Wasn’t the mayor. It was the emergency manager appointed by Snyder.

Immigrating without a skilled trade and money saved ain’t that easy, my friend.

Well said.

The Republicans gerrymandered themselves into rule without popular vote. Though re-electing Snyder, that’s our own damn fault.

Huh. My school held on longer than most then.

Warren Con.

I read a stat that in snow prone states 130 pounds of salt is used per year per person. I need to verify that, but if true, holy crap runoff...

My neighbors got one with the idea they’d be able to help our older neighbors. Which is fair - I also oddly like shoveling but I wouldn’t have the energy to do that.

I drove a Neon in Michigan the past two crappy winters. You better believe I had kitty litter in my trunk and a full sized shovel in the backseat through the trunk. Had to help folks dig out as much as I dug out myself (which I expected, hence, shovel + litter + extra coat, gloves, fleece blanket for when I had to…

My cousin got a concussion 5 minutes into a game that most of the family turned out to watch - hit from behind by a much larger kid. My aunt pulled him shortly thereafter.

Last time I remember getting delivery, I was at my friend’s parent’s empty house. She was housesitting/crashing and trying to sell it for them as they were in Japan.

Yeah, butter rosettes... The classy touch at every other banquet dinner I’ve been to in the Midwest. Man, I miss Caity and Rich.

I need to listen to that, like, now.

It took me some time to get used to her voice, I admit. But the topics and conversation kept me listening, and these days I think it’s almost an asset - not personally I’m sure, but it forces the conversation into something more thoughtful and slower paced, unlike, oh, damn near everything else we have in the US media…

Almost *Anyone* over Gross for me. Often times I end up yelling at her (only in the privacy of a car, as her show comes on during lunch here) for not asking the obvious questions or letting BS slide - something I never do with Rehm or many BBC reporters. She’ll be missed.

I get a bowl, to go, with nothing that can’t be reheated (read: lettuce, and $5 on that and $5 on cilantro for the cause) and it lasts me 2 meals. I do have a kickass taqueria nearby so I don’t go very often. But like American Style Chinese, sometimes it hits the spot.

Grover for life!