INTENSITY²
Start here => Games => Topic started by: Gopher Gary on February 02, 2022, 05:43:07 PM
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Considering the times, I thought this might be a good thread topic, and one other people might like too. I don't know about other people, but since I hardly go anywhere anymore, the mail has become an exciting part of my life. :lol1: I've always tried to avoid shopping online except during the holidays. It can be an addictive behavior, but for me it's not the thrill of shopping, it's the thrill of getting stuff in the mail. It's like christmas or something, even when it's just ordinary household stuff I couldn't find in the store. Tracking packages is exciting stuff too. :zoinks: Anyway, if it's not at my weekly trip to walmart, or my two week trip to aldi, I seem to buy online rather than go out looking for it. :dunno:
Today was outgoing mail. I sent a gift to a family member, and I shipped a couple pieces of art to my momma because she thought they were missing but were just hanging out in a closet at my house. :orly:
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Today I received approx 4 pieces of junk mail (sale fliers) and that was about it.
Yesterday sent off a vintage shirt to Oregon.
Shipped to 16 of the 50 states so far for the first month of 2022.
Getting a package of vintage books ready for a send off to Kentucky tomorrow...#17 here we go. :asthing:
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All I got for my mail today was a tax receipt from the Internal Revenue Service... my main package (an ankle brace) isn't in until possibly Sunday.
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I received an envelope full of stamps. It was taped up so well that I had to use a knife to get into it. Apart from that, junk mail. This was yesterday.
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I only receive mail as often as I remember to check my mail box :zoinks:
But the last thing I got in the mail was my CTP renewal (with the car registration renewal arriving a few days beforehand). I was thinking since they didn't both arrive the same time that maybe the CTP was sent to my old address, but no there it was.
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I got some protein drinks I ordered because they haven't had any in the store the last two times I checked. :woohoo:
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I only receive mail as often as I remember to check my mail box :zoinks:
Sugarbutt checks the mail and always has, so if it weren't for him, I'm not sue it would ever occur to me to do it. :lol1:
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Nothing. :(
But I'll take this opportunity to say that this is a bloody good idea for a thread.
:plus:
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:roses:
I don't mind days with nothing, because it's very rare we don't receive at least one piece of junk mail. It's really annoying when everything in the mail goes straight into the recycle bin. I'm amazed all that unsolicited waste isn't illegal. >:(
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I received the replacement dishes I had recently ordered. I washed them right away and tossed the three chipped ones. I was most excited about replacing the missing dessert bowl, because it wasn't part of the boxed set so I didn't expect to find it. The one I ordered was the only one I found for sale in the whole world, and now it's mine. :woohoo:
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Junk mail and 1099s(tax forms) for the business
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All my orders have been delivered. I don't know if there was no mail today, or if Sugarbutt forgot to check it. :dunno:
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Today I received the electric bill and offer from another cable company. There was also something addressed to my momma. It looks like it might be important, so I'm going to call her tonight and ask if she wants me to open it to see if it's worth sending to her. :dunno:
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:green: Two birthday presents for the cub.
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Junk mail, mostly.
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Hair dye, for the kid.
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Today I received some junk mail advertisements, and a 50% off coupon offer from a company that does exterior house detailing. The house needs to be pressure washed but it's going to wait until we're ready to paint, and there's other things in line before that. So my first thought was, yeah I know my house is dirty but there's no need to rub it in. :zoinks:
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Just junk mail
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A bra and something called a bed scrunchie which converts flat sheets to fitted sheets.
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A little bit of junk mail. A reminder statement from council for that $51 bill I haven't paid yet. They never used to charge this stupid fee when people become the new rate payer for a property :dunno:
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Only junk mail today. :dunno:
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Junk mail and a bank statement
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Junk mail and People magazine not sure why we get it just started showing up a couple months ago
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Junk mail and People magazine not sure why we get it just started showing up a couple months ago
Maybe it was a Christmas gift and someone forgot to tell you. :orly:
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I can't remember much about today, so I'm not sure if there was mail. :dunno:
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A package from my work with a company t-shirt.
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The electric bill, a folding table for Sugarbutt, and some balsa wood for me. :woohoo:
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What are you using the balsa wood for?
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Nothing :bigcry: I watched the mailman walk past my house through the window
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What are you using the balsa wood for?
I'm eliminating the crap corner. The crap corner is a repurposed remote caddy that sits in one of the corners of the kitchen, and holds stuff like mail that needs attention, Sugarbutt's pill case and wallet, the dog's pills, pens, postits, and a couple of other random things. I'm going to reorganize some stuff, so the drawer underneath the crap corner can now be the crap drawer and I don't have to see all the crap. I think I've looked at every drawer organizer in the world online and can't find anything I think will work, so I'm going to try to make my own customized drawer organizer from balsa wood. :orly:
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Nothing :bigcry: I watched the mailman walk past my house through the window
Our postie goes past on a motorbike. It has a very distinct sound.
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Junk, mostly.
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Three hundred Japanese stamps. Old and new.
On eBay I bought some cat stamps and a large selection of USA stamps but they're not due to arrive until next month.
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^Ooooo, that's a good one. :orly:
Today was just junk mail. :dunno:
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Three hundred Japanese stamps. Old and new.
On eBay I bought some cat stamps and a large selection of USA stamps but they're not due to arrive until next month.
Philately used to be one of my rages. I learned a lot about other countries by collected their stamps. Didn't realize how much I was learning at first.
I came to understand that I was one of few who knew where Baden or Bhopal or Funafuti were. Worthy pursuit, I think.
:thumbup:
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Oh, I forgot to mention that you might caution yourself when using dirivitives of the word which describes your interest in stamps. To uneducated people they think that word is the same as another which describes a sexual act.
You might get some response like, "Duh, I'm smart too. That just means that you like giving blowjobs, right?"
While that chacterization might hold, the intent of actual conversation is subtle mostly and speaking can be dangerous at times. Ignorant bastards, some are.
:bigcry:
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Three hundred Japanese stamps. Old and new.
On eBay I bought some cat stamps and a large selection of USA stamps but they're not due to arrive until next month.
Philately used to be one of my rages. I learned a lot about other countries by collected their stamps. Didn't realize how much I was learning at first.
I came to understand that I was one of few who knew where Baden or Bhopal or Funafuti were. Worthy pursuit, I think.
:thumbup:
I never knew there were so many French Colonies. Got a small pile of Benin stamps and I've never heard of the place.
So what happened to your collection of stamps?
And yeah, I haven't used the word but other people have. Maybe to show they're smart? ;)
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I blame my philately on Bill Clinton. :zoinks:
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Today we got some junk mails, a treatment for the septic, and a fire safe battery bag for Sugarbutt. :woohoo:
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Nothing
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I ordered two sets of NOS tubes for my stereo amplifiers and they came today!
:woohoo:
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Nothing because it's Sunday. Kayleigh's expecting a few things this week. I'm not expecting anything except the electric bill. :(
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Well I got some USA stamps early and my credit card statement that I filed away. Also the gas bill which is lower than the last one. :)
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Cat stamps! :)
Also something from my superannuation fund. I haven't opened it yet. It's probably just a statement. I'm peeved with them because they still haven't changed my name from my maiden name even though I filled out a form and sent them a copy of my marriage certificate.
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Nothing
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I received the phone bill. :orly:
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Bills, also, but I FINALLY received my fancy audio interconnects, which I ordered last October.
Delivery shortages or some crap. I was ready to give up on them, but they began to send me weekly update emails, assuring me that I was not forgotten nor was I alone.
:wanker:
FINALLY!
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The electricity and water bills. They were both twice as much as last time (the water because of the running toilet which is fixed now, and the electricity because we've had the air conditioning on nearly every day. It's been a record-breaking hot summer).
Nothing fun in the mail today. Just grown-up stuff.
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Nothing fun in the mail today. Just grown-up stuff.
Jack's been cracking down on the budget, so I don't expect much fun in the mail for a while either. :dunno:
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Junk mail and some 10% off coupons from Home Depot
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A Halo book for Kayleigh.
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This was Friday: a pizza pamphlet and an envelope full of USA stamps. I don't have enough room to fit them into an album but I knew that would happen so I ordered some pages to go into my folder album. Ten of them. That should be enough.
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Not a lot. There were dead bugs in the mailbox, though.
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A shirt and some junk in the mail. The shirt is ill fitting, which is a shame. Will go back to the office soon and have no fashion sense. Needing new shirts, was hoping to devise a uniform of basic solid color button down shirts. The idea of clothes shopping in the stores is overwhelming, so will first try to test another shirt in the mail.
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Junk mail (which went straight into the recycling bin) and Mandalorian stamps. They're set out nicely in a folder. I don't know how to display them.
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I received three bags of stamps still stuck to paper (I was only meant to get one so I'm happy) and an envelope full of dog and cat stamps.
Kayleigh received a letter inviting her to make an appointment to get a pap smear. :D
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I received three bags of stamps still stuck to paper (I was only meant to get one so I'm happy) and an envelope full of dog and cat stamps.
Kayleigh received a letter inviting her to make an appointment to get a pap smear. :D
Modern stamps will often peel right off if you want to. To me it would depend upon the paper they are applied to before I peel. Then, you still have to figure out what to do with the "glue" on the backs. There are various sizes of plastic mounting containers available in strips which you cut to length which help.
Acidic papers can affect the inks and damage the stamps. There are little "litmus" pens you can find that identify pH and warn of sulphur or phosphor bearing compounds which could be detrimental to the preservation of your collection. One small line (specialized color changing "ink" pen) on the back of any paper will help to identify many harmful agents which could hinder archiving some papers.
Obviously, The Smithsonian does not use them (they have better ways), but an envelope that has crossed continents, oceans, even vast amounts of time can be quickly identified as to its make up.
Older stamps used water soluble adhesives. Hence the whole "lick a stamp" thing, which has always put me off some.
Older stamps can be recovered from envelopes by soaking them for a few minutes in room temperature water, laying them on a cloth to dry, then pressing them in your stamp albums to relieve any curling. Just be sure they air dried completely before you try to store them.
You probably knew that, but now several others do as well.
Sorry, but typing one handed is still a bitch with a whip!
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^ Yep, I've been putting them in a bowl of water. Then drying them. But I haven't put them in an album yet because I don't have the room. They're just in my stamp tin box.
Most of them are Australian stamps with a few European ones thrown in.
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February and now the first part of March have been busier than January since I ended up closing shop during most of that month when I had covid. I've lost track of whether I've shipped to all 50 states yet, but if I'm not there, I'm probably close.
Vacuum parts and clothes are where it's at this month.
Ordered more mailing envelopes, but other than that the only thing coming in was the water bill and some sales fliers. Water bill is about the only bill other than the school tax that I can't pay online because their so-called website is a cluster f*ck.
Thinking about finally spreading out to a couple other sites.
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I don't know if the mail was missed for a few days or what but there was bunch of mail. A couple of utility bills, a refund check from an overcharge, a crap ton of junk mail, and a weird handwritten letter from a Jehovah witness. :orly:
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^ Yep, I've been putting them in a bowl of water. Then drying them. But I haven't put them in an album yet because I don't have the room. They're just in my stamp tin box.
Most of them are Australian stamps with a few European ones thrown in.
I can tell you, as an old stamp collecter, you will need more albums and those pages will also fill before you know it.
Very little is more educating and fun than the study of each stamp and learning the WHYs and WHEREFOREs and HOWs it was made.
I hope your fun continues.
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Today, I finally got 4 Jantzen 5mH coils for my buddy's speaker project. He's doing the sawing, screwing, gluing and paying, I'm guiding him through the brainwork.
He will end up with a pair of Pro audio speakers with one fifteen and horn for each side, two-way monitors that will change his music listening world forever.
He's only ever owned crap, but that's about to change.
Feels good to get this close to completing a project, even if it's not mine.
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A Spider-Man book for Kayleigh. The big box it came in was kind of unnecessary.
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A book. :)
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A book. :)
I did too yesterday though it was some type of religious self help one I didn't ask for
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Second test shirt arrived today, in effort to create a uniform for the office. It may be the one. Fits okay. Will see if it fares well in the laundry tomorrow. If so, then will order more.
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Nothing because it's the weekend. On Monday if I get a parcel I won't be home for it and will have to wait all day until about 7pm, which is when I get home. I have a lot of stuff coming but because of Covid and the floods over east, there are delays.
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No mail today.
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A red stamp album. I would have preferred blue or black but there was nowhere to select another colour. I'm impressed with the black pages, though.
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Junk mail. I didn't even look at it, just threw it straight into the recycling bin.
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A big envelope full of stamps. The person who sent them was very generous. There's a lot there.
I also got a credit card statement.
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Stamps again! Some from Berlin, Germany. The pack they came in looks like it will be very hard to open.
Some from Queensland which I nearly dumped all over the floor when I cut the package open with scissors.
I don't think I need to buy any stamps for a while. :GA:
I also got the regular RAC magazine, which is about cars and driving and places to go within Western Australia, etc. I get it because I'm a member of RAC Roadside Assistance.
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I got even more stamps on Friday, Aussie ones.
There was a letter to the Householder so I gave it to Kayleigh to open. She did and as soon as she saw a picture of Jesus, she threw it on the floor. Kayleigh is not religious.
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A bill, junk mail. I also received some flowers from the girl. :heart:
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Bank statement and junk mail
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This was yesterday:
Two bras (they fit really nicely, so that's a first).
A book to give Mum on Mother's Day. It's about how things were in Australia in the 50s and 60s with heaps of photos. I'm hoping Mum will have some stories to tell.
A box of stamps from a friend. I'm waiting for the right time to go through it properly with no distractions.
I don't think I'm going to get any mail today, heh.
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Surgarbutt received a gift from the girl, and we got a haircut coupon. :orly:
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My facemasks I wear at work (and in public)
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Don't know yet what might be arriving in the mail. My son broke the mail box post last night.
NOT his fault. I had noticed that the big post that goes into the ground, holding up the entire structure, was a little loose when we first moved in to this new home. Kind of put it on the back burner as just one more ""little"" thing to fix on our fabulous home as we settle in FOREVER.
He opened the mail box door last night and the 4x4 post broke and fell over. :yikes:
I am still mostly bunged with a healing injury, so I called to find a handy man to fix it for me. Seems like I found the right guy, so far. Lives in town, 100% BBB rating, anxious to work. Should be fixed tomorrow, if not today.
Good Gods, man, I was stressed about this. I'll just write a check and it will be done. I hope.
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This was yesterday:
Two bras (they fit really nicely, so that's a first).
A book to give Mum on Mother's Day. It's about how things were in Australia in the 50s and 60s with heaps of photos. I'm hoping Mum will have some stories to tell.
A box of stamps from a friend. I'm waiting for the right time to go through it properly with no distractions.
I don't think I'm going to get any mail today, heh.
Sounds like a great gift for your Mum. I did not know that you folk down south had a Mother's Day. Cool! It is a special day here, for sure.
So, you think having good mail on one day has used all your mail karma for the day?
:LOL:
I might open the box of stamps first, but REALLY? You mail ordered something as personal as a couple of bras AND THEY ACTUALLY FIT?
I wish you could reveal the alchemy you used so I could show it to my daughter. My wife has ordered those a few times, opens the box and just throws them in the trash. Doesn't even bother trying them on. "I ordered by size. Who in my size did they think this would fit?" She has stopped trying.
My daughter always "tries" to use what she orders, but usually her orders end up in the donation bin or, in a case like this, the trash bin fairly quickly.
Now, I live with two busty women, so maybe that "doubles" their problems.
:hide:
But hey, actually getting a decent fit is amazing.
Tell me more about your box of stamps when you have time.
;)
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^This was my third try buying bras online. I've found a certain company that makes them just right. I now have four bras that fit properly. I'm busty too, so going to a regular department store is out of the question. They have nothing to fit me. I've donated a few bras after buying them, trying them on and being dissatisfied with the fit.
Tomorrow is Good Friday so I'm planning on it being Stamp Day. I can't wait.
I think I've used up my mail karma indeed because all we got today was a letter from the state political party. It went into recycling.
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I have had three people stop by, noticing my mail box looking as if it fell defeated in a lost battle with Time, lying on the ground. Helpful people, wanting to help the New Guy to the neighborhood.
I have been informed that there is a set price (much less expensive than my own plan of action) from the HOA to fix this for me and I do nothing.
I am not used to depending upon an organization to do useful things, but knowing this in advance might have helped to alleviate some of the stress I felt after the mailbox's battle with Time.
Either way, the problem is well on its way to being resolved. Drama Queen behavior is set aside for now.
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Wow.
The guy came and fixed the mailbox post; done in about an hour and a half - cemented hole well below the frost line, painted, level, all done, finished, better than new.
He charged me about eighty bucks less than his original estimate. I felt like I should split the difference with him. But instead, I gave him an $80 tip for his good work and speedy resolution. I love it when people do what they say they are going to do!
We are both happy.
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I guess we've only been getting junk mail because I haven't seen any mail lately. Sugarbutt checks the mail and puts it on the counter, and I deal with it. He must be tossing the junk into the recycle because there's been nothing on the counter for a few days. :dunno:
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Kayleigh got some Transformers, Bulkhead and Shockwave? I don't know if I got that right. These are to add to her collection.
Edit: It's Soundwave. How could I have gotten that wrong? ;)
Been going through my box of stamps. I have found a place for all the Polska stamps, in my stamp folder. But I'm definitely going to have to buy more pages and/or albums.
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Junk mail
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There's a Burger King coupon flyer sitting on the counter where the mail usually lands. I'll wait until Sugarbutt comes back to ask him. Things like that usually come in a bundle with other junk so that makes me think it's intentional. We don't eat out, so I'm really not sure why it's there. :lol1:
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My son got bill from the tolls down near NYC and I got junk mail
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We don't have tolls here in Western Australia. The first time I saw them was when on holiday in Queensland. They supposedly use the money on road upkeep. Our roads in the west are just as good though.
Kayleigh got three more Transformers - Ratchet (my favourite), Brawn and Hotrod. I don't think she'll be buying any more for a while.
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A bill and a bank statement. :orly:
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Kayleigh got three more Transformers - Ratchet (my favourite), Brawn and Hotrod. I don't think she'll be buying any more for a while.
She got another Transformer - Arcee. I said to her that her other one looks better but she answered that this new one is from a different series.
All I got was a superannuation newsletter.
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There's a Burger King coupon flyer sitting on the counter where the mail usually lands. I'll wait until Sugarbutt comes back to ask him. Things like that usually come in a bundle with other junk so that makes me think it's intentional. We don't eat out, so I'm really not sure why it's there. :lol1:
Did you solve the mystery of the Burger King flyer?
Today we got a big box parcel. I was expecting it, it's a new drawer for our freezer. It's plastic and also in the box were a lot of beads and padding. I'm peeved because the drawer has a crack in it. I'm wondering how it happened. Kayleigh has used superglue on it and hopefully that's enough. I was all ready to send it back but now that it's glued I guess we can't.
I also got an envelope full of UK stamps from a guy who's downsizing his collection.
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There's a Burger King coupon flyer sitting on the counter where the mail usually lands. I'll wait until Sugarbutt comes back to ask him. Things like that usually come in a bundle with other junk so that makes me think it's intentional. We don't eat out, so I'm really not sure why it's there. :lol1:
Did you solve the mystery of the Burger King flyer?
Today we got a big box parcel. I was expecting it, it's a new drawer for our freezer. It's plastic and also in the box were a lot of beads and padding. I'm peeved because the drawer has a crack in it. I'm wondering how it happened. Kayleigh has used superglue on it and hopefully that's enough. I was all ready to send it back but now that it's glued I guess we can't.
I also got an envelope full of UK stamps from a guy who's downsizing his collection.
Yes, it was intentional. A couple of months ago, he got caught out and about when it was time to eat and had grabbed burger so he thought that might happen again. They're actually really good coupons but I doubt they'll get used before they expire. I put them in the crap drawer anyway. :dunno:
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I'd like a burger right now.
I got some purple camo pants. I'm wondering if they'll fit me.
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No mail today. It's Saturday and mail service here is like Italy in the 70s.
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The cable bill, some junk, and a small package I think might be a gift for Jack. :orly:
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The pants do fit me, yay!
On Friday I got some filler pages for a stamp binder. Only I don't have the binder which I ordered way before the filler pages. I wonder what's going on.
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You can still work with the pages while you're waiting for the binder to arrive.
It seems to take ages for things to arrive. I ordered some speaker crossover air core inductors back in February (https://www.parts-express.com/crossover-inductors-table (https://www.parts-express.com/crossover-inductors-table)), from a well established supplier and they backordered them. Possibly to ship in July. That will be OK for me, because that is my timeline for getting my shop up and running again, but if you are in business and NEED this stuff now, you're screwed.
Hope your stamp hobby is giving you joy!
BUT, mail order succes ordering pants, and they fit, is really cool. Shoes is as close as I have come lately and I had ordered the exact same shoes I had before, using the inner labels to identify.
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Not actual USPS mail, but my neighbor whose easeway the movers had torn up and we fixed yesterday, placed a long winded thank you letter in my mailbox. He's a lawyer and "long winded" is what he does for a living.
It was a nice letter.
They seem to want to explore the possibility of having a relationship.
There's a road between us and our yards are between. "Hi!" if we are taking trash out at the same time, I'll wave. That's close enough for me.
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Yep, I've filled five of the filler pages already. It didn't take long! I've ordered another binder too.
Good neighbours are precious. In our complex I have three good neighbours. One of them recently even cleaned our wheelie bin.
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It was before the weekend, but, an HDMi to DisplayPort adaptor.
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The binder came but I think it was the first one I ordered, over a month ago. So I'm going to have two when the other one gets here.
Also, Kayleigh bought a book about Ahsoka for me. Ahsoka is in Star Wars: The Clone Wars most famously and I really like her character. Looking forward to reading the book.
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We watched the first two seasons of Clone Wars. Kids loved it, but we kind of got distracted by something else. Probably anime. My son is heavy into that these days and thinks that everyone should just love it as much as he does. I indulge him a bit.
I've seen the Clone Wars series available on disc. I should keep that in mind as a gift for one of them.
I was impressed by how great they did on the soundtrack and the stories are fun.
I've read a couple of Star Wars paper back collections, but never Clone wars.
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I was bitching earlier about how it takes so long to get stuff, but I had an example of the opposite today.
Last night my son was asking for help sharpening one of his blades. I asked what he was using and brought out this nice stone I had not seen.
I have broken a few of mine and I said I wanted one just like his.
That was about 7pm lasst night and I ordered one from Amazon, along with another finer grit.
They arrived here this morning around 10AM. Surprised me!
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Sort of the same happened to Kayleigh. She ordered a Transformer - Galvatron I think - yesterday afternoon and it got here today at about midday. She said they must have had it at Perth Distribution Centre for it to get here so quick. Perth is the most isolated city in the world so we expect deliveries to take a while.
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Another package with a gift for Jack. :orly:
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:green: I want to know what Jack is getting!
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:green: I want to know what Jack is getting!
The kids asked for ideas for mother's day gifts. Jack is receiving a new computer/work bag, zipper pouches to organize small items within the work bag and a necklace which has a clip for an access card. Sent the oldest a message to let them know the package was received and looking forward to the weekend to open it. Was told to open it now because time isn't real, but will wait. :laugh:
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Some junk mail in the mail, but there was a flower delivery. :orly:
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Junk mail
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Jack, those are cool presents. Things you'll use. I've gotten my mum a book for Mother's Day but I feel like getting her something else. I don't have much time.
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Jack, those are cool presents. Things you'll use.
Indeed. Years ago the oldest said I'm impossible to shop for because I'm so minimal and I don't like anything. Told them to just ask, and then the youngest caught on to that and started asking too. Am really bad about not spending money on myself regarding wants and even needs which aren't urgent needs, so tend to bookmark things and wait for the opportunity for them to be gifts.
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My son (with help) got me a six-pack of orange pansies. They're planted along the front walk now.
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I don't think I've seen orange pansies. Purple and yellow I've seen a lot of.
Yesterday I received two shirts from America in the mail. One with "PEW PEW" written on it a bunch of times. And a shirt that has written "Star Trek" in Star Wars font. That was given to Kayleigh who thinks it's wrong but likes it all the same. I ordered the shirts 3 months ago.
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Two hundred various world stamps, most of which are Czech. I have heaps of stamps to put in albums but no albums with space. So I've ordered more and am still waiting for them to arrive.
Two long-sleeved black polo shirts to wear this winter at the Salvos and a purple hoodie.
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A gas bill, thankfully lower than the last one.
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T-Mobile sent us new SIM cards for our four year old cell phones. T-Mobile has merged with Sprint, our old carrier. New SIMs will allow for better performance, they say. Only problem I ever have is when we are in a park with giant trees between us and the towers. I often get not even one full bar in the forests. Even goofing with my game is not possible. I play E&P.
I want to upgrade! Just not quite there yet.
But there are instructions on the website we are supposed to follow to do it all ourselves. I've done it to other phones many times when I was working at BB. I have lost our little "keys" though. Another casualty of our recent move. Finding a paper clip or a needle small enough is a hassle.
I would have tipped my hat to them if they had sent keys with the new SIM cards.
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Jury duty notice for my son and junk mail
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Just junk mail and some health benefit summary stuff. :dunno:
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A stamp album and a folder. I'm waiting on pages for the folder.
Kayleigh got the Halo Encyclopaedia. It's a pretty big and heavy book. Kayleigh is obsessed with Halo (it's a bunch of games and books and now a tv series) and so likes to tell me everything about it.
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We received a thank you card from a family member, and some junk. :orly:
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Lots of junk, but also my house slippers I ordered.
... and they fit fine!
Been ordering kick arounds for a couple of months. Sent them all back, because they were too small. This time it worked.
Apparently in slippers I wear size 14.
I have ordered regular sport kicks and my normal size 12 fit fine. Do my feet grow when I get up in the morning?
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We received a thank you card from a family member, and some junk. :orly:
Thank you card?
What did you do, put the grass back when you were done gophering?
:lol1:
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We received a thank you card from a family member, and some junk. :orly:
Thank you card?
What did you do, put the grass back when you were done gophering?
:lol1:
I only dig up stranger's yards, not family. :zoinks:
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I got two really soft hoodies today. One pink, one pale green. They were from the U.S. so they took a while to get here. Just in time for winter. I'm hoping it will get cold enough to wear them.
Speaking of the U.S., the stamps I received from a friend there have opened my eyes to different parts of the world. About 80% of them have homes in my albums now. Other people who have sent me stamps could learn a thing or two from my American friend on how to pack such things.
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Well, Renaeden, if something delicate has to cross an ocean, even in an airplane at 6 miles up, there should be something capable of absorbing moisture enclosed in the packaging. Not because of the flight over the ocean. Ship, yeah!
But because of the ground transfers and temperature differentials.
I learned that unpacking crates containing seven hundred pound grand pianos, when I was younger.
It sounds like your friend has done these things before.
:thumbup:
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The mailbox was empty today.
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Junk mail and my son got something from the census
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Everybody got something, but me.
My daughter got a beautifully polished malachite sample. That was fun!
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This was yesterday (Friday), a notice of inspection of our house next month and so much junk mail that it barely fit inside the letterbox.
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This was yesterday (Friday), a notice of inspection of our house next month and so much junk mail that it barely fit inside the letterbox.
I don't know what that means.
Inspections can be a really good thing, but my interpretation of your "tone" makes it sound scary.
We had many inspections before we bought this new home. Many were required and I paid for shiploads more on my own just to confirm the "Official" work that was done.
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Finally got my plates for my car. Now I'm mostly legal again. Still working on address changes in many places, mainly license bureau at this point, still. They addressed my plates to my old house, but my work with the USPS was enough for them and the post office corrected the mailing.
The branch sent me a brand new plate for my car last year, which usually are to be used for five years here.
Oddly, they sent me a new plate this year also, thus the additional delay, I suppose.
BUT, WHY!!??!!
Getting our driver licenses updated has turned into a minor nightmare. So, I am not yet an upstanding cictzen again, but I have really tried to be.
As I mentioned before, I need some help from the legal authority to get legal!!
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There was some mail for the boy, and I received some supplies I ordered for a project I'm doing. I'm pleased with the quality. I will need to get more later but I don't want to buy more than I need, and what I have now will keep me busy and moving forward for a while. :thumbup:
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This was yesterday (Friday), a notice of inspection of our house next month and so much junk mail that it barely fit inside the letterbox.
I don't know what that means.
Inspections can be a really good thing, but my interpretation of your "tone" makes it sound scary.
We had many inspections before we bought this new home. Many were required and I paid for shiploads more on my own just to confirm the "Official" work that was done.
It is scary. I like the house to be perfectly clean before an inspection (we have them every six months) but Kayleigh doesn't give a shit. So her bedroom barely passes. This time there's the matter of the ceiling in her room where there was a water leak in the middle of the night and I had to call emergency maintenance to come and fix it. They did but there's a lot of water damage plus a hole in the ceiling. On inspection day there shall be some discussion on how it should be repaired.
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Junk mail only. Everything useful came electronically.
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More junk mail
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A bank statement, a bill, and some junk. :orly:
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A bra. I have enough for now, they all fit properly.
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A telephone appointment letter for me. A respiratory specialist will be calling me near the end of the month. I don't know what they can do over the phone. I'm hoping I did badly enough on the lung tests I had a while ago that they will prescribe me stronger asthma medication.
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Nothing yet
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My wife ordered new drapes. I did not even know we were in the market.
I like the old ones, but the new ones are really cool, too.
Might snag the old ones for another absorption layer between me and the glass in my listening room.
:tinfoil:
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A ton of junk, and a new toll pass thingy. :orly:
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An electric bill and some more junk. :orly:
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A Domino's pizza voucher
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A Star Wars book for Kayleigh.
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Nothing.
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A five dollar bill from the city clerk who forgot to give me change the other day when I got the new dog licenses last week. I didn't even notice at the time, it was getting crowded in the office and I needed to be out of there
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Twenty pages for my stamp binder. Plus a water bill which I've paid.
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Good night, children..........so I come home from work tonite and there is a letter from walmart, congratulating me on working there for 5 years. Actually the anniversary is in July. ANYWHO, at soon to be 67, I was amused and rolled my eyes so much at the platitudes coming from some obscure, unknown manager who says that I should be proud to be with such an illustrious and "caring" company of its "associates".......LOL.....they care about me like I care about the dogshit that litters the roadside...😆if I died on the job, it would be posted before my corpse cooled off..."momma" didn't raise no fool..............thought she did try her best..... :autism:
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A new plastic drawer for the freezer that I paid for. I said it's Kayleigh's birthday present. I'll order another one when I get paid next, gradually replacing the broken drawers.
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An electricity bill and a newsletter from the housing association.
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A letter from the tax authorities that I haven't opened yet.
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A couple of books for Kayleigh and an asthma medication prescription for me. Huzzah!
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The usual junk headed straight for the recycling bin.
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When I get paid next, I'm going to order another freezer drawer so Kayleigh can have another present, heheh. They're $70 each, not cheap.
Just got junk mail today. Had a quick look but nothing great so it gets recycled.
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Insurance papers for my business they were delivered yesterday but see I had mail till today
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Just junk mail. I threw it into next door's bin. :zoinks:
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New fidget toys. They come as cubes and apparently can be turned into 72 different shapes. I bought one for Kayleigh and one for my stepdad.
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Two new bras. I know one of them will fit me as it's a brand I've bought before. Hopefully the other one fits. It's a really nice bright blue.
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A check for over payment of my workman's comp policy for $3
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Two new bras. I know one of them will fit me as it's a brand I've bought before. Hopefully the other one fits. It's a really nice bright blue.
You sure get a lot of bras. How many boobs do you have, anyway?
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
I got a record vacuum system today. Took a while to get here, but it will help with my album cleaning when I bring in second hand LPs.
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Two new bras. I know one of them will fit me as it's a brand I've bought before. Hopefully the other one fits. It's a really nice bright blue.
You sure get a lot of bras. How many boobs do you have, anyway?
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Lots and lots of boobs! :green:
Seriously, when I work at my cleaning job I get very sweaty and when I have a shower, afterwards I change into a clean bra. I've been buying bras mostly so I have a clean bra every day and am not washing them all the time.
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Nothing was in the mail today.... it's Sunday, might get some interesting goodies and knick knacks tomorrow
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Two new bras. I know one of them will fit me as it's a brand I've bought before. Hopefully the other one fits. It's a really nice bright blue.
You sure get a lot of bras. How many boobs do you have, anyway?
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Lots and lots of boobs! :green:
Seriously, when I work at my cleaning job I get very sweaty and when I have a shower, afterwards I change into a clean bra. I've been buying bras mostly so I have a clean bra every day and am not washing them all the time.
My wife has a really hot hard job, too and she has finally gotten to the point where she has enough to go all week and just wash on the weekends.
Only problem is that they don't last long at her UPS job. She's fairly large and "the girls" take quite a beating! She's always buying new bras.
I keep telling her that she only needs one good bra that comes off easy and a mountain of chocolate.
:mischief:
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^ :D
I got something in the mail today, only because I wasn't home to receive it, I have to go to the local post office before work and pick it up. I don't know what it could be.
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Boobs? :P
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^ :D
I got something in the mail today, only because I wasn't home to receive it, I have to go to the local post office before work and pick it up. I don't know what it could be.
It turned out to be the present I bought for Kayleigh that came in the mail yesterday. I'm not sure why the postie put a notice about picking it up in the letterbox. She got a fidget toy kit. Most of the pieces are metal, like there's a link of bike chain to fidget with. It's from Kaiko, an Aussie company, started by an 11 year-old boy who's autistic and dyslexic. He wanted something durable and quiet to fidget with so he made them himself.
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We've just been getting bills and junk because I've done well avoiding online shopping. I did received some seasoning I ordered for Sugarbutt. It can't be found in local stores here, so I always order it online. :dunno:
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Is it cardamom?
They're always out near by.
I can only find it at the Turkish shop.
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Is it cardamom?
They're always out near by.
I can only find it at the Turkish shop.
It's a cajun trinity seasoning. It's a mixture of dried onion, bell peppers, celery and garlic flakes. There's also another hot spicy spice mixture he likes that I can find in the stores here, but I think cajun spices in general are fairly regional in their availability though. :dunno:
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I got some stamps from Canada. I haven't opened the envelope yet but there's some awesome Canadian stamps on the outside.
I also got an appointment letter for a chest CT scan that I'll have next month.
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Is it cardamom?
They're always out near by.
I can only find it at the Turkish shop.
It's a cajun trinity seasoning. It's a mixture of dried onion, bell peppers, celery and garlic flakes. There's also another hot spicy spice mixture he likes that I can find in the stores here, but I think cajun spices in general are fairly regional in their availability though. :dunno:
How is Dox47 anyway?
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:lol1:
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
...Jack.
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
...Jack.
That was once explained too. http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,11588.msg744813.html#msg744813 There's probably nothing I can do to change your mind, and that's okay. If it get too weird, I'll probably just ignore it. :dunno:
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Junk
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
I've been doxed so many times (by you who the doxxer was) it no longer matters. I'm right here, central Indiana.
Those invited have already left.
Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
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Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
I only have a squirt gun. It's not dangerous, but with some tenacity I might extinguish your fire. :zoinks:
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
I've been doxed so many times (by you who the doxxer was) it no longer matters. I'm right here, central Indiana.
Those invited have already left.
Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
How do you mean you've been doxed by you who the doxxer was?
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
I've been doxed so many times (by you who the doxxer was) it no longer matters. I'm right here, central Indiana.
Those invited have already left.
Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
How do you mean you've been doxed by you who the doxxer was?
Sorrry, I accidentallly dropped a word.
"You know who" I meant to say.
I will not name, lest I invoke or provoke, but he was here for a long time and bothered some of us in various ways.
Sorry for the confusing typo!
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
I've been doxed so many times (by you who the doxxer was) it no longer matters. I'm right here, central Indiana.
Those invited have already left.
Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
How do you mean you've been doxed by you who the doxxer was?
Sorrry, I accidentallly dropped a word.
"You know who" I meant to say.
I will not name, lest I invoke or provoke, but he was here for a long time and bothered some of us in various ways.
Sorry for the confusing typo!
Ahh, I see! But yes, Jack is Dox47. If you know Dox47, you do know Jack. :laugh:
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The usual assortment of junk. ::)
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Some bags for lining the cats' litter tray arrived this morning. Excitement plus!
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Multiple local political fliers were in the box
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:lol1:
Well, what would it do if he outed himself finally? What's the big deal?
I thought we were long past that, so I assumed you were joking. :dunno:
What's the big deal with being outed after all this time, Dox47? I know it's you, others likely do too. The irony of your username isn't lost on me.
Nagging me about it wont make it true. There's no irony. The original name and log in for this account is Gary_Glitter, created years before I ever joined here. I've used Harry Gary, Scary Gary, and several others. Then once a member made the account into Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day. I found it hillarious and it's been Gopher Gary since then. My IP address is visible on my posts. Someone once announced my location in the forum a long time ago, no biggie. It's easy enough to log into this account to see it. :dunno:
I've been doxed so many times (by you who the doxxer was) it no longer matters. I'm right here, central Indiana.
Those invited have already left.
Yell out before approaching my fire. To do otherwise is dangerous. My guns could be bigger than yours and I have mine ready.
How do you mean you've been doxed by you who the doxxer was?
Sorrry, I accidentallly dropped a word.
"You know who" I meant to say.
I will not name, lest I invoke or provoke, but he was here for a long time and bothered some of us in various ways.
Sorry for the confusing typo!
Ahh, I see! But yes, Jack is Dox47. If you know Dox47, you do know Jack. :laugh:
But, I don't know Jack.
I always ask, "Who the hell are you?"
Pretty sure she's tired of my moronic joke. Doesn't stop me from being a continuing ass crystal.
:evillaugh:
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Multiple local political fliers were in the box
Yeah, Mine the same. Local elections are done, but the BIG ones are coming up. Vote wisely, people!
I got a selection of electronic parts to complete my new stereo set up.
Only thing new is some speakers I got a couple of months ago, but driving the others, after introducing the new ones will require some use of an additional amp. I got the stuff to do that in the mail.
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Sooo much junk mail. In the middle of it all was a letter saying the rent is going up in October. Dang.
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Some more seasoning I ordered for Sugarbutt. When I ordered the last stuff, I didn't realize he was low on two things. :lol1:
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A parcel from my mum.
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A parcel from my mum.
From Finland? Cool.
Delivery guy took advantage of the side fence being missing when he delivered a parcel to the business next door. Once he finished there, he crossed the property border and knocked on our back door to deliver a parcel to Kayleigh.
When Kayleigh told me what happened, I said that he shouldn't have done that. Kayleigh agreed.
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Kayleigh got a book and a comic in the mail today. The book is a graphic novel of Dune. I don't know what the comic is.
I got a letter from the respiratory specialist saying I have a phone appointment on the 13th September. What fun.
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I got a book yesterday too.
"The Master Handbook Of Acoustics" by F. Alton Everest and Ken C. Pohlmann.
The library has a copy from which I have read and refered many times, but assholes keep tearing out pages in that copy.
I finally have my own.
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Political Ad for state politics... it was a Democratic advertisement.... because I'm the only one in my house who is "left-leaning"
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Some cool stamps from Canada and the power bill.
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A mass of wet junk mail and the water bill.
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There was no mail today, due to the bogus US holiday rule! ::)
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Junk mail addressed to my father wanting him to get the New York Post. Odd he has been dead about 9 years, never lived here and always got the Daily News not the Post
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Political junk.
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Political Shit.... yet no Tax Return
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Are you Illinoians to receive a refund from state taxes?
I got my Indiana version about two weeks ago.
If they have five billion dollars in surplus state budget, they need to cut down taxing us a bit and send some of it back to the tax payers.
:MLA:
I don't get much political crap in the mail, but right now, you can not look in any direction without seeing twenty or so signs polluting the view literally everywhere.
One benefit of a HOA is that our neighborhood does not allow political signs to be posted in our yards or any signs except for those doing work on a house at the time of the work, but still only that with homeowners consent.
Just about everywhere else, FUCK! It's ugly.
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I did a big grocery shop and paid the bills. :hadron:
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Paid our credit card bill and sent it out in the mail.
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^ I don't have a credit card bill now! I've paid it off and it's now in credit by about $70. It's a load off my mind. I'm no longer in debt.
I got a letter from the superannuation fund explaining their fees. They're still stuck on using my maiden name even though I sent them a copy of my marriage certificate.
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I did a big grocery shop and paid the bills. :hadron:
I posted this in the wrong thread. :lol1:
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^ I don't have a credit card bill now! I've paid it off and it's now in credit by about $70. It's a load off my mind. I'm no longer in debt.
We have been credit card bill free for over fifteen years, until I went to buy a mower a few months back.
I thought I was signing up for one of those "points cards" that gets you a discount on certain items, but I had put my new mower on credit.
I'm just going with it, but I think they did this kind of sneaky. It was only $700 but, I was prepared to pay with my debit card, straight out of my checking account.
They won't make any money off me, because the thing is one year free of interest. I'll pay the thing off with the next payment. :razz:
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I did a big grocery shop and paid the bills. :hadron:
I posted this in the wrong thread. :lol1:
I don't know.
My daughter pays extra to have stuff she wants delivered to our door.
I have seen her order donuts and coffee from a grocery store to be delivered to the front door.
We have work to do!
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Insurance over payment refund check I have been waiting for :hyke:
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I did a big grocery shop and paid the bills. :hadron:
I posted this in the wrong thread. :lol1:
I don't know.
My daughter pays extra to have stuff she wants delivered to our door.
I have seen her order donuts and coffee from a grocery store to be delivered to the front door.
We have work to do!
We talked about it, but Sugarbutt is creeped out by the idea of home delivery and I don't like paying extra for anything. Plus, I really prefer to pick out my own stuff, especially produce. For example, I often buy mandarins but this week they looked really small and crappy so I bought regular oranges instead. :dunno:
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Insurance over payment refund check I have been waiting for :hyke:
No one ever sends me refund checks. >:(
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Insurance over payment refund check I have been waiting for :hyke:
No one ever sends me refund checks. >:(
:bigcry:
We've gotten them from insurance recently. Talk about a rooster tooth occurrence!
Indiana gets a little pissy about big companies taking its citezens to a bend over fest. Makes them keep it honest if they want to do business here.
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Didn't get any mail today... it was Sunday
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The postie is across the road. He's usually earlier than he is today. But so far we've had junk mail. A lot of it.
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Kayleigh got a Transformer - Arcee, the pink version. I prefer the blue version.
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Yesterday I got two t-shirts - one black with an exploding Rubiks cube and the other is grey with the NASA logo on it.
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I have been lucky so far and not gotten much junk political stuff in the mail, but today, I got the latest "Epoch Times" straight into my mailbox via USPS.
If you do not know what that garbage is, Google "Falun Gong" and decide for yourself if this is what you want to read.
Actually I did read some and even more of the headlines. This shows how stupid those people think we are.
Biggest problem is that there is a huge swath of America that already think this way and made up bullshit like this fans their fires.
:finger:
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Junk and a science magazine. 8)
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A parcel from my mum.
From Finland? Cool.
I visited her this summer. She's got tons of film negatives lying around that she doesn't want to keep. I told her to send them all to me. These are family photos and I have a decent scanner. Ever since, she's been sending me packages.
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In the mail today: nothing.
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I got 10 folder pages to put large lots of stamps in - the kind that are displays. I also received a page full of astronaut and cosmonaut-related stamps.
I also got a letter from the housing people about our inspection. They say we need to deep clean the floors. That'll be fun.
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Another parcel from my mum.
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Yesterday Kayleigh got a parcel of mine that I'd forgotten I bought. It's a green stamp folder that has "First Day Covers" on it. I wish it was blank but oh well. I'll put my first day covers in it but I don't have many. It has some smaller stamp pages in it so I'll move those to another folder.
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Sugarbutt's Christmas gift came in the mail today. :santa: I also received part of my momma's gift but it was past the expiration date so I have to return it. :dunno:
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Our credit card bill! :GA:
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Sugarbutt's Christmas gift came in the mail today. :santa: I also received part of my momma's gift but it was past the expiration date so I have to return it. :dunno:
Umm, either somewhat early or very late. Which is it?
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Nothing. Nada.
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Sugarbutt's Christmas gift came in the mail today. :santa: I also received part of my momma's gift but it was past the expiration date so I have to return it. :dunno:
Umm, either somewhat early or very late. Which is it?
Christmas is generally shopped and wrapped by Thanksgiving. It makes the holiday season a less stressful. :thumbup:
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Some sort of cooking catalog
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Some junk mail and a letter for Kayleigh saying she has to go to hospital for a nerve test on her wrist (she has carpal tunnel syndrome). She's already had it so she has to ring and cancel the hospital one.
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Depressing!
Got my second quarter investment statements from some of my mining investments which have been shut down or curtailed drastically by the Biden Administration.
I've lost A LOT OF MONEY this year! And the year is not over yet!
Not sure why the hard metal investments, copper, tin, iron ores, molybdenum oxidates are not doing well, though. Silver and gold are both down again, too!
:grrr:
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Another Christmas gift arrived today. It looks good, which is a relief. One out of three isn't a great start, but at least I'm not completely starting over. :lol1: There was also some junk and a bill that I already paid last weekend. I don't know what took it so long to get here. :dunno:
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Lots of junk mail more than I have seen on any one day in more than a year
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Political Shit... I already voted, so why send me more shit? -____-
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Lots of junk mail more than I have seen on any one day in more than a year
It's the political season, most of our junk mail is political! >:(
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I got a vinyl record in the mail.
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I got a vinyl record in the mail.
That's cool, I hope the sender packed it well. :)
I'm waiting for some Mt. Fuji stamps.
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A new desk chair arrived for the boy, it's a gift from the girl. A couple of days ago she and I were talking and I was saying his christmas gift was going to be a toss up between new bedding or a new chair. She said she was getting him the chair, but I said no because they agreed years ago to stop buying each other gifts and I didn't want him to feel awkward. She said, no not for christmas, it's for right now just because, it will be there is two days. He was so surprised and excited, he assembled it right away and then called her to show it to her and thank her. Then when they were done talking, she and I talked for another hour. :lol1:
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Nothing. It's Saturday.
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Voting valets, junk mail, my parents mail, and a game from Gamefly.
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My 2023 Volcano calendar and a ton of political junk mail!
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Nothing. Snail mail is so 2010.
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Kayleigh got a bunch of hair products in the mail. I'm waiting for my Mount Fuji stamps which are very late but this could be because the seller is affected by the flooding over east.
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The second attempt at my momma's christmas gift arrived today. The dates on them are great so I'm pleased. :thumbup:
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Political junk mail
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The water bill. It's under $20 so that's ok.
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Hopefully, my new movies come in tomorrow... because I checked the tracking number and it said they're in a sorting center outside of my suburb which isn't that far from where my parents live.
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We got a disturbing large bill for my wife's recent hospital stay and treatments.
Apparently, some of the prescribed infusions were not considered as necessary to the insurance company, but elective. Insurance does not cover something the medical consumer decides to use, even when the doctors recommend them.
We never knew that this might be an issue.
Coming up on about five thousand dollars out of pocket to save my wife's life a few months back.
:indeed:
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Don't know yet... I haven't even left the basement
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I received a shirt I ordered for the boy. I had ordered two but one was out of stock and got cancelled. There was also a ton of paper mail. Sugarbutt has been sick and mentioned he hasn't checked the mail all week and asked me to do it. I told him it never occurs to me to check the mail because I haven't done it my whole life. :lol1:
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I hope your Sugarbutt gets better quickly. :)
We got the gas bill. Expensive. :(
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I hope your Sugarbutt gets better quickly. :)
Me too. His dog seriously needs a bath. :lol1:
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Junk mail
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My E.T. soundtrack was in the mail yesterday. The latest, the best. Listening to it now.
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^ :)
Still waiting for my Mt. Fuji stamps. I'm wondering if I should write to the seller.
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Kayleigh got another Transformer. I think its name is Arachnia or something like that.
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I got little blue pins designed to hold my doona corners where the cover corners are. I put them on straight away and they have lasted the night.
The pin part passed very easily through the doona and cover so I've realised they're quite sharp.
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I received a bill and some junk. Plus I received a gift for a family member I had ordered, and a couple of wine gift bags.
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I got another game in the mail from Gamefly.
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^Good to see you, Natalia. :)
I got a bank statement for my credit card and a bunch of pizza vouchers.
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Kayleigh got The Hobbit and The Silmarillion (sp) in the mail yesterday.
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Junk
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Nothing. It's Sunday. :)
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Actually yesterday, got my moon phase watch and wore it to work. I love it!
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Nothing. It's Sunday. :)
Our postal workers are "whipped" into delivering parcels on Sundays these days.
Sadly, I ordered some sanding discs from Amazon on a Thursday, expecting next day "Prime" service and there is some delay. So, the same guy (Mike, possibly needing the overtime) who delivers our daily letter mail is out on a Sunday bringing my Amazon "delayed" parcel to my house.
Great!
I still feel like a heel!
:hide:
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Kayleigh's NX-01 cap finally arrived after I ordered it over a year and a half ago.
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Kayleigh's NX-01 cap finally arrived after I ordered it over a year and a half ago.
It was on its way for 18 months?!?
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Kayleigh's NX-01 cap finally arrived after I ordered it over a year and a half ago.
It was on its way for 18 months?!?
They made excuses right from the start about why I wouldn't have it soon. First, they had to get a certain amount of orders the same as mine before they would start making them (the actual caps or just the embroidering, I don't know), then their company was closing down and they were looking for another to take their work on. Of course this took ages. And ages.
I think a Dutch company took over because that's what was written as the sender on the package. Not the company name, but the location. I had given up on ever getting it. It was meant for a present for Kayleigh's birthday in June last year.
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Christmas gifts from my momma. We've also been getting Christmas cards lately. :santa:
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I got a card from my dad with some cash in it. I called him to thank him.
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Two calendars. One is a Star Trek: Ships of the Line and the other is Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy.
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A christmas card and a bill. :orly:
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A letter from the endocrinology department at the hospital. It's just saying they got my GP's referral and will allocate me an appointment when possible.
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The electricity bill. Jeepers Creepers.
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Some medical statement stuff. :orly:
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I got my new bank card, huzzah!
I'd have liked a green one but orange is ok.
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flavored cuttlebones for my budgies, and a replacement wire for my headphones.
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In the mail yesterday we got ID tags for the cats. I thought wearing the tags would annoy them but apparently not.
Today, Australia Post sent me an email to say something is on its way, not sure what it is.
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flavored cuttlebones for my budgies, and a replacement wire for my headphones.
got an e-mail that said the second part of my amazon package is coming on the 6th... it's a 1TB flash drive that I was going to start using.
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In the mail yesterday we got ID tags for the cats. I thought wearing the tags would annoy them but apparently not.
Today, Australia Post sent me an email to say something is on its way, not sure what it is.
It was clothes dividers, supposed to make the contents of my drawers less messy. They're a lot smaller than I thought they'd be.
Yesterday Kayleigh got a Lazarus comic.
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Kayleigh got a book of recipes from Halo the video game (and Halo books too, I guess). I got a newsletter from the government housing company that I read and then threw into recycling.
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A new butt for the robovac. The dustbin has a clip that holds it in place and somehow the spring under the clip disappeared, so I had to order a whole new dustbin because they don't just sell the spring. It wasn't expensive and the robovac has more than earned its keep, so that's okay. :thumbup:
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Junk mail
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Some rubber rings to put into the washing machine to collect cat hair. They don't work as well as I'd like. Most likely because I put a cat blanket in, covered with cat hair. Maybe those rings can only collect so much hair.
Also got a book 'What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic' by Annie Kotowicz.
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Some rubber rings to put into the washing machine to collect cat hair. They don't work as well as I'd like. Most likely because I put a cat blanket in, covered with cat hair. Maybe those rings can only collect so much hair.
i know those green square scotchbrite dish scrubbers are good for getting cat hair off furniture. I've never tried on a blanket but it seems like it would work if it were held down. Just rub it in circles. If you don't have one, the scrubby side of a dish sponge is basically the same thing. :thumbup:
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I had never thought of using a dish scrubber or sponge before, thanks for the tip. :) I have a device I can't explain that gets cat hair off cushions and furniture by just running it up and down. Cat hair (or human hair) collects in the back of it and can be easily gathered up and thrown out.
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I had never thought of using a dish scrubber or sponge before, thanks for the tip. :) I have a device I can't explain that gets cat hair off cushions and furniture by just running it up and down. Cat hair (or human hair) collects in the back of it and can be easily gathered up and thrown out.
That's an old school trick I learned over thirty years ago. My first job out of highschool was residential cleaning and one of my clients had a hairy cat chair. My boss taught me the dish scrubber trick to deal with it. That fancy modern device you have might be a better option. :lol1:
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More junk
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This was Friday: my back scrubber for the shower, it's really good. And a letter from the endocrinology department at Rockingham hospital, I have an appointment on the 3rd of February.
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Chicago Manual of Style, The Best Grammar Book, Period. The Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (it has pictures in it).
It made for a heavy package.
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Some tax stuff and some junk. One of the junks was a cleaning company. Years ago Jack wanted to get one when she was working every waking moment, but sugarbutt couldn't handle the idea of a stranger coming in and touching all our stuff. I held up the junk and said ooooooo maid service!! He looked at me like I was crazy and said, maid service? I just laughed and said I don't want maid service. :lol1:
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I was all for getting a cleaner in to do our floors regularly. But Kayleigh is of the same view as your Sugarbutt, she doesn't want strangers in our house.
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It's Sunday. No mail today.
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Some more tax stuff. I think that might be all of it. :dunno:
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My hair towels and a pizza voucher.
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^Love the hair towels. Can't wrap it up quickly though, my hair is getting long.
Today I received a book - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. It's part 1 of a trilogy so I'm expecting the other two soon.
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Coin capsules
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A bill, some junk, and my new mouse. :orly:
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An Officeworks voucher from my parents.
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Another bill and some more junk. :orly: I'll probably pay the bill tomorrow. I thought I was done paying the bills and I've had more than enough to do today. :dunno:
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I received two t-shirts - one blue with schematics of the Enterprise D and the other black with the Starfleet delta symbol with a cat wrapped around it. I don't think I need any more shirts for a while.
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A five page booklet on how to breathe better by Asthma WA
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Shit. And a bill.
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A bank statement and some junks. :orly:
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I received a shadowbox I'm going to use to make a gift. :orly:
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Junk.
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Now that I think of it, I don't recall seeing any mail today. :dunno:
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A bill and some junks. :orly:
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Nothing. They don't do the rounds on Saturdays.
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Nothing. They don't do the rounds on Saturdays.
They don't here either. But on Friday we got the electricity bill. Wowsers.
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Action figures. I've been bit by the nostalgic effect of my childhood, can't shake it
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Action figures. I've been bit by the nostalgic effect of my childhood, can't shake it
Do you have any Transformers?
Today I got a date of inspection letter and a fracture clinic appointment letter. Hopefully it's the last time I have to go there. My arm is healing well.
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You know what when I was a kid I had more than a few transformers, the ones they make now are pretty expensive and maybe it's just an inflation story. All toys seem to be over priced now in the stores
I'm more or less right now into masters of the universe, teenage mutant ninja turtles and a little godzilla/king kong
So many I have left to collect :laugh:
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Transformers are definitely expensive online. Hundreds of dollars, some of them are now.
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Nothing of interest.
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Transformers are definitely expensive online. Hundreds of dollars, some of them are now.
oh yep. It's like that with all the vintage toys now, even 90s action figures
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I received a belt for the boy's easter gift, and I also mailed an easter gift to the girl. :orly:
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Junk, mostly.
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A medical certificate for all the time I've had off work.
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I received a shower curtain liner for the hall bath. :orly: The boy likes a crystal clear shower curtain, but I insist on also hanging a fabric shower curtain that looks good. I hang them on separate rods so he can be on the lookout out for psychos while bathing, and the bathroom can still look nice the rest of the time. The current clear one has some soap scum built up on it. I ordered a new one because my momma is coming for a visit, but I'm certain the boy will be happy for it too. :lol1:
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^ That reminds me to replace our shower curtain sometime soon. It's white and has soap marks on it.
I haven't checked the mail yet because I don't think it's been delivered.
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A bill and some junks. :orly:
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One of my quarterly earnings statements, maybe early by a few days. Hmmm. I have not opened it.
But most hugely anticipated, a variety of specialty packs of seeds for spring planting. Still too early for some, but perfect for the more hardy "giant zinnias" I had ordered. Supposed to reach five to six feet tall.
The soil is prepared or would that be pre-pre-prepared. I've dug out there since the fall, "preparing" and boning up. A little blooding as well, since blood meal and bone meal have been in the ground since about last October, feeding my worms, them leaving thier leavings.
WTF, did you think worms were vegan or something?
I am ready to make the best use of tomorrow's expected good weather.
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Nothing.
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Nothing.
Nothing here either. I've been expecting something but, alas.
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A check for a house I worked on a couple weeks ago
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No one ever sends me checks in the mail. >:(
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A letter from the power company warning the cost of their services is about to go up. :GA:
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A letter from the power company warning the cost of their services is about to go up. :GA:
We got one of those recently also.
Electricity is our biggest utility bill, more than triple our water or gas, more than ten times our waste bill.
Cable and cell service are right up there, too. Each one almost half the electric bill.
I wish I could downgrade some of that, but I enjoy my streaming programs.
:hair:
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A letter from the power company warning the cost of their services is about to go up. :GA:
We got one of those recently also.
Electricity is our biggest utility bill, more than triple our water or gas, more than ten times our waste bill.
Cable and cell service are right up there, too. Each one almost half the electric bill.
I wish I could downgrade some of that, but I enjoy my streaming programs.
:hair:
A few years ago there was a considerable drop in the cost of electricity here. Even after all this time, I'm still impressed by the bills, because when does that ever happen, something gets cheaper? Never, that's when. I'll have to wait to see what the increase means for us. :dunno:
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RAC Magazine. About cars, road rules, holiday destinations within our state, etc.
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A letter from our property manager. Follow up on our inspection. For next time we have to clean the kitchen exhaust fan and Kayleigh has to clean her room.
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Nothing, haven't had anything since Thursday and won't have anything until tomorrow. Long weekend.
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Nothing yet did get a Grainger safety catalog yesterday
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Bills. An appointment for an orthopaedic specialist next month. My feet will finally get some relief. Maybe.
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FINALLY, a roll of stamps I ordered three weeks ago.
Everything is always three to five business days with the USPS (our postal service).
Your order is processed in three to five days.
Shipping your order takes three to five days.
Delivery of your order takes three to five days.
... and after three weeks, full joy.
This is supposed to be convenient!
:M
I know, there's a labor shortage.
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Nothing. The deliveries these days are like Italian mail in the 70s.
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A speeding fine. :zoinks:
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A water bill. $5.78. Oh, so much, how ever will I afford it? ;)
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Dog treats and some junks. :orly:
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Two real estate pamphlets and something from the local government about ANZAC Day which is on Tuesday.
Dog treats and some junks. :orly:
I ordered some cat treats from Amazon and the cats don't like them!
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A speeding fine. :zoinks:
I'm shocked!
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I received a bastard and a half bastard.
I never expected them to go USPS, but my order came early, too.
They are files I ordered. Bastard is just the name they use to describe the type of cut they can do. A bastard can cut in both directions and a half bastard only cuts on the push stroke. Half bastards can be very aggressive! Mine is a course half bastard. Extremely aggressive cut.
The bastard is meant for more refined shaping of metals.
If I am wrong, blame the Nicholson website for that description. Nicholson files have always been the best I have used, so I got two more to replace the worn out ones I have had for so many years.
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Five rainbow infinity pins. My friend makes them as an autism pride symbol, and had sent me one. The cub immediately adopted it for his bulldozer shirt because it looks like the "everything" boost in Mario Kart and he wanted his bulldozer to be a kart.
Cue tantrum when we lost it.
My kind friend is attempting to ensure there is no repeat of the tantrum because I will have plenty on hand. Only problem is the cub was there when the package arrived, and I dropped it and all five spilled out, so he saw how many extras there were.
Now his bulldozer has five boosts all at the same time. :zombiefuck:
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A speeding fine. :zoinks:
I'm shocked!
So was I, the camera was across the road behind me and up a hill! Very sneaky.
$200 fine and two demerit points. Booo, haven't gotten demerit points before. :(
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^ That stinks!
I often drift through a stale yellow traffic signal and wonder if my picture was taken. That would be a no brainer.
It feels like a speeding fine is a bit outside the ability to prove, unless they have multiple images and/or mounted radar/laser speed sensors.
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Some seasonings for Sugarbutt I always have to order because they just don't sell it in the stores around here. :orly:
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Yesterday I got my bidder packet with my number for a big farm auction I am going to in three weeks
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A speeding fine. :zoinks:
I'm shocked!
So was I, the camera was across the road behind me and up a hill! Very sneaky.
$200 fine and two demerit points. Booo, haven't gotten demerit points before. :(
We don't get those. How does it work? Do they reset after some specified time period?
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A speeding fine. :zoinks:
I'm shocked!
So was I, the camera was across the road behind me and up a hill! Very sneaky.
$200 fine and two demerit points. Booo, haven't gotten demerit points before. :(
We don't get those. How does it work? Do they reset after some specified time period?
There are 12 points in total. If you get all 12, you lose your driver's licence for a year (I think). Points are reset to zero after 5 years (again I think). I think Charlotte would know more than I do. Not that she's a speeder, I just think she just knows more about this sort of thing in general. And also, she lives in a different state to me so it may be different there.
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Thank goodness we don't get those.
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Thank goodness we don't get those.
People's driving rights and the cost of their car insurance aren't affected by their driving record? There's a point system here too, or at least something along that lines, but I have no clue what a person has to do to get their license revoked, except for driving drunk or something. I've had one ticket since I moved here but I had the option to take an online course to avoid the points on my driving record. I opted to do that because otherwise my insurance would have gone up. :dunno:
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The only way I know of that the cost of car insurance is raised is if you get into a car crash that's your fault. Because your insurance has to pay to fix not only your car but all the other cars that got damage.
I suppose if you lost your licence and then got more insurance after the year is up, your premiums would be higher.
The main car bill is for registration, that's a stinker because it costs so much.
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Got a Gamegly game and my son's school suspension report I have to sign and some referral paper for me to call to leave some information for my son to make an appointment for him to go to a developmental place for testing and something about dental insurance for my daughter.
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A pamphlet from a real estate agent about selling our house. I guess they don't know we rent.
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The electricity bill. Not as high as the last one.
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A pamphlet from a real estate agent about selling our house. I guess they don't know we rent.
I think those people must buy mailing lists or something.
I still get offers to sell our old house. I tell them to drive by, inspect the place and make me a real offer.
That house no longer exists! I saw them tear it into shreds with a huge excavator and haul it away in a fleet of dumptrucks.
We're done there!
:heisenberg:
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Thank goodness we don't get those.
People's driving rights and the cost of their car insurance aren't affected by their driving record? There's a point system here too, or at least something along that lines, but I have no clue what a person has to do to get their license revoked, except for driving drunk or something. I've had one ticket since I moved here but I had the option to take an online course to avoid the points on my driving record. I opted to do that because otherwise my insurance would have gone up. :dunno:
People's insurance costs are affected by how they drive (well, what they hit and why).
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Thank goodness we don't get those.
People's driving rights and the cost of their car insurance aren't affected by their driving record? There's a point system here too, or at least something along that lines, but I have no clue what a person has to do to get their license revoked, except for driving drunk or something. I've had one ticket since I moved here but I had the option to take an online course to avoid the points on my driving record. I opted to do that because otherwise my insurance would have gone up. :dunno:
People's insurance costs are affected by how they drive (well, what they hit and why).
I see. Here it's actually affected by how people drive. :lol1: It's not only tickets and accidents. I've heard some insurance companies offer safe driver discounts for people who allow some sort of monitor in their car. I'm not certain how that works. :dunno:
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Not today, but not long ago, I received some well-packed stamps in the mail from a valued friend. Unfortunately, because I'm packing everything up for renovations, I can't unpack the stamps. I really want to though because I'm sure there are some treasures there. :dunno:
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A Life Insurance notice from our agent. She wants to meet with us and can save us some money.
I called her back for details right away.
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The water bill. $10 oh noes!
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$10 dollar water bill is scary?
Ours is usually three times that, except in summer when we run the sprinkler system, which leads to $50 dollar water bills.
One thing I think is BS is that they charge us on the same bill a percentage of water usage for sewage (flushing toilets, washing dishes) disposal. Even though half of our water goes onto the garden and grass, we still get a bump for the sewage part of the bill.
Sounds like Mafia crap to me, but we have to pay it!
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$10 dollar water bill is scary?
Ours is usually three times that, except in summer when we run the sprinkler system, which leads to $50 dollar water bills.
One thing I think is BS is that they charge us on the same bill a percentage of water usage for sewage (flushing toilets, washing dishes) disposal. Even though half of our water goes onto the garden and grass, we still get a bump for the sewage part of the bill.
Sounds like Mafia crap to me, but we have to pay it!
I was joking because it's not much at all. I don't think we have to pay for sewage disposal. And we don't have to pay the huge annual water bill that homeowners get here.
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A bill that I owe for my visit to the Urgent Care back in late March/ early April
I thought my Medicaid/Medicare thing was helping me with that... I'll wait until I have the funds in a few days to pay it (if need be)
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I got my oil free facial sunscreen in the mail and compression stockings.
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Kayleigh got a model of the USS Titan in the mail.
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Not a lot.
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Some paint for the garage. :woohoo:
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It was not the normal USPS guy who comes in the afternoon, but a larger truck.
I had ordered some CD shelving from Amazon. I have too many CDs to fit in one room, but if I can have a thousand of my favorites handy, all is better.
This guy struggled with no wheels or any aids to scrub my heavy package to the door. I figured UPS, Fed-Ex or even Amazon Home delivery would have brought the thing.
But USPS? Poor guy!
So, I have some assembly work to do and I will have a selection of Quick Grab CDs in my listening room. It will also serve as a diffusion panel to improve acoustics somewhat over just a plain flat wall.
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I got a book called Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn.
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This was on Friday (we don't get mail on the weekends), Kayleigh got a new frying pan. The box it came in was overly huge, could have fit four frying pans in it.
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Nothing. It's Sunday.
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No mail.... Post Office is closed
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A superannuation letter which I don't want to look at, and an internet connection flyer.
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A commercial message thinly veiled as a "magazine".
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Kayleigh got Lazarus comics on Friday.
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RAC road assistance renewal bill.
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All junk mail
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Kayleigh got a new keyboard from eBay. Well, new to her, it's a used keyboard. I'm not sure I'd buy a keyboard that someone else used but she has no qualms about it.
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An envelope I don't particularly care to open.
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The power bill which was lower than usual and my new Medicare card.
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My newly restored driver's license. My current older one is expiring in October this year.
I went full MAGA and got the Star license, which will allow me to fly in the future if I want and I can rent a car with my newly acquired credential.
It has not started yet, but after May, 2025 (if memory serves), no one without the new ID will be able to board a commercial airline or many of the other things taken for granted as Free Americans. (Thank you Herr Trumpskisteinenheimer and associates)
Even opening a new bank account will be restricted to those with "proper" ID.
I have done so just about six months back, since I was selling off molybdenum stocks then and needed a secure new place for those dividends to land from foreign investments. Hoops are lowered with the new ID standard.
Anyway, I can prove that I am an upstanding citizen with all my proper papers in order, in the face of any Nazi liberal government official I encounter.
:headbang2:
Most disturbing to me is the new picture.
Except for the, half a foot past shoulder, length hair and the horse hand measure past my collarbone of my wild beard, I look almost exactly like my mother's father as I remember him just before his death.
My grandfather (all German on that side of the family) was a hard man and a binge drinker. Sober for most of the time, but would disappear into an alcohol coma for a week or so every few months. Hard worker when sober and expected all to keep up with him. Tough for anyone to keep up. A very hard man to deal with.
I loved him dearly! I learned so much in the short time I knew him! He died when I was eighteen years old.
I look almost exactly like him with my age showing so strongly.
Kind of glad I quit using alcohol about ten or twelve years ago. Can't remember exactly when, but that's not the point. The point is, as much as I look like him, I am not the same as he was.
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"the Star license?"
Would it allow you to fly across the pond?
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Yes.
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Some more paint for the garage. :woohoo:
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My new commercial Home Depot charge card
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Our new fire extinguishers. :woohoo: That was really fast. :orly:
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Hopefully the bolts I ordered
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My mom sent me an eight pound box of family oriented photos.
She has been the family historian for her whole life.
I feel that she is passing the torch.
:GA:
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My mom sent me an eight pound box of family oriented photos.
She has been the family historian for her whole life.
I feel that she is passing the torch.
:GA:
My dad did that to me not long ago. I'm wondering how to distribute the photos amongst my sisters.
I got another bra in the mail. It's a blue sports bra, I bought it to wear to the gym because my boobs need more support.
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My mom sent me an eight pound box of family oriented photos.
She has been the family historian for her whole life.
I feel that she is passing the torch.
:GA:
My dad did that to me not long ago. I'm wondering how to distribute the photos amongst my sisters.
I have had time to digest this latest from my mom. I thought at first that she had forgotten that she had already sent me a huge family album of pics going back to the 1850s when my family first came to Texas. Texas Statehood was only four or five years old when my family first came to that barren, but dangerous land, still running wild with Indians and Mexican bandit parties, invading any settlement of travelers.
Somehow my folks made a life there and kept it going.
What she sent me was a bit of her life's work, more of a family encyclopedia of the family history than a book of treasured pics.
Each picture has a paragraph or two explaining what was going on with the pic, how those pictured related to us all and why most were taken from tin type exposures.
I now know why she is so damn broke half the time. I have thirty seven cousins still alive and she has made one of these BIG books for each of them and her remaining five (nope, sorry, she is one of the five still living) four siblings.
This book goes back to 1807 when our immigrant German family first made it to Mississippi Territory from somewhere in the Carolinas where the ship landed from Germany. They stayed there for two generations before heading to Texas following the call of free land. Just call it yours, protect it, build a home and farm something - and you can call it yours. Texas was wide open and free to take at that time. Protecting your home from the wild was the hard part.
This was before the Civil War when large portions of the political parts of Texas governance became crosswise with the Union.
Most all of Texans were glad to restore the Union and become Americans again. We will still fly our State Flag, though.
Even in Indiana I fly the Lone Star at certain times. I've been here over thirty years, but y'all cain't take the Texas out of this boy.
I always fly the flag for a few days around March 2nd, the day we won our Independence from Mexico and became a Republic, and December 29th, the day we were recognized in full faith as a bonafide state and a full member of the United States Of America.
I like to celebrate the end of a war, not the beginning, as in July 4th, which I celebrate, but differently.
I have noticed that most of the world celebrate the END of a war, instead of the beginning of a war as Americans seem to do. December 7th for instance.
Anyway, this huge encyclopedia of our family history will be forever treasured by me and mine. This represents a large part of her life work in the twenty five years since my father passed. I knew she was doing this, but I had no idea she was writing a book about our family.
I hope others of my kin appreciate what she has done for all of us as much as I do. I think they will in time.
I hate to sound like a kind of wimp, but this is kind of emotional for me. My mom is a fucking rock star in my book.
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As far as how to distribute among others, I would say make copies and keep as many originals as you can. Then when you are old and pushing toward kicking daisies up, find some youngster in the family with an interest to give the whole thing to.
You have time to make these decisions.
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I will try and do that, thanks DirtDawg. :)
I got a whole bunch of photos in a unique-looking tin (rectangular with flowers on top and an intricate pattern in red and silver around the sides) plus two albums '70s style. Some of the photos are missing and I have no doubt it was my dad's ex who took them out and did who knows what with them. The same ex who prevented me from seeing my dad for about 20 years and my twin throughout our teenage years. She is a true bitch. Anyway, I'm glad my dad gave me what he did.
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A notice about a parcel that I collected a few days ago. Snail mail isn't what it used to be.
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7.40 ct Kunzite
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7.40 ct Kunzite
What does that look like?
This morning we got another religious letter. From Jehovah's Witnesses this time.
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Like dis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-KXvDpH6Q
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That's totally awesome! Very pretty. And you got that in the regular mail?
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Oh thanks. Yeah this is arriving my regular mail
I was always a sucker for kunzite. I really like pink Gemstones
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Like dis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-KXvDpH6Q
Nice. 8)
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Thanks Icequeen!
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My son's new insurance card I got nothing
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The usual junk.
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About a buttload and a half of new old stock rectifier tubes.
:woohoo:
I was running short by a bit. Now I have enugh for the rest of time.
lol
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My delicious Lapsang Souchong tea arrived! 8)
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A collar tag for Kira that was ordered after he came home without his collar on. The postie found it in front of number 30 (we're 34) and gave it to Kayleigh the day after the tag was ordered. I guess Kira now has a backup tag.
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Nothing.
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Junk, as per usual! ::)
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Kayleigh got a Lazarus comic while I got a saturated (from the rain yesterday) bank statement.
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Nothing today.
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Only junk mail. It went into recycling.
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Nothing today I got a check for an attic I did yesterday though
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Not today since the mail runs a bit later in the day, but yesterday I received some rich black Sumatran, hand picked, hand rolled tea.
Just enjoying my first cup. Very rich and strong! I'll have to adjust my recipe.
I am sort of new to Sumatran teas and I thought I was being careful with the quantity, using only three little balls of the tea in my pot. It exploded my infuser!
With the weather beginning to show some change, I have gone from iced American style red and black pekoe tea with some monarda mixed in, to hot exotics from far away lands, again.
I still have a few blends of eastern teas left from early this year, but this is the first "new" tea I have ordered this season.
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A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt. :zoinks:
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A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt. :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?
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A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt. :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?
I'm not sure if it's only an American thing, though it's commonly said, a honey-do list, which are generally task or errands given to a spouse or partner. As in, here's some things I'd like you to do honey. :orly: I ordered a cord concealer kit for a cord that's been bugging me for a long time, but I wanted him to do it because I can't see straight and I would likely stick it crooked to the wall. :dunno:
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Cool, thanks for explaining. :)
We have a cord in the lounge room than runs across where we walk. I sure would like something to conceal it.
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Amber's birthday gift!
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A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt. :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?
I'm not sure if it's only an American thing, though it's commonly said, a honey-do list, which are generally task or errands given to a spouse or partner. As in, here's some things I'd like you to do honey. :orly: I ordered a cord concealer kit for a cord that's been bugging me for a long time, but I wanted him to do it because I can't see straight and I would likely stick it crooked to the wall. :dunno:
My honey do lists often tend to become "Honey, overdue" lists.
Certain things get priority status, though. Safety, plumbing or electrical, always taken care of immediately.
We had a dishwasher leaking and some paint had peeled in a spot. THAT was moved to the top of the list once the appliance was replaced.
Could not allow peeling paint in our new home!
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Today in the mail, my CD order from Japan!
I placed an order for some specialty SACD discs from a Japanese company. Ugly shipping charges, but I ordered several to help offset that some.
I was fully prepared for it to take forever and a day to get here, but it only took three weeks!
New music!
:woohoo:
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A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt. :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?
I'm not sure if it's only an American thing, though it's commonly said, a honey-do list, which are generally task or errands given to a spouse or partner. As in, here's some things I'd like you to do honey. :orly: I ordered a cord concealer kit for a cord that's been bugging me for a long time, but I wanted him to do it because I can't see straight and I would likely stick it crooked to the wall. :dunno:
My honey do lists often tend to become "Honey, overdue" lists.
Certain things get priority status, though. Safety, plumbing or electrical, always taken care of immediately.
We had a dishwasher leaking and some paint had peeled in a spot. THAT was moved to the top of the list once the appliance was replaced.
Could not allow peeling paint in our new home!
Just a couple of hours after I posted about how I prioritize plumbing, my neighbor rang the doorbell. FFS!! WTF!!??!!
OK, she wanted inform us that our side outdoor faucet is just running and flooding everything.
So, she was doing us a favor.
Coincidentally, about a week ago she was complaining about our sprinkler system going too much and making the place between our houses too wet. I told her that since the rains started up last month I have turned the sprinkler system off. It's not running. But she was right. There was swamp between our houses. I passed it off as a damn lot of rain, which we have had.
Turns out today it is one of those safety check valves that screwed up last spring on the other side of the house. Fortunately, last spring I bought a spare when I fixed the other one. Those things are $38 a pop, so keeping a spare is no small endeavor.
Now I have both current and ready for twenty more years of service.
I hope. Jacking with those things is a major pain! For one thing they are designed to never be removed. There is a set screw that is tightened, tightly that is made to break off if you try to take it off. This actually makes repairs more difficult. But, I got it done.
I suppose I had some neggie kharma coming after talking like I did before about my honey do list priorities.
:rofl:
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Zip bupkes nada zilch :P
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A book I ordered.
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A guide for the referendum next month for a Voice to Government for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I'm going to vote yes.
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A check I have been waiting for :2thumbsup:
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Supposedly a bluetooth thingie.
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No mail today, Labor Day Holiday!
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Kayleigh got some blood test results. She's fine. She also got a Star Trek Borgified phaser rifle and a smaller phaser which has a good kick to it.
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Local political pamphlets about the upcoming referendum and also candidates running for council membership.
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Don't think there was anything.
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The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning. :thumbup:
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The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning. :thumbup:
What make is it?
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The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning. :thumbup:
What make is it?
Eufy. It's an inexpensive one. When I first went shopping for a robovac, I was hesitant to make a huge investment not knowing how it would work out in our home or with the dog. I chose it not only based on price, but also because the negative reviews all seemed to be from people who had already owned a smarter vacuum. It doesn't have mapping or other fancy features, so it roams around seemingly randomly yet still manages to get everywhere do a good job. :dunno: The previous one lasted three years without ever losing battery life, and it likely would have lasted longer if it weren't for the fact I damaged the lens. Anyway, we run it everyday so I felt it had more than earned its keep and opted to buy another exactly like it. :thumbup:
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Local government pamphlets. We're waiting on a few parcels, mostly books.
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More local government pamphlets.
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I got some Jadeite and a 4 pack comic book turtles set :orly:
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Basically stuff for Mom... nothing in my name :(
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Finally, this book!
Amazon offers this big book for $80, but I bought a used copy from these guys:
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-biographical-encyclopedia-of-jazz-9780195074185
They mostly ship out of Mishawaka, IN.
This is my third order from this site and no problems at all, except maybe a little slow. Amazon has spoiled some of us.
I ordered some shelf brackets from Amazon last week in the morning and they arrived that same afternoon. FFS!
Amazon's distribution center is out by the Indy airport, sixty five miles away.
Lowe's is five miles away, across town and it takes three days to get a pallet of mulch delivered from their floor stock!
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A thank you card from my cousin and his wife sent to my mother for something obviously contributing to their baby shower
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Junk mail, starting to get political flyers
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Kayleigh got a Star Wars book.
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The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning. :thumbup:
What make is it?
Eufy. It's an inexpensive one. When I first went shopping for a robovac, I was hesitant to make a huge investment not knowing how it would work out in our home or with the dog. I chose it not only based on price, but also because the negative reviews all seemed to be from people who had already owned a smarter vacuum. It doesn't have mapping or other fancy features, so it roams around seemingly randomly yet still manages to get everywhere do a good job. :dunno: The previous one lasted three years without ever losing battery life, and it likely would have lasted longer if it weren't for the fact I damaged the lens. Anyway, we run it everyday so I felt it had more than earned its keep and opted to buy another exactly like it. :thumbup:
I was torn between that one and the Coredy when I got mine...got the Coredy. Still no complaints. It's held up very well.
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Someone bought the 2.5 acres below the other house that was up for tax sale that consists of nothing but an unaccessible, undevelopable ravine, and the septic tank/leech bed for the 5 houses there and sent all of us a letter offering to sell it at a special discount of only $20,000.
Good luck with that.
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Stuff from Social Security, a couple things for Mom, one thing in my sister's name, and that's basically about it
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Junk, SSDD ::)
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Another superannuation statement. Boring.
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The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning. :thumbup:
What make is it?
Eufy. It's an inexpensive one. When I first went shopping for a robovac, I was hesitant to make a huge investment not knowing how it would work out in our home or with the dog. I chose it not only based on price, but also because the negative reviews all seemed to be from people who had already owned a smarter vacuum. It doesn't have mapping or other fancy features, so it roams around seemingly randomly yet still manages to get everywhere do a good job. :dunno: The previous one lasted three years without ever losing battery life, and it likely would have lasted longer if it weren't for the fact I damaged the lens. Anyway, we run it everyday so I felt it had more than earned its keep and opted to buy another exactly like it. :thumbup:
Awesome. :)
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A bunch of photos that my sister found cleaning out my mothers place
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The electricity bill. It's not bad for this time of year.
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Kayleigh got a new keyboard. It's a NuPhy brand. I like it and want one but I'll stick to the keyboard I have for now.
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I got a new 10,000 and 15,000 grit dual sided water stone today.
I ordered it from Temu, China, and I am surprised to see it arrive via USPS.
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A stupid flyer with my father's name on it, and same handwriting from the person/organization that sent it -__-
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The gas bill.
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Nothing in the snail mail yet. Gmail is full of crap.
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Kayleigh got her extra wide monitor. She said it is either that or two regular monitors.
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Kayleigh got a new keyboard. It's a NuPhy brand. I like it and want one but I'll stick to the keyboard I have for now.
^Mechanical, I assume?
I bought a Keychron a few weeks ago, after my trusty Logitech wasn't as trusty anymore.
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Kayleigh got her extra wide monitor. She said it is either that or two regular monitors.
She's been upgrading a lot, hasn't she?
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Kayleigh got her extra wide monitor. She said it is either that or two regular monitors.
She's been upgrading a lot, hasn't she?
She's not upgrading, she's setting up another computer in her room so she can start writing a story that's been in her head for a couple of years. With her computer in the lounge room, there are too many distractions and she won't get anything done. Me and a friend of hers have been the ones to encourage her to set up her writing computer. I even bought her a computer chair from the Salvos.
In the mail yesterday I got a Kurzgesagt calendar for next year.
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We got a Star Trek cat calendar. We have a lot of calendars. We have one of cats showing their balls. That's going on the toilet door.
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Kayleigh got a model of Deep Space Nine. It's quite large and now on display in our loungeroom.
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Kayleigh got a model of Deep Space Nine. It's quite large and now on display in our loungeroom.
I'm trying to guess if that's a good thing. :lol1:
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^Yeah it's fine. It's not too huge and it has a spot to go in (on a shelf).
Today there was a letter addressed to someone who doesn't live here.
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Kayleigh got instructions for her colonoscopy but no letter about the date. :dunno:
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Today I received a set of holiday pillow covers I ordered for the throw pillows in the livingroom. They are much better quality than I was expecting because they were so inexpensive. Though I'm especially pleased because Sugarbutt likes them so much. :heart:
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Mom got an envelopeed letter sealed and packaged from Ukraine. :o
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Nothing particularly exciting.
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My AARP magazine................ :yawn:
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The quarterly thing produced by the national autie association.
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My social security statement saying that another cost of living raise starts in January.
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Christmas from my momma. :heart:
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A Christmas Card from one of my Walmart friends
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Junk
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A card and some cash from my Dad.
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Books. :)
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A bill for my last endoscopy!
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My new phone! Once it's done being set up I will finally have a Detroit phone number.
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^I got a replacement phone in the mail the other day, too. I bought a Pixel Pro in November that developed a scratched screen suspiciously quickly, so I asked Google and they agreed to replace it. Whatever else is said about them, I think their customer support is first-rate.
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Just real estate bullshit. I don't know why they bother with this unit complex as we all rent.
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Political crap!
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Nothing. They've stopped delivering snail mail every day and I think today was an in-betweener.
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The needles for my estradiol. Only the needles. They didn't come with syringes. Oh. Okay. Ordered an equivalent number of syringes without needles, and they will arrive tomorrow. Used up my last two patches, was not able to buy more and won't be soon, so I've had no bridge between running out of the needles the first pharmacy gave me and beginning to use them regularly. I've missed one full dose of my new prescription and I'm going to be two days late on another. But I scheduled it to arrive in the morning, let's see if they actually hold themselves to that
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Magazines, a flyer for Mom, yet nothing in my name. That's fine
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Junk mail and a letter for my neighbor
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Junk and my SS tax form!
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A letter for Kayleigh, encouraging her to get a pap smear. :D
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Coupons, and a Business letter for both of my parents
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A wedding invitation from my niece and her beau. A letter from a local theatre group that we belong to asking for money to finish paying off their mortgage. Which I will a bit to, with Carla's permission, since she is the CFO of the family! 8)
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A postcard addressed to the dog, reminding him he's due for some labwork. :lol1:
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^Haha, that's so cute! I got a text saying that our cats are due for their annual checkups and vaccinations.
I got a MedicAlert letter/bill in the mail.
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I received a shipment of SACDs I ordered from Japan yesterday. Took three weeks to get here.
Good place to shop for hi-res recordings "cdjapan.co"
Prices are killer, but the shipping is murder! I actually ordered nine CDs to help offset the shipping costs.
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I don't think I have a player that accepts SACDs, currently. :-\
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Got a letter from Synergy (electricity supplier) saying that the meter will be replaced by a digital one and they'll be able to take readings remotely. I'm wondering if all the meter readers will be out of jobs?
Apparently they have to cut the electricity for half an hour while they install the new meter. I'm hoping they don't do it while it's hot outside.
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I don't think I have a player that accepts SACDs, currently. :-\
SACD should play in many DVD, most Blu-ray or 4K players. But to decode all the layers with surround, etc. properly for each format, you really need a player designed to meet the SACD specification set.
I have an older Pioneer Elite Blu-ray player that has the SACD logo on the front panel along with about twelve other decoders built in. Also an even older Sony DVD I use in the garage will play all but the highest resolution two channel layers on every SACD I've tried on it.
That's a compromise, but while some SACDs include Redbook layers, the "better" two channel layers on most SACDs are still higher res than anything that is possible on a typical Redbook CD.
Most folks can hear differences for themselves between CD and SACD, but the more telling point becomes more about whether anyone really cares about finer playback quality these days. Our numbers are dwindling.
With hardware media constantly dropping in sales across the board, I fear that the doom of SACD and possibly a few other formats may be closer than we know.
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In the mail today, an insurance bill marked, "DO NOT PAY."
I'm waiting for them to reveal the catch.
:hahaha:
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It arrived Monday, not today, but I ordered an extra EU-to-US power adapter in case I lose the one I'm using now. No idea what I'll do with either of them once I replace this laptop, but I don't anticipate having enough money to do that any way for quite some time
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In the mail today, an insurance bill marked, "DO NOT PAY."
I'm waiting for them to reveal the catch.
:hahaha:
I'm getting a doozy of a contractor insurance bill in March. It would be lovely if it had DO NOT PAY on it.
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I don't think I have a player that accepts SACDs, currently. :-\
SACD should play in many DVD, most Blu-ray or 4K players. But to decode all the layers with surround, etc. properly for each format, you really need a player designed to meet the SACD specification set.
I have an older Pioneer Elite Blu-ray player that has the SACD logo on the front panel along with about twelve other decoders built in. Also an even older Sony DVD I use in the garage will play all but the highest resolution two channel layers on every SACD I've tried on it.
That's a compromise, but while some SACDs include Redbook layers, the "better" two channel layers on most SACDs are still higher res than anything that is possible on a typical Redbook CD.
Most folks can hear differences for themselves between CD and SACD, but the more telling point becomes more about whether anyone really cares about finer playback quality these days. Our numbers are dwindling.
With hardware media constantly dropping in sales across the board, I fear that the doom of SACD and possibly a few other formats may be closer than we know.
I have but a few SACDs in my collection. My 4k player doesn't accept them. My external Blu-ray (for my work setup) might. but I have not tested lately. It's conceivable. Even likely.
I'm doing Hi Res audio from Qobuz, which in theory will give me what I want. In theory. But then, SACD was as prone to marketing as everything else.
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A notice of inspection.
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One of my magazines and the usual junk!
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The electricity bill. Oh my heart.
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Apparently they tried to deliver the car speakers I ordered online today. I wasn't home.
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An add for a milk delivery service and an insurance bill
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I received some powdered sugar-free cappuccino mixes I ordered for my momma, because she likes them and none of the stores around here seem to carry it, and also a cylindrical neck pillow she said she wanted to support her sweet ole neck. :lol1:
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^You're really nice to your momma, sounds as if you get along.
I've been expecting a letter about the inspection we had, usually it lists one or two things that need doing around the house. We had a lot of cobwebs that I didn't bother doing anything about so if the letter includes that I won't be surprised.
We got some fancy Chinese restaurant pamphlets that made me hungry for Chinese food.
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The letter about the results of our inspection. We don't have to do anything except wait for someone to contact us about cleaning the gutters. It was done not long ago but there's big trees out the front that shed a lot of leaves.
A Liberals pamphlet hating on Labor for putting up wind farms and planning on more.
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Nothing.
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Junk mail
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Junk
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Junk not worth looking through and a bank statement that I don't need (I do online banking).
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Nothing worth my interest
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Bills and insurance papers
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A water bill. Only $13.
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A water bill. Only $13.
Same thing again only 67c dearer.
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A newsletter from Housing Choices (the landlords) and what I thought was a bill from the RAC (Royal Automobile Club - sounds fancier than it is). Instead it was a gold card denoting 25 years of membership. I've been a member since 1999.
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Candidate crap! More and more!
We have an election coming May 7.
I have my votes already planned. No bullshit in the mail will alter what I've already seen from these clowns.
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A commercial message that ended up in the bin.
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Nothing yet
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Kayleigh is getting two parcels today, I don't know what they are (yet).
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J-U-N-K.........nuff said! ::)