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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    i adore them-i love it when we have mamas and their babies in our yard (they frequently have twins):lovestruc
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    can they get for a moose hunting tag more than once in a lifetime?
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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    i would so encourage a young person to go into the trades if they have any inclination towards them. we have so many tradespeople that are ageing up and a severe shortage of young people learning those skills. the pay can far exceed what many college majors result in esp. when you consider...
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    shoot-even in the same region, even in the same district! there's up to a 3 week difference between start and stop dates of the different districts in our county. a friend in california works for the same district as her dh but she's elementary and he's high school-when she had school aged...
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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    i was curious b/c our oldest graduated college in '18 so i just googled how much even the subsidized fed student loans are running-from what i can see they just announced them today for the 2024/2025 academic year. according to what i read the fed direct staffords loans will be going up 1% for...
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    What does “financially stable” mean to you?

    around here five guys pales in price increases as compared to fat burger. even pre higher inflation 2 people could eat an almost identical meal at five guys half the price of fat burger (and end up with more fries).
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    USPS Issues/Delays

    if i am sending something i know has a hard deadline and/or i need proof of delivery just in case i will opt for anything over usps. too many get lost in la-la land and it's impossible to get anyone at usps to respond (local refers to 800 number, you leave a message and noone ever gets back to...
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    same here. going into the town nearest to us we pass a popular college apartment complex that the majority of resident walk to the campus from (just shy of one mile). during the coldest, snowiest days i am always amazed at how many are wearing shorts esp. when the wind chills are in the...
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    we have murder hornets in washington state (they are hopeful they've now been eradicated)-up to 2 inches long with a 3 inch wingspan :scared1: our last trip was in a month of december-AWSOME!!!! we were in shorts and tshirts during what the local weather people were calling 'a bad cold snap'...
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    What does “financially stable” mean to you?

    we don't eat there frequently but i save by grabbing a few gift cards when they have them on sale-right now they are 15% off through 5/14 (online only).
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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    glad to hear you are safe and sound. take care.
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    i highly recommend heated vests. the battery packs last a decent amount of time and if you get one on the larger size and layer clothing it can be long enough to tuck under your tush to use as a seat warmer. we have friends who think nothing of throwing outdoor get-togethers 'before it get's...
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    Unfrosted (The Movie)

    i'm not a fan of his either (even less-melissa mccarthy) but it was all the peripheral characters i enjoyed (i will never view snap, crackle and pop in the same manner :rotfl: ).
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    What design trends in a few years will say you remodeled in the mid 2020s?

    yes-valuted in a portion of the kitchen and family room, all of the primary bedroom. as for cleaning them there's not much to do except the dust the potlights (long extention duster) and the 2 useless 'plant shelves' up near the top (same duster).
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    Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

    does it realy get much cooler/tolerable at night in the humid southern states? on our first trip to orlando we assumed (stupidly) that like in hawaii once the sun goes down the humidity greatly decreases and the weather is much more plesant. nooooooooo-it felt to us no different than during the...
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    What design trends in a few years will say you remodeled in the mid 2020s?

    do what YOU like and will enjoy-that's what's important! i wish i could use a stool-mine don't go all the way to the ceiling but entail an 8' ladder to get to the top shelves. if they had taken ours to the top (about another 4' in one area of the kitchen) i would need scaffolds :rotfl: the...
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    What does “financially stable” mean to you?

    please report back-it will be interesting to see. the last time we were in canada a handful of years ago we were shocked at the higher prices for many food items. the exchange rate is similar now to when we were last there.
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    What does “financially stable” mean to you?

    it's not so much the 'value' of the value menus i miss but the smaller portions 'senior' or 'for lighter appetites' are what i see disappearing from menus. all the movie theatres around us offer senior discounts that are roughly the same as you would get for a bargain matinee. i have not been...
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    What did child you think your parents did for a job?

    i clearly remember a friend in school who thought that her dad had two job assignments, one on a playground and another in a graveyard............because her dad would say either 'i'm working swings this week' or 'this week i've got graves' :rotfl: i'm still not sure exactly what my father...




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