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When was the last time he even talked to a woman, other than at the Piggly Wiggly

It's a tough decision to make. A couple of our moves were job offers. The chance to move to a better situation. They didn't exactly jibe with the economy and we took a haircut. Our timing has been that we never made much money on buying and selling real estate.

We keep getting flyers and calls asking us to refinance. I keep asking the sales reps for good reasons I should do so. I'm 71, there are no plans to move. We don't need any extra cash my heir would have to repay, especially if/when the housing market downturns. The area we currently live is dependent on three things. 1) Tourism, which doesn't drive interest rates, but does affect some prices. 2) Military, which I believe drives some housing rates as well as the cost of living. 3) It's also a fairly large retirement area which once again affects housing prices. I'll throw in a fourth factor here. Prices for housing in DC, even though it's about three hours away you can see the market moving out of the DC suburbs toward Richmond which is about a 2 hour train commute and still less expensive. The Richmond suburbs are expanding in all directions. As are the Norfolk, Virginia , Newport News burbs. We're caught in the middle.

Considering when we bought our first house in 1988 average rates were about 10.3%. In 1997 rates were 7.6. Our current residence is about 3.1% from 2020. https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/historical-mortgage-rates/

The thing that gets me about the "cost of goods" argument is that most of those complaining also champion free enterprise. That said competition among grocery chains is rapidly getting smaller. We're getting close to a monopoly stage with companies like Kroger in many areas of the country.

I agree with the ruling that states can't just unilaterly remove a candidate from a national ballot. It doesn't look like they made a ruling here on the insurrection issue. The big question is how far will they kick the can down the road

Another chink in the wall...

The Rolling Stone article links to the DOD report. https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jan/09/2003373440/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-044_REDACTED SECURE.PDF They were handing out uppers and downers and other stuff like it was Halloween Trick or Treat.

Anybody looking for a part-time temp job? https://www.indeed.com/jobs?from=googlesl&q=bullpen+catcher&vjk=0fac070428d45328

There was the Summer my wife said,"oh by the way I bought a tent". It was almost as large as my first apartment and would have been nice if the weather cooperated. First night we set up camp in Vermont, I had visions of being washed away in the deluge. Rain kept following us as we headed into Maine. The only decent day was one outside Boston. (BTW instead of kids we brought the dog) We managed two days there. We ended cutting our stay in Arcadia National Park by a day because we were tired of taking down a wet tent. A couple of years later we rented an RV to tour the UP. After a close encounter with a gas pump we had a decent trip (again with pup). We're talking about doing the Maritime providences this fall (I did NS and PEI about 50 years ago with my younger brother in a Pinto). I really need to start exploring VBRO's

Just an observation after driving back roads from Williamsburg thru Fredericksburg and into Manassas Va. No Trump signs, 1 Haley sign (in Mechanicsville) and nada from Biden supporters. Lots of re-roofers, however

The sad part is a lot of the MAGA’s I know rely on things like Medicare and Social Security. They complain about the high price of healthcare, but wait until they lose the bennies. Most of the ones who complain about the lack of so called Christian values rarely go to church. Those who do complain about leadership but do nothing to get involved in leadership. They won’t know what they’ve lost until it’s gone

After 2016 I’m taking nothing for granted.

As we were told in the 70’s during Vietnam Nam,if you don’t like it you’re free to leave. Go live with your hero’s Putin and Orban, etc

Barry Goldwater is tossing in his grave

For those interested the Lions Report https://nflpa.com/detroit-lions-report-card-2024

You wold think THIS would give them some legitimacy https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/creation-israel#:~:text=On November 29%2C 1947 the,mandate was scheduled to end. In May 1946, Truman announced his approval of a recommendation to admit 100,000 displaced persons into Palestine and in October publicly declared his support for the creation of a Jewish state. Throughout 1947, the United Nations Special Commission on Palestine examined the Palestinian question and recommended the partition of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. On November 29, 1947 the United Nations adopted Resolution 181 (also known as the Partition Resolution) that would divide Great Britain’s former Palestinian mandate into Jewish and Arab states in May 1948 when the British mandate was scheduled to end. Under the resolution, the area of religious significance surrounding Jerusalem would remain a corpus separatum under international control administered by the United Nations.

I'll make it simple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_Israel https://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777190209/

Does archeology count. There is evidence. Look it up.

I spent a couple of years trying to supervise (on site) the drivers who worked for the company that had the monopoly on taxis and limos at DTW. This was about 12 years or so ago. My initial take is that these guys are not much different from your average MAGA

My favorite so far

Keep in mind it's still Michigan and there is probably a decent chance of snow on opening day