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  1. 16 minutes ago, Faith-manor said:

    There is a comic book and antique store in West Branch, MI that has a very big collection. I don't know if they would be interested in buying all of it, but it might be worth asking.

    West Branch Comics and Antiques - 989-726-5015

    A&A Comic Book Store Lansing - 517-303-3445

    The Shire Comics, Commerce - 248-895-8037 They are actively advertising that they are buying comics.

    I am so sorry about your brother. Hugs

    I was going to suggest contacting comic book stores. If a particular store might not be interested they might have suggestions for where to sell. Also, regular bookstores that buy used books might be interested (Books-A-Million, for example).

    My ex-husband had a comic book store and when it went bankrupt he sold a bunch to one of these bookstores (it was Hastings, which I think is out of business now). He actually sold the majority of them to some guy that had the money and the storage space for the tons of comic books that he had. I think the best chance of finding someone like that would also be through checking in with comic book stores. 

     

  2. 9 hours ago, saraha said:

    I’m tempted to call her when I get a chance and say, the other day when you called, you didn’t seem to be in the mood to listen to my opinion on your deal. I don’t really like this deal. You don’t inconvenience me when you call. If I can talk, I answer, and if I can’t I don’t. My Sundays are very unpredictable. Sometimes ds24 or dd22 come home for the weekend and need driven back. Sometimes we make plans as a family. It seems like it would be more stressful to have to stick to a time than to just call each other when we are free.

    You know, I think I would just carry on as if the conversation never happened. The more you explain your (very reasonable) POV, the more she will fight back. Just continue living your life as you choose and don't open yourself up to any input on that from her. 

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  3. I had the magnets-I have a new driver with a license and a learner. I took them off the cars because I truly felt like people were more aggressive with them on. I was taking them down and putting them up so often that I decided to just leave them on, and even when I was the one driving, people seemed worse when they were up. I did like warning people with the magnets, and I think many people were more understanding. But there were far too many assholes that I felt like intentionally did stupid things because of them.

    Like, that's a great idea, speed up as you approach a new driver and swerve around them quickly, instead of slowing down. That's a great situation to put a new driver in (and all of the other people on the road). 

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  4. 4 hours ago, Dmmetler said:

    Check scholarships. We found that test optional was often admissions only, but scholarships were score based.  Focused coaching for the SAT might well make a major difference. 

     

     

    This is good advice. If scholarships are not at risk without the scores, I would not include them. 

    I was skeptical of these new policies so I asked a lot of questions at the college my daughter will be attending. They really did base her admission and scholarships on grades and other factors. 

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  5. There is a rule not to exchange gifts, and they broke the rule. You should not feel obligated to reciprocate with a gift of your own. In fact, maybe they'll take a hint if you don't. 

    And you are not obligated to keep the gift. You can toss it out, donate it, whatever you'd like. It's your gift to do with as you please, no guilt. 

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  6. 15 hours ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle Again said:

    Not art skills, but EMT and paramedic programs generally don’t require a degree. Some states it’s an AAS, though, but it’s a very technical hands on program.

    I don’t know any full time paramedics in my area making less than six figures, but that accounts for mandatory overtime built into 24 hour schedules. EMTs are running around $65,000 in my high tax but LCOL area. Also, the rate of neurodiversity, especially ADHD, among EMS professionals is pretty high.  We are generally a pretty accepting lot of people.

    Also, phlebotomy, X ray tech, ultrasound tech,  and CNA programs, at least in my area, are not college programs but short technical certificate programs.

    One of my cousins went to welding school just for the art aspect. It was a several month night program, and now she creates metal sculptures as a hobby.

    I thought I'd add that I work for a blood center, and they actually train for phlebotomy if you get hired. So that may be worth looking into for kids that want to avoid paying for training.

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  7. I think you should go ahead and serve alcohol. Sounds like Angie pre-parties enough that she'll probably show up drunk anyway. 

    Is there any way for the older generation to politely call her out on her criticisms of others in attendance? Asking "Why do you say that?" may be enough to get her to re-think what she's saying. And, "That's not a very nice thing to say," or "Maybe they're withdrawn because they can't get a word in edgewise" wouldn't be out of line if she continues to disparage other attendees.

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  8. I was going through a major life transition (divorce after moving to a new city) just prior to Covid. I had a long-term temp job in the new city, where I was only interacting with a boss and a co-worker. I changed jobs weeks after Covid was declared a global pandemic, and that job was remote. So I haven't had workplace interactions where I would perhaps have found a friend. 

    Basically Covid was the nail in the coffin for the few relationships I was managing to maintain post-divorce and move. There were different reasons for these ending. My mom became really nasty to me about not being able to visit on a whim, so after decades of her mistreatment of me that was it for our relationship. My best friend was going through a divorce and got a major promotion at work, and lives several hours away. So we have just drifted apart, and I am hopeful when we are both more settled in our lives we will spark up a friendship again. 

    I also have social anxiety and I find that Covid made it too easy for me to stay in my comfort zone, and now the idea of initiating any sort of social interaction is so daunting. I have a lot of work to do. 

  9. My daughter has BPD and as a caregiver, one thing that can be done to defuse a lot of negative situations is validation. It's not always easy to find something to validate when someone is going off in a rage about something you don't understand, but it gets easier with practice. The important thing is to validate their feelings, not feeling obligated to validate their decisions or behaviors. 

    https://www.happierhuman.com/validating-statements/

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  10. 24 minutes ago, Indigo Blue said:

    We could leave this thread up and talk about what to do in odd situations like this. It might be helpful. Maybe?

    Or as a reminder to many of us with manipulative elders in our life that most of the time, it's just a game they're playing. And we do not need to feel guilty for our confusion or lack of action.                               

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  11. This might be out of left field, but I got Fifth Disease as an adult. I started noticing symptoms on a Friday. My neck was the first thing that I felt. I could barely turn my head at all. My ankles felt like they were sprained and they got really big, I remember wrists hurting a lot too. I really remember thinking I had sudden onset rheumatoid arthritis. I had some tests done the following Monday but they didn't show anything. Finally, a week after it started, one of my kids had the Fifth Disease rash, and that's when I learned that Fifth Disease can cause all the symptoms I had as an adult.  

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  12. On 10/1/2023 at 7:42 AM, historically accurate said:

    In the buyer's defense, Is this still available? is the default question that pops up when it says "Message the seller". You have to remove it and type in your own response if you want to say something else.

    One time I was mowing my yard with my phone in my pocket. I never go on FB marketplace, but somehow while I was mowing I asked someone if something was available. I was so confused when I got a response saying "Nope." I probably had FB open and didn't close it all the way before mowing, but geez. 😅

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  13. Hello! My DD has BPD and I'm a single mom, so I know the burnout is real.

    Something that helped me is a NAMI class I took last year. It was for family members of people with mental illness. They also offer support groups, which is really nice because it can be so hard to explain your struggle to people that don't understand what it's really like. Here's the website if you wanted to see what's available near you. There are also online groups but I preferred something in person. 

    https://nami.org/Home

    There are also groups for the people with mental illness. I can't really speak to those but it might be helpful for your DD. 

     

     

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  14. 1 minute ago, lauraw4321 said:

    I just imagine some nightmare scenario where someone started asking me why I had 7 abortions and me trying to explain that was how long I slept. 

    Yeah, I would guess maybe they were priming you for the abortion question. First you were exposed to the idea in a less direct way, and then you were asked directly. 

    In my former life, I conducted research on survey construction, how one survey response could influence a subsequent response, etc. I think I even applied to work at NORC when I was finishing grad school. (Obviously I wasn't hired). So this is very interesting to me! 

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  15. NORC, who created that survey, is the National Opinion Research Center, based at the University of Chicago. They are heavyweights in nonpartisan survey research. My guess it's an attention check, or they may be priming you to answer later questions. Or different people got different versions of the survey?

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  16. 1 hour ago, Kidlit said:

    Thanks for sharing the link!  According to the article, it's safe to paint brick that's indoors because of its lack of exposure to the elements.  That means my painted fireplaces are safe! 😅 

    And if you use the right paint outside, it should be okay. Just good to know before you paint exterior brick!

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  17. 58 minutes ago, Katy said:

    My family has no visual imagination either. It’s remarkable how little they can picture. Ages ago when DH & I first started dating he came over to help me finish tiling a tub. White subway tile, white grout, I’d already finished the first 3 rows so he missed the most difficult first row.  When we finished grouting he was astonished.

    Before grout he thought it was crooked and looked awful. It was actually perfect but all his eye could see was the first row looked crooked because to top of the tub was sloped towards the drain so the bottom row of tiles was thick near the drain and quite thin on the opposite side. The tops of the tiles were perfectly level. When I was done with grout it looked perfect. After a few more projects he stopped offering opinions. He’ll say, “I trust you,” or “I can’t picture it, but you’re good at this stuff.”

    This is why limewash or a masonry treatment like a schmear works better - still breathable. 

    But was that because of the paint or because or multiple leaking pipes and leaking raw sewage inside? 

    Like I said, the building was already in terrible shape and was going to fall sooner or later. But the fact that the slumlord painted it came up in many discussions about the collapse, and how that likely hastened it. (I live a couple miles away from the building so I was very interested in this horrible event and understanding its causes).

    https://www.reckon.news/news/2023/06/this-tragedy-was-altogether-avoidable-lawsuits-mount-in-davenport-condo-collapse.html#:~:text=“Painting over the bricks acted,building had prior water damage.

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