I bring rolled coins to my credit union every 4 month and they deposit it to my account no questions asked - sorry your bank is too big to take coins.

Well, I calculate the value of picking up a penny back when I was much younger - it took me one second to pick up the penny which works out to $36.00 per hour. The work is not steady but that is pretty good pay. Usually, someone like the guy down-thread will drop a bunch of pennies. I do not pick up all the pennies I…

Sorry dude but Fix-a-Flat does no harm to the tire or to the tech — all that crap about how dangerous it is just crap. Read the contents list - nothing in it is flammable and no actual tire guy gives a crap if you use it or not. I know this from personal experience; I used a can then warned the guy when I had the…

Just how would she 'split the Democrats'? You couldn't possibly think Dems would vote for her?

But he is great at parties - really, he was a member of Seattle Skeptics back when I was. I think Almost Live was still going strong so this must have been in the mid-80s before Disney screwed Bill out his chance at a national syndication.

Well, I did notice the cheekbones are shining too - does that count?

My kitteh is snoring on the back of my barcalounger/lazy boy - she rotates sleeping spots around the house; last week she slept on couch behind the (ex-) Mrs. Grumpy, next week she might be found in a hamper, on the bed, behind the books in the study. Fortunately, she is not a deep-space kitty.

Thank you - it all helps.

Thank you - every hug helps ::smiles.

Thanks, I am hanging on and beginning to process. I keep forgetting that it always helps to talk about it. As I have said in other replies, I am working on it. Currently we are friends and having our Duval friends down for T-day festivities.

I certainly can't fault her for this; it was building for a while and I ignored all the signs. I am basically an introverted airhead with ADD and an AA degree in comp sci; she has a PhD in biology - this does not really show how different we are. When ever she talked with any of our friends who knew me before they…

Well, it seems that 'talking therapy' does work somewhat - my dreams last night were about all these people who kept walking into my house and being friendly. I kept shoeing them out the various doors (about 10 different doors) and locking them but the doors could be unlocked from either side by the end of the dream,…

I used one to blow on the coals in my bbq and it ignited - the propellent is a hydrocarbon.

I remember reading one of her books back in the 70s - I never knew there was more than one. I remember that there was supposed to be a tv series about her but only the pilot was made. I will have to search her out. I never ran across the comic strip - or I have forgotten about it in the decades since(?!).

Three days before our 2 week vacation in Argentina, my partner of 25 years said "I am 50 years old - I do not want to be 51 and living with you" - er, okay. We had a good time in Argentina with 3 other couples; she has bought a condo and is in the process getting it done to her satisfaction. We have about 4 months…

I went to Value Village and bought an old angel food cake pan with the removable center; I form the meatloaf in it then pull the center out and bake it in a drip pan.

So - are they state or federal? What state are you in? I am a federal employee and as far as I know, the fed stays open.

I always suck the air out of the bread bag then twist and tuck under the loaf. (of course, if you share the house with a bunch of guys this might seem 2nd hand).

I am a government union employee and I do not get Election Day off.

That is how we do it in (the other) Washington - I voted here in my lounger, using google to help me work through the ballot. The ex-Mrs Grumpy taught me that any candidate that uses more than one '!' or randomized capital letters is automatically excluded. Also, any candidate name GoodSpaceGuy (yes, here in Seattle…