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My daughter was a toddler playing under the clothes rack while I was buying my current winter coat. She is now in college.

I picked four things for consignment and threw away a couple tonight.

Small tents are much warmer than big ones. I relearned this on a sub-freezing night last fall.

Many large tents also don't have rainflys that fully cover them, and aren't very dry in heavy rain.

I'm having trouble letting go of my old wardrobe. I'm wearing a number of things that are too big right now, though I'm planning to take several things to a consignment shop next week. Some are...

Losing 1-2 pounds a month at 2200-2300 calories (and 10K steps) a day. Down 50+ pounds since mid-2014, and would like to lose another 20.

Picked a major my senior year of high school and stuck with it.

Daughter has switched majors once (as a freshman), then added a minor, then made the minor a second major.

I never thought Biden would run. He looked to me to be in a position where he could have run if Hillary Clinton's candidacy failed, but with no intention of running otherwise. The Democrats have a...

Thanks, good to hear from all of you! Can't say we're living very simply these days, but healthy and resonably solvent is good.

Facebook is a real mixed bag for me. There are some very good...

I've lurked here a few times this year, and thought I'd check in. I still recognize a lot of names, even after 3 years or so.

I'm mulling over a career transition/semi-retirement, certainly...

We just bought a Fusion hybrid, so glad to hear yours is doing so well!

If it comes on again, replace the gas cap, preferably with one from the dealer (for the tether alone).

Well worth the $20 - $25 before you start with any diagnosis or repair.

Also bought an older used car with a known history early this year, it's doing fine so far. It will eventually become our daughter's.

I have hobbies and family relationships that involve long...

I'm with you. Just spent $1400 on our old car, and within a few weeks got a repair estimate for $2800 more.

The old car is gone now, there's a brand new replacement in our driveway. I've long...

Tuckpointing is so often done so badly by "professionals", that a careful homeowner will almost certainly do an above-average job. Paying any attention at all to matching mortar color seems to be...

Yes, as shown on the map, it is hot in the Eastern half of the U.S. relative to the rest of the world. The hottest 24 hour mean in 115 years of records in Washington, DC, according to the Washington...

Denial is not a river in Egypt.

How many record low vs. record high temperatures have we had in the past 30 years?
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We are car shopping for my wife this week, (yes, brand new) and 0% vs. market rate interest is within $300 of being a wash.

It is sad, surgery is recommended with remarkable casualness.

Sounds like your mothers temperament is nothing new, so there is not much reason to think it's a new drug.

Awakened, I'm very sorry to hear about your mom's situation. I have become so skeptical about multiple prescription drugs in recent years. Every doctor piles on a couple of more, and nobody looks...

Have you looked for "Rough Service" or "Vibration Resistant" bulbs? Grainger may be a source if you have an institution or business name to use.

Philips or Osram Sylvania may be better sources...

Haven't planned in detail, but know we won't be in our fairly expensive, large-lot suburban neighborhood.

Probably will move to a smaller town within 3 hours of where we are now, though we will...

Might also have the soil pH checked to see if it is incorrect, something that can be fixed cheaply and safely. In the East, we'd say acidic soil is the problem, but the link below says basic soils...

...and I think my 150 foot barefoot round trip (9 or 10 months a year) to get the morning paper is a big deal.

We have done very little investing outside of retirement accounts. Both major providers are very low fee.

In retirement accounts, we've stuck pretty close to 50% stock, 50% fixed income since...

The county where I live has started a 5 cent tax on each plastic bag. I started out being skeptical, especially since I am not good at remembering to being them from my car.

But the tax seems to...