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Note on food pantry donations: both pantries in my town have been totally overwhelmed by food donations so they’ve requested no more food donations...

Well, the inflatables are easy enough to store! Much more so than the large plastic lighted figures we used to see in the past.

IL, I like that!

Corgis are actually my favorite breed. I was happy to hear family members will be keeping the dogs.

Gordon Lightfoot’s attention was caught by a Newsweek article that had everything that turned up in the song, including Gitche Gumee. Look up the...

The Great Lakes are really inland seas.

We have maybe 2” on the ground overnight and a winter storm warning that starts at 9pm for lake effect off Lake Michigan. I’m on the edge so probably...

I have a free trial of Kindle Unlimited and I read the Entitled book, or parts of it, anyway. I always knew Randy Andy was weird, but the stuffed...

Houses in Chicago and some nearby suburbs have VERY small front yards. I can’t tell you how many would be jammed with all sorts of inflatables.

I dislike the inflatables. Tacky. However, I love lights. Some homes already had them turned on yesterday on my way home. I don’t mind early dark,...

The GOP thinks illegals and Ronald Reagan's "welfare queen" are getting snap. These are what I keep seeing online. Some also don't want food pantries...

Justice Jackson, one of the liberal justices, said it was to allow more info to be gathered in the case.

My dept at work has meeting with the one owner I can’t stand. Anyway, new guy is working out. Owner has finally realized that the tariff stuff has...

Once again, Rob shows that apples don’t fall far from the tree.

Listened to the almost three hours of oral arguments in the tariff case before the Supreme Court this morning. I had two con law classes in college,...

Yes, totally agreed on easier to let stuff go as I've gotten older!

Agreed with SQ!

Pulled out Merrell leather winter boots I've hardly worn. A heavy winter jacket that was too warm for me. Laptop stand, some travel pouches (for...

Will be posting some things on Buy Nothing group: Apple HomePod Mini and some smart plugs. Siri stinks and so I switched to Alexa. A couple of...

Thanks, Alan. I hadn’t seen that yet.

We don’t know he’s dead yet.

This MAGA stance is what I’m seeing online. It’s very pervasive. One of the big MAGA people said empathy is a weakness. Was that Vance? Can’t...

As I’ve already posted earlier, many MAGA supporters lack empathy. They think if you need this sort of assistance, it’s your fault. Probably from the...

Just had an email with a friend at church about the local food pantry. She is older and is pretty well off. $10K to food pantry! I was thrilled to...

Congrats, IL. Great to hear.

Just threw a donation at the Northern IL Food Bank. That’s outside of Cook County. I’ve also been donating to a local food pantry in my town.

I’m going to go through my cabinets again this week. I still have plenty I can donate.

Wood bank - what a great idea!

Thank you!

After my priest made the announcement about the food pantry drive, I made a short little comment about how cash goes further, using the $1 donation...

Catherine, so sorry to hear!

Absolutely.

Already have.

I've been active for years on a large firearms forum, so mostly conservatives. They're celebrating SNAP ending in less than a week, saying the...

It really pains me that supposed Christians have such contempt for the poor. You see this among many Trump fans. They complain about the government...

Target had sales and coupons on personal care and household products. Spent $20 on shampoo (4), dish soap (2), and a pack of 8 bars of soap. Local...

Oh, yes, I've definitely done that.

I went through my kitchen and pulled out some pasta and pasta sauce as the local pantry has that on their list of needed items. This food pantry...

I needed a new winter jacket. I got a $130 Rei down jacket that was well reviewed. I didn't want to spend a ton, and since I'm plus sized, options...

Yes, it certainly does! The new guy (aka Forrest Gump mentioned in the rant thread) is working out so far. Trying to find time to train him is a...

Got a fabulous compliment from a customer today. He’s been an importer for about 30 years. He said I’m the most informed customs broker he’s ever...

1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin about the Wall Street Crash. He also wrote Too Big Too Fail about the Great Recession.

The real French consider the Quebecois to be barbarians.

Three - English, profanity, and extreme sarcasm.

Nice result!

You want to hear something just bats? In a manager in a dept of two? Me and one other person. There was a third person before I started in 2021, but...

You listen to BBC right off their website to get more!

NY Times, the Economist, the New Yorker. I have digital subscriptions to all of these. I also listen to the Marketplace podcast, plus the Daily...

Just finished Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 50th anniversary of the sinking is next month this one has interviews...

Coffee has gone up due to weather causing smaller harvests the last two years. I've stocked up on my tea.

Thanks to Tybee for getting me on the ancestry kick! It's amazing how easily you can find stuff! She found my material grandmother's birth record in...

Dang, this is easy. I found my grandparent's 1921 marriage license from Ontario. And this is just with a quick search, no paid Ancestry account,

I just googled my grandmother's name. Immediately turned up a Family Search profile on a brother of my mother's who I knew well (the family was large...

Luckily, I know both my mother's parent's names, and even her mother's maiden name. That would certainly make searching easier. Guess I should get an...

Probably nothing.

Agreed. At least my mother’s relatives came from Canada. My dad’s father’s mother was from Quebec. I’m more Canadian than anything else. But I’m...

I did just read about the Canadian citizenship through grandparents thing. Didn’t know that was so new.

My mother’s family came from Ontario to Michigan in the early 1930s. Illegally! Just crossed the Ambassador Bridge. The last four kids were born in...