You know you are getting old when:

[Trenchfriend]

A "crock pot".
1 minute research and now I know, what that is and that I don't need it.

 

[tonyb]

A "crock pot".
1 minute research and now I know, what that is and that I don't need it.

^^^^^^
True, I suppose. You don’t need it. But for cooking some things it’s hard to beat a slow cooker (Crockpot is a brand name). I have two of the things, the larger of which gets used a few times a year. Smoked pork hocks and beans slow cooked all day is a vision of heaven.

 

[TelemarkTumalo]

^^^^^^
True, I suppose. You don’t need it. But for cooking some things it’s hard to beat a slow cooker (Crockpot is a brand name). I have two of the things, the larger of which gets used a few times a year. Smoked pork hocks and beans slow cooked all day is a vision of heaven.

potato/leek soup with bacon in a Slow Cooker (aka CrockPot) in December? Hell Yes!

 

[GHT]

^^^^^^
True, I suppose. You don’t need it. But for cooking some things it’s hard to beat a slow cooker.

Not always, have you discovered the air fryer? At its core, an air fryer is a small, powerful convection oven. It uses a combination of rapid air technology and a high-speed fan to circulate hot air around the food. This process mimics the results of deep frying but with as much as 90% less oil.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
So I hear. I just may look into getting one.

 

[Trenchfriend]

But the slow cookers were designed for meaty dishes, in the first place, to get the meat very tender, right? And of course, that you don't need to be at home/in the kitchen and got it ready for evening dinner.

So it's not for a pure vegetable stew or a potato soup, I guess?

 

[TelemarkTumalo]

But the slow cookers were designed for meaty dishes, in the first place, to get the meat very tender, right? And of course, that you don't need to be at home/in the kitchen and got it ready for evening dinner.

So it's not for a pure vegetable stew or a potato soup, I guess?

I use my slow cooker for many types of meals. And, I have only explored the tip of the iceberg. https://slowcookergourmet.net/

 

[Trenchfriend]

"IF" a slowcooker could give an acceptable potato/vegetable soup, prepared in the evening, ready next lunchtime, it could be an interesting option for me.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
That’s perhaps the greatest appeal of the things. Toss in the ingredients, set it on “low,” go to work, hook up with your girl (or boy) on the side during lunch, knock back a couple of vodka-tonics, go back to work for a few hours, hit your favorite watering hole during happy hour, stumble back home to a hearty meal ready to go.

Life is so good in America.

 

[TheOldFashioned]

^^^^^^
That’s perhaps the greatest appeal of the things. Toss in the ingredients, set it on “low,” go to work, hook up with your girl (or boy) on the side during lunch, knock back a couple of vodka-tonics, go back to work for a few hours, hit your favorite watering hole during happy hour, stumble back home to a hearty meal ready to go.

Life is so good in America.

I just cooked beef and noodles in mine yesterday, and let me tell you, it was pretty d**** good!

 

[Tiki Tom]

Slow cookers are great, especially during the winter. Slow simmered beef stew is a regular. Just use the supermarket packet seasoning. So easy and tasty. We also do slow cooked chili, and have even done ribs in the slow cooker. probably use the slow cooker once or twice per month.

 

[GHT]

^^^^^^
That’s perhaps the greatest appeal of the things. Toss in the ingredients, set it on “low,” go to work, hook up with your girl (or boy) on the side during lunch, knock back a couple of vodka-tonics, go back to work for a few hours, hit your favorite watering hole during happy hour, stumble back home to a hearty meal ready to go.

Life is so good in America.

 

[GHT]

 

[Tiki Tom]

You know you are getting old when the topic of conversation at a recent dinner gathering turned to “how do you know when it’s time to start looking for a retirement home/community to join that will take care of you in your declining years?” Goodness. Did that topic really come up at last nights holiday gathering? Whatever happened to “do not go gently into that goodnight”?

 

[rogueclimber]

You know you are getting old when the topic of conversation at a recent dinner gathering turned to “how do you know when it’s time to start looking for a retirement home/community to join that will take care of you in your declining years?” Goodness. Did that topic really come up at last nights holiday gathering? Whatever happened to “do not go gently into that goodnight”?

RogueWife and I are having that conversation lately... We have lived in 28 houses in 28 years of marriage, from Oahu to Toronto and all sorts of places in between, but we now find ourselves thinking it might be time to move to where we have family so we have a support system as we start slowing down...

 

[Trenchfriend]

When you still have a faible for the old-fashioned enamel cups.

 

[BobHufford]

This:

 

[Trenchfriend]

There were still millions of ex-flappers alive in the '80s, and most of them were somebody's disapproving grandmother.

How could I forget my Leipzig Grandpa (not the real GP, just the second husband)!
Born 1908, died 2002.

Imagine beeing 10, when WW I ended and 82 years later, you're welcoming the year 2000...

And you see a mobile computer printer do his unbelievable work on your table.

 

[Trenchfriend]

We would need the Flappers more than ever, here in old Germany, to overrun die Neo-Biedermeiers!

 

[Edward]

I can't afford to travel the world so I don't know what the average day-to-day conditions are anywhere but within the self-imposed boundaries of my daily life, but here in the southwest corner of the continental U.S. they're still using credit/debit card machines that can/will read the magnetic strip on the back of the card or the chip on the front. I much prefer that to the "tapping" nonsense, and don't know exactly why that technology was created in the first place. I'd guess there's some form of added security associated with it, but if you're too lazy to simply put your payment card into a machine and remove it a second or two later, there's really something wrong with you.

I got my first contactless card just a few months ago. I resisted for a long time (I don't think it's as secure, tbh, given it only rarely asks for a pin number instead), but the tech has become so normal here that it became too inconvenient to avoid. I do keep it in my wallet next to an rfid inhibitor, though, and experimentation has proven that is effective. I expect the next move will be that there won't be an insert option. I think swipe and sign has been phased out entirely now here; I couldn't honestly tell you from memory whether new cards still have a magnetic strip now.

My real hope is that we keep physical cards long term: I have to use my phone for payments on a work project, but only on that work phone which I don't carry day to day. The idea of having *everything* on my phone leaves it all so vulnerable it gives me the heebie jeebies.