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12-2-23, 6:13pm
Yesh, that article disappoints me. I really like him and his thinking, but I question his ability to lead a country if he can't keep his personal...
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11-30-23, 5:53pm
Oh, I really liked Randy Newman. In particular I like "You've Got a Friend in Me," and, being 5'2" I always got a kick out of "Short People"
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11-29-23, 10:19am
LED lights last a lifetime.. it's a mind shift for we folk who are used to incandescents burning out in a relatively short amount of time. That's why...
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11-27-23, 4:19pm
My daughter gave me this awesome thing--SouperCubes. Learned last week that it was also a Shark Tank product, but it really is great for saving...
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11-27-23, 1:09pm
My DIL has been vegetarian since childhood, and my DD and I were vegetarian for many years, but we have given it up because we're both married to...
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11-26-23, 6:30pm
I just saw a really powerful movie that not everyone will like... namely, DH, who gave up on it early on, but I was mesmerized by it. It's The...
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11-25-23, 1:46pm
That's true.
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11-25-23, 1:25pm
I agree with that... my mother lived for 20 years in assisted living after experiencing a burst aneurysm in her brain and a subsequent stroke during...
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11-25-23, 1:10pm
Sounds good to me!
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11-25-23, 12:36pm
I don't have much/any advice either, because you seem to be a very healthy-living person to start with. I would guess genetics has a lot to do with...
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11-24-23, 11:48am
So sorry you are having to deal with this, rosa. It is wonderful to have Mom at another Thanksgiving table, but I totally understand that sometimes...
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11-24-23, 9:45am
Simpleminded is absolutely right.
Tybee, what did you wind up doing?
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11-24-23, 9:24am
No way. I haven't done early Black Friday shopping for years and years. Actually, I don't think I ever got up early for Black Friday sales. If there...
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11-23-23, 8:55am
Jeppy, so happy to hear that.
Great story, Rogar, and great food for thought. I have always been grateful to those in my life who did just jump in...
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11-21-23, 3:44pm
I second that! We closed on our house in January 2018 and didn't move in until May. I bought a couple of things that I thought were going to go great...
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11-21-23, 3:41pm
So cool, IL!
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11-21-23, 3:39pm
Yes, I heard about all that. He would/could have died from anything at that point--starvation, inadvertent poisoning, bacterial infections--anything....
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11-21-23, 3:00pm
Three responses to this:
1. Krakauer is awesome. I read Into Thin Air and Into the Woods, and both affected me deeply.
2. Why would straight guys...
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11-20-23, 10:19am
Credit scores are artificial measurements of that do not measure your true "credit-worthiness." A credit score is a metric that the credit-card...
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11-19-23, 5:13pm
I think it's great that you are giving it away to people that want it.
A lot of times people give stuff to food pantries that they *think* the...
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11-19-23, 4:57pm
So, what is the difference between your giving it away on your local Buy Nothing group and giving it to the food pantry? Is your Buy Nothing group...
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11-19-23, 3:44pm
Yes, I agree.
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11-19-23, 2:56pm
Thanks for posting. I read the whole letter and my first thought, until I got to the part about "just cause" killing, was that it sounded like any...
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11-18-23, 5:13pm
Also, every state has its own Medicaid policies, so what is covered in one state may not be covered in another. Jeppy, see what MA covers before you...
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11-18-23, 5:08pm
I don't think presenting all angles to an issue as constituting "love" for one side or the other. I haven't seen the responses from TikTok (or the...
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11-18-23, 3:40pm
I just tried to read the letter and it's hard to find after a brief search. I believe TikTok and The Guardian dropped any reference as well as the...
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11-18-23, 8:23am
That's funny!! "Big small" is a thing.
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11-17-23, 5:49pm
As he was my governor when I was in NJ, I am slightly biased toward him. I respect Republicans who can successfully govern blue states. My VT...
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11-16-23, 11:57am
I hope you're right! I would like to see Nikki Haley as the front runner for sure. I think she performed wonderfully in the debates. While I don't...
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11-15-23, 11:14pm
From artfultea.com
Tea temperature breakdown
Black tea: 212 degrees
Green tea: 175 to 180 degrees
White tea: 175 to 180 degrees
Oolong tea:...
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11-15-23, 9:45pm
If I had to put money on it today, I would put it on Trump winning the election, I'm sorry to say. Too many stars are aligned in his favor, whether...
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11-15-23, 9:40pm
I have a cup or two of tea every day and my current favorite is Tazo Green Ginger, or Green Zen. I don't put anything in it. I also use an electric...
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11-14-23, 12:33pm
Yeah, they're pushing Delony's new book on the show now, something like "How to be Not Anxious" or something cumbersome like that.
I was just...
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11-13-23, 7:59pm
My husband was saying the same thing.
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11-13-23, 4:07pm
When listening to Dave Ramsey, either listen to old shows with just Dave, or focus on the days when he is on the show alongside one of his new...
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11-11-23, 11:32pm
Thank you, Alan--and thank you to your family as well. DH and I were just talking about how hard it is to recruit service people now.
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11-11-23, 10:38pm
I was reading an article by a nutrition expert and she was talking about how important breakfast is. She mentioned that she will eat whatever is...
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11-11-23, 9:55pm
I am sorry to crash the cat site with a picture of a dog, but I've always loved this picture of my daughter with her dog and I can't resist posting.
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11-11-23, 6:49pm
LDAHL and happystuff, thank you for your service. Who else here has served?
My family has 4 branches of the service represented: DH, Marines; DB1,...
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11-11-23, 8:49am
Yes, I love musicals, but Oklahoma is certainly not one of them. Unfortunately, some days DH wanders around belting, "Oh, what a beautiful...
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11-10-23, 9:33pm
That is a good one for sure..
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11-10-23, 1:42pm
That is a better one!
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11-10-23, 12:15pm
Exactly. I'm thinking of it in the context of pushing the reset button to having no predetermined candidates and starting from scratch to find the...
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11-10-23, 10:08am
But that's not what they said. It seems that they disguised their discriminatory policy with a claim that there are "sexual themes and profanity" in...
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11-10-23, 9:40am
I do think it must be really difficult for the Republicans in this board to be faced with the conundrum that there are several "reasonable"...
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11-9-23, 8:26pm
I like Craig Ferguson a lot--partially because of the Scottish connection. I would really like to see him live--but DH is not a live comedy fan. ...
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11-9-23, 4:00pm
It occurred to me that this is the reason that I see pictures of my brother and SIL in restaurants all the time. At least twice a week. My SIL has a...
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11-9-23, 3:14pm
So true!!! I have found that to be true with all my homegrown fruits and veggies. They're almost like my children.
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11-9-23, 2:31pm
I don't know whether this falls under "Food & Recipes," "Frugality," or "Environment.
Do you use leftovers?
When my brother and I went to...
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11-9-23, 12:27pm
I agree with this. If people would only put themselves in each others' shoes and make plans accordingly, there would be much less angst around the...
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11-9-23, 11:38am
Sounds like discrimination, pure and simple. Nothing to do with "sexual content and profanity"
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11-9-23, 8:56am
Such a bummer...
Is there any way you could stay overnight at your son's house the night before and then travel with them to the in-laws? Maybe...
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11-8-23, 8:10am
I think this is why I simply can't feel comfortable going back to church. DH went back almost a year ago to a mainline Protestant church in town--and...
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11-8-23, 8:00am
Kay, my sincere condolences.
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11-7-23, 10:12pm
I don't own a cat, but my sister-in-law recently posted a picture of her and my brother's cat on FB, and I thought it was such a lovely portrait of a...
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11-7-23, 1:00pm
That's our dilemma. DH swore he would never do his own plumbing, but he has had to on occasion. I won't let him do his own electrical work, so we ask...
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11-4-23, 1:14pm
Cleaning the mudroom and asked Alexa to shuffle Billy Joel. I heard one of his songs on the radio yesterday and remembered how much I used to love...
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11-4-23, 12:33pm
Haha! rosa has inspired me yet again! After seeing her adorable new pottery pumpkins and dragonflies, I thought I'd update y'all on my watercoloring....
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11-4-23, 12:23pm
So cute! I love the pumpkins but I also love the dragonfly mugs!
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11-3-23, 1:13pm
Are you serious? That is a shame. I don't really understand the rationale.
On a related note, I just read an article yesterday about a UVM...
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