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Well, I’ve been at current job two years now. Things are pretty decent. The import supervisor is still extremely difficult to deal with often. I...

I just threw something into the pot, as well.

I laughed at the “rot” for “wrought” iron fence in the link IL posted. :laff:

Wow! Love that blue

It depends which suburb. I’m in the NW suburbs and traffic isn’t particularly bad.

I’m a suburbanite. I’ve now lost 5lbs on WW. Still experimenting with what I can eat, portion sizes, etc.

I work with a number of Indians (company half owned by an Indian family). They are vegan. They are quite fat. The amount of fried goods in Indian...

Still down 4lbs even though it was my birthday yesterday and I indulged some. Work had apple pie instead of cake. I was asked what I wanted. I just...

I dislike lemon in beverages except for ice tea or lemonade.

Down 3lbs. Biggest changes are going to no-fat yogurt and skim milk. I’d been eating a lot of whole milk yogurt and low fat milk. Now half a Thomas’...

A friend runs a warehouse. Every employee has to be able to run a forklift, which means you have to pass pre-employment and occasional drug tests. He...

Highly doubt there will be anyone rioting in support of Trump in Chicago, but the hood rats don’t need much of an excuse to cause trouble.

Meanwhile in Chicago, there are two black guys who were tortured into confessing to a murder in the early 90s. There was a Chicago cop who apparently...

That’s been going on for years - the dispensation to eat meat if St Patrick’s is on a Friday.

Sweetssna, I’ve got my Apple Watch tied into the WW app and they give you points for exercise or steps. I have a smart scale already that doesn’t tie...

Thanks! IL, if I go to the store more, I spend a lot more.

Just joined Weight Watchers online at lunch. Nice app with a barcode scanner. I need to lose about 20-25lbs. Everyone I know who does well has used...

Rosa, do the license renewals need appts due to the Real ID thing? Here in IL, you can still choose to go without a Real ID DL. I have a passport and...

IL, so sorry to hear.

The backlog at local auto body shops is crazy. I accidentally rear ended someone in mid-December right before my FL trip. Had to get a rental for...

I just read several articles on SVB’s situation in the Economist (I’m a subscriber). There are a number of factors that make SBV’s situation unique....

I’m Orthodox so it’s traditionally no meat/no dairy for all of Lent and Holy Week. I don’t give up dairy anymore, but do mostly give up meat. I’ve...

Roger, is there a rod and gun club or something similar that might take your ammo? Any local hunting group you might have belonged to in the past?

Gas prices jumped 40 cents overnight - from $3.24 to $3.64. Crazy. NW suburban Chicago.

Got some shrimp on sale. Haven’t had it in a long time. Made a Lenten favorite - Spicy Moroccan Shrimp - from my Middle Eastern cookbook.

Hehe. The hood rats are stealing the stores blind, yet the community leaders wailing about food deserts won’t admit stores are closing due to theft....

I don’t like any of them as is. I don’t like artsy-fartsy like these are.

Still working my way through Mercedes Lackey’s Heralds of Valdemar series. Whole bunch of books that were published more recently I’d never picked up.

Rob, I am SHOCKED! Holy cow!

You forgot the “there’s too many black and brown people behind bars” so we have to keep as many free as we can.

So less than 24 hours after Lori lost, the police superintendent resigned. He was appointed by Groot and both of the candidates in the runoff said...

I do a good bit of research before diving a wreck that’s new to me. And yes, I remember those who went down with the ship if there were deaths.

I will be diving in Alpena in late summer.

The new state archaeologist, Jim Skibo, is apparently quite the gem.

Speaking of WI, I’m now a volunteer for the WI State Historical Society. My WI cave/rebreather instructor is one of their maritime archaeologists....

Guess I had that wrong but does does LOOK like a Beetlejuice character. The Babylon Bee has an absolutely hysterical bit on her blaming her loss...

Catherine, To give you an idea, Lightfoot’s nickname locally is Groot, after one of the characters from Beetlejuice. She won all 50 wards in...

Correct. Paul Vallas, who got the most votes, was described on the radio last night as a “bungalow belt conservative.” That’s not really a...

The uncleared snow is how SHE got into office. Unsure why she didn’t get re-elected.

Yep, Jane Byrne was the last single term mayor.

I remember reading multiple times that the Wuhan lab had a spotty safety record. So I can totally accept that an accidental exposure happened. Of...

Absolutely delighted. There’s no a runoff between Paul Vallas, who was head of the Chicago Public Schools, when I moved to Chicago in 1996, and the...

Absolutely peeved right now. Remember, I’m a customs broker and have been in intl transportation for 30 years. One of the import people screwed up...

I have one of my own. There’s a CBP form I have to use a lot for one customer’s shipments. CBP set up the form so you cannot save any data typed into...

absolutely!

I’ve got an antique bed that is higher than modern beds. I’ve been storing a lot of canned goods and paper goods under the it the last three years. I...