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We are a big country and Florida Keys to Maine is about 1800 miles, Wilmington NC to Barstow CA is about 2500 miles

Seems like up and down should count too sometimes. But we need a better word than across, especially if it can’t be safely driven in a single day by a single driver without stopping to sleep.

(San Fran to SeaTac is about 800 miles)

Thank you! I understand now.

I don’t know how it works there. Was Pierre running in two races?

Would there have a special election for this seat if he had won both?

What are the odds he loses support and goes quiet after losing both, especially his backup incumbent election? (Knowing hard losses used to discourage people, but not always now)

Roflmao

Maybe I should upgrade…

The portable one is my rec too. I have a rechargeable one. I refill it with warm or cool water depending on my preference and then bippity boppity.

I like it because it’s also easier to aim and control.

If I was going to get one to hook to the toilet, I’d get the type that’s like a kitchen sprayer attached to hose.

Ask about propranolol - it’s a beta blocker.

It was prescribed to a family member for stage fright that was causing physical symptoms.

The nervousness is still there, but the control of the body came back.

Imagine trying to play drums or something and your hands shaking so bad you can’t hold the drumsticks…

If the xanax is messing with your thinking or energy, and you are medically cleared, a beta-blocker might help.

Wow, so this is basically the technique I started when a close family member was dying of cancer.

“But if you’re at dinner, then you’re at dinner and you enjoy that”

I just want to add to this, give yourself permission to fully enjoy it and be happy in the moment. Don’t beat yourself up for feeling joy when you know others are still in crisis.

Make a list on paper or digital and let all the problems wait while you enjoy the moment. It’s okay to enjoy the moment.

Then you’ve got Bill Maher meeting him in person and then dick-riding him on his show talking about how sane, charming, self-deprecating, and how he has a sense of humor afterall, and listens to criticism calmly.

Then Maher gets offended when a guest says ‘the president played you’

I mean, jfc, Maher is in the entertainment industry how has he never met a charming backstabber before?

I just read that DOGE literally manhandled and dragged a career Social Security worker out of the offices because he wouldn’t let let put alive people on the dead people list to cut off their benefits.

Sane/Insane - the work they are doing is crazy, illegal, immoral, unethical - we need more Jasmine Crockett type people loudly calling this out.

We need people with her visibility and charisma out-shouting Margie with actual truths instead of made up bullshit.

At this point the truths are more wacky than the hacky shit being made up about space lasers and weather control.

Maybe become a writer?

I’m pretty sure all personal data leaks to me and my friends and family have nothing to do with personal EOL OS on personal PCs/laptops.

My Dad, ran Windows 7 (yes, 7) until he passed last year, almost 80. We had his credit locked down, we had antivirus running, we kept the browsers up to date, and he was very good about not clicking weird links or calling fake support numbers.

His biggest data breach (and ours too)? Was from myChart a couple years ago, he got a letter that his data was part of the big hack, yada yada yada free credit reporting - so sorry. If you don’t know, myChart is like The Main medical everything portal in the US at least for most doctors and hospital systems. So all your test results, making appointments, sending messages, requesting Rx refills, all through myChart’s website. The hospitals and doctors using MyChart can see pretty much everything in your myChart health record (some exceptions)

So using super secure OS on your personal computer means nothing when you are part of a hundreds of millions data dump from someone hacking into that. Not having an account just means you don’t have access to your own records, they are still part of the system.

But Yes, I was in the process of getting Dad an upgrade to a flavor of Linux that would be the closest to what he was used to. And the only reason was because browser support was coming to EOL for Windows 7. He really didn’t want to change or lose his solitaire games and he deserved a stress-free life to play his damn games like he wanted.

THAT SAID - if businesses are using EOL OS and getting hacked - they definitely need to do whatever they need to do and protect their customer data. But EOL OS for an average person checking email, making doctor’s appointments, checking headlines, and playing solitaire while streaming music certainly doesn’t call for a need to panic.

IF you are a power user doing sometimes sketch things (according to Apple/MS anyway) probably switch to Linux sooner than later.

We have computers running Linux, Windows 10 (one of which was on 8.1 until a year ago), and Windows 11 in our house. The one on 11 is being tested basically, and will probably be reinstalled with Linux. But we are trying to give it a shot.

Wasn’t Jim Jones the koolaid test? The Branch Davidians went up in flames in Waco, TX after the Feds attempted to raid them.

Or did they both do it? It’s been a while since I read about David Koresh.

Does anyone know how long it takes asset seizures to be processed in the UK?

Thank you for the reference, I scrolled to the bottom to check if you were copypasta-ing us before going back and reading it. We just all live in Crazytown now I guess.

I have a 70+ year old friend that paper files. She doesn’t trust the free file places available here (USA). I don’t blame her.

Ysk - You can order the forms for free on the IRS (& state) websites.

I print things for her on my 1999 laser jet if she needs something printed.

Many years I paper filed just to inconvenience them slightly for not offering free file.

Is there a community for those of us with late 90s early 2000 HP laserjets? Somewhere we can discuss maintenance, feeding, and overall care?

Don’t states have extradition with each other? Or is that just on TV shows?

I remember a story at the beginning of the Arab Spring. A student journalist tweeted, “Arrested” to his few followers and it went viral. https://mashable.com/archive/twitter-get-out-of-jail

Ha, true! I burn easy, I hate missing a spot when applying sunscreen. For her sake, I hope it’s both.

Yeah, she really really pale, or coated in sunscreen.

I think they are counting on 2024 being our last elections.