Things I'm not buying

Devi said:
We had one of those exercise chairs where you're supposed to bend to the left, right, etc. Not a good idea. Got rid of it.
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You mean the Ab Doer? One ad said, "This is for back pain."
Yeah.......that would sure cause it......
Woman flexing her back to the right on the Ab Doer 360
 

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Devi said:
Yes, Ab Doer sounds right. Ours may have been a little different than that (with even less support). Yow!
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LOL - notice who they pay to demonstrate fitness equipment - some young, pretty, fit thing, implying that "If you want to look like her, buy this."
Also implying that she got that body by using an Ab Doer - which she likely has never seen before.
And, the more useless a piece of fitness equipment they're selling is, the younger & prettier the models are.
 
win231 said:
LOL - notice who they pay to demonstrate fitness equipment - some young, pretty, fit thing, implying that "If you want to look like her, buy this."
Also implying that she got that body by using an Ab Doer - which she likely has never seen before.
And, the more useless a piece of fitness equipment they're selling is, the younger & prettier the models are.
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Yes, it is pure sexism and I think that is diminishing to women.
 
WheatenLover said:
I plan to regain my strength. I thought about taking up archery when I'm able.
BTW, I'm curious - how do you keep snakes and mice out of your firewood pile?
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In 9 1/2 yrs i've never seen either in our firewood. Mice often come in house but we know mostly due to finding the bodies after the cats catch them. i suspect being able to get under and into the house they don't bother with my stacks of wood, but also like most wild things they tend to avoid us and i make lots of noise when i'm getting ready to move wood.

As for the snakes we have two dilapidated sheds on our acres of land that provide shelters that are disturbed less often. (And i make lots of noise when i do have to go into them.) In all our time here i've seen a grand total of 4 snakes--usually from the back end as they move away.
 
feywon said:
In 9 1/2 yrs i've never seen either in our firewood. Mice often come in house but we know mostly due to finding the bodies after the cats catch them. i suspect being able to get under and into the house they don't bother with my stacks of wood, but also like most wild things they tend to avoid us and i make lots of noise when i'm getting ready to move wood.

As for the snakes we have two dilapidated sheds on our acres of land that provide shelters that are disturbed less often. (And i make lots of noise when i do have to go into them.) In all our time here i've seen a grand total of 4 snakes--usually from the back end as they move away.
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I asked because we rented a place in Vermont for a vacation, and snakes and mice were in the stack of firewood. Once I went into the kitchen and there was a little snake lying on the kitchen table. Someone told me that firewood should not be stacked in the house for that reason. Personally, I thought if the wood was chopped and put in the house directly, then the snake/mouse problem would not happen. But it was summer, so I didn't experiment.
 
Have to admit I looked up the Nuclear Explosion lamp and was really interested in getting one.
Showed it to the other person living here and got a ' Just No... ' answer.
While looking at lamps, found a cool lamp of the launch of the Apollo 11 Saturn V for my desk.
She agreed, but I got an eye-roll.:)
 
SMART SPEAKERS

Have read what features smart speakers offer and criticisms. Even with smartphones, I as someone deep into computers during my electronics career using keyboards for decades have never liked the notion of using voice commands and view these appliances as toys for a new generation. Not because they are not functional but rather am content using computers as is.
 

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