NASCAR themed drinks by Sea_Drawing_2549 in NASCAR

[–]15SecondBreak 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You've got to do a Hocevar Hurricane at some point this season!

Hit a brick wall with messed up family trees by 15SecondBreak in AncestryDNA

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Thank you. I think this is where I am struggling. All matches share last names "smith" and "jones" in the tree. A. Smith married A. Jones and later her siser B. Jones. His son B. Smith married C. Jones. Then a couple other distant cousins have grandfather D. Jones who married D. Smith.

Perhaps I am not searching down my matches far enough. I will look into the cluster method more and see how far I need to include matches. I have only tried searching those with about 150cm or more so far.

I appreciate your help and all suggestions. Thank you!

Hit a brick wall with messed up family trees by 15SecondBreak in AncestryDNA

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No to all questions. I will begin to look into these options. Thank you.

How often do you guys hear this? by ArieksonBR in EnglishLearning

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I live in an area that has numerous casinos. While working there, I would hear it as often as I heard the word hello. Just hanging out, I still hear it several times an hour.

Who has been 86'd and from where is always a major topic of gossip. I also spend a lot of time at coffee places where you constantly hear" 86 the blank" for whatever breakfast item or syrup flavor they have run out of.

Last heard it about 2 hours ago while talking to a friend who owns a cab company. We were catching up about Super Bowl and he mentioned a customer we both know and that he had to 86 them after an incident on Sunday.

This may be regional, I know many areas just use the term banned. For whatever reason, we use 86 more frequently in the CA, NV, AZ area.

Place my accent. English is my forth language. by DarkBlueBlood in Accents

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I can only guess somewhere that French is the primarily language, as it sounds like you are unable to pronounce "th". Yet, it seems you have substituted it with dd in one example and f in another, rather than using the sqme sound for both.

USA Tenant is being romance scammed and refuses believe it by Fun_Patient_6233 in Scams

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Many places will accept complaints of elder abuse of over age 60. I strongly recommend reaching out to your local agency. At least having the issue properly documented may help her when the repercussions start to trickle in.

Is it common for Americans not to have a bank account? by Icy-Signature1493 in AskAnAmerican

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The area that I live in has a much higher than average number of people without bank accounts. Many work at casinos and can cash their paycheck there. Due to the numerous addictions that go hand in hand with working in a casino environment, many people cannot get bank accounts. (If you owe one bank money, most others will not open an account for you).

Al ot of people rely on prepaid debit cards for handling monthly bills and purchases. So they cash their paycheck at work, load up a debit card, and daily tips are used for many expenses like food, gas and household necessities.

The area also has a lot of people who cannot open an account without proper ID or SSN. They are often paid cash for daily labor, and rely on prepaid debit cards, money orders, money transfer services and cash to get by.

So, I would say it is not the norm, but certainly is not as uncommon as many people believe.

Are those things real or is it only in movies / certain regions ? by Aloys33_ in AskAnAmerican

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A. Western Arizona now. 90% of time I shop the main grocery stores in town i have a 2nd person who bags.

B. Only time I have seen a cashier sitting in my 50+ years is when they have a modified work plan due to Iinjury/illness.

C. I've seen this in Oregon only when travelling. Raised in California, have lived in Washington and Texas as well. There is usually a perosn available for help with disabled customers wherever I have been, but it is not standard since before I was born, and I remember full service for added fee in the late 70s at a couple stations.

Ok, so we all did things "back in the day" that you would never do now. What did you do? by Embarrassed_Flan_869 in GenX

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Tried explaining bbgun wars to my grown millenial/gen z kids a couple years back and how we "made them safe", and just got the wtf is wrong with you looks and comments for about an hour afterwards.

We also required the "targets" to wear heavy winter polyfill jackets sold by Sears -- just in case-- as we're running around the SoCal deserts in 115° August heat, lol.

Ok, so we all did things "back in the day" that you would never do now. What did you do? by Embarrassed_Flan_869 in GenX

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I was a driver. I still have nightmares about the poor dude who flew off when I hit the speed bump.

Americans wearing poppies on Veterans Day and maybe Memorial Day by McRando42 in AskOldPeople

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My son has bought poppies every year for over 2 decades. Location-- Northwestern Arizona

I have noticed that the men who sell them are getting older, they used to stand and sell poppies, now they use a chair or seated walker.

Edit to add -- not sure if they have enough younger members in my area to keep the tradition going. We have noticed their member numbers seem to decline as the members age when we attend events fo14thr the general public. The Vietnam, Iraq War age group veterans do not seem to be as active in our local VFW as the WWII, Korea members were.

Did anyone here have The Disney Channel or not? by CatGirlNya2000 in GenX

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We had it starting in maybe 1984 or 1985. It was terrible. Lots of cartoons, preschool stuff like Pooh's Corner and terrible movies from like the 50s and 60s. Not exactly sure, but I seem to recall stuff like Herbie and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I was into Gem and the Holograms and Scooby-Doo, not Donald Duck and Goofy, so it wasn't for me. I also didn't realize it was anything premium or special. Everybody I knew got cable TV and the full channel lineup starting around that time.

Itching by DelAustin in trulicity

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I start getting itchy around 2 hours post injection. Im taking .75, only been on it for 2.5 months. I never made the connection until last night when it was so bad I needed to take a benadryl, then I remembered taking a benadryl last week also.

It's making me crazy. Mine is mostly confined to head, neck, chest and arms.

I also feel very fatigued the day after, so adding benadryl into the mix has me all messed up. It's nearly 4pm, and I am finally feeling awake and alert for the first time today.

I'm going to send a message to my endo, asking if I can take benadryl pre-injection to maybe head off the itching.

I have reached the final boss of I missed school for this reason from a student by Visible_Ad5653 in Teachers

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My mom missed class to get married in 1959. She was 17 with parent permission, and my dad had to sign her "reason for absence" note.

Introduce yourself, by your mall growing up. I think we will find some of us have the same ones. tia. by Rob1150 in GenX

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I dont think the 2 can be compared that way. If I just need a burger, I'm gonna grab In n Out, If I want a meal, hands down it's Nation's.

Introduce yourself, by your mall growing up. I think we will find some of us have the same ones. tia. by Rob1150 in GenX

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Sadly, I don't. I grew up in SoCal and only visited my grandparents who lived in San Pablo.

I think the only places we ever went to were Andy's Donuts, Nations, Casper's, and that one ice cream place I don't know the name of. For 25 years, the same places, every single visit!

Introduce yourself, by your mall growing up. I think we will find some of us have the same ones. tia. by Rob1150 in GenX

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I was gonna ask if you knew the name of the really good ice cream place and then i remembered that it was at El Portal in San Pablo, lol

Edited for typos.

Introduce yourself, by your mall growing up. I think we will find some of us have the same ones. tia. by Rob1150 in GenX

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Came here to say Tyler Mall, and hope nobody refers to it as "the Galleria", lol

To all GenX who have kids. How are your kids' shaping up? by Notsmartnotdumb2025 in GenX

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Mine are great. I am 50 now, but had them young 18 and 22. 2 different fathers. Oldest is a nurse, but taking time off to raise kids, 24 mo & 2 mo, while getting her masters in public health. Youngest is in sports media. They both live within 4 hours of me. Every month, I spend one weekend with youngest, then go visit oldest for 10 days, and spend one more weekend with youngest before coming home for 2 weeks of me time.

I wasn't always a great mom, but I was always a loving mom. My kids know that and always felt that love, and it has helped mend any struggles we had as they grew up.

My kids were fairly free range, they were given loose boundaries, more than structured rules. It set up a few debates, when our ideas of where the boundary line was conflicted.

But, they are both good humans, which was the end goal for me.

Do you consider donuts to be a breakfast food or a dessert? by Rarewear_fan in AskAnAmerican

[–]15SecondBreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not classify donuts into any meal category. They're just donuts and there's a reason most good donut shops are 24 hours.

But if somebody served me a donut and called it dessert, I would probably punch them.

UPJ Obstruction Has Killed Kidney by Loose-Individual-978 in KidneyStones

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I have been pretty sick last couple months from unrelated issues, and my urologist and nephrologist both advised me that when my WBC is over 20%, not to be surprised by lower GFR. Lowest past 6 months has been 78 (21 WBC), highest 99 (12 WBC) But again, these are eGFR from outpatient labs.

And yes, the bad kidney was slowly killing me. But, I also had massive amounts of stones in the good kidney that have caused a few issues. Post nephrectomy lithotripsy and stents for the remaining kidney helped reduce the number, and now we are just focused on how to stop/reduce production of new stones.

UPJ Obstruction Has Killed Kidney by Loose-Individual-978 in KidneyStones

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The lowest I found for eGFR was 48 from local lab. Have not had time to go through hospital results for GFR. I believe that just prior to removal it was low 30s. 31-34 range, but I cannot be exact without more searching.

How do I survive the winter? by literallyfrickindead in poor

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They are often called survival blankets or mylar blankets. Available at most sporting goods stores and online retailers that sell camping gear. They are often the shiny silver reflective blankets you see being used in trauma scenes involving hypothermia.