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  • What are you watching?

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    Proper retired I am these days. Become a daytime television watcher, well, quite selectively. These two relaxing half hour programmes are currently on Rewind TV: Old Country, presented by Jack Hargreaves, made in the mid 1980's, looking back on the life before WW2. Horses, carriages, fishing, rabbiting, dogs, tools, farming, pottery, smithing; back to an age when life was slow, and everyone DIY'd. Episodes also on youtube Discovering Gardens, presented by Michele Brown and Giles Brandreth, made in the late 1980's. Lovely English garden estates, with the owner-gardeners explaining and advising. An absolute gem. Seems to only be on tv.
  • Playing for Change

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    Always enjoyed their stuff.
  • Entertainment news (discretion advised, not pleasant)

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  • Phillips O'Brien (with Paul Krugman) on Iran (Political)

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    I think his he has dementia, and forms his decision making process on what he's told and what he wants to believe. I know he's the center of a cult of personality, but man, even the left doesn't get this screwed over after a Democratic presidential win.
  • Like old cookbooks?

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    I guess that means that they made the flamingo tongues?
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    celebrate the ides of March by having a doughnut. In fact, eat two Bruté…
  • Performance art is real

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  • Bye bye 800 year old right to trial in Britain

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  • Meghan and Andrew

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  • Organ harvesting

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  • Medical stuff (will likely delete in a few days)

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    @dolmansaxlil said: I’m grateful we don’t have to worry about the financial ramifications of a serious medical issue on top of everything else. This is so important! I don’t know anything about seizures or their treatment, but I would imagine there many more options than in generations past, so that should be helpful as well. Best wishes that it is!!
  • Organ building

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  • This topic is deleted!

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  • Take the Bay Leaf challenge!

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    OK, I took a dry leaf out of the jar and just bit a piece off directly, and chewed it a little. Definitely a camphor flavor. And bitter. FWIW, it is from Penzey’s, and they claim it is of high quality.
  • Artists

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    So, I guessed 3/3 for acrylic vs. watercolor (wasn't hard) and guessed 1/3 prices. Thanks for the guessing game, Andy.
  • Attention tomato growers

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    That’s what happened when I tried planting grocery store green pepper seeds The plants I got were very small with only one or two tiny peppers.
  • The Worst Cabinet Ever?

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    I apologize for my tangent. The topic is obviously the cabinet. I think there's "nobody home" in this government. The knowledgeable, capable people are in the Pentagon and intelligence. They have been ignored. Both houses of Congress are corrupt and useless. This isn't the Supreme Court's finest hour, either. I'd like to think that this administration is aberrant and there will be a return to some kind of normalcy but I don't know.
  • But Hunter’s paintings….

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    American media is censored. Link to video
  • Visiting Washington DC soon ...

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  • What are you reading?

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    @AndyD Beautiful things!