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Can phone numbers be phished like email accounts? For example, I get spam emails from my own address.

I usually return calls when it's a wrong number, just to tell people it's a wrong number. I've had calls from car dealerships and dog breeders. The dog breeder said, "Oh. Thank you for letting me know. Do you want a puppy?" It's the internet, not the community. I frequent a car forum, same types of responses.

Me, too, but the 5-minute commercials are unusual. I've only seen them on Hallmark, during Columbo. There are a few of them, one with Kathy Levine (former QVC host), and the one this a.m. with the bullied woman. There was another yesterday, but I can't remember anything about it. Btw, I know it's a 5-minute ad because it features a countdown timer in the corner. Maybe that's so people know they have 5 minutes to get a cup of coffee and visit the bathroom.

I'm fine with food until it's avocado. I've been known to change my blouse before eating something avocado.

I may have, too. Mostly, I remember the Carnation Instant Breakfast that you mixed with milk. I had a lot of those!

Cricket, please post updates here when you can. You and Joe are in my thoughts.

I can understand the variance with numbers you recognize, but it's the business calls that amuse me. I'm convinced that some of the "I got a missed call from this number" folks don't know how to check their messages.

Squirrel Girl and Bat Boy are dating! Exclusive! For voice overs, I like Sam Elliott for Dodge Ram trucks.

Marie Osmond and Nutrisystem. I've noticed that sometimes she says she lost 50 lbs "with" Nutrisystem, sometimes "on" Nutrisystem. There's always been a claim that she actually lost the weight with DWTS, but I digress. I have a couple of days where I go to work late. I like to watch Columbo in the a.m. I vaguely recall that the original Columbo stories were 90 minutes, and Hallmark has two hours blocked out. Why? So they can run 5 minute commercials for Nutrisystem. This a.m., one of the ladies in the commercial was crying because she was bullied for being a chubby child. The commercials are effective, but I wish they would buy their own infomercial time and stay out of Columbo.

There are a lot of people just like you. At my work, it goes like this: "I had a missed call from this number." "I don't know who called you, did they leave a message?" "Oh, yes, let me check the message and call you back."

This year, July 16 is National Ice Cream Day. (In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month and established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month of July.) I hear rumors of deals and lots of freebies, so I'm giving advance notice so you can plan accordingly.

Well, according to this article, California wines tend to oak. I suspect the problem is that mass-produced wines are aged with oak chips as opposed to oak barrels. https://vinepair.com/wine-101/oaked-unoaked-wine-guide/ So, if you want to try again, find a good California chardonnay aged in French oak barrels and stay away from the inexpensive ones. Btw, oak and buttery are non-related. Oak imparts vanilla tones and color, but not butter.

You are correct, it's Credit Karma, but for some reason they have removed the ad.

Huh?

If it's warm, the chips will melt. If you want chocolate, go with M&Ms (They melt in your mouth, not in your hands!) I like almonds with dried cranberries.

It depends on your audience. My peeve: People want everything RIGHT NOW. If they call and get voicemail, they hang up and call back. Repeatedly. Is this the definition of insanity? If someone is not available, they want me to FIND THEM RIGHT NOW. People need to take a deep breath and chill. Life doesn't operate on RIGHT NOW.

“There's more E. coli in a kitchen sink than in a toilet after you flush it. The sink is a great place for E. coli to live and grow since it's wet and moist. Bacteria feed on the food that people put down the drain and what's left on dishes in the sink." (Mar 31, 2015) Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found fecal matter on one out of every six smartphones in a 2011 study. Add to that the work of Charles Gerba, a famed University of Arizona microbiologist who found cell phones carry 10 times the bacteria of most toilet seats.

Adele, Water Under the Bridge I hear: I love you unto the breech Real: Our love ain't water under the bridge What makes this amusing is that there is a song called Unto the Breach, about Hobbits.

This woman’s husband had been ill in hospital for several months. He kept slipping in and out of a coma but she remained faithfully by his bedside every single day. Then one day, when he woke from his coma, he motioned for her to come nearer to him. As she moved closer and sat beside him, with eyes filling with tears he whispered into her ear, “You know what? You’ve been with me through all the tough times. When I got fired from my job, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there for me. When I got shot, you were by my side all the time. When we lost the house, you stayed right here with me. And even when my health started failing, you were still by my side… You know what?” “What dear,” she asked gently, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth, her eyes welling with tears. He said, “I think you’re bad luck."

Take photos before the move. Aside from ooak* pieces, furniture isn't often worth very much. * one of a kind

You say that as if it's a bad thing. I like my chardonnays oaky and buttery. I'm a Philistine.

You don't need to jump out of a perfectly good airplane for that. Roll down the window on the car. Go to the beach.

German chocolate cake is reportedly from 19th century America, invented by a man with the last name German.