Speaking of which, I had to charge my phone charger at my secret place for doing that last night. I've mostly stopped eating sugar. I have/ had a sugar tooth. I took a notion to go to the convenience store. I spent $3.21 on an X-Large fountain soda and one creme filled donut with chocolate icing. As if to prove the point, I actually got sick. Boy, when you stop eating this stuff and then you eat it, your body lets you know about it.

South Korean cars were a revelation to me. I've always liked Japanese cars. I can remember every Honda Civic from the 1st generation 1973 cvcc to my 7th generation hatchback. The 4th generation was my favorite but I didn't own one. I wish the timing had worked. I can remember the 1st generation Accord. My 1997 Accord was arguably the best car I've owned. I can remember the first Toyota Tercel. I can remember every Japanese brand's small truck. Etc. Then Korean cars came along and had a poor reputation. Then they got better and fast. My 3rd generation Hyundai Accent was a tank. I remember being surprised at some point in Hawaii when about 60% of the cars on the road suddenly turned into Hyundais and and Kias. I can't wait to own this one.

@AndyD That’s great!

https://share.google/dNvjYz4fQwzA6aRJg New favorite. Listing price is impossible. Have only glanced at the carrying costs. Sill, the market is on a downhill slide. What do you think about this one?

Congratulations, Dwain! I think I’m going to reacquaint myself with Dan and Greg by re-reading Plausible Deception, and then swing into Sinner’s Prayer.

Again, my advice is save your 5¢ on Lucy's psychotherapy.

They were making money delivering Amazon packages but a certain President threatened them helping to build the case for Amazon to develop their own network for delivery

I'm going to have to face this set of decisions when I move. For one thing, I'm replacing my 2024 Motorola Edge with a Pixel 10 Pro XL. Life is too short. Then I have to figure out how to get internet and whether I want to have television again. I can't know now what the options will be or how much they will cost so I'm not worrying about it.

Robert Mueller.

I plead blissful ignorance. I am swimming upstream because contemporary mores in the arts dictate that one must not ignore pop culture.

Carrot salad was very good. Thanks, Bernard!

It used to be a standard bearer. Now it's only a puppet of its owner and his agenda.

Um, that’s not going to help matters.

LOL LOL

BYW, we had the best fish from the cleanest fishing grounds in Hawaii. That's one of the very few things I miss about living there.

There used to be very different implementations for Wi-Fi extenders/mesh in the old days, but if you buy Wi-Fi extenders/mesh today, they would all be based on the same set of technical standards. If you call up Comcast/Xfinity today and tell them you want to order "Wi-Fi extenders" or "Wi-Fi mesh," regardless of which terminology you use, you will get the same thing.

@Steve-Miller said: That’s pretty crazy. I wonder what went wrong? That type of construction is pretty straightforward and hard to screw up. Leave it to Florida to screw it up. New built homes being built with a shocking lack of quality control are the rule not the exception here. There is a plausible theory that new built homes here are designed to fail before a 30 year mortgage can be paid off. I wouldn't believe it but I see it all the time. Oscar's razor says it's planned obsolescence. Builders here (and building in the state, I guess) have a scandalous reputation. They build the homes like matchsticks with things that can't be seen having clear patch up work (once you can look at it) and attract buyers with interior surfaces. This is their MO. I filter out "New Construction" every time I look at listings.

@jon-nyc said: If it’s 33 out I’m going to tell Mayla it’s 0. Not 0.56. Props to both Big Al and you. You guys have impressive mathematical skills. I limit myself to using the notation-- "F" although I am sometimes lazy and use-- "°." I almost always use this notation out of respect for people who don't use this scale. I convert by using a conversion program after searching. I'm sure timeanddate.com has one. Unfortunately, they only have an app for Apple not for Android at this time.