Whoa, it does put things in perspective.

Heard high school administrators talking years ago. They must have forgotten I was nearby. Nothing stupid coming from that crowd will ever surprise me.

I suspect many of those large RVs were bought by people that have never had to park a pickup truck in a parking lot. They did not know what they were doing. I do know that many of those pulling travel trailers do not know what they are doing. They only know their pickup can pull the trailer. The trucks ability to manage a wayward trailer in the wind, etc. are often inadequate. Watch out.

@Piano-Dad said in The Charlotte Observer calls out Trump: I will never vote for anyone with an "R" by their name for the rest of my life. Abe Lincoln may reincarnate. Then again, if Lincoln were alive today, he may choose to have "D" next to his name anyway.

I agree. The execution of Marcellus Williams a few weeks ago was particularly awful.

Gosh, can't wait to read the book... https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump/index.html

@pique said in I think I could be in love....: road noise I suspect this is very hard to gauge without spending a lot of time inside the house, at different times of day. In the house we are in now, we originally weren’t even going to ask for a showing because we thought it would have a lot of road noise from the road on the side of the house, and our agent even cautioned us about the possibility of road noise. We decided to check it out anyway, and of course you know the ending because we bought the house. During the day, at the showings, we thought it wasn’t noisy, but the last house we owned ended up being noisier than we anticipated and we didn’t really like that, so we were still kind of worried and felt like we were taking a chance. But living here, road noise did indeed turn out to be a non-issue. I believe it’s a combination of the distance of the house from that road, the construction of the house, and the double-paned windows. Well that and this road doesn’t get as much traffic as I thought it did. But even if traffic increases (which it probably will), I don’t think noise will become an issue. Our last house had its original (60 year-old) single-pane windows, which I think was the biggest cause. So obviously a big concern about any house you’re considering should be the windows. Lastly the only thing I would say is if you are thinking you’re going to move to the other side of the country, don’t wait. Cross country moves are exhausting, and getting settled into a new community is hard. You don’t want to do that after your health or mobility has declined.

No photo? I refreshed and it showed up. Awwwww! What a cutie!

@Jodi said in Trump calls Maine Governor Janet Mills a man in a mistake ridden call…: Mills referred to Trump’s opponent, Democrat Kamala Harris, in a brief retort on X: “He better get used to recognizing women. He’s about to get beat by one.”. Love it!!

my old-timer is outer

There were people laughing about it. I can find the clips. It became, "a thing." I'm staring death down in the face right now so I won't go looking for them. Maybe one day people will stop underestimating me by thinking I don't have reasons for what I post, and that I can't back up what I say. But it's been decades now. I won't hold my breath. There was a metaphor used in the old days, at the OCR, at TNCR, and here, expressed in the form of a question-- "Is this the hill you want to die on?" I will die on the hill of objecting to Israel's occupation, genocide, and aggression, and I won't feel badly about it for a split second.

@Mik said in More brave new world stuff: Terrible idea. I'm sure it can be done but hopefully will be outlawed. Makes me think of the bumper sticker current awhile ago that said "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." Making something illegal doesn't always prevent someone from doing it. Big Al

medicare.gov has the new Part D premiums available. Wellcare has a zero premium plan (Wellcare Value Script) available in Illinois. Zero or low premium plans are available from Wellcare in many states. Some discussion about it on Bogleheads: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=438783

Never had squirrel but I’d give it a shot!