Francis Fusilli's Profile

I completely agree with @travislessness - touch screens DO NOT belong in the car. I cannot believe they make car stereos etc. with touch screens now. When you are driving and want to put on some music it is dangerously distracting to have to look down and touch the stupid screen just right to get it to do what you want. I even considered going back to my old flip phone just so I could feel the damned buttons rather than having to look at a touch screen - of course I finally got a hands-free device, but still it's just annoying. We rely on tactile buttons for driving so we can feel around and keep our eyes on the road. I think the need to be current with all the latest technology has gone too far in some instances and touch screens are not appropriate for all uses.

I think it's unfortunate that carob was ever seen as a substitute for chocolate because it is nothing like chocolate - it is a unique flavor and quite delicious all on it's own. The fact that it looks like chocolate makes people think it should taste like chocolate, so it's easy to dismiss it as a bad substitute for chocolate. My mom made carob brownies and shakes in the 70s and I miss them! Think I'll go rustle up some carob now!

Oh Sweet Heavens to Betsy... can't anyone have a fun idea anymore without it becoming an environmental debate??? With all the MUCH BIGGER fish to fry (HELLO food industry with all your plastic utensils, foil, and plastic wrap, and hotel industry with all your tiny plastic shampoo bottles, wasted water and detergent surfactants - and on and on and on - not to mention areas of the country that still don't recycle at all) - must we really pick on the busy mother that is simply looking for an easier way to keep her child's lunch cold?
While I definitely value the environmental information being dispensed and I'm all for being more conscious of what we are supporting and ultimately doing to the world we live in, I also think there is a point when these small ideas getting picked apart becomes ridiculous - especially when there is so much waste and blatant LARGE scale environmental abuse happening that makes a much bigger impact. Yes, you will say that every person's choices make a difference and you would be correct - but there are a million products and ways of doing things in every person's life, and I believe that most people do make an effort for the environment where it makes sense for them. But the reality is that very few people are OCD enough to let go of every single convenience that we've all come to rely on, and I'm pretty sure that even the most environmentally aware of us still do things that are environmentally questionable. Do we all make a difference? YES. At times is it a bit much? YES!!!

@APK_101 said it best ... SO many reasons to buy organic. And AS IF we are supposed to rely on what the Environmental Protection Agency says are "safe" chemical levels, that's just dumb. Are we really to believe that at some point we will not pay the price for ingesting chemicals and hormones on a daily basis? I also find the comment about "over-paying" silly as well... we pay more to support the farmers who are farming the right way, AND because organic is superior.

I think the police need to find something better to do - this guy's not hurting a thing and is probably improving the value of these otherwise non-useful buildings. I laughed at the uptight comments that call this "illegal and wrong" - what should be illegal is taking up valuable real estate building unsafe eyesores in the first place - this guy's doing everyone a favor.

Someone said Food Sticks... YES! Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry cereals... Rocket Pops, Strawberry Quik, Jello 1-2-3, Fun Dip, Alba 77, and on and on.... Now I'm thinking about all those giant Lip Smackers... not a food I know but might as well be, don't even get me started on those!