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I have a lot of stuff made in Vietnam and other SE Asia countries besides China.

I’ve had no issues getting rid of a lot of books. Popular fiction type stuff is easily passed around friends, especially right now with seniors not...

Come to Chicago! Carjackings are through the roof. 150 so far for this year. All neighborhoods being hit.

With Talbots you can also return to the store. Big sales right now. But they’re expensive. You might be better off with LL Bean if you’re...

Good luck!

First of all, are you a different size? Aka tall, petites, etc? Have you measured yourself before ordering and used the size chart? If stores...

On pasta with olive oil and Parmesan?

Can’t wait to see it when it’s done!

Of course IL’s photos are sideways.

Really? Here in IL, my state unemployment was $384/week. I was very fortunate to get the $600/week. If all you’re getting is $384/week, do you...

All I can said is...evangelicals. They get some really weird ideas about stuff. Big cults of personality.

My non-RealID DL expires in March. I was happy to get a letter telling me I was eligible to renew online a couple of weeks ago, and so I renewed...

For those that are mailing packages, are you aware that you can arrange for pickup of the packages from your door? Free if it’s the same time as your...

Making much more use of ebooks from the library.

As far as I can tell, corrections officers and those such as sheriff’s deputies who serve as CO in country jails have NOT been vaccinated yet, per...

I don’t know if the prison staff have already be vaccinated. Was planning on researching that tonight.

The IL gov has said that prisoners, regardless of age or health conditions, are going to be prioritized in the next round of vaccinations. People on...

Rosa sorry you had so much trouble but the way you wrote it was pretty amusing.

That Biden travel ban removal has to do with Trump bans on travel from Muslim countries.

I find it interesting that it was two left leaning members who left.

Anyone who is smart about it, will have the taxes taken out from each unemployment check. That’s what I did. Ugh. Just read it was for the extra...

The UK strain has just been detected in IL for the first time. Someone in the Chicago area who traveled to the UK.

Wow!

I hate the taste of my tap water. What I do is put it in a glass jug in the fridge and let it get really cold. That totally improves the taste. I...

I like Miss Read’s Fairacre series so much better. Have all of them in paperback. There’s about 20 of those. I’ll have to check out Barbara Pym....

Got the NYT digital subscription yesterday and read through the app. Forgot how much I liked it. Worth the $8/month.

Reading the Thrush Green series by Miss Read. Set in a small English village after World War II. Very cozy. Comfort reads. The Hoopla app through my...

My favorite Chinese brand name is Apeman. It’s the brand for cheap, but adequate GoPro knockoff cameras. I got one for $70 off Amazon a few years ago...

Just a thought.

Iris, you might be better off with a thermal urn/pitcher that would keep your water hot. I looked at the kettles on Amazon and I only found one that...

Lovely!

This is pretty much me. Higher utility bills, but not by much. This winter has been pretty mild so far so I've been keeping the heat pretty low. I'm...

When the vent hood over the stove broke in my apartment, I asked the landlord if he would replace it with a vent/microwave combo. He did. I love it....

I may have to get a NYT digital subscription again. Thanks.

I will say the NYT has the best newspaper app I’ve come across. The Trib’s has always been horrid.

IL, I’ve been selling some scuba gear online and the boxes from incoming orders have been recycled for the stuff I’ve sold.

I have a journalism degree and was a reporter for 18 months in the early 90s. I used to love the Chicago Tribune. They’ve gone through a number...

I love percale so will have to check those out for summer.

I’ll be doing an ice diving class this winter. A few years ago there were a bunch of ice fishers that got caught on a big piece of ice that broke...

Happy, losing weight is a good thing! I forgot to ask. Is the OT all one day or spread out over a week?

Happy, sorry to hear about the OT. Other than that, how is the job going?

So sorry to hear that!

Just post whatever you like.

My priority is my diving. Not politics. I double majored in political science and journalism in college. But it’s just gotten to be too much.

12 full kitchen garbage bags (13 gallon) gone. Clothes, non-sensitive papers, a few books, just a whole bunch of crap. Glad to have it gone. I’m beat.

I had some vintage 100% cotton sheets I’d been given a while back that finally wore out. I find jersey sheets, a t-shirt like material to be good. I...

Will your BF even go for a walk in your neighborhood or a local park?

APM, I had no idea so much in CA was still open. Got the opposite impression from the news.

Sold $620 worth of scuba gear today.

Wow. That’s great.

I’m spending a lot more time on a diving forum and diving groups on FB. No politics.

Terry, glad to hear it got taken care of so quickly.

Sorry to see you go, Tammy. I’ve decided I’m staying out of the political stuff. It’s just too much. I’m staying out of it everywhere, not just...

A friend is living in Mexico temporarily. She got her cave diving training down there. She’s in Tulum, on the Yucatán peninsula. Even got her temp...

Partially went through the bathroom before starting work this morning. No diving this weekend so I’m planning on a massive declutter. Actually...

I’m definitely planning on getting it when I’m eligible.

Pitched a pair of pants I don’t like and don’t fit well anymore.

I’m in an affluent Chicago suburb. Nothing going on here.