# Happy Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** reactions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337 "2021-03-12T01:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/988 "2022-06-25T01:57:27Z")
Met a friend for dinner tonight at the restaurant of a woman whose taxes I did. She remembered me and gave me a free dessert. Which I wouldn’t have ordered (and tried to decline) but was quite delicious. But I couldn’t understand what she said it was. Peruvian place and I am not familiar with Peruvian desserts. Some kind of crumbly sandwich cookie with a jelly-like filling and powdered sugar on top. That’s not normally something I’d go for, but this was surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/989 "2022-06-25T03:04:44Z")
![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/1/91533c26b185d94159c38a99021c5df51ed1cefa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/990 "2022-06-25T13:35:10Z")
> **[Alfajor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfajor)** > > An alfajor or alajú (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Spanish pronunciation: \[alfaˈxoɾ\], plural alfajores) is a traditional confection. Originally from present-day Spain, it is found now in Argentina, Bolivia, Southern Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Southern France, Paraguay, Peru, the Phi The alf... The picture in the thumbnail is an Argentinian version. You described what they are like in Peru In Peru they are usually filled with manjar blanco, which is very similar to dulce de leche. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/991 "2022-06-25T22:17:37Z")
Yes! The picture of the Peruvian ones looks just like what I had. SO good!!! ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/992 "2022-06-26T15:41:58Z")
I took three university students fishing yesterday. Had a scream, laughed all day. Two of them were of Asian descent and one was polish. Two things that came out of that. First we kept a bunch of sunfish because they’d eat them. We (since I represent western civilization) would just throw them back even though I suspect they’re delicious being in the Sam family as perch and crappy. Second, I had to learn how to clean a fish whole instead of filleting them like A white guy. All in all a success. One of the students posted this pic, and said the fish were delicious. ![PXL_20220625_235756304](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/e/9e22a1931a7bf5b70c39531b836f5f0c30e6a453.jpeg) Next week is going to be crazy as I’m taking 5 students on a fishing charter. Expecting some big fish. The other result is that I’ve agreed to take some students swimming in the middle of a lake. I’m thinking I’ll take them to potahawk island in like Erie.later this summer. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/993 "2022-06-26T20:27:58Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > First we kept a bunch of sunfish because they’d eat them. We (since I represent western civilization) would just throw them back… Interesting. Back where I grew up (MN/WI) sunnies were a popular fish to catch & keep. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/994 "2022-06-26T20:54:47Z")
In NC, we (as teens or younger) kept and ate some that now I fell were certainly too small to be worth cleaning/eating. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/995 "2022-06-26T23:39:06Z")
It’s one of the fun things about taking these random folks out. Most of them are either international, or first gen. So I get exposed to a lot of different cultures. And they get exposed to mine. Most of them have never been hunting or in a culture where hunting is even possible. Same with fishing, or eating moose and squirrel, etc. The whole outdoors thing isn’t possible in a lot of places. I’d probably try sunfish, but I do not think my spouse will cook it. Not sure if I’d try eating the eyeballs though. Apparently grandma always says eating the eyeballs makes you see better. Yeah, with my grandmother that was carrots. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/996 "2022-06-27T01:42:36Z")
I just stumbled across a clarinetist/vocalist named Chloe Feoranzo. She’s pretty awesome. …the stumble was because she appeared with three of the other members of Tuba Skinny. I’ve been watching a LOT of their videos lately…I’d like to make a trip to New Orleans to hear them in person. ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/997 "2022-06-27T02:57:22Z")
Ran into a fraternity brother on the street in Boston today! Haven’t really seen him in probably 20 years, except for the one and only reunion I went to but we didn’t chat then. We are both halfway across the country for work stuff, and he was just coming out of a restaurant with some of his colleagues and I recognized him on the street (and vice versa). Had a good chat to catch up. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/998 "2022-06-30T00:38:33Z")
![girl reading book making plans](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/1/219c879a5cac7316ca6ee804f0e400267c75ee3a.png) ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/999 "2022-06-30T22:59:41Z")
Mr. NA passed his motorcycle test today! ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1000 "2022-07-01T03:08:19Z")
Wait, has he been out there breakin’ the law until now? ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1001 "2022-07-01T12:40:35Z")
How else are he & NA supposed to get to Arnold’s for dinner? > **** > > ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d4ab65b565e7fc8eb856715364483e2d76648092.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1002 "2022-07-01T12:43:03Z")
Haha no, he has had his permit until now. I still haven’t gotten my license, just have been reupping my permit. Someday I’ll get the actual license. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1003 "2022-07-01T13:49:25Z")
I didn’t know you could extend a permit. I broke the law for a few years in HS and college and finally got my Class M when I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1004 "2022-07-01T14:26:45Z")
Not sure what laws in other states are, but in Ohio you can ride a motorcycle and never get a license as long as you keep taking the permit test each year. You’re not allowed to ride on freeways, with passengers, without a helmet, or at night if you don’t have the endorsement, but I don’t do any of those things anyway. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1005 "2022-07-01T15:39:32Z")
Why not just take the test? ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1006 "2022-07-01T17:55:51Z")
I’d have to schedule it, practice for it, take a day to go get a new license, etc, just to have no changes to how I already ride. This works fine for me for now…eventually the one hour a year I have to commit to it will become a bigger time suck than the time I could have just invested in passing the test, but it’s fine for right now. I can also take a two-day motorcycle course to bypass the test - they go through motorcycle riding for beginners. THAT I might actually take, because I don’t know how to ride a real motorcycle, just a scooter, and I’d like to learn some practical things there, but…meh. I’m not overly motivated right now. ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1007 "2022-07-01T22:49:13Z")
Most of my friends w scooters stay on a revolving series of permits. The class is worthwhile they said (those who took it). [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337.md?page=49) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337.md?page=51)