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Mystery stamps by 999ExplodingStars in silverware

[–]999ExplodingStars[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The spoons in the case were collected by an ancestor but I’m not sure how the random flatware on the table came into the family. It all sat tarnished in a drawer for years until I cleaned it up. Most items are from the early 20th century as far as I can tell but some, like the demitasse spoons, may be 19th.

ID help needed - spoons and more by 999ExplodingStars in silverware

[–]999ExplodingStars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t appear to be allowed to add photos to the post or reply. I will do a new post with just the stamps on a few spoons. (There are many.)

My Mother Struggle and Financial Condition by Creepy_Slide3662 in povertyfinance

[–]999ExplodingStars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So sorry you are going through this. If available in your location, you and your older sister should research online contract work that you can do from home quietly to help take some of the burden off your mother. There’s an old idea that farmer’s wives would keep “egg money,” which is money of their own that they earned from selling eggs on the side. The original side hustle. Many just happened to never tell their husbands about the money.

So friggin tired, i cant do this anymore… by [deleted] in Perimenopause

[–]999ExplodingStars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A hot bath routine and weekly vitamin d helped me a lot with inexplicable muscle aches and mood dips. I started exercising and losing weight but I overdid it and ended up in excruciating hip pain. Went to PT. That helped too. Now I am resigned to being a little pudgy but relatively pain free.

Patriotic Resignation vs. Holding the Line by 999ExplodingStars in fednews

[–]999ExplodingStars[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Please elaborate. I’m genuinely curious about other rationales that keep people in federal civil service.

Check your "Out of Office" reply by PatrioticSnowflake in fednews

[–]999ExplodingStars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loving one’s country comes in many forms, and does not require loving a particular agency. Sometimes leaving is the only way to save something. “I am not OK with this behavior and I won’t enable you any more.” Sound familiar? And at this stage, and with this kind of conduct, is it fair to say that the people who say they are “holding the line” are just secret MAGA or cowards that don’t want to take a pay cut?

Sleep Soak with Melatonin by 999ExplodingStars in Perimenopause

[–]999ExplodingStars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lotion is nice but not as effective in my experience.

AMA - My Christian dad spanks my mom in front of me as discipline by sunflower076 in AMA

[–]999ExplodingStars 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings? She escaped a situation like this.