What does the USDA Organic label mean? I need to research this. Link to video

Ticks bring disease. I'm sorry. We have garden variety flies in the kitchen. It could be the maid who bags and double bags when needed all of the garbage and hauls all of it in push carts to the dumpsters a mile away quit unexpectedly last week. Good help is hard to find. I just found a newborn (and I mean probably born about yesterday) garden lizard hiding in a blanket on the porch. So cute! ️

Yet Disney just reported gang buster theme parks earnings. https://www.thestreet.com/investing/disney-parks-send-strong-message-us-consumers-still-spending

Piano virtuoso with a great sense of humor: Link to video

@CHAS said: Festus is in the French part of Missouri. This is wrong. Festus is the sidekick in Gunsmoke…

Ugh. The lilac has a bunch of buds in formation, the flowers on the Rhododendron are just emerging. I just checked tonight's weather: low of 27F. Probably going to kill all the buds.

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@bernard And for a reason!

Well, HR departments have legal ways to effectively blacklist what would seemingly otherwise be excellent job prospects with the effect being many people can't even get called in for interview and have no way to tell themselves the reason why. You don't need AI to mess up your job prospects, although I don't doubt it does it's fair share of damage.

@Big_Al said: I hope the mention of therapy suggests that Mr. wtg is progressing in rehabilitation from his stroke. He is recovering some use of his right side, though it is slow going. He can walk short distances with a gait belt, foot brace, quad cane and a helper person. His balance, strength, and endurance are all improving. He has a few things that hold him back, namely torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders and a pretty arthritic back. The arm wasn't doing much of anything until last week. He is now able to move the arm just a little bit in certain directions when doing some of the OT exercises. That was pretty exciting as it indicates that his brain is figuring out how to get that right arm to move. Progress! Thanks for asking!

The Spirit shutdown has left a small regional airport in my area - Arnold Palmer Airport in Latrobe, PA - entirely without commercial air service as Spirit was the only airline flying out of there. They still will be serving private and charter aviation as well as a flight school but are urgently seeking another carrier who might fly from there. At one time, they were a USAir regional destination. Big Al

@DougG I have the same wish. @Lisa 's daughter is doing research in this field, I think. Haven't seen @lisa around recently; I wonder if she might have info....

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@AdagioM Great resource. Thanks for posting it!

MrsTuner has one of the magnet battery packs and she uses that to extend her use when it's not easy to plug in. Way easier than the corded battery packs I have floating around!