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until I mastered my smart phone I too printed out directions! I much prefer to hear Siri or whoever tell me where to turn than to keep glancing down at my papers though. 🙂 At first I was little miffed at the one where he has the women throw out the "Live love laugh" and "No backtalk..." signs because I have those types of things in my house, but it is funny because I have become my mom!!!!!!!!!

Because this is what I have to tell my 79 year old father every time we go out (past tense due to covid) I laugh so hard at this one. I also laugh at the "if you printed out directions to get here..." because, again, my dad does this.

Gift cards with teenytiny numbers! I'm trying to use one to purchase something online, the numbers are so small they almost blend together. Argh!!

hahahaha, so much this!! I moved into a small house and I love that I no longer have to host holiday dinners! Truly the only time we can entertain family and friends is in the summer when we can use the patio area since we don't have enough room in the house! Easy-peasey!

I agree with both of you @BookWoman56 and @auntlada, the fact that every designer uses this design style is annoying and clearly not a design so much as a one size fits all strategy. And I used the color gray only because it was mentioned, I personally prefer warm colors, light (not pastel) shades of yellows, blues and greens. A good friend of mine prefers a more formal decor, she loves wood paneling and rich burgundies and blues and I love what she has done with her house.

I just watched the 20/20 episodes (2 parts) on the Kimberly Mays/Twigg switched at birth. Wow. Just wow. I did not realize how much was going on in that case. I remembered it happening when I was a teenager and thinking why won't the Twigg family just leave her be? After watching this I now wish they'd done more sooner. And poor Kimberly, my god what a fucked up life she had. Her "dad" sounded like a first class control freak asshole who may or may not have manipulated the switch and then married a nurse who was helping care for his dying wife shortly after her death. And the wife had started divorce proceedings just weeks before her death too! He wouldn't let his dead wife's family see Kimberly, and when he divorced his 2nd wife he cut off her contact with Kimberly as well. That poor girl. She has no contact with her birth family now either. No one came out happy in that mess.

That whole case was shady! I felt for the plaintiff because she desperately needed a car but to buy it from your Auntie's "Friend" who shows up at your Auntie's house with no paperwork? Bizarre. Definitely not the brightest bulb in the package. And that shady dealer saw her coming a mile away, I believe he asked her for sexual favors in lieu of payment too, scumbag.

@tinkerbell I have 8 grand kitties and couldn't be happier. I also love seeing my children live their own lives, while I do not regret having children in my early 20's I missed a lot while raising them. Seeing them have experiences that I was not able to have like traveling anywhere anytime, having hobbies that give them joy, and having the freedom to take job opportunities without the burden of worrying about having enough vacation/sick time if the kids get ill makes me happy. Again, it's their choice and I would never dream of guilting them for not giving me grandchildren. In defense of gray walls and white countertops, I grew up in a house with zero decor style, very cluttered, dark and busy. Every shelf was full of knick-knacks, every wall loaded with pictures and wall hangings. The walls were dark paneling and furniture was browns, reds and dark blues. For my space I prefer the clean, simple design that gray walls and white counters provide. To each his/her own, I love seeing everyone's different ideas for home decor, I just choose the simple clean look. 🙂

@SuprSuprElevated I feel you, my senior pics were taken at school with maybe 5 poses, no clothing changes but I did take off my glasses for half of the photos which pissed off my mom, none of the 'glassless' pics got ordered so I went to a photo studio on my own and got my own pics done. This being the '80s the poses were all super cliche, but hey, I love those pics! I too got on IG because my daughters, stepkids, niece & nephews all told me they don't post much on FB anymore so if I wanted to see what they had going on I had to sign up. Yuck. I was bored and annoyed within a week. The constant ads, the fake photos, models and dohickey sellers were just not interesting to me. I kept it for about a year but hadn't looked at it in many months.o I finally just deleted IG & Twitter since I have no patience for either.

I never understood IG, I know I'm old and I got into it later than you youngsters but to me it was ALWAYS one big ad. Plus I am not one to view obviously staged and photo shopped pics with envy either. "Influencers" and their ilk make me nauseous and the people who follow them like demigods baffle me. This old lady has learned that 99% of what some people post on FB (the only platform I still use, albeit scarcely) is complete bullshit, made only to make them feel better about whatever inferiority issue they have or to garner sympathy for whatever 'problem' they are whining about. Yeah, yeah, I'm an outdated curmudgeon, rant over! 🙂

This. If you don't feel you can sacrifice your time, energy and money for the next 20+ years please do not have children. They are forever, you don't get to return them when they are sick, bratty or difficult. I had my kids at 22 and 26 respectively and their father and I divorced when my oldest was 11 and my youngest was 7. My ex became an every-other-weekend-dad so I spent my 30's & 40's raising my kids pretty much on my own. I loved being a mom. That being said, even if my girls did decide to have children they know that I will not be the grandma that takes them every weekend or shows up at soccer games and dance recitals. Been there, done that, and I don't want to do it again. Listening to some of my coworkers go on and on about their grandkids and shoving their phones in my face to show me pics of them doing these things makes my eyes glaze over.

And this is a current pet peeve of mine, I am 53, I have 2 daughters that are 30 & 26, my oldest is married, my youngest is in a relationship. Both my daughters told me that they are not really interested in having children. I have no problem with this and would never dream of 'demanding' a grandchild yet I have friends and coworkers who constantly ask me "aren't you sad you'll never have grandchildren?" Um, no. I am happy that my daughters don't feel compelled to give birth just to make my life complete*. I am happy that my daughters don't feel it's necessary to conform to what other people want regardless of their wants and needs. *Grandchildren would not make me complete, My daughters being happy & healthy make me complete.

LOL, I remember the guy who didn't have enough fuel, really???? Yes to all that you said @CoderLady, I have no problem with competitors whose home forges don't have a Big Blue or who use a coal forge but at least make sure what you do have is in good working order before you leave. I've watched a couple episodes with the new guy @TexasTiffany is right, there isn't a lot of humor. New guy doesn't exude the same excitement that Will did either, he seems a bit lost. Hoping he gets better.

JJ knew after 3 seconds/3 syllables that Ms. DiBlasio was a liar. I loved how put together those kids were, I thought Miss Viamin was gorgeous, I covet her hair..... Yep, I think she got duped and scammed those kids thinking it would never come back on her. Um....I thought he looked like Jeffrey Dahmer. He gave me the creeps.

Miss Petrucelli needs to lay off the botox, her face looked like a clay mask. Aside from the distraction of her immobile top lip and eyebrows, her case was such a sham. She knew full well that she was not a signer on the contract, I'll bet she wanted her ex to sue the defendant on her behalf and he refused so she thought she could pull a fast one on JJ. omg, Mr. Keps and I laughed so hard at this case, the car over the top of the brick wall, his "I dunno what happened" excuse, too funny!! The plaintiff's deadpan, "we live in the same house" had us rolling.

So dumb, yet I'm sure he thinks he is the bees knees. His girlfriend was gorgeous and smart, I truly hope she dumped that turd and found a decent, honest guy. JJ had his number from the moment he took a deep breath and said "I don't have it". I D I O T. Plaintiff was overeaching with wanting the bike back like it was a one of a kind, never duplicated item. Sheesh, take your money and go. Hahahaha, I thought the 2 of them could do a low rent impersonation of Gomez & Morticia Addams for Halloween! Man, she was missing more teeth than a jack-o-lantern! And he with is greased back hair and "I've been watching you since I was a teen" comment, really? At least have the decency to NOT put a date on it!

I didn't understand why the landlord wasn't involved? I did feel bad for the plaintiff having to come home to this crap every day, the defendant and her father both seemed like mean people. I wouldn't want to have to confront my neighbor's boyfriend, I just don't get why the landlord wasn't called.

@TIHZHO, I know what you mean. I recorded a marathon of past season episodes over the summer and have been watching them for the last couple months. I would be interested to know how long it is between when you apply and when you get your date for the competition. I would have to imagine it would be a few months so during those few months I'd be setting up a timer, finding weird metals to forge a blade with, test out different methods of forging, and make a few different styles of blades and handles just to get a feel for it. Seems like most of the Bladesmiths just walk on with an "I do it my way" attitude.

I think Mama's boy was drunk or hungover or both. Sadly, he actually LOOKED like he had his shit together, until he started talking and his true idiocy came out front and center. And Mama has certainly enabled him to become such a loser. She with her grin and "I'm so proud of him" bullshit. Really? I look forward to seeing him on a future show as a defendant when he finds some stupid, desperate twit who will fork over $$$ in "loans" in order to have a man.

@Quilt Fairy, I haven't watched yet, but why is Will not doing it?

Me too. I like them tho, very low key and they seem to be having fun. I don't think they will make it much further tho. I'm not a Hung fan, I have never liked that she has to hug everyone! And her little tirade about D'Angelo taking their cab was ridiculous, from what I saw she ran past it to another so D'Angelo grabbed it, and I agree, she never would have seen the letters if he hadn't mentioned it to her.

He was a lying liar who lies. He was speeding, ran a red light, no insurance, he's a jerk. The landlord was a scam artist, The lawn wasn't mowed? I loved the fake "bill" he submitted as well. Glad she got her money, maybe she and her friend can get better wigs. I wish they were made to have giant signs put on their vehicles that say I DRIVE WITHOUT INSURANCE. I hate irresponsible people who just shrug and say "so what?" while the rest of us who make sure we dot our i's and cross our t's are left to pay for their mistakes. Me too, you could always tell the ones who were looking to be noticed, tons of make up, weird expressions, etc. I was able to tune them out but Mr. Keps would constantly point them out while I was trying to hear the case, I found that very annoying!

I'm lucky if I have 2 gloves that match each other, let alone the coat I'm wearing lol!

I don't mind the fake coffee/drink but at least make it realistic when your fake drinking it. You get handed a fresh cup of coffee and immediately take a big gulp, really? Wouldn't it be scalding hot?? And then when they wave the cup around as they talk, wouldn't the coffee be sloshing all over them? What always makes me roll my eyes is when they set it down and you can here the empty thud the cup makes. Speaking of Christmas movies, how come people, especially women, who have never seen snow before but got grounded in the snowiest of snowy Christmas towns always have these gorgeous coats and sweaters as if they've been living in the Rockies their whole lives? And who the heck has 3 or 4 coats each with a coordinating set of hats, gloves and scarves?

Sorry to rehash this discussion but my coworkers and I were just discussing this. When I first started where I work (29 years ago - yikes!) there was a woman in the accounting office who was considered the office hottie: tiny little thing, long, luscious hair, pretty face, (although always looked like she swallowed a lemon) and always VERY tan. Always wore mini skirts, tight blouses and high high heels. She was about 5-7 years older than me, (I was 22 when I started). Over the years as our company grew our offices became spread out and I didn't see her for probably 15 years, but then I did see her and woooboy, she did not age well. Apparently she had an at-home tanning bed and utilized it a bit too much over the years. Her face looked like my uncle's old leather satchel from his army days. Her beautiful hair was fried and crispy looking. She was still tiny but now she looked like a old wrinkly shirt on a small wire hanger. Unfortunately she was still dressing the same and caking on the make up to hide the wrinkles.