Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[Hal-9000]

Yup, it's like when Safeway down here runs their Monopoly game. You collect tickets based on how much you spend at the store each visit. And there's always one 'rare' ticket to complete each prize. Now for the lowest $5 prize, even the rarest card has probably 10's of thousands printed (versus the millions of the common tix). But for the top million dollar prize, the rare piece has only 2 or 3 printed for the entire country (i forget off the top of my head how many grand prizes there were. And Safeway is hoping for the same thing, that the people that happen to get those rare tickets for the million dollar prize just pitch them.

I helped my Dad with a similar Coop Canadian travel game. We got everything we needed except of the course the single Holy Grail card needed to complete the playing surface. I'm sure Mr Coop had that one secure in his back pocket.

With the Tim Hortons cups they print literally millions of cups during that promo. I've had years where I consistently won donuts and coffees almost daily and then times when I didn't win a thing throughout the two months or however long it lasts.

I know a little about printing and distribution. There's absolutely no way to end that contest legally If they choose a specific date, there will still be cups sitting somewhere unused. If they choose to end it when the cups from that print run/season get exhausted, the contest could theoretically go on for years.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Made a prime rib roast on Monday, it was fucking perfect

[Hal-9000]

I was getting into making romaine lettuce salads the past couple of months for health reasons.... then the food poisoning scare hit.

THANKS USA FOR THE SOILED LETTUCE

ahem..so I switched over to green leaf lettuce and had that for my New Years dinner with chicken strips

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Vegetables kill, eat meat

[Hal-9000]

Interestingly, green leaf and romaine lettuce are pretty high up the scale for nutritional value behind kale and spinach

[Hal-9000]

Vegetables kill, eat meat

Due to economics I've been eating primarily chicken only for the past year or so. No red meat at all.

When my bro was here we decided on Wendy's take out for a treat. I had a double cheese and was almost drooling over the greasy smell and taste

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I do love chicken, but I could never give up red meat.

[Hal-9000]

I make a crock post roast twice a year when my sister visits

Haven't sworn off red meat, just don't buy roasts and steaks anymore.

I get some pretty weird cravings at times and will drool over the odd TV commercial (and food porn post)...so that shit is hardwired into our lizard brains for sure

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I didn't take any pix, but it was a 5.5 lb boneless prime rib roast and came out a perfect medium rare. It was so tender it cut like butter.

[Hal-9000]

There was a chick trying to promote vegan food on the local news. She made a 'roast' and everything she did including using a lot of some special liquid to make the gravy taste like meat gravy, was to make it seem like roast beef. I sat back and thought - Hmmph. She just took about 15 expensive and pain in the ass steps to make that lump of whatever look and taste like meat.

Maybe just buy meat next time and use stuff to disguise it as something vegan?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's the principal


And they're just stupid

[Hal-9000]

Oh I forgot. I will buy El Monterey Beef n Bean Burritos that you nuke in the microwave.

They're kinda like red meat I guess

(don't wanna know the truth)

[Godfather]

Came home from work today: Canadian team lost in the World Juniors, light fixture built into my cabinets died, cat puked. Ya the holiday season feels real over now

[RBP]

Oh I forgot. I will buy El Monterey Beef n Bean Burritos that you nuke in the microwave.

They're kinda like red meat I guess

(don't wanna know the truth)

Sometimes you can get creative. If chicken breast isn't on sale here, it's about $3.49 a pound. But I can get a Chuck roast for $2.99 at Aldi and cut that into steaks for breakfast. I know that's some ghetto economics, and no comparison to Lance's prime rib, but Lowery's beef marinade does wonders, and sometimes poor people have good ideas.

[RBP]

Came home from work today: Canadian team lost in the World Juniors, light fixture built into my cabinets died, cat puked. Ya the holiday season feels real over now

My wife expresses displeasure with silence. Like when she's "negotiating" with the cat to vacate the closet and I move past her, grab the cat by the scruff and move him out. It's a legit cat training to exert dominance.