True story. My Doc of eight years had a receptionist with a bigotry problem and she didn't hide it. Well, one day she was upset about something, and followed me into the examination room, as if that was her business. The RN (I've known the whole time) being above her, bosses her. She said, "Get out!" I looked right at her, and with the same tone and volume, said, "Get out!" She never messed with me after that.

I haven't paid much attention to this American Pope to be honest. I'll find out more about him one day. The Pope, head of the Catholic Church, and secular head of state of Vatican City always interests me. The friction between HH and Trump doesn't surprise me. Is there anyone Trump gets along with who isn't a sycophant except Netanyahu who's in a category by himself?

This happened 4/20, i.e now. Mike's Weather Page | Is it really 04/20? Winter makes another surprise visit this morning across north Florida. Look at all these 30s that invaded the state.... | Instagram https://share.google/9UW1JPulAMDDdPhtk This exactly mirrors the worst days of last winter for me. It has frozen where I live. It has snowed where I live. It did snow one day in Sarasota. I was there. I'm sure someone, somewhere is keeping data on the dates it snows in S-W Florida. Or not. Lol. The highs here now are usually 80-83. There is a forecast of some upcoming highs below 80. The lows are changing wildly from about 64- 79. Tonight the low will be 64 but the high tomorrow will still be above 80. It's windy, about 16 mph. That cleans up the air.

I bet TNCR would know. : leaving :

We've destroyed or better to say badly damaged UNESCO sites. Does UNESCO condemn these acts stemming from a war of aggression? No. UNESCO issues tepid statements about its "concern." UNESCO has, in effect, abandoned its remit. It's yet one more example of the troubles the West's institutions seem to be having these days. I knew this would happen. It happened in Iraq. Who knows how much more destruction of historically and culturally significant significant sites and objects will occur. Iran (It's Persia, actually-- "Iran" is a word the British made up) is a target rich environment. This happened in Gaza (Gaza City). The amount of damage of centuries old sites at an ancient crossroads of civilizations will take decades for historians to recount on paper only for some record to survive for the future.

I just cycled five colored t-shirts into my everyday shirts. 5/ $19. It took what seemed like forever to wash the chemical smell out. I had to hand wash them three times and bake them in the sun. I just finished this project today. Anything I can't wear gets turned into rags. The rags get put in the garbage when they can no longer be used as rags. I don't know where the garbage ends up. I don't have a choice so I don't think about it. I have one vintage t-shirt from the '70's. It's white with blue stipes on the sleeves. It says "L O V E" across the front. The "V" is heart shaped. The colors used are blue and red. It's not going anywhere.

That will be the day.

Glad you fixed it. My father was an electrician, retired, union, the whole nine yards. I used to call him when I needed advice about anything electrical. I couldn't tell you how to rewire a lamp. Go figure.

I finally figured out what I needed in a pen. Ballpoint, not gel, fine (.7?), black ink, not retractable, the cover fits on the top (to not get lost). I had to pay almost $4 for it. I have retractable colored gel pens. A basic set of colors. I got rid of the yellow because the ink was almost invisible. I got rid of the purple because I knew I wouldn't use it. I have orange, red, blue, and green. I have enough #2 pencils to last the rest of my life. I'm rotating two and keeping one sharp at all times. The weak link in my system is the fact that my pencil sharpener is plastic, little, and cheap. I'm getting bored of these colors. I'll add more at some point. I'll definitely buy a duplicate to my black pen even though it's refillable. All of my pens are Pentel brand. I recommend them. They are well made and ergonomic. The black one and the colored ones are different product lines as you'd expect but each pen has an indented rubber grip for your thumb and index finger. This collection was completed recently when I bought my black pen. I started off eight year ago buying boxes of Bic pens. They were uncomfortable to use. Sometimes they would write and sometimes the same pen wouldn't do anything but scratch holes in the paper.

21! 21+2+7= 30 years this has been a hobby of mine.

@andyd We only equaled you during the Gilded Age. We were only able to do it for two reasons. We had your (and other) history to simulate, and our industrialists had the wealth to travel Europe and buy everything related to furnishing a house, including architectural details, furniture, and art, at bargain prices. Link to video

The idea is to swap out a group of powered devices all at once — hence the nickname — turning some things off and replacing them with lower-power alternatives to keep the spacecraft warm enough to continue gathering science data. "... replacing them with lower-power alternatives...." Sounds odd to talk of replacing equipment on a machine that's 15 billion miles away. They must be alternatives that were built in to the original build?

How is it that ICE seems to be able to find these people, but don't seem to have current information on their actual legal status? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-detains-army-sergeant-wife-immigration-appointment-jose-serrano-deisy-rivera-ortega/

This sounds like a very promising development, even if it's at the level 0f 20-40% right now. @mik I'm glad your brother is having such success!

I love being older. I definitely wouldn't go back in time and have to do everything I had to do to get here again. I also have no desire to live forever. I don't even mind aging. I'm trying to be immodest but I've aged well especially given everything I've put my body through including both trauma and neglect. I look ten years younger than I am and have my whole adult life. It's just a fact. I have an intuitive real time knowledge of how women and men react to me. It's a survival mechanism I learned a long time ago. The stress of the last eight years hasn't done me any favors but that's about to end. But I hate the physical problems, and I hate dealing with the medical system! I had the best PCP in Hawaii for seven years; she was a board certified internist, and we developed an affinity for one another, even though that's not something that's "supposed" to happen. Since then, I've met only Doctors, including specialists, who are "phoning it in." I need to take more control over my health. I'm hoping I'll have a better opportunity to do that after I move.