These are great! Like Big Al, I love the cat on the flying saucer!

@Axtremus said in Alzheimer's study retracted: People who work to reproduce experiments to verify key results should get more respect and more funding. YES!!

I think it was Santa working solo....

@Mary-Anna said in Today's puzzles: A couple of years ago, I switched to Duolingo and am (slowly) learning Spanish. I started using Babbel to brush up on my Spanish (four years in high school), but got off track. Thanks for the reminder; I need to get back to it.

@CHAS said in How much to tip tuner "for gas": @wtg (I just saw that when you hover over an emoji, text appears that tells you what the emoji is if you couldn't figure it out simply by looking at it. )

Oh cool!! Will peruse this later when I have time to give it justice.

@DougG said in I am NOT expecting a big competition for my position in the senate this fall: I’m sorry for the confusion, ladies. What I actually said is, “My seat is up for grabs.” Not really the same thing at all. this has been a test of the moderator’s abilities to keep crap posts off this new site. If that's the case, I would have to ban myself.

@wtg said in Farmer John: The wife of one of the farm workers was murdered in Mexico by a relative. Two of his three daughters witnessed their mother being killed. How awful. A few hundred dollars pales in comparison.

@Big_Al Brilliant idea

@jon-nyc Lest we forget... link text Big Al

@DougG The previous name does have a certain ring to it.

I have never tried to sleep with an eye mask, but I sometimes put a small washcloth folded up over my eyes. My mother once implied that was dangerous, like that it could suffocate me? I don't see how, but maybe it's not the best idea. Re light at night, I very much dislike having any light leaking into the bedroom. We have a nightlight in the hall that I actually swapped out to get one that wasn't as bright. But if we close the bedroom door, it gets too hot. Or if there's no light in the hall, it's dangerous because of where the stairs are. Maybe it will be better after we move....

mob movies indeed!!

@ShiroKuro That sounds like a valuable discovery. When I lived in Brazil, I saw termite mounds in fields that were taller than a person. Here is an article about them [(link url)(https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/brazil-termite-murundus-mounds-space-4000-years-old/576160/) Big Al

Interesting, I'll have to come back and read this later. Ax, good point!

BTW I just checked, MPM charged me $1695.00. Very reasonable IMO.

I shared the list with my daughter. She recognized some albums that I didn't know. There were some other classics that we (and my wife) all knew and some in genres that none of us listen to that were totally unfamiliar, although we recognized some of the artists by name. Big Al

I noticed the new favicon had appeared on my browser favorites list. Now I know why. I think it is excellent - easy to spot and identify. Big Al

Uno was a favorite game at my parents' house and I enjoy a game now and then. It's simple enough for children to play, but still fun for adults. Ehat makes it very good for family game nights, Big Al