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    BYC Café

    As far as I am concerned, there are only two reasons NOT to retire: 1) You can't afford to, yet. 2) You love your job so much that you WANT to keep working. I retired as soon as I could afford to get out of that soul sucking job. A friend of mine plays piccolo in the Grand Rapids Symphony...
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    BYC Café

    Thank you. I remember the winter of 1995-6 when we had AIR temps of -30°F, before the wind chill. A lot of people were dealing with frozen pipes. I thought, why are pipes in the outside walls, anyway!?!?
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    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today - 2025

    Today I will not type "today" as "toady." :lau To-day (there!) I will bottle my batch of booch a day early, because I think we might be a little busy in the kitchen tomorrow. I will also do a load of laundry because I need clean socks. I will try to knit as much on my scarf as I did yesterday...
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    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today - 2025

    The orange or the yellow? I knit a hat with these two colors to wear during hunting season. I put my hood up most of the time, and then the hat is barely visible. So I figured I needed a scarf.
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    Any Home Bakers Here?

    Well, goodness, @MotherofOrpies! At least you're getting all of your ailment over at once... maybe? I hope you feel better. What are the healing properties of goose soup? As good as chicken soup? Please take care of yourself.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    It does, and as far as I'm concerned, scammy is the correct word in this instance. Our bank, Fifth Third, has various options for how you want your cash back on their credit card. I have it directly deposited into our savings account. Also, I like that they don't have special categories, like...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    :lau I did, but it made me laugh.:hugs We were going to have breakfast out with out of town friends, but one is sick/getting over it. We rescheduled for Friday. Now I really hope that they're wrong about the freezing rain. About a year ago, we went out to dinner and drove home in freezing...
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    BYC's Random Funny Posting Thread! Hosts Mike & Sally

    ...on December 26th. Or maybe the 27th... they probably sleep all day on the 26th.
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    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today - 2025

    I took a jar of homemade peanut butter to my neighbor. I took him another bucket of twigs/sticks for kindling too. Another repeat on the scarf I'm knitting. Here are a couple of pictures of the pattern. Front Back (Pattern is "Icicles" by Nancy Marchant in her book, Knitting Fresh Brioche.)
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ^^The like emoji is for you being aware of what's going on (and letting us know). HD is pissing me off with their tactics, so :tongue to them. We don't have one conveniently near us, so we'll keep going to Menards.
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    Any Home Bakers Here?

    Aw Jared, I'm sorry. What a crappy thing to happen. But you are ok, and stuff can be replaced. When we totaled our car last summer (hit a deer at highway speed), I was really pissed. We had planned to put a new porch on the house. Instead we had to replace our car. The insurance check was ...
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    Any Home Bakers Here?

    Sweetened condensed milk is not a healthy food, for sure. But it does make the BEST caramel. Which also is not healthy.
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    Any Home Bakers Here?

    I made black raspberry jamly last summer. (Jam/jelly) I removed about half of the seeds with a food mill. It still has a ridiculous amount of seeds. :rolleyes:Next year, I'm going to juice the berries and make jelly. Hubby doesn't like jamly. I'm using it up on my yogurt.
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    BYC Café

    Building question for you, @DobieLover. Why are sinks and toilets placed on outside walls with the waterlines in the walls, where they might freeze if you have really cold temps for several days? Why don't they design water-using rooms (kitchen, bathroom, laundry rooms) with the waterlines in...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I remember some like this: Mr. Brown lives next to Mr. Green. Mr. Green lives in the yellow house. Mr. Black lives in brown house. No one lives in the house the same color as his name. etc. Who lives where and in what color house? I just made that up, but I had a puzzle like that, with a few...
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