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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 8, 2023 2:43:26 GMT
These are just lovely.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 8, 2023 2:42:04 GMT
I would know immediately.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 6, 2023 9:35:16 GMT
Y’all are speaking my language 😍. I love all the fruits and veggies. Right now I’m eating my home grown tomatoes. Love them.
But my favorite is a yellow summer squash, round , ready when it’s the size of a large grapefruit . I adore them steamed, I could eat them every day.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 4, 2023 11:37:10 GMT
I’m. Not surprised at all. I read that the southern drawl is in fact the closest American accent to the English spoken by the early Colonists.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 26, 2023 11:36:12 GMT
This is so timely, OP! It happened to me for the first time today.
I was at the pre-op visit for my second cataract surgery, and my day had gotten off to a bad start. My migraine meds caused me to oversleep, making me late to the appointment, which messed up their schedule, I looked a fright, my healing eye was dry and had inflammation, but through the whole appointment the Doctor spoke soothingly to me.
And then, as he was saying he’d see me next week in the operating room, it happened, he called me Dear. He’d never done it before. Nobody I was neither related to nor close friends with ever had. I’m 65. I swear, I must be giving off some kind of old vibes or something. I’ve had to endure so many indignities this last couple years, when I always imagined myself getting older but really not actually aging. HA!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 26, 2023 11:01:28 GMT
I don’t blame you for rage cleaning that disaster. I can envision the whole thing, including the hiss of the suction on. And then it’s so maddening that they schedule the meeting so you can’t sleep when you want. I’d like to see how they’d like it if the meeting were scheduled for 11 or 12 at night!
I used to be so tired after my night shift at the care home I worked at that I’d fall asleep on the bus on my way home. Once, I slept right through not just my stop, but all the way to the end of the bus’s route, ended up in downtown Portland, had to get on a different bus and head back out to the suburbs.
Anyway, that was a right proper rant!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 24, 2023 10:12:27 GMT
You stood up for yourself and your kids. Next year will be even better. I love seeing the classroom walls.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 24, 2023 9:57:51 GMT
I’ve walked it once. Unfortunately, on that occasion, directly below us, there was a coast guard boat retrieving the body of a jumper that kept getting bashed against some rocks under the East side of the bridge. That was in 1979, I don’t know if they have made it more difficult to jump since then.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 24, 2023 9:52:28 GMT
Skillfully done, Joy. Tell him I said so.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 23, 2023 19:04:14 GMT
I grew up in a small town of less than 10,000, went to college in a small town and have lived in a town of 4,000 for the last 15 years. I understand the loyalty to small towns. I love that when I go to the library, the librarian knows me by my first name and asks about my boys by name. We can't go to the recycling center without running into someone we know. And I love that whenever something bad happens, we rally around and support each other. I understand the community, loyalty, support and perks of living in a small town. And I'm a big fan of country music. My objection is the overt racial message that small towns are safe places, cities are not. The song is basically about small towns defending themselves from outsiders. It only adds to the rural/ city divide and falsely creates a moral one - cities are immoral, places of crime, promiscuity, financial ruin etc. The picture that the song paints of city folks invading the country, bringing violence with them, carjacking, pulling a gun on a store owner sounds a lot like Republicans railing against immigrants (invasions, bringing drugs across border, they're rapists, murderrs etc). The call for vigilante justice is really dangerous. The thread of defending small towns from big cities and the people in them ties into Republican efforts in Texas to control voting in Democratic counties or Tthe Republican controlled state legislature trying to exert control over Nashville. www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1188908968/jason-aldean-small-town-vs-cityAs Andrea Williams, a Nashville-based author, journalist and cultural critic, told me, "The video reflects a desire to control the actions of people in and outside of these towns, people who have grown tired of the exclusionary, oppressive antics of Aldean and his ilk — people who are, most often, Black."And this opinion writer has an excellent point. "For a second if you could, take away the left or right, liberal or conservative and ponder this question: Is the only way to push our values to fearmonger about the other side?"http://instagram.com/p/Cu7a8aMrZO0
Nailed it. I’ve lived in large California suburbs, Oregon suburbs, and tiny towns, and a rural area. I’ve experienced the most theft when I lived in the tiny town. I felt like everyone knew what I had, and when I was home and when I was gone. And the tiny towns I lived in had horrendous drug problems. And this was not a new thing. Goes back for many decades.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 23, 2023 7:17:59 GMT
I was wondering if someone else would bring up the smell of those cases. That would surely bring those memories back.
my stepsister taught me to sew when I was 9 using my Barbie. I remember it clear as day, one of those light bulb moments in life. It was a simple gathered skirt with a waistband and snap closure, and a blouse with set in sleeves.
and I was off running. My mom had lots of fabric scraps and pretty soon I had the best dressed Barbie on the block.
oh! And about making cardboard houses, a cleaned up sardine can made a great sink. One in the powder room, with an aluminum foil mirror, and two for a double kitchen sink.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 23, 2023 6:47:54 GMT
Thank you for taking the time to update us, but no need to apologize, you’ve been very busy.
the time we are able to spend with our loved ones, as well as helping support their caregivers is an absolute treasure. There’s a couple lines in the movie Marvin’s Room, where a woman who had dedicated her life to caring for her ill father mentioned the love that had nourished her. The person she spoke with misunderstood and said, yes of course, her father must have loved her very much for her devotion and care. She looks at him surprised, and says no, it was that I loved him.
I’ll never forget how I felt when I saw that, because I had recently went through caring for my mother, who died too young. And it was so true. Every thing I had been able to do for her during her life was a balm to my soul in my grief.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 23, 2023 6:28:40 GMT
Y’all just made me Google cinnamon brooms. Yet another thing I’ve never heard of. Clearly I don’t get out enough 😆 LOL my kid HATES those things and she refuses to go with me to Michael’s or JoAnn’s once they show up in the entryway of the stores in the fall. She hates that overpowering fake cinnamon smell. I’m totally with your kid on this, but strong fakery smells like that often trigger migraines for me.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 22, 2023 7:38:41 GMT
Seattle based coffee chain. we have a couple here in MO and they're building one very close to my house which is going to be dangerous for me. Are you sure they’re from here? I’ve lived in Seattle for nearly 60 years and I’ve never heard of them. T they originated from Grants Pass, Oregon. Here in the greater Portland suburbs, there’s one everywhere. I’m not a fan. I like my coffee strong and flavorful. They excel at the sweet drinks, from what I hear.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 21, 2023 9:38:54 GMT
When I married at 21, I began using our Canon AE -1 , especially to take photos of my growing family. When they were pre-teens I began to take their portraits every year rather than buy the overpriced and terrible school photos. This led to me gradually becoming a professional, first shooting film, and later digital.
When my marriage ended and I lost my house, I had to go through boxes and boxes of prints. I ended up with a small mountain of rejects and replicas, and blinks galore.
I still believe in printing anything you want to have a copy of 10, 20, 30 years down the road. I have a daguerreotype of my great grandmother from the 19th century that’s been passed to me and I treasure it. It would be sad if that technology from the 1800’s lasts, and ours doesn’t.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 21, 2023 9:18:31 GMT
Wow, librarylady that was fascinating, now I have to go see that movie. birukitty I see why your Oma wouldn’t let you play with Barbie!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 21, 2023 9:09:02 GMT
Adults getting heavily into Disney
The long and pointy nails decorated to death
Unboxing videos, influencer videos,
Stupid filters on photos and reels. A whole generation is going to have no documentation of what they actually look like.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 20, 2023 18:52:34 GMT
Don't cataracts have to be at a certain size/level, etc for surgery? I guess insurance doesn't pay unless it is "bad enough."?? My eye dr mentioned it a few years ago because I feel uncomfortable driving at night and he said I probably wouldn't be a surgical candidate for many years. That’s what my eye Dr started telling me a couple years ago. Of all words, he said they had to “ripen”. That just cracked me up! Waiting for them to get bad enough did not crack me up. My vision was deteriorating at a rate that made my driving glasses almost worthless a few months after getting them. I pretty much quit driving at night except for quick trips close to home. I was not much help to my parents when I visited them, and they are in their 80’s! Each year I hoped he would say it’s time, but until this one I wasn’t there yet. This is why when he said they could go any time, but I could wait 2 or 3 years, I said no way! The Dr said there needs to be a lifestyle complaint, like avoiding night driving. Try asking your doctor if you have any of the issues that insurance will accept.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 20, 2023 3:56:45 GMT
[quote author=" femalebusiness" source="/[/quote] I had to take my husband and daughter to LAX late one night. On the way home, alone, I was scared to death as I just couldn't see and the glare of lights was blinding me. I set up an apt to get my surgery shortly after that as I knew that I couldn't night drive any more.[/quote] You were braver than me! Of course, I don’t know where in greater Loss Angeles you had to drive from and back to, but I know those freeways!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 23:18:18 GMT
Your son is much nicer than me. I wouldn’t have “rewarded”” him with $300. He lied about the money and took 3 days to return it.If he had returned the wallet with the money immediately I would have probably give him $50. I don’t know how to do a survey, but I really would like to know what the Peas think about this. I would love it if someone would give the basics of this story and ask whether people think the guy should/should not have been rewarded, and how the fact that he intended to keep it at first affects their answer.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 23:11:26 GMT
If I am carrying large amount of cash. It is in my front pocket which is rolled up with the dollars behind the front of the pocket. I’m also super careful when carrying cash, but I suspect since this is a very frequent occurrence for my son, it’s become more commonplace.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 23:09:27 GMT
It is really nice to know that some people still have a conscience. My husband left his wallet in a shopping cart in the parking lot of a store. We noticed as soon as we got back on the road, went right back and it was gone. Came home and found it on our bench on the front porch. He had three or four hundred dollars along with credit cards and ID, all still there. Some guy named Jose left a note saying he wanted to make certain my husband got his wallet back. He left no contact info. We would have loved to have given him all of the cash just for not having the hassle of replacing credit cards and driver's license. Your son was so lucky. As for cataract surgery, isn't it just the most amazing gift? I had no idea how blind I was getting until the drive home from the surgery. Everything was technicolor and crystal clear. Of course what I thought was my clean kitchen looked like someone had a food fight in it. I must have just been smearing the stains around on the cabinets and floor but couldn't see it. I went on a huge cleaning binge with my new eyesight. Enjoy your new eyes! I’m sure the difference in vision is not as extreme for me, as I insisted on getting it done as soon as they let me. But I’ve noticed a big difference. Things I thought were beige or off white are in fact—white! And colors are so bright. I love it. Maybe I’ll do better at playing Hues and Cues now, everybody just shakes their head at how I describe colors. And I’m sure this will be good for my water color painting.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 21:33:15 GMT
$1900 in cash! Was he on his way to the bank to make a deposit? He's really lucky he got any of that back. Hope your recovery from surgery goes smoothly. He got paid in cash on Friday, and intended to deposit Monday, yeah. It’s an extra insult to work your but off in this heat and then have the money stolen.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 19:48:37 GMT
Just a couple weeks ago at my annual eye check the Dr said “Your cataracts could come out anytime, but you could probably wait 2 or 3 years”.
I jumped on that, “But I could do it now?” , “Yes, but you have to have some kind of lifestyle complaint, for instance you avoid driving at night…”
“I do avoid driving at night!”
So from there everything moved super quickly. I was stunned by how fast I was scheduled and the first surgery was Monday, and I was already driving yesterday. I’m so thrilled to have this being taken care of.
NOW, Sunday, my son, who I live with, went through the Safeway ad, and decided there were enough great deals it made it worth fooling with the app, and making a special trip, fortunately they are right around the corner. He’s gone a half hour, and comes back flushed with the triumph of getting so many great deals.
Then when he goes to use the car again, he can’t find his wallet. Intense search follows. Then panic. Calls to Safeway. Goes to Safeway to search parking lot, they even let him view security camera footage and he sees he left with wallet in his pocket.
Mood in house is now very grim. There was $1,900.00 in cash in there, plus the usual pain of having to cancel all the cards. My son has his own business so it’s extra complicated.
That evening he gets a text. Did you lose something? He says yes, my wallet. The next text says they found it in the pavement in front of Target, with the credit cards all fanned out on the ground. No money. The person won’t talk on the phone, won’t give a name, and finally agrees to meet at Home Depot (all these stores are near us), to return the wallet.
My son goes alone, which made us nervous, the person seemed so cagey. He comes back and says he is sure this guy was in the camera footage from Safeway, and that 1) he took the money, and 2) this was not normal for him, but it being so much money was just too tempting for him. My son kept trying to get a name, telling him when he got more money he’d like to reward him for bringing him his wallet, but the guy refused.
That was Sunday, Monday, while he’s in the ocean fishing, my son gets a text, could you meet at Home Depot again? He says no, but he can on Tuesday.
I had my follow up appointment with the eye doctor, and then therapy, and didn’t get home until 6:00, and was dying of curiosity. I walked in the house, and was told, “Jim said his conscience was killing him these last three days.”
And there on the kitchen table was an envelope with hundred dollar bills spilling out of it.
I asked if he gave the guy a reward, and yes, $300.
I’m proud of you, Jim. Took guts to do that.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 19, 2023 17:45:35 GMT
Books don’t have to have a happy ending for me, some of my favorite books end very sadly, but leave me with a lot to think about, or characters I’ll never forget.
But if I get the picture that unpleasant people will be doing unpleasant things throughout the book, with no redeeming factors, I’m out. There’s too many good books waiting their turn on my Kindle app, and I’m not getting any younger.
Also, I’ll DNF a book for the sin of poor writing in a heartbeat. Learn your craft, people! Buy a thesaurus. Figure out how to use adjectives. Get a handle on similes and metaphors. Make your people come to life. And for heavens sake: SHOW don’t TELL!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 18, 2023 8:48:31 GMT
OMG what a weekend. It's a lot for this old mom. It was AMAZING. That girl sure can perform. If you like her or not, she is one talented lady. We got to the parking lot about 1pm to tailgate. We set up our awing thing, put out our chairs and just relaxed. People watching mostly. I can't believe the amount of glitter I witnessed! The outfits that people were wearing were hilarious, head turning, amazing, unbelievable, head scratching (lol), and on and on. We got into the stadium around 5pm. It was like a mass frenzy of people. We did fine though.. just held hands when we needed to. We got the covenanted disco ball drink thing that oldest dd wanted. Of course I had to get that too. (So silly) My oldest made me and younger DD 'swag' bags. Unfortunately a lot of the stuff she ordered got stuck in another town. But she gave us each a see through purse, a portable fan, rain poncho, those earbud things someone said above, and she bought me THE blue crew sweatshirt that apparently everyone wants. The concert was nothing like I have ever experience and probably never will again. Between the show and the people into it was just jaw dropping. It will be interesting to compare this to my next concert next month (Billy Joel).. not that I can compare really, he will be great but the crowd is different ballgame.. more my age.. HA.. and probably can sit longer! Back to December was our surprise song.. I was SO happy with that. Driving in and out was easy.. I was shocked. No problems at all. We did have a parking pass. I heard Uber was charging over $200 to get back to where my town is. It was around $125 to get into Denver. So dumb. It took me ALLLLL day yesterday to recover.. I slept in till 10am which I NEVER do. Anyways, that is my recap. So glad we girls all went together and glad my kids want to do stuff with me. Saw Billy Joel in his first concert back in Madison Square Garden after the pandemic. Not a lot of sitting. It was amazing, but it might have been because NYC loved and missed their boy. It might be different in a different venue and city. But either way, he puts on an incredible show.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 18, 2023 8:39:23 GMT
OP, this is the way I eat, and my cardiologists are very happy with me. I love my food, it never feels like I’m deprived. I’d invite myself over your way and bring one of my favorite dishes in a heartbeat if I were closer. theshyone , another source is Dr John McDougall, The Starch Solution. If you tolerate potatoes well, you might find some of their recipes work for you, and you can gradually add hi Th fiber foods to see what foods and how much of them you can eat.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 18, 2023 8:14:40 GMT
I am familiar with this diagnosis , it happened to a good friend. I, too, will wish for the best outcome for you. I’m so sorry you have been dealing with this, and your post is filled with the courage it took to write and share it.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 14, 2023 11:48:25 GMT
Thinking of you and wishing the best for you.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 5, 2023 7:13:19 GMT
I was all ready to discuss Elton John, The Eagles, and Paul Simon.
But I see you did not mean music.
Never mind.
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