Recent content by EmptyCup

I was out with a group of friends last night and one of them asked me if I was seeing anyone special. I said $#@& NO! I don’t even know where that came from. I must feel stronger about it than I realized. Everyone laughed. They are all married except for one other single guy and he totally...

I ended up in the wrong place a couple of times because I didn’t take care to notice the difference between “express” and “local”. Live and learn. Most of the things I would suggest have already been mentioned. I still have Ellis Island on my list. My grandmother came through there in 1912...

That would be about right. He passed in Dec ‘74. Maybe he got the bad batch from earlier. I didn’t get any flu shots in the ‘70s. I worked in a hospital, but they didn’t require it. Did have to get TB tests though.

My grandfather died from complications of the flu. He took the shot a few years earlier and claimed it gave him the flu. Wouldn’t get another one. Ironic.

That is like the food bank I used to volunteer at. They would vet everyone before getting in the food line. One had to prove low income. Either on SNAP, SSI, or something similar. They could log into government databases and verify everything. People of means weren’t getting food.

I would rather own than rent. I can do whatever I want to the place (within reason). Also, having no HOA is a bonus. But, even with no mortgage, there is still property tax, upkeep, and insurance cost. Stop paying the tax and see how much longer you own the castle. That being said, I remember...

Holy crap! Can it get any worse than tobacco smoke AND asbestos?

Good for translation. Not so good for obtaining citizenship information. My mother was a dual citizen and grandmother a resident alien who immigrated from Europe. I typed in the specifics of my situation and it made getting a second passport seem easy-peasy. I went to the website for the country...

I do it every year. I need my thyroid checked because of hyperthyroidism. Oddly, it’s now back in the normal range. I do not take any medication for it. She runs most of the other basic tests too - A1C, glucose, cholesterol, etc. And the cognitive test of course. I’m still in the green on...

That would be my neighbor across the street. It’s packed to the rafters with old junk they never use. Meanwhile, their late model, upscale SUV sits out in the Arizona sun. And the house next door too - a 2025 model sitting out in the weather while very old junk and trash occupies the garage.

After my ex’s grandmother‘s funeral, about 25 years ago, the family was invited to her home the take what they wanted. It was a very cluttered house and garage. My ex said it was a feeding frenzy. A large family with many grandchildren who were adults as well (g-mother was almost 100 years old)...

I was contacted by a couple cousins on an Ancestry site, who were trying to figure out how we were related. They seemed quite upset about it. Their uncle would have been a first cousin to my father. We could not figure out exactly which relative had the affair in the 1910’s. What was most...

“Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise.” -George Mason

My kids, no hesitation on that one. I tried to raise them with a good moral compass and it appears to have worked. After that, my career in education. I don’t think I taught others. It was more like I showed them a way to possibilities. A person I used to supervise dedicated his PhD...

All wood floors and tile bathrooms. It was good for kids (the spilling) and pets (hairballs/accidents).