LAS in LA
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A few of many favorites:
Robin Finds Christmas (Molly Brett)
The Thin Santa Claus (Butler)
Christmas in Noisy Village
Peter and Lotta's Christmas
Home for Christmas (short stories collection published by Plough)
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The Kitchen Madonna is a sweet Rumer Godden story.
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower is a children's story about two dolls. This one was published in a ladies' magazine when my mother was younger; she saved the magazine pages because she liked the story so much. It has been republished recently.
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7 hours ago, regentrude said:
I crochet my own from cotton yarn. I like them because they scrub well due to the textured surface, have seasonal colors, are machine washabel, and when they get faded, I can have fun making some new ones.
Same! I also love that I can make them the size I like.
Regarding stink: If you have cotton dishcloths, you can boil them (or pour boiling water over) to kill bacteria.
ETA: I knit them (rather than crochet). 🙂
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Taking a page from Germany's book, for similar reasons.
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Had a bonding moment with another shopper back in April over the bag problem. We were both struggling and looked up at each other with the "dare I lick my fingers?" question in our eyes.
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Have we talked about the American Samoa National Park quarter from 2020? Maybe the Mint was trying to warn us . . .
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Pam in CT: Thanks for your response!
There was no intent to deceive by calling the WSJ piece an "article". I use the term generically (opinion article, news article).
Re: defining his term: I don't think defining "ballot stuffing" was necessary. He's not arguing that this even happens, only that the EC makes it theoretically more difficult and PV (pop. vote) makes it easier. Actually changing the numbers in voting machines isn't the only way to influence an election. Accessing voter registration information (as Russia has) and, say, changing a voter's address to another precinct, would make it harder for them to vote and could affect outcomes if done on a large scale. Unlikely, but not impossible.
Given the difficulty of ballot stuffing (as you point out) or other types of fraud, the EC makes it more difficult by reducing the number of vulnerable points and (he argues) makes it harder to choose which of those vulnerable points are important. He mentions the Florida 2000 and Michigan 2016 votes as ones which weren't predicted as decisive, but which were decisive in the elections. And if we know which states are likely to make a difference to an election outcome, we have a smaller number of states needing extra security. It will be interesting to see whether the NYT battleground county predictions are accurate; our ability to predict improves with each election, but some of our information is hindsight ("it's always down to X, Y, and Z").
I do have great confidence in election officers (like my dad!) who work hard to verify information and make sure that everyone who wants to vote can do so, even if only with a provisional ballot.
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Thanks for the link!
Also German: l've sprung a leak.
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Youth pastors in our area organized an outdoor inter-church youth wiffle ball tournament. 3 innings or 30 minutes per game. Sort of competitive, but very focused on having a good time. Such a relief for our kids to do something fun and normal with others! It was a cold day, but they enjoyed being outside (and more Vitamin D!).
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10 hours ago, Pam in CT said:
re ease of ballot-stuffing
Super curious about who is furthering the idea that "ballot-stuffing" is done anywhere in the US, or even possible. I subscribe to WSJ and listen to NPR regularly and have definitely not seen anything of the sort.
Link to WSJ article above.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/electoral-college-is-a-bulwark-against-fraud-11600210700
Here's the opinion piece I read.
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4 minutes ago, Pam in CT said:
re ease of ballot-stuffing
Super curious about who is furthering the idea that "ballot-stuffing" is done anywhere in the US, or even possible. I subscribe to WSJ and listen to NPR regularly and have definitely not seen anything of the sort.
I think they were talking hypotheticals.
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Someone (on NPR? in WSJ?) pointed out that the electoral college protects against election stealing by making it difficult to predict where extra ballots are needed. In a popular vote system, ballot stuffing is effective anywhere it's done. In an EC system, ballot stuffers have to work harder to produce the desired outcome. (Or something like that. It was a new idea to me and I thought it was interesting).
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Johnny's Selected Seeds may have what you want.
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I received and like to give a flannel blanket for the stroller, car seat, etc. It's easy to stitch a seam on a piece of flannel and there are lots of flannel patterns to choose from. Practical and somewhat personal.
Don't know if IKEA still sells the green "frog" cup/bowl/spoon set, but we loved using and giving these!
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Interesting question. I wouldn't call them triggers per se, but I definitely notice that I have more natural understanding with some of my children's thought patterns than with others. So it takes more work to sympathize with and understand what the "other" child is saying or meaning. Haven't analyzed why I feel the way I do -- way to be aware of your feelings and responses!
(FWIW - I can't imagine what would happen if I tried to add a Lego piece to one of DS12's creations! I don't think he'd appreciate that! 🤣)
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13 hours ago, bookbard said:
No energy for Christmas this year? Tell the kids Santa didn't make it through Covid.
After having all those kids on his lap, he's probably immune to everything! 🙂
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8 hours ago, Liz CA said:
Plantation shutters fold on the inside and they do come in wood or white / vinyl. They don't bend and can be wiped.
Shutters were my first thought, too. Would it work to put them on the outside and open the window to close them (Euro-style)?
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"If _________ wins the election, I'm leaving the country!" Empty Threats - Covid-19 version-
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No time to make this myself, but I'm imagining a photo of office workers (or European students) taking a smoke break outside + a photo of office workers standing outside with masks pulled down. "Mask break is the new smoke break".
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DS12 and I had a great time taking apart a Jeep door to replace the automatic window thingy. I'd never done Anything on a car before. I second Lanny's comment about Youtube tutorials!
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On 10/2/2020 at 6:00 PM, Laura Corin said:
This is probably just me, but I find one or two prunes to be really satisfying, like that square of chocolate.
Not just you! A second on prunes (especially the squashy Kroger brand kind)! :)
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Regarding peeing position: I find with hiking that a short-medium length skirt is much easier to manage than pants. Underwear can still be in the way (assuming one is wearing it), but the skirt is easily out of the way and helps cover my backside. 🙂
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Yep. If the New Yorkers are turning friendly and cheerful, I'm alarmed.
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Favorite Christmas books!
in The Chat Board
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Yay for Cajun Night Before Christmas! (We lived in LA for 7 yrs.) "Sacre! he axclaim. My pant got a hole! I done sot myself on dem red hot coal!" This line always made us laugh and laugh.