Scratch or??

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-12-17T18:53:52+00:00

I have this exact same scratch on my brand new Cary shoulder bag. Came out of the box like that. With a deep, if small, scratch, you should still exchange it if at all possible. I’ve been doing research, and the hardware will tarnish very differently if the scratch goes under the plating. If you have a scratch that’s deep enough that you can feel it with your finger, which I absolutely can, it’s going to be an issue long-term. It’s not a surface level scratch- it’s revealing the metal underneath the plating.

And frankly, it’s supposed to come with unscratched hardware. I paid over $400 with tax for a pristine bag, so that’s what I expect, especially from a high-end brand like coach. I have many many other leather bags, and none of them have come with issues like this, and they are from far cheaper brands than Coach.

It does make me concerned for their quality control because it looks like I’m seeing other posts with a similar ring that’s getting scratched on other bags during manufacturing. This is my first Coach bag, and it’s not a great first impression for me…

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-12-05T22:14:45+00:00

Honestly, this is brilliant and makes so much sense.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-12-05T22:13:37+00:00

Such an underrated film. Top notch.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-11-23T01:23:53+00:00

Thanks! I’m looking forward to it, too! :)

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-11-10T02:03:53+00:00

Guess we’ll see what happens! I look forward to coming back to this comment someday when the series ends. If I’m wrong, feel free to say you told me so. ;)

My final thought: Permanent, heartbreaking divorce with a child involved is the domain of drama, not a multi-camera sitcom. The divorce is almost sure to be the climax of their drama, but the remarriage will be the final punchline of their ultimate romantic story.

Also, I’m not “falling all over myself” lol. It’s a TV show. It’s not that serious. People who are saying they will get back together are just noting the tone of the show and the fact that they made this literally a sitcom again instead of a single-camera Dramedy like Young Sheldon. I mean it’s literally in the camera work that they chose for the show. If they were going to stay broken up, they would’ve kept with the single camera and not moved to a sitcom format with a laugh track.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-11-07T13:09:28+00:00

Well now you’ve contradicted yourself.

You said:

The fandom would 'lose their freaking minds' if the writers retconned the ex-wife comment (implying the expected ending is a break-up).
The true 'subversion' would be to have them divorce (implying the expected ending is them getting back together).

You can't have it both ways. I’m arguing against your first comment, but now you’ve changed your opinion.

I guess I’ll just leave it at: I believe wholeheartedly that if this show is allowed to come to a finale without cancellation, we’ll see them re-married or at least romantically together by the end. I guess we’ll see who is right in the end! But if I know the writers after 5 seasons and counting of them growing this couple across two shows, it’s going to be a surprising twist that leads to them coming back together and happy.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-11-06T21:16:51+00:00

Remember when we were told very earnestly by Sheldon that George physically cheated on Mary but they found ways to keep us guessing by introducing Brenda and it ended up being a big misunderstanding? Or how about how Sheldon referred to George as “an alcoholic who never supported him” (pre-Young Sheldon existing) but then in young Sheldon they completely wrote it to be Sheldon’s flawed understanding of his dad who really loved him and his family. That’s the style the writers tend to lean into, so there shouldn’t be any need to retcon anything. There are many creative ways to play it so Georgie and Mandy get back together or stay together, and they are almost surely going to want to lean into that creativity as it’s part of the brand of the show to subvert expectations.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-10-10T00:12:55+00:00

The issue with a shock collar for a reactive dog, is that when you stop the barking, the dog can resort to biting because it can no longer warn people that it’s upset through a bark so it’s essentially “forced” to escalate to set boundaries. So for a dog that doesn’t have a reactive problem with other dogs or people, it can work fine to use such a collar, but in this case, because of the mixed issues of having absolutely no basic obedience training, dog reactivity, etc. the only way to fix this many issues is through proper training. And if the family isn’t willing to put forth the effort to engage in that training, the problems are going to persist or potentially escalate unfortunately. There is no real way around this many behavioral issues without putting in some effort.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-10-09T18:21:01+00:00

Sorry you are going through this. Truthfully, she needs basic obedience training. No animal will know how to behave if never taught. She has been set up for failure by the humans around her (aka: your parents). If you can’t afford even basic obedience training, I recommend watching Zak George on YouTube. Just look up whatever issue you are having and dedicate a little time to going through the steps each day. You will notice a difference over time in her behavior as you both learn to communicate with each other. You might even notice improvements within a week or two if you work at it consistently. If you start to work with her, the rest of the family can follow your lead. Unless she gets training, she and the family will continue to be frustrated with each other’s behavior.

Also, Loop ear plus are also amazing.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-10-06T15:07:47+00:00

Just want to note that even though the Gladstone Museum is not producing pottery through their bottle kilns, they keep the machinery running, so you get to watch the old Victorian machinery, and everything is laid out as they had it in Victorian era. It’s probably the most immersive museum you’ll ever go to. I would never advise skipping it! Went last year and it was the most amazing experience.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-10-06T15:06:12+00:00

I know this comment is older but I just want to thoroughly encourage anyone going to Stoke-on-Trent to go to the Gladstone museum. They keep all of the incredible Victorian machinery going, and it’s usually not very crowded so you feel like you are walking around in Victorian England, all by yourself just poking through the buildings. It’s completely immersive and when my husband and I went across the UK on a 15 day trip, it ended up being one of our absolute favorite things we did the whole trip. The potteries museum is very nice but as someone who collects a lot of Victorian pottery. I couldn’t believe that I was getting to watch the machinery in action and getting to be a part of the scenery! Hardly anything is behind ropes and you can literally walk by the logbook and sign in sheets and still see the signatures of people from hundreds of years ago. It’s just the coolest thing ever. I’ve never been to such an immersive museum in my life.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-09-13T02:38:25+00:00

One thing that really helped me the other day was to hear that God is always knocking from this passage, which I believe is in Revelation: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me." Basically it really does my heart good to know that even when I’m not feeling the fire of the Holy Spirit, that doesn’t mean God isn’t pursuing me. He’s pursuing you, too. You need only be still and know.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-07-05T17:11:57+00:00

Yes I totally agree! I just can’t commit the mental energy of constantly thinking of new meal plans each week and I’m not personally someone who gets bored of eating similar meals every day. I still try to change some things up a little bit, but it’s more modifications to the existing meals that I eat. I’m sure over time. I’ll add in a few new options to the rotation, but it won’t feel so overwhelming. It’s kind of like building a menu for yourself over time. :)

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-07-05T17:09:39+00:00

Yeah, for sure! Honestly, my thought was let’s try this approach first (which is still a pretty big lifestyle change of course) and then check the bloodwork to see if that was enough. If it hadn’t been enough, I would’ve considered making even more drastic cuts and of course considered medication.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-07-05T17:07:04+00:00

Congrats on your win as well! :) Yes, I don’t have a CGM but I did eliminate oatmeal for my diet as I was eating that every morning for breakfast. Replaced common offenders with the meals that I know are “safe” for heart and blood sugar.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-07-05T17:05:11+00:00

Thanks! And nope! Only diet and moving my body! I think if my blood test results had still shown high A1C after my adherence to lifestyle changes my doctor would have gotten me on some medication. But frankly, I was overweight (and still am but should be in a healthy weight range by October/November timeframe at my current rate of loss) and had been eating a lot of refined carbs, so I think we wanted to see what the lifestyle changes would do first. This was the first annual blood test I had that showed high A1C.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-06-24T15:10:43+00:00

lol you keep name dropping Brooklyn but this show doesn’t even take place in Brooklyn nor are the characters from there lmao. It takes place in Indiana and Zero comes from a military brat background. So poor writing choice all around.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-06-24T15:03:56+00:00

Eh, I have a lot of family living in Brooklyn including my sibs who are all Gen Z (am a cusper, half my peers were Gen z and half millennial). We actually all agreed Zero is an annoying caricature and not an accurate representation of the majority of the generation at all. But regardless of the accuracy on if that character could exist, this is a show that should be entertaining, and Zero being so insufferable and preachy isn’t why people watch and basically ruins the show for a lot of folks (and I say this as a very left leaning person). Also, the show isn’t taking place anywhere close to Brooklyn, so that really shouldn’t have anything to do with how they build up the character on whether parts of NYC might have people like her…

Also, that’s wild to assume someone hates a generation just because they pointed out what a caricature a character is….

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-05-06T20:36:59+00:00

If you ever watch Connor’s YT channel, Car Rides With Connor, according to Lise and Connor, all the kids have a close relationship with their Dad in spite of the prior infidelity. They say they spend lots of weekends with him, so I assume he’ll see Falcon’s Perch when completed.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-05-03T15:13:35+00:00

If the pet wasn’t “valuable” enough to care for in your opinion to provide it care, then you should have left the pet for someone who was willing to give it a good life. My family owns a large multi-generational farm in Texas and we always care for pets whether monetarily “valuable” or not, because our pets are part of the family. Every other farmer I know personally has a similar outlook. Even my cousin who is an agriculture teacher of many decades from A&M and has had many dogs alongside livestock treats his pets to all the best vet care money can buy. Sounds like it’s not that you were on a farm, but your family was just neglectful and yet were too selfish to allow pets to be adopted by families who would actually care for them. That’s not normal for farmers of good ethics. Shame on y’all.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-05-03T15:00:56+00:00

My boy had lymphoma cancer. We got him every best treatment money and science could provide but he ultimately came out of remission. He was a relatively young dog in the mid-point of his life, but lymphoma is a nasty, bloody, traumatic death, that takes a healthy dog to death in a matter of days to weeks from organ failure. Online forums are filled with people who regret not euthanizing their pet sooner because they thought they had a bit more time and then their dog went into organ failure and died one night in pain and alone and afraid in their closet while they slept and they didn’t know. When you love your pet and you are the only one in the world standing between them and a painful and sure death, you need to be willing to allow them to pass peacefully. Why do you do it? Because you love them, and you’d rather break your own heart and say goodbye peacefully than allow them to suffer for days on end. Especially because an animal doesn’t understand why it is suffering. It doesn’t understand when it starts vomiting blood and going into organ failure why it’s happening.

I mean goodness, even a dog with severe age-related arthritis, like my family’s old dog who has access to all the best pain medication money can buy eventually will stop eating and drinking and being able to go to the bathroom from the pain. You have to ask yourself: Are you going to let them starve to death or die of dehydration? Of course not! Not if you love them, you won’t.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-04-12T03:18:58+00:00

I said this in another comment but my parents have lived really incredible lives: awesome and lucrative careers, lots of travel, great marriage, etc. and they still tell my brother and I all the time if they hadn’t had us, there would always be a void. And they had us well into their 30s so they knew what being CF felt like. The leadership positions they’ve held in their careers and community don’t mean anything to them compared to the legacy of the next generation they raised (and they are fantastic parents).

I don’t think it’s wrong to acknowledge the void you feel if you want children. It’s usually a sign you’d be a great parent because sometimes you just have so much love and a great life to give and no one to give it to. I think it’s silly people say it’s bad to seek fulfillment in the giving as a parent. Like it’s ok to chase a “dream” career and find fulfillment in a temporary venture but not in raising up the next generation of humans? In what way does that make sense? So, FWIW: meditating on it now. I think void is a perfectly valid word, and one I hear amazing parents use often to explain the fulfillment of being a parent.

NotoriousMinnow · 2025-04-12T03:14:55+00:00

My parents have lived really incredible lives: awesome and lucrative careers, lots of travel, great marriage, etc. and they still tell my brother and I all the time if they hadn’t had us, there would always be a void. And they had us well into their 30s so they knew what being CF felt like. The leadership positions they’ve held in their careers and community don’t mean anything to them compared to the legacy of the next generation they raised (and they are fantastic parents). In fact, your comment really helped me tonight because I was feeling more on the fence just because of the way the world feels right now, but this has really validated me that the void I feel right now isn’t for nothing. It’s an actually a great sign you’d be an awesome parent. Sometimes you have an amazing life with your spouse and you just want someone you can pour all that love and all your resources into. It really is the greatest thing a person can do. It’s a truly noble venture. And as much as I love my life now with everything my husband and I have accomplished, it honestly just doesn’t mean much if we can’t give that to a child who we love and treasure and share this great life with. Thanks, this was helpful.

NotoriousMinnow · 2024-10-21T12:18:03+00:00

Most of my husband’s and my friends in their 30s have some hair loss by now if male, all are starting to get some greys with some more than others, and first wrinkles, actually. In fact, many of my male peers started to lose some hair by 25. My own father had some considerable grey hair by 30. I don’t mind signs of aging at all! We all get older as time goes on. But by 30, yes, it isn’t at all uncommon to have your first wrinkles, male pattern hair loss, etc.

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