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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2026 - 3:13 pm 
Grooch-We have a two story 4,000 SF house with four bedrooms. Yup too much house but when we bought it 23 years ago our family was much larger than now. We’ve lost over 50% of our family that once numbered 12 now only five. We have thought about downsizing but prices of smaller homes have exploded and we’re seven years out for owning it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 8:30 pm
I only have 9 windows.. One is a slider and none are small.. Place was built in the sixties and windows have not been replaced. Two are in the room over the garage that has not been converted to a studio apartment. The townhome is an end unit which means an extra window.
That is a lot, Mack! But it obviously made sense when you bought it and other than more to maintain, you aren't cramped and probably have more outside space, too. And Mrs Mack will be around even more now too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 8:44 pm
Naja, are the basement windows at least small? I am trying hard to remember, but I don't think our basement in Detroit had windows and no basement in my life since I was 13.
Do you have a next project there?..Not counting those windows..
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 7:51 am
RN Here's a photo of the basement windows, Sea.
They are the kind where there are several horizontal glass slats that open when you turn a crank.
No big projects for now except getting everything put away in its own place. Fixing drywall and painting will happen in the spring. Then I can finally hang all my wall art.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 2:08 pm
RN Just returned home from the first of Carey’s retirement ceremonies. This one was here in San Antonio and was attended by 100+ of her staff here. This one was a bit more informal with the official retirement ceremony to be held in Washington, DC next week. Carey asked and all attendees here stayed to say their goodbyes and well wishes one by one at a time. Quite a few not so dry eyes. I always knew to her it was staff first and they reflected their understanding today.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 2:19 pm
Mack, that is so sweet and very impressive. I feel for her staff not having your wife as a boss anymore.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 2:23 pm
Wow that is a real honor for them to do that!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 3:11 pm
Thank you, Naja, for the link to the shower walls. You’ve accomplished a lot on your new home.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 7:00 pm
Mack so nice that you could witness all the appreciation and that it could be expressed.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 7:02 pm
Naja.. I am not making much progress von getting things in place.
Spring will be here fairly soon...
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 8:23 am
Mondo congrats to Mrs. Mack for her well-deserved honors.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 8:28 am
Congrats, Mrs. Mack 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 10:45 am
Congratulations Mrs. Mack Good Job!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 11:10 am
I’m sure she has mixed feelings about retiring, but well done Mrs. Mack… well done.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 11:31 am
RN I just dropped Carey off at the airport for her last business trip to Washington, DC. She has one more class to teach, one more formal presentation to her leadership, and her formal retirement ceremony this coming week. She flies home Thursday and then one more commute Friday to her office. Friday is pretty much just to turn in her laptop, government cell phone, and the various identification badges she has needed for work. Officially she actually will have turned over leadership of her directorate to her duty at close of business Wednesday. He will be the acting chief financial officer until Carey’s replacement is selected.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 2:46 am
RN it's just after 4:30 in the morning and the police woke me up banging on my door. They made me open the door just to see if I was okay because they said they got a call from my house. They said the call had screaming and yelling in the background. I can't even imagine why they thought I called.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 2:54 am
Holy cow, Naja. That is scary. I hope you get to be able to get back asleep.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 4:20 am
RN No, it woke me up too much.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 5:36 am
RN I wasn't scared until immediately after when I started thinking about all those videos I watch from the "The Civil Rights Lawyer" on youtube. He brings police misconduct to the media. You wouldn't believe how often police storm houses and shoot the dogs. And going to the wrong address is a common thing.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 10:13 am
RN, that must have been terrifying.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 10:31 am
Do you even have a landline there? That would be the only way to pinpoint your address. Very disturbing.
How did your dogs react?
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 12:23 pm
I wonder if someone who had the former landline at that house now uses that number for their cell phone but it's still listed in the city's 911 system as being your address. You might want to update your cell number or new landline number with 911 and the police. Our city does a check every now and then to see if people need to update their info.
Congrats to Ms. Mack!
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 12:48 pm
One time at my mother's house, the landscapers were there and taking a lunch break. (Which was fine because I went to HS with the owner of the company.
All of a sudden the cops came and said they got a 911 call for my mother's address, but the caller hung up. I asked what number that called, and when they told me, I had never heard of that number before. They insisted this was the address the call came from (they have their ways for finding out) and they had to check it out by law.
Suddenly I remembered the landscapers, and I went back to where they were and yelled out if any of them had that phone number. One of them sheepishly said they did, but they didn't call 911. Ends up, he butter dialed them by accident. 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 2:40 pm
RN Sea, my dogs didn't even bark! The little turds. And when I opened the door they just tried to get their snoots out the door to see who was here. I think they thought maybe a guest dog was arriving or something. I didn't have any overnight guest dogs here last night.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 4:01 pm
RN I forgot to say I don't have a landline anymore.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2026 - 8:03 pm
I think Kappy's suggestion is very good..
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 10:21 am
RN If anybody is bored, I grabbed the parts of my driveway cam when the cops were around. I wish I would have had it pointed at the door. It took a lot longer for me to wake up than I thought.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFRm3leY81I
And then about 5 mins later, they were across the street. I heard a woman say "I told him to get off my property" so maybe that's where they were meant to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGADHATHCGA
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 1:21 pm
Very bizarre. The only thing I will say before anyone else watches it (I'm looking at you, Jujusupercop) is keep an eye on the house across the street in the top left corner.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 4:36 pm
It doe lol like the bulk of the activity was across the street.. And out on tha road or highway, lots of early morning commuters
These days here pretty much anyone would be fearful..
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 11:00 pm
absolutely wiped out tonight - go to Games/Trivial Pursuit, where I just wrote my first ever prehumous eulogy, and I hope to hell Mamie makes it through to kick my ass AND thank me for it.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 9:14 am
RN nursing a bruised little toe. Hit the leg of a chair last night about 11pm. Hurts like heck. Taped it up. Why does the little toe always hurt more than any others?
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