Beth Durtschi

@james_xond 18 years old. Vet loan and cheap house in Norman, Oklahoma when my husband and I started college.

Trying to prove a point. How old were you when you became a homeowner for the first time?

@JebraFaushay The noxema was awesome for sunburns.

Ladies, if this was your skincare routine in the 80s, how are you doing now? The Sea Breeze astringent could take the paint off the side of a boat, and that Apricot scrub took off layers of my skin that I'll never get back. And the Noxema? Like putting Vicks Vapo Rub on your face.

@FiredUpCoug 11:05am

We are headed out of town on a road trip. Last night, my wife promised that we would leave the house by 9:00 a.m. You all get to guess when we ACTUALLY leave! Make your guess, whoever is closest wins the free copy of my game Wagon Packin'. It feels thematically appropriate. I'm not going to check to see if you're following me as a rule of entry, but it'd be nice if you were. Oh, and here's a little hint. It's 7:15 and she's still in bed, on her 5th snooze. I'm taking emergency action by cooking bacon—thick cut hickory smoked bacon. That'll have her up in no time!

@LargeInStature_ You can do this. Post updates so we can cheer you on. I’ve lost 20 lbs this year. The same 20 lbs I’ve gained and lost many times. I’m determined this is the last time.

The Plan: I currently weigh 256.1 lbs. My goal is 199.9 lbs by Jan 1, 2027, with 3 checkpoints along the way: 7/15 - 242 lbs 9/11 (never forget) - 228 lbs 11/3 (midterms) - 214 lbs The Strat: The same thing I did last time--autistically track weight and calories. I'm going to start a little higher this time (bodyweight x 11) to combat metabolic adaptation. Official weigh ins on Friday of each week.

@LargeInStature_ @ExerciseMachina That’s the app I use. It’s fantastic!

@ExerciseMachina Lose It app

@j_divis @mcdonald We love McDonald’s! And when they bring it to you that makes it even better. And the McDouble hamburger has 22 g of protein and I eat it without the bun for even less calories. $2.50. And no way to tip anyone. Earn points for free things. 🙌

Not to brag or anything, but I got my family of 7 a full dinner for less than $28. Thanks @McDonald's 😏

@Chillami @jmillincook And their avocados are fantastic! You can bet on them for having good avocados.

@Oaktree_1234 @jmillincook I was going to say that surprisingly, Sam’s can have good fruit. I like it better than Costco for fruit. We often just do pickup and someone there is great at picking fruit!

What fruit, in its season, is the most superior? (Must be available to purchase widely in the US)

@FreeNortherner My mother bought Coke by the case for herself in the 1970s. She had one every day for breakfast. It was not for us 4 kids. I didn’t start drinking soda until 20 years later. I drink 3 a day now. I hate how expensive it is. 🤷‍♀️

Yes. Soda was a luxury until the mid-2000s. It was something you'd have for family movie night on Fridays and birthdays. Prior to the ~90s, it was even more rare. Drinking soda with every meal wasn't normal until fairly recently. It is a small luxury but a luxury.

@kat_maryb You must carefully track your calories. Get an app. I use Lose It!. I walk every day for about 52 minutes and that only burns a little over 200 cal. The app will tell you how much you can eat for the goal that you want in the time you want. And prioritize protein for your cals.

Please help!!! I cannot lose these extra 8 lbs I gained for the life of me!! This is what I've been doing for the past 3 weeks: Walked 3 mi 4 days a week Worked out 4 days a week Eat clean Any tips to share? I'm desperate! I'm going to an event in July and I had already bought my dress that I don't fit into anymore 😭 😭

@potatoslav You sound absolutely adorable! You’re only 25 minutes away. You could go back again!

i never met a Mormon irl until one weekend my husband and i were bored and he said hey we should go to Hill Cumorah and i was like what is that. and he was like it’s where Joseph Smith got the gold plates and started Mormonism and it’s 25 minutes from our house. so i was like yeah whatever. we thought it was literally just a hill but no. it’s a pilgrimage site. there’s a Building. we gotta go in, he says. absolutely not. he insists. we go in. i am wearing a miniskirt and fishnets at the Very Serious Pilgrimage site. they want to give us a tour. they insist. husband is thrilled. they clearly view him as the patriarch and me as some sort of Fallen Woman. there’s a room with a giant Jesus where we sit first. then there’s a museum. then a shockingly high budget reenactment film of the birth of mormonism. then they finally let us go to the hill and there was a monument covered with the most ladybugs i’ve ever seen in my life. all the women are wearing floor length skirts and i am dressed like Elvira. anyway when we got back down to the center they gave us both our own books of Mormon and bookmarked pages for us and that was my first and only experience with Mormons.

@BoiseState4Life Today! That would actually make it pretty special. My husband and I used to give each other our Christmas presents early because we were so excited about them. Let us know how it turns out!

I have a very important poll for everyone about something my wife doesn't know. I bought a ring way back in December that my wife has wanted for a long time. I even had it gift wrapped at the jewelry store. I've hidden it in our house for over 5 months and haven't given it to her yet. I'm waiting for a special moment. I know it's dangerous to pose questions like this on the internet, but neither my wife or her family are on X so she won't see this. When do you think I should give her the ring? Since X limits characters on polls, I'll list the choices and just label them as A, B, C, D. A. 11th wedding anniversary, July 3rd B. Give it to her when we have a positive pregnancy test (hopefully in June!) C. This year at Thanksgiving or Christmas D. Other (comment below)

@Supersonic_Red I graduated high school in 1976. I remember my scientific calculator that I had in high school and took to college with me. I was actually emotionally attached to it. It has been an amazing ride to see the evolution of our culture during our lifetimes.

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones. And honestly, it explains a lot. We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media. We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life. That is not a small thing. People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly. Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that. We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to. We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming. We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime. We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen. And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one. That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials. A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time. We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them. That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us. But we exist. We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age. And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

@JackPosobiec Graduated high school. Epic year!

What do you remember about the 1976 Bicentennial?

@FiredUpCoug My mother’s best advice 55 years ago: Don’t put anything in writing you wouldn’t want published on the front page of the newspaper. Newspapers used to be a thing. But you get it.

@PatsKam Don’t forget lobster rolls and maple creemees. 😋

Things I miss the most from New England that we don’t have: - Dunkin’ - Good Chinese food (no beef teriyaki, duck sauce, lobster sauce, etc.) - Fried clams - Clam chowder - Apple picking - 4 core sports teams (NBA, MLB, NHL, and NFL) - apple cider donuts - The 99 cheese and crackers - Good pizza - local sub shops - coffee milk - Chinese sausage - whoopie pies I could go on and on 😭

@FiredUpCoug Her mistake was asking. Better to ask forgiveness than permission!🤣

My daughter standing next to me at the Costco food court checkout screen. "Dad, what would happen if someone accidentally hit the 'yes' button on the screen when it asks if you want a chocolate chip cookie? Would you have to get?" "Put your hands in your pockets, now." "Ok..."

@AppyOrtho You quit on a good day. You don’t do it on days that you hate it. Whatever it is.

At the beginning of the year one of my daughters had a fit and decided she wanted to quit ballet only one week after telling us it was her number one priority as well as trying out for, and landing, a role in the spring production. We told her, no, that she made a commitment and that she needed to follow it through. If she wanted to quit ballet she would have to wait for the spring performance to be over. The performance is this weekend and she’s very excited to be in it 🤣 Of course. She still seems to want to quit ballet (we are going to take the summer off as we prepare to move back home) but making her follow through was crucial for good character development. Was she mad at us? Ya, for a few days, but she got over it and she’s perfectly happy now.

@SoCal_NewsNow @SportyMcSports Our gift to graduates as well! That they didn’t appreciate at the moment, but appreciated later

@SportyMcSports Luggage! It sounds mean 😅 but they will be packing and moving a ton over the next decade. A sturdy set of luggage is something you don’t think about until you need it.

Parents who have had high school graduates… what am I supposed to get my kid for her graduation???

@ThymeToBeBorn A big family mom told me when I had a new baby that I had maybe one hour a day to get something done. Otherwise, everything else is just maintaining and keeping up. And pretty much just muddling along. Brutal!

I need some big family mom to come over and give me housekeeping advice and realistic expectations. The one time I asked an older mother with 8 kids including twins and many as fast as I have had, she started crying.