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Thank you so much, wtg!

Happy Birthday everyone!

Mik, I liked 50. I thought- I've survived for half a century. I doubt I like it care much about any other x0 birthdays. I wish I similar feelings about aging or maybe I do. I'm look forward to making the most of the time I have left and it's an exceptional time in my life now. I'm not looking forward to getting old, getting sick, or dying.

I never liked the idea of dying. My saint of mother sat me down one day and explained life and death. People die. Dogs die. I freaked out, crying and the rest of it. I think I was 3.

Thank God my father was a realist. He's the one who was the strong, calm person in the family when there was a loss.

This was from when his mother died when I was 17 unit my sister several years ago.

Here I can only point you to my sig line you know I lifted from you. : ;

BTW,

I've bought:

1. 22" diamond cut, oval links, sterling silver, 2.5 mm. Italy? Maybe. Forgot.

I don't take it off. And I wear it with a pendant.

A couple things good and bad.

Many people say 22" is the perfect chain length for men.

This is my first 22" chain and I agree.

I've tried 18 mm, 24 mm, and 26 mm.

22 mm doesn't get in your way, isn't too short, and is perfect for adding pendants IMO.

This is what you see mainly with men's chains and have for decades.

I want a "long chain" but the one I want is made by my favorite Cartier and cost 20k.

Ok, the bad. IMO diamond cutting is a cheap trick.

They machine grooves in the links to reflect light.

That's bad enough. This process also creates countless hard edges when the links feel better when they're smooth.

2. Pendant. Silver. Hallmark. UK.

Funny thing is it didn't list the exact size or I missed it.

It's tiny.

It's beautiful if it looks like the pictures but I can't see (or not see) what the pictures show with my reading glasses.

So, $25 + $10.

I'm glad I got the sizing right finally.

3. Ok, this one is good.

It's a bracelet that hasn't arrived from Türkiye yet.

$175. My limit for now.

You never know when you order something until you see it but I think I'm going to like this one a lot.

I haven't worn a bracelet. I've wanted a discreet, minimalist one for a long time.

Byzantine link, 2.5mm.

The history of Byzantine Empire interests me a lot as I've mentioned.

(BTW, I want three made by hand in Greece silver jewels: a ring, a necklace, and a pendant.

$400 + $400 + $200 = $1k

Yeah, no.

That's how price points jump from factory jewelry to jewelry made by artisans although to be sure people make nice jewelry at very low price points, things like stone bead bracelets, etc.

Nemesis

@RealPlayer said:

It must be hard to render faces frontally on coinage because of the way the nose projects outward. I think that’s why they’re traditionally done in profile.

Can you imagine doing Washington’s nose frontally? OMG!

I wish I could have seen Diana's profile on coins.

It's a real coin!

So will he buy them up (or have them delivered) and sell them to his fans?

Illegal and "wrong".

in 2 hrs.

I'm more excited about Labor Day.

I'm such a nerd.

I have no plans for my birthday and that's the way I want it.

I'm glad it's not my 60th birthday.

It's not that I don't want to be 60.

It's not that I think there's a dime's worth of difference between being 59 and being 60.

It's that it's been a tough if great year and I'm glad I don't need to think about any "landmark" x0 birthday.

Cheers.

He's still in the US Open.

2026 US Open – Men's singles - Wikipedia https://share.google/DtgwrF5FPZPeFC4Z9

More of this please.

My interface is still tiny but the page doubling effect and constant sign in requests are gone today.

@Mik said:

I’ve never had a reaction to vaccines, or medications for that matter. I attribute it to my misspent youth. It’s seen it all.

Well, your misspent youth and having seen it all have served you well. : ;

I wish I could have a Dr. who makes house calls.

They don't much these days but it must have been routine.

I can show you a few different Dr.'s bags in traditional styles being made today, brass hardware along the two top sides, held together with a latch, some with underneath zipper compartments (I don't know what fr, probably not shoes) of fine craftsmanship. I guess people are buying the as a fashion accessory.

Shouldn't the Dr. come to the sick person and not the other way around?

I'd rather have that more than so much a "cleaning lady."

Wish in one hand and spit in the other.

I never get Covid shots for reasons I have tried and failed to clarify on these boards for a long time.

Anyway, "consent". It has little if any meaning these days.

They left out "full". These big online stores are very manipulative.

Both choosing the product and making the order seem meant to corral the consumer into making rushed decisions.

Buyer beware!

My blanket is 300 GSM in trailer park green.

J/k

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZckpjLp1SZq7JshC7

I thought this was interesting to see all of them this way.

I've thought a lot lately about bedding.

So I'm buying fleece blanket that is available in Full/ Queen.

Not full. Not queen.

It's huge!

It's a square!

Does this have much to do with size of a full size mattress?!

I can't think that Eleanor had anything but good intention in her support of the UN but what a mess.

@dolmansaxlil I grew up believing in the rights enshrined in our Constitution, especially First (freedom of speech, separation of church and state, others) and Fourth (warrant required, no presumption of guilt).

The current environment often makes no rhyme or reason in comparison, and that's an understatement.

Some people want to nuke the earth to go to heaven. I mean I'll just say it. And these same people are trying to impose Christian nationalism in the US.

I'll have to consider the pay issue.

But come meet some 5 yrs old kids in FL home schooled by fundamentalist parents (I'm being rhetorical, to avoid any misunderstanding).

At least, the problem in this case is the state requirements for this type of education are low and enforcement of compliance to achievement (and process) are low.

I'll have to consider the pay issue.

But come meet some 5 yrs old kids in FL home schooled by fundamentalist parents (I'm being rhetorical, to avoid any misunderstanding).

The issue seems to be the state curriculum, and a lack of requirement evaluation, and kids who progress at at a slow pace.

Btw,

I've been asked to log in about 7 times in an hour.

This is the post I tried to make in reply to Ax.

I have some minor edits but I'll leave it. My phone won't work right with the site and I don't know when it will right itself.