Excellent book. I did get a library copy and I couldn't put it down. He weaves different players involved in the 19th and early 20th century financial markets.... and the relationships they had with...
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Excellent book. I did get a library copy and I couldn't put it down. He weaves different players involved in the 19th and early 20th century financial markets.... and the relationships they had with...
True, but God or whatever you call the Benevolent Universe did double-down on Mikes post-childhood phase when he married C., had two beautiful children, and never looked back at the East Coast once...
So my brother in hospice died on Tuesday. Blood-wise, he was actually a cousin. His mother died in childbirth and his father died when he was six from gall-bladder surgery complications (or at least...
Happy birthday, happystuff! There are so few mathematical equations I relate to... but I'll remember you every time I see a reference to PI. (Does PI have anything to do with the Golden Mean? If so,...
The biggest long-term impact COVID had on my life is that I had a full stop on business travel which continues to this day. We have learned how to do formerly face-to-face interviews by Zoom with...
Really beautiful, rosa!!! And the window shade is so pretty, too!
That's a good point, that the actual "performance" by Britt was so more over the top than Scarlett Johansson's parody of it. But the skit did make me laugh.
Did you guys see it?
I watched the SOTU Thursday night, and I thought Biden did a very good job. I stuck around for the GOP rebuttal. I thought Katie Britt's delivery was a little weird at the...
OMG, I adore "obsessorizing" and "excessories"!! That's PERFECT.
I remember when DH and I demo'd our bathroom and redid it, I couldn't believe how many decisions had to be made for one little...
Lunch lady tells kid that they can't get lunch because mom's check bounced.
Need milk, solicit kids to help dig through couch cushions for change.
Have only $11 to throw a birthday party for 10...
Agreed..BTDT too.
Sounds great, rosa! Nothing better than a good topic led by a passionate instructor. Last night DH and I went to the our local lake organization's headquarters where there was a presentation about...
Interesting reading list. I've read a couple of those books. Paul Russell's book is discussed in this New Yorker piece about, not middle class, but the ruling class:. ...
Vermont--what John King last night called "a quirky little state--was the only state last night to give Nikki Haley a win! I love it.
Alan, I know you think my voting for her was just...
Well, up here, it's half-price pizza night so that's what we're having.
I agree!!
Yes, being 61 he is eligible for senior housing and I have a call in to a nice place now (rents start at 1100) and am expecting a call back. He is in the queue for affordable housing, and he...
You know, I've seen references to it, but never seen it!! Thanks for the endorsement. I'm sure I will love it! I'll let you know what I think.
Cheer up, Rob. Maybe you're lower middle class!
I think if you consider the difference in strata among lower vs middle vs upper middle class, here's a possible description: lower middle class as...
Wow! That is so great!! Did you ever have any idea what his illness was from?
My rave of the day is, I said no! This is like a kid telling her parent she went potty by herself.
The BIL saga...
I made a cabbage barley mushroom soup, and BIL, DS and DIL are here so we're also going to make a roast chicken with potatoes and a veggie we haven't decided on yet.
Old habits die hard. I like sharing the bed with DH, but I can't tolerate having to sleep on top of the covers instead of under. Right now it works for me to go to bed in one bed and get up in...
The cap of my really bad couple of weeks (overworked, brothers sick, DD dog put down, etc. etc.)--I came down with a stomach virus yesterday. So I spent the day in bed, with earbuds on. In the...
I don't know much about him. I'd rather make a statement against Trump than against Biden.
BTW, speaking of politicians, has Jeppy left the forum? I saw she asked to be removed and I see she's...
My next door neighbors are as close to being Luddites as anyone I know. They have very limited income, they are reclusive and extremely frugal. Yet, last summer they finally got smart phones....