God no. I had a 1967 mustang. Had to fix it every time I drove it, it drank gas like a gasoholic, everything was manual but in terms of life and cost, it was the most expense for the fewest miles and not reliable. Like even if it had been newly manufactured to the same specs it would not be reliable or safe or even fun to drive.

My brother, meanwhile, had a Corolla he kept for 300k miles without much maintenance.

I am still in my 2014 Honda, and expect to be able to use it for 10 more years. Now do I think the 2024 better than the 2014? Not really, most of what I want was already in this one, but modern cars are so much better built than vintage cars were.

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Where I live they ran an interstate highway right through where the black business district was. Ripped through the middle of town. I hate that highway so much, they keep adding lanes too. Fucking racist twats and the effects reverberate to this day, no transit just more lanes because of handshake agreements between good ol’ boys in the 1960s.

“Nothing changes, even when it wants to” Hayes Carll

Clinton is problematic as fuck, but holy shit the difference between reading this and the “your mom” outrageously stupid sounding bullshit the current admin puts out is so remarkable. I do so miss having smart people at the top. Say what you want about Clinton and Obama, at least both were wicked smart and able to communicate well.

Oh fuck that. I would get a second opinion. At least now you know to underplay it. “I think it’s working, yes. Sleeping better and feeling a little better, no side effects that are bothersome, this one seems good, thanks.”

It does. It’s like a daiquiri sbagliato!

I love most of what he’s written, and he is prolific and the books are different from each other.

Mezcal & Cynar are really good together.

Pas de Loup

1 oz Mezcal

1/2 oz Ancho Reyes

1/2 oz Honey Syrup

3/4 oz Cynar

3/4 oz Lemon Juice

I think that’s a no, once you are 40 or so. The whole face kind of drops (everyone, not just ladies, that’s why you see the bottom teeth when The Rock smiles now - being in great shape doesn’t change this) and if you fill the top lip it ends up looking sneery because the shape is wrong. You would have to get the whole expensive and brutal face lift to move everything up first.

On really young people it can work ok IMO.

And overall I agree that GOOD work you don’t really see, all the relentless skincare I do works but nothing will keep you from moving through time. Celebrities who just look good and like they haven’t had work done have had face-lifts.

Yes sir, I do that. I’m on both sides of these requests as I admin some of the financial software, sometimes can fix things before having to involve IT.

And to purplemonkeymad’s point, OMG I don’t know who writes Microsoft’s error messages but they are nonsense.

“The program has stopped working.”

Thanks.

I send the request and list the troubleshooting steps I have tried. Mostly so that they know it’s not frivolous but also to avoid duplicate work.

But so often those stupid steps work. Turn it off and back on. Uninstall and reinstall.

Then could you not do this testing on a machine at their office? What the heck?

A roomba with an enormous cocktail on it! I could only wish for a floor that clean and smooth, that’s the coffee table. Have never seen a white roomba though.

One data point only. My mom and grandma had osteoporosis, and I had restrictive eating as a teen so didn’t build enough bones. I do work out heavier than my mom did (lift occasionally but also yoga with pushups & arm balancing, etc. More focus on muscle) because of starting at a disadvantage and also, importantly, do MHT. At mid-50s I did manage to immaterially INCREASE my bone mass, so a little better than maintaining, rather than the steep loss that would be expected at menopause.

There is more than one factor, right? I encouraged my daughters to eat more and do more exercise when they were teenagers so they will start out with heavier bones than I did, if you start with more you can lose some and still be ok.

But plenty of people have osteoporosis as an endocrine issue, the chemistry of their blood is taking more bone than it’s building. I don’t think that’s something that you can necessarily lift your way out of.

Oh yes. I call them by their names and they know their names.

I do kinda think everyone should have to Freaky Friday swap with anyone they disdain or don’t have empathy for, and also one random swap.

I’ve never been bothered by catcalling but haven’t had it happen in a dangerous feeling situation.

Everclear and Crystal Light was the drink of my anorexic youth and it’s not bad. Not good, but not bad.

Vodka and some St Germain in lemonade is legit delicious.

I would say don’t bother - but really the only times I’ve felt I NEEDED a drink I can count on one hand and all but one involved my mom. Family really can be hard to deal with. As long as you aren’t getting drunk or spiking their punch do they care? Aren’t you already lost or whatever?

This looks lovely. How is the texture? I love pears but they can be grainy/mealy. And what gin did you use?

Those look great and also like they would be easy to convert to vegan (I certainly am not - cheese is one of the peak achievements of mankind IMO - but some of my family is, so always looking for stuff that won’t suck if vegan-ized)

Well, welcome! I’ve not found any salsa community but if you start one I will join, I am definitely a salsa snob, lol.

And yes this was a delicious drink.