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    Coffee

    for dogs that size a catcher's mitt might be good...
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    Your Weather, 2026

    studded tires are not legal in some states: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/studded-tires-legal-states in MI they are not legal road a-tire.
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    Trouble Delivering on Exercise Intentions?

    he has a lot of solo albums now and they are all worth a listen. :) i suspect i got @digitS' listening to him... as far as exercise in the winter i'm really bad at doing anything inside for exercise, but we've had enough snow events this year so far that i'm getting 30-45 minutes every day or...
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    What is the song or poem weighs up how you feel today??

    i've driven by this place many times through the years since they opened it... https://dayoopers.com/
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    Words

    @digitS' a current friend says squash as sqwarsh. where i was at the university there were enough people on staff working there in various jobs that had the very strong finnish brogue and after a while i could understand them well enough but some were very thick that it was a challenge. where...
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    Words

    i used to work with someone who said Wriskonsin (yes it was in the UP of MI over on the western side).
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    i am back in the worm keeping again! today because we went to the greenhouse and i was with Mom and helping deliver things i could spend a few minutes talking to them. i normally don't get out much and that's my issue and they are normally really busy and i don't want to take too much of their...
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    Your Weather, 2026

    when i wrote that i didn't know that Mom was going to make chocolate muffins... the main roads were fairly clear with some ice in spots, the side roads had more snow cover but were not too bad. i've certainly driven on worse.
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    Funny Business

    if you recall Garfield loves lasagna... :) meee tooo! (he's willing to walk in a pan of lasagna to claim it as his own, i am close to that level of devotion but i will share) he's been a hero to me for many years, same as Snoopy and Woodstock (and friends :) )...
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    Garden humor thread..

    May 5th perfect, May 6th 90F...
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    Funny Business

    for the record i've had one homemade large chocolate cupcake (with chocolate frosting) and then we went and ran some errands and Mom wanted some donuts so we stocked up on those for her (4 turtles) and me (1 custard long john with chocolate frosting) of which i have eaten my 1 and will try to...
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    Your Weather, 2026

    cold, sunny, a little fresh snow. Mom wants potatoes (that she didn't put on her shopping list for when i was out Friday) for her veggie soup so i may be doing a little driving today - plus we have lasagna and fried rice to drop off for some people if they are in...
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    Newbie

    speaking of times of driving when it would have been better to stay put (i have several of these stories :) )... the most notable dumb trip was coming from up north at the university to down here where family is at one winter. we came down the usual route and then as we were driving across the...
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    and then as usual for a Sunday night and Monday early morning i'm so excited about having to take the trash and recycling out that i woke up three times (ok, the first time was to pee at 2am - i really thought it was 6am). mundane?... yep. completely my frame of mind this early in the...
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    went out and shovelled a little snow to get some fresh air and exercise. i dressed for the cold and it was fine came in warmer than i went out so mission accomplished. i feel a lot better having done something to get moving.
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