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ManicProgressive
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Lawyer, mom, hiker, prodigious reader.
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I am a lawyer who likes to hike, read and analyze data and who has a certificate in mental health first aid.
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

@TxGrandpa2 wrote:@EricC227821 wrote:I remember when gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon...Every Day. How about regularly around 29¢, or as low as 10¢ during gas wars...seen any of those lately?The cheapest I ever saw was 54 cents around 1980.
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

I am so old I remember when cars only had: am radiosone side mirror on the driver's sidethe original push button starts for cars -- that little primer button that put some gas in the carburetor.  lock-free gas caps, before the gas crisis and locking ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@MsStretch wrote:I am a pollo-pescatarian.  It has been so long since I ate red meat or pork, that sometimes I find the smell of it cooking nauseating, particularly bacon. 🤢  And I used to eat steak tartare and cannibal sandwiches!   I am not a big ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@afisher123 wrote:   I suppose that not eating meat is the best thing that I did since retiring.   The amount of processes food that I consume is miniscule.   I agree with Manic - sugar certainly feels addictive.    When you avoid it for months and t...
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Re: How are your holidays different this year?

We didn't see any relatives.  😞  I didn't go on any weekend trips.  😞  No museums.   😞  No shows at the Kennedy Center.  😞   A bummer in a lot of ways.  Missing family was the worst.  But I tried to make it as festive as possible.   Two college a...
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

@TxGrandpa2 wrote:@EricC227821 wrote:I remember when gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon...Every Day. How about regularly around 29¢, or as low as 10¢ during gas wars...seen any of those lately?The cheapest I ever saw was 54 cents around 1980.
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

I am so old I remember when cars only had: am radiosone side mirror on the driver's sidethe original push button starts for cars -- that little primer button that put some gas in the carburetor.  lock-free gas caps, before the gas crisis and locking ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@MsStretch wrote:I am a pollo-pescatarian.  It has been so long since I ate red meat or pork, that sometimes I find the smell of it cooking nauseating, particularly bacon. 🤢  And I used to eat steak tartare and cannibal sandwiches!   I am not a big ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@afisher123 wrote:   I suppose that not eating meat is the best thing that I did since retiring.   The amount of processes food that I consume is miniscule.   I agree with Manic - sugar certainly feels addictive.    When you avoid it for months and t...
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Re: How are your holidays different this year?

We didn't see any relatives.  😞  I didn't go on any weekend trips.  😞  No museums.   😞  No shows at the Kennedy Center.  😞   A bummer in a lot of ways.  Missing family was the worst.  But I tried to make it as festive as possible.   Two college a...
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

@TxGrandpa2 wrote:@EricC227821 wrote:I remember when gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon...Every Day. How about regularly around 29¢, or as low as 10¢ during gas wars...seen any of those lately?The cheapest I ever saw was 54 cents around 1980.
ManicProgressive 01-04-2021 06:33 AM
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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

I am so old I remember when cars only had: am radiosone side mirror on the driver's sidethe original push button starts for cars -- that little primer button that put some gas in the carburetor.  lock-free gas caps, before the gas crisis and locking ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@MsStretch wrote:I am a pollo-pescatarian.  It has been so long since I ate red meat or pork, that sometimes I find the smell of it cooking nauseating, particularly bacon. 🤢  And I used to eat steak tartare and cannibal sandwiches!   I am not a big ...
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Re: Five Myths About Nutrition

@afisher123 wrote:   I suppose that not eating meat is the best thing that I did since retiring.   The amount of processes food that I consume is miniscule.   I agree with Manic - sugar certainly feels addictive.    When you avoid it for months and t...
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Re: How are your holidays different this year?

We didn't see any relatives.  😞  I didn't go on any weekend trips.  😞  No museums.   😞  No shows at the Kennedy Center.  😞   A bummer in a lot of ways.  Missing family was the worst.  But I tried to make it as festive as possible.   Two college a...
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