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  • Happy Eastertide!

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    @AdagioM Thanks!
  • The Diplomatic Circus

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  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    Link to video
  • Tanking poll numbers

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    Poll numbers? He doesn't even approve of himself.
  • Gas prices

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    Lol. Yes and the data probably show six million Americans will now have to take the bus to buy them. I'm expecting inflation and terrible real life job market fundamentals to engulf the US economy and sooner rather than later.
  • The wtgs could use your long distance support

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    He's fortunate to have you in his corner. Direct care is such hard work.
  • Underestimate Persia at Your Own Risk

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  • Unhinged

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    There's a promising a Democrat in Texas (Andy - B...something, maybe). Unfortunately, I agree with Kyle Kalenski's (sp? - don't feel like Googling speling now - sorry) analysis that when Democrats go into the who canned- quote "I don't hate billionaires" rhetoric, it's a sign they don't understand, or don't care about, or are beholden to oligarchy. BTW, I watch part of a documentary about RFK, Jr.'s 2nd (I think) wife. I couldn't watch it until the end but she seemed very smart, very capable, very honest, was earnest in a good way, gave birth to his children, and masterfully remodeled his house because it was about to be condemned. He cheated on her with her own dinner guests, gaslight her, in her words, and generally mentally tortured her. His professional life (lives) and personal life (lives) paint a picture of a twisted soul, imo.
  • What are you watching?

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    I don’t watch a lot of stuff, but someone just recommended Soviet Jeans to me, and it sounds good. Eight episodes, you can get it through PBS Passport. Set in Soviet Latvia in 1979. Dictatorship, KGB, a love story, a counterfeit jeans caper. Here’s the trailer. Link to video
  • RIP Alec Cobbe

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    Wow! I’ve never heard of him, but Google showed me this: https://www.cobbecollection.co.uk/musical-instruments/ May he rest in peace!
  • Andy, I said the prices were low

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    My dream house. Link to video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture Tower houses would be second. I can't have a house and garden. The complex I've posted about with towers has definitely become my first choice. I have to hire a real estate lawyer. No offense to lawyers but they are everywhere taking a piece of everything. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water-- it's time to hire yet another lawyer. It's a good thing my sister-in-law is helping me handle everything in a strictly practical and conservative way.
  • James P. Johnson plays “The Gypsy Blues”

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    @RealPlayer said: Vorsetzer That's a new word I never saw before. A neighbor of mine has a functional player piano and a nice collection of rolls, but I had never seen that mechanism that allows any piano to be played. Big Al
  • NY Times recipes — read the comments!

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    I've made lots of NYTs and always read the comments beforehand. But I do that with all internet recipes. Making ricotta gnocchi with sage brown butter tonight. I hope they turn out as light as Barbara, a friend at the gym, claims.
  • Don’t let the door…

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    More changes at DOJ, including Cindy's former division. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-shake-up-more-leadership-roles-justice-department/
  • For the aging in place crowd...

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    @AndyD said: Wet room, so practical, where the whole bathroom floor is waterproofed for a shower A single story house about a block away from us was up for sale in the summer of 2024. The sellers had a child in a wheelchair and had created a wet room. We actually went to the open house and looked at the property but didn't actively pursue purchasing it. There was a bidding war, as seniors in our area are looking for a house just like it. Missed opportunity. Oh, well.
  • What is a "sigma male" or "sigma female"?

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  • Spend, spend, spend

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    This was announced months ago. It's one of the unreal aspects of the US now.
  • Florida elderly held against their will in nursing homes akin to prisons

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  • Trump studiously ignored

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    The handwriting was on the wall when he let Musk stand behind the desk with his child running around with diarrhea of the mouth. Some predicted the office wouldn't recover. It didn't.
  • RIP Jonathan the tortoise

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    Glad to hear he’s still around!