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Sis and I spent the afternoon cleaning out Mom's linen closet. You might be surprised that this task would take an entire afternoon, but we removed...

I did watch the YouTube you recommended and it was pretty interesting. I had never heard of a Mellotron before. DH overheard some of it and came to...

Terry: You've been a good friend to people struggling to navigate some of these late life nightmare scenarios. Kudos to you.

I guess my generation was spoiled by longevity on a job with a pension and good insurance. Most of my similar age associations have stayed in the...

People can call themselves whatever they like and they could call other people whatever they like. It’s just a dumb label. The people who stormed...

that's admirable and a realistic option (I do not consider buying a house based on betting on long term job security a particularly realistic...

There is also a difference between required business travel (customer mandates in person meeting) and optional (I'm going to party with my coworkers...

Not everyone has the knees or derring-do to bike to work. I certainly don't. I spent years sitting on public transit, expanding my travel time to...

Flying because a job makes you is different than flying on vacation. Noone has to go on vacation. Working is not optional (although some of the...

consider the average time at a job. My *maximum* time at a job was 8 years. My average is under 4 years (sure I count a contract job, it was one of...

Started cleaning the outside of the kitchen cabinets. Cleaned the top half yesterday and polished today. Tomorrow will clean bottom and next day...

Question----Can you kids name some other recordings in particular that have Mellotron in them? Just curious.

Those who stormed the capital on Jan 6th (or provoked them to do so) are NOT patriots IMO but traitors who should be treated as such. The damage...

That's sort of like trading in a big SUV to get a hybrid or EV, when you know someone will buy the SUV and drive it any way.

Oh, I don't know about that. To me, someone considering themselves as patriotic are just expressing their love for something bigger than themselves,...

Not realistic. My site has trouble finding qualified people. Customers have said to me, "Where did they find you?"

Or if everyone who could take a job closer to home did this, freeing up their current job for someone that doesn’t live an hour away. That seems much...

Had a "play day" yesterday, so a lot to get done today. So far, very productive: clothes out on the line, sourdough pizza crust made and ready for...

Easy there. I live in Patriots territory. Only Brady is laughable because he is a traitor.

Nice excuse. If everyone who could did this it would make a difference. Think of the impact of the current great resignation. Some businesses are now...

Okay----this would be a REAL artistic endeavor, to make posters(like Andy Warhol) out of images of Pizza Places. Well, wouldn't it? I submit this...

If I quit my job the reduction in carbon footprint would be nonexistent. My employer would simply hire someone else to do the same job and my work...

I finally got around to Don't Look Up, which I'm working my way through and enjoying. We truly are that silly, shallow, and fact-resistant, most of...

When I was house hunting I took the point of a compass and drew a 10 mile radius around my work place on a map (remember paper maps). That was my...

Hahaha! I would also like to take credit for The Last Well Person which I wrote under the nom de plume Norton M Hadler. ;)

Okay---this is a VERY important subject. To me, anyway. See---what happened the other day was, I found a one-hit wonder, who had incorporated the...

People who feel the need to describe themselves as "patriots" are like Elon Musk characterizing himself as an "alpha." Laughable.

I continue to be amazed that working from home isn't the standard for everyone whose job can be done remotely. Commuting is bad for the planet and...

vacations aren't necessary, vacations aren't necessary, vacation aren't necessary. Although if one only took one vacation in a lifetime, it's pretty...

In context I take it to mean cheap gas for everyone, possibly controlled by the government. Out of context and what it means to me is up to one's...

Or not! I have 4 instances where this was not the case. Sometimes the docs just prescribe drugs or procedures to make extra cash.

Meaning what to you?

I really wish human beings could come up with some.form of basic governance that thwarts a Putin from being able to cause such carnage, such ruin,...

Lol, you are probably right, but one of the local scrap metal guys took it.

Had a belated birthday movie night with a sibling and saw three wonderful movies: The Lost City, What We Did On Our Holiday(2nd time for me), and The...

Okay---I know I am wading into deep water that may necessitate rowing, due to the controversial nature of a clash of ideologies caused by my sexist...

Congrats, beckyliz!!

R/R---That is indeed awesome and amazing that DH actually used an exercise bike, until it wore out! Two years is a VERY long time for a consumer...

A never used beach umbrella. Ex had me buy it, never reimbursed me, we never went to the beach, and it has been gathering dust ever since. Every time...

Have plans to do my May hike next weekend when the weather will be cooler.

My son and I were talking about this just yesterday--that no one will do anything until we become the punch line of Don't Look Now. But the changes...

I would consider "citizen friendly" a euphemism.

I don't feel like I'm progressing very rapidly on this list, but classes at The Clay School are partly responsible, and that's OK with me. Update:...

Lovely. I have made all my cookware and dishes on the wheel. I learned in college on a kick wheel. When my kids left for college years ago I...

I think I read that a while back and liked it also.

Wow. I really pushed your buttons because you are stuttering. You may need a job but it doesn't have to be that job. Or maybe you don't need a job...

I just finished Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich. I think Jane might have recommended it; actually, I think she might have written it under a...

And you just hit the nail on the head for why I dont t think we will make enough progress on global warming. Sure, I can talk a good game but at the...

I'm feeling better having cut coffee, high fat foods, and acidic ones. Today I also didn't have any garlic or onions and only felt the heartburn...

Haha! Inadvertent humor. There's some kind of design flaw that makes Russian tanks particularly likely to go up in flames, if they don't just bog...

Interesting pun there Jane, since they seem to be blowing up and hauling off their tanks.

That photo reminded me that children in Australia learned throughout their early years via a radio or shortwave successfully. Thanks for that...

I've made them, and they're excellent, except they didn't really have the chewy texture of brownies--at least mine didn't. They tasted more like a...

I fully agree with this.

People are getting desperate. For the first time ever I saw a uniformed police officer patrolling the supermarket aisles. Deli prices appear to...

I hope the fact that Russian morale is in the tank--they're forced to fight with woefully inadequate supplies (like 1943-era weapons) against an army...

Another email from Astrid. She says there seems to be a sense that the war may not last much longer due to Putin's (alleged) health issues. ...

Thanks for posting, those are lovely! I really like the wood grain effect.

But you probably have before and will again. You were all set to. Not to mention your jetset vacations. You probably use more carbon than me. My car...