some people. It isn't 100% free food but BOGO/$ off offers are the next best thing, especially if you actually want the product. I recommend checking Ibotta, Fetch, or other cash back apps to see if they also have some of these offers which could lead to it being totally free (please comment below if you do find one!)
Please comment with other offers if you find them!
New offers:
$6 of Tipsy Spritzers (must buy 2)
BOGO Deux Donut Holes
BOGO Skinny Dipped
BOGO Feel Free
Sahlen's - $5 Off - Tops Wegmans
BOGO Gruvi
BOGO Ming Bings (Publix)
$1 off Cleveland Kitchen
MaryRuth's - Target Kids Multi Gummies 30 Ct $2 Off
SideDish - Buy 2 Get 1 - Harris Teeter, Harmons, Erewhon
Curie BOGO
Simpli BOGO
BOGO Wildbrine
Organic Girl Printable Coupon
OLDER OFFERS:
BOGO - Aminolean
$3 off Straus Kefir
$3 Off the Pizza Cupcake
Buy 4 Get 2 Doctor Ds
BOGO Cabinet Health
BOGO New Primal
BOGO Goodsam (sprouts)
BOGO Cleveland Kitchen (aldis)
BOGO Free AF Drinks (target)
BOGO BundleXJoy https://discover.gotoaisle.com/bundlexjoy-bogo-2024
BOGO Wet Hydration https://discover.gotoaisle.com/wet-hydration
BOGO Sidedish https://try.gotoaisle.com/sidedish-zsg
BOGO PooPouri https://discover.gotoaisle.com/pourri-bogo-984jd
BOGO Goodwipes: https://try.gotoaisle.com/goodwipes-vab
BOGO Peak Valley: Aisle Peak + Valley - Peak + Valley - BOGO - WFM (gotoaisle.com)
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BUY 2 Get 1 Slate: Aisle Slate - Slate - Buy 3 Get 1 - All Retailers (gotoaisle.com)
Wholly Veggie BOGO (Walmart) https://try.gotoaisle.com/wholly-veggie-bogowalmart
$10 off Chasin Dreams (requires review)
Bogo Diamond Snacks (publix)
Buy 1 get 1 50% off Funky Mello Aisle Funky Mello - Funky Mello - DIPS BOGO 50 - All Retailers (gotoaisle.com)
Califia Farms $2 back Aisle Califia Farms - Califia Farms - $2 Off - All Retailers (gotoaisle.com)
BOGO Everybody Eats Crackers
BHU Foods BOGO
GFuel BOGO
SOMOs BOGO
EGUNSI BOGO
Mighty Yum BOGO
Vive BOGO
Plant Strong BOGO
Veggie Made Great BOGO
Eboost Unlimited BOGO for April Number to Text - 205.827.6638
BOGO Natures Fynd Yogurt
BOGO Wow Bao
$3 off Pop and Bottle at Costco
$1.50 back on Sprecher (CVS)
$5 back on August products at Target
BOGO Hume Deodorant - select retailers
BOGO Julians Recipe at Walmart
BOGO Heyday Beans
BOGO HIPPEAS
$2 off JOJO Chocolate
$2 off Young King
$2 off rind at sams club
$2 off mary ruths at target
BOGO Natures Sweet
BOGO ESW Beauty
BOGO Repurpose
BOGO Forager Project Yogurt
BOGO Ocean Halo Kimchi
BOGO Pop & Bottle
BOGO Happy Wolf Bars
BOGO Lemon Perfect
Bogo Good Sam
BOGO -Livwell
BOGO - Hop Wtr - Target
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$2 off Meati
$10 Off UnFemme
50% Off Beam
BOGO - Leisure
BOGO - NY Shuk
$3 Off Bellway - Publix
$1 Off Kite Hill
BOGO - Alpha Foods
$5 Off OM Mushroom
$2 Off Mauna Loa
Undercover Snacks BOGO - Costco
BOGO New Primal
50% Off Daring
BOGO Bare Bones Broth
$3 Off Hop WTR
BOGO Sweet Nothings Smoothie Pack @ Costco - TX and Pacific Northwest Regions Only
Lil Gourmets BOGO Offer
BOGO Daily Crunch Snack
BOGO - Wet Hydration
50% Back on Brutus Broth
BOGO - The Patch Brand
BOGO - Perfy Cans
BOGO - Brothers Gerard
BOGO - Berri Lyte
$2 off Kite Hill
Caliwater - $2 Back when you buy 3
BOGO LilyAna
BOGO Proper Good
$5 Back Surely
$5 Back Casetera
Ohza $2 back
25% Back ReadySetFood
$5 Back Une Femme
$1 Back Melindas Hot Sauce
50% Back Clio Box

I’ve seen a lot of dissent about Costco’s coffee offerings. I have tried three different types and thought one was adequate (orange bag?), but didn’t like Kirkland brand one I tried at all. Out of all the brands they stock, what is the favorite?

Hey everyone. Years ago, my family saw an NHK feature where they ate a hot noodle dish from a vending machine. Well, now that's one of their requests for our upcoming trip - eating hot noodles from a vending machine.
We're not picky; ramen, soba, or something else is fine. We'd like a vending machine that cooks the dish itself, right there. Not something that gives frozen ramen or an order-at-a-machine restaurant.
Do you know of anything like that, ideally near common tourist areas in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka or Nagoya? I've seen this place, but it's pretty far out there.
Anyway, kind of funny request but I appreciate any ideas. Thank you!