Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Mar 9, 2020 23:02:59 GMT
...and both times I have gotten an utterly baffled and befuddled look from him because he thinks I'm talking about the metal fasteners and can't figure out why I would stock up on those. :-D
Am I using an old lady term or is my husband an overly literal engineer? Or both?
This time I teased him and said my oncologist told me "A staple a day keeps cancer away," thus the stock up! :-D
ETA: He says he would use the word "staples" too, but he was trying to track down staples at work recently AND he was stapling bumper covers on the robot for his robotics team, so he had staples (the metallic kind) on the brain. Too funny!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Mar 9, 2020 23:04:10 GMT
I use that term all the time but I may be an old woman to.
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Post by littlemama on Mar 9, 2020 23:08:56 GMT
I say staples
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Post by librarylady on Mar 9, 2020 23:20:01 GMT
We use the term--but we qualify for old.
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Post by gar on Mar 9, 2020 23:22:32 GMT
I don’t tend to use that word...I guess I’d say essentials or basics. Please ask him 🙂
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Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Mar 9, 2020 23:24:52 GMT
I'll ask him when he gets back home later!
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Post by heckofagal on Mar 9, 2020 23:27:42 GMT
My kids are calling them doomsday supplies here at my house.
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Post by rodeomom on Mar 9, 2020 23:29:27 GMT
Yes that's what I say, but I just found out I'm in the elderly category.  |
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TheOtherMeg
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Mar 9, 2020 23:36:41 GMT
I just call them wine and chocolate.
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Post by deekaye on Mar 9, 2020 23:39:04 GMT
My husband drives right past a Costco on his way home from work. A couple of times a week he'll call to ask if I need anything special. Usually I'll say "nope, just the staples". Being an empty nesting couple, we know what the "staples" are for us. Oh, and yeah, we're old  |
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Post by mom2samlibby on Mar 9, 2020 23:44:28 GMT
Pretty standard term to me.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 9, 2020 23:57:00 GMT
I would think most know what it means.
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Post by lisae on Mar 9, 2020 23:58:51 GMT
I use that term and I am stocking up too. But you reminded me that I do need to order some actual staples for our electric stapler. |
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Post by flanz on Mar 10, 2020 0:05:55 GMT
I am 59 and use the word staples in the same context that you do.
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scrapngranny
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Post by scrapngranny on Mar 10, 2020 0:29:37 GMT
Yup, old lady speak for sure. I’m an old lady, so I know of what I speak.
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Post by tracyarts on Mar 10, 2020 0:37:19 GMT
Normally, it's my "stormageddon hoard, but this year it's my "plague hoard". My kids are calling them doomsday supplies here at my house. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 10, 2020 1:08:20 GMT
I wouldn’t use that term and I’m steadily moving into the “old” category. I usually just text DH and tell him which store/s I’m heading to, and if there’s anything he needs or wants me to get he needs to add it to our shared list. We have a list app that either one of us can add stuff to or take stuff off of. He adds it, my phone dings, I buy it.
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Post by andreasmom on Mar 10, 2020 1:39:01 GMT
I call them basics.
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Post by kelly8875 on Mar 10, 2020 1:41:48 GMT
My 18 yo DD used that word last week. She said “meatloaf is a staple food mom” ... it’s her favorite 😂
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Post by paget on Mar 10, 2020 1:48:05 GMT
I just tested my dh and said, “what would you think if I said I was going to the store to stock up on staples?” He said, “ok, but I would think you are a little too worried about the Coronavirus.” Haha. Before anyone freaks out, we don’t think it’s “hype” (we live in Seattle area), it’s just that I’ve already bought quite a bit! |
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Post by dewryce on Mar 10, 2020 2:19:22 GMT
I vote for the overly literal engineer. In our home the word ‘staples’ is referring to these 3 things, by order of use from highest to lowest.
1) center, about a basketball game
2) basics
3) physical staples for the stapler
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Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Mar 10, 2020 3:55:19 GMT
My 18 yo DD used that word last week. She said “meatloaf is a staple food mom” ... it’s her favorite 😂 I 100% agree with your DD! |
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Mar 10, 2020 4:30:53 GMT
I use that word, but in a slightly ironic way like when I say I’m doing chores, or watching my shows, or washing my drawers.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 10, 2020 5:12:16 GMT
Common usage here. But I am also old!
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Post by jameynz on Mar 10, 2020 6:09:21 GMT
I stock up on the basics......
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Post by wellway on Mar 10, 2020 9:48:49 GMT
Normally, it's my "stormageddon hoard, but this year it's my "plague hoard". My kids are calling them doomsday supplies here at my house. My friend called hers the Brexit cupboard, now the virus cupboard and it will probably go back to Brexit cupboard by the end of the year while waiting for a deal or no deal outcome. |
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Mar 10, 2020 10:12:27 GMT
This Brit knows exactly what you mean, but I don't think I use the term much myself.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 10, 2020 11:40:35 GMT
I use that word, but apparently my kids don't. LOL, I just asked both of them what they think and both asked me why I'd need to stock up on office supplies when all my work is on the computer.
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Post by sabrinae on Mar 10, 2020 11:42:07 GMT
I’m 40 and use it regularly. I think my husband and kids would understand what I meant but I’m not sure
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Post by miominmio on Mar 10, 2020 11:43:45 GMT
I would think most know what it means. Yep, Even me. |
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