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Regarding cars. I use to drive my folks in my Jeep on whatever errand or appointment they needed. Dad would bring out a step stool so Mom could get into the vehicle, Dad yelling "All aboard".

When my Mom could no longer climb into the Jeep, I had to use their Oldsmobile [yes, my father's Oldsmobile].

Oh, I hated that car. Felt like I was driving a dining room table down the highway. The car was built more for someone who was 6 foot tall then for someone 5'3". Thus, the seatbelt harness could cross over my throat. The non-adjustable side view mirrors would only be helpful if the driver's seat was pull way back. Well, I needed the seat way up, so those side mirrors were worthless. Changing lanes was a major challenge.

That car would make me seasick just backing out of the driveway.

Got to a point where I hated to drive. Told my parents that. Their reply "then who is going to drive us to the doctor?" Mom refused to ride with a stranger at the wheel. No ands, ifs or buts. I kept on driving them, it helped taking xanax and Dramamine :P
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Going to schooo, regardless?! Have a terribly sad!

When my kids were in school there was talk about just canceling buses for the day, that was a somewhat rural area with the majority of the kids living close enough to walk. That idea did not last long because all should get snow days, not just a few.
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It didn't mean anything for us back then in Ontario, It was all we knew. They don't have snow days here in Alberta either even now. In my 40 years here the schools and college were closed only once due to a major blizzard which made driving dangerous.
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Cars...
My car in 1988 was a sedan, but it had 4 wheel drive you could turn on, a ski package to hold your skis, it was advertised to be able drive up a ski slope!
Even though people kept borrowing it, they just hated my car!

Hated the leather seats.
Hated that her husband would get a speeding ticket driving it.
So funny to me now.
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I don’t remember having seatbelts as a kid.

Our parents didn’t have car seats for babies either. How did we survive? LOL
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Wild coyotes tonight! I can hear them, must be a fight. Sounds like there must be about ten of them! Haven't heard them in awhile.
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Have you ever seen the coyotes? Are they larger than dogs? My daughter’s dog doesn’t howl like most Siberian huskies do. He’s quiet.
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Circa 1951: My mother allowed me to stand up in the back seat of their Studebaker! My brother, an infant, was on my mother's lap!
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NHWM - Coyotes are not very large, slightly smaller than a police dog, leaner, and meaner with eyes more wild compared to domestic dogs. They have been spotted frequently around my neighborhood both day and night. A few people have reported that a coyote jumped over their low fence, attacked and killed their pets.

My mini poodle always barks at other dogs, especially bigger dogs. One day, while I took her out for a walk, from the corner of my eye, I saw a dog walking out from a bush which I thought was strange, so I did a double take. Right away, I realized it was no dog, but a full grown coyote. My poodle knew it instantly, too. Instead of barking like she always did at other dogs, she clammed up, not even a whimper. We were about 15-20 feet from the coyote. Lucky for us, we were just across the street from our house, so I hurriedly picked up my little dog, briskly crossed the street, got in our front yard and closed the gate. The coyote followed us but didn't chase us. Thank goodness. After we were safely back behind the gate, the coyote walked past our house, kept going and disappeared into the bushes near the highway.

For a few months after that incident, I carried a long stick with me when I walked my dog. Just in case I ran into a coyote again.
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Seen coyotes - just recently saw one walking along the sidewalk outside the house. It makes me nervous about letting Rocky out, though she sticks very close to the house and the back yard and won't go out if she senses anything scary out there. Still!!!

Llama how did we survive? I remember riding in a rumble seat in an old Hudson belonging to friends. It was fun but it was not safe!
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I usually nuke my baked potatoes and finish them in my counter top oven to crisp the skin - it has a speed convection function so it supposedly rates highly as an air fryer too, although I have nothing to compare it to so I don't know if that's true.
The appeal of the instant pot recipe was not having to pre-cook the beans, plus the ability to set a time and just let it do it's thing... I find the IP easy to clean too. And not having to cook stove top means I don't have to run the fan, which even on low is too %@#$ loud.
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Riding in the back of the pickup truck was fun! So was riding high on top of the wagon of hay bales. But I remember hearing about the baby sliding off the bench seat onto the floor when mom had to hit the brakes - yikes!
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Coyotes are very effective predators. They hide, they watch with their beady eyes, they stalk, they pounce. I don't think their prey escape very often.

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/coyotes-topic-of-discussion-at-city-hall/289-20bfaffc-4871-49d7-85b8-9b6efe46880b

Coyotes in New Orleans
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Watching the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. So many, many, very cute doggies!
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Coyotes are now in San Francisco pretty much everywhere. There is a huge canyon park, Glen Canyon where you had better have your dogs on leash; many lost. They come into my neighborhood and are often seen in evenings and night. Haven't yet heard then howl, however.
Yeah, they say it will be cockroaches and Keith Richards still alive after the end of the earth, but I think there will be a couple of coyotes, as well.
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Actually puppy bowl is on now. The first show was the best players/puppies of previous puppy bowls.

The score is 35/28
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KC just won!
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People were out on their porches whooping it up and shooting off fireworks where I live in Missouri.
I bet Kansas City is going crazy tonight~
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golden: I know, right.
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Speaking of coyotes. My mom lived right next to a park and sometimes I'd stay overnight. Whenever a police or ambulance would drive by the coyotes would howl and howl. Sounded so spooky.
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We have coyotes here. I have never seen one. I know that people don’t let their small dogs out in the yard by themselves.

Polar,

Geeeeez! I am glad that the coyote didn’t chase you. That would be terrifying.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the little poodles. My daughter had one and they think that they are big shots! LOL They are so cute though.

I had a mini schnauzer that was like that too. She was cute as could be but was a little pepper!

I think the funniest thing that I ever saw was a little dog was this little bitty chihuahua that was in a woman’s arms at a Mardi Gras parade that was barking at the horses in the parade! Gutsy little dog! LOL 😆

I went from a schnauzer to a greyhound. My grey absolutely stole my heart. He was fawn color and looked like a small deer. He was beautiful!

My daughter went from a poodle to a Siberian husky. He is a sweetheart. I love him too. Well, I loved all of my pets, from hamsters to cats to dogs. They really are part of a family.
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There are so many ways that people meet. Some people meet in church and are married to jerks! Others meet at a bar and have marriages that last a lifetime. Mine did!

I met my husband at a bar. He was a handsome university student. I had arrived early at the restaurant to meet up with friends for dinner and decided to order a drink. He asked me out for the following weekend to go see B. B. King. I accepted. We have been married for over forty years.

I had ended a previous relationship with my college sweetheart and wasn’t even thinking about dating anyone at that time until I met him. He’s the love of my life.

I know people who weren’t happy at all in their marriage and had affairs with another person and married them. Most times it doesn’t work out but I have known a few that have.

I would be thinking that if they cheated on their wife what would stop them from cheating on me too.

That’s what my brother who married four times did. He cheated on every wife except for his current wife. It’s crazy. I wonder what the stats are for infidelities. I bet they are high.

When my brother was married to his second wife he cheated with the neighbor! They got married and his second wife and the neighbor’s ex husband got together and they married and stayed married.

So, they essentially swapped spouses. My mom said, “Son, this happened on my soap opera that I watch!” LOL 😆

A chat room is a different situation and not at all like online dating. There are never any guarantees in life, no matter what the circumstances are. Who really knows who they are marrying?

When neighbors of serial killers are interviewed, they usually say, “He was such a nice guy!”

Life is full of surprises.
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When we are old and sitting in the lounge at the nursing home will they play CCR, AC/DC, ZZ Top, and the Stones for us? 🤔
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cw,

The only thing that I ever saw in the lounge at my godmother’s nursing home was Steve Harvey on Family Feud! LOL

My godmother had Alzheimer’s disease and was blind from macular degeneration and wasn’t aware of much.

She wasn’t even aware of hurricane Katrina. She said, “Isn’t it nice of the nursing home to take us on a road trip! She had no idea that it was an emergency evacuation.

Same thing at the nursing home that my mom did her rehab in. It seemed like the television was stuck on Family Feud!

Occasionally, a volunteer would play music for them, piano, guitar or violin. Sometimes gospel singers on Sunday.
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Nah - Lawrence Welk! 😄
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Cwillie they better or we can stage a sit in,, or a roll on,,, LOL My MILs MC always had Fox news ons,,as if they knew what was going on ? Dads MC played movies from the 40 and 50s at least he knew the actors
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I've been having a fun walk down memory lane listening to music on YouTube, but the comments from all the younger users and the weird playlists people come up with frequently have me rolling my eyes. No, the 70's and 80's were not just disco.... please god don't let them torture me with unrelenting ABBA!!
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They better play some Elton John at the very least Willie.

I'm just picturing seniors playing air guitar to Led Zeppelin. LOL
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I'm thinking we had better include our music playlists when we draw up our POAs and other important documents!
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Gershun,

Hey, Zeppelin saved me from the crappy disco scene from that era! LOL 😆

Nowadays, Robert Plant is singing with Alison Krauss. Who would’ve ever seen that coming?

I saw Elton at our jazz fest. He was great!
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