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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 27, 2025 - 10:57 am 
RN It's like you can't do anything these days to save a little money. I changed garbage companies to save $15 a month, and now the cable came and it's went up $16.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 27, 2025 - 11:13 am
RN This peace and quiet lasted about 3 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO250GJJIaU
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, January 27, 2025 - 11:41 am
RN just got back from the grocery store. Grooch’s mention of eggs caused me to check out prices when I walked by the egg cooler. First of all it was about 20-25% full. Some brands were completely wiped out. The lowest price I saw was $5.69 a dozen for HEB brand extra large eggs. The highest was free range/cage free brown eggs at $8.00 a dozen. We typically don’t eat or use a lot of eggs so no immediate or big impact on us.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 27, 2025 - 6:16 pm
I forgot to get a price, but Ralph's had a sign that there was a shortage of the high-quality eggs they like to sell.
I never buy eggs, so price didn't register.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 5:25 am
RN: oh my god! I just saw a butterfly fly by my kitchen window! What the hay? I'm going to take it as a good omen.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 5:29 am
RN: Mack, of course Mrs Mack is invited. You can both come early summer and Mrs Mack can sit on the deck and enjoy refreshments with me, while you can design a back garden and make us a fabulous dinner.
Did I mention my bf has a gigantic detached garage that half is his shop? You can design and make bird houses, too, if you like.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 9:21 pm
LOL Grooch.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 7:17 am
RN I'm testing my new garbage service today. I have 2 bags and some boxes next to the garbage bin and I want to see if they take them.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 7:58 am
RN our relatively new service won’t take bags or items not in the bin. They switched to one person trucks these “crab claw” like devices the side of the garbage truck. They simply drive up beside the container, grab it with the claw, and dump it in the open truck roof. Driver never gets out of the truck and has no helper.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 8:07 am
RN Ours claims to take up to 3 bags next to your bin, as long as they are under 30 lbs. They said nothing about boxes, so we'll see if they take them.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 8:53 am
RN I wish our service still offered that. I find myself taking our big trash bin down to the street with one small bag in it. Our old service had the 3 bag rule that yours has. Makes getting rid of garden clippings, etc., a pain.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 9:14 am
RN Yay! They took it all. They had 3 people for the truck. 2 doing the garbage and 1 driving.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 10:03 am
Just think if you had to use a walker or chair...
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 3:04 pm
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 4:55 pm
Good one, Grooch, and it’s only been ten days.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 7:47 pm
RN Did anyone know there is a Fire Aid concert going on right now? I didn't hear anything about it, but just happened to come across it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Friday, January 31, 2025 - 8:14 pm
The big one in two venues? Oh yes, so much whining on social media.. About when it wss scheduled, who is performing,
I thought they should have a virtual option, many people paying a small fee.. Get YouTube to donate some bandwidth..
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, January 31, 2025 - 8:35 pm
I didn't hear anything about it at all. I just happened upon it. Weird. Well I hope they raised a lot of money.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, February 01, 2025 - 8:54 am
RN:
Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social
24s
Don't worry about not having a valentine on valentines day. You probably didn't have a groundhog on groundhogs day either.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Saturday, February 01, 2025 - 10:06 am
https://apnews.com/article/fireaid-benefit-concert-top-moments-los-angeles-41600faeec35281dc8691fb332b15242
I missed that there was streaming, but really can't stream here.
Joni Mitchell would have been cool to see..
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, February 01, 2025 - 1:27 pm
RN I'm off to the local Maga bar to drop off some papers for somebody.
Gonna ask their opinions about them tariffs and Elon Musk. If I'm not back in an hour, put out an APB for me. 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, February 01, 2025 - 1:30 pm
RN oooo, that will be fun to hear! I can't wait until you're back to tell us.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, February 01, 2025 - 2:03 pm
RN I'm back.
When I walked in, I saw the pool table was all decorated and I thought somebody might be throwing a bridal shower there or something. Then I saw a huge purple balloon that said "PROM" and there was a cut out figure of a teenager in a cheesy suit. I was confused. I was wondering if everyone was so bored this winter they were throwing a fake prom.
So I asked, and there is going to be a fund raiser for the elementary school teacher who passed away 2 years ago. He was very popular, but I didn't know him.
So, I behaved myself and kept my mouth shut, and I chit chatted a bit with some of the locals. 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, February 02, 2025 - 11:11 am
RN Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so we are in for 6 more weeks of winter! Yay!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, February 02, 2025 - 10:43 pm
RN, I am old enough to remember when Groundhog Day was a realllly big deal in the news cycle on Feb. 2, and we are all so stressed out at the crazy political stuff going on, that it has barely registered with most of us this year. I kind of miss Groundhog Day, Feb 2.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 7:57 am
RN Remember my best tenant and friend Yolanda? She had to have her dog put to sleep yesterday and she is so sad. The incredible thing about this dog (Chata), is it was 20 years and 6 months old!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 8:47 am
RN, Naja, does Yolanda know about TVCH? Tell her we send our condolences... 20 years is a long time for a pup to live, and she must be missing him so much.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 8:48 am
RN She knows about us and I'll tell her  Thank you.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 9:58 am
RN, 20 years is a long time. I’m glad Chata had such a good life but it’s hard to say goodbye.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 2:00 pm
RN I just got home for the tax accountant's office and I am so happy! I have been paying quarterly taxes for the dog business, a bit less than I should have, so I was fully expecting to pay 700 or 800 more.
Guess what? I get a little refund! YAY! I am so relieved because the homeowner's insurance bill is coming up and now it won't hurt as much.
Just over 4 months until relief arrives!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, February 04, 2025 - 9:46 pm
Condolences to Yolanda from another of your imaginary internet friends.
Yay small tax refund!
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, February 05, 2025 - 8:11 am
RN it’s door replacement day at the Mack’s house. Lots of banging and prying as they are removing the front door right now. Four man crew to replace all three external doors and they are saying they’ll get them all done today. Luckily we’re in what is called locally as false spring so temperature is in the 70’s. Next week we go back to more typical winter like weather and that’s called second winter around here. Real spring comes in about four to five weeks.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, February 05, 2025 - 8:51 am
Congrats, Mack! It's got to be a relief.
We're still waiting til spring to get our huge windows done. We're lucky if the day gets up to 32 degrees this winter. We haven't had a winter this cold since 2010. I remember it well. I had to go out every 2 hours across an all ice back yard to give the chickens unfrozen water.
Starting tomorrow, we have 3 weather systems hitting us for the next few days. It's going to be a real mess.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, February 05, 2025 - 10:08 am
RN, That’s great, Mack. Good timing.
Hang in there, Grooch. I love Christmas but around this time of year I’m pretty done with the cold weather and looking forward to spring.
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