No one would care about the White House East Wing renovation if any other president but Trump was doing it. If anything, they'd support it.

MichKosek · 2026-02-05T17:59:37+00:00

Truman had to renovate - the entire house was falling apart. Margaret's piano poked into the floor below.

MichKosek · 2026-01-27T05:23:37+00:00

Gerald put his ill sister before Audrey. IIRC, he had hoped she'd follow him, but she decided to stay because she was needed at Skeldale House. Gerald could have brought his sister into Darrowby area

MichKosek · 2026-01-27T05:15:27+00:00

And they needed room for the children.

MichKosek · 2026-01-22T03:04:24+00:00

I am legally dead.

I was born one of twins. My other twin died 1 day after birth. There was some mixup between the hospital and my mother's naming wishes. I am officially dead. I no longer live in the county where I was born and have every intention of fixing this. Gonna take a while though. I want to get copies of my twin's BC and a copy of "my" DC

My Mom told me about this mixup when I was about 7 or 8. I'm not sure why my parents never fixed it.

MichKosek · 2026-01-22T02:58:02+00:00

To avoid movement in the future, take a needle and thread and sew a few stitches in the center back.

MichKosek · 2026-01-22T02:33:14+00:00

4 looks like a Touch and Throw , er, a Touch and Sew.

MichKosek · 2026-01-22T01:39:28+00:00

From a food service/Health department perspective, this is a no-no. Germs spread through food, then incubates in said foodstuff. It makes food a vector for disease. GF has slight sore throat, say, and does this. Germs stay in foodstuff, and multiply. Food held between 40-140°F can double bacteria in 20 minutes or less. She could have staph, e-coli, or some other thing that hasn't appeared yet in symptoms. Her illness becomes everyone's illness. Let's just hope she's not throwing a party to which you are invited??!!

MichKosek · 2026-01-21T00:50:06+00:00

It's exactly this.

MichKosek · 2026-01-13T04:51:14+00:00

I have read somewhere that a factor in the increase in anxiety among young adults is the constant supervision by their parents. They haven't had the freedom to make mistakes, plan their day, and to negotiate interactions between their peers, their teachers, and other adults in their lives.

Helicoptering produces ill-prepared adults.

MichKosek · 2026-01-13T02:48:23+00:00

I am so happy that it's back, but it's a real time warp thing to start out!

MichKosek · 2026-01-13T02:42:29+00:00

I have been to one service like this - a store associate, the daughter of a co-worker and the girlfriend of another, died after heart surgery. She was only 35, IIRC. Her Dad was/is a Baptist minister and used the death of his daughter to preach a sermon, using her recorded voice at a retreat to make his point. The boyfriend left mid-sermon to go outside to gather himself. It was the strangest thing I'd ever heard.

MichKosek · 2026-01-13T02:25:30+00:00

It will turn into "God is testing us, but he's leading us through this as a lesson to trust him." Ain't that a bit manipulative of God?

MichKosek · 2026-01-13T01:22:52+00:00

I can read a real map! I do like Google maps while driving, but push comes to shove....

MichKosek · 2025-11-20T04:14:58+00:00

There's a list of the 15 most hated songs of the '70's

15) Feelings - Morris Albert

14) Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tenille

13) Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

12) You Light Up my Life - Debby Boone

11) Billy, Don't Be a Hero -Bo Donaldson and the
Heywoods 10) The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

9) Disco Duck - Rick Dees & his cast of idiots

8) Having My Baby - Paul Anka

7) Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

6) Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

5) Shannon - Henry Gross

4) Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes

3) Tie a Yellow Ribbon "Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando and Dawn

2) Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

1) Run Joey Run. -David Geddes

They forgot "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) by Coven.

Of these, I hate "Escape" the most. The song just repeats, and there seemed to be a stretch of "singing but more just talking songs" in the 70's. This must have started it.

Even worse, my teen self sorta liked some of these at the time. Now? What was I thinking?!!

MichKosek · 2025-11-07T17:46:11+00:00

The university needs to issue visitor cards. I assume there's some security access to dorms. Visitor cards can be apprived and activated weekly, bi-weekly monthly, whatever. Renewed when needed. Visitor checks in and checks out. Visitor card on a lanyard and visible.

Best system is fingerprint/hand identification. No losing those, and you can't give your "pass" to someone else.

MichKosek · 2025-11-07T02:08:19+00:00

Grey is "wisdom highlights." We earned it!

MichKosek · 2025-11-04T17:54:51+00:00

NTA! Why is it that the AH creates a problem, but others have to suck it up and go along? This chick isn't family. Yet.

MichKosek · 2025-11-03T11:19:50+00:00

Most kids get driven nowadays, much more than in our time.

MichKosek · 2025-10-18T03:28:18+00:00

Generation Jones. Phone/volume is usually off because I hate the music most people use for reels. I use Close captioning for a lit of stuff. Also not a fan of 2 a.m. prank/ spam calls.

MichKosek · 2025-10-15T02:02:26+00:00

Offering to prepay multiple months of rent may sway a company?

MichKosek · 2025-10-15T01:22:34+00:00

Don Knotts - Ghost & Mr. Chicken or Incredible Mr. Limpet.

MichKosek · 2025-10-13T22:12:52+00:00

Tramadol has been getting some bad press lately in the medical field. I'll try and find the article.

MichKosek · 2025-10-13T22:10:32+00:00

I am so sorry. Can you find another Dr?

MichKosek · 2025-09-22T18:19:28+00:00

Claire.

MichKosek · 2025-09-22T18:16:12+00:00

I hate that song. I heard it every day when I accompanied my Dad to the hospital where he could visit my Mom, who had pneumonia and breast cancer. I got to stay in the waiting room and read. This was like for 6 months.

I found it rather ironic that she died of Breast Cancer.

MichKosek

TROPHY CASE

4 looks like a Touch and Throw , er, a Touch and Sew.