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A goldfish named Ziggy"Have I got some bad Muse for you"
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Where (and how) to frame this?(don't come at me for my knick knack shelf....
That's fodder for @kluurs thread....
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Where (and how) to frame this?Be sure to get an acid free mat if you go the route of matting it.
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Where (and how) to frame this?Bunch of images of framed Japanese calligraphy.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=framed+japanese+calligraphy&t=brave&ia=images&iax=images
Edit: I actually kind of like how the piece looks on the wood table you have it on. Would it be possible to have it mounted on a piece of beautiful wood somehow? Not a typical frame and no glass.
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Best apple pie in each stateIt's fall and of course I'm in an apple frame of mind...
I can vouch for their choices of best apple pie in Illinois and Wisconsin; I've eaten the offerings from both Hoosier Mama (IL) and The Elegant Farmer (WI). All of Hoosier Mama's pies are to die for. The Elegant Farmer pie is baked in the paper bag that it comes in.
EF's pie:
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Are the political ads….On an election-related note...I got on a GOP mailing list somehow and have been getting solicitations for Republican candidates and causes.
This somewhat unusual one showed up a couple of days ago. The subject line was "John Fetterman".
Friend – I’ve got good news and bad news for you.
The BAD NEWS is that the Socialist movement “DSA!” is hijacking the Democratic party and attacking our American way of life. They want to:
Abolish our borders
Abolish the electoral college
Abolish Israel and
Abolish the Senate and Supreme Court
It’s horrifying and a nonpartisan issue. We ALL must come together to defeat it.The GOOD NEWS is that I’m leading the fight against them and that hardworking, common-sense Americans aren’t buying what they’re selling:
71% of Americans reject socialism
67% of Democrat voters reject socialism
82% of Republican voters reject socialism
The problem is sometimes the loudest voice in the room is the one that looks the most powerful.We can’t allow this false impression to turn into policies that harm Americans and harm our country.
I will always:
Stand with America
Reject the extremes
Reject socialism and
Defend our American way of life
I will always stand up to the DSA!Regardless of party affiliation I hope you will stand with me and the barrage of hit-pieces I have coming my way for reaching out to you.
The DSA and the media are furious with my refusal to play along with their ‘business as usual’ politics and scare tactics.
If you can, please consider giving – even just a few dollars – to help my efforts and reject the extremists once and for all.
Stand with me today
Thank you,John Fetterman
P.S. If you’re surprised I reached out to you – don’t be! The issues of defeating extremists trying to destroy our American way of life should be nonpartisan. The DSA can be defeated but only with the help of hardworking Americans like yourself. Please, if you can, consider standing with me in my fight today!
Paid for by Senator John Fetterman
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Are the political ads….Also here. We watch local stations for news and weather and there are tons of ads. Hysterical and rabid from both sides.
The mute button comes in handy.
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A goldfish named ZiggyAmazon Knows You Have a Goldfish Named Ziggy, Even if You Don’t
Flat buttocks? Own a snail? Here's how to find out what Amazon's About You page knows — or thinks it knows — about you as a person.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/amazon-about-you-page-shopping-preferences/
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Word association threadplatonic
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Probably bots and spammersBarbarians at the gate.
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It’ll just be me and a bunch of old peopleNever went to a reunion. There were few people I would care to meet again.
What @realplayer said. Haven't been to any high school or college reunions. And I live within spittin' distance of both institutions.
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Word association threadpudding
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Contingency planning... SighHere’s an earlier thread about the Nokbox. Includes sample pages.
https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/2009/nokbox/7?_=1791548255155
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Whole home backup powerNope, though it is available here.
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Whole home backup powerWe got one of those goofy "we've installed X in your neighborhood" letters a few days ago. It was for a company called Base Power. Was curious to see what their business model entails.
Base Power launched today across the Chicagoland area, bringing homeowners in ComEd’s service area a new way to lower electricity supply costs while adding whole-home backup power.
Base installs a battery in every participating home and uses the battery to reduce the cost to serve customers during peak-demand times when the grid is most stressed and power supply is increasingly scarce. In its offering to ComEd customers, Base members will get their energy supply at rates at least 25% below ComEd’s default supply rate. The battery also provides backup power for essential household equipment, including sump pumps, during outages like those many experienced during recent severe storms which left +400k without power.
Here's an article that goes into detail how it works:
https://epicelectrical.com/what-is-base-power/
We're not super interested (we have a manual transfer switch and portable generator) but I'm wondering what our resident Sparky experts think....@steve-miller @big_al ? Thoughts?
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Contingency planning... Sigh@Bernard Congrats! We updated our estate planning docs some months ago after years of putting it off. Now we're in the process of documenting our financial lives so that our successor trustees can take over if the need arises. Starting to fill up our Nokbox. I picked one up during a sale at a huge discount off their regular prices. It seems to be well thought out.
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How Costco became a 'third place'I officially give up.
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How Costco became a 'third place'but it is most definitely an aesthetic take
No one I know goes to McDonald's for the food, coffee, or atmosphere.
We have a friend who goes to McDonald's every day for a gathering with a bunch of buddies. Every day at 10 and they're there till noon. During COVID they would sit outside on the benches.
In the olden days, it would have been a group of women and it would have been called a "coffee klatch".
It's all about the people.
