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I think the OP is seeking in the wrong aisle…he is probably looking for Passion Fruit.
 
Fancy a sweet potato myself. With butter and cinnamon. Takes a little time, though.
 
Shout out to all my fellow sweet potatoes…you know who you are 😉

We’re not bad or rotten, it’s just that we tend not to be in demand until autumn 👍
 
pensmama87 said:
Apples may not be a horrid analogy because there are so many different varieties, and we all seem to like different kinds.

I like crisp, tart apples - they are the best for baking in pies, IMO. (Wait, where is this metaphor headed now?)
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Also, apples keep a loooong time, as fruit goes.

“But did you know that the apples on the shelves of your supermarket might be nearly a year old? Here’s why — and why it doesn’t necessarily mean you should panic.”

"“A number of commodities, including apples, may be stored to extend their availability for marketing,” she said. “In controlled temperatures and low humidity, apples can be stored for months before being consumed.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, freshly picked apples left untreated will last a few weeks before they turn soft and rot, so they’re often stored under temperature-controlled conditions that allow them to last up to 10 months. Once they’re removed from storage, however, the clock starts ticking again."

today.com/food/apple-you-just-bought-might-be-year-old-does-it-2D80207170
 
What if the really good apples were discerning their vocation because they so wanted to serve Christ and so avoided being chosen until they found someone they could truly give themselves to, i.e., you? 😉 errr…kinda
 
Xantippe said:
Also, apples keep a loooong time, as fruit goes.

“But did you know that the apples on the shelves of your supermarket might be nearly a year old? Here’s why — and why it doesn’t necessarily mean you should panic.”

"“A number of commodities, including apples, may be stored to extend their availability for marketing,” she said. “In controlled temperatures and low humidity, apples can be stored for months before being consumed.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, freshly picked apples left untreated will last a few weeks before they turn soft and rot, so they’re often stored under temperature-controlled conditions that allow them to last up to 10 months. Once they’re removed from storage, however, the clock starts ticking again."

today.com/food/apple-you-just-bought-might-be-year-old-does-it-2D80207170
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I knew this about apples… the apple harvest is in the fall, by the time summer comes, the apples are months old (unless of course they are imported from Chile)
 
Xantippe said:
Also, apples keep a loooong time, as fruit goes.

“But did you know that the apples on the shelves of your supermarket might be nearly a year old? Here’s why — and why it doesn’t necessarily mean you should panic.”

"“A number of commodities, including apples, may be stored to extend their availability for marketing,” she said. “In controlled temperatures and low humidity, apples can be stored for months before being consumed.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, freshly picked apples left untreated will last a few weeks before they turn soft and rot, so they’re often stored under temperature-controlled conditions that allow them to last up to 10 months. Once they’re removed from storage, however, the clock starts ticking again."

today.com/food/apple-you-just-bought-might-be-year-old-does-it-2D80207170
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Well, there it is. The apple of my dreams may be in cold storage far away from me. Perhaps he went to McIntosh U out east and I went to Gala Tech. And, as an apple myself, I’d like to point out that we don’t really have the vantage point of checking out all the apples on the table especially since they are surrounded by their apple friends and maybe the apple of my dreams is dating a Granny Smith right now and the timing is just off.

Don’t even get me started on rampant pollination since the '60s. 🤓

Back to the potato fiesta. I’m rather fond of potatoes myself. :curtsey:
 
BlueEyedLady said:
I’ve thought about it a bit more and I think that the analogy could be tweaked a little.

I don’t think that it’s so much that all the good apples get taken as it is that the older you get, the harder it is to look for apples. After college, the pool of fruit that you have regular, easy access to shrinks significantly. When you start working full-time or more to launch your career, it becomes much harder to find the time to look for fruit, as delicious as it is. Often, this causes people to try to buy apples online. Sometimes that works out beautifully, and sometimes it’s a long, frustrating experience.

Anyway, you get the idea.
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I disagree. In college, all the apples are green and sour, because they aren’t ripe yet. While its true that the pool of apples gets smaller if you wait a few years, but you also eliminate all the apples that went rotten.
 
Allegra said:
I disagree. In college, all the apples are green and sour, because they aren’t ripe yet. While its true that the pool of apples gets smaller if you wait a few years, but you also eliminate all the apples that went rotten.
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Let’s say “in college, nearly all the apples are green and sour.”
 
Allegra said:
I disagree. In college, all the apples are green and sour, because they aren’t ripe yet. While its true that the pool of apples gets smaller if you wait a few years, but you also eliminate all the apples that went rotten.
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It’s not so much choosing the apple, but also the “apple” choosing you, so the analogy kind of falls apart.

As a general rule, men are most attractive after establishing themselves, having a steady job, world experience, and decent savings. This tends to happen at late 20’s to lower thirties. Physically, men are close to their prime in this time period also. It tends to start to drop off considerably at late 30’s as they become less attractive and deal with lower testosterone.

Women are most attractive at acceptable levels of maturity and their peak attractiveness, which tends to be around early-mid twenties. Many women in my extended family were mature enough to marry at 18, so mileage may vary. Women’s marriage value tends to decrease dramatically in their early thirties as fertility and attractiveness wanes.

I have a female co-worker who I worked with for several years lament to me that men aren’t as attentive to her as ten years ago when she started. I was thinking, well, duh. She was mid-twenties when she started, now mid-thirties. She’s no longer the catch she once was.

Remember, the other person is looking for a good apple too. Plan accordingly.
 
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