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@jon-nyc said in Happy Thanksgiving - What's your story?:

My decaf coffee is 'more processed' than regular.

I missed this first time around.

Does that mean it's worse for me?

It depends. Is it chemically decaffeinated or is it Swiss Water Process?

(where's that devil emoticon when you need it?)

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Hey @kluurs ! How did your Thanksgiving go?

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@pj just sent me this.

Link to video

From the comments:

You know, this is a breath of fresh air in a world full of AI content, just a man in a cool jacket and hat harvesting red/purple cabbage. Thank you. The YouTube algorithm finally did its job

Edit: His jacket is Alexander McQueen. Guess the cabbage business pays well.

https://editorialist.com/p/alexander-mcqueen-mcq-purple-fleece-cabbage-jacket/

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Federalist No. 75. Wonder how this survived this administration's history purge...

However proper or safe it may in governments where the executive magistrate is an hereditary monarch, to commit to him the entire power of making treaties, it would be utterly unsafe and improper to entrust that power to an elective magistrate for four years duration. It has been remarked upon another occasion, and the remark is unquestionably just, that an hereditary monarch, though often the oppressor of his people, has personally too much at stake in the government to be in any material danger of being corrupted by foreign powers. But a man raised from the station of a private citizen to the rank of chief magistrate, possessed of but a moderate or slender fortune, and looking forward to a period not very remote, when he may probably be obliged to return to the station from which he was taken, might sometimes be under temptations to sacrifice his duty to his interest, which it would require superlative virtue to withstand. An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state to the acquisition of wealth. An ambitious man might make his own aggrandizement, by the aid of a foreign power, the price of his treachery to his constituents. The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests of so delicate and momentous a kind as those which concern its intercourse with the rest of the world to the sole disposal of a magistrate, created and circumstanced, as would be a president of the United States.

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-04-02-0227

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I don't know if they make them like they used to, but if they do, this Kobalt blower is a great tool and a very good deal at this price ($159).

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-80-Volt-Max-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-Electric-Leaf-Blower-1-Battery-Included/1000486353

We have one that's at least a decade old and it is still going strong; it was the first battery-powered yard tool I bought. Downside is that it doesn't use the same battery as the Ego lawn mower I bought five years later; there is something to be said for buying everything from one family of tools.

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@Bernard

That is a beauty!!

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@jon-nyc

I get what you are saying, but I'm not coming from the common definition of "processed". If you look at the NOVA food classification system and/or look into Tulleken's work, my observation about organic whole wheat bread might make more sense to you.

While NOVA isn't perfect, it's a starting point to discuss the concepts on a scientific level. I'm interested in the evolving research into what goes into our food and how it affects us. Honing the word choice, while not a bad thing to do to make it more understandable to and usable by the general public, not so much.

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Well this is a first. I had something that was supposed to be delivered by UPS yesterday. The tracking updates said it was on the delivery truck at the local UPS center. I realized late yesterday that it still hadn't arrived and I went back to their status page and saw this:

Uncontrollable events have delayed delivery. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible. Please check back on the next business day for updates.

The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible.

Delay: Emergency Situation or Severe Weather

I've never seen something get loaded on the truck and then not get delivered.

aside: I ordered a package of two replacement belts for our aged Hoover vacuum that we use in the basement. Four bucks, free delivery. How does Home Depot make any money on that sale?

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