I’m glad not to be a part of Marie’s household.
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Why? It would be so tidy.
I’m excited to see what the world has in store for us in 2023! With the world of technology and the advancements that have already been made, I’m sure we will be seeing some amazing new inventions and innovations!
I’m an inspired mess kinda guy 
I detest rigid organization.
What’s the minimum # of posts required before a new member can post links?
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I’ve not bothered to count the number of posts, but it’s been reached:
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Mine is going to be, “The fat lady sang.”
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Hi G_G.
Discourse (the platform used here) is configurable, so I’m not positive about here, but it normally runs from 15-20 posts. I believe the general anti-spam provision, from other websites using Discourse, is that the default is 20 posts by a newly signed-on user before they can post links.
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I’m a big Robert Heinlein (Sci-Fi author) fan. One of his characters needed an epitaph and those who knew him best considered such as "He Played The Cards He Was Dealt", but decided to discard that because he (“Sam”) was actually known to slip in a cold deck if he didn’t like the way the card game was going.
So they settled on:
- He Et What Was Set Before Him
Which strikes me as suitable for my own epitaph. I told my wife to use this for me. She’s not so enamored of it, so I don’t know (and won’t know) if she’ll comply.
{Edit - the story is called Starman Jones and is one of Heinlein’s best “juvenile” stories, which he wrote to try to get youngsters more interested in math/engineering (STEM) in general.]
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How in the world do you clean that thing up (at the end of the evening)??
I would hope it would break down and go into the dishwasher, but even so, that still seems like a big job.
So does a chocolate fountain.
Oh I had a chocolate fountain back in the day (20 years ago?). It was a royal pain to keep full and flowing and even more of a pain to clean. I think I used it twice, put it in its box and put the box in the garage. I don’t remember what ultimately happened to it–probably gave it to a friend or a thrift store. I do still have a small fondue set I used a few times for chocolate, but that’s currently collecting dust in the garage.
Never occurred to me to use it for gravy. Thankfully.
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You dodged a bullet, there.
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Maybe if you live on the coast. Most trucks take I5.
I do live on the coast, I was speaking of our supply chain. However everything looked pretty good in the grocery stores today. They’ve had since Monday to reroute the trucks.
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Ah, I thought it was a more inclusive “our.” I hope they are able to keep you well stocked. What a mess.
I’m surprised the Oregonian did not report this. This was also not reported on the noon tv segment I watched today. They did have over three minutes to spare to talk about the silly goonies house 
You would think this would be more pressing. There are plenty of stories about CA weather/road related issues but not OR. I have had in mind heading to the coast sometime soon so it is useful info to have. I would not expect to get better road conditions on HO?
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Well we are way down here in the southern end, maybe they forgot we exist.
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