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Good links, wtg.

I copied them to my email.

That's not staging. That's cheating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Conversion_of_Saint_Paul-Caravaggio_(c._1600-1).jpg

Margorie Taylor Greene on the road to Damascus

@Axtremus said in "Ghost tapping":

I am not convinced that the various RF-protective sleeves/fabric/wallets etc. actually work as advertised. I'd say, after you get your product, test it -- put your tap-to-pay card if your product, then try to scan it at a tap-to-pay terminal and see if it still works.

Why aren't you? Have you tried this experiment? We're living in a bad dream if, in fact, anyone can steal your money out of thin air!

I'm getting some and giving them out as holiday gifts.

@Bernard said in Pete’s take:

"Affordability." Period. It worked in the election a few weeks ago in 3 disparate locations.

+1

The cost of living crisis under the Biden administration continues unabated under the Trump administration.

Old school leftists who identified by many names starting in the late 19th century understood the central importance of the structure and functioning of economic systems to the working class.

My cursory study of the middle class as it existed starting in the 18th century has led me to believe the middle class including those families who have achieved wealth and social status have had an unfortunate tendency to kick down
those on the latter who lack their fortunate circumstances.

I think this is self-defeating but haven't found a way to articulate this argument in a practical way.

I keep beating this drum but I think there's a tremendous differentiation today in the US between the approximately 770,000 people who are homeless and everyone else.

It's profoundly unjust, imo, for the government to take the position that the homeless are nothing but an unsightly nusuidance comprised of mentally ill drug addicts.

It's very clear that people of all ages and backgrounds in every state are becoming homeless because of the cost of living crisis.

Very interesting.

In Hawaii, part of Maui (a large piece of land, actually) is a sanctuary for native plants and animals.

There are experts who have catalogued every every type of bird to the point they know when there are only a few of one type left and when a type (species?-- I'm not sure) goes extinct.

It's very intense.

Thanks, Mark!

Oh, the drama! It's not even good drama.

Roommate bought a $60 item at Walmart. He spent the day accusing me of throwing the receipt away to be malignant.

He found it in one of the console drawers where I said I would have put it if he had given it to me.

Jesus.

My "dongle" arrived. Lol.

The Grado items will be sent FedEx from Brooklyn for free.

The last free FedEx shipment of mine from Hawaii still hasn't arrived. Iirc, it can take up to 10 days.

I have OluKai Ohana sandals coming. I'm going to use my current ones when I'm working outside and don't have to worry about getting them wet. They can get wet but at this point it's not helping.

They are worn on the bottom. That's not much of a problem, but they're a couple years old and inevitably they become too loose because the material between the big toe and the next one stretches or gets pulled out of the footbed slightly or both, when the sandal's front and back get pulled up off the ground over and again.

www.olukai.com

Sandals> Ohana

They have the best footbed of any shoe I know. It's ergonomically molded to the shape of your foot. I wish they'd use it in their other products.

@AdagioM , you're probably familiar with OluKai.

Drug addled roommate came home with a friend, got high, and went in his room, even though roommate lives in the living room. The friend left after a few hours, and after he left, roommate sat in the living room playing his bass heavy Bose speaker and singing until he left the house a few minutes ago around 1 p.m.

I blocked him on my phone. I don't want to read his recriminations, self-pity, and whining.

His main point these days seems to be that all I had to do to get money (and it's a relatively modest amount anyway) was to be born.

I didn't invent the idea of leaving money to linear descendants. And, truly, being born is one thing. Surviving for almost 60 years is another. And, then, of course, is the grief.

"Rude" in the dictionary should have a picture of roommate's face next to it.

Thanks for letting me vent. I got no sleep. I don't feel well because of it, and it happens every day. I can't wait to be rid of this stress.

Under> Prestige Series
Under> Headphone Cushions...

www.gradolabs.com

Well, I broke down and bought them.

I want to be able to listen to my music.

I'm tired of listening to my drug addled, vulgar, bitter, abusive roommate.

I've probably got three months before I can move.

Sure, with the cost of living, I could have made 100 other choices.

I don't care.

I'm off to buy a "dongle" because my Motorola Edge 2024 has no headphone jack.

Apparently, Hyundai is ruthless in the treatment of its workers. What else is new. The video I saw talked about a worker that was decapitated. The unfortunate people who witnessed that will be traumatized for life. They are also running the "in house medical program" scam.

I keep mine in my small sling/ belly bag but I need something else too. I've lost three phones in six months. It's hell when it happens.

Utah is a strange state full stop.

Well, it anybody has a product recommendation please post the links?

So beautiful!

I have no attitude for fabric arts.

I ordered winter clothes and bedding (and barely enough of each) from LL Bean. The total was $$ but it will work in the 40's with no heat and I'm bringing it all with me when I move.

There were many items I wanted but couldn't afford to be blunt.

It was a extravagant but I was cold last winter, it was miserable, and I won't suffer like that again.

You can't do much about the sweltering sun if you don't have electricity but you can mitigate the cold.

I thought the child of the UK upper class would need (I'm using the word loosely) a nanny. Tutor? Impossible. I didn't read the article but it seems these people are grasping.

Well, I read through my documents on paper, not my phone screen, yesterday.

I actually do have a couple of questions. They're not major ones but I need the answers.

So I called the scheduler (back in the day she would have called a secretary but ok). I had to leave a message. I didn't get a call back. I'll try again tomorrow.

The daughter of one of my witnesses beat cancer more than once but is in the ICU because she went into cardiac arrest twice.

I'm praying and waiting for news. I bought condolence cards in case I need to send them.

Our NY house is supposed to close around Thanksgiving so I'm working as fast as possible.

I miss reading a lot but I've become near sighted. I have readers while I look for a Dr. and get glasses.

In any case, my eyes hurt when I read.

Nevertheless, I have a list of books I want to read. I'll buy them after I move. These will mainly be poetry, music history, and a guide or two about learning Latin.

Other than hard core reading, I plan to buy coffee table books, mainly about jewelry houses, history, and architecture.

I plan to buy an XL sized phone and desktop computer with a printer, if possible.

I've had a sale ring up and put my card close to the screen. That's all it took.

It seems like cards are broadcasting data?