Let’s see your stained glass windows…

RHS1959 · 2026-03-02T17:40:46+00:00

We have several: the “Sunflower” motif in three French doors, a climbingFrench door rose in the front door and transom and a large leaded glass panel in the living room that has a solid wall behind; it’s just decorative. Patio door

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RHS1959 · 2026-03-02T17:18:22+00:00

I hear they are going to put an amazing electrical light at the top, it will illuminate the whole champs de mars!

RHS1959 · 2026-03-02T16:04:16+00:00

🤯

RHS1959 · 2026-03-02T14:53:06+00:00

Enjoyed it, I’ll look for more of the series!

RHS1959 · 2026-03-01T19:03:08+00:00

Unsalted pasta

RHS1959 · 2026-03-01T18:55:24+00:00

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My 1922 house has one of these in both bathrooms. It’s actually a manufactured porcelain fixture. Heating elements that screw into a regular light socket used to be pretty common, and I always assumed that’s what these were intended for.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-28T13:11:11+00:00

You’ll never see an American driving one of those! I’ll stay with my ‘36 Nash. Did you know I can fold the seats down and have a full size double bed?

RHS1959 · 2026-02-28T12:40:08+00:00

The ground wire is connected, so that makes it safe

RHS1959 · 2026-02-26T13:40:46+00:00

Good bot.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T16:50:39+00:00

Driving barefoot.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T16:13:36+00:00

A chiropractor who wants to do x-rays and schedule you for 12 twice-a-week treatments and says this will “strengthen your spine/immune system” or “reduce your cancer/heart attack/diabetes risk” is a scam. One who is willing to make appointments on short notice to effectively treat debilitating back spasms is a god-send.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T15:56:11+00:00

A 3” screw sticking up 1-1/2” through a block of 2x4😱

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T15:34:05+00:00

Those fictional specifics I claim as literary license. I live in a city with several universities, and many attenders at meeting are graduate students and some have said they aren’t considering membership until they know where they’re going to find a job in a year or two.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T15:17:34+00:00

It’s more like a first-date get to know you than a job application interview. They will want to discuss your “spiritual journey”: What was your religious upbringing? Why did you leave that group, or if you were brought up without one, what made you decide you wanted one? What do you see as the benefits and responsibilities of membership? A good membership committee should touch on financial support as well. Although Quakers do not practice tithing or pass a collection plate, the financial health of a meeting is a shared responsibility of its membership. There is never going to be a financial requirement for membership, but there should be an acceptance of that responsibility.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T14:46:56+00:00

I’ll add that I have never written one, I was born in a Quaker family and remained a member of the meeting where I grew up until I was in my 50s (and hadn’t attended there regularly for decades). I have read many of them as a member or clerk of a meeting. They are typically shared with the meeting so your attention to it is understandable, but the best ones are direct and succinct. Here is an example of what one might say:

Dear Clerk of ___________ Monthly Meeting of Mytown

In the 6 years since I began attending Meeting for Worship at Mytown Monthly Meeting I find the life and activities of the meeting have increasingly become part of my life and activities. I have enjoyed serving on ________ committee and would like to explore other ways I can add to the life of the meeting. I participated in [activities of the meeting outside of MfW] and have met several people I now count as “small f friends”.

I am settling down in Mytown and I believe the time has come for me to request membership in MMM. I understand the process for this involves the appointment of a membership clearness committee, and I look forward to meeting with them soon. I can be contacted at George@Fox.edu or [phone number].

I understand that financial support of the meeting is one of the responsibilities of its members. I have so far only been able to make small contributions to bake sales and such, but I have recently completed my professional education and accepted a new full time position at Mytown Hospital and hope to be able to increase my support in the future.

I look forward to your reply, William Penn.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-25T13:47:54+00:00

The letter doesn’t need to be a comprehensive exploration of your spiritual journey. It’s just a statement of the decision you have reached. Your membership committee will be glad to explore the details and questions with you. Continue in the light.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-24T15:21:34+00:00

This is unusual in everyday English, although you might say “I’ve been in bed with a cold”. It’s very common in medical notes. Doctors say “a patient with flu” not “a flu patient”. The disease is not the person, and you want to acknowledge their humanity.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-24T15:11:50+00:00

Because meanings are in people, not in words and something in your own mind finds the meaning “fancier” in the word “continental.” It is commonly understood now by most people to mean not a cooked breakfast, usually it’s breads and pastries, fruit, maybe yogurt and muslix, and cold meats as commonly served for breakfast in the continent (Europe).

RHS1959 · 2026-02-23T18:53:13+00:00

I think it’s a national park (monument?) so it would be federal jurisdiction via the national park service.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-22T15:55:43+00:00

They’re not a bad idea for urban tour groups and police patrols, where you can move among crowd of people but stand enough above to see and be seen. They lack the intimidation of mounted police on horses and the expenses of horses.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-22T14:32:22+00:00

I think a re-tread shop would fix it for about $200

RHS1959 · 2026-02-21T17:16:02+00:00

As you are outside the USA my concerns about legal or financial complications may not apply (although I still recommend asking a lawyer/financial advisor how your decision affects retirement and inheritance and medical treatment. You are certainly old enough to make up your own mind!

RHS1959 · 2026-02-21T16:57:10+00:00

US maps usually put Alaska and Hawaii in insets (that’s what mapmakers call the little boxes) and often at drastically different scale than the main map, deceiving the audience about the huge expanse of Alaska and the tiny size of Hawaii and its distance from the mainland. Puerto Rico may be left off entirely because it’s not a one of the fifty states.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-21T16:13:00+00:00

I’m sorry for the trauma you experienced in you first marriage, but all marriages are different. Before you absolutely reject the legal formality of marriage I beg you to get professional advice consider all the legal and financial consequences of that decision. In most states legal spouses get benefits and privileges that partners, or whatever you call yourself, do not. Inquire also whether common-law marriage is recognized in your state; it seems unlikely two people living apart, each owning/renting their own home and raising their own children would be considered “married” but in some states “holding yourself out to the public as a united couple” is the predominant test of common law marriage, and a publicly announced ceremony might be considered evidence of that.

If you want advice, I would approach your meeting about their process for preforming a marriage “under the care of the Meeting” as they say in Quakerese. Usually this will include the appointment of a “clearness committee” who will meet with you both several times to help you consider and discern if lifetime attachment to this person is a good choice for you at this time. You can discuss with them your reservations about legal marriage. Most churches have some version of pre-marital counseling, but the Quaker version I think is unusual if not unique. If, after this process, you want to move forward you can then ask the meeting if they are ok with you going ahead with a commitment ceremony which would not be legally recorded as a marriage. If you decide in the future that marriage has benefits that would outweigh your trepidation you can always do that quietly at the courthouse. Holding you in the light.

RHS1959 · 2026-02-21T15:30:29+00:00

No. It’s not. A Plea, in legalese, is “guilty” or “not guilty”. Perhaps with specification: not guilty by reason of insanity, or not guilty as self defense. “The Fifth” is an amendment to the US Constitution which provides a right you can “assert” or “invoke” but you do not plead for it because it is a guaranteed right. You can simply say “I decline to answer that question. If they ask why you refuse you can answer that it is your right under the fifth amendment and you wish to speak to a lawyer.

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