I never knew it was a thing until I was drying my hair and felt something prick my finger around the same spot as your bump. When I looked, there was a small piece of hair sticking straight out! I mentioned it to my hairstylist the next time I went joking that i must have steel in my hair and she said she got hair splinters often. Googling will reveal a literal hair splinter under the skin, though, so don't search while eating. Blech.

While it could be any number of things, my first thought was that it looks and sounds like a hair splinter. I've never seen a piece of hair in mine, but they certainly behave like regular splinters and look like your photo, at least how the bump comes across in your photo. Other than Neosporin and waiting it out, I've never done anything to mine. I have no idea how it resolves, just that one day it's gone. I'd definitely keep an eye on it, though. Hopefully someone else has some ideas for what the bump could be.

I'm definitely no expert, but I think that 30 feet thing means you can track something to within 30 of where it is as you move towards it. Like, say you keep a tag in your car and forget where you park. The tag can get you to within 30 feet of your car, then the rest is up to you to find it. Even my phone isn't much more accurate than that if I look to see where I am on a map. Sometimes, it's accurate to where I am in the house, and sometimes, it looks like I'm standing in the street. I've seen screenshots people have posted showing where they are and where their luggage is and it's different countries, so there is a wonderful range with these things and I would highly recommend tossing one into each piece of your luggage.

OP, I don't know the ages of your kids, but there is something exciting about being able to reinvent yourself in a new place. No one knows if a person was shy or outgoing, or if they were an Eeyore or a bouncy optimist. What people see when first meeting a person is how they will view them as they have no preconceived notions about "who" a person is. If there is something about themselves that your teens would like to change, a move is a wonderful opportunity to do so. Framing it in such a way might help if there is angst about them relocating. Have you spoken to your kids about moving? If not, they might surprise you. Also, the kids with friends may not be upset at all about moving as they might feel like it's an opportunity to simply make more friends and would find moving exciting.

Poor Scooter! Filtered water. Seriously. Our male had recurring UTIs over a six year period. The year he turned 15 he had FIVE UTIs. As a last ditch effort, the vet said to try filtered or distilled water. We bought a jug of distilled water and once that was gone, we just refilled it from the fridge door since it was filtered. The sweet baby passed away at the age of 20y 10mo and never had another UTI. It probably depends on the ultimate cause of the UTIs, but I'm a believer in the filtered water after our experience.

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I hesitate to post because I'm definitely not a bagel connoisseur, but we're quite happy with the toaster we have. We place the bagels in the slots with the insides facing each other and push the "bagel" button. They get toasted (to whatever level we choose using the dial) while the outsides, facing the sides of the toaster, simply get nice and hot. Is that what you're looking for? It's a Black & Decker. Amazon has them, but they are cheaper at WalMart. I will say that the photo on Amazon is exactly the same one we have with the words printed above the buttons, whereas the one on WatMart's site just has icons, so it might be a newer model? Ours is about five years old and we paid $19.96 at Walmart, so I feel the one on Amazon is on the pricey side. I would not hesitate to buy the one from Walmart if our current one goes, so I hope it's the same and they only messed with the icons/words part. Amazon link $31.01 : https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-DECKER-2-Slice-Toaster-TR1278RM/dp/B00CHJDJJQ/ref=sr_1_10?crid=1IXSA480WCCNU&keywords=black%2Band%2Bdecker%2Btoaster&qid=1706233142&sprefix=black%2Band%2Bdecker%2Btoaster%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-10&th=1 Walmart link $19.96: https://www.walmart.com/ip/BLACK-DECKER-2-Slice-Extra-Wide-Slot-Toaster-Black-Silver-TR1278B/20564667?athbdg=L1200&from=/search

I asked DH what he did and he said he did block the domain as well as trying some other things. He said that's why he was perplexed as to why it wasn't working. That's a good point about AOL's security. I'm sorry this will be such a big job for you, but ultimately, you'll be better off without all that spam. I don't believe you were hacked, though, as they'd be doing other things in there. You probably just got on some spammer's website where they get paid to send x emails per day in the hopes someone will click on just one of them and then they "have a live one" to scam for money. Now, I have to figure out what I'm going to do with my email....

I've done something similar. Well, Dh did it for me since he's super tech savvy. I have everything blocked ten ways to Sunday and all it does is send things to my junk file. I've not tried the badmaildomain that you mentioned. It's new to me so, I'll have to check on that. DH set a rule for each and every sender from a domain, to block mail with emojis in the subject line, block mail from certain senders' names, etc, and it just goes into junk as opposed to blocking it. He's totally perplexed. I'm not sure that will work, though, as these people are spoofing emails the way they do with caller ID so I rarely get mail from the same domain. @kfeusse, I did a search and AOL has a feature to forward all mail or select mail. It's a bit like creating our own whitelist. I think I'm going to try this and see how it goes while looking into the thing @gardenmom5 suggested. Maybe I'll do both.

In gmail, DH uses a forward rule for certain things. I think he goes in and says 'mail coming from XX address always forward to YY address". So, you'd just have to do that for each mail you really want to receive. That won't help for any new things you sign up for, so you'd just have to start giving out that new address for those. Again, I don't know if AOL has that feature since they're so old, but it's worth a look. If they don't have the pick and choose feature, maybe set up a gmail with the same name as your AOL account (for simplicity, if it's available), forward *everything* to that new mail, then have that gmail forward only the things you want to the new, permanent mail? Again, I might be making things difficult, but it's a thought since I know gmail does have forwarding for individual mails/senders. You definitely have it worse than me with the sheer amount of spam you're getting. I hate that we have to be so creative and go through so much to get away from all of this crap. It's beyond frustrating and very time-consuming. If they would allow us to create a whitelist of senders we WANT to hear from and just bounce the rest, it would solve the problem.

Yep totally familiar with AOL -- my gmail name is literally my old AOL account name. It's also my oldest email and tied to everything. I didn't even think about forwarding! That's a good idea. I know gmail has a rule for that so maybe AOL has one, too. Or, maybe it's a Mac thing. I'll have to ask DH as he has some things set to forward to me. My plan was more old school where I would just change what I could to the new account, then check periodically to see what's still going to that address, changing those to the new account, and after a year, quit looking. 🤷‍♀️ I'm definitely not tech savvy. I'm not bad, but I tend to do things the hard way if you ask my DH.

Mine isn't that bad as I 'only' get about 250-300 a day, but I cannot find a fix. I am *thisclose* to just jettisoning that email address and creating a new one. If google doesn't care enough to enhance and BOUNCE these icky mails (and they are beyond obvious spam and some are borderline x-rated), then they can just darn well pay to store them forever all on their huge servers. I suspect my mail got on someone's list where all they do is send this spam crap -- lots of those "work from home jobs" are nothing but sending emails. I now know what emails those people are sending. 😡 I think it happened when I started receiving mail from some 'news' site that's seemingly legit and I unsubscribed. I did research them before clicking and they checked out which was the only reason I clicked. The spam bombing began about two weeks later. I figure it's probably a revenge thing since I didn't want to get their daily drivel and fear-mongering, so they sent my email to - whoever - to start spam bombing me. I don't know if that's a thing or not, but it's suspicious timing.

Ah, thanks. The GP owners I know haven't had any issues so I was wondering if I/they were missing some important knowledge. I'm going to pass the med info along to them, though, as I'm nearly positive they haven't heard of it before. @popmom I'm so glad your baby is better. She's such a cutie! And don't feel like you overreacted by posting. It actually warms my heart to see a pet owner be overly cautious as opposed to just ignoring how their animals are feeling. I never think strangely about people who ask for help/insight.

I'd never heard of this before. It sounds excellent. Can you elaborate on the Guinea Pig/rabbit part? Do they get upset tummies/need gut bacteria balancing more than cats & dogs?

Ah, that doesn't sound too bad. Thanks.

Does anyone here have experience with pet insurance? I'm just getting started in my research and it seems just as murky an area as human insurance as to what it covers, extra options, etc. Do they actually pay what they say they do? Are the policies that cover vaccinations, xrays, dentals, etc, worth it?

How do these little guys handle long hair? Does it get all wrapped up in a brush like with a regular vacuum cleaner or are they designed differently so it's not an issue? Dh has said for years that I should get one but I worry about the long hair issue.

The vase I have would be easy to secure ---- put the vase in a box or a pot or tall casserole dish or even one of those stand up zippered grocery bags (you get the idea), stuff a towel or two around it to secure it and place it on a flat surface. It might even fit on the seat next to her and be able to be belted in. Otherwise, she can brace it with her luggage and stuff. A small vase with flowers shouldn't be hard to transport. A full bouquet of, say, roses, yeah, that would make me nervous. Oh, there might also be a cute little flower//greenery plant thing in a Thanksgiving/fall themed basket or bowl or something. That would be flatter than a vase and easier to transport and the basket can be used as decor after the fresh stuff dies. I can't help with the amaryllis so I'll leave that to others.

I've used Valspar many times and like it. It's my go-to for paint. Interior flat cleans well, as does eggshell. I haven't used any other finishes. Exterior went on well and dried well, but we moved shortly after using it so I can't attest to how it held up. I find Sherwin Williams to be over-hyped and expensive, but I realize I'm in an extreme minority when it comes to my opinion of them.

I'm so very sorry.

About 10 years ago I received a small, solid white vase with some seasonal flowers in it. The vase is about eight inches high and the neck is about two inches at the narrow part and looks nice on any size table or even the counter. I still use it regularly.

Yeah, I can only remember reading two papers (summaries of studies?) on the glyphosate/gluten intolerance & their similar chemical structures. They were recent to when I read them, within like six months or something. I'm sad that in the last two years that hasn't been explored further. If your reactions are the same as my family member's, then I don't blame you for being skittish! Thanks for correcting me on France & Italy (all of the EU has the same rules, I think). I wonder if I'm confusing banned with 'doesn't use'. Or maybe it's that flour products from here aren't allowed there because they have so much more glyphosate than their domestically-grown wheat? It has been so long since I read all of that stuff and I just can't remember exactly. My take away is the same as yours with regards to human health and the environment. I was appalled at the things I read.

I had the one pictured and my brother had the monsters one. I remember being very disappointed that I couldn't make a human/monster hybrid because the waistlines didn't match. 😂

I'm glad you posted this. Two years ago, while researching a relative's GI issues, I came across lots of into about glyphosate and gluten intolerance. What I read was that, in addition to it killing off the gut bacteria, the chemical composition of glyphosate is so similar to the composition of gluten that the body starts to recognize gluten as an enemy and reacts to that, as well. Hence, people think they are gluten sensitive or intolerant. That's a very dumbed-down explanation, but it was eye-opening. I asked my relative if they would be willing to experiment on themselves with organic flour and received an affirmative, so I started baking right away. The short of it is that the relative can eat all the organic breads, cookies, pastas, AND imported baked goods from Italy & France (where glyphosate is banned) they want without issue, but a single slice of traditional glyphosate-laden bread causes a major GI issue lasting several hours. One paper I read said it was found in the rain that fell on farms, too, as there is so much of it that it's everywhere, as you said. I'd say more, but it would venture into politics.

I'm a true crime junkie. My favorite podcast is Crime Junkie. 😆 There is a main host and a co-host. The main host presents the info/research and the co-host will interject with questions to help fill in gaps, etc. I like this because I've listened to some podcasts where the host is simply droning along reading a script. This is more like a couple of friends talking about these crimes (they are actually besties in real life). Here is their webpage. https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/about-us/ (NOTE--- there is another podcast called Crime JunkieS (with an S)-- this one is not as good so be sure to check out the one I listed with the two female hosts. They have a ton. I'm still about five years behind on their podcasts! You can listen online or go to any of the usual places to download their episodes. Another one that is based on a true crime is Dirty John. This is more like a mini-series but on audio. It was a big hit when it first came out. This was actually made into a TV series that's pretty good. I watched it on Netflix several years ago but don't know where it's available now. Def listen to the podcast first, though. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-john/id1272970334 Those are just a couple of names to get you started but there are others out there. Like others have said, there are so many podcasts on every topic imaginable out there that it's a bit overwhelming. It's almost like asking someone "what's good to read on the internet?" So, search for a topic you are interested in and just dive in! Oh, some others that are spooky, but fiction, are The Black Tapes ( https://theblacktapespodcast.com/ ) and Limetown ( https://twoupproductions.com/limetown/podcast ). Another one we liked was about a mystery noise that made people kind of zombie-like and couldn't remember things, but I can't remember what it's called at the moment. I'll come back and edit if it comes to me. EDIT: I remembered the mystery noise podcast. It's called The Message. It's an alien radio signal received 70 years ago and those who hear it go into a coma. Here is a synopsis (with spoilers!!) on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_(podcast)