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I exercise a lot of restraint on purchases from Amazon as it's too easy to buy 'things of convenience' as opposed to 'things of necessity'. So far I'm drawing the line with food purchases. I won't do it. The same rule applies with deliveries of food. I'll go out for pizza before I would call for delivery. Seriously, Jabba the Hut would call Domino's... I won't.
Actually, I wouldn't eat Domino's, but that's another story.

Now that the weather is cooler, I would consider something edible from Amazon... like chocolate as a gift for someone. I've heard horror stories from people who bought expensive confections that were melted into 'drops of sludge' when they came off a truck in the middle of a hot summer day!

The dollar stores, another weakness... there are several a few miles from me and Bagel chips with sea salt is a favorite of mine... They don't always have them, so when in stock, I'll get 5 or 6 bags. The same for a few caffeinated drinks without sugar.
I always go through the section with kitchen gadgets. I'm looking for a thin blade knife to replace one I used to curve so it perfectly cuts watermelon. My purchases this year were several 4 inch and 6 inch knives that were an amazing value. Also, I got a few paring knives. I'm guessing the blades on those are 3 inches long with a small moulded plastic handle. Although dollar store purchases, they have much thicker blades and better quality than the ones from a few years ago.
Tonight it was a pear on my list and the paring knife worked great!
paring a pear.

She: It's high time. What about our marriage?
He: Marriage is an outdated idea. I would be the last person to opt for the legal prostitution.
They departed.
Two decades later, the she-lovebird was happy to be all alone for the last 15 years.
And the he-lovebird was happy with his wife and two kids.

Steps need to be finished but most everything is back in place. Missed the music gear :)

For years I've been using an ad blocker while I surf YouTube.
Recently, I've seen a pop-up message stating:

Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube
-It looks like you may be using an ad blocker.
-Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide.
-You can go ad-free with YouTube Premium, and creators can still get paid from your subscription.

For now, I'm clicking the X in the top right, closing the warning/message and watching the video.

I realize supporting ads means money changes hands and ultimately someone benefits.
I suppose there will be a time when YouTube will refuse to play videos without membership... hopefully not anytime soon.

Tag. ) ..deep Tom Fakes...

Last year, I blogged about a $10 toaster I bought and put it in the powder room (where the toilet was wrapped in plastic and not being used) only because there was a vent fan in the ceiling. The new appliance emitted a plastic smell that needed to be used a few times for the smell to go away. The kitchen is tiny and I don't often make toast so, months later, it's there next to the Waterpik.
A few days ago, I wanted to toast some sliced Italian bread. The bread was much wider than sandwich bread so I have to switch the slices to get both ends toasted. It's an acquired skill not to burn your fingers flipping the bread. The setting is 'just right' so I don't need to make any adjustments and actually get evenly toasted bread.
I started the toaster and my phone rang. It was a contractor with questions about a recent order that required 2 minutes for me to open a drawing to answer his question. The fan was on so I didn't smell anything, but when I hung up and when back to check, the room was filled with smoke and first part was severely burned.
What was strange is hidden in the ceiling, the vent pipe is connected to the other bathroom with a "T" fitting so both exhaust to the roof in the shared pipe. Somehow the smoke was filling the other bathroom too!
They are on either side of a hallway where I have a smoke alarm. I closed both bathroom doors and turned on the window fan. Thankfully the alarm didn't go off panicking my neighbors.
The bread was so charred there wasn't anything worth salvaging and I had to toast two more slices. The bathroom wreaked of burned (burnt if you're across the pond) for a few days and now all is well.


Speaking of toast. I see Donald Trump Jr. appeared in court for a second time. He and his father's attorneys were unable to explain how a Trump building listed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and architectural plans as 63 floors is advertised as 72 floors.

A few news services mentioned 'Trump is toast' and that they may want to consider getting new lawyers, as his team seems to continually blow up his defenses in his various legal disputes.

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Everybody calls for Israel to stop their attacks on Gaza. I fully agree with that but if they stop, will Hamas also stop? After all, they are responsible for the latest escalation of the war. And before you tell me that this is a seventy year old issue, I'm aware of that, but I'm talking about the current state of affairs.

Hamas don't care one bit about the Palestinians. Surely they knew that their acts of terrorism would provoke an Israeli retaliation of this kind. Actually, I believe that the current state of events is exactly what Hamas intended to provoke. And remember, Hamas have not seized their attacks on Israel for a moment.

They still fire missiles at Israel all the time. The proper response to a missile attack is to strike at where the missile was launched from. Sadly Hamas uses schools and hospitals as human shields by launching their missiles from there. Then everybody wants to condemn Israel but nobody says anything about the barbaric terrorists trading as angelic Hamas.

How can we expect Israel to stop while still under attack? It seems that everybody forgot the barbarous attack that initiated the current events. So, why don't we ask Iran and their stooges, whose only declared purpose is the destruction Israel, to stop as well?


Ps
The USA cannot stop this war. The only way to stop this war is a regime change in every terrorists state that supply Hamas , Hezbollah and the likes with weapons. These terrorists are not interested in peace. As long as they can lay their hands on weapons they will practise terrorism. It's their only trade. Even if the could manage to destroy Israel, the will just find another.

I am fking hurting like crazy but happy. The music room is starting to get put back together, painting is nearly done, sound system is put back in place, cables are all ran, hardest part is over with.

Now if I could only find someone to share it with . . . hah