Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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We experienced the same thing with bread. I rarely eat bread. Recently I walked down the bread aisle in Walmart and it smelled like toxic chemicals. Forty years ago we loved that smell when we passed by the local Merita bakery. Now it’s so gross. I made toast for my granddaughter with white bread. The old me wants to taste what I used to love. My stomach hurt so bad for hours after eating one piece of butter toast. I can eat tortillas with Mexican food and I’m fine. Dave’s bread used to be good but expensive. It’s been sold so you have to watch ingredients, still better than the white bread. I haven’t eaten Ezekiel’s bread, most health experts say that’s the best if you can’t get homemade. It’s in the freezer section. My daughter cooks sourdough bread, tortillas, pancakes and a lot more. I would like to learn so when I want some I know what’s in it. One problem bread in USA is the way the flour is processed. In Europe they still grind the wheat the old fashioned way. Some people that bake bread a lot get flour from Europe or grind the wheat (can’t remember the term for the part used to make flour).