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Post by iowgirl on Oct 30, 2024 13:47:32 GMT
Just saw the ge profile all in one and it looks amazing but might be too small. Don't go that route. You will hate it. If you want a washing machine that gets clothes clean and is heavily built in the US - Speed Queen is your goal! Do some research to see what works best for you. There are TR and TC models. But you want to look for Heavy Duty/Commercial in the Speed Queen line. I think the TR model is the heavier duty one. I have had mine for maybe 10 years now, so the model names do change. But mine is a work horse! Washes dirty farmer/ranch clothes and coveralls and gets them CLEAN. Takes about 30 minutes to do a load. I can use actual HOT water and a lot of it if I need that. Look for top load. No bells, whistles or digital screens. Just a basis washer that works. SO WELL! Mine can do double rinse and even a double wash - which I use a LOT! My DH fell in a manure pit (oh my god!) and when he came home I had him undress outside and pour the manure out of the pockets of his coat and coveralls. I then carried them directly down to the washing machine and set it to double wash, double rinse. They came out clean, with minimal corn left behind in the machine - the corn was also clean.  Does anyone want to trade a day in my life with me? Like, one of those kinds of days? LOL When DH bought me this machine, he asked "With a coin slot, or without" - without. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 30, 2024 13:15:35 GMT
When I was a kid - the homemade popcorn ball. One lady in town made hundreds of them, and everyone went to her house! She was the best! can you imagine getting a homemade treat now? Other than from family?
Least favorite: Candy Corn. To this day, it is nasty.
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 29, 2024 15:02:34 GMT
Are you able to water out there? So far they haven’t given us restrictions, and I imagine watering is essential for you. No water restrictions. There is actually some water running out of drainage tiles yet in spots. Creek and river are still running, but low. It was much worse last fall. We do have a burn ban. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 27, 2024 16:05:00 GMT
 My sunset views. This was a nice one, but not spectacular, as some have been.
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 27, 2024 15:56:55 GMT
Here is one clip from last night where they are talking about UFOs. Doesn't Rogen try to talk UFO's with every guest? He is kooky. I don't put a lot of stock in 'clips' ... if it is something that intrigues me I go find the full video. Clips can be edit to fit the person posting them, from either side of the political landscape. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 27, 2024 15:54:31 GMT
I remember the Spudnut shop when I was a kid.
I have made homemade spudnuts and they are very good. I also make cinnamon rolls with mashed potatoes, but in all transparency - I only make Rhodes cinnamon rolls now. They are so stinkin' good and easy! I love all the Rhodes products!
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 27, 2024 15:52:23 GMT
How is it where you live? So very dry and dusty here. The dust just hangs in the air. Sunrises and sunsets are beautiful, but you can see the dust in the air. My poor house! You can just see the dust on the floors! No time to do anything about it at the moment. I am hauling corn and the dust on the country roads is choking. When you pass/meet another truck or tractor & wagons the visibility is zero for a distance. Scary! Fire danger is super high. We open the headlands and  immediately bring the tractor and disc and and disc the under to we can bring trucks in with far less fire danger. We keep the tractor and disc in the field incase we need a firebreak. We also have a trailer with about 300 gallons of water and a firehose attachment on it in case we need to put out a combine or truck before the FD can get there. The grain has dried down. Beans were too dry, but the corn for the most part has been about perfect. You shoot for 14% and we have been running from the high 13's to the occasional 15% load. Looks like we might get some light precipitation mid-week. That might settle the dust for a day or two. Harvest is close to finishing for us, so we really don't want a lot of rain right now! Just give us 3-4 more good days! I'm home for the morning, but back to trucking before noon. Elevator opens at 12! My days in the truck are 7 am to 8 pm. I'm pooped! ![]() |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 13, 2024 19:54:21 GMT
I bought a couple of HexClad pots I have been using my HexClad for a while now and I love them! It takes a little adjustment - as they are not 100% non-stick, but if you use them right they are great! Love mine! |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 11, 2024 14:02:11 GMT
Only one time did we get lost for an uncomfortable amount of time. Someone had to pee. Corn fields are the ulimate spot for a potty break! LOL If the corn has a really good stand, you can hold onto the stalk to balance. If it isn't standing well, it's easy to tip over! LOL I always compliment my husband on a good stand, late in the fall! No rootworm! |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 10, 2024 17:07:55 GMT
I can't imagine calling 911. It's corn, not a brick wall to go through! Corn can be planted really dense. Mazes are planted in straight rows, as a normal corn field, then in some, the planter goes across again at an angle, creating a super dense "wall". Once the corn is up, they overlay the pattern they want onto a GPS map of the field. Then they mow down the paths of the maze. You can hook GPS up to about anything. We 'map' our fields for GPS by putting a GPS receiver on a Gator and driving around the outside boundary. Then we drive around waterways or any other feature in the field that needs to be noted on a map. Then when we plant, fertilize, spray, harvest - that map is used. We can look at that map in layers for each process - right now the yield map layer is what is showing in our combines on the monitor - but we can click a button on the screen and look at planting rate, fertilizer, spray etc to see what is causing an issue in yields. . You can even see where tracks are going from heavy equipment like a fertilizer spreader, that reduces the yields. Shows up clearly on the yield map. Corn, even in rows, is no easy to walk through. I have the technique of holding my elbow up in the air with my forearm in front of my face to block the leaves from hitting me in the face. They can cut you up! And this is for corn planted in straight rows, no for a maze. Going across rows is awful. Corn puts out brace roots, so those create a dense clod at the base that's easy to trip on. The plants are not aligned going across, like the are going down a row. I usually only go in far enough to take a potty break! That's why I like corn harvest better than bean harvest. Beans offer NO privacy! LOL You hear every so often of someone getting lost in a corn field, usually a child. They weren't there for a maze, but just actually wandered off into a corn field and got lost. We have a few fields that have 1 mile long rows and parts of it are 1 mile wide. I remember one child getting lost in a corn field and they had dozens and dozens of volunteers walk the entire cornfield just separated by a row or two looking for her. Now they generally call up the State Patrol, who has a heat camera to find them. What I do hear almost every year now is some yahoo that is fleeing the cops and hides in a corn field. They could evade the law for a long time, until they get that plane up there - and bingo! |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 10, 2024 16:48:02 GMT
I saw this last night and thought of you. Monte Cristo Pinwheels - Puff Pastry styleThe above recipe uses puff pastry, which I think would be ideal. Monte Cristo Pinwheels - Crescent Roll recipeI think the puff pastry option sounds better, but I like how the crescent roll version puts the jam inside the roll (my favorite part!). I think I would read both recipes and make it according to your needs and tastes. If you used very little meat, it wouldn't be a heavy big item, and maybe could even use the prosciutto? |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 10, 2024 14:51:16 GMT
I am upgrading my phone after harvest to an iPhone 16. This will be great. I often am in areas that I can't get coverage from any towers. Also - if you want to read an article, but hit that paywall - try going through this site. It's not always perfect, sometimes it strips out stuff you want to see, but just copy the address that has the paywall when it loads and paste into the spot on this webpage and most of the time you can read the article. 12 Foot |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 10, 2024 14:45:47 GMT
I struggle with a 'shredded' texture. I just don't like it. For chicken, I will just take a large heavy knife and do a rough chop. By the time I stir it at all, it is approaching the "too shredded" texture for me anyways!
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 10, 2024 14:44:47 GMT
Is it wrong to bargain or was I just bamboozled? I don't thing it ever hurts to ask. I generally say "are you firm on this price?" - If they say we don't haggle, that is fine. In all honestly I would not haggle in a charity shop Your already getting it cheaper than a normal shop would charge you . I see things priced at over the new price. So many times I have seen the price tag is on it from wherever it was bought, and the price they have is over that. It's not something vintage that has increased in price. But I agree, if it is a charity place, I mostly will not ask. Most are quite fairly priced, some are just nuts. LOL |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 9, 2024 14:00:41 GMT
Your best bet would be to go back to the store or call her carrier to find out if she can cancel the “deal”. If you are not on the plan, and indicated as being able to change things on the plan, you won't be able to do anything without your mom along signing off on it. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 7, 2024 16:09:05 GMT
How would it be possible for someone who has the desire, but was not raised on a farm, and is inheriting a working, established farm get into doing this? I heard there were not many young farmers coming along because of the hard work and long hours, and cost of starting a farm is prohibitive. Are most farmers hoping for their children to take an interest to continue on when they retire? And if it is as scary as the article that I read on the lack of young farmers getting into the career, what will happen? Major conglomerates buying up small farms and running them with all hired help? Ideally, if you had the desire to farm, and were inheriting ground and an established farm, there would be someone involved in the operation that could guide you along. It isn't something you learn quickly or learn in a book. My DH has his degree in Agronomy, and that factors greatly into our farming practices, but the fact that he was working full time (summers, etc) beside his dad and granddad starting at age 10 is also a major factor. Our kids started working at that age also - not back breaking forced labor (unless you ask them, ) - but age appropriate jobs like picking up rocks from freshly tilled fields (something we don't have to do as much now since we no-till), digging out thistles, mullein, and other weeds from our pastures. They started operating machinery in their early teens and did more with livestock as they got a little bit older. We are pretty safety conscious and our kids were never allowed around machinery or big livestock when they were too young to handle it safely. Are most farmers hoping for their children to take an interest to continue on when they retire? In a word - YES! It can get very complicated when more than one wants too, and if the ones that are not interested get their fair cut of an inheritance. It can destroy families. That is the very sad part of it, and very common. You have to have some estate planning and very frank conversations. Sometimes inheritance isn't an exact fair split, because you have to factor the sweat equity involved for those who choose to stay on the farm and work, and those who just want a check every year. It's not fair to split the monies equally for that. Major conglomerates buying up small farms and running them with all hired help? I am sure that happens, but I do not ever see that around my area of Iowa. There are some large farmers and they can afford to buy more ground and hire more workers, but as far as "large corporations" - the corporation is a family that chooses for legal and tax reasons to incorporate. And there can be some really BIG operators! Ground to the northwest of us sells for over 20,000/acre. Shocking! An 80 acre field (which is not considered a really large field at all) is worth 1.6 million dollars! We are a small family farm, with around 2K acres of row crops (Corn & Soybeans), a few hundred acres of hay and right under 1,000 acres of pasture ground. One of our children has return to the farm full time, and also has her own farm ground she rents, and we do not anticipate the others to do so, but they do help out when they are here on visits. My DH & daughter do the majority of the work, I help during busy seasons and we sometimes hire a little help for silage and also to run grain cart in the evenings so my daughter can spend time with her child. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 7, 2024 14:26:26 GMT
if I'm buying one lb of ground beef, I'll probably get one to use and 2 for the freezer. I am pretty sure I have several hundred pounds of ground beef right now! LOL The thought of having only a pound or two is terrifying! And how the lack of rain or too much rain determines the size and quality of your crop yields is interesting to learn about. Moisture - the lack of or over abundance is always a stressor. We have had a couple of very dry years, so dry that the subsoil moisture is almost nill. We have had timely rains that have saved the crop, but not replenished the subsoil. Going in to this spring was a worry. Then it rained. And rained, and rained, and rained. We were lucky that it did not flood right in our area, but not too far north was terrible. We practice mostly no-till farming, so the rains soaked in and did not wash our ground. Washing away soil is something you want to greatly avoid. It's bad for the environment and it's bad for your fields. We also have most of our ground extensively tiled, to efficiently remove excess water safely. But planting was delayed. Once summer hit, the rain stopped, and we had a couple crop saving rains, but it has been very dry since August. Soybeans are very dry, causing the yield to drop. Corn is looking VERY good for us though. We manage planting carefully and reduce our planting rate. Less seeds, less competition between the plants for limited moisture. We 'prescription precision plant'. Our fields are mapped by soil types - and the very sandy spots that do not hold moisture get far less seeds planted, and the loamier areas that hold moisture get more seeds planted. Have you watched this show at all? And does it really depict the life of farmers accurately? Jeremy was saying that if his farm doesn’t make enough money, he has his tv shows and other sources of income, but he wonders what other farmers are doing to get by. I haven't had a chance to catch a show, but I have seen some brief clips. I will have to make a note to watch some. There are so many different types of farming. Hobby Farming (which is small scale, but a lot of work none the less!), farmer market type farming, livestock, etc. We are diversified by being both livestock (beef) and row crop. We grow almost 100% of our cattle feed, other than protein pellets. We commercially harvest all the corn that does not go into livestock feed. It would go for animal feed and ethanol production (which also has animal feed as a by-product, that corn gets used at least twice in the supply chain, if not more). We also grow soybeans that go to commerical sales, most of which probably goes to hog feed, some cattle feed, soy oil, and bio-diesel production. We also grow hay for cattle feed. We have a great deal of pasture, that requires a lot of maintenance, to graze our cow/calf pairs. We finish out our calves for beef, but we do not have a big enough herd, so we also buy calves to fill up our finish barns. It keeps us busy every day! And yes, some years are no profit. That is why you must manage your finances carefully. My husband grew up in some very VERY lean years in the 80's and that very much influences how he operates today. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 7, 2024 13:51:18 GMT
Do you have a large stockpile, able to go without most shopping, and/or substitute with what you have, for a few months? I could easily go a long time, except for things like fresh fruit/fresh vegetables - but between frozen and canned, that could easily be handled. I would need milk. I do keep some powdered milk on hand, "Just in case" for winter. Never have used it to make milk - but have used it in baking to get rid of it. I currently have 3, yes 3, deep freezers full of beef. Not by my choice, but it's there. We have had to butcher a couple less than ideal beeves, and those go in our freezer. I have LOTS of hamburger, because we mostly just have it all ground. It's not hard for me to get to a grocery store, but this time of year I do not feel like going later. I get done around 8-9 at night, and the last thing I want to do is drive 30 minutes and get groceries. I have some early morning time (to check here of course! LOL) - but I spend that taming down the roaring mess in my kitchen and prepping both lunch and supper for in the field. I head out about 9 am to start hauling grain. We are running 7 days a week now on grain. I am looking at a brief break in grain hauling as we switch from beans to corn this week. I 'reset' then. Get sheets changed, all the laundry put away (I am in the 'clean stack' mode now). Get the house vacuumed and dusted, because my LORD!, it is so damn dusty here with no rain in forever. But I am still cooking meals and running errands for the crew that is still working (we need to do a few cattle related things for a couple days before corn). I start a Walmart order, and keep adding to that as I need something. Once I know I am going to have a free window of time, I send it in, then do a pickup. Gosh - that is SO nice to just have it all brought out to my car. |
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Post by iowgirl on Oct 7, 2024 13:38:44 GMT
I have felt great all summer! Early spring was very rough. I constantly had "something". I pickup my grandkid from daycare every day and keep for about an hour or so. I was catching every germ that came through that place. But once school was out, and kids played outdoors - it was over! I am dreading it starting up again, because I have felt so great! I also spend most of my days outdoors during summer and fall, so I think this helps me feel better overall too. Currently breathing bean dust, and that isn't even bothering me too much. I crank my cab windows shut whenever the combine goes by me and when the cart fills me. I also keep it shut when I dump my load - but the dust still comes in. Almost done with beans though! The bee's wings will be next when we start corn  Here's to hoping everyone stays healthy! |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 30, 2024 19:06:16 GMT
I join some and then quickly get frustrated by seeing so many posts, so I unfollow .. lol. I don't unjoin, I just don't want it in my feed.
Have some DisneyWorld ones, and joined a Disney for Seniors. From the posts, I have decided I am not that old. LOL
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 29, 2024 16:07:13 GMT
I know it sounds crazy (so did AI not that long ago) but this link addresses how existing and future geoengineering technologies could help humans to manipulate the climate. Time will tell on that, much is possible, but this gal was spouting on about cloud seeding, contrails, and radar beacons beaming rays to cause a hurricane. Whaaa?  |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 27, 2024 16:24:10 GMT
What happens if this 24 hr care or other health issues occur and blows through her savings? The house was an asset that they could sell if they need to. What if they make these renovations and the mom doesn't make it? or is only there for a year or so? What happens if this 24 hr care or other health issues occur and blows through her savings? The house was an asset that they could sell if they need to. I think my SIL and BIL want the house transferred into their name bc if they put money into it, they don't want to lose that either. Oh - this is a very dicey situation. First off there is a Medicaid Lookback period. Generally it is 5 years. I believe only New York and California do not have that, but they may have some look back power. The 5 years might not be the same for every state either. But what that means, is if your MIL needs more skilled care and finances are gone and she goes on Medicaid - the state will "look back" 5 years in her finances. Anything that was transferred to anyone not at a "Fair Market Value" will be called back - meaning your SIL would have to repay the amount they set. No way around it. Second, does your MIL have a will stating where she wants her assets divided? If so, that needs to be considered. The only way for this to come out with everyone still somewhat getting along is if you involved an estate attorney but not one that benefits one person more than the others. It needs to be a 3rd party type deal. |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 27, 2024 12:53:11 GMT
I am seeing an uptick in the crazy posts of some of my friends. There was a 'weather' one yesterday, about how the weather is manufactured now. I guess that is the way to deny climate change?
I went back to look at it today, to see if she got any responses and it was deleted. I am hoping one of her kids talked her down from that one. Geesh.
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 27, 2024 12:48:27 GMT
I didn't even know it was available in a standard shift. That would be counter productive it seems. I have had several stick shift cars and every one had a cruise control. Once you get on a highway, you are in your highest gear and don't shift - so it is no different than an automatic transmission. It wouldn't be any different than an automatic, as far as having it turn off due to slower traffic or a reason to have to slow down and have the cruise kick off. The cruise kicks off with either a clutch or brake use, same as touching the brake in an automatic. You get much better gas milage if you use the cruise. My big grain truck has cruise control, but I have only used it a few times. Once when I brought it home from getting it's new box on in Nebraska and if I use it to go pick up chemical totes with a couple hours drive. But hauling grain - never. I am seldom on blacktop anyways, but never with a load. I live in the rural Midwest, so when I use my cruise control, it is for longer stretches of driving. I still use it going to town, which is not a long stretch, but about 20 miles once I get out onto the highway. I never use cruise on any gravel roads that I take to get to blacktop. When I go out to South Dakota to cattle sales, the speed limit is 80 mph - and I run between 85-90. I find I am better off setting my cruise at 85 and not giving away any more money in SD! LOL But I am running down I-90 for about 3 hours without ever hitting the brakes! It's glorious and crushingly boring at the same time. DH is usually sound asleep, so I listen to a good book to keep me entertained. |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 26, 2024 14:13:21 GMT
I know this isn't answering your question, but top load Speed Queen is the only way I will ever go. I have a commercial machine and it is a work horse!
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 26, 2024 14:12:07 GMT
Does anyone else's body revolt when the weather starts to cool down enough that you have to start closing all of your doors & windows? Ugh, every year, I have to get my body to adapt to the change when it gets cooler. Blocked ears, sinus pressure, headache. I am noticing it this year! I haven't shut down the air and opened any windows since April. I started doing this years ago when my DS was young and allergies were bad for him. He is grown and gone, but it just takes forever to get humidity out of my house, and HOGS! I am surround by hogs here, so the smell is .... smelly. But it has been so cool over night this week that I have opened a few and shut off the air. But my nose is stuffy. I swear it is the hogs, as when I travel somewhere else that isn't Pork Country, I feel great. There were some hogs here in the neighborhood when I moved here, but now it is big confinements all around me, and I notice the stuffyness. Oh well - farm livin'! |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 26, 2024 13:38:36 GMT
What? If he doesn't like it maybe then he should be driving. There you go! LOL Do you do most of the driving? My DH almost always climbs in the passenger seat. If we are driving a long ways, we take turns, but I call him my Passenger Princess. We are usually going somewhere he needs to be - and his phone is always going off with calls and texts, so I am glad I am driving. He is either on the phone or asleep. I generally always drive us to sale barns on buying trips. I prefer him driving after dark, if we are going through any major metro areas (if Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Omaha, etc. count as that!) I don't do bright lights at night. Most of my "city" driving around here consists of small towns. Heck, we have one stop light in our whole county - and it isn't even close to me! |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 25, 2024 18:22:00 GMT
One thing that I hoped they would carry though life is to respect authority, but to not be afraid to question it.
I emphasized to trust doctors, but do not be afraid to question or refuse them.
The same for teachers, law, friends, etc. I wanted them to be respectful, but to know that if they felt something was wrong, to not hesitate to question the issue or refuse to 'go along' with what was happening.
I did not want my children to fall under someone's influences, just because that person was an authoritarian figure. It's a fine line to walk on though. I didn't want my kids being a$$holes - but I didn't want them to be led astray either.
At one point the school was having breathalyzer checks and car searches for entering a school dance. I was OK with the breath test - although I wasn't super keen about it... but I told my kids that under no circumstance were they to allow their cars to be searched, without cause. To not park on school property and if for any reason they were asked to be searched - to refuse. If there was any other issue, they were to politely decline any further interaction and to have the law officer call us, the parents. It never came to that - but it was something that I wanted them to understand. To zip those lips tight with any law enforcement interaction and only to say "call my parents or call my lawyer". I told them to never submit to anything like a DNA swab or any invasive search without consulting us or a lawyer.
It sounds mighty paranoid, as I type this... but there was a point where local law was getting a little too "much" about things.
And when they went off to college, we discussed how they would be approached by (mostly religious) organizations looking for 'sheep'. It was a worthwhile conversation, as some of these groups really can target a new kid that might be a little lonely or not quite secure in their surrounding yet. They did say later how many times they were approached by some of these groups, who really didn't reveal what their bottom line was - but just wanted to 'be friends' ....
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 25, 2024 14:01:17 GMT
Do you use cruise control on city streets? Never. I feel like you need a higher level of observation driving within cities. Cruise control takes some of that away. Plus the fact you are breaking and just needing to slow due to traffic and stop signs, etc. Cruise control would be more of a pain to use. I pay attention to my speed and my surroundings. I have a digital gauge that tells me my exact speed an a easy glance. I'm with your husband on this one. |
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Post by iowgirl on Sept 25, 2024 13:43:18 GMT
Do you have a favorite brand you can recommend or a recipe that you think is special? Thanks. I know that even the cheapest Nestle mix tastes 10 times better if you make it with milk instead of water. I have enjoyed the Starbucks mix and the Ghirardelli - both made using hot milk, instead of water. I was just looking at Hot Chocolate ideas yesterday, because the Hotel Chocolat add popped up on my social media (lord, is it ever going to now!) ... They have a machine that 'velvetizes' their hot chocolate. Their hot chocolate mix is flakes and you ad that with milk to their device and it is supposed to be the most amazing hot chocolate. But at about $150 for the machine, that I do not have room to put away, I am hesitant. It looks basically like a milk frother. So now I have wondered down the path of just getting a better milk frother and buying their hot chocolate. Anyone ever use Hotel Chocolat products? Hotel Chocolat |
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