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5-20-22, 9:53pm
You could probably say that 60 years ago. Now the differences are stunningly obvious, IMO.
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5-19-22, 9:26am
Smoothly merging two themes:
Olga showed up in my genealogy research. She was a badass.
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5-18-22, 6:06pm
Congratulations, Tradd! Happy work stories are as rare as hen's teeth.
I took a toll bridge once; they just recorded my license plate and sent me...
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5-18-22, 1:18pm
I took a jewelry class--loved the drill press! Who knows why.
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5-17-22, 9:41pm
And I guess these lasting effects are not always apparent--like kidney failure.
I'm not eager to find out if I'm one of the unlucky ones.
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5-17-22, 9:05pm
More and more studies seem to indicate COVID can cause lasting damage, including to the brain and gut. I haven't heard of colds and flu doing that.
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5-17-22, 8:58pm
I don't have GERD issues, but I read somewhere that sleeping on your left side helps.
I think you're wise to limit drugs similar to Zantac, which...
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5-17-22, 5:10pm
This post is wonderful, and belongs in the "Our Creative Endeavors" thread--or whatever it's called.
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5-17-22, 5:04pm
I thought "cluttercore" might be right up my alley, but my mess is way more organic than these examples. I'll never be a Scandi-minimalist, but I...
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5-17-22, 4:58pm
By perusing FB come-ons, I have determined that the Nigerian prince scam has been replaced by pages featuring distinguished-looking gray-haired...
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5-17-22, 8:18am
It wouldn't surprise me if North Korea's death rate were that high, due to their substandard medical establishment, but it's unlikely we'll ever know.
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5-17-22, 8:13am
What fun--I'll be looking forward to seeing what you produce!
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5-15-22, 7:44pm
It's a silicone concoction designed to allow for smoother application of foundation, if I'm not mistaken.
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5-15-22, 11:30am
Your "bottom of the barrel metrics for the developed world" struck a chord with me. From affordable education to maternal mortality, we are failing...
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5-14-22, 9:26am
A boy and his dog! My father would have loved this.
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5-13-22, 12:21pm
OMG--Quiverfull. Shades of the Duggars.
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5-13-22, 11:52am
My opinion on this issue has never wavered. This is true for all my boomer friends and relatives, as well.
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5-12-22, 9:08pm
I have a wonderful Sandisk MP3 around here somewhere, There are several similar models on Amazon.
ETA: Sandisk is a well-established brand.
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5-12-22, 9:04pm
Geez. What's wrong with this picture...
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5-12-22, 7:48pm
Good for them. Those babies don't need to face starvation on top of everything else,
Our supposed formula shortages are due to factory issues, and...
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5-12-22, 7:08pm
Amazon Fresh seems to have formula. IMO, this shortage has little or nothing to do with Ukraine.
Is that country your scapegoat du jour?
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5-12-22, 5:42pm
Alito's Sir Matthew Hale certainly was. I know "what goes around comes around," but this is ridiculous.
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5-12-22, 5:27pm
Inflation happens periodically under all administrations, and throughout the world, but it's not so crippling here.
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5-12-22, 5:25pm
They're all about book banning--at least one knuckle-dragging Tennessee legislator is OK with book burning, even.
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5-12-22, 3:44pm
There are about a billion high-capacity cheap MP3 players available, so you should be able to find one.
My tablet is a 10" Kindle Fire. Not...
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5-12-22, 2:29pm
I just read an alarmist article predicting Horrible Things will happen if we allow the world population to continue to decline. Amy Coney Barrett is...
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5-12-22, 2:17pm
I agree with this, especially the first sentence. I don't belong to the Church of the Holy Fetus.
I would argue that the 88-93% of zygotes/fetuses...
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5-12-22, 2:09pm
I guess that's a rhetorical question. Third trimester abortions are rare and subject to medical review. A viable fetus is just that, and should be...
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5-12-22, 2:04pm
I live in an area that, so far, has no water worries, but I still have a xeriscape yard full of ground cover and ferns--no grass or plants that...
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5-12-22, 12:42pm
Bears repeating. But I'm just a "vessel (uterus reference)," an "old bag (uterus reference). and "hysteric" (uterus reference), not credited for...
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5-12-22, 10:42am
That's a lovely house, for sure. Maybe the new owner will plant some trees...:D
I need a foyer, however tiny. When you open the door to this...
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5-11-22, 2:33pm
As many have pointed out, termination of pregnancy should be between a woman (child, transman) and her doctor. I would hope the doctor in question...
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5-11-22, 9:52am
Actually, I was thinking in general, so including parents. I rather doubt sadomasochism comes up in early education much, but I suppose it might...
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5-10-22, 10:54pm
Theoretically, a woman forced to carry her pregnancy to term might try to raise the resulting child and fail at the task, leaving the offspring in...
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5-10-22, 6:14pm
I fear we're rapidly hurtling backwards toward a third-world tin-pot dictatorship. I hope I'm wrong.
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5-10-22, 5:49pm
There are thousands and thousands of kids in foster care, but I suspect these people want "new" children.
Also, Alito's source (Sir Matthew Hale)...
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5-10-22, 5:37pm
Thank you!
They'll be relieved.
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5-10-22, 5:15pm
Well thank God for our loosely-interpreted Second Amendment, or they wouldn't have enough guns for the job! :~)
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5-10-22, 5:08pm
The clarity!
Could you explain this phenomenon from a picture my friend sent from your area today? (red tide? toxic spill?)
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5-10-22, 5:02pm
Bolding mine. Isn't it generally accepted that you explain concepts--at an age-appropriate level of language--when the student asks?
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5-10-22, 4:55pm
"In my experience, most men don't have a clue about sex. Most women, too, but the burden of disappointment falls overwhelmingly on the poor ladies....
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5-10-22, 4:48pm
YOU'RE doctor-resistant! :D
Aside from the several hours it took to sleep off the anesthetic, the last time I was in the hospital was to attend...
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5-10-22, 4:42pm
There was no pain-- just muscle stiffness from the gas inflation for about a day, and nausea from the anesthetic. Surgery was in the morning, and I...
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5-10-22, 12:49pm
For those who don't want a pregnancy under any circumstances, I recommend tubal ligation--no drugs, quick recovery, and--at least in my case, no side...
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5-9-22, 10:38pm
We've been wasting billions for years on "defense" budgets that were wasted on all kinds of pointless adventurism. IMO, joining with NATO and other...
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5-6-22, 7:08pm
"Of all the ridiculous things, the most ridiculous seems to me to be busy." --Soren Kierkegaard
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5-6-22, 6:21pm
We definitely had a welcome distance. I think she preferred her son's ex. :)
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5-6-22, 5:50pm
Haha--my SO's mother referred to me as "What's-her-name." Oh well.
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5-6-22, 2:34pm
I'm working my way through the second of two rather whiney memoirs, and I have an Alex Delaware audio coming up, which should be a good palate...
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5-6-22, 2:27pm
Hot dogs--with lots of onions and relish.
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5-6-22, 2:26pm
What an experience--and I love that you heard from your dog!
Although I tend to be skeptical of people who claim to be psychics or mediums--I...
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5-5-22, 11:54am
Amen to that! I hope it stays that way, but the trend is ominous.
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5-4-22, 11:08pm
Sometimes political news is at least good for a laugh...:D
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5-4-22, 11:06pm
I don't have an opinion on forgiving college loans per se, but the predatory lending practices and high interest rates that accompany them should be...
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5-4-22, 11:00pm
I doubt most of the old fossils involved in making these outrageous laws could find a vulva on a map, let alone understand basic reproduction.
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5-4-22, 10:54pm
I like ginger beer and would like to explore mocktails more. I'm a big fan of variety.
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5-3-22, 9:35pm
I wonder what caused him to reappear? Scary business!
Tangentially, Firefox Opera comes with free VPN. Chrome is my regular browser, but I'm all...
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5-3-22, 5:09pm
Interesting times, indeed.
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5-3-22, 11:40am
I think you're on to something--your BIL probably has some cognitive limitations that your MIL was trying to shield him from, when he really needed...
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5-3-22, 10:32am
His response is similar to Vladimir Putin's stock response to business owners who dare to challenge him--he just nationalizes their business and...
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