Happy Birthday!

So it was mother's day last Sunday and my birthday mid week. Daughter in London on Tuesday 9th sent us two cards and a parcel by Royal Mail post office, and ordered a box of flowers for Sunday via a private internet company. The flowers arrived Monday One card arrived on Tuesday (taking a week) the other card and parcel arrived Friday (9 days). I quote "so allowing a week isn't enough even for first class, next year it'll be sent two weeks in advance". Now we live only a few miles from a distribution centre and England is, let's face it, small. Honestly, Royal Mail has gone to the dogs for service. Its cheaper than driving there of course

Excellent choice, enough miles to show up any fault (which will have been fixed) but still barely run in; perfect age to avoid new car depreciation and high insurance. Looks too

Link to video No, not random YouTubers. Israeli government. And he just keeps saying he's alive (well, clearly it's an AI avatar). He should move on act like a live person acts. Maybe he's alive but they want the world to think he's dead because he's a target.

I plead blissful ignorance. I am swimming upstream because contemporary mores in the arts dictate that one must not ignore pop culture.

Carrot salad was very good. Thanks, Bernard!

It used to be a standard bearer. Now it's only a puppet of its owner and his agenda.

What CHAS said. There is no low that's too low for the republicans.

Um, that’s not going to help matters.

LOL LOL

BYW, we had the best fish from the cleanest fishing grounds in Hawaii. That's one of the very few things I miss about living there.

There used to be very different implementations for Wi-Fi extenders/mesh in the old days, but if you buy Wi-Fi extenders/mesh today, they would all be based on the same set of technical standards. If you call up Comcast/Xfinity today and tell them you want to order "Wi-Fi extenders" or "Wi-Fi mesh," regardless of which terminology you use, you will get the same thing.

@Steve-Miller said: That’s pretty crazy. I wonder what went wrong? That type of construction is pretty straightforward and hard to screw up. Leave it to Florida to screw it up. New built homes being built with a shocking lack of quality control are the rule not the exception here. There is a plausible theory that new built homes here are designed to fail before a 30 year mortgage can be paid off. I wouldn't believe it but I see it all the time. Oscar's razor says it's planned obsolescence. Builders here (and building in the state, I guess) have a scandalous reputation. They build the homes like matchsticks with things that can't be seen having clear patch up work (once you can look at it) and attract buyers with interior surfaces. This is their MO. I filter out "New Construction" every time I look at listings.

@jon-nyc said: If it’s 33 out I’m going to tell Mayla it’s 0. Not 0.56. Props to both Big Al and you. You guys have impressive mathematical skills. I limit myself to using the notation-- "F" although I am sometimes lazy and use-- "°." I almost always use this notation out of respect for people who don't use this scale. I convert by using a conversion program after searching. I'm sure timeanddate.com has one. Unfortunately, they only have an app for Apple not for Android at this time.

I don't disagree but Denmark has agreed to everything the US has asked for since WWII. Americans consider this (yet more) belligerence and consider its source. You have to admit this one seems to want to rule over everywhere, over everyone, and over everything.

Btw, her fans have bolted. Her recent actions go against everything she represented from the beginning of her career. Her professional reputation is irredeemable. This wasn't transactional. Her strange behavior started some time ago. I noticed it when she started putting out videos pushing fundamentalist Christianity. A lot of strange things happen in the music industry. The hit put out on Rhianna's life is only the latest example.

Good news! My apologies.

Had my first migraine with a headache recently. Have had vestibular migraines which bring vertigo. Stopped those by quitting coffee.

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