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I suspect people whose houses are so organized have moved more frequently or more recently than you have, because as Marta says, that's a fine opportunity to make some decisions about what you can't live without.

There's been times I found a use for some saved-up thing and was glad I had it. Recent case in point: some sewing supplies my mother left came in handy for making homemade COVID masks. And at the time there was an elastic/bias tape shortage, so I was glad I had them.

When I bought my car from CarMax, they had free shipping on some of the online cars to bring them from other parts of the country, presumably even if I didn't buy it once it got here because they knew someone else in this area would be interested in that particular vehicle.

Best of luck - just think, if only that window would have closed, you could put this off awhile more.

Whew! What a story. A reminder to all of us to keep things separate, and as you say - pay attention.

When Jose was trying to get Ted's attention, did he sit up like he does when he wants something? I'm so glad you survived that fall.

I was 23 years old, and didn't pay much attention to politics, was interning at Yale. My Aunt Jane, who lived in nearby New Haven followed the Nixon saga closely, and she was so thrilled when this happened. At the time her family was trying to get her to stop smoking, so tried the 'it's so expensive' tack . She bought a hand-operated machine that made cigarettes (it was more sophisticated than rolling a joint), and turned out a couple packs a night while she watched the proceedings on TV.

Now I feel like I'm channeling my Aunt Jane, keeping an eye on developments. Haven't taken up smoking yet.

It works, but it's obnoxious - like all those gifs on Facebook. Except this doesn't seem to have a way to stop the action. So it's more like those embedded animated ads on web pages we browse some of them can be temporarily stopped, others just go on and on, even if we click on the ad and close the new tab that opens up. And that's clicking on an ad, validating it and probably imprinting on our computer forever.

I can see the 2020 election counts being broken down by the current administration to: this many 'real' ballots, this many 'mail' ballots. And just as bad as any real tampering by Trump's organization might be is the fear of it, and all the hype from both sides. My right wing friends love to point out that voting in person is the same as shopping at Walmart - but standing in line at the polls for hours in November is not the same as ducking in to the store for 15 minutes to pick up a bag of rice.

Thanks for these little reviews. Most of the synopses on Netflix don't make the selections sound attractive, so I end up watching The Office again. Right now I'm re-watching Get Shorty.

It's fun that different breeds of chickens have varying personalities. If I was the neighbor and never figured out they originated from your house, I'd be talking about 'our neighbor Jeremy keeps chickens, and one time this summer some other chickens were passing through and spent time on my roof, only here for a little bit, and then they moved on. I wonder where they ended up.'

I wonder what clipping their wings would have done to their personalities - would they pine because they couldn't follow their instinct to check out the neighborhood, perhaps lay eggs in the rain gutters next door. If someone gave you ones that'd had clipped wings from a young age, maybe they'd be content, or maybe they'd instinctively still want to roam, not know why, and act out like rebellious teenagers.

What a nice routine. When I looked at the living room pictures, I said "Jungle." What's that thing hanging down in #3 that looks like a leg with foot attached? Very jungle-looking.

I'm hoping the ballots will get mailed out with enough lead time, can picture the post offices being told to sit on them as long as possible. In the past, our local PO has done that for local elections, and it wasn't even on order by the President of the US.

Sounds like bait and switch - they get you in there for a 'free' service but then add stuff without asking you, and then it's been done, so you feel like you have to pay for it. That $15 charge reminds me of the trash companies adding a 'fuel surcharge' when the price of gas goes up, but when it came down, they don't remove the charge.

Also, dentist offices traditionally have taken anti-virus precautions, so there should be nothing extra they had to do now.

I know what you mean - Amazon gives a sense of easier dispute resolution, plus the reviews, and if the package doesn't arrive (often due to local post office incompetence) they replace it.

I've had good luck online ordering stuff for my business, not through Amazon: oval magnets to add a custom sticker to, plastic shelf/drawers cut to my measurements, cheap decorator fabric by the yard, road signs. Some things I've ordered are sold on Amazon, but I ordered directly from the company. But 75% of what I buy online is through Amazon.

This article "Why Thousands of Amazon Packages Converge on a Tiny Montana Town" was a real eye-opener for me.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20961523/amazon-walmart-target-package-delivery-sales-tax-montana-roundup

One of the good things from our big flood in 2013 was we met our neighbors all up and down the canyon, and it's such a thrill to have a quick visit with them when we're out and about. I will miss some of the innovative online outreach things that came from dealing with the lock-down orders. Our local health department and county staff over-work the word 'creative' - whenever I watch some online thing, a zoom meeting or YouTube live meeting, every time someone says it, I take a sip of iced tea and pretend it's wine.

I agree about that song. Overdone, universal appeal to the point of being a cliche.