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An editorial from a newspaper in Buffalo in 1845. Can anybody translate this into English?

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We have a wind warning until 10:00 PM. The wind is roaring. There are dozens of treets down, wires down and buildings on fire.
 
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I've read 46 books this year. I enjoyed most of them. I used to feel I had to finish every book I started but now I know better and don't force myself to finish a book that I don't enjoy.
 
Planit said:
Paying bills & I noticed that the AT&T & American Express bills both go to Carol Stream, Illinois 60197. Different POBox numbers though. Guess thereā€™s a big payment processing place there.

Yes I still pay a few bills by mail. Iā€™m a dinosaur. Get off my lawn.
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Yes, there is. Also, a huge subscription fulfillment center in Boulder, Colorado.

Jim
 
When you get the kimchi and it is actually real kimchi and you realize you are used to Ohio hot, not real hot...
 
michaelskis said:
We automate all of our bills and stick to a predetermined budget.
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We don't like autopay. We like to pay everything manually (preferably by check) so WE control when it's paid any know it's paid.

I think it's just leftovers from the early days of our marriage, when we'd have about 24 cents left in our checking account, then some random charge we'd forgotten about would hit and cause us to overdraft, costing us $35. Then another, for another $35, etc. (That sort of thing should be illegal.) Regardless, even though we don't have any surprises anymore (Simplifi makes sure of that) and we are long past the point where we have to figure out how to live on 83 cents for two weeks, we still have PTSD I guess.

Also, for Simplifi, we do everything manually. We don't like to automate it. That way we see everything coming and in and out. On payday, we don't enter our actual paychecks--we subtract $x, so, for example, my salary is $x, but I put it in Simplifi as $x-200. Then we forget about it. Makes a nice little cushion we don't even think about. $5,000 a year that we can draw from as needed. That's in addition to the money we already set aside as savings.


Jim
 
Two of my coworkers have the same birthday (today). One of them casually mentioned, "What are the odds?"

Me, being me, I replied, "Well, in a group of 30, more likely than not."

They don't see how that's possible, but the math plays out. 23 is the 50% threshold. (Too early on Monday of a holiday week to get into the math. :) )


Jim
 
Planit said:
Paying bills & I noticed that the AT&T & American Express bills both go to Carol Stream, Illinois 60197. Different POBox numbers though. Guess thereā€™s a big payment processing place there.

Yes I still pay a few bills by mail. Iā€™m a dinosaur. Get off my lawn.
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So do I. I also pay some in cash.
 
Why are people suddenly clamoring for mouse pads? Like, I havent used a mousepad in about 10 years... suddenly I have heard two requests for mousepads at work.
 
zman said:
Why are people suddenly clamoring for mouse pads? Like, I havent used a mousepad in about 10 years... suddenly I have heard two requests for mousepads at work.
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Making a comeback like vinyl I suppose.
 
dandy_warhol said:
Influencers are a pox on society.
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If there were a way to do it, I would LIKE this thought 1,000 times. I really hope the influencer model finds a way to die out. Whatever replaces it might be horrible as well, but I seriously will roll that dice.
 
Was throwing out some boxes that built up over the year & we didn't use them for mailings this year. One box was full of packing peanuts so Mrs. P wanted to put those in a plastic bag. I held up the box & begin to pour the peanuts in the bag - a wrapped Christmas present from last year fell out! It had been sent with several other packages in that box & was just buried under the peanuts.

Looks like mom gets another present.
 
Hay dandy

ā€œItā€™s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, itā€™s dark... and weā€™re wearing sunglasses.ā€

"Hit it."
 
Commanders did everything they could to hand the game to the Falcons yesterday. It was only by sheer luck that Washington pulled it off.

It was odd to root for the Cowboys in the earlier game--not something I normally do--but an Eagles loss would have helped my team.

Jim
 
Dan said:
An editorial from a newspaper in Buffalo in 1845. Can anybody translate this into English?

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He seems to be saying, among other things, that which is evident to many Euthro-scholars associated and collected with what has popularly become known among various members of a number of classicist organizations. We are, of course, suggesting that those who are committed, or rather more properly opposed to what is seemingly that to which all who would appear so conveniently and cantabularyically as one of the primary factotums underlying the most preposterous presupposition facing our society today! Moreover, the mere deposition of a piece de papier by itself stands quite self-evidently as a symbol of the very same-said prorogation interrupting the primary purpose a priori without Contumelious intent. One should think the True Meaning of such sentiment querulously evident to those willing, nay, well-disposed to creating such conviction, sir.
 
I recently joined a new gym and with it you get a free session with a trainer. So did that at lunch. It was a chest, shoulders, and arms workout with a lot of isolated movements. Afterwards he asked if working with a trainer on a regular basis is something that I could see my self doing. When I asked how much it is, he charges $130 an hour, which would translate to $2,600 a month. As much as I would like someone providing direction and feedback, I don't think I can convince myself on that kind of investment right now. Especially given how little we talked about what my goals, lifestyle, habits, and workout preferences are.
 
michaelskis said:
I recently joined a new gym and with it you get a free session with a trainer. So did that at lunch. It was a chest, shoulders, and arms workout with a lot of isolated movements. Afterwards he asked if working with a trainer on a regular basis is something that I could see my self doing. When I asked how much it is, he charges $130 an hour, which would translate to $2,600 a month. As much as I would like someone providing direction and feedback, I don't think I can convince myself on that kind of investment right now. Especially given how little we talked about what my goals, lifestyle, habits, and workout preferences are.
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Most people that I know that use personal trainers don't see them 5 times a week. Usually it's 2-3 with some direction provided for what you should be doing the other days. Did he actually suggest 5 times per week? That's definitely excessive.
 
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