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Re: What are MRF people doing for haircuts these days? - 2 months ago

Cut it myself Mar 2020 to Mar 2021. Been having it cut in person for the last year. Most stylists wear mask. No masks required for customers since about September.

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Re: Two years ago today... - 3 months ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! April 1 will mark the first anniversary of my full-time return to my office. Funny how different companies see things differently. Same here, I've been back on-site since last April. I'm full time in the office, work allows flex schedules but nearly every one needs to be on site at least 2 days a week. Productivity is about a wash. On site work has too many interruptions, b

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Re: was the son of a preacher man?!...this streaming show that just debuTTed renewed for S2..... - 4 months ago

Willa's return probably depends on her appearance in other of the Reacher books, but Roscoe is definitely a kick-@ss, strong woman that is easy on the eye. I liked the actors, the story line and plot twists in general. But count the killings from start to finish--a bit much. And an Army officer in dress blues with a three day stubble? Not in my day. And yet, I'll watch season 2.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member TLB - 4 months ago

Thanks for the well wishes...from the resident 17 year lurker (not counting DM).

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Re: About that fourth dose of vaccine... - 5 months ago

Haven't decided on #4. I'll go once a year just like the flu, but the 4-6 month booster is starting to look more like a big Pharma money grab to me.

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Re: Roll call thread - 5 months ago

I'm present, but not a member.

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Re: We all have a date with omicron - 5 months ago

Everyone in the family was sick over the holidays, symptoms like a typical 1 to 4 day common cold. Everyone tested negative except for 1, our 4 year old grandchild tested positive last Friday. She was just weirdly tire. Slept straight through on Saturday, but no cough sniffles or other symptoms. Back 100% on Sunday and asking to go back to school every day. Did we have it, who knows?

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Re: I haven't left the house since last year - 5 months ago

We were largely hunkered down through January 2021, and I was brought back to the office full time last March. Since then we've returned to normal excursions around town, except no dining out or entertainment venues yet. Braved a car trip to Lake Erie in August and Charleston SC in September.

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Re: What happened in 2021 - 5 months ago

Quotedavemchine For me 2021 was a pretty good year. I spent lots of time with family, church, and our local mission. I studied my bible, played ukulele, and visited forum member Frank on Kauai. There were challenges but 2021 was a good year. Ditto. Pretty strong rebound for us compared to 2020.

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Re: Boosted Sen. Warren has a breakthrough infection - 6 months ago

Both my brother (late 50's) and sister (mid 50's breast cancer survivor) had breakthrough infections. Brother pretty mild, sister pretty rough but no hospitalization.

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Re: The return-to-office date is ‘history,’ business and health experts say - 6 months ago

I returned to work in the office in March, after a year of work at home. I definitely get more done (mainly due to the on-site IT infrastructure), but miss the time lost with "getting ready" for work and the commute.

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Re: It's Getting Late: are you changing your Xmas plans? - 6 months ago

No changes. Christmas Eve with two households. Only real difference is employer is giving us a post holiday at home self test kit to do before returning to work (we have a two week holiday shutdown).

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Re: RYF 37 cent Whopper - 6 months ago

I'm in if it includes the Impossible Whopper.

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Re: waiting test results - 7 months ago

Wishing you all the best outcomes, starting with a negative test. Both my brother and sister have had breakthrough cases. One minor, one like a really bad case of the flu. No hospitalizations, just recovery at home for both.

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Re: Are you good with Money and Math? can you explain this to me? - 8 months ago

You are going to be billed in full for the underage. Billing was such that you paid more than a year's expenses-- for example, an extra insurance or tax payment hit right before the escrow year closed--so next year's projection is lower and your withholding goes down.

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Re: how green grows our lawn - 11 months ago

I don't NEED to water grass, so i don't. Summer brown out is a natural occurrence and doesn't kill the lawn.

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Re: Dang! I want one! - 11 months ago

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators would probably work. Probably don't want very hot Pu spheres bouncing down the highway if there is a mishap.

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Re: Any reccomendations for a blood pressure monitor? - 11 months ago

I have the QardioArm and my wife uses an Omron. Both are are arm cuffs and work great. I like the data logging on Qardio; my wife needs to download the data, but the Qadio is always available in the app.

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Re: Need a new ‘used’ car - best sites for searching. - 1 year ago

I like CarGuru's as a search tool. I set my specifics-make, model, year, mileage, price and search radius--and let it send me a notice when my wants pop up. I start looking about a year out from when I want to replace, and wait for the right deal to hit my in box. For ease of doing business, definitely CarMax. But there inventory is way down this year and you pay $500-$1,500 for that easy tra

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Re: Do a lot of people use middle name as the name to go by? - 1 year ago

My Dad went by his middle name is entire adult life and his legal signature was along the lines of J. William Smith.

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Re: Two states tax some drivers by the mile. Many more want to give it a try. - 1 year ago

Our state just slaps a surtax on registrations of electric and hybrid vehicles. I pay $250 year higher registration on my hybrid than I do on my ICE only econobox.

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Re: Another day, another Johnny Manziel headline - 1 year ago

QuotepRICE cUBE Do we now refer to him as Johnny Golfball? Shouldn't that first "l" be an "o"?

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Re: Made Johnny Cakes instead of cornbread with Jiffy mix - 1 year ago

Grandfather's johnny cakes were nearly equal parts cornmeal and garlic. Boy did they stink, but tasted so good. Served as a main course with leftover gravy.

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Re: older daughter will be moving to tampa, fla! - 1 year ago

Congrats to your daughter and the proud father. One of the first things I was told on moving to central Florida: Do not roast marshmallows on an Oleander branch.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member pRICE cUBE - 1 year ago

Have a great day.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member TLB - 1 year ago

Thanks to all!

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Re: Possible to download Catalina? - 1 year ago

Link doesn't work for me. When I run it, it says it can only an update an existing Catalina install. What am I missing?

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Re: Celebration 01/31 -- Happy Birthday: TLB!!!! - 2 years ago

Thanks for the kind thoughts. Unfortunately I don't get around here much any more.

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Re: First Victim of 2020 in the continuing Retail Apocalypse... Pier 1 closing half the stores - 2 years ago

Ours started its closing sale on Christmas Eve. I don't recall ever setting foot in a Pier 1 storefront.

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Re: BoobTube Tonight?!....Series Premieres: 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'_'FBI: Most Wanted'.....Season Premieres: 'Schitt's Creek'_'Finding Your Roots'...... - 2 years ago

FBI is a Dick Wolf production. I expect about 4 versions by the end of next year.

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