Ye Temporarie Ranger Guildtent: General Chat

[DJtrippyT]

I have to say I had a sample of Ace Pumpkin Cider at a friend's craft beer store and it was really good. 

[dribilie]

Nothing says top notch like an over prepared barkeep in an underground storage full of goodies

[SkyGirl]

I am a little too tied up in my own story to order something at the moment, Barkeep, but if you have one of these I'll ask you to keep me in mind for later:

 

 

Ye olde favorite pumpkin spice latte, giant-sized, please!! 

 

(And side note to @MiaulinTheCat, recovery from Civil War is unthinkable at present ...)

[obax]

I'll be lurking in the shadows with my red current mead.

[Mr_Willes]

People,

 

There are some quite interesting interviews with Rangers being posted in the forum. Be sure to check them out!

 

This Challenge you can get to know @bker1370 and @Elastigirl a little bit better!

 

Go here for the interview!

[imprimis5]

 

5 hours ago, mr_willes said:

People,

 

There are some quite interesting interviews with Rangers being posted in the forum. Be sure to check them out!

 

This Challenge you can get to know @bker1370 and @Elastigirl a little bit better!

 

Go here for the interview!

 

I love this! Having a couple Rangers of the Month is a neat idea. :-)

[jonfirestar]

5 hours ago, mr_willes said:

This Challenge you can get to know @bker1370 and @Elastigirl a little bit better!

 

This is great !

[Calanthia Cobbin]

On 10/22/2016 at 9:41 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

The chaplain orders up a round of these

both to see the looks of enjoyment on those who find it appealing and disgust on those who don't. Both are equally entertaining.

 

*Yells over to the barkeep* I'll have what he's having! and a side order of some Mead...

 

On 10/22/2016 at 0:29 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

The bartender has a whole section of his cart dedicated to pumpkin storage. Rumors persist the cart is bigger on the inside than the outside.

 

18 hours ago, Mizbrek said:

 

I introduced the bartender to some guy in a blue box with a bow tie. He owed me a favour after I got him out of a scrape with some giant salt shakers.

 

Don't ask.

 

Mizbrek snags one of Tank's pumpkin beers and takes a long drag straight from the can.

 

I was just going to ask the barkeep if he knew a raggedy man with a bowtie! 

 

5 hours ago, mr_willes said:

People,

 

There are some quite interesting interviews with Rangers being posted in the forum. Be sure to check them out!

 

This Challenge you can get to know @bker1370 and @Elastigirl a little bit better!

 

Go here for the interview!

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! 

[doctorake]

6 hours ago, mr_willes said:

People,

 

There are some quite interesting interviews with Rangers being posted in the forum. Be sure to check them out!

 

This Challenge you can get to know @bker1370 and @Elastigirl a little bit better!

 

Go here for the interview!

 

 

Great Idea!

[doctorake]

Ahhhh more pumpkin spice

 

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

1 hour ago, Calanthia Cobbin said:

I was just going to ask the barkeep if he knew a raggedy man with a bowtie! 

He also knows a curly headed man with a really long scarf, and a tall man with a leather jacket, and a medium sized man with a brown trenchcoat, and a man with broccoli on his lapel...

[jonfirestar]

46 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

He also knows a curly headed man with a really long scarf, and a tall man with a leather jacket, and a medium sized man with a brown trenchcoat, and a man with broccoli on his lapel...

But he is clearly insane. He insists they are all the same man!

[tishnicden]

30 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

But he is clearly insane. He insists they are all the same man!

wait...... they aren't?

[Calanthia Cobbin]

2 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

He also knows a curly headed man with a really long scarf, and a tall man with a leather jacket, and a medium sized man with a brown trenchcoat, and a man with broccoli on his lapel...

 

YESSSSSSS! That trenchcoat though... 

[Mizbrek]

3 hours ago, tishnicden said:

wait...... they aren't?

 

It's complicated. People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.

 

He told me that once. One of them did anyway. Somehow they're all the same person but not. He's useful in a jam though, that one. 

[tishnicden]

Anyone have advice for eating a certain way (paleo, keto, etc) when you're the ONLY one in the family doing it? I'm seeing all these new challenges with Whole 30 and Paleo and Keto and I'm over here like...

 

[imprimis5]

1 minute ago, tishnicden said:

Anyone have advice for eating a certain way (paleo, keto, etc) when you're the ONLY one in the family doing it? I'm seeing all these new challenges with Whole 30 and Paleo and Keto and I'm over here like...

 

 

My boyfriend generally tries to eat relatively well, but he doesn't do paleo. I'm trying to be as close to perfectly paleo as possible. Our solution? I meal prep, he mostly preps his own stuff, and sometimes we cook a crossover dish that more or less meets both of our requirements.

 

tl;dr
As the stricter person, I don't expect him to cater to me, and he doesn't expect me to prepare anything for him.

[jonfirestar]

10 minutes ago, tishnicden said:

Anyone have advice for eating a certain way (paleo, keto, etc) when you're the ONLY one in the family doing it? I'm seeing all these new challenges with Whole 30 and Paleo and Keto and I'm over here like...

It can be incredibly difficult if the people around you aren't on board. If they are supportive, but just not following it may just be as simple as doing your own meals separately. Depending on your exact circumstances this might be simple or impossible or anywhere in between. It is also often possible to get your family to meet you half way. Not going full Paelo (or whatever) but edging towards it so that your own challenge can be made easier. 

 

It is important to be open and clear about what you are doing. What you are trying to achieve and why you think what you are doing will help you do that. It might also be necessary to tell them that you are not seeking their approval only their support. 

[tishnicden]

15 minutes ago, imprimis5 said:

 

My boyfriend generally tries to eat relatively well, but he doesn't do paleo. I'm trying to be as close to perfectly paleo as possible. Our solution? I meal prep, he mostly preps his own stuff, and sometimes we cook a crossover dish that more or less meets both of our requirements.

 

tl;dr
As the stricter person, I don't expect him to cater to me, and he doesn't expect me to prepare anything for him.

 

Thanks. DH is mostly supportive, but if it impacts him at all, he's like "why are you doing that?" I will be buying these and a bunch of chicken and veggies when I get my next check. Dinner is where things generally fall apart for me.

 

 

9 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

It can be incredibly difficult if the people around you aren't on board. If they are supportive, but just not following it may just be as simple as doing your own meals separately. Depending on your exact circumstances this might be simple or impossible or anywhere in between. It is also often possible to get your family to meet you half way. Not going full Paelo (or whatever) but edging towards it so that your own challenge can be made easier. 

 

It is important to be open and clear about what you are doing. What you are trying to achieve and why you think what you are doing will help you do that. It might also be necessary to tell them that you are not seeking their approval only their support. 

 

Thank you. I think I need to stop focusing on perfection. I was raised with the saying "if it isn't done right, why try?" and I swear it's the family curse.

[Sylvaa]

1 hour ago, tishnicden said:

Anyone have advice for eating a certain way (paleo, keto, etc) when you're the ONLY one in the family doing it? I'm seeing all these new challenges with Whole 30 and Paleo and Keto and I'm over here like...

 

 

Something I've done with my family: make the main meat and veggie component Paleo / Whole30 (depending on what you are interested in doing), then make an additional component for the family that maybe isn't. Then, just eat the components that are on the plan for you. 

 

Your dishes might not be as fancy as other people's, but I've found that it's fairly easy to do small substitutions to keep my meals healthier than the rest of my family. Burgers, sandwiches, and tacos in lettuce wraps, grilled chicken versus chicken patties, salad instead of mac and cheese, etc... We also try to do a new recipe once a week and have incorporated some paleo-ish dishes into our normal rotation based on that. 

[Shello]

42 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

Something I've done with my family: make the main meat and veggie component Paleo / Whole30 (depending on what you are interested in doing), then make an additional component for the family that maybe isn't. Then, just eat the components that are on the plan for you. 

 

Your dishes might not be as fancy as other people's, but I've found that it's fairly easy to do small substitutions to keep my meals healthier than the rest of my family. Burgers, sandwiches, and tacos in lettuce wraps, grilled chicken versus chicken patties, salad instead of mac and cheese, etc...

 

This is basically what we do in my house, except I rarely allow mac and cheese because I just can't resist...  

[tishnicden]

1 hour ago, Sylvaa said:

 

Something I've done with my family: make the main meat and veggie component Paleo / Whole30 (depending on what you are interested in doing), then make an additional component for the family that maybe isn't. Then, just eat the components that are on the plan for you. 

 

Your dishes might not be as fancy as other people's, but I've found that it's fairly easy to do small substitutions to keep my meals healthier than the rest of my family. Burgers, sandwiches, and tacos in lettuce wraps, grilled chicken versus chicken patties, salad instead of mac and cheese, etc... We also try to do a new recipe once a week and have incorporated some paleo-ish dishes into our normal rotation based on that. 

Thanks! Sounds easy enough. No clue why I haven't done that.

Mac and cheese, though. And Tacos. mmmmm.

Completely random, but has anyone heard of the taco cleanse? Totally just remembered I have that book. I may need to make it part of a challenge......

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

10 minutes ago, tishnicden said:

Thanks! Sounds easy enough. No clue why I haven't done that.

Mac and cheese, though. And Tacos. mmmmm.

Completely random, but has anyone heard of the taco cleanse? Totally just remembered I have that book. I may need to make it part of a challenge......

 

I've heard of it, but they lost me at vegan.

[tishnicden]

8 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I've heard of it, but they lost me at vegan.

LOL that's what I was thinking too but the recipes look legit.

[zeroh13]

57 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I've heard of it, but they lost me at vegan.

They lost me at cleanse, but had me at taco and vegan.