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I'm annoyed at ESPN plus also. I subscribed to it just to watch matches during the slams, but they post such a random selection and leave out some of the most interesting. I'm a Musetti fan and wanted to watch him vs Shapo on replay but it was no where to be found. On my computer they listed the doubles with Hsieh su Wei and Jelena Ostopenko playing together (!!) but it was gone when I logged into my Roku. How much work would it take to add matches like these especially when they are on the larger courts?

I feel the same way! It's so bizarre that here in NYC we get polar vortex temperatures (and more on the way in the next 10 days apparently) but then we get rain. Rain, cold and dark is not fun in the winter. I know it's climate change plus Jet Stream but it's still annoying to me.

@TVbitch are you checking out Youtube? There are some extended highlights along with the press conferences. Just watched the end of Naomi Osaka's win over Muchova. Naomi has a brutal draw but she looks great. Hope she can go far this year. I don't like Patrick M. at all but maybe he is getting her to believe in herself which might be the most important thing for her at this point.

I saw They Shoot Horses in the theater also. I remember it vividly, and was very impressed with Jane Fonda's performance but I agree, it's not a film that is enjoyable to revisit.

Conan O'Brien's parents died this week within three days of each other. Thomas O’Brien, an epidemiologist, and Ruth O’Brien, a lawyer, juggled successful careers with raising six children, including the comedy star. Sad to hear sorry for Conan and his five siblings. I know there's a Youtube video about his mother's achievements along with comments from the family

@Dimity I just saw your post, sorry. I hope you have had the skin issue checked out because It sounds like what happened to me when I first got vasculitis, I had red marks all over my legs all of a sudden. I went to Urgent Care and a doctor there took a photo of it with his phone and went online to check that it was vasculitis. So I hope that's not the case but I'd suggest seeing a doctor so as to at least hopefully rule it out.

I'm seeing family members on Wednesday before Thanksgiving but I will be alone Thursday so I intend to order some nice seasonal foods from Instacart, hopefully from Citarella, the afternoon before to heat up. I actually have not been to a Thanksgiving at all since before Covid. Two years ago one of us got Covid at the last minute and last year I was so sick from the medication I was taking for the vasculitis that I couldn't eat anything. Let's hope this time's the charm!

The whole recurring charge with cards is so aggravating that whenever I can I use Paypal for those charges. All I have to do is update my Paypal default card and things take care of themselves On a related note, I tried to buy a vintage camera from a merchant in the UK who I have found out has a reputation for being at best - well, disorganized. After not receiving the camera after nearly 3 weeks I emailed him and asked him to cancel the order and refund my credit card. Well, he promised to cancel if I wanted but it's been nearly a month and I've never been refunded. I've started a chargeback with Chase, the issuer, and even uploaded the email chain of my asking 3 times for the refund, but nothing has come of it. Maybe I'll be refunded by New Year's.

I haven't read the article (kind of want to avoid any spoilers) but the Tea Leoni character, and the way she was introduced, suggests they may be going for a kind of film noir flavor next year which might turn out to be way more interesting than Season Four.

I've never noticed the scent of any Dawn I have bought but the one I currently have and used to unclog the sink is a large blue one with the yellow baby duck that appears in their commercials (because it is apparently used to save birds caught in oil slicks).

I actually use a strainer all the time in both the bathroom sink and the tub so I don't think my issue is hair, I believe (and these are very old pipes) it's generally a problem with bar soap which I've read can re-solidify in the drain (another good argument for liquid hand soap). Apparently the blue dawn detergent is some kind of super emulsifier which is why it eventually works. I do use a lot of it if I have to, followed by hot water if necessary, but especially on a weekend it's such a relief when it finally works.

As a night owl type I agree @Dimity, though I have actually never met a fellow night owl who braggs about it! I have known early birds who like to brag. One of my oldest friends is definitely an early, she likes to get up maybe around 6 am to go to the gym (shudder). However we have no issue communicating, we just pick a time like noon or 12:30 to meet up fpr lunch.

I have a feeling the missing husband will turn out to be dead, but as we saw this season he could certainly appear in flashbacks!

Maybe this belongs in good news / bad news but I've had one apartment issue after another the last few days. The big one began some weeks ago when the unit above me - which was empty at the time - had a serious leak from the sink pipe at 6:30 am, it was so loud I could hear the water over my head in the bedroom. My super, who is a great guy, promptly went up to fix it and said my new bathroom fan (which had water dripping around it) would be all right. Fast forward a few weeks and there's a water stain on the bedroom ceiling on the side near the bathroom. He fixes the stain and seals it. Fast forward another few weeks, the ceiling paint in my bedroom starts falling down all over in large pieces, on the bed, on the floor, etc. Between my going away and his vacation it probably could have been caught sooner but whatever. Now his son who also works here has scraped it and is starting to re-plaster but...it's not their fault, he was ill yesterday and had to run the elevator Sunday... but I really feel this will take awhile. The paint was also old so....maybe it was bound to happen but I'd love for this to be over. Good news? I also had my bathroom sink clog up on the weekend. After a day of aggravation I finally used the hot water/blue Dawn dish detergent trick and after multiple attempts it's draining like a dream. Home remedies do work sometimes.

I don't know about now but we did play croquet in the back yard when I was growing up. I enjoyed it also. I was not very athletic but we did enjoy playing outside in those old days! My great-nephews and great-neice seem to be more into organized sports like soccer as far as I can tell.