Recent Comments

1. about 15 hours ago on Stone Soup

   When I was young I thought the only way I knew to cook a tongue was with a pressure cooker. Several years ago I learned how to do it in a slow cooker. Nice and tender. Use it to make sandwiches as I describe above.

2. about 15 hours ago on Stone Soup

   My two older sisters never ate tongue because it was “gross.” I had to “peel” the outer layer off after it was cooked. (My Mom set everything up before she went to work the night shift. My oldest sister just had to turn the burner under the pressure cooker on and off at the proper time, then remove the lid once vented.) Fine by me. More leftovers for me to brown in a skillet, with a thin slice of onion, and make a sandwich. On a nice dark bread like pumpernickel with a smear of horseradish, please.

3. about 17 hours ago on PreTeena

   For some time US media organizations tended to hire announcers from the Midwest. This is because listeners find the “General American accent” easy to understand.

4. about 19 hours ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   If a class action was filed against them it should have raised red flags in appropriate state and federal departments. If the charges were valid (and they sound as though they were) I wouldn’t be surprised to find the company, including officers and agents, ended up paying fines, penalties and with possible terms of incarceration. Any legitimate accounts/assets they had may have ended up with one or more company if the original one was dissolved.

   From my time with my state’s insurance division and assisting the assistant attorney general assigned to senior affairs associated with the division there are too many (even one IMO) who engage in such activities. And some of the techniques they use, such as joining a church congregation, are about as low as you can go.

5. 1 day ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   Was the agent reported to the state insurance division? I worked for my local state insurance division and part of my duties was liaison to our legal department handling the dockets and assisting in collating information/complaints. There were several times when agents lost their licenses for such actions as you describe and I recall at least two that served sentences and had to pay substantial fines.

6. 3 days ago on JumpStart

   I can text from my flip phone. I’ve told my contacts it’s easier to phone me than text, and the only text I respond to require only short responses (such as “Yes” or “No”). Anything longer is ignored. (And no way will I go through the hassle of trying to go to a web link.)

7. 4 days ago on Luann Againn

   Only helpful if AAA card is kept in glove compartment. I use to carry mine in my wallet until my nephew-in-law pointed out having it in the glove compartment guaranteed I always had it with my car.

8. 6 days ago on Monty

   And it happened in my home town of Des Moines, Iowa. (I wasn’t at the concert [not a big fan of the concert environment], but a friend was.)

9. 8 days ago on Ziggy

   Better than 45 with his head up his a**!

10. 9 days ago on Reality Check

    As Grace Kelly asked Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief”: “Breast or thigh?”