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Send - when I took my car in for an oil change and to put on the snow tires they told me I needed a complete exhaust system and maybe some other work too, so I figured it was better to put that money toward something newer. I'm sure it would still be a great car for someone who is able to fix things on the cheap, the mileage is pretty low, but the road salt used here is not kind to cars.
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Congratulations CWillie!

Loved, loved, loved best of all cars was my 1981 Toyota Corolla.
Because that's the one I bought from seeing it traveling down the freeway
with so few miles, and 'they' said it couldn't be done!

My car is 2005 = 20 years old and still runs, looks good.

What was the factor that made you buy a newer car?
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PamZ Hope all is well and warm now and you and hub are over your bugs.

nacy - seems light light therapy of one sort or another helps many things.

Well done, cw. 👏 I know what you mean!!! But heated seats and steering wheel will make up for a lot of learning. Last car I bought has heated seats but not steering wheel I wish I had that option!!! At 40 below it makes a big difference. (Not that it goes down to 40 below here.)
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I picked up my new (to me) car today, it is going to be a steep learning curve going from a 15 year old corolla with crank windows to a car with an instrument panel that looks like something from Futurama. But I've got heated seats and steering wheel!
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Our temps here this morning were -6. The main level heat pump could not keep up and even with the fireplace on and a serious space heater we could not keep the temp above 60 until about 11 am. Luckily the pump for the 2 story end was chugging away so we had heat there,, but hubs and I are both getting over some respiratory crap ( he saw the Dr yesterday, I was feeling better) and did not need this at all. I could not get warm all day, and so not feeling as good as I was yesterday. This heat pump issue has only happened once before,, thank god! We sort of expected this, but still!
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My thermometer reads -22C this morning (-8F). But hey, at least there is sun and it's not snowing!

I was watching a video of someone skating on the streets of New Orleans, now that's gotta suck for all the people who don't have the infrastructure for that. Not to mention all the snowbirds who went south for a little warmth... doh!
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You could, if you wanted to CW, get out of bed, dress warm, serve hot chocolate with marshmallow on top to the people running the snow blowers.

Nah, I wouldn't do this either. Lol.

Do what I would do.

That is, follow Golden's advice to stay in bed.
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Holy popsicles batman, it's cold out there this morning!🥶
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cw - Stay in bed every time!
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When you're lying in bed in the morning listening to the sound of snowblowers should you get up or snuggle back under the covers?
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Send, Golden and Eva: Thank you.
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Belated happy birthday Llama.
I was away from forum. Husband was in hospital again before New Year and again after.
So frustrated with our system which deals only with immediate problem and not looking at other solutions or treatments. It seems to me nobody looks at whole person, just quick fix by adding or increasing drugs.
Thank you for asking, it helps to be part of the group which understands our plight.
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Very belated Happy Birthday, Llama.🎂
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Nacy,
That is a nice car.
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Belated Happy Birthday Llama!

Thank you for the car advice Geaton!

Thank you for your comments Gershun!

I appreciate all of you!
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Nacy, Gershun, Peasuep, 97, Hothouse and casole: Thank you.
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Yes, Evamar. I’ve been out of the loop and haven’t seen anything….
Please check…..
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Happy birthday yesterday, Llama!
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Llama, Happy, happy BD!
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Happy Birthday, Llama. Hope you had a nice day.
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Llama happy happy birthday 🥰
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I hope you had a happy, happy B'day Llama!

All the best to you always.
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Yesterday I turned 78.
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Good point Send. About not taking your thoughts too seriously.

I watched a movie a while back about a football player who was in prison for something he did not do. His mentor gave him book that helped free his mind.
It was "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen. It saved his sanity. I ordered the book.

But it's so true. I took some meditation classes once upon a time and the instructor said "acknowledge the thoughts when they come but then just let them pass by" I've been really trying to do this when I get stressed out.
Trying to replace the negative thoughts with something positive.
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Full Moon tomorrow 1/13/2025
I am sure not posting any of my concerns because they won't matter as much to me in 3 days.

This is just me, happens all the time. The monthly event crept up on me as I thought the fires had me unsettled. I failed to monitor on the calendar, but my mind and behavior told the whole story.

Taking a nap very soon.

It is somewhat reassuring whenever my dH tells me the smaller earthquakes may lessen the pressure build-up on a fault. But above 2.5, and a 3.5 is bigger, and could be a precursor to a larger E.Q.

Of course, I am just an observer of patterns, nowhere near an expert.

Stay calm everyone. Have some tea in a special teacup before your nap.

Try not to take yourself and your thoughts too seriously at this time.
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Alva, DEAR, your last post sounds a bit like Devils in the offing! Your 98% extinction rate sounds like humans are the next to go, and you KNOW that’s not right. I think you need to read some light romantic fiction instead! I recommend Georgette Heyer.

Cwillie, I think sometimes smaller ones help. Having just read Vesuvius, the smaller ones probably unplugged it for the big one.
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Re: earthquakes - Aren't a lot of smaller ones supposed to be better because they let off some of the pressure? 🤞
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Way, we don't have any natural enemies left. The flu after WWI wiped out the rest of the breeding generation that wasn't killed by the war. Europe lost its breeding stock as well. Before that there was TB, no antibiotics or heart drugs. 60s was old age and the age at which ALL my grandparents died. Way before that? Well Plague and Sweating sickness took out fully 1/3rd of Europe. And here are we worry over a million or so lost to Covid.
Our brains are always ahead of our computations of what is good for us; holds true of plastics and A.I. alike, but whose to say.

It is said that fully 98% of species once here are now lost. Only 2% left and as Carl Sagan said: Extinction is the NORM and survival the exception. We don't last long as a species. Interestingly, the dinos, as a species lasted much much longer than we're likely to. I am not certain anymore whether I long for us to go extinct, or just want that for myself. Ha ha. Don't get a vote anyway.
Funnily enough they just found the Island Volcano that went off way back when and cooled the earth by quite a lot. N. is wondering where our next Volcano may come from.

It's all quite fascinating. And with the best minds all over the earth on it all?
No one seems to have a CLUE. Nor even a clue to what is out there beyond out own Universe. I mean, the gods, maybe. Other than that mankind seems not to have a clue.

Good book to recommend to anyone:
The Ends of the World, by Peter Brannen. Walk Washington State when it was all Lava. See how many times we went South before we even GOT HER! Great read!
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@AlvaDeer,

The earth is dying a slow death . It wasn’t designed to support so many people .
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Lordy.
ANOTHER quake. That's five I know of near the GG Bridge. Wonder if we are heading for the big one. Cali was FULL of quakes last year.
That and the fires. Were I a believer I would think that God must have a bone to pick with California, kids!
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