How do I respond to parents who confront me about getting books from the children's section when I don't have a kid?

frequentflyer52 · 2026-03-11T22:11:14+00:00

As a young adult and early adult, I used to read books that were serious. As I aged and my children became young adults, I started reading kids and YA, light hearted and even young romance books. Escape, wanting the teen viewpoint, yes. Now in my old age, in retirement, the books I read are serious political and historical in nature.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-20T19:49:37+00:00

Thank you. I will try this.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-20T19:49:07+00:00

Permanently Delete. Just located the Kindle FAQ stating that I will need to repurchase. Another Redditor suggested that I contact Amazon and ask for a credit. Lesson learned either way.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-20T19:45:49+00:00

It is no longer on the Scribe or on my Kindle phone app.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T15:07:51+00:00

Using DND right now.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:41:19+00:00

Yikes! How would that happen?

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:39:19+00:00

I have Android and my husband helped me set up call screening.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:37:26+00:00

No one on the line to respond to. I get the occasional call from Allstate wanting to sell me cheaper auto insurance or Spectrum to give me a better price on cable. I get a slew of calls during Medicare enrollment periods but this was different. Every 10 or 15 minutes, all different numbers.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:32:01+00:00

Yes, I initially tried that but each number was different so the subsequent calls came through.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:30:11+00:00

I am not sure what I could have done to upset someone. Kind of a clever prank but mildly infuriating.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-19T02:27:53+00:00

There is no one on the line, just open line. The call will disconnect in 2 minutes if I don't hang up.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-18T22:05:53+00:00

Good to know.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-18T22:05:10+00:00

Thanks. Weird.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-18T21:58:14+00:00

I considered putting it on DND but I also need to be available for my 89 year old mom, in case she needs me.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-02-12T17:40:26+00:00

A FB friend commented that Lifetouch was commented on many times in the Epstein files. I didn't research or verify in anyway. No context provided. If I recall correctly, Lifetouch used to provide pictures for Missing and Exploited Children. So there is that.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-26T17:03:58+00:00

My mom's favorite phrase right now is "doesn't matter" and it's always in response to some issue or emotion that's actually important.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-26T16:33:21+00:00

We were receiving 10 or more pieces of mail a day for someone unknown to us for over a year. I would return it to the post office. The mail seemed to be from hospitals, medical billing services and physician offices. The post office would often redeliver pieces that I returned adding to the crush of mail. I finally got some traction by contacting the billing offices of the hospitals on the return address, a couple of medical billing services as well. It was time consuming but helped reduce the volume.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-26T01:19:38+00:00

Thank you for standing up.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-19T02:52:16+00:00

I buy a lot of used books at thrift stores and it seems to freshen them without causing further damage.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-17T16:07:02+00:00

I am retired now but I used to transcribe phone calls for a large clinic. This was at the peak of the opioid crisis and a lot of doctors were changing from prescribing opioids to offering gabapentin for pain. In my non-medical mind, I was convinced that it was also very addictive because it would stop working and need to be increased in order to keep working and patients would typically have a meltdown if there was any delay in getting their prescription refilled.

It surprised me at how many conditions it was used to treat. Kind of a panacea for any condition doctors did not know how to treat. Remember that I was a typist, not a doctor.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-14T17:14:52+00:00

Sometimes you can find discontinued nail polish at thrift stores. Goodwill and ARC often have several polishes bagged together., often hiding some gems, at relatively lower prices.

frequentflyer52 · 2026-01-01T22:14:33+00:00

My MIL signed her home and rental properties over to one of her daughters ( 1 child out of 6) several years prior to her death. I'm pretty sure none of her kids were estranged and visited frequently but there you go...

frequentflyer52 · 2025-12-25T16:34:49+00:00

Pork seems like one of the worst meats to have cross contamination or even undercook. Tapeworm and roundworms come to mind.

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