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No, it's not just you! I'm a former firefighter/EMT, and the firefighters make me nuts! In a fire situation, you have to always be on alert, waiting for the next shoe to drop, constantly focusing on your surroundings-your life may depend on it. Ditto for the nurses--you need to be on constant...

You know what they say about New Hampshire--80% of it is covered with trees, the rest is underwater!

Our plan is for DH to retire at 65--it was what we agreed to when we conceived our youngest (now 18). We were 42/43 when he has born. On the good side, DH really likes his current job. It's less money, but also less stress, than previous jobs. He's also been working on developing both...

This is fabulous news! Typically, pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic until stage 4. Both my father and father-in-law died from it. FIL , they found it due to him having blood clots. With my dad, he went in for what was supposed to be minor gall bladder surgery, and he was already stage 4--and...

I think travel is appealing to a lot of retired folks because they're no longer slaves to limited time off, school schedules, and family scheduling conflicts. If you don't want to travel at all, well--don't! Nobody says you have to! I will say, even if you don't want to travel extensively...

When we lived in rural upstate NY, a neighbor had free-range chickens. Sometimes, they wandered into our yard--interestingly, the cats never tangled with them. I took to naming the chickens--Parmagiana, Marsala, Francaise...

WASH IT OFF!?!? Then you would lose all that good, extra "convenience store floor" flavor! That would be my dog's favorite part! (Of course, she steals socks and licks inside ears. She's not exactly a discerning diner!)

Mine's in pretty good shape. I like a tidy car. It's rarely driven by anyone but me. It got kind of bad when I was shlepping DS18 everywhere--he would eat snacks while we travelled. Now, he drives himself (in his brother's car, mostly). Every year for Mother's Day, my kids clean and wash my...

I would offer to pay for it, wrap it in a napkin, and take it home to my dog. Win-win!

I love driving a stick! It's right up there with learning to make fire before going on Survivor--you know that it literally could be make or break to have this skill. The firefighters were cracking me up, they were so bad at that rebus! I can understand not getting it on the first try (world...

I know this thread is 2 years old, but... My DD28 is planning her bachelorette party as a weekend in either New Orleans or Puerto Rico. DS18 and DD20, both in the bridal party, are thrilled with either destination. I said, "Please don't invite me!" DD28: "Don't worry, I won't!" I'm sure...

I haven't seen a sign like that, but it doesn't surprise me. All 4 of my kids danced to some degree-3 of them, age 3-18, varying dance styles, so different shoes. For most dance stuff, including tap shoes, I just ordered from Discount Dance Supply. The exception was pointe shoes, which must...

I hear you on the "old" business--do people not know how long ago the Brooklyn Bridge or the Golden Gate Bridge were built? I'm an electrical engineer, so this isn't directly in my wheelhouse. DH works for the Army Corps of Engineers, and mostly inspects dams--again, another engineering...

You're right, my mistake. Too early, and I was going on memory. The footage of it collapsing is impressive.

Okay, Karin. Didn't realize you were the arbiter of what can be discussed. On another note, I don't understand the need to blame engineers for a tragedy such as this. Sometimes, the engineers truly are at fault--see the Verrazano Narrows Bridge collapse for a great example of a poorly...

Actually, I do some online banking. I also have the bank's app, and check my balances almost daily. I say almost because I didn't check first thing Tuesday morning, because my Monday blew up and I was too distraught to sleep well, causing me to wake up late. In fact, I recently got foreign...

On this thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/issue-with-financial-planner-looking-for-thoughts-input.3931330/ I talk about issues I had with my financial planner. Our regular bank is Wells Fargo. They promptly notified me that I was about to overdraft (both times) and gave me time to...

Really? I was impressed with the stories of courage and selflessness in the face of unimaginable tragedy.

DH and I talked last night. No firm decision, as we want to take time to consider our options. He's in favor of switching advisors and sticking with the same financial company. That makes sense to me--the issues we've had have involved errors/lack of oversight on the part of the office, not...

From an engineering perspective, a bridge collapse is always fascinating. That's not to minimize the loss of life or vast destruction and disruption that come from this incident. A direct hit on support, with that kind of mass, simply wouldn't ever be sustainable. If they were to try to...