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I got a warning that required an acknowledgement. I refused, so I waited out a 1 year suspension and it disappeared. In case you were all wondering why you didn't hear from me for 12 months.

John David and Abbie ran a 5K. They wore normal athletic clothing. Abbie, the shameless hussie, word black spandex leggings and a tank top. Yay, she's not pregnant.

Ginger

If police had beaten a confession out of him - prima facie inadmissible - and the judge allowed the jury to hear it, should a conviction be allowed to stand? I don't want to be ruled by a justice system that doesn't protect basic procedural fairness.

No, they're saying it's "because the judge allowed the jury to hear and consider evidence which was inadmissible" Everyone is entitled to due process.

Grocery shopping has become horrible enough, as I try to balance cost vs convenience vs quality at the different grocery stores in my neighbourhood. A national chain in Canada (all Canucks will know which one I mean), installed multiple self serve checkouts while leaving only 1 staffed checkout, maybe 2 at absolute peak times. Now they have realized that facilitated theft, so they have installed locked gates, plexiglass barriers, locking cart wheels, receipt checks and security guards. That wasn't enough, so they moved to limit the number of items at self serve checkouts, presumably because a full cart made it easier to hide unpaid items. The kicker is that the signs say "25 items or less". It's "fewer", you morons. Fewer.

I once reported an incredibly vicious, hateful personal message I received from another poster. The moderator's response "Aw, Diddums, as your mommy taught you, when someone hurts your feelings you should just ignore them". I'm unaware whether that poster received so much as a slap on the wrist, but I assume not since she subsequently was made a moderator. So the "ignore" feature no longer worked. Did you know you can't put moderators on "ignore"?

High five, Sister Friend. I'm kind of proud of mine. If you haven't got anything nice to say, come sit right here by me.

"just talking" leads to babies, at least according to many contestants on Judge Judy.

Damn, I've got to get a new hobby. Actually, I have completely abandoned figure skating fandom. I hate the "new" rules, and trends. Get off my lawn.

I'm guessing his winning personality wasn't the attraction. I've watched a few episodes of Milk Street and all of the chefs/presenters appear to either kiss his ass or cower in fear.

It's always a good idea to learn the generic rather than proprietary name of everyday products, especially when traveling. I had to find treatment for a sunburn in France, and frankly wouldn't have known what to look for at home because I'd never had a sunburn before. It was a real test of my French vocabulary, and ultimately my charade skills, to get the most awesome ointment which I brought home and used on kitchen and other burns for many months. I'm always astonished when travellers expect the rest of the world to be just like it is at home (then why travel???) I can't count the number of times I've heard American tourists (Not talking about anyone on this forum, just citing my lived experience) ask "What does this cost in real dollars?" and question why "TSA" in another country doesn't follow the same airport security rules as the United States Transportation Security Administration.

How do you hear them speaking on a voicemail? Do you have an answering machine?

I don't answer numbers I don't recognize, but I do answer "unknown callers" because I am dealing with a number of healthcare providers who call from their cellphones when they get a free minute in their day. If I have to call them back, we usually end up playing phone tag. My secret - I don't say anything when I answer. If they are legitimate callers, they will say "Hello? Quof?" Spam callers might have my last name from a list, but never my first, so it's a good screener. Robots just disconnect.

Manners never go out of style, just because people do all kinds of things that are rude.