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3-3-21, 7:56pm
A dull routine of going to work 5 days a week and not much else. I do go for essential services like car repairs.
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3-3-21, 6:41pm
Mac and cheese.
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3-3-21, 4:29pm
Salem is pretty unique at Halloween. There are many other fun things but you can find them in other places as well.
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3-3-21, 1:17pm
When covid is over one place I want to go is the Dr Seuss Museum in Springfield, MA. It will be interesting to see if/how they address this.
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3-3-21, 10:17am
Sorry you had this reaction. I have used it without incident, but an over the counter product. Was yours prescription and possibly stronger?
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3-2-21, 10:04pm
Potato salad, tossed salad, vanilla pudding. I planned this week"s groceries around the assumption I might not have a microwave.
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3-2-21, 9:58pm
I have written probably almost a year ago about how difficult I find it to wear masks, that I have never been one who can wear a turtleneck, can't...
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3-2-21, 9:06pm
I have taken road trips to all the lower 48 states and observed that in rural America the most common store (in many places the only supermarket and...
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3-2-21, 8:34pm
What if you lived on a desert island by yourself?
What if you said your significant other who does not live with you was in a "pod" with you?
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3-2-21, 8:28pm
DS cleaned the old microwave from the basement. It has a little burnt smell so he plugged it into a surge protector and said watch it while food is...
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3-2-21, 8:12pm
Rob are you the owner of multiple properties? I never pictured you as a member of the propertied class.
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3-2-21, 7:25pm
The latest idiocy of my governor - if you were born with diabetes or got it as a young child through no fault of your own (type 1) you are SOL when...
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3-2-21, 6:45pm
There are other places without a statewide mask mandate in which the majority of the state is under local mandates. Tennessee is one example. A state...
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3-2-21, 6:32am
I've been thinking more about this. I know people who do spend large portions of their weekends away from home weekends even during the winter, but...
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3-1-21, 7:40pm
Rusty water as seen in my bathtub. This is why when some here say slap a filter on your faucet and drink the stuff instead of buying gallons of water...
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3-1-21, 4:29pm
Stapling it together did not work with the pillow so out it went.
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3-1-21, 4:27pm
My whole family is vegetarian, so no, not special for me.
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3-1-21, 6:32am
I read that the trend now is away from open concept. With more people working from home they want office space, remote learning room, free from...
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3-1-21, 6:23am
The errands etc do not take up most of the weekend. In my neighborhood people's cars are parked in their driveways most of the day on weekends. In...
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3-1-21, 2:49am
I disagree that most working people spend most of their weekends away from home. This is especially not true in northern winters when it is cold out...
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2-28-21, 7:50pm
Homemade rolls with homemade vegan cheese, both made by my mother.
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2-28-21, 5:27pm
Today I met with my parents and DB who lives with them parked in our respective cars with the heat on and the windows down. Once my parents are fully...
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2-28-21, 4:08pm
Kuii banana flavored coconut milk drink.
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2-28-21, 3:55pm
He would keep doing the same thing regarding women, losing weight, or whatever, and expect different results.
He also rejected facts, like that...
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2-28-21, 2:39pm
KayLR are you talking this place? It looks pretty cool.
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2-28-21, 1:57pm
February is the 81st month I have tracked my spending excluding payroll deductions. While I went over my aggressive budgeting goal for the month my...
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2-28-21, 1:50pm
The Last Million about displaced persons after WW2, including how so many Nazi collaborators ended up in the US.
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2-28-21, 6:45am
My microwave died - it is making loud noises and throwing off sparks. It gave me decades of use so I don't hate it.
DS has an old one in the...
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2-28-21, 6:42am
No comparison at all. George Parker worked hard in a warehouse and paid taxes and is probably fit. Ultralight had a desk job and scarfed down tons of...
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2-27-21, 5:10pm
Finally a glimmer of common sense. Vermont says if you are fully vaccinated you can travel there without being quarantined or tested upon arrival. No...
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2-27-21, 4:09pm
Another month over budget. I got 150 gallons of home heating oil, the price of which has gone up, and made car repairs - replaced the oil pressure...
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2-26-21, 9:21pm
Yes. When I had the floor redone in that room my original plan was to rip up the old flooring myself but all I did was remove the carpeting and I...
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2-26-21, 7:20pm
Snow peas sauteed with vegetable sauce and shredded cheese.
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2-26-21, 10:12am
I am curious about this too. Some of my drywall ceilings have hairline cracks. Of more concern is an acoustic tile ceiling that is sagging in one...
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2-26-21, 6:45am
This isn't really frugal because I already spent the money, but I am finding things I forgot I bought during covid stockups. For instance, today...
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2-25-21, 8:54pm
Well Alan if you're Hitlerian and I'm a Russian troll we still need to find out who is the pawn of China, since bashing that country is popular now....
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2-25-21, 1:10pm
It is warm enough on sunny days I do not have to run the car for the heat at lunchtime, which helps a little offsetting the ever rising price of gas.
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2-24-21, 9:09pm
Not everyone can be content with their means. People experiencing $2 a day poverty often lurch from crisis to crisis. Many goals are not doable for...
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2-24-21, 7:46pm
In over half of all countries not a single person has been vaccinated against covid. When a country has enough of its people vaccinated to achieve...
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2-24-21, 6:38pm
Bamboo shoots with levant brand veggie spread.
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2-24-21, 6:12pm
I guess it is human nature. There is one person here I blocked because she was always complaining about being overwhelmed but refused to take...
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2-24-21, 11:26am
Sun, sun, glorious sun. The sun rises early enough now I can see it on my commute and it was out today instead of snow, sleet and rain. The...
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2-24-21, 6:44am
Costa Rica is a stable democracy, has a decent sized expat community, and is a good choice.
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2-24-21, 6:12am
You Ought To Do A Story About Me about an NFL player turned drug addict
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2-22-21, 8:50pm
People are breaking under the strain. A coworker went out to eat for the first time in over a year this past weekend. I have backslid into drinking...
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2-22-21, 8:10pm
A customer was saying today he shouldn't have to wear a mask because he is fully vaccinated, so it is not just me and the Israelis who think this way.
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2-21-21, 8:03pm
9/11 left everyone feeling vulnerable. 1/6 left people working in the Capitol vulnerable, but they were also targets on 9/11 but one of the terrorist...
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2-21-21, 7:54pm
You'll have plenty of fodder if you want to keep up your anti policy brutality efforts, as noted in the article I posted a link to in your thread...
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2-21-21, 7:51pm
I saw on the news since the Pfizer vaccine is proving 98.5% effective in Israel people there with a vaccine passport are living life normally, going...
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2-21-21, 6:08pm
There is a big disconnect here in what Fauci is saying:
- By summer 2021 everyone who wants a vaccine can get one
- People will need to wear...
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2-21-21, 12:25pm
Steamed asparagus dipped in mascarpone.
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2-21-21, 9:33am
A Bookshop in Berlin is my pick from this week's crop of books I started. It is nonfiction set in the days up to and during WW2.
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2-20-21, 10:15pm
Homemade kale chips following afternoon grazing on pistachio frozen Greek yogurt and hunks of Swiss cheese.
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2-20-21, 11:55am
I paid myself first today, making my 2021 Roth IRA contribution including catchup. House, car, etc can wait.
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2-20-21, 8:37am
Women in the US have a 4% chance of developing colon cancer. I have reviewed the risk factors and concluded my risk is below that:
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2-20-21, 2:51am
I do not listen to Michael Jackson anymore after watching Leaving Neverland nor do I watch Roseanne since her racist comments.
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2-20-21, 2:44am
Last night was a zucchini omelet.
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2-20-21, 2:42am
The doctor said if you have had polyps before it is likely Cologuard will come up suspicious and then she will want a colonoscopy. I told her if we...
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2-19-21, 8:30pm
Had my annual physical and wouldn't you know my neck rash had cleared up but the doctor said if it comes back let her know and she will call in a...
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