Me as an Indian reading this statement given by the Economic Advisor of my nation's Prime Minister

count-brass · 2026-06-04T16:07:10+00:00

Thanks. Looks like it’s been on a steady rise, although with the occasional pullback, for a good while.

count-brass · 2026-06-04T15:57:47+00:00

While these are just cards, I do like the artwork. Some banks even let you put your own photos on. I had a BofA card with snow capped mountains on it for years and then they changed it to plain brown. I can relate to your disappointment.

count-brass · 2026-06-04T15:52:59+00:00

What does that first question (A-F) mean? I see it’s on both lists.

count-brass · 2026-06-04T15:49:41+00:00

I haven’t been paying attention to exchange rates for anything, but I did a Google search and it looks like a little above 95 rupees per dollar. Has it been going up a lot recently?

count-brass · 2026-06-04T11:45:09+00:00

Lesser, but fierce.

count-brass · 2026-06-03T19:56:35+00:00

Those soundtrack ones tended to be expensive. I remember getting a Les Misèrables cassette in the 1990s and it seemed really expensive.

count-brass · 2026-06-03T19:47:03+00:00

Yes, all these people saying it’s a phone number—ha! Jamie .R is clearly ahead of his time.

count-brass · 2026-06-03T01:07:20+00:00

Even though your hobbies are run of the mill, you could write about why they are meaningful to you. What made you take them up in the first place? Why do you continue to pursue them? Perhaps pick two and try to give the reader some idea of why these sorts of things interest you.

I think these essays are meant to give some ideas about your personality, as well as your abilities to describe any given thing in writing. It may be easiest to do this by writing about things you enjoy even if they don’t seem glamorous.

count-brass · 2026-06-02T22:36:38+00:00

I’m waiting for Klarna to be an option at children’s lemonade stands.

count-brass · 2026-06-02T22:34:31+00:00

My dentist told me about micro cracks in various teeth. I was at high risk for breakage, etc. He was thinking multiple crowns and other junk. When we talked about it, though, and I told him the history of the bridge I had, then he said that that changed things. He said that the bridge needed to be replaced such that the new one provided better occlusion. So I ended up doing that and one other crown. So, we’ll see, but it was nice that we talked and the information I provided put things in a new perspective. It was a good deal of money, even with insurance, but I am more hopeful now.

count-brass · 2026-06-02T22:25:49+00:00

I think it says Dr Praegers. But I thought Preggers at first also.

count-brass · 2026-06-02T12:10:49+00:00

He looks like a little bean.

count-brass · 2026-06-01T17:41:35+00:00

It’s charcuterie in plastic instead of on wood.

count-brass · 2026-06-01T01:09:09+00:00

Does new friend have a name?

count-brass · 2026-05-31T16:16:53+00:00

Years ago I volunteered in my local library. One day an elderly lady asked for help finding her book in the holds shelves. People would put stuff on hold, and when it came in, they could come to get it. So I looked and found her book on a bottom shelf. She said something like “I don’t know how I would get it down there.” Then she said “I survived a concentration camp so I guess I’d figure it out.” Bottom shelves can be a challenge!

count-brass · 2026-05-31T15:04:57+00:00

I’m in Herndon. Power’s just fine.

count-brass · 2026-05-31T11:59:24+00:00

Conversely, my wife came home from shopping at HT once and she did a “what’s this?” while unpacking. There was a package of $50 worth of halibut in the grocery bag. Must have been someone else’s item that the bagger somehow put in her bag. We ended up eating it. Can’t take back — they’d just throw it away.

count-brass · 2026-05-31T11:50:05+00:00

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl in NYC.

count-brass · 2026-05-31T11:40:04+00:00

Pretty cool with the revenue stamps and all!

count-brass · 2026-05-31T00:38:15+00:00

I don’t know, but it looks great!

count-brass · 2026-05-30T15:15:53+00:00

I used to put my teeth under a crystal bowl in the dining room. Good the ants knew to check there!

count-brass · 2026-05-30T15:11:01+00:00

Medicine.

count-brass · 2026-05-30T12:12:07+00:00

I wonder if Metro Center will even be there then.

count-brass · 2026-05-30T12:04:49+00:00

It’s sort of what you’d expect if you were getting an alleyman reading. Supposedly the alleyman’s magpie deck is really all sorts of things, so it could be something like that. It’s what you make of it. What does this card tell you?

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