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Send the ACV mix is really great for the sinus. I tried it again after a few days of not drinking it. After a few sips, my lips started tingling. I can no longer use that mix anymore. It usually tingles after using it 3 days in a row. My reaction to it is now immediate. I'm back online researching alternatives. Except the ACV with or without honey is truly the best home-made remedy. I'm glad it's working for you.
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Bookluvr,
Not sure about ivory, except that it is controversial, you are right.

That is a great haul for very little money! imo. Hope you had such fun.

Tried your recipe for apple cider vinegar, water, and honey.  I felt better overall.
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Send, I have never flown through LAX. I want to fly back via Denver because United Airlines new aircraft the Dreamliner flies from Denver to Narita. I heard that if you fly in this plane, you don’t feel the air pressure and you don’t have to pay about $200 for legroom seats because All the 💺 in economy feels great.

I usually fly in the summer but.... younger brother said best to go in October.

Oh, today fave sis and I went shopping. Fave niece in Texas says her kids want island wears. Her kindergarten son wanted to wear Hawaiian print shirt for his school picture. We had fun shopping for the kids. Then we went to a Chinese store. We bought some pretty Chinese dresses. I found a cute all black Chinese shirt and shorts for my nephew. It had subtle Chinese design and a dragon in front central. My little nephew would love that shirt. We went overboard. Got us some costume jewelry (oriental). I was shocked it came out to $143.00. The owner then gave me a 20% discount. Whew! ... there was a pretty ivory pendant. I didn’t buy it because isn’t ivory illegal? Plus buying it is encouraging the poachers to kill more elephants just for their tusks.
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Trying to go to bed early here.
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Bookluvr,
You could go in June, or even sooner.
You could fly to L.A., then to Texas?
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FYI, I will be borrowing from my emergency fund to pay for the ticket. My tax refund (once I turn it in) will cover about $1100.00 of that balance. The rest, I will have to just consider it a loss, a naughty no-no for touching the emergency fund for something that's not an emergency. It's not really much actually. It's an amount that helps me not worry if I suddenly didn't have a job. I have at most, 6 months to find A job. It's enough to cover the bills until then. Like I said, not much but a great peace of mind.
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Yay!!! Since I wasn't sure which part was no longer working, I bought both the cord and the wall adapter for the iPad. It came in. I only opened the adapter box. I connected it to my original cord and it's working!! The iPad did not say that this device is not supported. I can use my iPad! I'm going to use it sparingly. I need it to work when I go visit fave niece.

I haven't bought my ticket. The lowest airfare is $1700.00, Non-Refundable and minimum penalty of $300 + any additional airfare. I spent hours trying to choose dates in October where I can do the GRT figures, print the forms and have it for my bosses to just cut the check and make payment before the due date. BUT, because school is still in session, I need to arrive in El Paso on Friday so that I can spend the whole weekend with my niece and her kids. One of them is in kindergarten? .. When it's time to fly home, I Have to leave Saturday morning in order to arrive back home on Sunday at 10:30pm or Monday at 2:00am. And still go to work on Monday. That's taking off for 11-1/2 days, round it off to 12 days off.

I'm so torn about buying the ticket. I've been getting sick so quickly lately. I hate to end up using my vacation leave for sick leave. It's bad enough that I'm spending $1700.00 for only 2 weeks off-island! Such a waste... And that I won't be seeing little nephew most of the time because he will be in school. I'm struggling with my money-conscience mentality. 

My prepaid mobile won't work in the US mainland.  One of my fears is traveling in the US and getting stranded at the airport.  I just realized that I will do what I did when I first traveled to Colorado.  I went to Walmart and bought a cheap mobile and prepaid minutes, activated using my sister as the account holder because she has a US address.  It only cost me $39.00.  I can ask fave niece to buy one at Walmart, activate and mail it to me.  Then I won't worry about getting stranded in Denver both ways to El Paso.  I can just call my niece who lives in Denver for a favor.  She did stay in our home on her visit here. 
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I am like you cwillie I can't make it more dead. That and a good dose of WD40 often does the trick.
PS I don't use WD40 on delicate things like computers, just mechanical things
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That's a really good point... lol
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re: taking things apart, I've always figured if the darned thing is broken anyway it can't hurt to give it a try...😜
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Book, hope the charger fixes the issue. Recently my MacBook wouldn't turn on, wouldn't charge. Years ago, I used to work on electronics, so I had a feeling it may be a small thing, where something in the power source had become undone, a fuse, something that wasn't too complicated because if a device just suddenly goes dark, it can be as simple as loose connection in the power source.

I took the MacBook apart and using video on YouTube, saw where my battery went to the rest of the laptop. I was able to reconnect some things and voila, it started working again.

Even if you aren't comfortable taking apart to see what you can see, it may not be a big issue, a minor fix, if you know someone in electronics who would take a look at it for you.

But also - I hope the charger is the fix. ;-)
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I ordered my iPad's charger from Best Buy. Can't believe they sent it by ship. It had left Richmond, CA on 19Jan. When I saw Richmond, I just knew that it was going by ship! No, no... So, I haven't been using my iPad since then. I realized how much I miss it, though. Tonight, I decided to check the Tracking number.

Ohhh.... Strange... We're one day ahead of the mainland US. We're the same time zone as Sydney, Australia. It's Friday, Feb 23rd at 9:30pm. The tracking system says that it was received by the post office on Saturday, Feb 24th at 2:01am... Hmmmm .. That's 4-1/2 hrs from now... Yay! My charger is finally in... Let's hope it works. If it still doesn't work.. that means I need a new iPad. (ugh!!!)
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CM - they want you to register for online filing/billing.

Google Translate. I don't speak Welsh. Lol.  (My curiosity got the better of me though.) 
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Ms madge not much of an option :) No Bison butt?
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Ms madge not much of an option :) I'll Pass
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Since there's a new Aldi in town, I just checked their weekly ads
Fresh meat includes pork butt and bison
Uhh, next...
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Cm,
Is it safe to drink the water yet?
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lol mally.
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So I finally gave up on my favorite, old fashioned, wind up alarm clock, because it wouldn't keep ticking anymore.... I put up with it losing time, but it keeps stopping now, so threw it in the trash. Just now, accidentally kicked the trash can and the clock started ticking..... it can just sit in there and tick; I'm not rescuing it!
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Spirit, if you mean the kind that you start seeds in, I got a nice one at Wally world 2 years ago for about 10$.. holds a ton of seed disks and is reusable.
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Yes, love Aldi’s. I hope they have the $20 greenhouses again this year. They sold out last year.
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😀 LOL. CM! Someone hit the wrong button!
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Many a mickle mak's a muckle, Veronica. You could go round the car park gathering up the waif and stray carts and win both whole dollars and a reputation for eccentricity :)

I have just received the following email message from my water company:

"Mae hi bron a bod yn bryd i ni bostio'ch bil blynyddol.

Ond cyn i ni wneud hynny, roedden ni am roi cyfle i chi newid i filio ar lein. Ar ôl cofrestru, byddwch chi'n gallu gweld eich bil ar lein yn hytrach na'i dderbyn trwy'r post. Gyda Fy Mil, cewch weld eich balans cyfredol a'r taliadau rydych chi wedi eu gwneud ar lean."

I hope they don't want me to do anything about it.
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The regular size candy bars are now $1.49. I rather wait until I get to the office. Our building's vending machine issues candy for $0.75! Same size, same brand, too. The same with the bottled Dasani. I can get it much cheaper at the vending machine for $1.00. Except the machine has a habit of taking your dollar and you find out that there's no more water. And the light is still showing that there's water available. Hate having to end up drinking Sprite or Coca Cola.
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Aldis is great. We finally got one about a year ago, love it.
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A head of lettuce was $3.00 in Hawaii`
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I might get 2 bananas at Whole Foods for a $1.
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Our Aldi prices are wonderful!! I can get 3 big bags ( bring your own) for 30$ if I don't buy meat! Eggs less than a $, vegs and cream soups for 50 cents!
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Holy smoke, I couldn't get anything off your list for $1 except the canned veggies, and only if they are on sale!
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Something about nothing but little things please little minds. Went shopping at Aldi and thoroughly aprove of their policy of locking their carts up till you push in a quarter. This time there was one abandomed in the parking lot keeping it's quarter. I almost went and got it to retrieve the quater but decided it was not worth the effort, I am not that desperate and what can you buy for a quarter anyway?
Then I thought that if I added 3 more quarters I would have $1. Surely you can't buy much if anything for $1 these days.
So I went looking in the grocery store. a loaf of generic white bread, an apple or orange, 2 pounds of bananas, hot dogs, a head of lettuce,a couple of medium tomatoes, cans of fruit or veg, a frozen chicken pot pie, a pound of frozen veg a greek yogurt, and occasionally a whole pineapple. Have to add a dozen eggs.
Now I need to rest my few remaining brain cells
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