2dd bought some at costco. I was impressed with the wicks.

My point was, it's not because they are men. I'm cranky because I will probably have to have android auto installed after market on my toyota....toyota discontinued their own thing .

vegetable gardening

They're being dramatic. I have a dh, and three sons - none of them are 'dramatic' when ill. dh will usually insist he's not sick or it's "just a cold", and rarely will go just be sick in bed (and if he is, he's really sleeping).

Let's see if getting rid of the pasta will help.

What kind of bear? black bear, usually aren't an issue. . . . Grizzly - no freaking way.

Dh went and was looking up details afterwards. The cello her father plays in the movie - is *the real* cello that was looted by the Nazi's.

do you need to even stuff it with laundry? wouldn't an empty case work fine? (I wouldn't take the actual instrument either)

I've seen those called "hitch mounted cargo basket" to distinguish it from a trailer. Personally, I wouldn't put a stringed instrument in one. eta: I drove around 2dd's MDX with one last year, It was great (the kit came with a heavy vinyl "trunk" that was completely enclosed, and bungee cords, and a bungee net) if we were still camping I'd buy one in a second, but there are things I simply would NOT put on one.

I would be skeptical if you could carry a double bass plus more than one (front seat) passenger in one. Seems more of an either/or. I'd be hesitant on a mid-sized SUV. (I have a highlander and routinely have the 3rd row folded. To carry a double bass, I'd have to fold down one of the middle seats too.)

When dh's aunt died, her husband remarried a woman who was born in the Dutch East Indies. (her husband had also died.). her family owned a plantation before the war. When it became apparent the Japanese were coming at the start of WWII, her mother divided up all of her jewels and gave them out to the various servants. Each of the children had their own nanny. After they'd been shipped off to internment camps (girls to one, boys to a different one. her mother dressed the smallest boys as girls so she could keep them with her.), Her nanny took the jewels she'd received, removed the stones from their settings, and sewed them all inside her doll that had been left behind. Then she brought the doll to the camp and made clear she was to never let that doll out of her hands and never lose it. She was four, and didn't understand why her nanny couldn't take her away from the horrible place and made such a commotion she saw her nanny shot dead in front of her. But she kept that doll. After the war, they were destitute, living in the Netherlands. She'd kept the doll, and it was starting to fall apart. Someone spotted one stone showing through a rip - and it was taken apart, the gems extracted, and slowly sold. such luxuries as extra blankets and food were purchased . . . .

I had a grand voyager for 10 years, and a T&C for almost 20 (it had 165K miles when I sold it, but it was still running strong. and I had done a 1000miles each way road trip that summer, no issues.). There are days, I still miss it. sniff sniff. I miss it's hauling ability, some ways it was more comfortable than my highlander. dh was adamant he didn't want another van, or I probably would have bought another one. It was definitely bigger than the Sienna, and pretty sure it was bigger than the Odyssey. My 6' kids could ride in the 3rd row on road trips just fine. I've rented one when I've wanted to pickup furniture off craigslist. The highlander's cargo space sucks, even with all seats folded down.

I had to laugh as they both play some serious "action" roles (HM - in RED, and Reynolds in deadpool), and there isn't a hint of action from either of them.

When I was in Texas - dsil had to lay off people. He wasn't happy about it, it wasn't his choice. He was really sorry - especially for the guy whose wife quit her job so they could move to FW.

I just thought I'd rec it for anyone who hasn't seen it. I'm not a Klimt fan, but the story behind the painting . . I remember in jr high, reading a book about the thievery, confiscation, by gov't/military of private property during war time to enrich themselves and the injustice of it always left me angry. We went to the Belvedere (I was feeling so sick and in so much pain, but was determined I was going to see the floor of Roman antiquities!). And in the gift shop, there were various 'goods' of The Woman in Gold (Adele Bloch-Bauer) everywhere. I didn't know the backstory on why the painting wasn't there. Now, all I can say is; good! glad they lost it. Glad Austria lost it. Anyway - they made a movie of it The Woman in Gold, Helen Mirren as Maria Altman, and Ryan Reynolds as Ronald Schoenberg. On Amazon.

2dd is a pharmD. There are strict protocols for screening. The TECHs didn't follow them. They lied to a patient, they bypassed their supervising Pharmacist, and they pulled the rx aside so the Pharmacist didn't even see it. If they were so concerned, they should have spoken with the Pharmacist on duty, and let them handle it. They didn't. That is a decision to be made by the Pharmacist, not a TECH. If they were lucky, they only got sent for retraining.

Unless Odysseys and Siennas have increased their size, the T&C/Pacifica should actually be larger.

dsil has some horror stories starting with two dispensing pharmacy techs who took it upon themselves to decide his first post-hospital-release Rx was a fraud and refused to fill it (he tracked down the CEO of the company on linked in, and sent an email, got a call from the VP over pharmacy that morning. It got filled. 2dd was out of state, and had they worked for her, she'd have sent them back for retraining. She's too polite to really rip someone a new one before sending them to retraining.) . . .he's finally stable and doing much better (pain is slowly improving), but it was NOT pretty getting there.

It makes a cello look small.

I'd be looking at a van - with quad/flexible seating arrangements. dh's (tall) nephew was a cellist - he had a vanagon for a long time. He could carry his instrument - and other musicians and their instruments - when they went to gigs.

According to dueling's pediatric neurologist - who did a lot with neurodiverse . . . it's *very* common for things to be below the radar in childhood, and then hit the wall during puberty all you can do is try to figure out a way to explain how hurtful her comments were in a way she might be able to understand. which can be so . . . not obvious. I very recently found a YT channel "Autism from the inside". He did discus girls and ASD. He also talked about the differences between ASD and ADHD (often, not always, comorbid.) not sure which video it was - but he was talking about a "sensory sound" headphone with exercises than, supposedly, can also help with neuro pathways to improve social skills. It's something I plan to take a closer look at, but really only head about it a couple hours ago.

yes to long term - at this point I'd be treating them like common-law marriage. (there's got to be a better term than "long term girlfriend/boyfriend" at this point, as it implies less than what they are. 'partner' seems common - I think that's what Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell call each other. Never married but have been together at least 40 years.) for the other one, I'd do one at the courthouse, and one at the venue, in a general group shot to show he was there - but is easily disposed of if the relationship doesn't go anywhere and people want one without him.

How long-term are we talking for the others? If they're "just dating" (no matter how long, or even if they're "engaged to be engaged") I wouldn't have them in all the photos either. If they were living together/have kids together, I'd include them. as for new boyfriend - no, i once made that mistake in a group picture of my kids (and that was just a snap shot when they were going somewhere in costume) and included 1ds's then girlfriend (and they'd been talking serious). I really wish I had one without her. I'd do one group with the 'significant others' - and then without boyfriends/girlfriends for the rest.

good, I'm glad he was "encouraged" to *assimilate* with the culture that was there when he moved in.