We have so many ethnic grocery stores.

H-Mart (several locations)

Mitsuwa - Japanese

Caputo's - Italian

Garden Fresh Market and Brookhaven Market - Eastern European

Deli4U and Montrose Market - Polish

Tony's Fresh Market - a little bit of everything

Patel Bros. - Indian and Indo-Chinese. Looks like they've gone national - look for one near you! https://www.patelbros.com/

And an outdoor Mexican market that I haven't been to, but that looks intriguing. I'm guessing @Steve-Miller would be in seventh heaven...

https://fooditor.com/most-authentic-mexican-street-food-market-chicagoland/

My care-ometer is broken.

Good news! 👍

Apple and Justme are the two posters that I credit with welcoming me to the old Coffee Room back in the day. I believe Justme is still around somewhere based on more recent posts by Beelady, but I haven't her for quite a while.

I do wonder sometimes where people have gone.

Big Al

People love sugar in whatever form it's delivered to them. Maybe we should classify it as a controlled substance.

Big Al

Yikes!

There are a couple different fabrications. I like one, I don't like the other but I don't remember their names. Goes to show how often I buy cottage cheese.

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.

Good. I'm surprised at the number of people who take national security so nonchalantly.

We haven't worn masks for a couple of years.
Coincidentally today we just chucked packets of out-of-date covid tests.
We tried a variety of masks most of which were poor quality and relatively expensive, but you bought what was available during the crisis.
For efficient protection we ended up buying these:

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A small victory in a very big war.

Big Al

@Steve-Miller said in Farewell Address.:

He’s tired.

I'd agree with that assessment. That job can do that to a person. Compare photos of Barack Obama immediately before and after his stint as president.

Big Al

If people don’t write in cursive, what are graphologists going to do?

Agriculture comprises about 10 percent of Kern County’s gross domestic product and undocumented workers may comprise half of the workforce, he said. And the Central Valley provides about a quarter of the United States’ food.

“So, you WILL see, in the long run, food inflation and food shortages,” he wrote in a text message.

Wonder how the next administration will blame Biden for the price increases.

A web search lists the same reasons I did above and one more. Some people lose weight like crazy on GLP and others lose more slowly. There are generally plateaus. People who lose more slowly can get frustrated and give up.

The people who lose weight most quickly appear to be people who have a lot to lose and people with poor diets when they start. Interesting that these same people are also the ones who do well on IF routines.

We had a Panasonic that went 25+ years. The replacement Panasonic, with an "inverter technology" lasted maybe 3 years.

I bought a Farberware for cheap a couple of years ago because it was the right size and I liked that I could get a white and stainless microwave. Some of our appliances are white and some are stainless. The Farberware looks like it fits right in.

So far, so good.

@Mik said in Brain monitoring:

The idea that the task should be adapted to the person is entirely contrary to all human advancement. adaptability has been the source of our success.

Excellent point!

The coyote was looking for road runners on sale.