Thanks. They were actually great people so I didn’t take it too hard

I used to work with Croatians and Slovenians that spoke English fluently but switch to their language abruptly as I was standing there. I thought that rude of them

Very few people have that opinion.

200 bucks? You got off cheap. Did they give you an aspirin?

The only thing I see wrong with this is you let your daughter boss you around

PayPal sent me an email telling me I couldn’t use their service because I had a VPN. No big deal, I’ll just start using my credit card. A few weeks later PayPal emails me to say we’re all good and I can use them again

Rally-Q

Might be worth buying an infrared thermometer to see if there is wiring overheating in your walls. I’m not an electrician but i wonder if it’s something then can happen sporadically such as if there is something drawing a lot of power that turns on/off. There are inexpensive ones out there and they can be handy to have around.

Have you read the Wikipedia page? It’s pretty interesting

If you like these kinds of movies (I call them road flicks, linear story line, lots of cameos) I have a few suggestions:

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Cannonball Run

Rat Race

Who’s Minding the Mint?

Is it possible you’re allergic to alcohol?

Credit card insurance. If stolen you’re only liable for the first 50 bucks

couloir?

Sahale Glacier

There’s always the weather. I check that plus an app I have for the guages on our local rivers as I am a fly fisherman.

I write down some stuff on a scratch pad like tasks and little things i need to pick up. There’s something satisfying about crossing them off my list. Also when I plan a longer vacation where I stay in multiple places I need to write it out like a calendar with details for each day.

I use text files on my phone for longer term stuff. A Christmas gift list for ideas that pop up during the year, checklists for outdoor trips I plan regularly that i can send to others, a shopping list of fly tying materials (some are hard to find, I stop at various stores when convenient). Also I keep a list of cheap cabins to stay in with links to their websites.

Gift them a video game console. When I was young we must have drove all the neighbors nuts, running across their yards playing sports. My neighborhood now has kids but it’s nice and quiet. Thank you Playstation and Xbox

Totally agree. During the winter the parks are empty, no little, no bugs, no noise, no sun screen. The only downside is the early darkness

Fold long sleeve buttoned shirts

It happens. Half the time people get bummed, the other half they are OK with it and will tell you they have a hard time remembering names too. I am in the latter group. When I forget a name and the person is obviously upset I’ll tell them “let me tell you something few people beside my wife know about me, I have this social anxiety that yadayadayada…”. This usually smooths things out as I’ve shown a vulnerable side and nice people sympathize with that. If they don’t fuck em

Southern Culture On The Skids https://youtu.be/T9NLgyEFzOo?si=w0c80_Pv1FL1qALV