Tradd
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About $3.60 here in northern IL.

Got home about 8 (after massage) and a car without handicapped placard or plates was in the handicapped spot by my door that I park in. Took photos...

Just finished Adam Higginbotham’s book on the Challenger disaster. Great week. Read it in a weekend. Now on his Chernobyl book.

I'm secretary of a Great Lakes area underwater archaeology group. I have minutes from our last meeting in January. Next meeting is in October. I just...

I call them Cobra Chickens and despise them. They're all over here.

Data brokers are selling your flight into to CBP and ICE. ...

The tariff whiplash has started up again. Interestingly, no panic from customers yet. I guess they're waiting to see what happens. So many changes...

ICE was checking out the National Museum of Puerto Rican Art in Chicago in the last day or two. When asked, they said they were checking out the...

He needs to put a tracker in it. AirTag for iPhone and Tile for Android. I swear by AirTags. They’re in my purse and keys. Link up to the Find My...

A case of sparking water or soda or whatever she likes isn’t an issue.

Otherwise what you suggested sounds good. Ask her about drinks. Maybe she prefers diet to regular or sparking water, etc.

Isn’t Medicare for seniors and Medicaid for low income/disabled folks?

I’d ask her what she likes to eat and drink. Maybe she’s a vegan or veggie?

The NYT has been doing some bang-up coverage of all this stuff.

We're finally getting a good soaking rain here right now. Cooler, too. It was 80 when I left church about 1. Now it's down to 73 at 4:15. We need the...

Now almost 70 people dead. A lot still missing.

Love the blues of that bowl!

Glad to hear you’re feeling better

Totally agreed on stacking cash.

The tariff situation is one of the reasons I have a NYT subscription ($4/month) as they have very good coverage on the trade stuff.

Welcome! You'll just have to contact customer service wherever you're ordering from and ask both where it's shipping from AND country of origin...

Where are you ordering from? If ordering from Amazon, make sure it says "fulfilled by Amazon." That means it's shipping from a US Amazon warehouse,...

I imagine you have tubs and tubs of decor. Will you ever get to the end of it?

I make the shrimp a lot during Lent and Advent. The bulgar and chickpeas is also good, as is the lentils and rice with carmelized onions.

Apparently the prez will be sending out tariff letters to 12 countries beginning on Monday. These will tell countries what duties the US will assess...

I read the Declaration myself from the National Archives website. Read part of David McCullough’s John Adams biography. Made hot dogs for myself. It...

Tell oldest to put a bluetooth tracker in his wallet. AirTag for iPhone, Tile for Android.

When I got unemployment during Covid, I had both state and fed taxes taken out of it so I didn’t have to come up with it later.

Some states don't tax retirement income at all. No SS, no pensions, retirement account withdrawals. Illinois is one of them.

Dude, Muslims will never be liberal. You would actually vote for someone who is a practicing member of a religion that believes your kind should be...

Sorry to hear this. That stinks.

Bought a new MacBool Air yesteryear on sale for $150 at Best Buy. My previous MacBook Air was a 2015 model that died around 2022, and then I got a...

Just started Saving a Continent: The Untold Story of the Marshall Plan.

That AI generated image of Bae is pretty similar to how I pictured him!

Depending on what happens with Medicaid, also talk with an independent insurance agent about a policy for you. When I was laid off during covid, I...

Who is your email provider? That is effed up.

Do you have two factor authentication on your FB account? What about your email account? Email account is a big one since it's the key to so much...

Do you have two factor authentication on your FB account? What about your email account? Email account is a big one since it's the key to so much...

Good God, what chaos

I’m delighted to see Iran getting its butt handed to it. That’s been needed for decades.

Ugh. Sorry to hear.

There were 25% steel/aluminum tariffs effective in Orange Man’s first term. What happened in March is that they were extended to a lot of...

I had the delightful experience at the end of an extremely stressful week of proving a customs trade atty WRONG. Very. VERY wrong. Customer of mine...

What was the problem?

I have an Apple Store 10 minutes from me. Sometimes I get stuff there, sometimes Best Buy. Just depends.

Best Buy is actually great for Apple stuff. Often sales.

Go to St Louis and go to the Apple Store. If you want to be hands on, best place.

I know so many people who try to buy locally, but the store doesn’t have what they need, so they go home and order online.

Will the fabric store actually have what you need?

Same here. And what’s scary is that I see a TON of cars without their lights on when it’s almost fully dark.