@Mik We have a neighbor who picks up every single motorized kid car or scooter he sees put out at the curb as garbage. He can't put his cars in the garage because it's full of them. And his huge storage shed has the overflow. After he fixes them, his two kids ( ages 4 and 7) ride them up and down the block. The scooter is a howler and can go that 15 mph or more that you mentioned. I saw the seven year old on it last week. I guess the only saving grace is that the kids wear helmets.

Yes, we'd love to hear an update

Humans eventually gravitate to what works. We will too. I share the concern about a system that relies on ever increasing consumption, but we already have social systems that balance the material imbalances out a bit. There will be more as we progress, but there are a whole lot of humans still living in abject poverty and desolation.

What a sweetheart he is.

@Quirt-Evans Would his disciples ever use the 25th amendment to remove him or is he too divine?

...or the way Trudeau stopped the truckers' strike.

Tangle's take. https://www.readtangle.com/special-edition-the-vice-presidential-debate/?ref=tangle-newsletter

Amazon actually lost them. Serves me right! I binge on sugar and I should be eating no refined sugar at all. I love it though. Organic vanilla ice cream, since I don't make it myself, and Jujy Fruits are my favorites. Who say petroleum isn't food?

There is an entire list, a long one, with Netenyahu addressing Congress while saying in which countries he wants a regime change. Openly says it, then claims "terrorism" would end. This had gone on for years. Iraq, Libya, Iran, others. Who is he to tell a sovereign nation he wants a regime change war in Iran? He's a war criminal. He had no business telling the US to go to war in the first place. It has never, not once, turned out the way he said it would, and this will be no exception.

There's unexploded ordinance all over the BLM lands where I regularly ride my horse. The feds have gone in to do a lot of mitigation, though it is unclear exactly what they were doing, and how much safer they made the area, if at all. We're right near a military base, Fort Harrison, and we hear them practicing war games on occasion. Not pleasant. But I imagine that it wasn't that long ago that nobody lived out where we are now.

Glad you liked it!

People I've known in the Midwest have been warm hearted and friendly although my experience is limited to my knowing my maternal grandfather originally from a family farm in Indiana and meeting his family. I admit when I think about it the cities are know for serial killers but this is no different than the NE, South, Pacific NW, and no doubt other places. Angry Midwestern man/ woman is a new one to me.

I wondered what the prime ingredients of that fire were. That video answered that question. I wonder how much was stored there to keep the fire going so long. It hasn't taken long for the lawsuits to commence. I wonder what the basis of claim is in those suits. It certainly recalled the East Palestine derailment and vinyl chloride burnoff in my region to my mind. Big Alse

@Mik said in A great meal: Amazon. Peruvian: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GAPHZL0?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Espelette: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015ESK9RQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Thanks! The leftover green sauce is killer on scrambled eggs. Scrambled eggs are one of my go-to foods, especially when I want something quick and easy. Good by themselves, but you can ratchet them up by adding veggies and/or sauces.

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I’ve read that he’s holding on because he wants to vote for Harris. Good for him!

I've generally used Walgreens as well. I think Target and maybe Walmart have similar services. And I believe CVS as well. Pick one that's closest to you, the results will be about the same. P.S. I did use Mpix once when I had a photo of a flower that I wanted printed in large format so I could frame it. The result was pretty good but I think I should have used glossy rather than matte.

Or, once you gain Dick Cheney! He's a war criminal! Yikes.