HD Voice or VoLTE, which most newer cell phones support, has much higher sound quality than with old cell phones. When the devices on both ends use HD, there’s no more of that compressed robot sound these days for most cell phone calls.

I had Turkish coffee from Starbucks at the airport in Istanbul. I feel like it just barely qualifies me to say I’ve had Turkish coffee in Turkey. :) It was actually done well and not some Starbucks-ized version. Turkish delight on the side, even.

You didn’t mention the Turkish delight! When I’ve had Turkish-style coffee in Bosnia, Turkey, and even in Atlanta, it’s always been served with two pieces of Turkish delight on the side.

A mortar and pestle works well for turning table salt into popcorn salt, too.

We have a 2016 Fusion that looks almost exactly like that, 2.0L EcoBoost and fairly loaded. We like it a lot. It rides nice, handles nice, has a very well-designed dash layout. I even kind of like the older SYNC system (except for the absolutely stupid way you have to enter a destination). I hope this car lasts us a…

That’s the situation outside of all the big cities, probably. I’m in the middle of rural Southern Illinois, and while we do have a farmer’s market during the summer, the only grocery options are Walmart, a regional chain supermarket, ALDI, and Dollar General (no meat or produce, and a very limited selection of other…

If you can find a type called “gold nugget,” they are amazing. They have weird, very bumpy skin, but they taste great. They seem only to be available for a short time each year.

It’s my opinion that it needs some mayonnaise added to it to really bring the flavor together and make it a dip, instead of just flavored sour cream.

Our HELOC has essentially been our emergency fund. It’s mostly been used for repairing storm damage and unexpected medical expenses. Three weeks ago we made our last mortgage payment! We’ll pay off the remaining balance on the HELOC in less than a year. I think it will be the first time ever that we won’t owe anything…

Are they required to look up or something? Why do they all have their chins in the air?

I feel like Walmart’s self checkout works better than a lot of them do (so long as it’s just “normal” items that don’t require special handling). I’m not a germophobe, but you don’t even have to touch anything while checking out if you use Walmart Pay.

Do it!

Yep that’s my neck of the woods. Ava! Even smaller than the town I grew up in, and it was pretty dang small. :)

Yeah, adding a little bacon fat can’t be a bad thing!

Here in downstate IL we have an even easier and quicker version. You get a roast that will fit in your slow cooker, add an envelope of dry Italian dressing mix, some beef broth, and a jar of either giardiniera or pepperoncini (what we usually use), and let it cook until dinner time. By then you can pull the meat apart…

The Firecracker is a pretender to the Bomb Pop throne.

I recommend, as I would for baking any cookies, that you not use a non-stick pan or any pan with a dark color. What I’ve found works by far the best for baking cookies is a simple heavy-duty commercial-grade aluminum cookie sheet, ideally one without edges. I usually still set the pan on a rack so air can get…

As some others have said, with any luck it will be a few years before I need another vehicle, and at that point I can get something small and electric for commuting. I’m dailying my SRT-4 currently, and while I don’t plan to ever sell that car, it gets about 26 mpg on my commute, and something a little more efficient…

I’m in Southern IL, about an hour east of STL. :)

They’re all pretty tasty, but my favorite kettle-cooked chip is Krunchers, especially their mesquite BBQ flavor. I can’t always find Krunchers in stock, so my second choice is actually Walmart’s house brand kettle chips. I haven’t tried Utz, mentioned by another commenter, but they sound good.