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Can the pallets be sealed with something to prevent outgassing? Or is that oxymoronic? It sure is cute and very thrifty!

I think, bucksept, that although you make a good point, on this list you can only make that criticism about the phone....everything else IS timeless. However, I have to say I have that phone, bought eons ago for my oldest daughter when she was two. Her now seven year old daughter still loves it. Why? Not because of the dial, she loves the moving googly eyes and the quacky noise it makes when she pulls it! She also loves to talk to an imaginary caller using the handset. So, while I wouldn't pay full price for the now plastic version (mine is wood, except for the plastic dial and handset) I'd buy it again, cheap and used, for a toddler who, trust me, will love it too! The toys that turn out to be favorites can often surprise you, children do have their own ideas, which I think you were saying. But some toys do seem to have very broad appeal, wooden building blocks, for instance, don't ever seem to go out of style. One of the best free toys is any huge box, say from an appliance, they can be colored, windows and doors cut, painted, decorated and used until they get used up. My children surprised me by playing broadly and creatively with things that I thought (with my less creative mind) were sure to have limited appeal.

I looked up Castle Panic and the five or six cards I saw pictured were all male oriented -- of knights. Are there any female oriented cards, or other piaying pieces, in this game?

This was interesting, as we're the comments. I had this very thing carefully explained to me by a local egg seller at an outdoor market in the UK after I remarked on the fact that they were sitting outside of refrigeration. She was adamant, when eggs are washed they have to be refrigerated. When they retain their natural coatings, they do not. So I too am following Hanhosh's statement, keep them the way they're sold to you.

IMHO healthily raised chickens produce healthy eggs.

Well, wasn't this fun...I just got Netflix and now I have a very timely and instant list of interesting suggestions!

I have seen Rivers and Tides and it was fabulous! I want to say there is a second piece about Andy Goldsworthy, but I may have seen that on BBC, while in England over five years ago.

Sure enough here is the same picture, with more details. No mention of cornstarch in that post. Maybe the cornstarch makes for an easier release? Perhaps a smoother surface?
http://daringbakerduluth.blogspot.com/2012/08/brown-sugar-casted-chocolates.html

My husband has sleep apnea and uses a CPAP machine and a mask that goes over his nose and mouth. He is a mouth breather and when the machine is working well it's pretty nice to sleep to, almost white noise. When it isn't fitting correctly or gets moved during the night, as it often does, it can make awful noises that keep me awake, while he sleeps through it all. We also have big temperature differences, while he tosses the covers completely off, (generally over me) I need them piled up around my head in order to sleep. I would love to sleep in another room. He disagrees, so I often try to put up with it, if it gets bad I go off to a spare room, during the night, to sleep in the twin bed. It's never as comfortable as the original King bed and leaves me disgruntled and tired. It is certainly a bone of contention and a problem that could easily be resolved by setting up that extra bedroom so I could be comfortable.

Yes, indeed, look for like minded groups to join...book clubs, music groups, knitting clubs, biking clubs, etc. The more frequently they meet the better. You may not end up close freins with all the members, but you might find one or two whom you really click with.

I have to agree with the poster who said she had problems talking to Women about other things besides kids, etc. it is sometimes hard to get beyond the trivialities of social chatter, necessitated by limited time. That is why a group can be good, at least there is some sort of potentially of interest topic for the conversation to start with.

Sometimes a good bookstore wiill have visiting author's regularly giving a talk, you can meet some very interesting people at these. One thing I always do is search out the local schedule of events (online or in freebie or local papers) wherever I go, looking for interesting things going on around town.

It is hard to find friends when you loose your children as a contact, or if you never had any to start with....walking a dog can introduce you to people the way kids can. Strangers will say hello and start discussing your dog!:D

For a new couch try some consignment shops...a local one near a University here has amazing prices, around $100, they are clean and in excellent condition. Otherwise, I wonder if you can take the covers off the back cushions? Turn them inside out and change the uncomfortably pointy shape by re-sewing seams into a better, more squared off shape. Remove some stuffing and re-shape those to fit. That would make the couch look more acceptable. If you like throws, that and pillows could help minimize the color a bit more. Neutrals with accents of yellow and the green could look good.

I massaged my kale after being shown what to do to replicate a really wonderful Kale Salad found at a local health food store...they told me to add (to taste) Bragg unfiltered apple cider vinegar and soured me it makes the whole thing digestible and fabulous. Although I was skeptical about doing both, it makes a wonderful tasting salad. They also make one adding thinly sliced red onion circles.