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Um, I just get mine at Goodwill and Salvation Army, because everything breaks very easily in porcelain sinks. No one ever complains about the wine glass or the wine. Life is short and there lots of charities who could really use that $125 (a glass!)

I haven't been able to spend Thanksgiving with my family in years, as they live so far away. This is the first year that friends have invited me to join their family. I have never appreciated an invitation so much. In the South, we would always make sure people with families far away would have a place at our table.

I'm surprised no one has taken this angle:
I think it would be very rude for a host to insist that someone eat something or to insist on an explanation! No one wants to hear the medical reason why I can only eat cooked tomatoes, only if they have been cooked extensively--for God's sake, just let me politely decline. No one needs to hear about how and when I choose to break my vegetarian diet--just let me politely decline.

Also, if bringing a dish is not the plan (like many catered work events) I just know to eat something before or throw some nuts into my purse to eat on the way home. Not the end of the world.

When I buy a jar, I immediately put it upside down in the cupboard for a few days, until I use it. The plastic seal will prevent leakage. When you take it out to use it, no stirring needed ever again, unless you don't use it for a month or so. Learned this from my upstairs neighbor!

It blows my mind that someone would even consider throwing canned goods away, and not donate them.

I will never cease to laugh at people who spend so much energy eradicating one ground cover (that comes with flowers!) to plant another.

It's been suggested that I try no-poo, but I swim in the ocean a few times a week and my hair gets very, very salty= itchy and tangled. I use sulfate-free shampoo and cond. and only shampoo about twice a week. It's been a lot better for my hair, especially since as I age, it has become drier.

I started buying some very expensive all-natural conditioner from Davines and I use it often between shampoos. As a result, my hair looks a lot better when I wake up (it's not so dry), so less styling for me!

Ha, this is also very good for your hair. I often find too-ripe avocados at the market and ask for them for free--usually they are happy to get rid of them. Mix with honey, put it in your hair for a while. Shiny shininess.

I've struggled to get the ice out of them as well.

I drove a 72 Beetle until 1998. I passed the Louisville emissions inspection with flying colors every year. Great mileage, plus not having the environmental impact of a new car being built...