I had a panicky moment many years ago, thinking the UFOs had landed. I was headed back to work after dinner break and saw something very peculiar...
When I lived in San Diego, Edwards AFB regularly launched rockets that created amazing colors and patterns in the night sky. They never warned us...
Aloha, BP. No, I haven't moved in yet, still stuck in "paradise." My goal arrival date was 11/10, but a rather serious surprise illness and...
After I bought my condo in SC I put some thought into golf car(t) versus automobile and ended up going with automobile, bought a 2013 Chevy Spark....
As you get to know me, you’ll find that asking me a simple question often results in a novel and TMI. WFPB is whole-food, plant-based, trendy...
Thanks, Peg. Don't worry about the churches. I follow a strict oil-free WFPB diet that pretty much precludes eating out but thought if there was a...
The "park" I live in* hosts a community Thanksgiving dinner every year. The turkey, dressing, potatoes and gravy, bread and butter, pumpkin pie...
I used to administer a forum on a similar platform. The administrator set the quantity of posts required to move up the ladder, and created the...
I've been using the very basic X10 system for 30+ years now. When I first discovered it I think it was called BSR, then Radio Shack grabbed it and...
Aloha, Andria - Welcome. I bought a little condo in Sun City and will be moving in November. I'm lonely here as well. I also work at home and...
Here in the Puna District of the Big Island electricity costs fluctuate between $0.43-$0.47 per kilowatt hour, roughly four times mainland prices....
I think it's legal to drive with one eye in most, if not all, states. I have greatly diminished vision in one eye due to a retinal detachment and...
So looking forward to a good old Arizona monsoon. Looks like one or both of these may go north of us enough to avoid major damage, fingers...
Turning it off won't protect against a power surge so unless you have it plugged into a walloping big surge protector, you need to unplug. Same...
It's on my schedule for first day, that and RUOK. I've worried for years about falling or getting ill here, would be weeks (perhaps months) before...
BPearson - I'm aiming for mid-November, certainly before Thanksgiving. The airlines won't fly animals into a hot locale during "summer" temps so...
Well, that was embarrassing - 15 right, 17 wrong. I wasn't and still am not the least interested in sports so those were all guessed wrong. As for...
We have geckos, anoles, and chameleons - love the lizards, all of them. I have cats so not too many lizards inside but lots outside, especially...
I'm going to miss it too, Cynthia, won't be there 'til November, aiming for the 10th. How often do they hold orientations?
How big a bug? I keep the longest BBQ tongs I can find and a rubber mallet in every room to combat giant centipedes. I wasn't going to pack them...
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