|
| |
Thread |
Last Poster |
Posts |
Pages |
Last Post |
  | ARCHIVES | Jimmer | 5025 | 202 | 08-02-25 3:17 pm |
 | Archive through August 14, 2025 | Jimmer | 25 | 1 | 08-14-25 4:28 pm |
| Archive through August 22, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 08-22-25 4:03 am |
| Archive through August 29, 2025 | Jimmer | 25 | 1 | 08-29-25 5:18 pm |
| Archive through September 08, 2025 | Juju2bigdog | 25 | 1 | 09-08-25 7:59 pm |
| Archive through September 14, 2025 | Mameblanche | 25 | 1 | 09-14-25 9:20 pm |
| Archive through September 17, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 09-17-25 11:08 am |
| Archive through September 22, 2025 | Grooch | 25 | 1 | 09-22-25 1:20 pm |
| Archive through September 25, 2025 | Rieann | 25 | 1 | 09-25-25 2:29 pm |
| Archive through October 07, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 10-07-25 3:43 am |
| Archive through October 09, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 10-09-25 12:51 pm |
| Archive through October 15, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 10-15-25 3:06 pm |
| Archive through October 17, 2025 | Kookliebird | 25 | 1 | 10-17-25 10:58 am |
| Archive through October 20, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 10-20-25 12:52 pm |
| Archive through October 22, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 10-22-25 9:55 am |
| Archive through October 23, 2025 | Mack | 25 | 1 | 10-23-25 11:19 am |
| Archive through October 24, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 10-24-25 7:14 pm |
| Archive through October 29, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 10-29-25 11:35 am |
| Archive through November 05, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 11-05-25 10:59 am |
| Archive through November 09, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 11-09-25 4:45 am |
| Archive through November 18, 2025 | Juju2bigdog | 25 | 1 | 11-18-25 7:02 pm |
| Archive through November 21, 2025 | Grooch | 25 | 1 | 11-21-25 6:10 am |
| Archive through November 26, 2025 | Naja | 25 | 1 | 11-26-25 6:00 am |
| Archive through December 11, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 12-11-25 10:57 pm |
| Archive through December 20, 2025 | Juju2bigdog | 25 | 1 | 12-20-25 8:51 pm |
| Archive through December 26, 2025 | Seamonkey | 25 | 1 | 12-26-25 5:09 pm |
| Archive through December 30, 2025 | Dipo | 25 | 1 | 12-30-25 1:18 pm |
| Archive through January 01, 2026 | Mack | 25 | 1 | 01-01-26 9:23 am |
| |
Closed: New threads not accepted on this page |
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 9:49 am 
RN I'm on a mission to find a fine tooth comb. I can't believe there isn't one. I figured my bf must have one around somewhere since he has hoarder tendencies.
I just searched his junk drawers and all I found was another drawer full of socks! That I was unaware of.
I need to cut 9 inches off and my hair shrinks 2 inches when it dries.
Off to the basement to search...
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 9:51 am
RN: and Mack, it is so sweet to read how much you adore your wife and that she adores you just as much.
Off to the basement!
|
Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 10:02 am
RN Mrs Mack and I will have been married 28 years this coming March. By some measures we found each other late in life. We actually had known each other for seven or eight years before but we were both in relationships and were just friends. I’d say, and pretty sure she’d agree, this has been the best 28 years of our life.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 10:28 am
Well, that was the wrong YouTube video to follow.
Off to chop off more...
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 11:06 am
RN: that is so sweet! So, happy you have each other.
I'm done cutting. I chopped off about 7 inches. I wanted 9, but left 2 inches for when, or if, I make it to a real salon. I need layers around my face and to take the weight off. I wish I had some hair product to scrunch my hair with it.
I have some skin moisturizing oil. I think I will try that. What's the worst can happen. I'd just have to wash it out.
Off to scrunch.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 11:13 am
Well, now my hair is straight and poofs out at the bottom. But at least my hair smells nice. 
|
Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 12:27 pm
RN, Grooch I can't believe you found more socks!!
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 3:31 pm
Grooch, you are making me smile!
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 01, 2026 - 4:26 pm
RN Dipo, you won't believe it. When I went down to the basement, I opened a dresser drawer and I found more socks! 
To be fair, I believe they could be mine from when I first moved in with my bf and forgot about them. But in my defense, they are socks that he has gifted to me over the years. And since they are mine, I am free to throw them out.
It makes me wonder if when he was a child, socks were a scarcity and he was deprived. That and pots. He had so many pots when I moved in that one day I took every pot and pan I could find and lined them up on the floor from one end of the house to the other. When he got home, I told him to pick out his favorites and the rest were going. I still have to many, but it's manageable now. And since my New Years resolution is to get rid of clutter, I may have to do another pot purge. Right after I do a Tupperware purge.
My bf is a good hearted person and he sets my coffee maker every night so all I have to do is push the button in the morning, and he puts up with my idiosyncrasies, so, he's a keeper, socks and all.
Sea,  .
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 12:55 am
Any socks in great shape are welcome at homeless shelters or other outreach programs.
Robert Herzavec of Shark Tank once got a tour of a homeless facility in I think Seattle, and when they said their top request was for socks, he went to Wal-Mart and bought every pair of socks they had and donated them.
I am doing some purging too.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 2:12 am
Great idea, Sea!
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 1:12 pm
RN I just got a call from the vets office to cancel my appointment for tomorrow. They had to cancel because the whole office is out with the flu!
Mask up, everybody!
eta: I just threw a bunch of masks in my purse. I have to take my car for service tomorrow.
Ick! Strangers will be crawling around inside my car. I better bring my lysol, too for the ride home.
|
Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 2:11 pm
Flu virus has an extremely short life out of the human body. Seconds to a few minutes and airborne. Lysol or Clorox wipes of the steering wheel and shift level would be more than sufficient. Touch transmission of flu virus is extremely rare so you shouldn’t be exposed.
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 2:12 pm
On January 17, the Rotary Club is having a drive through donation event. They have a list of what they take and don't take and they take what they get to Camp Pendleton where young military couples often arrive with almost no possessions and they let them take items they can use.
Last time I donated a vaccujm, air fryer and a bunch of hand soap I get with free coupons from Ralph's, dental floss, toothpaste and toothbrushes from my hygiene appointments and other items.
When I had the water damage in October 2024, I had no time to sort through and donated tons of items to Savers and Salvation Army. Too bad..but no time and my storage space was filled with my furniture and stuff.
So far for this year I have some tools, sets of Lock and Lock storage containers still in package, Two long boot trays that didn't fit.. Brand new but might work great for these young marines, and some tool sets. Still sorting but accumulating to take over.
Warm hats and gloves could be good for the unhoused.
KK used to offer the new toothbrushes to cancer patients I drove who lived in motels. They have enough struggle to buy food, or even get to the store.
|
Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 3:43 pm
RN, that’s interesting and helpful information about the flu. It seems to be a rough one this year.
Those donations can be so helpful!
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2026 - 8:23 pm
You have the best heart, Sea.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 1:56 am
Thanks for the info, Mack! I feel a lot less worried now. Last year I got sick at this time of year and it lasted through May. It wasn't covid, but it certainly seemed like I had long covid. I lost all that time being stuck in bed and not getting things done. I'm terrified of going through it again. The wipes sound like a great idea and I'll drive home with a window open. Thank goodness for heated seats.
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 8:59 am
RN, our area medical facilities are requiring that all patients and providers wear masks!
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 9:34 am
RN you guys are having so much fun without me! I have no idea when I'll have internet. Even though I called way ahead for Google fiber, they totally messed up my appointments. There are three steps. The guy comes out to Mark where the utility lines are. Step two. Someone comes out and actually installs the line from the street to the house. Step 3 a guy comes out and hooks up everything inside your house. Well they skipped step two and sent the guy out to hook everything up inside my house when nothing was even hooked up outside. So I have to start all over. I still don't know when they'll be out here for step two.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 11:09 am
That's, good, Karen. I was the only one wearing a mask today. I went to Costco after my car was done. I haven't been there on a Saturday in ages. I've never seen the place so packed. So happy I had my mask, and again, I was the only one wearing one.
And I stopped at the gas station convenience store, afterwards, and the headlines on the front page of the Newspaper was that Long Island broke its record of the most flu hospitalizations this week. 800! Last week was 600+. This is a horrible flu season.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 11:10 am
Naja, I'm so sorry about your internet situation. That really sucks.
And we miss you!
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 2:27 pm
So that house never had internet or just never had Google fiber?
Kar that is great news about mask mandates. I read that Arizona started mandating..
I mask in any public indoor space and in my car with a passenger.
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 7:56 pm
Good luck, Naja. We do miss you.
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 4:36 am
RR there's a satellite dish in the yard so I'm not sure what that means they had before.
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 9:06 am
Well I had to cancel Google fiber. I called them this morning and asked when is someone coming out. They've decided not until the 9th. She said on the record it shows they came out on January 2nd but they couldn't work outside because someone's car was parked in the way. They went to the neighbor's houses and couldn't find whose car it was.
I asked why didn't they come to my door? I was home all day. She said they typically don't go to the door. I asked so they went to the neighbor's doors but not my door?
I told them that was ridiculous. I canceled Google Fiber and now I've called xfinity. I just got the deal for the $50 1 gig internet line. Price good for 5 years.
But Xfinity can't even come out until the 8th. So I'm on the wait list for Monday, tomorrow.
|
Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 4:09 pm
The cellphone and internet providers are awful. It’s no better in Canada. Infuriating.
|
Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 4:36 pm
I sometimes get the feeling that cellphone and internet providers think they are doing us a favor by providing service. Switching from basically an AT&T and DirecTV house to Spectrum really hasn’t been all that hard but there have been some hiccups along the way. Right now we’re waiting for Spectrum to come back and switch our VOIP AT&T phone line over to Spectrum. We want to keep the same home phone number and that’s possible but not easy. Seems AT&T is dragging their feet and making it harder than it should be but supposedly that will happen 14 January. We will be keeping our AT&T cell phones as we fall under a government contract that saves us money. After Mrs Mack retires we’ll cross that bridge but AT&T doesn’t seem to care. Literally can tell them you’re with the government and they just shake their head and give you the discount.
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 8:12 pm
Naja, Xfinity will also eventually screw you over, but if you got a 5 year price, then that is likely the best you can get.
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2026 - 9:55 am
RN one sweet gum tree down! Woohoo!
|
Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2026 - 3:44 pm
RN, well someone screwed up the Social Security Site (perhaps DOGE). I have two different numbers for what my new payment will be, SMH, so I will see on the 14th.
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2026 - 9:44 pm
Yikes..
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2026 - 9:49 pm
Last payment on 12/09.. So hopefully I will know soon about January...
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, January 06, 2026 - 12:01 pm
RN I have internet! I have so much to get done first before I can fun. See you all later.
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 06, 2026 - 12:45 pm
Will look forward to your fun time, Naja! Yay for internet!
When I moved to my rented room with a friend in late 2024, she was puzzled that I bought a tv and had cable and internet installed, since she has no internet, no computer.
|
|
|
|
