I had an independent frame shop hang onto a baby picture of my mother — it was 90 years old and the only copy that existed in the world — for over six months, with every excuse in the world why he hadn’t finished the work. I’d actually moved 200 miles away in that six months, and I could not get the guy to return a…

When people interrupt me, they no longer get to hear whatever I was going to say. Sometimes the self-aware among them will come out with, what were you saying [before I so rudely interrupted]? And always say, “oh, nothing much”. They have lost the right to hear my insightful thoughts! The self-aware and considerate…

“Looking for trouble” what Critical Mass seems to be all about. Certainly the case the two times I’ve encountered them, once in San Diego once in Seattle. As a strategy to influence others on the road/public policy this seems...counterproductive

Bakersfield.

Mileage varies regarding funny. “Celebrated” doesn’t, IMO, enter into it. I can celebrate her tenacity and courage and success without finding something like this hilarious: “The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens”. Or, a much more characteristic joke: “If Kate Winslet…

Or be funny in a non-gross way. Remember Carson Kressley? He managed it. I think mostly the people on the show in later years weren’t real fashion people as much as reality TV veterans and fame whores. And aside from Joan, not very bright. I completely agree with all your points — even in the Joan days I was just…

After she died there were pictures of her unbelievable apartment in NY. I’ve never seen anything like it — a mansion inside an apartment building (or condo, I guess), 5000+ SQ, put on the market for $25M. Her entire estate was reported to be $150M. She obviously had non-financial drivers making her want to keep…

Or this one.

Do Roombas still navigate by bashing into everything?

Do Roombas still navigate by bashing into everything?

Well, with my dad it wasn’t the Big A, thankfully. It was vascular dementia as a result of a stroke, which was brought on by a heart attack, which was due to a lifetime of smoking. No cigs in this household! But that’s just the one guy...dementia in the elderly comes from many sources, and however it comes it’s…

My dad had pretty bad dementia toward the end, expressed as unreasonable anger. You couldn’t reason with him, it was pointless. My poor mom would take him out for breakfast because at least she got out of the house and got to talk to other people...but I’m sure plenty of people that watched them felt the same way.…

And it is DELICIOUS. I will have a Deluxe and chocolate shake...shipped to me in California (sob).

As I have asked numerous times in threads where it comes up, what is the rationale for allowing a squirming unpredictable small human to sit on your lap during takeoff/landing, but I can’t have my purse on my lap? I just don’t get it. Not the purse thing, sure, it could conceivably fly around and hit someone. I…

Those “my child is vaccine free and healthy” commercials make me RAGE.

People in SD hated Ryan Leaf so much, they tried to hit what was rumored to be his house (on a golf course) with tee shots. There was a talk radio campaign to get people to knock it off, he didn’t even live there, etc. This prompted WAY MORE PEOPLE aiming their balls at random houses adjacent to golf courses. So to…

That’s a really fair statement of division, I think. I guess for me, the issue is — is it actually a big deal? I did not think so, but this thread has given me something to think about. Never too old to learn when you’re wrong.

I’m an itemizer, and reading through all the arguments against it here, I see the point of view. IMO splitting is perfectly fine when you’re within a few dollars of each other — just today I had the taquitos and my friend had taco with beans and rice, and we split without looking at the menu price because it’s a…

I worked for a law firm that defended a jewelry store, Olympic Jewelers, that was sued by the IOC. The IOC apparently believed they own all uses of word “olympic”. They’re still in business so they must have prevailed — I can’t remember. Incidentally, the jewelry store was named after the Olympic mountain range.

I choose...ice cream!