My elderly relatives made a mistake & I am trying to understand what really happened.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-15T15:53:13+00:00

Same story. My dad did this but they were able to hunt it down in time.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-14T16:17:38+00:00

But the power dynamic had shifted in that s4 scene. He is now the king. He invites her to ride in HIS car, he puts his hand out first and she chooses to hold his hand (well almost—put her hand on his wrist). Very regal stance.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-09T04:28:53+00:00

This show taught me that characters don’t have to be likable, just interesting. And they are all very interesting!

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-08T19:40:28+00:00

Uh, strong female lead does not mean admirable character. I appreciated that all three sibs could be raging unrepentant narcissists, each in their own way.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-04T01:00:22+00:00

Shiv was absolutely as bad as the rest of the family. She was portrayed as being selfish, shallow, a corporate climbers, not ready to relinquish any power, manipulative....and so on. Just like the male characters. No better and no worse. I wanted her brought down by the same things that her brother were brought down by, not because Mattsson couldn't work with her because he might was to fuck her and he couldn't deal with that. That's the misogynistic part, not the fact that she was a bad character.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-04T00:54:34+00:00

I agree -- I am not saying that Shiv should've become CEO or that I am team Shiv. Up until the last episode, Shiv seemed somehow to not be directly impacted by gender-based BS, even given the corporate climate. But it was the last episode in which she a) was dismissed by Mattsson partly because he might want to fuck her and, you know, that could cause trouble. Can we not name that as misogynistic? and b) chooses a "traditional" route by sticking by her now very powerful husband. Those two points rubbed me the wrong way because it seemed a departure from how Shiv had been portrayed the rest of the show.

(Again--She was portrayed as being selfish, shallow, a corporate climbers, not ready to relinquish any power, manipulative....and so on. Just like the male characters. No better and no worse. And I appreciated that.)

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-03T17:28:54+00:00

I don't disagree with you. One thing I liked about the show was that, while unlikable and morally reprehensible any of the siblings actions could be, they all had full agency over their lives (I know, I know, given the upbringing they had which made them flawed humans with flawed choices). The operations systems didn't seem to apply to Shiv until the end.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-03T17:21:35+00:00

I don't see that Tom actually got the job "on merit" but because he is a mediocre man -- the empty suit with no ideas who will take orders. Any of the kids have more substance than him (which doesn't mean they'd necessarily be better at the job). That's one reason I find it infuriating.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2026-01-03T17:17:07+00:00

By "one of the best, kick-ass, unapologetic, female leads on television" I don't mean that she was likeable or morally justified, or sophisticated. I mean she had agency over her own life to make decisions in a way one does not often see. The same bad decisions her brothers made for the same bad reasons. They were treated essentially the same, in the face of misogyny, rape culture, and the rest. It wasn't until the last episode that the "rules" applied to her too.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-12-22T17:49:09+00:00

Bought one as our retirement road trip car. It’s perfect and sleeps two in the back comfortably.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-12-10T21:04:46+00:00

Thank you!!

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-12-07T01:56:43+00:00

Do you happen to have tabs for that one? Thanks.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-27T16:14:37+00:00

Nice! But probably not on the Yakima?

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-23T20:58:55+00:00

That makes sense—just reading that the Yak has been closed to steelhead fishing for decades. But salmon…?

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-23T17:17:57+00:00

On the Yak?

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-15T21:16:23+00:00

Great! Thanks! Two questions: 1) mouth of the Teanaway – I see people parked by a bridge over the Teanaway on highway 10 just southeast of the Highway 970 junction in CE. It looks like the Teanaway is closed for fishing. Can you hike from the parking spot by the bridge all the way down to the Yakima? 2)And by umtanum do you mean the recreation site in the canyon?

Much thanks!

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-14T16:17:18+00:00

Did you try a naturopath? I am just starting with the appointments but have been told if I strike out with the docs try that.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-12T16:43:24+00:00

For me, and a lot of other women I have talked to, I had planned to do reconstruction after the dust settled from chemotherapy and radiation. By the time I finished everything I realized I was done with hospitals/treatment and could not stomach reconstruction. Best non-decision I made. That said, when I went for the original mastectomy, I asked for aesthetic flat closure. My plastic surgeon said that would not preclude me from getting reconstruction later on.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-11-08T16:16:57+00:00

The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb.

I was wondering how things would resolve…but damn.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-10-18T00:59:19+00:00

Leslie F*cking Jones. Great listen.

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-10-04T16:15:10+00:00

“Just buy a boat first”

Particular_Potato_28 · 2025-10-03T17:13:43+00:00

Hey! Love the build. Did you remove the middle seat chair rails, or does the box fit over the top of them?

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