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It's a horrible thing to even be summoned.  I've served twice.

Quote from: cw_ post_id=468296 time=1659486804 user_id=3226
It's a horrible thing to even be summoned.  I've served twice.

Quote from: "Oliver Clotheshoffe" post_id=468319 time=1659489000 user_id=3349
I'm sitting here wondering whatever happened to buying a bottle of soda pop from the vending machine at the gas station then popping off the cap and peeling off that little plastic thing off the underside to see the symbol stamped on the bottom of the cap and you would save them up and win a set of drinking glasses or something.

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I hated it here in OR where I have to drive 45 minutes to the City downtown and pay for parking.  The place seemed like a madhouse.  The one in CA was in the downtown of my own city and I was very familiar with it and it was a nice place.

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I hated it here in OR where I have to drive 45 minutes to the City downtown and pay for parking.  The place seemed like a madhouse.  The one in CA was in the downtown of my own city and I was very familiar with it and it was a nice place.

 Uhg there is that. I HATE driving in any downtown area and dealing with parking and paying to park and all those people crammed in together.



 We have the cutest little town hall out here lol.

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=468653 time=1659632253 user_id=2845
I was with you til the onion part. That sounds really good

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I fill mini mason jars with partly skimmed milk, avacado wedges, flax seed and a little honey or maple syrup. You eat it with a spoon. I put them in the locomotive fridges. It gives me a little energy boost on long trips.

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Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=468653 time=1659632253 user_id=2845
I was with you til the onion part. That sounds really good

 I usually hate onions as well....but they are really good in this. And they are healthy.



 I use half a purple one (I refuse to call them red. They are purple).



 Today I'm making a kale and cabbage salad. Its kale....cabbage(red)..  cucumber (I use a potato peeler and "peel" the cucumber into cucumber "ribbons"), pepitas and hemp hearts.  And I make the dressing with tahini, olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and some garlic.  I never measure anything....I just kinda toss it all in together until it looks and tastes right.



 It's super good. And I'm not really big on kale.

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Quote from: Dove post_id=468667 time=1659634959 user_id=3266




 I usually hate onions as well....but they are really good in this. And they are healthy.



 I use half a purple one (I refuse to call them red. They are purple).



 Today I'm making a kale and cabbage salad. Its kale....cabbage(red)..  cucumber (I use a potato peeler and "peel" the cucumber into cucumber "ribbons"), pepitas and hemp hearts.  And I make the dressing with tahini, olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and some garlic.  I never measure anything....I just kinda toss it all in together until it looks and tastes right.



 It's super good. And I'm not really big on kale.

You're the one who gave me the recipe for kale chips! I still remember

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=468671 time=1659635356 user_id=2845

Quote from: Dove post_id=468667 time=1659634959 user_id=3266




 I usually hate onions as well....but they are really good in this. And they are healthy.



 I use half a purple one (I refuse to call them red. They are purple).



 Today I'm making a kale and cabbage salad. Its kale....cabbage(red)..  cucumber (I use a potato peeler and "peel" the cucumber into cucumber "ribbons"), pepitas and hemp hearts.  And I make the dressing with tahini, olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and some garlic.  I never measure anything....I just kinda toss it all in together until it looks and tastes right.



 It's super good. And I'm not really big on kale.

You're the one who gave me the recipe for kale chips! I still remember

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=459323 time=1655086188 user_id=2845
Dishwasher loaded, kitchen clean, hub happy. Life is good







Law and Order is still on. Yay ac_dance

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You're the one who gave me the recipe for kale chips! I still remember

Can you post the recipe Erica, please?

Quote from: Dove post_id=468715 time=1659645012 user_id=3266

Quote from: Fashionista post_id=468679 time=1659637068 user_id=3254


Can you post the recipe Erica, please?

 You just take the kale and toss it with olive oil...some sea salt and whatever spices you like. There is no wrong way to do it.



 They you spread it on a cookie sheet and bake it at 400 until it's crispy. It doesn't take long.



 We just got an air fryer and my daughter used it to make kale chips and that worked really good as well. I think she did it at 375 and just kept an eye on it.



 How long you bake/air fry it really just depends on if you like it crispy or chewy or a little bit of both. It's super easy.



 You don't wanna use frozen or soggy kale....it's gotta be fresh.

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Quote from: Dove post_id=468715 time=1659645012 user_id=3266




 You just take the kale and toss it with olive oil...some sea salt and whatever spices you like. There is no wrong way to do it.



 They you spread it on a cookie sheet and bake it at 400 until it's crispy. It doesn't take long.



 We just got an air fryer and my daughter used it to make kale chips and that worked really good as well. I think she did it at 375 and just kept an eye on it.



 How long you bake/air fry it really just depends on if you like it crispy or chewy or a little bit of both. It's super easy.



 You don't wanna use frozen or soggy kale....it's gotta be fresh.

I know what I'm making next in my air fryer..



Thank you Dove.

Quote from: Fashionista post_id=468793 time=1659664647 user_id=3254
Did you use a ranch dip?

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=468907 time=1659714015 user_id=2845
I gotta try air frying the kale now

Quote from: "Oliver Clotheshoffe" post_id=468912 time=1659714512 user_id=3349

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=468907 time=1659714015 user_id=2845
I gotta try air frying the kale now

 :2r4ml1j_th:

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469104 time=1659759582 user_id=2845
Just got back from grocery store. 423.00





Should last us about two weeks :sad:

Quote from: seoulbro post_id=469140 time=1659787469 user_id=114
I am single and I spend $100 a week. But, I don't look for bargains, collect points or have a Costco membership.

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Quote from: "Oliver Clotheshoffe" post_id=468912 time=1659714512 user_id=3349






 :2r4ml1j_th:

Kale chips. Air fry instead of bake

Quote from: Dove post_id=469214 time=1659807745 user_id=3266
Groceries are insane.  I'm spending sometimes more than 800 a month on groceries. It sucks. And I shop a lot at Cosco and Aldi.

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I feel dejected after reading today's sad news..



This section is supposed to be upbeat, but it's hard today to contribute anything positive.

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469333 time=1659835022 user_id=1676

Quote from: Dove post_id=469214 time=1659807745 user_id=3266
Groceries are insane.  I'm spending sometimes more than 800 a month on groceries. It sucks. And I shop a lot at Cosco and Aldi.

I pay about half that across 2 households by bulk buying during specials and freezing or in the case of non perishables, hoarding... then we buy little lots of fruit and vegetables as we need them.

Quote from: Dove post_id=469335 time=1659835213 user_id=3266

Quote from: Fashionista post_id=469297 time=1659823306 user_id=3254
I feel dejected after reading today's sad news..



This section is supposed to be upbeat, but it's hard today to contribute anything positive.

 I know. It's so sad. We are supposed to rejoice when a believer dies because they are in better place than we are.



 It's sad though.....seeing people I've posted with for over a decade pass away. Toknee Montana. El Phuppy. Meeks. Lemon.



 Now Peaches. :/

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Quote from: Dove post_id=469335 time=1659835213 user_id=3266




 I know. It's so sad. We are supposed to rejoice when a believer dies because they are in better place than we are.



 It's sad though.....seeing people I've posted with for over a decade pass away. Toknee Montana. El Phuppy. Meeks. Lemon.



 Now Peaches. :/

El Phuppy passed away?

 ac_crying

Quote from: Dove post_id=469335 time=1659835213 user_id=3266

Quote from: Fashionista post_id=469297 time=1659823306 user_id=3254
I feel dejected after reading today's sad news..



This section is supposed to be upbeat, but it's hard today to contribute anything positive.

 I know. It's so sad. We are supposed to rejoice when a believer dies because they are in better place than we are.



 It's sad though.....seeing people I've posted with for over a decade pass away. Toknee Montana. El Phuppy. Meeks. Lemon.



 Now Peaches. :/

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El Phuppy passed away?

 ac_crying

 Sadly yes.....a while ago :(

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469333 time=1659835022 user_id=1676

Quote from: Dove post_id=469214 time=1659807745 user_id=3266
Groceries are insane.  I'm spending sometimes more than 800 a month on groceries. It sucks. And I shop a lot at Cosco and Aldi.

I pay about half that across 2 households by bulk buying during specials and freezing or in the case of non perishables, hoarding... then we buy little lots of fruit and vegetables as we need them.

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469397 time=1659874670 user_id=1676
You can't eat money....

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469397 time=1659874670 user_id=1676
You can't eat money....

Quote from: seoulbro post_id=469395 time=1659874442 user_id=114

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469333 time=1659835022 user_id=1676




I pay about half that across 2 households by bulk buying during specials and freezing or in the case of non perishables, hoarding... then we buy little lots of fruit and vegetables as we need them.

I am not bragging, but I earn an income where I do not have to worry about chasing deals, or filling the storage room in my condo with tp, laundry soap and Comet. I am also single.

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I am not bragging, but I earn an income where I do not have to worry about chasing deals, or filling the storage room in my condo with tp, laundry soap and Comet. I am also single.

 But it still sucks to pay more than you need to for basic stuff.



 I like how even though this isn't really bugging you much because you are single and have a good income.....and you still care about how it impacts families and working people.  All of which are feeling it, if not hurting from it.



 If we didn't move when we did it would definitely be hurting us.

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: Dove post_id=469738 time=1660014621 user_id=3266
I just turned my phone camera on, laid it down and bent over it to see what I look like "on top"



 Scared the fuck out of me.

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=469753 time=1660029232 user_id=1676

Quote from: Dove post_id=469738 time=1660014621 user_id=3266
I just turned my phone camera on, laid it down and bent over it to see what I look like "on top"



 Scared the fuck out of me.

 ac_toofunny



Gravity is a bitch.... look at Oak.



One of her middle names is Gravedad.



The others' meaning in Latin are "time to eat the donuts", "where's the beef!", and "cocktail frank prone floating in a bucket"...

Quote from: Breakfall post_id=469766 time=1660046480 user_id=3358
:evilthoughts2: Nice avvy @Dove...you look delectably fresh!

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: Breakfall post_id=469766 time=1660046480 user_id=3358
:evilthoughts2: Nice avvy @Dove...you look delectably fresh!

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469809 time=1660053621 user_id=2845
Having coffee. Gonna feed the kiddos, then drive out to Menifee to take my grandson home.

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: Dove post_id=469816 time=1660057558 user_id=3266

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469809 time=1660053621 user_id=2845
Having coffee. Gonna feed the kiddos, then drive out to Menifee to take my grandson home.

 I gotta brag about my oldest daughter real quick. I am SO proud of her.



 So her plans are to start in a nursing career and work towards a CRN.  So we put her through some classes for her to be a surgical tech. We all wanted her to get a good taste of working in the medical field so she would have an idea of what she's gonna be getting into.



 So she's been working as a surg tech for year and a half. This is her first job.



 Well we have been looking at cars for her. Told her if she finds something to let us know asap and we can get it. Everyone in the family wanted to go in on it.



 I talked to her the other day and she told me she had good news....but didnt want to be upset. I swear my blood ran cold because I thought she was gonna tell me she was either engaged or married or some shit. I KNOW she's not pregnant for obvious reasons lol.



 She tells me she found a car. A 2012 Chevy Cruise. For 10k....only 86k miles on it.  Then she tells me she went ahead and bought it herself.  She used her money that she worked for and saved(she has no bills). Put a good chunk down and financed the rest. She went ahead and got her own insurance. She did this entirely on her own and she did it because she WANTED to.  She had the choice of letting family do it for her and she decided she wanted this accomplishment for herself.



 She said she wanted it to truly be hers and something she did on her own.  So she didnt tell any of us until it was a done deal.



 To clear I'm still proud of her regardless and I would not in anyway had been disappointed had we bought it for her. That's what we were going to do before September when her classes start. It's the fact she took responsibility like this when she didnt have to. I'm just thrilled.



 She's nervous about the payments because she's never had bills before but she knows we will have her back. I all I have to do for this kid is sit back and watch and swoop in if she needs help.  She is fiercely independent and always has been.



 I'm seriously so proud of her I could cry lol.  Her dad was pretty salty about it. But he would been telling her "I'll get you a car" forever without doing it.  My and my husband have money set aside for her that would have gone towards her car and I was dreading dealing with her dad after we bought it for her without him.



 And now it's a total nonissue because I raised a bad ass who wants to do it herself.



 The only thing the car doesnt have is hup caps so we are gonna buy her some hub caps and make like a "first car care package" with car accessories I know she will like, a few handy tools if trouble strikes and a first aid emergency kit .... stuff like that.



 I'm. So. Fucking. Proud. Of this young woman.



 She is driving up to the cabin on her own this weekend and bringing the girlfriend. She made me promise not to tell the family because she wants to show them  ac_wub



 Edit: my blood ran cold over thinking she was gonna tell me she was engaged/married not because I dont like the girlfriend. The girlfriend is awesome. We love her to bits. I just do not want my daughter to make that level of commitment at this young age. She needs to mooch off our  medical insurance as long as possible lol.

Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469745 time=1660017939 user_id=164
I'm lying in a hospital bed...just took some meds....gonna go to sleep soon.  Being released at the end of the week after almost 40 days.  Lucky to be alive.



Carry on with your water balloons and farts and whatnot.  The sun will rise tomorrow and so will I ...

Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469834 time=1660065571 user_id=2845

Quote from: Dove post_id=469816 time=1660057558 user_id=3266




 I gotta brag about my oldest daughter real quick. I am SO proud of her.



 So her plans are to start in a nursing career and work towards a CRN.  So we put her through some classes for her to be a surgical tech. We all wanted her to get a good taste of working in the medical field so she would have an idea of what she's gonna be getting into.



 So she's been working as a surg tech for year and a half. This is her first job.



 Well we have been looking at cars for her. Told her if she finds something to let us know asap and we can get it. Everyone in the family wanted to go in on it.



 I talked to her the other day and she told me she had good news....but didnt want to be upset. I swear my blood ran cold because I thought she was gonna tell me she was either engaged or married or some shit. I KNOW she's not pregnant for obvious reasons lol.



 She tells me she found a car. A 2012 Chevy Cruise. For 10k....only 86k miles on it.  Then she tells me she went ahead and bought it herself.  She used her money that she worked for and saved(she has no bills). Put a good chunk down and financed the rest. She went ahead and got her own insurance. She did this entirely on her own and she did it because she WANTED to.  She had the choice of letting family do it for her and she decided she wanted this accomplishment for herself.



 She said she wanted it to truly be hers and something she did on her own.  So she didnt tell any of us until it was a done deal.



 To clear I'm still proud of her regardless and I would not in anyway had been disappointed had we bought it for her. That's what we were going to do before September when her classes start. It's the fact she took responsibility like this when she didnt have to. I'm just thrilled.



 She's nervous about the payments because she's never had bills before but she knows we will have her back. I all I have to do for this kid is sit back and watch and swoop in if she needs help.  She is fiercely independent and always has been.



 I'm seriously so proud of her I could cry lol.  Her dad was pretty salty about it. But he would been telling her "I'll get you a car" forever without doing it.  My and my husband have money set aside for her that would have gone towards her car and I was dreading dealing with her dad after we bought it for her without him.



 And now it's a total nonissue because I raised a bad ass who wants to do it herself.



 The only thing the car doesnt have is hup caps so we are gonna buy her some hub caps and make like a "first car care package" with car accessories I know she will like, a few handy tools if trouble strikes and a first aid emergency kit .... stuff like that.



 I'm. So. Fucking. Proud. Of this young woman.



 She is driving up to the cabin on her own this weekend and bringing the girlfriend. She made me promise not to tell the family because she wants to show them  ac_wub



 Edit: my blood ran cold over thinking she was gonna tell me she was engaged/married not because I dont like the girlfriend. The girlfriend is awesome. We love her to bits. I just do not want my daughter to make that level of commitment at this young age. She needs to mooch off our  medical insurance as long as possible lol.

Doesn't it feel amazing when they make our lives easier? My 23 year old is like that.







Congrats to her

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Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469809 time=1660053621 user_id=2845
Having coffee. Gonna feed the kiddos, then drive out to Menifee to take my grandson home.

 I gotta brag about my oldest daughter real quick. I am SO proud of her.



 So her plans are to start in a nursing career and work towards a CRN.  So we put her through some classes for her to be a surgical tech. We all wanted her to get a good taste of working in the medical field so she would have an idea of what she's gonna be getting into.



 So she's been working as a surg tech for year and a half. This is her first job.



 Well we have been looking at cars for her. Told her if she finds something to let us know asap and we can get it. Everyone in the family wanted to go in on it.



 I talked to her the other day and she told me she had good news....but didnt want to be upset. I swear my blood ran cold because I thought she was gonna tell me she was either engaged or married or some shit. I KNOW she's not pregnant for obvious reasons lol.



 She tells me she found a car. A 2012 Chevy Cruise. For 10k....only 86k miles on it.  Then she tells me she went ahead and bought it herself.  She used her money that she worked for and saved(she has no bills). Put a good chunk down and financed the rest. She went ahead and got her own insurance. She did this entirely on her own and she did it because she WANTED to.  She had the choice of letting family do it for her and she decided she wanted this accomplishment for herself.



 She said she wanted it to truly be hers and something she did on her own.  So she didnt tell any of us until it was a done deal.



 To clear I'm still proud of her regardless and I would not in anyway had been disappointed had we bought it for her. That's what we were going to do before September when her classes start. It's the fact she took responsibility like this when she didnt have to. I'm just thrilled.



 She's nervous about the payments because she's never had bills before but she knows we will have her back. I all I have to do for this kid is sit back and watch and swoop in if she needs help.  She is fiercely independent and always has been.



 I'm seriously so proud of her I could cry lol.  Her dad was pretty salty about it. But he would been telling her "I'll get you a car" forever without doing it.  My and my husband have money set aside for her that would have gone towards her car and I was dreading dealing with her dad after we bought it for her without him.



 And now it's a total nonissue because I raised a bad ass who wants to do it herself.



 The only thing the car doesnt have is hup caps so we are gonna buy her some hub caps and make like a "first car care package" with car accessories I know she will like, a few handy tools if trouble strikes and a first aid emergency kit .... stuff like that.



 I'm. So. Fucking. Proud. Of this young woman.



 She is driving up to the cabin on her own this weekend and bringing the girlfriend. She made me promise not to tell the family because she wants to show them  ac_wub



 Edit: my blood ran cold over thinking she was gonna tell me she was engaged/married not because I dont like the girlfriend. The girlfriend is awesome. We love her to bits. I just do not want my daughter to make that level of commitment at this young age. She needs to mooch off our  medical insurance as long as possible lol.

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Quote from: Dove post_id=469816 time=1660057558 user_id=3266




 I gotta brag about my oldest daughter real quick. I am SO proud of her.



 So her plans are to start in a nursing career and work towards a CRN.  So we put her through some classes for her to be a surgical tech. We all wanted her to get a good taste of working in the medical field so she would have an idea of what she's gonna be getting into.



 So she's been working as a surg tech for year and a half. This is her first job.



 Well we have been looking at cars for her. Told her if she finds something to let us know asap and we can get it. Everyone in the family wanted to go in on it.



 I talked to her the other day and she told me she had good news....but didnt want to be upset. I swear my blood ran cold because I thought she was gonna tell me she was either engaged or married or some shit. I KNOW she's not pregnant for obvious reasons lol.



 She tells me she found a car. A 2012 Chevy Cruise. For 10k....only 86k miles on it.  Then she tells me she went ahead and bought it herself.  She used her money that she worked for and saved(she has no bills). Put a good chunk down and financed the rest. She went ahead and got her own insurance. She did this entirely on her own and she did it because she WANTED to.  She had the choice of letting family do it for her and she decided she wanted this accomplishment for herself.



 She said she wanted it to truly be hers and something she did on her own.  So she didnt tell any of us until it was a done deal.



 To clear I'm still proud of her regardless and I would not in anyway had been disappointed had we bought it for her. That's what we were going to do before September when her classes start. It's the fact she took responsibility like this when she didnt have to. I'm just thrilled.



 She's nervous about the payments because she's never had bills before but she knows we will have her back. I all I have to do for this kid is sit back and watch and swoop in if she needs help.  She is fiercely independent and always has been.



 I'm seriously so proud of her I could cry lol.  Her dad was pretty salty about it. But he would been telling her "I'll get you a car" forever without doing it.  My and my husband have money set aside for her that would have gone towards her car and I was dreading dealing with her dad after we bought it for her without him.



 And now it's a total nonissue because I raised a bad ass who wants to do it herself.



 The only thing the car doesnt have is hup caps so we are gonna buy her some hub caps and make like a "first car care package" with car accessories I know she will like, a few handy tools if trouble strikes and a first aid emergency kit .... stuff like that.



 I'm. So. Fucking. Proud. Of this young woman.



 She is driving up to the cabin on her own this weekend and bringing the girlfriend. She made me promise not to tell the family because she wants to show them  ac_wub



 Edit: my blood ran cold over thinking she was gonna tell me she was engaged/married not because I dont like the girlfriend. The girlfriend is awesome. We love her to bits. I just do not want my daughter to make that level of commitment at this young age. She needs to mooch off our  medical insurance as long as possible lol.

It sounds like you raised a terrific kid.



I can't believe the price of used vehicles since the lockdown caused supply chain problems started. A ten year old Cruz with 140,000 kms would have been $5999 three years ago.

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Having coffee. Gonna feed the kiddos, then drive out to Menifee to take my grandson home.

 I gotta brag about my oldest daughter real quick. I am SO proud of her.



 So her plans are to start in a nursing career and work towards a CRN.  So we put her through some classes for her to be a surgical tech. We all wanted her to get a good taste of working in the medical field so she would have an idea of what she's gonna be getting into.



 So she's been working as a surg tech for year and a half. This is her first job.



 Well we have been looking at cars for her. Told her if she finds something to let us know asap and we can get it. Everyone in the family wanted to go in on it.



 I talked to her the other day and she told me she had good news....but didnt want to be upset. I swear my blood ran cold because I thought she was gonna tell me she was either engaged or married or some shit. I KNOW she's not pregnant for obvious reasons lol.



 She tells me she found a car. A 2012 Chevy Cruise. For 10k....only 86k miles on it.  Then she tells me she went ahead and bought it herself.  She used her money that she worked for and saved(she has no bills). Put a good chunk down and financed the rest. She went ahead and got her own insurance. She did this entirely on her own and she did it because she WANTED to.  She had the choice of letting family do it for her and she decided she wanted this accomplishment for herself.



 She said she wanted it to truly be hers and something she did on her own.  So she didnt tell any of us until it was a done deal.



 To clear I'm still proud of her regardless and I would not in anyway had been disappointed had we bought it for her. That's what we were going to do before September when her classes start. It's the fact she took responsibility like this when she didnt have to. I'm just thrilled.



 She's nervous about the payments because she's never had bills before but she knows we will have her back. I all I have to do for this kid is sit back and watch and swoop in if she needs help.  She is fiercely independent and always has been.



 I'm seriously so proud of her I could cry lol.  Her dad was pretty salty about it. But he would been telling her "I'll get you a car" forever without doing it.  My and my husband have money set aside for her that would have gone towards her car and I was dreading dealing with her dad after we bought it for her without him.



 And now it's a total nonissue because I raised a bad ass who wants to do it herself.



 The only thing the car doesnt have is hup caps so we are gonna buy her some hub caps and make like a "first car care package" with car accessories I know she will like, a few handy tools if trouble strikes and a first aid emergency kit .... stuff like that.



 I'm. So. Fucking. Proud. Of this young woman.



 She is driving up to the cabin on her own this weekend and bringing the girlfriend. She made me promise not to tell the family because she wants to show them  ac_wub



 Edit: my blood ran cold over thinking she was gonna tell me she was engaged/married not because I dont like the girlfriend. The girlfriend is awesome. We love her to bits. I just do not want my daughter to make that level of commitment at this young age. She needs to mooch off our  medical insurance as long as possible lol.

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It sounds like you raised a terrific kid.



I can't believe the price of used vehicles since the lockdown caused supply chain problems started. A ten year old Cruz with 140,000 kms would have been $5999 three years ago.

 Oh I know. Its awful. But she found a good for these days lol

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 Oh I know. Its awful. But she found a good for these days lol

To get a decent deal on a used car these days you have to pay cash and buy from a private party instead of a dealer.  We bought a 2009 Toyota Carolla for our teen for $5000 and it only had 53,000 miles on it.

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:evilthoughts2: Nice avvy @Dove...you look delectably fresh!

She's a hotty... but she's always been like that to be fair.

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She's a hotty... but she's always been like that to be fair.

I think it's the smile. Not enough chicks in Australia smile.  ac_biggrin

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I think it's the smile. Not enough chicks in Australia smile.  ac_biggrin

After 25-30 years old, it's better if they don't smile....  ac_biggrin



How many times have you sized up a bird with a pretty face, a perfect figure, and dressed/bogged up to the hilt.... then she smiles and her teeth begin haunting you for the rest of your life?

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After 25-30 years old, it's better if they don't smile....  ac_biggrin



How many times have you sized up a bird with a pretty face, a perfect figure, and dressed/bogged up to the hilt.... then she smiles and her teeth begin haunting you for the rest of your life?

Not many times I'll have to say in all honesty. I notice chicks with a great smile. They're more approachable when they show off their pearly whites. Sour bitches don't stand a chance with me. After a great smile...they need to back it up with a great arse. And when I mean great...I mean large and obnoxious.

 :yahoo:

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I think it's the smile. Not enough chicks in Australia smile.  ac_biggrin

After 25-30 years old, it's better if they don't smile....  ac_biggrin



How many times have you sized up a bird with a pretty face, a perfect figure, and dressed/bogged up to the hilt.... then she smiles and her teeth begin haunting you for the rest of your life?

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After 25-30 years old, it's better if they don't smile....  ac_biggrin



How many times have you sized up a bird with a pretty face, a perfect figure, and dressed/bogged up to the hilt.... then she smiles and her teeth begin haunting you for the rest of your life?

 I just had caps and veneers done. And for what it cost I should pass them on to my kids lol.

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 I just had caps and veneers done. And for what it cost I should pass them on to my kids lol.

My husband brushes his teeth so frequently he has worn down the enamel......his teeth are off white in colour.....greyish..



He wants veneers..



Our combined dental benefits will cover it.

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 I just had caps and veneers done. And for what it cost I should pass them on to my kids lol.

My husband brushes his teeth so frequently he has worn down the enamel......his teeth are off white in colour.....greyish..



He wants veneers..



Our combined dental benefits will cover it.

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On day two of a sinus congestion, dripping tears, headache, face ache, ear ache, teeth ache, chills, and light sensitivity, of undiagnosed and of unknown origins...



And I'll be damned if I take one of those retarded fake PCR or RAT tests which can't differentiate between the cold, flu, or covid.... thus making me legally obligated to stay home for a week.



Fuck that shit.

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On day two of a sinus congestion, dripping tears, headache, face ache, ear ache, teeth ache, chills, and light sensitivity, of undiagnosed and of unknown origins...



And I'll be damned if I take one of those retarded fake PCR or RAT tests which can't differentiate between the cold, flu, or covid.... thus making me legally obligated to stay home for a week.



Fuck that shit.

It's because you haven't been vaccinated.

 :laugh:

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Vaccination makes no difference to catching or transmitting covid.... in the unlikely case this is even that.



And as an added plus, I haven't fucked my health for the rest of my life.  :thumbup:

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Vaccination makes no difference to catching or transmitting covid.... in the unlikely case this is even that.



And as an added plus, I haven't fucked my health for the rest of my life.  :thumbup:

Unless you're unlucky enough to have some sort of "long covid".

One of the pesky side effects from 'gain of function' research is it turns bugs into fuckin' monsters.

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I've spent most of the day cleaning and reading/listening to stuff about how Eisenhower actually met fallen angel's and how the public has been being groomed to accept them as aliens from other planets and how we are going to see nephilum return.



 I really hope if our stupid governments come out with this and say they've made contact with aliens.....you guys will listen to me when I tell you there is no life on other planets. It's all gonna be lies.



 So that's been my morning.

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I've spent most of the day cleaning and reading/listening to stuff about how Eisenhower actually met fallen angel's and how the public has been being groomed to accept them as aliens from other planets and how we are going to see nephilum return.



 I really hope if our stupid governments come out with this and say they've made contact with aliens.....you guys will listen to me when I tell you there is no life on other planets. It's all gonna be lies.



 So that's been my morning.

He did?

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Its fallen angels.



 There is no life on other planets. Nothing in space works like that. It goes on and on.  It's like holding a mirror in front of you and behind you and thinking "there is another guy in there somewhere".   We dont even know what space even IS.  We cant even go back to the moon because NASA says it would be too hard.



 Everything is all around us. We just cant see it or perceive it easily at all.

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Its fallen angels.



 There is no life on other planets. Nothing in space works like that. It goes on and on.  It's like holding a mirror in front of you and behind you and thinking "there is another guy in there somewhere".   We dont even know what space even IS.  We cant even go back to the moon because NASA says it would be too hard.



 Everything is all around us. We just cant see it or perceive it easily at all.

There is most definitely life on other planets...some of them at least. Anything in the sweet spot between a stable star and orbit with the necessary building blocks for life with having something reproducing on it... even if just bacteria.

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I'm sitting here DYING at Poppy being locked out his password.







Holy shit, LOL

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There is most definitely life on other planets...some of them at least. Anything in the sweet spot between a stable star and orbit with the necessary building blocks for life with having something reproducing on it... even if just bacteria.

 Viewing the space part of the universe like extra real estate where there is other "life" I think is very faulty, causes more questions than it answers and according to all math and logic and probability WE shouldn't even be HERE.  



 Other beings have been coming here.....including these weird UFOs(whatever they are) since BC times.  



 I think we are geared to think of space and galaxies like an expanse where there could be other civilizations because we are pattern seeking creatures and that would make sense to us, where as higher beings coming in and out dimensional portals does NOT make sense to us because we dont like to think there is all this action outside our natural perception.  



 Also that things like this are discussed in the bible and apocryphal books will put people off who are determined to cling to or sell atheism(and no I'm saying that's you or anyone here. I actually think you guys are just put off more by religion than the possibility of a higher super being we call God) so the whole "it's a big universe so it's silly to think we are alone" thing is popular.



 Well I dont think we are alone at all.....and i dont think there are beings on other planets. I think it's more complicated and more bizzare than that.



 I really really think ten years from now this world is going to be a very different place.



 I mean why would beings from another galaxy come here just to woogie boogie humans for hundreds of years?  Come at you on what weird new age occultist call the "astroplane"?  Wouldnt it take them thousands of years just to GET here if they were coming from another galaxy?



 And how the fuck do we even know the universe is as big and vast as it looks? Its expanding. And we dont know if its finite?  When you blow up a balloon doesnt it grow into the space around it?



 Did I word that right? Lol.

 

 Shits coming through spiral portals and interacting with our governments FACT lol.

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There is most definitely life on other planets...some of them at least. Anything in the sweet spot between a stable star and orbit with the necessary building blocks for life with having something reproducing on it... even if just bacteria.

 Viewing the space part of the universe like extra real estate where there is other "life" I think is very faulty, causes more questions than it answers and according to all math and logic and probability WE shouldn't even be HERE.  



 Other beings have been coming here.....including these weird UFOs(whatever they are) since BC times.  



 I think we are geared to think of space and galaxies like an expanse where there could be other civilizations because we are pattern seeking creatures and that would make sense to us, where as higher beings coming in and out dimensional portals does NOT make sense to us because we dont like to think there is all this action outside our natural perception.  



 Also that things like this are discussed in the bible and apocryphal books will put people off who are determined to cling to or sell atheism(and no I'm saying that's you or anyone here. I actually think you guys are just put off more by religion than the possibility of a higher super being we call God) so the whole "it's a big universe so it's silly to think we are alone" thing is popular.



 Well I dont think we are alone at all.....and i dont think there are beings on other planets. I think it's more complicated and more bizzare than that.



 I really really think ten years from now this world is going to be a very different place.



 I mean why would beings from another galaxy come here just to woogie boogie humans for hundreds of years?  Come at you on what weird new age occultist call the "astroplane"?  Wouldnt it take them thousands of years just to GET here if they were coming from another galaxy?



 And how the fuck do we even know the universe is as big and vast as it looks? Its expanding. And we dont know if its finite?  When you blow up a balloon doesnt it grow into the space around it?



 Did I word that right? Lol.

 

 Shits coming through spiral portals and interacting with our governments FACT lol.

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 Viewing the space part of the universe like extra real estate where there is other "life" I think is very faulty, causes more questions than it answers and according to all math and logic and probability WE shouldn't even be HERE.  



 Other beings have been coming here.....including these weird UFOs(whatever they are) since BC times.  



 I think we are geared to think of space and galaxies like an expanse where there could be other civilizations because we are pattern seeking creatures and that would make sense to us, where as higher beings coming in and out dimensional portals does NOT make sense to us because we dont like to think there is all this action outside our natural perception.  



 Also that things like this are discussed in the bible and apocryphal books will put people off who are determined to cling to or sell atheism(and no I'm saying that's you or anyone here. I actually think you guys are just put off more by religion than the possibility of a higher super being we call God) so the whole "it's a big universe so it's silly to think we are alone" thing is popular.



 Well I dont think we are alone at all.....and i dont think there are beings on other planets. I think it's more complicated and more bizzare than that.



 I really really think ten years from now this world is going to be a very different place.



 I mean why would beings from another galaxy come here just to woogie boogie humans for hundreds of years?  Come at you on what weird new age occultist call the "astroplane"?  Wouldnt it take them thousands of years just to GET here if they were coming from another galaxy?



 And how the fuck do we even know the universe is as big and vast as it looks? Its expanding. And we dont know if its finite?  When you blow up a balloon doesnt it grow into the space around it?



 Did I word that right? Lol.

 

 Shits coming through spiral portals and interacting with our governments FACT lol.

The number of galaxies with stars and planetary bodies is astronomical in number.... utterly unfathomable...



...and the science surrounding these UAP/UFO's indicates fields generated in front of and behind them which warps space and time, thus allowing rapid change of speed and direction which would turn our bodies into applesauce if we could only manage a fraction of it.



No offence... I'm not agreeing with or denying the existence of a supreme creator BUT the demon angle you like to push has no more credibility than the Annunaki and Planet X... actually, the Sumerians have a bit more cred....

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 Viewing the space part of the universe like extra real estate where there is other "life" I think is very faulty, causes more questions than it answers and according to all math and logic and probability WE shouldn't even be HERE.  



 Other beings have been coming here.....including these weird UFOs(whatever they are) since BC times.  



 I think we are geared to think of space and galaxies like an expanse where there could be other civilizations because we are pattern seeking creatures and that would make sense to us, where as higher beings coming in and out dimensional portals does NOT make sense to us because we dont like to think there is all this action outside our natural perception.  



 Also that things like this are discussed in the bible and apocryphal books will put people off who are determined to cling to or sell atheism(and no I'm saying that's you or anyone here. I actually think you guys are just put off more by religion than the possibility of a higher super being we call God) so the whole "it's a big universe so it's silly to think we are alone" thing is popular.



 Well I dont think we are alone at all.....and i dont think there are beings on other planets. I think it's more complicated and more bizzare than that.



 I really really think ten years from now this world is going to be a very different place.



 I mean why would beings from another galaxy come here just to woogie boogie humans for hundreds of years?  Come at you on what weird new age occultist call the "astroplane"?  Wouldnt it take them thousands of years just to GET here if they were coming from another galaxy?



 And how the fuck do we even know the universe is as big and vast as it looks? Its expanding. And we dont know if its finite?  When you blow up a balloon doesnt it grow into the space around it?



 Did I word that right? Lol.

 

 Shits coming through spiral portals and interacting with our governments FACT lol.

Their most certainly is life out there. I told you my FIL worked for the NASA part of the DOD. I be knowing things

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There is most definitely life on other planets...some of them at least. Anything in the sweet spot between a stable star and orbit with the necessary building blocks for life with having something reproducing on it... even if just bacteria.

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The number of galaxies with stars and planetary bodies is astronomical in number.... utterly unfathomable...



...and the science surrounding these UAP/UFO's indicates fields generated in front of and behind them which warps space and time, thus allowing rapid change of speed and direction which would turn our bodies into applesauce if we could only manage a fraction of it.



No offence... I'm not agreeing with or denying the existence of a supreme creator BUT the demon angle you like to push has no more credibility than the Annunaki and Planet X... actually, the Sumerians have a bit more cred....

 I said they are angel's.  



 And none taken. Those cultures all over the world speak the same beings.  It's just way to enmeshed in ancient cultures from Gilgamesh, to multiple "gods" and "demigods" to Genesis to Egypt.



 Again why would another civilization from another galaxy come here just to fuck with humans for hundreds of years?

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 I said they are angel's.  



 And none taken. Those cultures all over the world speak the same beings.  It's just way to enmeshed in ancient cultures from Gilgamesh, to multiple "gods" and "demigods" to Genesis to Egypt.



 Again why would another civilization from another galaxy come here just to fuck with humans for hundreds of years?

Is it possible that your need to ascribe some god property to these visitations is just more of the perceptual same for the cultures and millenniums?



Why wouldn't another civilisation visit earth and perhaps drag the moon into place as a operations base? What are the mathematical probabilities that a planetary body when struck rings like a bell and positioned perfect distances to allow for total eclipses?

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Is it possible that your need to ascribe some god property to these visitations is just more of the perceptual same for the cultures and millenniums?



Why wouldn't another civilisation visit earth and perhaps drag the moon into place as a operations base? What are the mathematical probabilities that a planetary body when struck rings like a bell and positioned perfect distances to allow for total eclipses?

 Not at all. These are things that gave God more credibility to me.  Stuff like this more led to my belief....not so much confirmed an existing belief I already had. Also things like the big bang and string theory make sense as corroborating the creation narrative.



 And its deeply odd that so many people have had similar experiences and all called to God....whether believers or not believers....out of instinct and ended the experience.



 Why would a civilization advanced enough to warp space and time to travel quickly come here and spend hundreds of years gliding in bizzare air crafts that can go in and out of the water, appearing and tormenting humans in sleep states(or whatever that place is), and haunt people as "spirit guides" or manifest in rituals?



 Wouldnt they just come? How do these crafts suddenly vanish like they do?



  It's not as if they just got here. Why would they go from openly interacting with humans in the ancient world to this today?

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I'm sitting here DYING at Poppy being locked out his password.







Holy shit, LOL

Treaurer got Fash and Poppy good with that one.

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 Not at all. These are things that gave God more credibility to me.  Stuff like this more led to my belief....not so much confirmed an existing belief I already had. Also things like the big bang and string theory make sense as corroborating the creation narrative.



 And its deeply odd that so many people have had similar experiences and all called to God....whether believers or not believers....out of instinct and ended the experience.



 Why would a civilization advanced enough to warp space and time to travel quickly come here and spend hundreds of years gliding in bizzare air crafts that can go in and out of the water, appearing and tormenting humans in sleep states(or whatever that place is), and haunt people as "spirit guides" or manifest in rituals?



 Wouldnt they just come? How do these crafts suddenly vanish like they do?



  It's not as if they just got here. Why would they go from openly interacting with humans in the ancient world to this today?

Have you read up on our modern human history? We were pretty benign in the distant past. And we still don't know how technologically advanced the great forgotten human civilisations were and why they didn't make it.



Something happened....



Why were the maps in existence of the Antartic coastline without ice along it long before we had satellite capabilities and naval craft which could explore it? How were perfectly carved giant stones laid into place without enough room to slide a piece of paper between them?



Something happened and we were probably responsible for it....



I'd be wary too.

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Have you read up on our modern human history? We were pretty benign in the distant past. And we still don't know how technologically advanced the great forgotten human civilisations were and why they didn't make it.



Something happened....



Why were the maps in existence of the Antartic coastline without ice along it long before we had satellite capabilities and naval craft which could explore it? How were perfectly carved giant stones laid into place without enough room to slide a piece of paper between them?



Something happened and we were probably responsible for it....



I'd be wary too.

 Yeah.



 I'm pretty sure the flood happened.  And largely because of these beings.

 

 And yeah a few thousand years and then all of a sudden within a few hundred years we have cars, infrastructure, and devices like mini computers we carry with us everywhere. And all our other advancements.



 I think the pre flood world was far more advanced and in ways we cannot fathom.  



 There are a lot of things that have weak explanations, we don't really KNOW how it was done.

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you guys believe all this stuff?   of course alien life exists in the universe it just destroys most religious beliefs and dogma because out there  intelligent alien life does exist IMO..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JI9FZTCmII



In WWII look up Cargo cults where isolated island made contact with Airplanes and Naval Ships in the Pacific they made make shift planes in the dirt and runways s to them  that could be seen from the air by pilots so we would air drop food and supplies and they thought we  were some kind of ET gods.

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Well I was over on Bastard Factory but putrid Breakafart drove me off so I came here where no one is posting.



I am watching the news. Another great white pointer mauled a kid... He survived.

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Well I was over on Bastard Factory but putrid Breakafart drove me off so I came here where no one is posting.



I am watching the news. Another great white pointer mauled a kid... He survived.

In Perth?

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In Perth?

6 hour drive South of me in Albany.