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tangentially - but still a peeve!) I hear this all the time from people who are wondering why lower income families keep kvetching about not being...

I do see your point, IL. I don't know the backstory, but it's quite possible that to get one set of issues addressed (laws, programs, etc under...

I'm bad at rehoming books, but I do it from time to time. Those with useful information that I no longer need (I've given up on the idea of living...

IL, I too wear a good deal of my food. I have trained myself to match my shirt to whatever food I'm planning to eat. Italian? red/pink/orange...

Rosa, that sounds lovely! I like the idea of life-celebrations much more than funerals.

Well, I'm glad frugal-one and Bae still with us! And I too have never had a NDE.

Of course we have some control over our lives! I really wasn't trying to say we don't. Just that focusing on security at the expense of living said...

Well, I like happystuff's thoughts on the matter, will think on that slant a bit more - Personally, I'm a little more down-beat about it. It has...

Agree with all of the above - It's fairly easy for me to write a generic "thanks for support in a difficult time" or whatever fits the occasion. As...

I do not disagree with what you say. There was a lot of frustration with the status quo and frustration (as we see currently) can lead to really bad...

huh, I sure missed all of that, and asking around my age-group of friends and acquaintances, they don't remember it like that, either. We were sure...

So far, I've put in a couple hours on the yard the last few days, and I can see a bit of difference, even if no one else can. The weather's been...

Yeah, Reagan was about as depressing as could be. We went from a president who was totally focused on the plight of the common American, and then...

If I get most of the branches, sticks, blown-in trash from neighbors, and misc. yard crap removed before we leave to go up East the third week of...

I detest canned tuna, but love it fresh or frozen. Tinned fish for us is generally salmon, which DD and I really like. It makes lovely salmon...

We shop mostly at Aldi and Trader Joe's so we eat mostly those store brands. My taste buds are budget-friendly, lol. That said, I don't care for...