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Thank you, Nina. I bought Clorox discs and 3 bottles of a Clorox spray that kills MRSA and even COVID. I sprayed down the bathroom, opened the back door, and didn't come back until it dried. We don't share dishes. We don't wash each other's clothes. I try to stay away from him and after today I'll try even harder.

@Steve-Miller said in YouTube just ate TV: It’s the only TV I watch these days. Just curious if you pay for YouTube. Do you pay a subscription fee for YouTube?Do you occasionally pay extra to stream live sports on YouTube? (Yes, YouTube is my primary source of TV and I pay subscription for YouTube to get rid of the ads.)

President Donald Trump on Friday urged the Supreme Court to allow him to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, putting the explosive legal fight over his ability to use those troops on American soil before the justices for the first time. The filing sets up a showdown over presidential power at a moment when the administration is attempting to deploy the National Guard to multiple US cities. The emergency appeal follows a series of decisions from lower federal courts, temporarily blocking the administration’s efforts on the grounds that Trump vastly overstated the need for deploying the National Guard. On Thursday, the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals let stand an order temporarily blocking that effort. Trump filed the appeal at the Supreme Court in a case involving his effort to deploy the guard to Chicago. In the appeal, the administration said that lower court order “improperly impinges on the president’s authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/supreme-court-national-guard-chicago

Saying hi from Linux Mint! It went reasonably well... about 6 attempts, but three of those were because I kept going back to make sure I wasn't overwriting what Windows calls my "C:" drive. A few hitches with compatibility but easily fixed. It was almost like being at work again. One glitch was quite alarming (it was fatal) because it couldn't write the boot partition, but again, that was a compatibility problem that was, after some fretting, an easy fix. So, $35 for a 512 Gig flashdrive from which to install Linux and 2.5 to 3 hours work and waiting. Much better than forking out for a new PC or MAC (which I seriously considered). And when I want (unlikely) or need (probably) to go back to my Windows PC, it's still here. Bye, Windows. It's been an interesting 40 years.

I looked at the prices of listings at the park across the street with land leases. That park is out of the question for me personally because the average asking price is $150,000. The Board of Governors has the same contractual right to evict you for rule violations as management does here. So it is a weakened land lease with the HOA breathing down your neck. Board of Governors is a pretentious term. Also you can't get a 50 year land lease. The land lease is 50 years but its start date is retroactive to date the leases were originally offered. The danger to residents of lot rent mobile home parks, higher end, perfectly maintained ones, connected to municipal utilities, like mine, and rural mobile home parks alike, in all states is that they are being bought by hedge funds. The lot rents are being increased dramatically, and water and garbage removal are being charged as separate fees on top of the lot rent increases. I've decided that if this happens here (and it probably will because the owner is in his '80's and his children have no interest in the park meaning of course they're going to sell) I will be able to absorb the rent increase and new fees. My ability to adjust (very many people in every state are being evicted after these sales because they don't have the necessary income to manage-- and it's sad because many of them are elderly) combined with the terrible state of the market make me think staying here would be the best choice. My favorite house (stunning renovation, luxury kitchen, luxury bathroom, peaceful energy, on a quiet street, next to an empty lot--I've linked to in another thread) was $59,500 asking during the pandemic, taken off the market and relisted many times without selling, was at $29,500 asking when I found it. It was relisted three days ago at $27,000 asking. That's a steal. I was told by the woman who had the listing previously that realtors haven't been very interested in this house and haven't tried very hard with it. I think I've figured out why. I think the reason it's a hard sale is down to the fact that it's only 600+ sq ft. That's 200 sq ft less than any other unit in the park. It's the only 1 bedroom in the park. It would be perfect for me and allow me to pay $27,000 cash and be done with it. I can make it work financially because of the money I will save. I've decided to buy a Hyundai Accent from the last generation Hyundai sold the Accent in the US. There many in pristine condition with around 40k miles for no more than 17k. This will be a cash sale and likewise I will be in a position where I can afford the insurance (I've been told car insurance in Florida had risen dramatically), gas, and maintenance. I will buy my place on the first day possible but I'm buying the car immediately. It made my day to find out the house hadn't been sold. My roommate is having a very hard time and taking it out on me or trying to every chance he gets. It's been a long haul. I'm not taking anything for granted. But the settlement of my father's estate can't last forever.

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Needless and disgusting.

My mother once said in the prosperous times they were always creating federal holidays. The prosperous times she referred to are a distant memory. Date to eat? Wouldn't you have to keep your agenda to yourself? That seems all kinds of awkward and messed up.

Ooh, thanks for this, I'll listen tomorrow. it's suddenly very fall-like here.

I thought it said iconic floods! Chicago is one of the world's great cities. There's no two ways about it.

Those utility offers are often a great deal. I insulated the attic at one house for exactly what the utility rebate covered. Even better was the water company offer to swap older toilets for new ones. I swapped out 6 toilets in the apartment building, mostly because the old ones were shot.

Local reporting from the Daily Herald. A family-run Palatine cafe is closing because of a drop in customers due to immigration enforcement in the area, the owners said. Chappie's Cafe, 754 W. Euclid Ave., will serve its last meal Nov. 2. The business has seen great success despite opening four years ago during COVID, said Judith Martinez, who owns the cafe with her husband, Omar Garcia. But things began to change about three to four weeks ago, when federal agents arrived and started to approach customers, she said. Two masked agents encountered customers while they were eating breakfast and asked to see their papers but took no one into custody. Agents visited about a week later. This time, Martinez locked the front door when she saw them driving around the parking lot. They then confronted her in the back of the store. “Right away, they told me, ‘Who are you? I need to see your papers. I need to see your passport. I need to see your legal status,’” she said. There were two cars parked in the back, without license plates, she said. “I was afraid and I was nervous, but I'm a U.S. citizen,” said Martinez, who was born in Mexico but later came to the United States and was naturalized. Her husband is also an immigrant but is here legally, she said. She kept asking the agents why they were there, but they avoided her questions and soon left. Beside the looming threat of federal agents keeping customers away, food costs have risen sharply, making the decision to close easier. Local reporting from the Daily Herald. https://archive.is/BlJSB

Hey @Steve-Miller ! I've got a novel sourdough recipe for you: Sourdough Soba Noodles Japanese soba noodles are delicious and nutrient rich. They’re made with buckwheat, which contains all nine essential amino acids, meaning buckwheat is a complete protein. A common flour ratio for soba noodles is 80:20 buckwheat flour to all purpose wheat flour. This small amount of gluten in from the wheat is enough to make the dough manageable, and in the case of our recipe, the all purpose flour comes in the form of sourdough starter, adding flavor complexity and digestibility. Our instructions do include baker’s percentages in case you’d rather not use sourdough starter, and the recipe is written for four small servings (or two large), allowing a beginner to finish the entire process relatively quickly and without needing an extra long rolling pin or special knife. https://breadtopia.com/sourdough-soba-noodles/?utm_content

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Imagine having a budget of 1.7 million to hire an architectural firm to buy whatever kind of lot/ land and steer all of your budget into something you could think of as your dream house. It wouldn't take me a minute to decide to do that instead of buying some AI looking monstrosity.