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My negative outlook is fully dependent on the topic. In every day life, I only talk about how "the world is fucked", when it comes up. In my work and social life, I'm very much a positive guy. I am flexible enough to adjust to anything. When I'm raising concerns, it's not for me, because I will make sure that I'm alright, I'm just warning for the damage people are doing to themselves and humanity. When it comes to leisure time, I want to go to different restaurants, different recreational activities and different vacation destinations every time. I'm not an early adopter of all technology, but I'm the person who people ask for help if they get stuck with technology.
But, good tips! Most of them probably think that they don't need to be attractive to women anymore, because they already have one, but you want to keep making an effort for your wife or girlfriend of 25+ years, if you want her to keep making an effort for you too.
However, some women are comfortable with, or even encourage, their partner's lack of grooming or attention to appearance, because they see reduced attractiveness as a way to minimize romantic competition from other women.
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I must admit, a hundred years ago, when I lived in my parent’s home, we, my two sisters and myself, didn’t close our bedroom doors but it wasn’t because our father or mother said we couldn’t, we just didn’t…. In the event that my father was home and we wanted or needed to change clothing, we may have closed the door, but that was it. If it was after school and one of us was changing clothing, I didn’t bother closing the door, who cares if a sister walked by? The only door that I/we closed was the bathroom and in most instances, we didn’t lock that door.
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If there's even a small history of cancer in your family, I strongly recommend a regular colonoscopy. That godawful laxative treatment they used before has been changed. The new procedure is gentler.
Regardless, destroying a public toilet is much better than the alternative. Good luck.
breast cancer in women pass's down as prostate cancer in males, so I also have that worry.
When a Chihuahua sees a cat, the reaction can range from intense fear and barking to playful wrestling. Because both animals are similar in size, they often become fast friends or learn to respect each other's boundaries, though their interactions can sometimes look dramatic.
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Uh, I’ve only have had and/or had an interest in trying 4.
sour kraut,
oysters
bluecheese
spam.
and to HELL with the rest of that shit YUKS.
I did try some souse meat once, may as well be chittlins as it was everything else, and again, HELL no on eating any more of that shit.
Blue cheese (mainly in salad dressing)
Spam (I remember having it a hundred years ago, but it’s nothing I’ve bought)
Sauerkraut (I love it but admittedly don’t buy it enough)
Tofu (it’s something found in hot & sour soup and I love that soup)
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I tried really hard to find out what #11 was but it wouldn’t let me
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moutain dew changed it's formula a couple years ago and it taste like shit compared to what it used to but it is still better than most of the sodi waters out there. I personally like the "throwbacks" that had the cane sugar in them. but they were a limited edition thing.
They say one thing and do another
Let blow them off the face of the earth rename the straight of Hormuz to the straight of America 🇺🇸 open to all countries free
We can't fix iran, and the people are apparently not brave enough to fight the oppression. what other choice do we have but to blow them back into the stone age if they continue to be a threat?
Cody, I understand. When “They say they want death to americans“, that’s hard to take, but, you posted the exact same thing. The only difference is you substituted Iranians for Americans. Doesn’t it make sense to break the cycle? Yes, nuclear weapons in the hands of American haters is not a happy thought. That should be addressed not by us unilaterally but by every country in NATO.
Once we had the USSR not only developing nuclear weapons but aiming them at us. They are still there but we found ways to find middle ground. Detente was developed just to protect everyone from a catastrophic war. Iran, if it develops a finished nuclear weapon, would theoretically be a very dangerous enemy. We forget that despite their views of America, they are as smart as us and they understand that we could wipe them off of the face of the earth. So far all we’d done is follow Israel’s Netanyahu into a war that doesn’t make sense for us.
This is why I’m against this “war” and this Clown, dangerous Clown, we unfortunately, elected President.
I guess the Jews during the Holocaust were to blame for being slaughtered. Interesting perspective.
You are so right. It’s not what it was 10 yrs ago. A certainty in life, nothing stays the same.
It was just the stud finders going off.
you busted my bubble!
Stay tuned for more helpful hints.
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Seems to me it’s much easier to return the cart or abandon the quarter.
My view of course.
I don't do near the work around that stuff as I used to but i kept a few around after they were punched out of the breaker boxes in buildings I wired here at home.
THERE’S NO PEEKING OR ASKING GOOGLE
Whiskey & Jazz. — Vintage Noir Jazz for Late Night Drinking & Slow Hours
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I remember all of that stuff with the exception of the mosquito truck, the ditto machine and the polio shot (maybe I do remember the shot. Some kids were vaccinated in their upper arm, me, I was vaccinated in my upper left thigh)
On ordinary public beaches, seeing several women sunbathing or walking topless was common well into the late 1980s and in some places even the 1990s. Open sex education and sexual freedom were seen as signs of a modern, liberated society.
By 2026, Dutch society is still relatively liberal, but public nudity is much less visible than during the 1970s sexual revolution. Topless sunbathing on ordinary beaches has become uncommon, and family nudity is generally seen as more private.
The media has also changed. In the 1970s and 1980s, nudity regularly appeared in magazines, television, and even TV commercials as something normal and non-sexual.
By 2026, mainstream media is much more cautious, and nudity in advertisements or regular TV commercials is now rare. Smartphones, social media, privacy concerns,
and stronger ideas about personal boundaries and consent all contributed to this shift.
Calculators that way half a kilo, and can only add, subtract, multiply and divide,
also don't exist anymore. But that I think is progress.
However, I use Excel more, because most of my calculations are more complicated
or there are just multiple of them, and I usually need to keep the results.
the same, but also take a picture of that lumber, search for the price of that lumber at another wholesaler, call them to ask if it's in stock, and then move money from your savings account to your checking account to pay for it.
It's just accepting the downsides of the price, having to charge it all the time,
and having to replace it after a few years, because the updates make it sluggish
and run out of juice before the end of the day.
Technical advancements have their downsides, but choosing to ignore them
also means not taking advantage of them.
I loved the wood sided cars, so much more class than the wheeled washing machines people drive nowadays
to picking up songs that play in my head for the rest of the day.
here is 1 like mine, they made a cassette player version to
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When I was young, I had a wind-up alarm clock. Not the one with two bells on it, but it had an internal rattle or something. I almost never used the alarm, I just liked the ticking of it. Then I grew out of it, and I had an clock-radio with bright red LED-numbers, that lit the whole bedroom. I also didn't use the radio alarm a lot. When I eventually did need to set alarms to wake up early, I used my CASIO wrist watch. Then somewhen in the early 90s, I bought the LCD alarm clock that I'm still using; a Junghans Mega Sensor Alarm. only registered users can see external links
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I haven't used it in 20 years, but it fits in the sideboard with a new AKAI set and a VCR, that I have not used for a long time either. My office would be suited better
with more storage, if I get rid of that stuff, but I can’t bring myself to do it.
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In my previous home, I had these two AKAI sets setup as surround set on my PC, with 4 full-size speakers in a 100 square foot office. The AA-1010L only has 18 W, but those are old Watts, which didn't sound much less powerful than the 120 W
of the newer amplifier. It made the apartment shake to its foundations.
My friend's family owned a cottage in southern Ontario and we went there every summer between my age of seven and 12 and they always had the mosquito truck. We chased it around every night and nobody batted an eye at it.
DDT is known to be a possible cause of epilepsy, among other neurological disorders. When I was 14 I developed epilepsy and to this day I take medication for it. Of course it is impossible to prove the cause but there were many things that were ruled out as the cause such as tumors, head injuries and hereditary epilepsy.
Regarding the mosquito truck and them spraying DDT, I’m so sorry that you seem to have a firsthand account of them.
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I read it but I can't transfer it to here for some reason.
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The problem I have is that I buy a bulb of garlic and use a clove or four for whatever I’m making and keep the rest on my counter, out of the sun. When I decide to use it again, I don’t think that it has the same punch that it originally had. Here’s where a YouTuber’s assertion comes into my mind. I see this short video asserting that the peeled and packaged cloves can kept longer by freezing them. She says they can quickly be defrosted and crushed or minced which renders better results versus the jarlic.
Actually, the already peeled garlic cloves looked much bigger than anything I’ve ever had on any bulb I’ve purchased. But I’ve always grabbed a smaller bulb because I don’t use it quick enough. Bottom line, I’m glad to know that garlic can be put in the freezer.
I don’t prefer potato skins however I will eat them from time to time. The “snotty eggs”? Hell NO! No can do!
Pure protein
I’m watching the cannon ball run 2 all most every famous comedian is in this movie and earlier I watched caddie shack what a great Sunday afternoon
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I'm now driving at 50 MPG, in ECO mode, to compensate.
You fools, you got snookered and the rest of us are paying the price. Thanks.
James Talarico gives commencement address at Paul Quinn College
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"Feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, welcoming the stranger"?
The idea that “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”?
Those kind of things are relevant to Mr Talarico.
OOOPS
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On an aside, it was nice to see so many voters turn out to vote. Whether they voted to “DELETE THIS MEMBER” or “ABUSE HAS NO GROUND”, it still baffles me why the majority did not provide a reason to support their vote. Oh, well!
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Bovines are so moooodi
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Cat posted a pic the other day with a police car on top of a sign on the interstate,and there were several obvious clues it was AI, but still funny.
I don't mind AI in alot of cases but in the case of this website I don't think it has a place here at all, because this is supposed to be real people posting themselves.
I mean I could AI and try to make myself as hot as Cody if I wanted to, but why fake my way around here? I am what I am.
I tend to be lenient when it comes to members being referred to the Evaluation Panel. With you, there’s no “gray”, only black or white. You tend to want to vote to delete without giving the member an opportunity to correct a reported issue. In your post, you’re asserting; “if the poster doesn't talk much ,probably fake.” What does talking have to do with anything? I CHOOSE not to talk with many, does that make me questionable? I will say this, I’ve been bella! for over 14 continuous years and prior to that I was mariel. What GRINDS me are the profiles that claim that they are MALE yet post pictures of women OR the profiles of men that only show their penis yet they have no issue with posting the face of their girl.
Human Anatomy & Features: Check for extra or missing fingers, merged limbs, warped faces, teeth that blend together, or asymmetrical ears and eyes.
Text and Signage: Text in the background often looks like garbled, nonsensical characters or foreign languages.
Shadows and Reflection: AI struggles with physics; check if shadows fall in the wrong direction or if reflections in mirrors/water don't match the subject.
Background Anomalies: Look for "hallucinations"—people in the background with distorted faces, objects melting into each other, or structural impossibilities like stairs leading nowhere.
Texture and Lighting: AI images can look too perfect or glossy. Skin often lacks pores, and fabric may lack texture.
Metadata Check: On a desktop, right-click the file and check properties/metadata. AI tools often leave traces in the file information.
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Photoshop edits an existing image. For example I use the clone and generate tools with layers to “Remove” my tattoos. It’s is a user driven pixel platform that uses raster. AI uses artificial intelligence to create images from prompts. It can modify an existing image but there will be subtle differences. Some platforms like open AI have guardrails that prevent adult content. There’s a user here named Blondemilf I think that uses both. AI to generate the body and Photoshop to impose the face. You can tell with the face as the expressions and alignment are off.
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Photoshop is a different subject altogether.
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Here is a AI generated video, watch closely and you will see "cars" just vanish off the screen or "cars" drive thru people.
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heres 1 you might enjoy watching , AI muscle cars
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about 1,45 is a good mashup of austin martin and mustang, certainly improved the mustang!
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and I'm kind of borderline about whether or not they should even be on the main page. It's not real so they don't deserve to be rewarded for it.
The purity is disappearing.
Although I edit the colouring and clarity of my photos I certainly don't add enhancements that are not realistic depictions of my friends and I.
I must be dumb as a door knob but short of looking at and for fingertips, WHO am I to determine who or what is AI?
based on a true story
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If I had a dog it would be more convenient to take it out
during the summer because it's not -40°!