100 years younger, but Butte has the nation’s oldest continuously run Chinese restaurant. I haven’t been. (It hasn’t gotten exactly glowing reviews from friends lately for food) Started somewhere around 1909. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/history-first-chinese-restaurant-in-america-180980552/

Most of my Mader knowledge of Japanese language comes from that book. I started watching the new series but then lost Hulu.

Because I have yet to fix my edit function, lol.

@jon-nyc oooh I love it!! thanks!

@AdagioM sounds yummy!

The mousse was delectable, and I'm glad I only made half the recipe because it is too addictive. We had a lovely day at home and I did get out for a ride. On the advice of a friend we watched a comedy special, Alex Edelman's "Just for Us". Hilarious and poignant--I highly recommend.

@Steve-Miller That's great.

@CHAS said in Shhhh....your air fryer may be listening: I also give them a birthday from the late 19th century. When I first signed up for Facebook, I listed my birth year as 1905. I have never corrected that. But one of these days I’m expecting some algorithm to notice that I’m now almost 120 years old…

Yes, take an axe to it. Then it will stop spying on you. j/k

Two of the worst ideas I’ve heard in a long time.

The government of the Netherlands seemingly has relished its role as purveyors of Russian-killing equipment to Ukraine in partial repayment for Russia's cavalier denial of its role in the Malaysian Airlines shoot down and protection of the Russian "rebels" who did it. One wonders how Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will react. They live closer to the bear.

I forgot about Cost Plus - good to hear about it again!

Had an olive dish, must have been an appetizer in a restaurant in Santa Fe. It was fabulous. I like olives. There was a time I liked kalamata olives in Bombay or Tanqueray martinis.

@Mik I’ve negotiated with guys like that. The dumbest way to negotiate ever.

I have been exchanging emails with two people I went to school with that are still close friends. One , Joe, moved to town and joined me and a buddy when we were in the 3rd grade. The other, Linda, moved to our school after leaving a nearby parochial school to start high school. Joe and I knew who she was, but little more. The emails are random and on many topics. Joe is a very successful attorney in Tulsa. He has two daughters I like. Linda became a widow recently. She has four children. They are scattered and I don't know them.