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Mon Jul-25-05 06:39 PM
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Anybody ever have government cheese? |
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I did as a kid. We used to get it from the methodist church along with other basic food staples.
Does the government still provide cheese?
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:41 PM
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:42 PM
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2. I'm from an Indian Reservation |
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Commodities are a staple. Government cheese aka Commodity Cheese is/was the equivalent of a brick of gold.
:)
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:46 PM
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5. It sat in my tummy like a brick too. |
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I am not knocking the cheese. We were happy to have it. We really were very poor at that time.
I don't think this is something most people want to admit to. I know my sister would say she has no idea what I am talking about.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:51 PM
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16. it's some valuable stuff |
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People would just about trade their firstborn for a brick of cheese. Hell, I'm still poor, nothing wrong with not having money. Just as long as you work to be better and stay a good person.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:05 PM
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33. I will do almost anything for food. |
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You are a good person in my book.:hug:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:08 PM
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Well, looks like I got another one fooled. Oops, I didn't mean to say that out loud.
And, you are too, btw. :)
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:10 PM
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41. They gave blocks of butter along with the cheese |
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Which Reservation are you from and what tribe do you belong to?
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:13 PM
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45. the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana |
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I'm a member of the Blackfeet tribe.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:43 PM
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3. I remember cheese, peanut butter, and veggie oil |
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:49 PM
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And someone from our household had to go to the warehouse to volunteer for a day in order to recieve the free foods.
:hi:
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:51 PM
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15. I don't recall the warehouse workday. Although we did have to do that |
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with the foodbank. We didn't qualify for receiving food from it, but if you volunteered and worked a shift they would "pay" you in "seconds" (food that wasn't high quality enough to give to the needy, but too good for the pigs).
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:00 PM
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27. It is very hard to be |
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just the right amount of poor at times.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:07 PM
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37. Yes. I need to find out if we have lost our medicaid. If so, I won't be |
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going to the doc for a good long time because health insurance is insanely expensive!
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:43 PM
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beef (now that's rough stuff), beans & butter too :thumbsup:
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:50 PM
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13. My mom used to make pretty good BBQ from the canned beef |
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thats about all it was good for though. Loved the cheese.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:55 PM
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20. that's the stuff all right... |
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a great 'base' for all what follows thereafter ~ :hi:
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:53 PM
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19. I used to love the beef |
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now I gag just thinking about it. Ugh!
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:56 PM
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oh, we ate it plenty, but i do hear'ya on the 'after shock component' :rofl:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:02 PM
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30. I don't remember if we got meat. |
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Oh, wait, I do believe we got Spam. Is that meat? :puke:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:09 PM
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40. spam is spooky enough, but gov'ment 'spam'... |
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:scared: no me wait...i love spam!!
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:16 PM
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47. My philipino cousins like spam. |
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So I gave her a spam cook book. I think she really liked it.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:22 PM
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53. lol, i've seen that book & thought about buying it... |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:28 PM
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60. Oh, there is'nt just one. |
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This bookstore had like a dozen differnt ones.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:46 PM
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:46 PM
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7. Every time there's a press conference, I get 10X the daily recommended amt |
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:50 PM
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14. Ok, so it took me a moment, but very funny. |
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:47 PM
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Nothing, nothing made better grilled-cheese sandwiches.
And the peanut butter, OMG. Five-pound tubs of ground peanuts with a layer of oil a half-inch thick on top. :9 Soooo good on toast with some home-made jelly.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:55 PM
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21. yeah and if you pour the oil out |
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you can hardly spread the PB. It tears up your bread, lol.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:03 PM
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32. That's why you don't pour it out! |
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You get a wooden spoon and stir it till your arm hurts really bad and then refrigerate it! (Even so, the last couple inches of PB will be pretty hard--that's when you eat it off spoons, like lollipops!)
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:47 PM
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9. When I worked for the county.... |
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.... the sheriff got a deal for free government cheese. He'd get these huge blocks of cheese for the jail. The cooks didn't know what to do with all of it. Toasted cheese sandwiches, bologna-cheese sandwiches, a slice of cheese in the morning. It went on and on. It was like the episode of Andy Griffith when Aunt Bee kept churning out pickles, and Andy and Barney couldn't eat anymore of them.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:48 PM
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And foodbank chicken backs.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:50 PM
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It wasn't great, but, hey, it was big.
The cheese, I mean.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:52 PM
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Even better than Velveeta.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:57 PM
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That's what I hated about it...the Velveeta-tude.
Not my idea of a brick of goodness.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:52 PM
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17. Yes, on a professional basis |
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What they don't tell you is that government cheese is better than a lot of normal American cheese. When a plant manufacturers the cheese, there is a USDA inspector there the whole time. He or she examines the raw cheese and other ingredients. He or she watches the process. He or she examines the finished loaves. The samples are examined by a government lab. If the samples do not fit specific criteria, the load might be rejected or the company could be fined, negating their profit on the contract. The government is a pickier customer than most. As a result, the cheese is often better than or equal to the companies best American cheese, some of which is found in the deli section at the grocery store for $6 or $7 per pound.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:56 PM
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22. Government peanut butter is the best I've ever had |
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I haven't found any brand of PB that can equal it in taste or texture.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:24 PM
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56. The government really does have high standards |
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It is a misconception that just because it goes to the poor that it is poor quality.
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:56 PM
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23. I did, cheese, flour, forget what else |
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Mon Jul-25-05 06:57 PM
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Edited on Mon Jul-25-05 06:58 PM by sniffa
that giant bLock was aLways in the fridge. they made great griLLed cheese sandwiches. :9
edit: as a kid. do they stiLL have govt. cheese?
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:01 PM
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28. Part of the reason that they make good grilled cheese |
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Is that one of the specifications that they test for is melt. If it doesn't melt well enough, they don't take it or take it from the company for almost free.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:03 PM
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31. geez you're practically an expert on this stuff |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:07 PM
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When I said professionally, I really do mean that it is part of my job. I also have an $80 textbook at home entitled "Process Cheese".
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:09 PM
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What exactly do you do if you don't mind me asking?
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:13 PM
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46. I do quality assurance at a cheese plant (n/t) |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:18 PM
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50. that actually sound pretty cool |
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I'm not sure if I'll be reading that textbook anytime soon, though. :)
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:20 PM
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51. Thank you for your input. |
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I thought I had heard somewhere before that it really was a good quality food product. Now it is confirmed.:hi:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:12 PM
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43. Can you recommend a peanut butter |
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that comes close to the taste and texture of Government PB?
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:18 PM
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Even if I did know brands, I couldn't tell you. I think that people can get sued for that.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:21 PM
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52. wow you weren't kidding you do love that stuff |
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Have you ever tried the all natural stuff? You can get it in most stores or a health food store too. It has a good texture to it, plus you have to stir in the grease the same way as the other stuff. I like it way better than Jiffy or the big brand names. That might help you out.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:22 PM
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55. The natural brands are similar, but |
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the grind on the Government PB was slightly finer.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:25 PM
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57. damn, just when I thought I got in good with a Mod |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:29 PM
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:34 PM
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62. I am King Of The World!!!!! |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:02 PM
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29. The worst was the Luncheon Meat, sort of a Spam knock off |
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My dad used to fry that stuff up and munch it down. It was hideous. I tried giving some to my dog one time. She just looked at it, looked at me like: "Are you fucking kidding me, Bill?" and walked away, lol.
Dude, dogs will literally eat shit if they have to. But I couldn't even get ours to eat commodity luncheon meat. Yet, I know lots of old school reservation guys my dad's age who love that stuff. I'm sick as hell just thinking of it right now.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:12 PM
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44. I don't know if it is because of the |
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government cheese or not, but I do not eat american cheese anymore. I guess once I found cheddar cheese there is no going back. My husband likes the american processed cheese food. But I can't even chew it. Bill, thanks for sharing.:hi:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:16 PM
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48. I'm a cheddar man myself too |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:06 PM
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GOVERNMENT CHEESE by The Rainmakers
Give a man a free house and he'll bust out the windows Put his family on food stamps, now he's a big spender no food on the table and the bills ain't paid 'Cause he spent it on cigarettes and P.G.A. They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please They're feeding our people that Government Cheese
Give a man a free lunch and he'll figure out a way To steal more than he can eat 'cause he doesn't have to pay Give a woman free kids and you'll find them in the dirt Learning how to carry on the family line of work It's the man in the White House, the man under the steeple Passing out drugs to the American people I don't believe in anything, nothing is free They're feeding our people the Government Cheese
Decline and fall, fall down baby Decline and fall, said fall way down now Decline and fall, fall down little mama Decline and fall, decline and fall
Give a man a free ticket on a dead end ride And he'll climb in the back even though nobody's driving Too ******* lazy to crawl out of the wreck And he'll rot there while he waits for the welfare check Going to hell in a handbag, can't you see I ain't gonna eat no Government Cheese
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:07 PM
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I will never consume another grilled cheese again in my life. We went through a hard spell after a family member died and left a bunch of kids behind for us to take care of. The cheese reminds me of the chunk of Velveeta cheese :puke:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:11 PM
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42. DU you is the greatest place on earth |
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You run into the damndest stories and the damndest people.
I bet the memory alone just makes your stomach queasy, huh?
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:22 PM
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54. And peanut butter... oh yeah, and pickles! n/t |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:25 PM
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58. Government Penut butter... mmmmmmm |
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Brings back memories of Grade school and scout camp!
Never had the cheese, though.
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:27 PM
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Sounds like something a communist country would do.
Communist Cheese. :rofl:
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:35 PM
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63. This thread has gotten a lot of mileage |
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Mon Jul-25-05 07:47 PM
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64. I know, Thank you everybody. |
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My threads don't usually go so well. And I usually kill them with my own last post. Let's see if this does it.
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Mon Jul-25-05 08:05 PM
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65. My grandparents used to get it |
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Edited on Mon Jul-25-05 08:05 PM by Strawman
I hate American cheese though, but my sister thought it was the best cheese.
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