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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 24 Oct

Stretching budgets is so important these days. Not that it wasn't always important. But certainly inflation—which happened long ago by the way, just in case someone wanted to go there—has made being creative all the more...

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Jim Bauer @2ndchances24 That sounds like a good alternative to me.

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LindaOH @LindaOHio (204495) • United States 22 Oct

2007 - 1408 1408 is a psychological horror film directed by Mikael Hofstrom and based on a short story by Stephen King. Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is an author who writes books about haunted venues but doesn't believe in ghosts....

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio Ah. That makes perfect sense to me. Thanks for sharing that.

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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 26 Oct

It is that time of the year again. The spooky month. Horror. Halloween. I have shared with you my alter ego, or at least one of them. R. P. Kane. And I have shared three of "his" stories here. Short shorts. [i]A...

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Jim Bauer It is a time that I look back on very fondly, for sure.

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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48089) • Staten Island, New York 26 Oct

I don’t know if it’s just our state (NY) that did this but an inflation refund check just came in the mail. It’s only $400 but it is still a nice amount to get. I definitely didn’t expect it. The check is made out to hubby and...

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Jim Bauer @lovebuglena I don't think so. If you deposit it into a joint account, a two party check can be deposited with one endorsement since the money will essentially go to both parties regardless of who cashes the check. Like I said, I could be wrong. But I am...

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Ali Canary @AliCanary (3459) 25 Oct

I finished the portrait I was working on and delivered it to the client yesterday. She was very happy with it. I let her know that I was open for commissions and that I would have time to get things finished by Christmas, if she...

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Jim Bauer @AliCanary Nice. Almost identical.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (111) • United States 23 Oct

The hurricane might dampen the spirits of the cruise and I don't feel like I packed the right things and I hate leaving hubby here alone the day after his mother's official diagnosis of Alzheimer's Dementia. The the trip is...

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio You'd have lucked out on that one. When it's the two of us in the car, I do all the driving.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364917) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Oct

All sorts of things in the natural world interest me and I spotted this ant nest while we were camping at Baladjie Rock. It seems the leaves are brought to the nest by the ants as the trees that have these types of leaves are not...

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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 26 Oct

It is that time of the year again. The spooky month. Horror. Halloween. I have shared with you my alter ego, or at least one of them. R. P. Kane. And I have shared three of "his" stories here. Short shorts. [i]A...

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Jim Bauer It has always been my favorite genre. This time of year brings it back out of me more than ever.

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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 26 Oct

It is that time of the year again. The spooky month. Horror. Halloween. I have shared with you my alter ego, or at least one of them. R. P. Kane. And I have shared three of "his" stories here. Short shorts. [i]A...

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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48089) • Staten Island, New York 26 Oct

I don’t know if it’s just our state (NY) that did this but an inflation refund check just came in the mail. It’s only $400 but it is still a nice amount to get. I definitely didn’t expect it. The check is made out to hubby and...

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Jim Bauer @lovebuglena Not sure exactly how that works, but if you try to deposit it to an individual account, they will probably require the other person on the check to endorse it. It is a two-party check, meaning it MUST be endorsed by both parties to be deposited...

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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 26 Oct

Most of the time, when it comes to most items on Amazon, things are more expensive than anywhere else, I find. So, the items I consistently buy are things I have determined are actually valued better. Bacon bits come to...

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Jim Bauer Although it sounds like a brag, it really is not, nor was it ever intended to be... I did not retire at 50 or achieve my wealth by accident. There's just no other way to put it. In my life I never made a lot of money. I just knew what to do with it,...

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Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 18 Oct

A lot of us have been around the bend more than a few times—hey, many of us old farts, it is what it is—and so, through our lives we've all probably had our share of cars in the driveway, and it got me to thinking, it might be fun...

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Jim Bauer @rebelann Oh gosh. Did you actually just say that? I am rolling my eyes over here. You're not going to get it, are you? The point is this. A little bit adds up to a lot. If you put away $25 a month from age 20 to 65 you'd still have $235,000 with only a...

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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48089) • Staten Island, New York 26 Oct

I don’t know if it’s just our state (NY) that did this but an inflation refund check just came in the mail. It’s only $400 but it is still a nice amount to get. I definitely didn’t expect it. The check is made out to hubby and...

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Jim Bauer The checks the government sends out always comes with a caveat, especially if it is a "inflation refund check." It ADDS to inflation, which makes it sort of moronic when you think about it. lol I'd still cash it, of course, despite the dilemma you are sort of...

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (111) • United States 26 Oct

I heard a rumor onboard the cruise ship that we’ve sailed 200 miles out of our way to avoid Hurricane Melissa I don’t know if that’s true but we are safe Boat is rocking a little with big waves but nothing too bad I haven’t...

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Jim Bauer Takes me back to another time, on the USS Enterprise, when the fleet was ordered out to sea during a hurricane. Our ship, being an aircraft carrier went right through it to the eye. What a ride. I will never forget it.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (115494) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Oct

Firefighters with the Black Forest Fire Rescue answered an emergency call from the owner of a dog that was stuck in a pipe on Friday evening October 24 The firefighters found the 18 foot pipe as they managed to dig down to...

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Jim Bauer How was the dog after he was finally rescued? Completely drained by the experience.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (111) • United States 26 Oct

I know some of you like to see the menus from the cruise This was the entree section of last nights dinner menu I had the short rib which was basically pot roast Tonight we’re going to the hibachi grill What are you having for...

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Jim Bauer I have lamb even at fine dining establishments and it just NEVER strikes me. So, I am pretty sure I just don't like lamb, although whenever I get a gyro, I always get the lamb one, but that's prepared differently of course.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (111) • United States 26 Oct

I know some of you like to see the menus from the cruise This was the entree section of last nights dinner menu I had the short rib which was basically pot roast Tonight we’re going to the hibachi grill What are you having for...

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Jim Bauer Gosh. I do love me some shrimp. But you also know I love a good braise, and that 12 hour braised short rib just really catches my eye, so I'd be having what you had. The braised short rib. I'd want that salad with it too if they'd let me.

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Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (80197) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 Oct

George's eye appointment went well. It went faster than I'd thought. He requested not to have his eyes dialated, so he could drive us home. We stopped at Wal-mart because he wanted to get Haloween Candy because we sometimes get...

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Jim Bauer @kaylachan I never decorate for Halloween. My wife always questions that. "You are a horror writer. You'd think this would be your time of year." lol

26 Oct

Jim Bauer @porwest (110053) • United States 24 Oct

Stretching budgets is so important these days. Not that it wasn't always important. But certainly inflation—which happened long ago by the way, just in case someone wanted to go there—has made being creative all the more...

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Jim Bauer @noni1959 During the "colder" months we do a lot of soups and casseroles.

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Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (65996) • Serbia 8 Oct

Good evening I'm so happy to see how many old members are still here and that many of you remember me. I've always been grateful for the support I've received here, but the pressure I felt in real life was so exhausting that I had...

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Jim Bauer @Nevena83 I can only assume there was a valid reason they did it, and HOPE it was to make the algorithm such that paying us is more sustainable. If the pay is lower for good cause and it helps the site to not go kaput, I am okay with it. But I do wish they...

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