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1-29-23, 9:52pm
I sucker into a giant tub of baby spinach because it was on sale and I had to use it up. The experiment was tofu saag over rice, which turned out...
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1-29-23, 9:39pm
I understand now. I give some money to charities through the year, but it's not organized and gets spread around smaller amounts to several causes. ...
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1-29-23, 8:52pm
I'm going to ask my accountant about this when he helps with taxes, but I'm not too sure I understand. When money goes from the IRA to a charity,...
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1-29-23, 6:05pm
I have a Medicare "advantage" plan and all it took to change the primary care doctor was a phone call to their member services as long as the doctor...
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1-29-23, 11:35am
So, as I recall the discussion, you said bodies were piling up in semis because funeral homes were on a partial lockdown. What seems to be the case...
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1-28-23, 9:13pm
Far as I know there were no funeral home lockdowns around here, but there were refrigerated death semis. However funeral services were restricted. ...
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1-28-23, 7:49pm
I spent a couple of weeks in Memphis for work maybe 20 years ago, but never made it to any tourist attractions. I was treated to generous southern...
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1-28-23, 7:33pm
Early in the pandemic it was my understanding that many of the precautions were not necessarily to reduce the death rate, but to buy time for a...
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1-26-23, 5:25pm
I'm more a fan of a flat tax on income, but it would take some fancy marketing for any major change to the way we're taxed. I remember campaign...
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1-25-23, 10:06pm
The Banshees of Inisherin. It was called a dark comedy, but I thought it was just dark. I hope it will win some awards. Not your typical Hollywood...
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1-24-23, 7:33pm
Point taken. Since they seem to have gotten the documents to their closets from a secure area I can guess opportunities could arise.
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1-24-23, 6:48pm
It sort of makes one wonder what these guys may have digitized, put on a flash drive, and stashed somewhere. I guess DC hasn't gone paperless or the...
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1-24-23, 6:36pm
Vegan lasagna. An experiment using processed cashews instead of cheese. I think I did a cashew/cheese experiment once before and it was a failure. ...
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1-24-23, 1:21pm
Regan would be the poster child for required mental competency testing.
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1-23-23, 8:52pm
What I get is that so many people have home test kits, that they test positive but it doesn't get recorded through any formal system. There are...
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1-23-23, 4:58pm
A couple of my news sources are saying the FDA may revise their vaccination recommendations to once a year like the flu shot. I've pretty much...
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1-23-23, 7:34am
The news reports say that some of the documents were from Biden's senate and VP days, some with hand written notes from the day. So that's pretty...
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1-22-23, 5:58pm
If someone wanted to plant them, I wonder how they got into the locked garage where he keeps his corvette.
Assuming there is no big conspiracy...
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1-22-23, 1:20pm
I have begun to wonder if it's common for other high level officials to take these sorts of documents home and they could be everywhere. I've not...
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1-22-23, 7:25am
I agree that the five million is just some sort of drama, but also that it's a warm up for a smaller amount, like maybe a couple of hundred thousand....
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1-21-23, 9:41am
Kids who live at home with parents until they are close to middle age. Bike lanes along streets. Policemen stationed in schools.
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1-20-23, 10:46pm
Those are delightful looking little places. It's too bad they aren't more common and in other areas, too. An uncle lived in Anaheim and worked at...
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1-20-23, 9:25pm
I do believe I am guilty of the excessive rabbit hole exploration. Thanks for getting me back on track.
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1-20-23, 8:30pm
So the free speech guys and the thought police could be opposites? I should leave it at that or maybe query chatGPT. I tried that out the other day...
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1-20-23, 8:05pm
So maybe sort of like Allan? :)
I always get back to the old Pogo saying, "I've seen the enemy and it is us". So maybe they are everywhere.
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1-20-23, 4:50pm
Fortunately I don't know what the broken window theory is and am not sure about who the thought police are.
Fear has taken different forms...
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1-20-23, 1:14pm
He may have had some rough years, but when I was in my 20's CSN+Y were magic. I watched a documentary called Remember My Name from 2019. He had...
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1-20-23, 8:54am
And from my Luddite perspective, the common conversation hasn't changed much since cell phone introduction.
Yoga was once fringe or new agey and...
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1-19-23, 9:57pm
That's a good one and has a few that I've thought of lately. I would have never imagined that marijuana would appear to be legal in so many places...
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1-19-23, 12:55pm
I think it's fair. He's still innocent until proven guilty and can afford expensive lawyers, so it should be a fair trial to say if he's innocent or...
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1-19-23, 8:57am
Our news today announced the third library plus a civic center in the region have been closed for cleanup after contamination by people smoking meth...
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1-19-23, 8:27am
It has gone one a little long. I'd suggest if you don't enjoy the interaction anymore , you don't have to read the thread.
Or maybe someone would...
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1-18-23, 7:39am
Heck, I thought Allan's response was just the standard Republican obfuscation of the issues, or maybe that he just didn't understand correctly.
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1-17-23, 6:24pm
I'm not sure what you're asking since you may have read the article first. My readers digest version is that the failed republican (IL's just some...
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1-17-23, 2:01pm
Nope. Didn't hear about those. The Las Vegas official was apparently a county clerk, which is even more Joe Schmoe that IL's opinion of a...
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1-17-23, 11:30am
My morning news is claiming the Golden Globes was a super spreader event and named a number of stars who have come down with covid. Avoiding large...
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1-17-23, 10:44am
A failed GOP candidate for the state house in New Mexico is accused of conspiring and paying men to shoot at the homes of two democratic legislators...
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1-17-23, 10:05am
Thanks for the encouragement. Today is trash day and I'm putting it in the to-go pile before I have second thoughts.
In a minor way, it feels a...
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1-16-23, 8:48pm
My dad had some problems after his knee replacement and never got full use back, but it was the hip replacement due to arthritis that did him in. I...
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1-16-23, 9:40am
The two exercises I recall from my knee therapy were the stationary bike with a specific resistance regime and weighted lower leg lifts while...
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1-15-23, 10:19pm
I could go one about my various knee and foot problems, but I'd really give a well qualified physical therapist a fair chance. I have been that...
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1-15-23, 10:05pm
Cuban black beans and coconut rice.
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1-14-23, 7:35pm
Yes, natural resource does imply sort sort of of use and plunder these days. I do like the idea of a re-naming.
One of the Audubon Societies...
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1-14-23, 5:59pm
I get some of the great re-naming, but I totally do not get this one. We have something like 25 landmarks with a name beginning with "squaw", like...
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1-14-23, 9:28am
I froze two batches of eggplant parmesan using garden eggplant and pulled a package out to thaw for dinner this morning. Close to the last one.
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1-14-23, 9:21am
Books are a good one. I have half a dozen or more books on my self that are waiting to be read, and a few more I could review again. I've been...
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1-14-23, 8:45am
To say Trump "was" uncooperative would that make it obstruction of justice. Guilty as charged or innocent until proven guilty? Is our legal system...
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1-13-23, 10:28pm
It seems like haggling over terminology to me, but say Trump "was" uncooperative would that make it obstruction of justice. Guilty as charged or...
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1-13-23, 7:55pm
I may have jested about Trump selling them on eBay, but basically suspected something nefarious because he has no ethics and the whole thing seemed...
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1-13-23, 6:19pm
A friend gave me a heads up on the hour or so long Detectorists special that is new this year. The first three seasons rate up there with my most...
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1-13-23, 5:55pm
I can't say if this would help or not. I have various joint pains including shoulder, back, and hip, depending on the season and activities...
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1-13-23, 2:52pm
If I'm going somewhere in a new part of town or new town, or other place I've never been, the other option I used in my even more luddite role was to...
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1-13-23, 2:41pm
I thought that was rather rude and inappropriate, too. So critical national secrets could be as important to Joe as his car? I wonder how long...
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1-13-23, 10:33am
I love the map app. I don't know if this is common being a Luddite, but I use the map app voice directions through my Bluetooth in the car. I'm...
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1-13-23, 8:59am
Yes, typo :-). My apologies to Ms. Miserly, where ever you are.
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1-12-23, 9:54pm
Meatless chili and cornbread
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1-12-23, 9:09pm
I forgot about table clothes which I have used occasionally. I'll have to think about that. Lately it's been mostly placemats.
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1-12-23, 7:28pm
I've had an iron since probably not too long after leaving home and used it somewhat often early for job interviews, weddings and funerals, and maybe...
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1-10-23, 10:05pm
All Creatures Great and Small season 3 on pbs. Much anticipated in my small social circle. The greenery is nice to see this time of year and nd the...
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