What Are You Doing Today?

[John Brunner]

@Yvonne Smith That CEO was also head of Starbuck's. I did a cursory search to see if she was the one who implemented that program where you were encouraged to discuss heady issues (race, world peace, which way to hang toilet paper) with a barista, but I couldn't find anything.

@Mary Stetler I've never had a Cracker Barrel anywhere near where I lived or worked, so it's never been on my radar screen. I think I ate at one up in northern Virginia once, and then when I gave a neighbor a ride to a doctor appointment outside the state capitol and he bought me lunch. The fried chicken was good and reasonably priced. But things I read elsewhere says the food quality had gone downhill, and as you said, some menu favorites have disappeared.

 

[Don Alaska]

@Yvonne Smith That CEO was also head of Starbuck's. I did a cursory search to see if she was the one who implemented that program where you were encouraged to discuss heady issues (race, world peace, which way to hang toilet paper) with a barista, but I couldn't find anything.

@Mary Stetler I've never had a Cracker Barrel anywhere near where I lived or worked, so it's never been on my radar screen. I think I ate at one up in northern Virginia once, and then when I gave a neighbor a ride to a doctor appointment outside the state capitol and he bought me lunch. The fried chicken was good and reasonably priced. But things I read elsewhere says the food quality had gone downhill, and as you said, some menu favorites have disappeared.

I have only encountered them when traveling.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

The last time we went to the nearest CB it had just been sold and it was a bit before the CEO bruhaha. I didn't know if it was the new owners or what but several of our favorites were no longer on the menu and the gift shop had items that seemed to be from Temu. We were never going back if the interior was changed. Might give it a try again.
I definitely don't like Taco Bell food anymore.

The breakfast menu is definitely trimmed down. They still have the hashbrown casserole, though!! I was somewhat surprised that breakfast for 2 was just over $40 with coffee and orange juice. Seems like about double what it used to be. After tipping the waitress we spent over $50 for breakfast food.

 

[Mary Stetler]

The breakfast menu is definitely trimmed down. They still have the hashbrown casserole, though!! I was somewhat surprised that breakfast for 2 was just over $40 with coffee and orange juice. Seems like about double what it used to be. After tipping the waitress we spent over $50 for breakfast food.

Well if rumors of the updated decor did not thin out the customers, that price sure will. Many years ago we had a CB open here in town but as our town was made up of the cheapest people on the planet, it closed rather quickly. We are more cosmopolitan now so it would have made it today as it was back then but maybe not as it is now.
??????? Back to the future?

 

[Hoot Crawford]

My lady friend loved CB and the gift shop. We would stop at the one on the way home from her PCP appointments. To me it was just okay, but it made her day, so we always stopped. I will try to take her again if her health permits.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I don't have much going on today. I'll do a couple of loads of laundry and maybe go to the grocery store. I need to make some dietary changes to see if I can help my failing kidneys.

 

[Faye Fox]

I don't have much going on today. I'll do a couple of loads of laundry and maybe go to the grocery store. I need to make some dietary changes to see if I can help my failing kidneys.

Do you see a Nephrologist regularly? One of my friends has problem with kidneys due to electrolyte imbalance. Doc took her off one blood pressure meds and used another drug that helped her kidney electrolytes and that resulted in maintaining a normal range blood pressure.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

Do you see a Nephrologist regularly? One of my friends has problem with kidneys due to electrolyte imbalance. Doc took her off one blood pressure meds and used another drug that helped her kidney electrolytes and that resulted in maintaining a normal range blood pressure.

I have never seen a nephrologist. My numbers are all "borderline" but nothing critical. My kidney function got worse after chemo and never really recovered.

My PCP doesn't want to change my BP meds because I finally have a combination that works on my BP. I take Lisinopril that does cause some higher blood potassium but I have taken it for over 20 years.

 

[John Brunner]

I don't have much going on today. I'll do a couple of loads of laundry and maybe go to the grocery store. I need to make some dietary changes to see if I can help my failing kidneys.

That sucks. I think all my water drinking helps my kidneys. My eGFR dropped over 10 points when I had gastro issues and it freaked me out. I just had a wellness check on Monday and my number is back up to where it's been long-term.

I get lectured on my "pre-diabetic" A1C of 5,7, but it started out over 6.0 when the test was first rolled out, and it's been 5.7 for decades. I've begun to wonder if that's why I drink so much water, but I've been a big water drinker my entire life and my other numbers are OK (although blood sugar is at the top of the Normal range.) Both my GP and the nephrologist I saw know I pass 4 liters a day, and neither mentioned diabetes.

It's always something.

 

[John Brunner]

Today I drove to a local grocery store on the other side of the county (now owned by an Indian) to buy some scrapple. I ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant while I was out that way.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

That sucks. I think all my water drinking helps my kidneys. My eGFR dropped over 10 points when I had gastro issues and it freaked me out. I just had a wellness check on Monday and my number is back up to where it's been long-term.

I get lectured on my "pre-diabetic" A1C of 5,7, but it started out over 6.0 when the test was first rolled out, and it's been 5.7 for decades. I've begun to wonder if that's why I drink so much water, but I've been a big water drinker my entire life and my other numbers are OK (although blood sugar is at the top of the Normal range.) Both my GP and the nephrologist I saw know I pass 4 liters a day, and neither mentioned diabetes.

It's always something.

I'm also a big water drinker. My eGFR has been steady for the past few years since I had chemo and it dropped. My latest concern is the high potassium in my blood and no apparent cause for it. I've been pre-diabetic 5.4-5.6 for 20 years so I've quit caring about that. It's always something.