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A few years ago the grocery store had a limited edition wizard of oz pez collection
I bought them for my niece and nephew
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Pez are pure sugar,like Pixie sticks,just flavored sugar.Whatever kind of candy it is,it's all bad for the teeth.I always had too many cavities growing up and got a lot of lectures from my Uncle,who was my Dentist.Still,I just Love candy,even in my old age now.
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i don't think I have ever had a PEZ and after CM's post I don't think I will go out of my way to get them.
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Arggh! Pez! Keep them away from me! Evil tooth-drills, pretending to be all innocent in their teensy tiny brick formations, "oo no I'm only little how could I possibly do you any harm..? And look at my all-natural flavours, I'm practically a health food - !"

Yeah, and then how sorry are you later, eh?

Never again.
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That is Good News Country Mouse....Thanks for telling us about it~
I have to admit...I am a candy addict and Iv'e always got some kind of candy here beside me.I go through candy phases,get stuck on one a while and then switch to another.I was hooked on Lifesaver Wintergreen mints most the winter,but lately,I found that Lifesaver Gummies are really good.Pez are always a winner and ofcourse,good ole chocolate.It's just too bad there's no penny candy left and a candybar is over a dollar nowdays
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Should I be stockpiling original red vines ?

I bought some cheetos made simple recently and simply threw them away 
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CM, there is this fudge I buy and I hate to admit it but sometimes I eat it till my teeth ache and I feel sick. :P
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GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

I was wondering what exactly was in Red Vines so I looked them up, couldn't see the info, and sent a contact form and only a few hours later....

"Thank you for reaching out to the American Licorice Company. We appreciate the time you took to contact us.

Our Original Red Vines Twists contain Red 40. However, we do offer a newer product called Red Vines Made Simple. Our Red Vines Made Simple are made with real sugar, natural flavors and colors. This product also contains no fat and is produced using non genetically modified ingredients.

Your friends may not be very familiar with Red Vines Made Simple at this time. However, as popularity for this product increases, we expect distribution to increase as well.

We hope the above information answered your inquiry. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out!"


It is STILL not good for any person to eat sweets until they feel sick and their teeth ache. Not that I would know, of course, cough cough. Other than that - have fun!
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That is why you are there, Cwillie! It only takes one good heart.
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We had the first meeting of our new Family Council at the nursing home today. I went with an open mind but I'm afraid it will be exactly what I expected it to be, dominated by brown nosers who think everything is all wonderful and already seem to have a cosy relationship with staff, and focused on fundraising and doing good deeds for the residents. The good deeds sounds positive but they were already talking enthusiastically about the new wheelchair tandem bicycle that had me rolling my eyes last summer, I doubt that there will be anything positive coming out of this for the most vulnerable residents who are unable to voice their own needs.
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CM you loved J so just keep that in mind and be there for her. Sit in the back and take dog with you, he loved her too.
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I need to be grown up, go, smile pleasantly at people whatever I might think of them, hold my tongue, and then slip away before the social gathering afterwards.

That's what J would have done, and taken lovely flowers. She would then have gone home and gossiped enthusiastically (never maliciously) about everybody there, in her unspoiled Black Country accent.

That's how we found out that one neighbour had gone bankrupt twice, another had been a hard-working philanderer long before his wife died and the glamorous "new" girlfriend was no such thing as new, and that the ladies in the corner house were not only business partners. There was also a suspected cat-poisoner but as J didn't own a cat she wouldn't vouch for the truth of that one.

I do partly know what she said about us. ExSO (aged 65+, mind you) was "that young lad, liked his cars" and I was "there was a girl who lived with 'im, was that you?" But this was when she was ill in hospital, she'd perked up a lot next time I saw her.

With the dog, truth of it is I don't want exSO coming over and making a fuss of him; and if you're thinking he'd surely have more sense, no he wouldn't. 12 year old dog was abandoned by his first family aged seven, has had to adjust to losing his second "Daddy" since exSO and I parted two years ago, and is it any wonder that the poor animal has separation anxiety in spades? So the last thing I want is SO making a reappearance. Finding a dog-sitter for a few hours might well be the answer, Send - not bath! What fresh h*ll..?! He really doesn't do baths - but perhaps I'll see if his best friend's Daddy can have him over just for the afternoon.

I also can't stand the thought of anyone saying:

she had a good innings
it was a merciful release
she was rather losing it, wasn't she
losing T must have hit her hard

But in fact I think the only way not to slap anyone who says those and similar things is to make a bet about how many times they do and concentrate on counting up.
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CM,
Just some thoughts about the logistics of attending vs. not attending.
You have done enough for J while alive, that counts for everything.
The dog really cannot stay out in the car and not be seen, imo, that long, but you could board him in doggy day care or overnight. If you took him to the area of the funeral, could you drop him off for a bath, would that be enough time to pick him up after the funeral?
Still, you need to be able to go places that you choose.

Again, sorry for your loss.
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(((((((cm)))))) so sorry about J's passing. You have been a good friend.
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You are under no obligation to stay long at the funeral or to interact with people you do not want to see. Some people say funerals are for the living. Others that they are our final goodbye to the dead. When my dear friend - also J - died a few months ago, I went to the funeral and sobbed like a baby. I did not speak to another person there including his family. I signed the book and left with a heavy heart that I was never going to see him again, which in its own, painful way, was closure. Sorry for your loss. Peace.
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CM, Sorry to read of J's passing. I always go back and forth on deciding to go to funeral's or not. Then on the day of the service I go and I'm usually glad that I did.
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Oh, CountryMouse, I'm so sorry to hear about J's passing. Maybe you need to go for you? I always think that funerals and such are for us as much as for those we go to comfort. Be well.
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Sorry to read of J's passing. If there is even one person who would appreciate your being there or mourn that the crowd paying respects is too small then I would make the effort to go just for their sake CM.
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I should go to J's funeral on Friday because...

It is the correct thing to do
I will be contributing to the public acknowledgement of her life
Her children will, loosely speaking, expect it
I may not sing hymns beautifully but at least I don't look at my feet and mumble.

I should not go to J's funeral because

She won't give a monkey's whether I do or not
I preferred to give her my time when she was alive
There will be plenty of people there who didn't bother visiting her before she died
There will be people there I don't much want to see
There will be one person I definitely don't want the dog to see or hear while he's waiting outside in the car, and I can't leave the dog at home for that long.

Tum-ti-tum-ti-tum thinking...
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Susan...

I have been staring at the wall and trying to add up for about five minutes now, in which time I could have scrambled my eggs and eaten 'em -

Explain to me how scrambling a lot of eggs, dividing them between containers, putting the containers in the freezer, taking them out again, putting them in the microwave and then having to wash both containers and plates...

Is a quicker supper than scrambling a couple of eggs? Which you then get to eat nice and fresh and freshly made?
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I too, am allergic to red dye. I cannot eat maraschino cherries or red vines. Last time I ate red vines about a year and a half ago I got a sinus infection and was very sick for a couple of weeks. I knew better but they were quite tempting. I discovered the allergy when still in junior high especially with the cherries that would immediately cause a sore throat then into a cold and sinus infection.
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red vines are toooo good. But yet so bad :(
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Veronica
A little carnuba wax never kept me from eating a gummy bear or a sour patch kid
Now I'm in the mood for some red vines 
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I can't eat marishino cherries because all I can think about is the red dye!
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Veronica, I guess two of my cats would prefer beetles; they are both allergic to red dye #40, and throw up...
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Thanks Susan.
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Send - I don't need to freeze the scrambled eggs, I just heat them up in the microwave in the morning for quick breakfast. I usually scramble a dozen at a time - and use them up over the space of about 4 days. :-)
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MsMadge I don't think I wanted to know that.
Do you like the modern chemical red food coloring or would you rather go back to crushed Cochineal beatles?
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Gummy bears are made with carnuba wax
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Cwillie
Was your regular toothbrush under the sink?
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