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When I was working, I used the "hours worked to pay for" idea. How many hours would I have to work to pay for XYZ? That helped me determine its value - to me, at least. Now, I use "what else...

$3.77 at the interstate exit closest to us this morning, here in west central Ohio. I paid 3.74 last week.

I gotta say I'm with LDAHL on this one. What did appeasement of Putin do for the Crimea, and now Ukraine, and long-term stability of Europe? Bullies do not respect those they perceive as "weak". ...

I've always used a long-handled plastic slipper spoon, turned over to use the convex side. I hate it when my back is itchy and dry!!

Well, I'm an uber liberal, and my brother - an otherwise intelligent man- is very conservative. I found Rush the Lush totally hysterical, while my Db took him oh-so-very-seriously. So to jp - many...

rr, those are really lovely! Please feel free (in the future) to declutter any of those my way, lol.

I thought that more than half of our electricity is generated by fossil fuels and/or nuclear? All of our appliances are electric but we heat with propane, and don't have central air. I don't see us...

I know - knew- a nurse. She refused the vaccine, refused to mask (although as a surgical nurse, she was ALWAYS masked before!!) and, before she had a chance to get fired, died of covid. We all know...

I actually think of the country splitting with dread (partition of India, etc. as food for thought). We would most likely be in a quasi-to-total Gilead wanna-be, here in Ohio. We don't really have...

congrats on meeting your weight loss goal, jeppy!

rr, those are wonderful - love the colors you've used!!

I always think of it as a "rat race" thing. As in, not being part of it if we don't want to be. Alternatives to keeping up with the Jones's, etc. I think it was originally based on Joe Dominguez...

Yesterday my DB gave us a stack of lightly used foam insulation board, which will be very useful around the house and barn. Hoping to start poking it about this week. Then our trash-picked tower...

Someone in a neighboring town bought a lovely old church (from a congregation that built a new monstrosity outside of town), and promptly painted it black. I am not a fan of black houses in...

Especially those for children, in which little girls are dressed up as adults with hose, heels, and makeup - mini Barbie dolls- sexualized to he!! and back. I have NEVER understood those things....

Some good points here. We seem to accept things we grew up with as "normal" without giving any thought to them. If we looked at many of our cultural events and traditions through a different lens,...

nice - thank you for the pics! Is the piece of pipe for slow watering?

I'm sorry, that is EXACTLY what the SC has just accomplished - forced THEIR WILL on millions of women who have to live in the hell-holes now created by male dominated bigoted "states rights"...

What JP and Catherine said. Sad, and totally disgusted, and not surprised.

thanks, happy - it really was a PIA, and I am so relieved it's done. I'm intrigued by the "interesting" description of your neighbor-made containers. . .

Today (or yesterday, technically speaking) I finally got the big upright freezer defrosted, cleaned, repacked - and DH replaced the seal with the one we bought two years ago. It's all nice and cold...

rolled from spring:
1. divide and rehome some of my early spring native plants and hostas to new bed, and share w/SIL for her new flowerbeds. *this may have to wait until fall, depending on the heat...

In a true discussion in which people are actually LISTENING and OPEN to other points of view, there is generally an acknowledgement of understanding of opposing points, sometimes agreement within the...

final tally:
My spring list update:
*wash kitchen windows w/concurrent cleaning of areas that are not accessible when I don't have to get to the windows. DONE
*clean out shed ne summer kitchen -...

Ah, yes - not today. We must all let go at some point, it's an inevitability - and that will be soon enough for me.