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yeah, sure, blame the trees....................

Yeah how fly would you look after 40 years in a DESERT!?

It must have at least 250 items on the menu, and you don't need the menu becaase you can just order whatever you got a hankerin' for and they'll make it. But some do have bad food. Those will tell on themselves before you even get in the door, so just leave. We had a great local diner, new ownership and now it's awful. It's probably going to close in a year.

A LONG time ago. At about 3AM. In not the best neighborhood. But we were stupid and knocked on doors anyway trying to get to a phone. Would be a better story if I remembered how we got out of that mess, but I know we didn't get to call anybody.

My gas tank is 12.6 gallons. Isn't there a different sized nozzle for liters?

If I did, I wouldn't be here with you plebians. I would be on some untraceable tropical island instead of still in my office at the place I ripped off. Really, is foresight so difficult?

Whew! That won't affect us in America, we only buy gallons of fuel!

Couple factors right off the bat: severe weather has been depleting herds. Cattle are down about 15% over a few years ago, pigs and chickens too, just not as much. 4 companies control about 90% of the market for meats. They are having trouble hiring. And they are colluding on pricing, making record profit margins while their costs increase The war in Ukraine is significantly disrupting the grain market The number of truckers is dropping rather rapidly. So shipping costs more. Low income employees (store clerks, restaurant staff) are finally getting paid a decent wage. We went to a pizza place last night - an uppity pizza place in the city. $140 for 4 (with tip & drinks)

It won't create acrimony, he'll run out and buy a new chair. I just don't want to make him feel bad. My daughter won't care, she'll be all "It still holds your butt off the ground, doesn't it?" (We might have to wait until after memorial day when people head back downashore.)

19 or 20 years old. Tried to quit my 6-11PM job at the McD's because I had a better, fulltime 7-4 job. They talked me into working 3 or 4 nights a week until they could replace me. I woke up to the sound of a 20 ton punch press pounding inches from my face. Must have leaned into the pedal when I dozed off. Walked right to the phone and quit McD's for realz this time.

I didn't think there was a reason to inspect them immediately. I don't know where he got them, so not sure if the store would do anything now. They were Christmas gifts, He actually had them at his house until a few weeks ago. I don't want to make him feel like he has to buy another chair, these aren't cheap!

Our Daughter and Son in Law got us some nice fold up rocking chair, the ones that stuff in a duffel bag, for camping. Finally got around to pulling them out of the duffels. One of them was not only not a rocker, but it was a completely different brand than the duffel it came in. So now I'm wondering if he just swiped them off the beach one day and gifted them

the easy way is to put a space heater in front of the greenhouse then drape the plastic sheet door over it. My trays are running 75-85 consistently I still have to plant the squash and eggplants. I replanted teh marigolds and San Marzanos after I dropped that tray

After what Barkley was able to do behind the Gints putrid O line, this should scare the whole league

downashore 'cept my family went to Vermont instead

I thought this was going to be about Moxy Fruvos

Your wife can't open it herself? Why do you have to get invovlved?

Pro tip: Use Yamato cukes, add fennel. Not the leaves, diced up bulb We'll sometimes throw in sweet tomatos

Fridays aren't good. Weekends are good. Fridays are just pre-good

Yes, much like a green onion. A little more fibrous, so you do need to cook them a bit. They are just a strong but not pungent garlicky taste, with some sweet. I've never seen them in stores, but they have to be cut off the plants, and they are delicious

How have you survived without garlic!!!! Fresh is better. And it's simple to grow (plus you get SCAPES!!!). I have a couple heads still in the basement, next crop is about 6 weeks away Smash & peel works for pressed garlic. I have a rubber tube to put a bunch of cloves in to smash at once. For dicing (I have a little wheeled gadget with many blades to do a bunch of this) or slicing - Cut the root end, rolling the clove away as you cut. This will start pulling off the skin. Turn the clove 180, cut the stem end as you roll it away. Skin rolls right off. Pressed garlic makes the most intense and sharp flavor. Dicing makes the garlic less pungent. Slicing or chopping makes t softer and sweeter.

Marriage Prep event at the church Friday/Saturday. Mass Sunday, Birthday dinner for D1. Somewhere in there I have to get my seeds started, finish the strawberry bed, prep some holes for fruit trees, and come up with a plan for Jr. Wife's bathroom ceiling. Just warning you all now, I may not finish all that unless I can find an extra hour somewhere

Not good. The sales dude just kept bugging me. Like every 15 minutes. "Sir, wake up it's 2:15 AM, we really want to close up".

There's adjustable frames with a regular mattress, these just raise your head and feet. You can put about any mattress on these. Smart beds are air springs that allow you to adjust a baseline firmness. As you move around in your sleep, it senses pressure points and adjusts firmness. We only got the passive cooling one, but some (Like Aire's) sense body temperature and heat or cool. They monitor your sleep patterns, heartbeat, etc - not sure if it does any adjustment for those but it will tell you how you slept so you can make your own adjustments. Put that on an adjustable base and you get a smart AND adjustable bed. I have to figure out how to connect it to my smart home stuff. A simple "good night", shuts down the house, locks doors, turns on cameras, turns off the TV, then changes the bed position and firmness from TV to sleep mode.

Our bedding is getting old. so are we, and with that comes various sleeping difficulties. So to address those, we went shopping for a smart bed. There were a couple in the store that were over $11,000 - to start! We still ended up spending about $6000. It had better help, or I'll be losing sleep over it.