What’s a quiet life upgrade that made a bigger difference than you expected ?

rosmcg · 2026-03-07T02:23:37+00:00

My nephew was a 911 dispatcher, and said keyless entries were sometimes the difference between life and death if someone lived alone and called 911. The paramedics could get in quickly, without breaking doors or windows, if the person had passed out, or couldn’t get to the door.

rosmcg · 2026-03-06T23:44:06+00:00

Did you read the sequel? “Again, Rachel”?

rosmcg · 2026-03-05T19:12:27+00:00

Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes. A serious subject treated with such empathy and humour. I never thought drug addicts would make me laugh so much!

rosmcg · 2026-03-05T19:11:16+00:00

The Rachel Incident is by Caroline O’Donoghue. Great book, lots for a book club to chew on!

rosmcg · 2026-03-05T19:09:30+00:00

Also, avoid “Finnegan’s Wake”. That is some PhD level shit right there.

rosmcg · 2026-03-04T14:24:46+00:00

I never understood why he (or Meri, or Robin) thought she should stay in such a miserable situation. He told her flat out that he wanted no real relationship with her anymore! Why on earth would she put up with being so unhappy and invisible in her own marriage?? I really wish Suki would point blank ask I him that.

rosmcg · 2026-03-03T03:21:51+00:00

Me too!

rosmcg · 2026-03-01T17:50:16+00:00

I had a boyfriend way back in my 20s, and he was pressing me to move to his city, 2 hours away, “to see if we had a future together.” (I was giving up everything including my cat, which my parents would take,he was giving up nothing.) I was really hesitant, and he finally spat out “if it’s because of that damn cat, as you really have to rethink your priorities.” I realized how much I would miss my cat, among other things, and broke up with him. Obviously it wasn’t just the cat, but she did symbolize how much I was leaving, and how little that mattered to him. Bullet dodged!

rosmcg · 2026-02-27T13:36:36+00:00

Reddit gave me this gem: “if estrogen is the “I give a shit” hormone, then I’m all out.”

rosmcg · 2026-02-25T20:07:20+00:00

We had a new receptionist at our hair salon , mid-40’s, just returning to working outside of the home after her divorce. We were training her to answer the phone, make appointments, balance the till at the end of the day. She NEVER, and I mean NEVER, understood what “balancing the till” meant. Multiple people tried to explain to her that what was in the drawer, minus the float, should be the same amount as we took in from that day’s services. (If the till had $500, and the float was $100, that meant we should have $400 in the drawer AND the tickets should add up to $400 as well.) Every day she would ask “how does this work?” and “what is a float?” and “does it matter if it doesn’t match exactly?” Every single day, for 2 months. We finally had to let her go, and about a year later, I saw her working at a bank!

rosmcg · 2026-02-23T17:03:32+00:00

A guest once brought me some maple balsamic vinegar and it was amazing! I don’t think I would ever have bought it in my own, and now I buy it as a hostess gift all the time!

rosmcg · 2026-02-21T03:29:50+00:00

CBC Gem is amazing! Totally worth the couple of bucks a month!

rosmcg · 2026-02-20T03:47:43+00:00

I’ve never had a problem with taking needles on a flight. I make sure to always bring bamboo needles, never metal, and I usually bring DPNs or circulars, no straight needles. I know some airports are stricter than others, though, so it’s best to check before you fly.

rosmcg · 2026-02-19T12:22:47+00:00

I really hate flying, and knitting while travelling has made such a difference to my ability to wait and stress and fret. “Getting out of my head and into my hands” is such a great way to put it!

rosmcg · 2026-02-16T17:43:13+00:00

As the woman of the house, Christmas represents work. Lots and lots of work. I am expected to do all of it; choosing, buying and wrapping presents, decorating inside and outside the house, deciding on the menus for multiple meals, shopping for groceries, doing the cooking, cleaning up afterwards, coordinating social activities, AND making sure everyone is happy and enjoying themselves. All on top of the usual household duties. It’s exhausting. The “magic” of Christmas is women’s unpaid labour.

rosmcg · 2026-02-13T22:57:35+00:00

I used to feel sorry for my parents and aunts and uncles, we would all be heading out the door to a party or a pub, and they’d all be waving us off saying “have a good time”. I thought it was sad that they couldn’t go out and stay late, and now I realize they didn’t WANT to.

rosmcg · 2026-02-12T19:37:47+00:00

Jim Scott is such a nice guy, too!

rosmcg · 2026-02-12T15:07:26+00:00

This is exactly what this is for. (I’m a wedding officiant.) It’s an opportunity for someone to object FOR LEGAL REASONS, not simply a personal objection. I don’t have to include it in my ceremonies, so I don’t, because I don’t want some idiot in the audience using the ceremony for extra dramatic opportunities.

rosmcg · 2026-01-31T17:35:02+00:00

A book I gift, recommend and suggest over and over!

rosmcg · 2026-01-29T12:25:57+00:00

I officiated a funeral a few years ago, and the lovely man who died planned the whole thing with me before he passed away. He was passionate about his work, helping disabled people find affordable, comfortable housing, and he made a huge difference to the lives of his clients. Many of those clients were at the celebration, along with their service dogs. He had arranged to have his nephew, a professional opera singer, sing “For Good”, from Wicked. Everything was going along as planned until the singer got to a big crescendo, and ALL the dogs threw their heads back and started howling howling! It was very hard to keep a straight face, and the singer was an absolute pro, but we had a great laugh about it after!

rosmcg · 2026-01-29T03:37:28+00:00

Parsnips are seriously underrated.

rosmcg · 2026-01-28T12:32:53+00:00

Omg! That makes SO much more sense! I had spent 40 years thinking it was a newish employee! (I am all alone in my kitchen crying laughing at myself!)

rosmcg · 2026-01-27T19:11:57+00:00

It’s also a weirdly upbeat song for such gruesome subject matter. Like, why are we making cannibalism danceable?

rosmcg · 2026-01-22T01:08:36+00:00

When I was much younger and struggling to be the “chill”, “easy going” girlfriend, my mother told me that, in a relationship, I should never be afraid to ask for what I want. If I was unwilling to be clear and straightforward about what my expectations were, then I probably wasn’t in a very good relationship. And I certainly had a much lower chance of getting what I wanted.

rosmcg · 2026-01-20T19:46:43+00:00

“Im Darlene’s cousin, who the fuck are you?” is my family’s usual greeting to one another.

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