They might change their minds once it started, though. They’re pretty ignorant about Iran now. It isn’t Iraq or Afghanistan. Iran is a bigger, more organized, more modern country. War with Iran would be an absolute disaster for everybody.

Reynolds Ford in OKC! My dad has always been a Ford guy, and our name is Reynolds. One year for his birthday I found Reynolds Ford online, called and asked if they had any swag with “Reynolds Ford” on it that I could get for my dad. They very kindly sent me a box with a hat and some other stuff. Dad loved it.

I do something kind of similar. I have an old desktop with mirrored drives in it that’s my home “server.” I use a scheduled task to run Microsoft’s SyncToy and back up everything to an external USB drive every night. Most of my photos are also in Google Photos, so I have three copies, one of them in the cloud.

The Quarter Pounder patties are just about back to how I remember them from my childhood in the ‘70's. I played basketball in a community center league, and we always went to McD’s for a Quarter Pounder with cheese after the game on Saturday morning. At that time our town had just gotten a McD’s for the first time.…

Small town? I looked up the stats, and South Bend is in the top 1.6% of all cities in the U.S. ranked by population.

4. Porn stores
5. Gun stores

I know of a couple who’ve been married for 50-something years, and he introduces her as “my current wife.”

Chew chew

Jetpacks everywhere! I mean literally everywhere. People just drop those things wherever, like they used to do with those electric scooters.

It looks almost exactly like my handwriting, and I’m 53. I can only conclude that you’re a younger me: a dad who writes like me, likes to cook, and loves Rush. :)

That reminds me of the first time I tried to make a mojito. (Actually I think it’s the only time.) I thought it seemed like a lot of rum, and it wasn’t until I was done and tasted it that I realized the recipe I was using was for a pitcher, not a glass.

My wife and I bought a 2016 Fusion. Last year, so not yours. :) First Ford I’ve had in over 30 years, and I have to say, we like it a lot. We drove several cars while looking, and the Fusion felt and drove better than anything else in our price range.

And hold a wet washcloth or something over the overflow, if present. I cleared my daughter’s clogged sink for her last week. Wet cloth over the overflow hole, and one push of the plunger did the trick. She was amazed. :)

Same, but I’m 53. I like the “tangy zip”—the extra acid and sweetness—of MW over most mayo I’ve ever had.

It’s a lot thinner. My mom made basically this same dressing when I was a kid. It does go best on iceberg lettuce, and doesn’t really quite work for me on anything else. It is delicious on iceberg, though.

Some people call it that.

A fresh home-grown tomato tastes like a completely different fruit than anything you can buy at a store. I’ve never even gotten one at a farmer’s market-type place that was as good as one that I or a family member or a neighbor grew.

I guess it’s the ‘K’ currency, but that reminds me of being in Croatia and needing to get some cash from an ATM. I only learned a little Croatian before the trip, but was proud of myself for managing to get to an English menu. Then when it asked how many kuna did I want...I realized I had no idea what the exchange…

Yes! I have to agree that there’s nothing better than a BMT with good bacon, but most importantly, homegrown tomato fresh from the garden. A good homegrown tomato is a totally different fruit than anything you will ever find at a store. Sooo much better tasting.

I’m a fan of smoked paprika lately, and it’s great on deviled eggs.