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Good stuff, Bernard! I have done basically the same recipe using dried chickpeas. I’m sure there are many regional variants too. No question that making your own is superior to buying Sabra or some such.

Very nice playing, SK!

I’m practicing today, as I do most other days. I should post something when it’s ready.

I’ve been taking biotin to help strengthen splitting fingernails. Results are uncertain for that, but it’s nice to know there may be other benefits.

That’s sad. Department stores were conceived as grand spaces. Temples of consumerism perhaps. Pipe organs! Now we can peck out our orders of merchandise on our little keyboards.

I can appreciate tai chi but I think I need something more to address strength training. Probably both balance and strength are things I could do at a local gym, if I would get serious about it.

I was shocked that after 3 years off the bicycle (following my accident) I nearly fell over when trying to even mount the bicycle. I was afraid of losing my balance. So, even though I had been an active cyclist for 50 years, I took a beginner cycling class to overcome that fear. Now I’m back, but I am still a bit skittish in traffic.

Too much news.

Lovely bike ride in the park today. I think it was in the 60s. But it got windy too.

I've been reading it from my daughter's subscription. Notices appear that her sub expires in 3 days. Looks like she's not renewing.

Most interesting.

Without telling me, my wife gave away our old DVD player. Oh, well, we move on. It’s not like we had a collection of old movies.

Here is a NY Times article from this morning. Should be a gift link. Trump’s Canada fixation is about more than tariffs. Apparently well publicized in Canadian media, but not here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/canada/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.Wl1s.HkMjJ0CPOYAR&smid=url-share

Bought a cone from an ice cream truck out of desperation on a miserably hot day last summer. But I didn’t take note of the name. There’s another company around here named Lickety Split.

Yes, Dolmansaxlil thanks for sticking with us in spite of Trump.

@wtg said in The clown car rolls on:

And maybe more exemptions. Guess a few days of a tanking market

Oopsie.

She’s an idiot.

Looks like you’d need to sell the furnishings along with the house, because what else would work there?

@Steve-Miller said in [Color? Pattern? France? Piano? Your house is here!](/post/

Big house, small piano.
At least it’s a Steinway.

Piqué, on the subject of Buy Nothing groups, I found that (at least around here) they are HYPER local. So local, that on this island of about 490,000 people the groups are only about a few blocks in size...even smaller than what I would call a neighborhood. It might be hard to find what you want, or find a taker for what you have. Often you have to extend your reach farther than that. So examine the geographical breadth of your various local groups. You may also find that some groups are not called Buy Nothing, but have some different name, and different rules.

Has anyone seen whether Friday’s no-buying effort has had any effect?

Piqué — this sounds similar to those ancient monastic brewers in Belgium. The yeasts lived in those caves for centuries and the beer can’t really be replicated elsewhere. Although there are similar beers in that style that are very good.