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Looks amazing.

Off topic but I was thinking about Charles III's famous garden at Highgrove (Georgian FTW) of course now owned by William with the ironic and strange twist that on the King's Duchy there exists a revenue producing toxic waste dump with a neighborhood next door who have tried and tried and failed to have the environmental situation remedied while their health deteriorates.

I guess the scandal now is that he isn't seen to be the Defender of the Church and William doesn't seem all that interested in the role.

I'd like to have a garden but don't think it's in the cards.

I didn't, actually.

"Can you afford it?"

Well if I could, I'd be living there. On second thought, the library is perfect. The main thing I don't like is the kitchen island. I'd make it minimalist, change it to stone, make it parallel to the wall with the stove, get rid of the bar stools, and then put a rectangular table parallel to the island.

Wow!

One large enclosed square with clock tower over entrance. Privacy x 100.

I'd remodel the kitchen and quest bedrooms. create a different library, create a study, an office, a dedicated music listening room, a music room, and an art gallery, etc. It's a little bland.

But what a fine house.

Interesting.

My brother has stage 4 bone cancer. My brother and I weren't in touch with each other. My father never told me. Looking back, it must have been diagnosed after my sister died.

My sister-in-law (separated 14 years, couldn't accomplish a legal divorce by the time COVID hit by the time couldn't divorce her child's father because he needed health insurance, he just received Medicare, and they are finally getting a divorce...) told me people with his type of cancer usually die of co-morbidities like infections

I didn't tell her this but I think she hasn't interpreted his heath situation exactly right. My brother refuses to talk about the details other than he did have a 5 day chemotherapy treatment during a 7 day NY hospital visit so I don't know them.

I know by definition the cancer has spread to distant organs.

Of course he could die with co-morbidities but the proximate cause of death will be cancer sadly.

I love my brother even if he wasn't always good to my sister and me.

He had a serious accident and traumatic brain injury including a 6 month coma when he was 16 or I think he would have been more sensitive and caring to his loved ones.

I'm really hoping for him that he can and will improve his quality of life with his share of our inheritance. I want for him what I want for myself. No different.

Is there a synopsis? :leaving:

Customer: "I want a refund please, HAL."

HAL: "I'm sorry. I can't do that."

Yes, I'm ok. I'm walking a little every day and the pain is becoming less. I'm treating the wounds over and over so I don't get an infection. It's impossible to tell if the pain will go away completely. I have "aches and pains" from many times it didn't. I doubt I did any permanent damage. The real problem is there's something wrong with my right hip. I'm really lucky I didn't seriously injure myself. It was a close call. Thanks for asking, SK!

It had me at Hello. Wow!

Oh, SK. I'm sorry. BTW, I've gone on forums about medical problems myself and quit them because they put me in a despondent mood instead of leaving me feeling empowered with knowledge. It is true that specialists sometimes overreach. The last specialist I went to failed to give me what was in fact my diagnosis, and referred me to an oncologist for infusion treatments for a medication that was only meant to be used if all others failed and had a red label warning saying a possible side effect was death. I had no warning and was initially given no explanation of the reason for the oncologist's call. It was only I called their office that I was able to track down the diagnosis from the proposed treatment.

I think you're right to proceed with the utmost caution.

Virtual hugs! ️

I have nothing good to say so I'm going to say nothing.

OT, but a certain tech billionaire is on video saying everyone should be spied on with cameras at all times even in the bathroom.

He was dead serious.

He then said the footage wouldn't be available without a court order.

What kind of gibberish is this? Available to whom?

I'm hazarding a guess that this person that has no respect for courts. Nevermind that his line about court orders was nonsense in the first place.

It's not possible to have an affinity for people who hold humanity in no regard whatsoever.

I did the last tumbling run as a dare with a woman who was even older than me.

We were camping at an Episcopal Church camp. It was late at night. Everyone was drunk.

We both did a round-off and back handspring without incident.

I didn't tell myself it was the last time I just intuitively knew.

I had to reason with myself to stop climbing the gate.

It's not because it wasn't an easy decision.

It was more the state of mind I'm in at this stage when I have a lot of serious decisions to make and one opportunity to make them.

Best to be a realist. My father was a realist. It's the thing I liked most about him.

Wow!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/mkTGmpNSxDLyVW496

This is the most that the "homelessness industry" of governments and non-profits with budgets in the range of 10's of billions can seem to accomplish or arguably wants to accomplish.

No electricity. No sanitation. No running water. A bed and desk that would be suitable for a prison cell. Limited units. Applications. Surveillance. Time limits.

These structures are better than tents. I can't think of anything else good to say about them.

I think people become homeless for many reasons but I think the elephant in the room is that today vast numbers of people with or without employment, with or without children, of every age group, and in every state, are becoming homeless because there is clearly a profound disconnect between the cost of housing and other costs of living, and individual and household incomes, with the situation being exacerbated by inflation.

I feel kind of embarrassed when I see this type of-- "Let's pat ourselves on the back" local news reports, and similar ones, for example, reporting on the "generosity" of our region's largest hospital giving away used pieces of foam from hospital gurneys to homeless people.

Many people in the government and non-profits "spaces" make a lot of money on "combating" homelessness.

My personal opinion is that no substantively effective solution to ending or substantially reducing homelessness is on the horizon.

@realplayer Thanks, Joe.

A tucan was photographed in a tree in downtown Saint Petersburg yesterday. I randomly saw the post and the picture on FB today. I've never seen one. This is the first time I've heard of anyone seeing one.

@mik Thanks. Life is good and getting better every day.

One nice thing about being my age is society doesn't waste its time with all that-- when are you going to get married?, etc. I remember it well and don't miss it at all.

I walked (very carefully and slowly) last night to the clubhouse to charge my phone charger and then back again after a couple of hours.

I tested the leg. It's painful but I can walk without limping if I concentrate.

I think I achieved stretching the leg muscles a little that could be stretched and strengthening the ones a little surrounding the injuries.

The injuries seem to be located in two places. One is deep inside the left thigh. One is on the right side of the leg below where the hip bone ends.

One of the things I can do and plan to do after I move is to get imaging of my lower back, right hip, and both knees. Then I'm going to physical therapy.

It was... adventurous.