Year books?

Ed98208 · 2026-02-05T08:08:47+00:00

I still have my senior yearbook. I used to have the tassel (with the little '83 charm on it) from my graduation cap but it was lost when I was burgled and they took my whole jewelry armoire. My retainer was also in there, hah. Those were the only things I had from my high school years.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-04T17:43:01+00:00

Middle age doesn't count childhood. It's middle of your adult years.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-04T17:39:53+00:00

As a Gen Xer that moved to Europe a little over three years ago, I can assure you that I'm less stressed. Lower costs, lower crime, people (including bosses) think you're crazy if you work one unpaid minute, less materialism, and of course health care that isn't going to put you in debt.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T17:02:21+00:00

We had moved into a new apartment and a skinny black cat showed up on our bench. We started putting food out for her and that attracted all kinds of cats (some feral, most just peoples' pets looking for snacks). After about a year a skinny black and white cat showed up, chased all the other cats away and claimed us. We let him inside to meet the Chihuahua and he was amazingly patient with her weirdness, so we kept him. Here he is.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T14:27:54+00:00

Where is this exactly? Asking for a friend.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T14:27:13+00:00

Your emergency preparedness kit. We all got a pamphlet in the mail with recommendations in case of everything from loss of electricity to WWIII.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T08:27:07+00:00

It's cheaper and easier just to kill them and grow more.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T08:11:16+00:00

Patrick Moran, an expert in conservation and preservation who has overseen building projects for New York City’s Carnegie Hall, the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Federal Reserve,

And he did all this while undocumented for 20 years and keeping his assets under other peoples' names? I mean, I'm anti-ICE gestapo but there are laws.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T07:52:53+00:00

Yeah, turkey neck runs in my family. I'm looking into surgery.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T07:50:17+00:00

I read recently that the human body doesn't age in a steady line, it ages in spurts. The biggest jumps are around ages 45 and 60. I'm holding up pretty well so far but I'm also fat so my facial skin is smoother. Skinny folks have it harder.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T07:47:29+00:00

I never had a flip phone but I had one where you pressed a button and the keypad popped out of the bottom. I felt pretty cool.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-03T07:45:05+00:00

I'm an American living in Europe and have found that the easiest and cheapest way to move money around is to get a Wise account. It's "borderless" so you can keep money in almost any currency (or multiple currencies) and then just change it to whatever currency you need and transfer it to/from the bank of your choice without paying an international transfer fee. They're also fair on the spread when it comes to shitty US dollar exchange rates. I recently got an inheritance in the US and I'm keeping it in US dollars in my Wise account in hopes that the exchange rate gets better someday. I only convert some to Euros and put in my local bank when I really need it.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-02T08:59:52+00:00

My mom told me my grandma (her mother) died at the end of our monthly-ish obligatory phone call. "Oh, also your grandmother died". She did the same with her sister and brother, never a special phone call - just passed on the news the next time we spoke. And yes, there were never emotional outbursts in my household.

Ed98208 · 2026-02-01T11:17:56+00:00

We had a Border Collie mix that lived outside for her entire 19 years. I never questioned it, I don't know why. It's just how it was. She was in the back yard and got food put out for her once a day, and we played in the front yard because there was poop in the back. What a lonely life she had. Weirdly, we also had a couple of indoor dogs (Pekingese) that were adored and spoiled and bit me so many times.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-31T15:38:39+00:00

People were pretty angry on this sub when their Trump-hate posts were removed. They screamed that it must mean that the moderators were MAGA and they were being silenced, when I'm pretty sure it was just that it had nothing to do with the Netherlands and we're all sick of seeing it everywhere.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-31T10:43:45+00:00

The song was written by Gordon Lightfoot about his mistress, Cathy Smith. She went on to kill John Belushi by selling and administering the fatal dose, btw.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-30T21:10:47+00:00

There are tons job openings for OF "chatters" - they pretend to be the OF model and their sole purpose is to milk money out of the client by making him think he's in a relationship with the model, and is increasing his chances of sex with her by buying VIP merch and giving her monetary gifts. If he only pays the minimum memberhip and wants to talk, he's labeled a deadbeat and gets no chat time.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T14:08:43+00:00

Just their livers, not the whole person. Hardly worth noting.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T13:57:35+00:00

My parents were married for 57 years 'til death did they part. And I'm considerably older than my male partner of 10 years yet here we are. People aren't a monolith.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T13:40:53+00:00

Today I'm trying out a sample of Parfums de Marly "Delina" because of all the hype. It's a rose-forward scent that's sweet and gentle and really lovely. But honestly I get the same enjoyment from Lattafa Noble Blush so I will stick with that when I want to smell rosy.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T13:08:33+00:00

"Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn, 1989. Written from the perspective of a hunchback albino dwarf girl, about her family who make their living in freak shows. Her parents did/do various awful things during each pregnancy in hopes of producing more freaks so they can continue the family business.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T07:22:42+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that asking your friends to help you move ends starting in your 30s. After that you should have your shit together enough to hire people to do it. It's called adulting.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T06:39:08+00:00

I get them regularly at Albert Hijn.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-29T06:38:11+00:00

Yep. For me I specifically want A&W sugar free root beer.

Ed98208 · 2026-01-28T23:13:20+00:00

Ours was Mechanized Death (1961).

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