My parents used to get Chinese food for a snack some evenings when us kids were up in our beds. It smelled good to me, and I asked for some. My dad would say the bean sprouts were bugs, and it was effective for a while until we got wise to it.
When I saw this cartoon, I started wondering how many people knew about FODMAPs. I’ve been aware of them since my digestive system started reacting to those kinds of foods.
I figure I’m lucky. I’m well past retirement age and I had gone back to do contingent work in our lab. Most of the people have been there for years, and though we live far enough apart we can’t do after-hours things, we enjoy keeping up with each other as well as doing mentally stimulating work. The only challenge we’ve been having is that we have too much work for the staff and are unable to increase the staff. We used to have time to go to lunch together and do some casual talking from time to time, but we must keep putting out the effort as best we can.
I wonder if people still do Christmas caroling around private houses (I know they often do at nursing homes or other group settings).