A friend of mine is raising two boys and her and her husband are doing such a great job raising them to be conscientious thoughtful people and then they go over to Grandma's and oh, look WATER GUNS.

Yeah, I’m very curious how the 2008 election would have turned out if the economy hadn’t tanked.

My husband and I are the same way. We graduated from grad school in 2005 and we managed to keep our jobs and ride out the recession unscathed. But, a lot of friends did not .. so we’ve been skittish ever since. I had been considering buying a new car (why I’m always on Jalopnik) but I’ve got a 2007 Honda and a very…

Yeah, I know 3 people who would have inherited a house except oh! it turns out mom or whoever had a reverse mortgage. 

If consumers think a recession is coming won’t they stop spending ... thus creating conditions for a recession?

Yeah, Ally just dropped their interest rates to 1.90% last week.

My husband’s grandparents were in a “mixed marriage" apparently because his grandpa was Northern Italian and his grandma was Sicilian. *shrugs*

Nice.

I would buy electric but the infrastructure isn’t there in my condo building and finding somewhere else to charge would turn it into a chore. There a couple Tesla owners in the building who charge else where, but... yeah, I guess I’ll be waiting until the electric future is really here and our HOA board gets with the…

Love this story.

omg, I haven't had one of these since I was a kid.

Very mad I don't have one of these right now.

Snickers Ice Cream Bars!!

Yep, I was at a local bar last night and they said they switched to Beyond Meat because of the shortage. 

My husband basically stopped eating burgers* since getting diagnosed with high cholesterol a few years ago and these have been a game changer for him.

“Call a cab company or use their app and the chances of them coming quickly are not good.”

Oh, I didn’t realize that. (I’ve been borrowing my parents cable pw for WatchESPN for yeeeears.)

Side note: Weisman is from Marietta so his congressperson is Lucy McBath.*

I did this for my Atlanta zip code and 13 names popped but 1 person is on their four times, 1 person is on their twice, 1 person is on their three times ... so it’s really only 6 people but one of them lives in my neighborhood and I sort of know him.

I’m not eligible but maybe you are?