Absolutely Anything Else
.....Might do dog walking tomorrow. If it's raining, no way. - @fluffy2560
I have always been a huge fan of second hand clothing.
Grew up wearing my 2 older sisters hand -me-downs so it just feels normal to me;
Saw some videos where the warn against bad mojo in clothing that is second hand; Seems silly considering there should be some bad mojo for buying from countries with slave labor as well.
I used to be into spending tons on clothing at the big malls in the US. Guess shoes, Guess jeans, one of a kind items from small shops on Melrose Ave.
Still have some of them in boxes unpacked now for years. Still almost all fit, a short skirt or two which I plan on taking down to give away;
No one wants to see my knobby knees. My poor legs look like sticks knee down.
I refuse to wear old ady clothing so for now it is jeans and nice slacks for dress up.
Found 2 pairs last Sat; at the market; Do not need any more, can hardly pack away what I have now; Could not resist though, fit perfectly. One I almost did not get because I thought they were too much for me then I thought, why not who cares; H&M, brand grey snakeskin print. The other a nice sky blue.
My husband said I am lucky I always find nice jeans in my size, said not many people can fit in them so they just wait for me to come along.IDK, seems like overkill to collect clothing .
My niece and great niece also do second hand sometimes.
We get bored with things fast so for cheap we can go crazy.
Years ago in Ca. there was a nieghbor in our building that was a trip; From Penn; A spoiled lady who,s poor husband was an accountant; He must of been out of his mind with her spending;
She once opened her wallet and about 20 or more store credit cards popped out!
She would have a conversation about shopping only; How she went to Neimen Marcus or some pricey store and they had a sale.
Handbags were half price so she bought 3 in different colors!
She drove a decent looking Volvo and I found out she made her husband park his old wreck on the street so no one knew it was old and beat up. I felt for him hearing her once berate him loudly near the pool about some take out food order, embarrassed to to hear her.
Another neighbor shared a school car-pool with her. She complained that that women,s 10 year old daughter was learning from her; The girl would crouch down in the seat as they approached the school so no one would see her get out of that women,s old car.
I heard since she wasted so much money that they could not buy as house even though her husband had a decent paying job; Instead she had a decorator redo the inside of a rented apt in our house!
Crazy stuff;
I know she was out of her mind when little ol me moved away to our house. Gossips. Never underestemate anyone.
Glad to hear OV,s bro is being investigated. Human trafficing! Wow what scumbags!
10.6 years for Russel Brand.
IDK, not a huge fan of his but not sure what to think.
20 years is a long time to take to come forward.
Guess he went against the grain one too many times for the club of 300.
He had to be made an example of.
Yes, if really quilty he should pay but he is not alone in this sort of foul deed.
I like Bill Wyman and think he is iconic but what was up with 13 year old Mandy Smith?
Jimi Page with Laurie Maddox who was 14 when he was trafficing her across US state lines?
More then those 2 examples as well.
Once you join the club they never let you escape, Russel talked too much and broke the rules.
He will probably do at least 7 of those years.
I hope he likes cup of noodles!
Yesterday inside Penny Market, a 92 year old lady was checking out ahead of us then took the same tram we did and waited at the stop for a connection with us.92 and doing her own shopping and getting around by herself. Amazing to me.
I did notice her groceries included a couple of candy bars and a 2 liter bottle of wine! - @Marilyn Tassy
Well, the dog walking has been cancelled. Rained off. Dog is banished to the hallway as wet dog is not yet my favourite smell. I have no idea why she smells when wet and is so much less smelly when dry. So I've made a minestrone soup this morning - easy to do and quite "hearty". Unfortunately Mrs Fluffy has hidden both the smokey ham and the leafy vegetables somewhere so it's incomplete. I can add them later when she comes back via the shops.
I was planning to do so many domestic things today but I seem to be in a coma after working reluctantly on my documents for work. I really do not like working. Still, end of January 2027, I should be eligible for my pension.
I've had stuff from the 2nd hand shop here but I cannot remember the name of the chain that does that stuff. I am always amazed quite a lot is from the UK. They must bundle it all up and deliver it here for cleaning and sorting. We have a lot of clothes in boxes which need to be shifted. We did not really design the house to have storage space - we are hoarders and we find it difficult to get rid of stuff. It's OK things that work fine but we don't need them any more. A lot has to go to recycling but it's difficult here. I've got a car battery and some smaller batteries which have to be dumped. But we can only take like one car battery to the recycling each year. What are we supposed to do with them? Some people leave them in the forest - that's really criminal. I suppose we can pay for them to be removed. We've got a large garden type umbrella/sunshade which is broken. I suppose I could chop it up but it's so big it needs two people to bring it down from upstairs.
So Russell Brand turns out to be a scumbag. I never really liked him. Too much "in your face". I expect he'll settle in to his prison life. He'll have plenty of time for reading, rehearsing, writing his memoirs etc. Maybe he can do some studying. Throw himself into academic courses. Do a Ph.D - there's plenty of time for it. He's worth about £30M so he, his wife and his kids going to be fine when he comes out - book deals, film deal, interviews etc. Apparently he's shifting a lot of his wealth into his wife's name. His kids are going to be close to adults when he's out. He'll be out when he's done about 60-70% of his sentence. So he's got 7 years porridge or so to do and then he'll get parole. I don't know if that's a phrase in the USA - in the UK doing porridge means doing time. Quite quaint. Perhaps doing Cup-O-Noodles over there.
I really do not get anyone who is doing this abuse. I've got 3 daughters and 1 son. If I every found out anyone was abusing them, they'd get it in the face with both barrels. But why would anyone want to abuse anyone else? It seems to be a power trip. Even DJT saw his daughter as a sex object and he has to pay up (still) for E. Jean Carroll. That's a lot of money but he has to pay. Tough luck Donny. He's paid her $5.6M so far and there's the $83M due in the other lawsuit. Was it worth it Donny? Was it worth it Russell (Brand)?
Well, 92 and still doing one's own shopping and enjoying a tipple as well. I wonder what life is like in one's 90s. My Dad was 99 and didn't have dementia or Alzheimer's. Neither did my Mum at 90. But Dad was on occasion confused. Mainly I think it was his hearing. My Mum and my Dad became very deaf in later years so communicating was not that easy. People mistake deafness for not being "all there". They were both OK mentally. They just couldn't hear.
My Vegas friends husband wears hearing aids. Sometimes he forgets to put them in and it drives her wild. She has to repeat herself several times, then raises her voice and then he shouts at her to stop yelling at him.
He is 78. Poor guy has some more skin cancer on his face. They took a ton more biopsies on his face and he is full of holes. Needs some treatments for cancer now, once again...
She is super prepping for any situation;
Some sort of jel packs for cooking, cases of food and water. Mentioned Amazon only allowed orders for one case of water at a time.
Torches, flashligfhts even ordered a butt plug for the sewer line!!
That is funny, they live on the bottom floor and do not want any back up issues.
I feel bad for her, being in a chair and not being able to run on your own must be a bit scary.
Child abusers and animal abusers are a level so low they are not longer human.
Russell used his power to control situations. Anyone in the public eye has a specail responsiblity to have some morals, at least in a perfect world they do.
IDK, my husband once was talking about his old family name and how way back when it meant you were given power but it came with being responsible and having some honor or it could be lost.
Having a good name actually was suppose to mean something at one time.
Russell was a role model for allot of young men I would think.
Personally I never found him funny at all and very gross and over rated.
Anyone can say rude things, controlling your mouth is harder then letting it go.
I know, have bitten my tongue many times.Daily I would have to say!
My bro just paid out another $4,000 to his lawyer.
His wife refuses to open her mail even from her own lawyer.Stalling , I will have to look up what can happen if she by passes the law.
She needs to be eating porridge, lots of it!
Had haircutting plans yesterday, too gloomy to tackle doing it.
This weather just makes everyone so lazy.
My Vegas friends husband wears hearing aids. Sometimes he forgets to put them in and it drives her wild. She has to repeat herself several times, then raises her voice and then he shouts at her to stop yelling at him.He is 78. Poor guy has some more skin cancer on his face. They took a ton more biopsies on his face and he is full of holes. Needs some treatments for cancer now, once again...She is super prepping for any situation;Some sort of jel packs for cooking, cases of food and water. Mentioned Amazon only allowed orders for one case of water at a time.Torches, flashligfhts even ordered a butt plug for the sewer line!!That is funny, they live on the bottom floor and do not want any back up issues.I feel bad for her, being in a chair and not being able to run on your own must be a bit scary.Child abusers and animal abusers are a level so low they are not longer human.Russell used his power to control situations. Anyone in the public eye has a specail responsiblity to have some morals, at least in a perfect world they do.IDK, my husband once was talking about his old family name and how way back when it meant you were given power but it came with being responsible and having some honor or it could be lost.Having a good name actually was suppose to mean something at one time.Russell was a role model for allot of young men I would think.Personally I never found him funny at all and very gross and over rated.Anyone can say rude things, controlling your mouth is harder then letting it go.I know, have bitten my tongue many times.Daily I would have to say!My bro just paid out another $4,000 to his lawyer.His wife refuses to open her mail even from her own lawyer.Stalling , I will have to look up what can happen if she by passes the law.She needs to be eating porridge, lots of it!Had haircutting plans yesterday, too gloomy to tackle doing it.This weather just makes everyone so lazy. - @Marilyn Tassy
I think now Russell Brand is in jail, we can forget him, unlike his victims. I am not seeing much about him on the news feeds this morning. Good riddance to bad rubbish. We don't need to know more.
I just watched the Armistice Day event on TV. Always a moment to reflect. Shame the UK government doesn't do more for its veterans. My paternal grandfather was abused by the government post WW1. He was severely injured with a paralysed arm, crawled a long way across the battlefield to a point where a local with a donkey cart could take him to hospital. Surgeons wanted to chop his arm off. He was a baker and post-war, he became a postman. He had to prove he could ride a bicycle. Politicians of the time wanted to remove his pension as the country was in dire financial straits. Absolutely horrible people to do that. My father was extremely bitter about it and while I never knew my paternal grandfather, I can see and feel the injustice.
Putting a butt plug down the toilet will just force the waste into other people's toilets. It'll back up elsewhere. But I guess they will be OK. In the event of a disaster, there won't be any water anyway as the power will be off.
Why did your bro pay out $4K to a lawyer? Is he forcing the issue on the ex-wife? If that's the case, then I hope he can try to get his costs back. I don't know about there but if one doesn't respond within a certain period, it means the other side "wins". Asking for costs is potentially a threat to us.
As you know we're in dispute with the water company who are always threatening us about our "illegal" sewer connection. Mrs F wrote to them saying they got it all wrong but we've no answer. I believe - and I'm guessing - if they don't respond in 30 days, then that's it, we win. From what I've read, there's also a get out clause saying it could be extended but they have to tell us. One of their threats is they will come and dig up our garden and charge us for it. This is of course a complete nonsense as they can always use a camera. Digging it up makes no sense. Mrs F says they cannot come on our property so that will come into play. We will tell them to go away and our lawyer will be in contact. This is AI generated BS. If they don't work with us, keep threatening, we'll have to get the lawyer on the job as I'm absolutely powerless and it's a bit disconcerting. But I guess Mrs F has to take care of it.
Weather is really dull today. I don't think I can face tramping around the forest in the damp. I am even trying to get up enough enthusiasm to do my electrical re-wiring in the roof space. Weekend will be warmer to do outside stuff. I cannot even brush/rake up the leaves. They are all stuck to the ground because of the rain.
BTW, it's St Martin's Day.
Make sure your goose is cooked!
"Goose is eaten at Martinmas in most places. There is a legend that St Martin, when trying to avoid being ordained bishop, hid in a pen of geese whose cackling gave him away. Once a key medieval autumn feast, a custom of eating goose on the day spread to Sweden from France. It was primarily observed by the craftsmen and noblemen of the towns. In the peasant community, not everyone could afford this, so many ate duck or hen instead"
(Duck is also a good substitute as Goose is really expensive these days).
BTW, it's St Martin's Day.Make sure your goose is cooked!"Goose is eaten at Martinmas in most places. There is a legend that St Martin, when trying to avoid being ordained bishop, hid in a pen of geese whose cackling gave him away. Once a key medieval autumn feast, a custom of eating goose on the day spread to Sweden from France. It was primarily observed by the craftsmen and noblemen of the towns. In the peasant community, not everyone could afford this, so many ate duck or hen instead"(Duck is also a good substitute as Goose is really expensive these days). - @fluffy2560
There were 2 whole geese in the fridge section inside Tesco in the discount area, about 10,000 each.
Did not think to see how much they were discounted though. Sometimes the go from 25 percent off to up to 75 percent off. This was last Thursday I believe.
Too soon for me to buy a whole goose and wait till now to cook it.
My bro has so far paid $8,000 to his lawyer.
He is going for her throat! As well he should!
Going after half of all property, his belongings, if she got rid of them, then it comes out of her pocket to replace them.
Going after half of her pension too.
He has stopped playing her victim and giving as good as he got.
I just wish they could speed it up so he could move on.
Lawyer even said he can sue her for the time he is out of the home and in his van; She all comfy while he is suffering.
Pray it comes true!!
The lawyer is expensive though, charges $175. just to send an e-mail out!
When he was in court with the public defender, my bro said the guy was useless. He could of defended himself better. They guy never defended him and even filed papers inside the wrong court house! That is what free legal aid gets ya. Who knows, with the right lawyer he may of never been locked up at least not for 2 years.
I worry he may get ill with all this stress and in the end she wins it all.
I should ask him her age, always too polite of me not to ask; i know she is older then he is, he just turned 59 and I would say by guess she has at least 8 plus years on him.
My bro,s like older ladies it seems.My deceased bro,s wife is cool and I like her but the other bros, wife always rubbed me wrong; Felt like you were walking on egg shells with her, so unstable. She was a school teacher for 1st graders for over 35 years; poor kids!
The water co; has lost their minds with threats, sorry, what a pain to deal with that BS.
Speaking of rip off,s this morning my husband read that Budapest is going to start taxing flats in Jan; 2027 at the rate for now of 1 percent.
So for every 50,000,000 worth of property that comes out in dollars to $1,522.49.
Most flats are worth more then 50 million around here even small ones.
Erd always had property taxes but this is new for Budapest.
Guess OV ran with the cash and now they are scambling for funds?
Husband is pissed of course.
My Vegas friend has her doomsday stuff just about all finshed. Filled their entire flat and bathtub with water bottles and all sorts of food and protien drinks.
Hate to see her spend so much of products and not use them but I hope she never needs to use any of them.
Sorry about great- grand pappy. Vets have never been treated well, at least not for over 100 years.
My grandfather was 14 and a horse and water boy in the US Army during the Spanish American War; A short war in Cuba. He had free life long housing and free medical for life.
During the depression years when he was in his 50,s he would often just leave my mom and aunt in the care of their granny and aunts and check himself in to the VA Home.
In his later years he lived there full time.
He wrote articles in their VA news letter every month to keep active and he dated all the nurses who were half his age.
He said he outlived most of the gals.
We would often drive on weekends and visit him in the home or my dad would pick him up to spend the weekends at our house in Conn.
Mom would freak out as I remember because when we visited him in the home, he always asked her to bring him a bottle of whiskey. Counterban inside the home.Dad did it but she was always freaking out about breaking th rules.
Keep an old man happy, why not?
He is buried in the Rocky Hill Va cemetary;
Now days those perks are not available for vets.
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