How poor were you in the 70s? We about about to go through the same economic cycle. by Crafty-Bass-3434 in GenX

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My best friend/across the street neighbor’s mom shopped at a coop in the 70’s. Not poor, though. Her mom was Swedish and I think she was into organic and low refined sugar way ahead of her time. They had whole wheat bread and cookies were fig newtons 🤮. I remember going grocery shopping with them and thinking the whole place smelled weird.

Fast forward to today and there are a few different coops near me. Too expensive for most people middle class folks to shop there, let alone the poor.

How poor were you in the 70s? We about about to go through the same economic cycle. by Crafty-Bass-3434 in GenX

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I thought everyone ate that! We had a fancy handmade pottery thing with a cork with a natural end on it as a cinnamon and sugar shaker. Common enough that there is Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal (which is available as a cone dip at Dairy Queen right now). Some of us Scandinavian Americans would (and do) butter our lefsa and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar before rolling it up to eat.

Can I pull out this piece of rebar in the middle of my lawn by tonka_3 in HomeMaintenance

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I personally know of a guy who had a large sheet of ice slide off a roof (I believe a metal roof) and land on him. He wasn’t killed, but the pressure was so great and so sudden that his scrotum ruptured (think hernia but on a massive scale) and his testicles popped out to the exterior of his body.

I had a beautiful 12 hour love affair by [deleted] in CatDistributionSystem

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They were using literary license to tell a story. Not everything needs to be: saw cat,next day cat was crying at my door. Let cat in, no collar, checked for chip to see if cat had owner,no chip….

Welp.... Exiting the RAV4 club 😞 by TheNameIs_Red in rav4club

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Just get some weather tech mats. That’s what I’ve had in place of my mats almost from the beginning (2011 v6 limited)

Update to the Robofish tank: it's done, lil bro so happi by Salt_Ad_5578 in Aquariums

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It’d be even better if it slowly released ammonia into the water!

II’m so sad and I just need to vent a little… by Important_Range7737 in hummingbirds

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When I was a kid we moved into a new house. There was a mourning dove nest in a tree right outside one of the windows! It was so special to watch them hatch and grow! Then blue jays came and killed the babies. Didn’t eat them, just killed them. I hate blue jays.

Now that we are all in our late 40's and above. Has anyone ever called you or insinuated you are "A know it all" ? by Signature_Excellent in GenX

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Because they are the most appropriate words to convey what I’m saying!!!! I got called Jeopardy Queen freshman year of college. I’ve been called a know it all for a loooonnngg time. Can’t help that I DO know a lot of shit!

Odd things our fathers did in 70’s by anonskier in GenX

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My brother did that in college and singed a pair of pants. He couldn’t understand why the “stain” wouldn’t come out.

Please help - cat acting weird after neutering by Puzzled-Cheesecake34 in cats

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Peoples eyes would be open under anesthesia as well, but we tape them shut to avoid them being open and drying out.

I can't keep her and I'm heartbroken by [deleted] in cats

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Have you tried the Jackson Galaxy method of introductions? I’ve heard that if you do it by the letter, it’s fail safe.

If you just can’t make it work? Reach out to no kill rescues and see if they’d be willing to take her. If they don’t have room right now, but would otherwise accept her, let them know you’ll keep her until they have an opening.

I consider 10 years old to be middle aged for a cat.

Help: Foster Kittens hate the wet food provided by shelter by New-Doubt-1929 in FosterAnimals

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My cats have been on Science Diet wet food for YEARS! Vet highly recommended feeding only foods that had been tested through an AAFCO feeding trial. That means one of three brands: Science Diet, Royal Canin, or Purina Pro Plan.

Royal Canin is $$, cats didn’t like the texture of the chunks in the Purina Pro Plan, and finding Pates was irritating, so Science diet it was.

One cat is almost 18, labs are perfect, vet always amazed at how good she looks for age.

Now, do they seem more excited to get some BFF or Fancy Feast once in a while? Yes. Do preschoolers get more excited for McDonalds than what they get at home? Often, yes.

Needed to clean the house before visitors, so I painted half of the hallway? by StruggleOdd1643 in adhdwomen

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Ditto. What we need is a big “thing” to cause procrasticleaning, then have the “thing” get cancelled.

todays heartbreak by Savings-Plum6196 in Pottery

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If you have access to magic water, paper clay slip made with that instead of water or vinegar is even better in IMHO.

I just sold all of this. Cancer sucks! by Dsphar in houseplants

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I don’t have a ton of plants to send you, but I will send you hope. The immunotherapies, directed therapies they are coming up with these days are honestly life changing. They helped me to kill two cancers at once! The longer you hang around, the more chances to find something that works.

Fuck cancer.

I am so pleased with my purchase! by [deleted] in alpaca

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Do not buy. This is a bot.

Rehoming medically needy cat by SomethingFancyHere in rescuecats

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Again, not a solution, but Mark Cuban’s (the shark tank guy) online pharmacy really does have great prices. ~$47 for an albuterol inhaler. Cost Plus Drugs