@wtg said: Costco is anywhere from a dime to a quarter a gallon cheaper than other stations. Then you factor in the 5% cash back for using Costco's credit card to buy gasoline from Costco (vs. the more typical 2% cash back using other credit cards); of course don't forget to amortize your annual Costco membership fee.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn ... “Though ineptly worded, the request had an understandable purpose — to obtain in a narrowly tailored way, as opposed to seeking information on all university employees, information on individuals in Penn’s Jewish community who could have experienced or witnessed antisemitism in the workplace,” he wrote. The judge, however, said that the university would not have to reveal any employee’s connection to “a specific Jewish-related organization.”

Yes.

I think often of St. Augustine and it's unique history. Underneath it all, Florida developed as a plantation territory, no different from Hawaii after Kamehameha the Great united the Hawaiian islands with European weapons and military advisors.

I've never been a fan of Mr. McCartney's music (nor the Beetles, in large measure, for that matter). If I ever have to listen to Band On The Run again it would only be because I've been strapped in a chair and forced to do so under threat of torture. Don't get me wrong re: The Beetles. There are some pieces that I like, but I've always thought they were over rated.

I thought about the protests against the Vietnam War in the 60s. I think they made a difference....

Not exactly. More like certain forms of dissent have been out lawed. Same here as I will prove. Link to video

The Fergie character is the best! Lol. The problem with Charles is a) he lied during his marriage vows and b) his second marriage is illegitimate, and c) he has played out his short reign as a "Defender of the Faith" with with no credibility. He will be an asterisk in Diana Spencer's history. The BBC did a poll of the 100 most admired Britains some time ago. The answers came back as 1) Elizabeth I, 2) Winston Churchill, 3) Diana Spencer, and so on. Charles will be a footnote in Diana Spencer's history. The dustbin of history is waiting for him. I know that this sounds harsh. I've developed a habit in my early old age of not pulling my punches. That was very funny, and the Sarah character was spot on.

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Thank you for keeping this forum humming!

Ontario friends are on a Viking cruise on the Danube. We have an airline credit from the fouled trip to Japan. Where are Americans being welcomed? Places to avoid?

Nice!! Florida has a very detailed statue about knives and which ones are legal to carry. I can't remember where I read this but it stuck (sic) with me.

Well, this is a mess six ways to Sunday. Yuck.

In London for a few days: [image: 1774792038708-20260329_123037-resized.jpg] [image: 1774792044946-img-20260329-wa0005.jpg] I think this front garden hedge will be bright yellow in a few days

Somehow this thread reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's bit about all the dolphins having left Earth just before Earth's demolition.

It’s a great program. Dolly Parton is a wonderful human being.

Well, that sucks. BTW, it was a court in the constitutional court (there are about 800 judges) who broke the law (they can judge based on law, they have no basis in law for upholding or overturning an appeal verdict based on the initial trial's findings of fact- as you can see, it's a three tier process) when they overturned the appeal verdict upholding the initial trial's verdict finding of Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend guilty of rape and murder. The boyfriend's family were mafia from Bari, Montreal, and occasionally the Dominican Republic. The court at the constitutional court in this case was controlled by the mafias from the South aligned with the late Prime Minister Berlusconi. In fact, Berlusconi arranged for his office space to be occupied by the defendants' defense attorney. The Knox family (the father) hired a now defunct PR company in Seattle (who also worked for Boeing). It might or might not sound hard to believe but the PR company handed talking points American media outlets. The American media outlets repeated them. This is how the myth of Amanda Knox as a victim of the Italian judicial system was born. A hard look at the evidence and readings of the professionally translated initial trial's transcripts and judges' written verdict (and the same for the appeal) reveal it was an open and shut case. Italy fascinates me (everything about it) but I'm too "Northern European" to have an ability to assimilate. This is academic because I have no way to become a citizen in the first place.