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My son and stepson both have BMW E10's and love them. They've had charging stations put in at their homes.
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GA - I too bought into the shtick that EV's too new, too experimental and too unsuited to a northern climate until I did a little research, check out what has happened in Norway!
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The most expensive vehicle I ever purchased was $16,000 for the truck I gave my nephew as a college graduation present (when he was in high school and I wasn't sure he would go to college). The car I drive now I paid $1,800 for, spent about $1,000 getting new tires, springs, muffer, spark plugs, and a good cleaning. Been taking it from 86,000 miles to its present 98,000 miles with only a couple of window motor replacements. I expect excellent service for years to come. I typically find a good used car for $2,000-10,000, although I am aided by a brother and a nephew to go over the car for mechanical issues. I cannot even buy the replacement batteries for a EV for that much!

I have no doubt someday EV technology will work out and/or fossil fuel technology will improve to greatly reduce environmental impacts. Just like the world was never buried in horse manure as predicted before the invention of the automobile. The power grid is not able to handle charging a lot number of EVs at present and I prefer the private sector pay for that build out - just like they did for gas stations. Big cities with air quality problems may benefit from EVs, semi-rural areas like mine to not. With the hills around here, there is not an EV on the market that can make it to either nearby major city and home again (Ashville or Knoxville) in the same day - going up hill for miles drains the battery too fast. A trip we frequently make to visit relatives or shop for a day or attend a show. Its just not practical here yet. Hybrids do not fair much better as the braking mechanisms used to recover potential energy screw up the handling on snow while driving on an elevation. At best you will need a fossil fueled backup vehicle. And lets not even get into the work trucks my nephew needs for his construction business.
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TN, I know you won't ever age him out.

At least you learned your lesson and now you know what is what with your lungs. I think we all tend to believe it will get/be better tomorrow, I have to be at the end of whatever is going on, etc, until we end up at the doctors /hospital because it just didn't go away. I know I am so guilty of that MO.

Super nice to have mechanically inclined family to check over used vehicles. We joke that my truck is so old it is able to legally purchase alcohol. Runs great, husband can fix anything going on with it and I can buy lots and lotslots of fuel for the cost of insurance alone.
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TN - what a blessing you are to that boy! You will do it right as you are doing it right. We called my oldest grandson the bumless pit - it started as the bottomless pit and morphed from there. I can see you are getting great enjoyment from watching him flourish. Long may that last.

I always buy at least slightly used cars. The you know they are in decent running order. A colleague at the college bought a new van and had troubles with it right from the start. They kept working on it till the warranty ran out and then he was stuck with a lemon - at great cost.

The flooring for the condo is in transit from Ontario and we are hoping it will yet be delivered today as rain is forecast for tomorrow the only rainy day in two weeks!!!
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Promising new research.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/cu-anschutz-researchers-identify-drugs-curb-alzheimers-symptoms/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
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When people come to the forum and ask if the medication they've been given will help the answer often is probably not, but it never hurts to try. While they might not be curative it's nice to see a study that proves at least some of them really can be effective.
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Each member of the Avs gets to spend a day with th Stanley cup. The first day it goes to the captain. The keepers of the cup originally tried to deliver it to the wrong house! Landeskog's house was still a couple of houses down the street!😁😁❄❄⛄⛄🐧🐧

https://kdvr.com/news/local/stanley-cup-shows-up-at-wrong-house/

And landeskog helped out at Raising Kane Chicken yesterday! Busy, busy place. Parade today!
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Glad, I saw that on the news. Funny! One of the players dropped it on the first night during their team photo too! I wonder if that old cup will last the summer. LOL
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Landeskog had his daughter drinking juice out of it!

And they estimate 500,000 people at the parade today! News originally guessed 200,000 would attend. They were off by a bit.😁😁

And absolutely no civil unrest! The police had prepared for all.

Live coverage of parade and party, four hours worth!
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I was so carried away by hockey last Friday I did not watch the season finale of come dance with me. Streamed it tonight. My faves won that too! Go Kennedy and Justin!👯👯💃💃💝👣👣,

Justin, dad, is a network engineer.
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Thanks for that information Glad!

Drugs are also known by the names:
Imiprimine (Tofranil)
and
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

This won't be the first time efforts were made to get approval from the FDA on an older drug for a new use.

When a drug brand expires and the generic becomes available at a less expensive price, there is very little incentive financially to get approval for a new use.

However, this is promising research! There is hope, not a cure, but a treatment I am thinking.

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Not a network engineer, a PIO.
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hugs from me, to all! :)

this comment is about stress. many people have psycho-somatic symptoms from the huge stress they’re under.

i just saw some very good advice on the internet.

i post it here, because maybe it helps:

“It wasn't until I started to focus on shedding the anxiety that my health started coming back. 

How did I shed the anxiety?

(A) Going to bed early. Quitting T.V. Waking up early.

(B) Talking to my loved ones every day, every chance I had. 

(C) Stopped eating any junk, removed all processed foods from my life. Removed all toxic people from my life. Anyone who took advantage of me, didn't give me credit, or gave me a funny, anxious feeling, I let them go. 

(D) Focusing on the now. Every time my mind wandered, I focused on my breath. I focused on my hands typing, the water hitting my face, how the pillow felt against my cheek....I started to live. 

(E) Forgetting the past. Acknowledging that the past had no power over my life (this moment). This moment was all I ever had. 

This isn't easy, it sounds easy but it takes effort. I had to realize that I did not need the anxiety, the T.V., the junk food...I did not "need" anything. 

The current moment was the most precious gift in my life. The only thing I actually needed.”
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Good advice Bundle!
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I still hate seeing every comment on a thread appearing in my feed! I often unfollow just so i can see what else is there.
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BOJ: Spot on! Three cheers!
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What happened to the thread about the wife who got her ears pulled then spit on by her husband? It disappeared. Why? Admin?
I sincerely hope she is safe.
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Polar, I wonder if MILHell was advised to take down her posts by law enforcement or a legal advisor. Her other post (about her problems with the AL) are still up. I sent her a DM, wishing her well and telling her I hope she's safe.
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Barb, I can't find anything, not even her profile. The ear pulling question comes up but says it can't be found.

Hmmm?
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Barb, let's me through that link but, won't let me through a search.

Weird!
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Thinking about and blessing all the men, women and children that have sacrificed throughout the United States of America's history so that we can all celebrate our Independence this day.

246 (1776-2022) years! Happy Birthday America! May we have our freedom for another 246 years!
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I've been listening to music on YouTube and I'm regretting I didn't download a lot more back when it was easy and legal. I've noticed I can't find older uploads anymore and the newer playlists and supposed "albums" from my era are obviously something that has been uploaded by people who are much younger and haven't a clue. Vietnam era playlists that all seem to include Dire Straights - don't get me wrong, I like Dire Straights but their music isn't from that era. I clicked on a Rolling Stones "greatest hits album" and got Deep Purple, Metallica, CCR, Queen and others. And then all the comments from people who instead of calling it out are extolling the great music... oh. come. on!
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CWillie,
Can you get what you are looking for by entering "Oldies but Goodies" in your search bar? Maybe try a google search instead of Youtube.

Today is a good day for me to stay off social media, I think.
But music is always fun. peaceful. relaxing. or energizing. Uplifting. Or for recalling memories.

Be careful, I cannot get these songs out of my head, played over the weekend:

"Better stop people, what's that sound, everybody look what's goin down".
"What a field day for the heat"
"Somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even".
"The best you can hope for, is to die in your sleep".

After years later, rewatching "Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood", Sandra Bullock-An alcoholic mother who has a breakdown and goes after her children, beats them with a belt, then is taken away....
I now find myself in shock mostly. The movie is not about my friend who was an alcoholic (and looked a lot like the mother).....

It is about my mother, going after me. And the rest of the story is pretty much the same.

There is sand in my eyes and nose and mouth, after pulling my head out. 🙄
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LOL Send. I'm pretty sure that search would give me a bunch of stuff that people in their teens and twenties consider to be oldies but goodies.🙄

For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. That one was on my playlist today, they did manage to get some things right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY
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Cwillie, I sent your ‘regretting’ post to DH. We sit a metre apart, each with a separate computer. He says it’s not quite so bad here, and he will get onto downloads now. Thanks!
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O wow. Did not know who sang that song.

They look so young!
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Maybe I can start to send myself emails, and just skip the convo/non convo with my hubs. Lol.

I think we both were over tired this morning.

Margaret,
In the U.S. a metre is about 3 ft.
3.28084 ft
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