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starwomyn 70F
5422 posts
7/27/2021 6:38 am

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EccentricNeighbors,FoodPantries&WashingtonDC ADVENTURES!!!

I am sure by some folk's standards, I am the eccentric neighbor but long as I don't get in trouble with the law, I don't worry about it.

My next door neighbors on both sides frequently change. I have a current neighbor who is a germophobic which is a form of OCD. I am the opposite. I don't live in squander contrary to gossip that CP3 tries to generate. Nevertheless, I am not a domestic Goddess. This is not an ideal neighbor to buddy up with.

A few weeks ago, she left a note on my door. I shouldn't think she's rude because she didn't respond to my "Hi" the other day. I responded with another note - No, I don't thinks she's rude. I figure she's a private person. I am from California. We are used to not talking to our neighbors.

So yesterday, I found a bag with quinoa, brown rice, and sea weed on on door. The note said if I didn't want it to toss it or give it back to her and she would donate it to the food pantry in front of the Baptist Church. This is a girl scout project where folks can take what they need or add food items into the pantry.

It is ironic because I frequently add items to the pantry. Two eccentric neighbors on the same page.

This same scenerio happened a few years ago when my Quaker girlfriend and I travelled separately to Washington D.C. for a FERC Protest. I was at the Union Station and brought a meal for a young man before meeting my friend at Judicial Square. She had purchased a meal for a homeless man at the same time. We were on the same wave length. The next day, we were escorted out of the FERC Building by the Secret Police and headed over to the Senate Buildings for Lobbying Adventures. This year, we are lobbying together on ZOOM!!!

So I will return my neighbor's kindness by leaving her a bag full of food items which may end up in the Food Pantry by the Baptist Church or NOT!!!

Quinoa, I can probably use. Brown rice can problematic with my health issues but I can perhaps used it for our Book Club Potluc The Seaweed?! Yuck! It taste like green stale fish when I tried it. I am not sure I want to do that to West Virginians and place it in the Baptist Church Food Pantry. I think I am going to crumble it up and give it back to Mother Earth.



Abracadabra


starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
7/27/2021 6:42 am

I have no idea if this woman is a vegetarian but she looks like she might be. Super Green Creamy Soup and perhaps pineapple might work for her. Fire and Kettle (top of the line) bone broth will either end up in the Baptist Church Food Pantry or given to Mother Nature.

Abracadabra


MrsJoe 76F
17400 posts
7/27/2021 6:58 am

Perhaps we are all a bit eccentric in our own ways...... but you are really far out! LOL. (You know that I'm only teasing you, but I say it so others will realize it also.)

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


Archer62 83F
7096 posts
7/27/2021 8:05 am

WHEN I LIVED IN BERKELEY, I WAS A MEMBER OF A CO-OP SUPERMARKET THAT SOLD BROWN RICE. I REALLY LIKED IT AND MY ALLERGIST RECOMMENDED IT BUT SEVERAL BOXES HAD WEVELS IN THEM SO I STOPPED BUYING IT. I CANNOT IMAGINE EATING JUST PLAIN SEAWEED BUT IT IS NOW AND INGREDIENT IN NUMEROUS PRODUCTS. GOOD IDEA JUST PUTTING IT BACK IN THE GROUND.


starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
7/27/2021 9:55 am

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Write all the anti-star blogs that your heart desires. IDGAFiretrUCK!!!!

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starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
7/27/2021 10:01 am

    Quoting buddie:
    I'm a fan of sea weed. Have you tried making sushi?
    If it's the dry sheets, you can crumble a bit into veg. soup.
    The flakes are great fertilizer for plants too.
I have plenty of plants that might like that seaweed more than I do. LOL! I usually boil tap water and run in through a purifier before giving it to them. I could also just crumble it up for the water for the plants.

Abracadabra


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
7/27/2021 11:53 am

A Study of Sanity and Strangeness, psychiatrist David Weeks explains that eccentrics are physically healthier and significantly happier than “normal” people. He notes that eccentrics are wildly diverse yet share common characteristics.


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
7/27/2021 12:15 pm

Wise choice to ditch the seaweed. sure sounds really yucky. amp; I know I'm not eccentric, just normal and boring You on the other hand seem like a really interesting and unusual lady.


lilium6 74F
4498 posts
7/27/2021 5:37 pm

Nothing like friendly eccentrics for neighbours

Interesting goodies your neighbour has left you. I'm not too keen on nori seaweed but I do really like kombu/kelp used in delicious miso soup.


lilium6 74F
4498 posts
7/27/2021 5:42 pm

    Quoting Nileyears:
    A Study of Sanity and Strangeness, psychiatrist David Weeks explains that eccentrics are physically healthier and significantly happier than “normal” people. He notes that eccentrics are wildly diverse yet share common characteristics.
Just downloaded an article of David Week's study on eccentrics/eccentricity - it sounds interesting, thanks


Koffla 68M
12291 posts
7/27/2021 7:25 pm



One time I bought a meal for a homeless man that was begging in front of the establishment I was in. The homeless guy turned around and sold the meal I gave him.





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sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
7/27/2021 9:27 pm

    Quoting buddie:
    I'm a fan of sea weed. Have you tried making sushi?
    If it's the dry sheets, you can crumble a bit into veg. soup.
    The flakes are great fertilizer for plants too.
I love seaweed.....I used to dry it myself.....we have a kind that is called sea-Lettuce that I learned how to harvest, preserve and eat from my Indigenous friends......It has to be harvested while the leaves are still floating.....they are very thin.....only one layer of cell thick. So I harvest it wearing gumboots.....in the early Spring......If you wait until the tide goes out, it collapses onto the boulders they are anchored to and get contaminated with barnacle crumbs........We dry it and keep it in jars and then, before you eat it, you crisp it in the oven for a few minutes .... crumble it into a mixture of toasted Sunflower seeds, Pumpkin seeds, Almonds. with a little Soya Sauce, Honey and a sprinkle of Cayenne.......


waywardwind302 78M

7/27/2021 9:52 pm

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WHY DOES IT BOTHER U THAT SHE MENTIONS UR ID. I DIDNT SEE ANY THING RUDE TOWARD U.

IAM GUESSING IT IS YOU THAT FINDS SOME WAY TO KEEP GETTIN GME BANNED


starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
7/27/2021 10:51 pm

    Quoting Koffla:


    One time I bought a meal for a homeless man that was begging in front of the establishment I was in. The homeless guy turned around and sold the meal I gave him.


There was a homeless guy trying to sell me a McDonald's gift card that someone gave him. He was trying to sell it for bus money so he says. I was not interested in taking away his food. I gave him three dollars. It would give him a metro ride if that is really what he wanted. Otherwise, how much booze or narcotics can he get with three dollars. I suspect that he eventually sold that McDonald's gift card to buy whatever he wanted.

Abracadabra


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
7/28/2021 9:39 am

    Quoting lilium6:
    Just downloaded an article of David Week's study on eccentrics/eccentricity - it sounds interesting, thanks
You're very welcome.


TxJW003 81M

7/28/2021 2:53 pm

When I give to the homeless they can do with it (whatever) they want. They know better than I what they need.
I could give it to Jesus for a new mega church or a freaking preachers jet but but I prefer no intermediaries.
Party On!


TxJW003 81M

7/28/2021 3:01 pm

QUESTION???????????????????????????????????????
If a person does nothing wrong how can anyone have him or her banned?????????
Something to think about. LOL
Well I guess it could be those who think they are born sinners. LOLOL
In that case they deserve it!
Party On!