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We get solicitations in the mail every day, all year long. Some days we get all advertising and no actual mail. A great deal of it is from the same 8 or 10 organizations, begging for money over and over and over again. And sometimes with "free gifts" included - note pads, greeting cards, gift...

If you want fires near your home, you could come to Hollywood. Luckily, last year's big fires were - for the most part - not very near us. But we did evacuate one night when the next canyon to the west burst into flames, less than a mile away. ALWAYS have an escape plan. Mother Nature, as...

Visiting pets are welcome here. We have had dogs and cats, a parrot with her own perch, and a garter snake with its own aquarium.

While there may be some frightening or startling moments in a movie, I was never actually scared. After all, it's just a movie, and temporary "suspension of disbelief" while watching it doesn't make me think it's real.

Nothing is free. The buses or trains have to be bought and maintained. Drivers, maintenance people, and office staff have be trained and paid. And so on. How much tax are you willing to pay in order to provide "free" products and services to people?

My first full time work was summer jobs: 1962 - junior counselor at a local YMCA summer camp - - just a glorified camper really, but got paid a little. And for the first time, I was treated like I had some real authority. 1963 - janitor at local YMCA - - painted the whole gym with three...

I ignor all calls from numbers not in the "contacts" list on my phone. If the call is legit, the caller can leave a message. If they don't leave a message, then I know that they know I don't want to talk to them.

We do not save prescription bottles because they're ugly and covered with labeling. Lots of nicer small bottles and jars pass through our kitchen - spice bottles for example - and we have quite enough of those for our needs.

I am extremely neat in the sense of cool or hip or trendy. But I am the opposite of neat in the sense of organization or cleaning.:cool:

I was 15 in 1962. If I were sent back to that year with all my current memories intact, I would know what investments to make, and might be the richest person who ever lived by now. If I were suddenly 15 now, in 2025, but with all my memories intact, I would be much more focused on education...

If the continuous explosions all around us from about 8 PM to midnight on Independence Day is anything to go by, the public in Los Angeles is very much opposed to fireworks regulations.

My first name is Raymond My last name is either ...bar or ...bar... or bar...

Why would you establish a speed limit for e-bikes and e-scooters that is different than the speed limit for other vehicles? If e-bikes are too dangerous above 15 miles per hour, then what about gasoline powered bikes, scooters, and motorcycles? Or regular human powered bicycles?

If I were in charge of a school where something like this happened, in addition to encouraging law enforcement to arrest, charge, and prosecute the criminals who did it, I would expel them from school with no possibility them ever graduating.

There are many police chase videos on YouTube and other sites. The police do occasionally discontinue a chase if the situation becomes excessively dangerous. Or, they may back off a bit in the hope that the felon will slow down a little snd drive less recklessly. But they usually keep chasing...