On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:37:37 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:16:57 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:44:06 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:34:06 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:55:54 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > > > > On 2021-03-19 1:07 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> > > > > > On 3/19/2021 12:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > > > > >> On 2021-03-19 11:54 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >>> I'm not sure I've ever heard of "pre-sweetened" oatmeal. Is this one
>> > > > > >>> of Bruce's random ramblings about how much sugar Americans consume?
>> > > > > >>>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >> I had to check and make sure, but those packages of flavoured instant
>> > > > > >> oatmeal do have sugar. 8-10 grams per serving, depending on the
>> > > > > >> flavour. In the list of ingredients it is the third item.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Thanks for looking that up. I've never bought any "flavoured instant
>> > > > > > oatmeal". It's Bruce again pushing his belief everyone in North America
>> > > > > > consumes massive amounts of sugar.
>> > > > > I had to look it up because I never buy that kind of stuff. I am North
>> > > > > American not US American, and I never buy any sweetened cereal, though I
>> > > > > will confess that years ago I occasionally enjoyed a bowl of Frosted
>> > > > > Flakes. I am disappointed to go through the cold cereal aisle and see
>> > > > > how many of them are sweetened.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I never buy quick cooking oats because they taste like paste and the
>> > > > > instant stuff is even worse. It is large flake or steel ground for me.
>> > > > > >On the rare occasions I eat oatmeal
>> > > > > > I add a bit of brown sugar to it but not to the point it could really be
>> > > > > > called "sweet". I actually like the taste of oats.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > I love the taste of oats.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Horses love oats too. I used to love feeding it to my friends horses
>> > > > > because they got so excited over it.
>> > > > When I had a business, I'd eat that instant oatmeal stuff for breakfast. It was dirt cheap and fast and could be made in the office microwave. What it wasn't was good. I could live with that. Two out of three ain't bad.
>> > > Real oatmeal is cheaper, fast if you plan ahead, and can be made in the office
>> > > microwave. It's good.
>> > >
>> > > Every afternoon my husband prepares a bowl with some oatmeal, raisins
>> > > and sugar in it, and a container with a measured amount of water. At midnight
>> > > he wakes up, prepares and eats the oatmeal, takes a Hydrocodone (which
>> > > upsets his stomach if it's empty), and goes back to bed.
>> > >
>> > > Cindy Hamilton
>> > If it was cheaper, faster, and good, I would have been doing that very thing. It ain't.
>> As I said, it requires advance planning.
>>
>> I cannot fathom how someone as feckless as you had a business.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>I ate breakfast in the office but it had to be cheap and fast. If you had a business, you'd probably spend your time being more concerned about eating rather than the business.

She thinks she only eats a little bit too much, you know.

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