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  • Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks

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    Replacing the mass storage (SSD) chip in an iPhone 17 Pro: Link to video
  • I did a thing

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    I weaned myself off caffeine a dozen years ago after frightening chest pain that I interpreted as a heart attack, but tests proved it was something like GERD. I had been drinking lots of tea daily. Then I went into strictly herbal teas for a long time. I discovered that coffee didn’t cause a bad reaction, so I have one or two cups a day. I seem to be fine.
  • Happy Thanksgiving - What's your story?

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    Sharon used an Aldi stuffing mix, fortified with mirepoix and herbs. It was great!
  • Replacing the range

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    This vid isn’t very good but might be useful: Link to video My takeaway is that I’ll no longer consider my beloved Whirlpools (hecho in Clyde, OH), and it’s time to look at GE and Frigidaire. I’ve seen the same info elsewhere.
  • Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay

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    @Mik Thanks. Now we know how to hit 98!!
  • Brings back memories

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  • Who knew?

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  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • There’s some good advice in here

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    @Daniel Your story of the trike accident really shook me. It’s a miracle you came through it so well, thanks to your gymnastics training. I should learn how to fall since I’ve had two serious bike accidents — i.e. resulting in broken bones. Anyway, if the chain falls off a front chain wheel — this is assuming the bike has a rear derailleur, but maybe it works on others too — you position your stick-tool above the lower run of the chain and drag it forward and around the chain wheel (counterclockwise). The stick keeps your hand away from the chain wheel teeth that could pinch you. The spring in the derailleur allows slack in the chain that facilitates this maneuver. I’ve often wanted to show this trick to some poor kid whose chain had fallen off and dreaded a long walk home.
  • The Winter Egg

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    Historic object obviously. Hopefully it will go to a museum.
  • A few books for Andy

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    The prints are beautiful! Senior theses are printed on one page with its opposite left blank, as well. Lol.
  • The Chicago kidnappings have begun

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    4,200 people disappeared by ICE Link to video
  • About that White House ballroom and the East Wing

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    @AndyD said in About that White House ballroom and the East Wing: Corporate Trump I'm afraid. His taste appears to be extreme 'new money'. I guess you had to be there but in '80's New York there were a group of new money families who were venerated to the nth degree. Reagan came into office and the country was inundated with the myth of getting what you earned no matter who you were or how you started. And, likewise, being to blame for any lack of opportunity or misfortune you might suffer. None of these families lasted very long as others have in the past. Note Trump's multiple bankruptcies. Of course, Trump got nowhere on his own merits. He grew up in an upper-middle class neighborhood in Queens. You can hear his Queens accent, but any notion of class clearly went over his head.
  • Just my luck…(health update)

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    @jon-nyc thank you!!
  • The word you’re looking for is ‘Magtard’

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    I like "Magtard", Jon.. It need to be widely applied.
  • The King and Queen at the Vatican

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    Harry, Meghan, Archie, Lilibet, Eugenie, and Beatrice to lose their titles when William becomes King. You heard it here first. Or not.
  • The GOP in the House may be imploding

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    Yes, but it wouldn't take many to resign for the Democrats to take the House, even before the election, according to some reporter or another. Maybe they are shocked, and offended. Maybe. They are human beings, of whatever description. Maybe they feel a little bit like many people feel today. Maybe.
  • A man who makes and wears corsets

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    Link to video I admire people who have this kind of sartorial skill! I have almost none. I had what I called- "my middle class uniform" in high school. Jeans, two-button polo shirts, and sneakers. I naturally happened on sartorial glory once in my life. I was 21 and wore 501 Levi's and white t-shirts (t-shirt optional except in class and at parties). I had the body for it. Someone said I had no style. One of my best friends retorted-he has the style of James Dean. And I did. I didn't plan it. It never happened before and will never happen again! Today I work on my wardrobe as a never ending project with the goal of having a functional one and one that is as nice as possible with a heavy emphasis on elementary skills, e.g... colors that match, colored t-shirts I only wear at home, a set of the same t-shirts washed carefully and put away for going out, etc. I bought a belt that was too big and don't own a single pair of long pants. That's on my list. I don't move up in price point (although I've figured out how) because I am constantly replacing clothes that wear out and adding basic necessities. It's like having a hobby. Maybe I'll get better at it. But my reaction to a tie let alone a corset would be- are trying to trying to strangle me and suffocate me to death?! This man is phenomenal. So are the men who dress in period costume 24/7. Not me but ultra-talented.
  • ‘Shit for fucking poor people’

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    said in ‘Shit for fucking poor people’: There was also this recipe for a chicken dish that looked pretty good: https://www.campbells.com/recipes/one-skillet-greek-chicken-with-orzo/ Could whip up some homemade tomato soup and give it a try.... Made it for lunch. It was very good. I didn't use the Campbell's tomato soup, but instead used up some stewed tomatoes, pasta sauce, the last of our fresh homegrown tomatoes and a tablespoon of tomato powder (great stuff!) Also the last of a box of fresh spinach that needed to be used. Definitely cleaned out the refrigerator. It was delicious!