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@Mik said in Why would a party buy a property for 4 times it's assessed value?:

Of all our resources, fresh water should be the most protected.

Yes indeed!

Among other details here, this

The buyer, Nongfu Spring, is China's biggest packaged water supplier.

seems a bit disconcerting.

@wtg said in Habits:

the clean-as-you-go approach

Yep, this is our basic model! It makes things much easier all around.

When we're done in the shower (whether it's the bath/shower one or the standing shower with the glass door), we both always use a squeegee on all the walls/surfaces, and then go over it with a towel that we have just for that purpose.

This keeps the tile and grout looking good and reduces moisture in the bathroom. We've been doing it for years, I think it makes it much, much easier to keep the baths and showers clean!

So maybe that's why I don't know what shower spray is?

@Steve-Miller said in Habits:

Sharon thinks the tablet and pen look messy and puts them in a drawer. I compromised by changing to a little leather covered notebook and a nicer looking pen. Now she only puts them in the drawer when we have guests.

This is me and Mr SK!!! He's not a messy person at all, but I want things put away, even things we use every day. Whereas he might prefer to keep them on the table.

Re lists, yes, I like adding tasks to them. But even better is crossing them out!

Re trashbags -- absolutely, put the extra bags at the bottom of the can, when you empty the trash, the next bag is right there! A lot of people do that in Japan too.

Laundry, yes, jeans/slacks/shorts can go longer between washing than tops.

Re making your own cleaning products, nope, not right now!

What even is shower spray?

As for our own odd habits, I'm sure we have some....

Oh, I don't know if this is odd, but I have "my chair," where I always sit, and there's an ottoman. I put an old dishtowel under a throw pillow. When I sit down and put my feet up, I put the towel down on the ottoman so that the fabric on the ottoman doesn't get worn away. When I get up, I hide the towel again. I think Mr SK used to think I was crazy, but "his chair" (which is now like... almost 20 years old, my chair is probably 15 y/o). Anyway, his chair, where he puts his legs/feet up on the arm rest is quite threadbare. I think he doesn't think my towel is crazy anymore.

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Thanks for the reminder @Bernard !

I have been meaning to get mine, but I'm not looking forward to being under the weather, so I keep putting it off. I really need to get it done with soon!

@Bootsy Welcome to WTF-Beta!!

@dolmansaxlil wow, looks like a wonderful trip!! Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful photos and descriptions!

Also I've never heard of Pomegranate Lemonade but now I want to try it!

@wtg said in CPB shutting down:

Setting up for another Kerr County to happen....

Indeed

Oh wow!!! Sounds like it was wonderful!!! And the photos are fantastic!

I'm sorry to have missed it, but thank you for sharing the photos!

@Steve-Miller The hotel sounds wonderful!!

@Steve-Miller said in Eating my way through Central Europe:

This miniature kitchen

Cool, I'll show him!

P.S. Quiet air conditioning is the best. Noisy hotel ACs are the bane of my existence!!!!

@AndyD said in On a whim:

There's another trophy in the shape of a huge Arabian coffee pot.

That’s awesome!!

@AndyD OMG! that is hysterical!

I'd never seen that, and it looks soooo much like an AI-doctored photo, so of course I had to google. Apparently it's a real thing, the article is a little ambiguous, so I don't know if they still are awarding it, but maybe, since it replaced a previous version (I don't follow sumo closely but I do try to keep track each basho, but I've never seen this!)

Anyway, here's the article I found:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190509/p2a/00m/0sp/019000c

Very pretty!

Wow!!!

I don’t know which words to pick…

Disgraceful. Disgusting. Distressing. Terrifying.

And more than anything else, wrong. So very wrong.

Time to make another donation to the aclu. And try to figure out what else might be helpful.

@AndyD said in A big day for Tour de France:

The downhill speeds are also insane considering the two half inch wide tyres they're balancing on round corners. One car speedo registered 53mph.

OMG that’s crazy!

Oh wow!!!!!!!!! I remember this song, as soon as I heard the news, I could hear it in my mind. But I've seen that video, or any video of him. How cool. And sad.