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I have one on the back of our couch. Useful on nights when I'm up at 0300 and can't sleep. Hit the couch, read awhile, then crash. Blanket is necessary. Cat has his blanket up there also. I have been known to appropriate his as well as mine, as need be.

Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon series blew off getting a regular check and he is now dying from Stage 4 metastasized prostate cancer. Frank Zappa, Bill Bixby (the hulk) and SO many others died a useless death by skipping regular exams. Every man will get prostate cancer if he lives long enough. It is not "if" but "when". When your PSA comes back ugly, pursue it and get the prostate removed. Caught early (mine), it is now a non-problem. Let it go, and you are in for the (losing) fight of your life.

PSA saved my life. It found the cancer LONG before any digital exam would have shown anything at all. As a result, I was Stage T1C, the lowest detectable level. Johns Hopkins took a month digging through the pathology to find it.

Yes.

I admit to being partial to listening to and playing his work on the organ. Toccata and Fugue in both F-major and D-minor are special favorites. The musicianship of the above performers is superb. Thanks for posting.

My first thought was, "only down South". 😁 Then again, my wife is from the mountain country in PA.. and has a family stump of sorts..

Making it to 85. Anything beyond is pure gravy, unless burdened by health or dementia. I want to start playing live music and entertain again. Solo only. Multi-track recording of the instruments, so I can play live by myself.

Gravity 'n Ribs. I fault the photographer.

Fluffy is always on the mark.

I don't carry at all, nor do I have any weapon at the ready anywhere in the house. The last thing I need to do in a deep sleep is answer the phone and pull the trigger. My wife keeps a Louisville Slugger at the ready on her side of the bed. Besides, I live in CA and Gov. Nuisance tells me how safe I am in my home. 😁

Tough choice. If my conversation was with the driver, I'd sit on the rear passenger side. Reversed, if conversation was with the front passenger. We usually have five in a crew cab truck when going out to a lodge meeting other than our own. I sit in the rear passenger side so I can look out the window. In my youth I was a car sick puker... very embarrassing in a tuxedo.

The very first Beatles album, then the 2nd, the 3rd... I had a player that repeated if you moved the drop arm away, so it played next to my bed all night long. Yes, I still know the words and the music. The VirtualDJ program (freebie) has the ability now to separate music, instruments and voices. Each can be played separately, including Paul McCartneys stellar bass lines.

Y'all are missing the point. She's a babe with a YouTube channel, getting subscribers and making money. KInda like OnlyFans but without the sex.

And that right there, is why SO many guys strike out. Loose lips sink ships, and make the guy into a pariah.

When I left IBM, then later left HP, I did miss the work. Not the management.

Loose when the intent is lose

I submit surveys from our medical provider. When asked to comment, "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know."

Weatherby Vanguard in 30-06, I am not a hunter.

AI could be taught to be an activist judge instead of a factual and impartial arbiter of the law.

Every year IBM ran the Employee Satisfaction Survey. Most every time, it was a beat-up tool.

That photo is great. Muzzle directly on the target... no misses.

When Skynet comes self-aware, it will be too late. AI is nothing more than an evolution in computing power. Intel has AI specific hardware in their latest processors now. Several years ago, the big datacenter in Torrance, CA had direct wired power lines to Hoover Damn outside Las Vegas. AI requires enormous amounts of power to support this hardware. This is why Microsoft and others are looking into nuclear power plants to power them.

I have to feed 50~70 people at our monthly Breakfast. I charge $5 for all-you-can-eat, so price is the driving factor. I go through 180 to 240 eggs, so Costco has been the go-to place for cases (60 ct) of eggs. Winco and Walmart were up to $43 per case, Costco was about $11, but sells out very quickly. Eggs at Winco are down to $25 per case now. I go through 8 lbs of bacon as well. Costco again is the saving grace, but not much better than other places, other than they sell in bulk. Eggs and Meats are the high dollar items.

Costco used to be my go-to store for sausage links for my breakfast crew. They stopped carrying them altogether. We found a bulk supply of Smithfield links as replacements, at a membership wholesale food supply. I'm not a sausage fan, but these are indeed the best tasting I have ever found. We go through a whole lot of them for our monthly lodge breakfast.

Mr Spock once said, “Sometimes the wanting is better than the having” I can “want” a 45-70 or 1894 octagonal 44 mag, but don’t need either.