I had a Radio Shack computer in the early 80’s. When I sent in the warranty card, my address ended up on nerd mailing lists. Compuserve was the only public ISP and access cost $7 and hour IIRC plus it was a long distance call around 50 cents a minute (ask your grandparents). I was able to access the internet for free at public libraries. Had no idea what I was doing but managed to see weather predictions and access Nexus which was a digitized database of periodicals (magazines).

Set aside a cardboard box for stuff you haven’t used in years but you’d hate to throw away because it’s still useful. When the box fills up, drop it off at the thrift store and get another box

I’ll never forget being around 12 years old and hearing my dad address another adult by Mr+surname. It was Mr Palmer who organized the little league I grew up playing in and my dad coached. In school we were forced to address teachers and staff as Ms, Mrs or Mr but at that instance I realized treating others with respect is a choice

I too use stock for making food for my dogs. I’ll also make jello treats, it’s cheap, they love it, it’s really good for them.

Did you get the 1200 baud modem?

TRS-80 CoCo, 16k RAM, cassette drive

My orthopedic doctor recommended to me exercising with elastic bands (cheap at any drugstore). It’s low impact and you can easily control how difficult it is.

Not the exercises I was given but this video gets the idea across https://youtu.be/fgKHFLe654U

She’s gonna think you’re an asshole. Who cares what we think?

When parking i can get a good view of the immediate area, it’s easy to spot pedestrians and oncoming cars. Pulling out is easy. If I have to back out I don’t have such a good view. Yeah I get a look as I approach my car but by the time I sit down, click my seat belt, start the car, someone i didn’t see could be coming along.

I’m secretly hoping for another housing crash so I can afford a larger house and have my dad move in with me. Donald Trump seems to be my best chance at that

Apparently you’re the only one. Fox New’s Half Hour News Hour didn’t last long. https://youtu.be/KCl_--E3T2c It was their attempt to copy The Daily Show and even the title was recycled. It didn’t last long

It’s always cringy when “the right” can’t come up with an original idea so they imitate something successful on “the left” and swap out words and think it’ll get anywhere

Other than the occasional ibuprofen or allergy pill I take zero at 58 years

The TV edit of Smokey and the Bandit is notoriously bad. You scum bum! https://youtu.be/ypLsFLB5WhM skip to 7:00 to get to the good stuff

I like to think there was some guy in China working in the Censorship Bureau who was like “damn this is a kick ass movie but I gotta prove to my bosses I’m hard at work” so they chopped out a little inconsequential bit in the beginning and let it ride

Cream corn and ham. Sweet and salty!

I don’t care about putting shopping carts in the coral, they deserve to be free range

Not an expert at any of this but: I’m betting most regional airports don’t deal with passenger flights from the big airlines. Their runways are too short for large jets. They will be geared towards execs on the company jet or even people who fly as a pastime. You might be able to find someone to fly you from one airport to the other but it’ll cost you.

Hard to argue logic like that

Well played