I love Uwajimaya; I don’t know if they all have bookstores in them, but the one in Beaverton does. Kinokuniya. I could spend a lot of time in there looking at craft books, pens, paper.

If I want something not quite as refined, I go to Fubonn, which is a very large grocery/everything store in Portland. The produce is great. And where else can I get pig snouts? (I don’t, but they are available.)

Beautiful pictures. Would like to see that myself.
Will check for lily allergy rating. 😉

I haven’t listened (can’t stand to) but I’ve read it had to do with compression algorithm X was using. But then wouldn’t Elon’s speech sound the same?

Of course, as usual, I'm talking Nunsense

Tangle's take.

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

The tortillas are in the refrigerated case near the cheese (near the queso fresco)

Exactly!!

I’m so sorry. 🙁♥️♥️

Ax!! 😁

@wtg said in Japan's Demographic Problems:

I don't have an iPhone or Apple Watch, but my understanding is that the Apple Watch has a decent fall detection function. If it thinks you've fallen, it will call emergency services and up to five people you've designated.

I got my mother an Apple Watch (maybe last year?) specifically for this reason. We also recently set up location sharing so I can see where her phone is as well.

I like the idea of having a system with neighbors or friends. Eventually we’ll need that. First we need to make some more friends in our new town.

Steve, that apartment complex sounds wonderful! My mother is planning to move to our town next year, I wish I could find a place like that for her.

I don't know if you've looked at the Notifications you can adjust in your User Settings. Click on your avatar and choose Settings. You can get a Notification just on the forum when you haver a new chat, or you can also do email so get notified there even if you're not here when something comes in.

Lots of other Notifications, too....just don't forget to go to the bottom of the screen and Save Changes when you're done.

We have it. So far so good.

I guess if you put it that way, it is kind of funny!

Keep smiling and carry on.

Ooops...you have hurricanes and @Jodi has frost. Hard to keep track of what's going on where!

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Yikes! Well, I guess I was right to make a fuss about it then! 😁

@CHAS said in How much to tip tuner "for gas":

@wtg 🙄

😊

(I just saw that when you hover over an emoji, text appears that tells you what the emoji is if you couldn't figure it out simply by looking at it.

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@Big_Al I will try to get there and take some pictures, too.

I looked up the obit for the owner (the listing said it was an estate sale). I can just imagine the parties that were held in that house.

https://www.friedrichsfh.com/obituaries/John-Meinert?obId=30271710#/obituaryInfo

Wheeling Township Cemetery, where he is buried, is a little cemetery just a block from his house.