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Eduardo got loose tonight. LOL. J had some veggie fried rice, and I had a bacon egg cheeseburger hot dish. I made enough of both that lunch tomorrow is covered.
As baked
and as served
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! A little cooler today, with 20% chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm. Those darn strays! Someone ought to catch and neuter!
Breakfast was steel cut oatmeal with blueberries and cream, and some bacon on the side.
We have two wild dogwood volunteers in our yard that the neighborhood birds must have gifted us with. Both happened to come up in places we found acceptable, so we let them grow. This year they are blooming. One has a fairly normal sized bloom and the other seems to have quite a tiny one.
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And now Edweirdo...I mean Eduardo...has got the Boeuf Bourguignon, of sorts, going in a slow cooker. Dinner in 8 hours or so!
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Howdy all y'all. It's magnificent Monday! It should be fairly warm with zero chance of rain. I have given Lilo her Monday fluid treatment. That went very smoothly today. I need to call the vet to order her next bag of fluid though, as she only has two doses left in the current bag.
The Boeuf Bourguignon was the best I have ever made! I had some more for breakfast, and have enough left for another meal.
Well, let me get that call in to the vet so I can set that up...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Cool today, with near 100% chance of rain. I do need to pick up Lilo's next bag of fluid, but can wait until tomorrow if need be. There are a few grocery items I could stand to get as well, but nothing critical. And I would like to wait and see if the doctor has called in my prescription and combine that with any grocery run I make.
So nothing major on the agenda today. Laundry to be folded. I have given Lilo her Tuesday shot.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Well, I did get out just to get Lilo's fluid, even though I have enough to get through Friday. They had to come out to my car twice though, as the first time they brought ONLY the fluid, and had to be reminded that I also needed the plastic tubing kit and some needles, in order to be able to administer the fluid treatments.
Rain was threatening, so I came on home, though I did think about stopping to see if the auto parts store was open as my van picked today to run out of wiper fluid.
But hey, at least it wasn't low on blinker fluid! A lot of people seem to be permanently out of that. LOL!
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For dinner tonight, Eduardo compromised a little, because I overslept my nap. I had intended to make some home made flat dumplings, but by the time I awoke, it was already nearly six!
So even though there was already sauvignon blanc in the broth, I poured in about half a cup of Marsala, and then added the peas, so they could cook while I was deboning and de-skinning the chicken. After putting that back in, I added a good, large handful of spaetzle noodles, and a small amount of corn starch slurry to slightly thicken the broth.
And dinner, for me, was served. A one pot meal, with an appropriately named Tuesday Night White sauvignon blanc.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It should be a fine, cool day here in Peachtree Corners, GA. And no chance of rain. I might slip out to a Kroger store, or maybe Ingles, which is closer, for a few grocery items that are low or depleted. It IS a nice day for it and I could do it without dodging showers.
I can also, now that it's the first of the month and my pension has dropped into my account, order some grocery items from Amazon, that I can't get locally.
Not a lot else on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7YhwWrR2ng
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! It's another fairly cool one, with no chance of rain. I probably should make a run for cat food and kitty litter today, but don't really want to. Doesn't mean I won't, but just that I really don't want to get out again so soon.
I finished off my chicken soup for breakfast. I am no sure what lunch will be but am pondering something Tex-Mex in style. And maybe take a cooking break for dinner and pull out some frozen pizza, though the pizza could wait until tomorrow...and I could make some slow cooked pasta e fagioli instead. We'll see how I feel about that around lunchtime.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpjm8QjIIO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8bDDAPwHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFyHfJeiyAY
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Well, I got the pets covered as far as food and kitty litter now. I decided, while out, to quickly peruse Target and Publix, since they are in the same connected parking lot as PetSmart, on the other wing, and both have automatic doors so I could just cruise through to take a quick look.
Target had small amounts of both toilet paper and paper towels. I sailed on out and did the same flyby through Publix, where I saw no toilet paper, but there were some paper towels. There were still restrictions on how many a person could buy, but the fact that they were available at all gives, perhaps, some hope that at least some portion of the craziness at the stores may be ending as all the hoarders run out of storage space.
Then I went on to PetSmart, and, $218.81 later, came home with enough canned food and kibble, and kitty litter, to get us through the month and then some, as I was low on all of it. With four cats, two of them on different, expensive prescription food, it ain't cheap. I also got some meal worms for the sugar gliders.
After making vegetarian Frito nachos for our lunch, my Amazon order arrived, and I took a nap a couple of hours after lunch. I still need some things that I normally get via Amazon but they are not currently allowing some "non-essential" items to be stored in their warehouses by third party vendors so I may have to see if I can get those direct from the manufacturers, if they are still open for business.
I decided it would be a great night to pull frozen pizza from the oven, so dinner will be easy.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! It should be a warm day with lots of sunshine, and no chance of rain. I may take a walk today. The dishwasher is running now, but not much else on the agenda.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5OmReppHro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbq7fpTGD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138WgQxysQ8
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Tonight's pasta e fagioli (pastafazool) with garlic cheese toast.
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! It should be a warm day with no chance of precipitation. A little house cleaning may be on the agenda.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's superlative Sunday! It should be another warm day with no chance of precipitation. I will probably take a walk. I may see if I can get J to come along this time. I have been the only one getting off the property at all for the last two or three weeks, though J did at least get outside in the yard and driveway, as we have moved most of the plants back outside, that had been in the garage for the winter.
I think I am going to make a large Crock-Pot meatloaf today. When I get into the kitchen Eduardo may have other ideas though. LOL.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXGASe4qkc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAlW87UVs-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoriF_e4-oI
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My Crockpot meatloaf dinner and the Spanish style potato and chickpea stew Eduardo made for J.
I will be having meatloaf for a few more meals. J will have lunch tomorrow off the stew.
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! It's going to be a somewhat hot one in Peachtree Corners. I got out early and made it to "senior hour" at Kroger to hoard...er stock up on a few things we were low on. I promise I didn't really hoard anything, buying only to bring stock up to what we usually keep on hand. I read that the adminstration is suggesting we not even go out for groceries for the next two weeks. We MAY run out of Puffs facial tissue, but we have a few boutique boxes of Kroger brand and we will manage. We probably won't run out of the Puffs anyway, as we just opened the last two boxes. I forgot to put that on my shopping list so didn't think of it at Kroger and I sure am not going back just for that, when we can get by without it.
Not a lot on the agenda today. I may consider my Kroger trip to be my walk. I will decide later on that.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
I don't really get the need for a microwave ramen cooker, but guess for a dorm it might be handy? But what's wrong with just using a bowl?
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! I can hear birds singing out there. It's supposed to get to 80 today with 20% chance of precipitation. I may take a walk, depending on how it looks when I have finished all my tea and fed the cats.
Leftover meatloaf for breakfast.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzZY7oDpdwU
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I did take my walk. A fairly long one in fact. I did stop in our own yard for a few pictures though.
Mock Orange
Weigela florida, from the yard and from the street.
Our two volunteer dogwoods, with the blooms fully devoloped.
And, though it's NOT IN OUR YARD, a cat I saw on my walk. That cat looks a lot like our Kiara.
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »
Paper towels were about non-existant this morning. I still have 2 rolls, so hopefully later this month there will be some Bounty rolls! Or I may need to check out Kroger. Or this could be the perfect excuse for learning to go 'paper-less'...hmmmm.
Later..., remember, Happy, Healthy, and stay safe!!
Try Target, CVS, or Walgreen's for paper products too! Though I got my last paper towels in a lucky moment at Publix...0 -
Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It looks like another warm one with 20% chance of precipitation. Not much on the agenda today. Maybe some housework, and definitely Lilo's Wednesday fluid treatment. Breakfast was bacon, eggs (with cheese), and whole grain, high fiber, low carb toast, buttered. Wow, that toast description is a mouthful.
Just for a giggle, here's how we all should be receiving deliveries now. Well...sort of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mIJctTV-Bg
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GOs7wYcYBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4NOt727wqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-B0UWQSDo
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! We got some rain during the night, but today is supposed to be warm, partly cloudy, and 20% chance of rain. Yesterday I didn't walk because it seemed like it was about to rain, though it never really got more than misty until fairly late. Maybe I will have better luck today. We will see.
Need to do a little housework maybe...so far all I have eaten is some steel cut oatmeal with blueberries and cream.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDVtgjsL8cE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCE_uJ5_ELY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nLSO1y_03o
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This is my Friday post!
Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! Cool today with no chance of precipitation. With the low humidity and strong winds, they have issued a "red flag" warning for the county, so restrictions may be in place for outdoor burning. The warning includes the Chattahoochee and Oconee national forests, but I don't imagine there are too many people camping or hiking today.
Our brilliant governor did re-open state parks and beaches, but I hope not many people are going to those areas. And I absolutely don't understand how he can insist on "no non-essential travel" but open the parks and beaches! Since when is going to a state park or beach essential? And how well will people really maintain proper social distancing if they do go?
I do understand that it might be pleasant to get out for a picnic, for families who have been stuck at home, possibly in an apartment or relatively small house, but one doesn't know who last touched that water fountain, or whatever else you might touch, or WHEN they last touched it and it just doesn't make medical sense to me that he is letting, nay ENCOURAGING people to go there.
I do get out, most days, for a nice walk, depending on the weather. This may be helping me remain sane in the midst of this insanity. J has been working from home and, in the off times, working on little projects and watching youtube. I usually walk in the mornings, while J is either working or, on the weekends, sleeping in, but would welcome the company on my walks. To be fair, I would have to slow down, and perhaps not walk as far, for J to keep up...
I read a meme on FaceBook, shared (and questioned) by one of my brothers in law, where a person was claiming that since the projected death toll is now at about 60,000 this virus is about the same as the flu. The person didn't give a number for the flu, though a little research popped up the number 56,000 in some hits.
BUT...this person didn't take into account that the only reason the current projection has been lowered to 60,000 is that we have instituted severe quarantines and social distancing measures, which has not been done in recent times for the flu, and if we relaxed all that, the number would likely skyrocket and there would be a lot more deaths.
IN ADDITION...this person did not take into consideration the fact that the number for the flu was for flu or "flu related" and "flu-like" causes, including pneumonia that came on after the flu weakened a person, and including other illnesses with flu-like symptoms that were not necessarily the flu. From what I have researched, it seem like an accurate count for verified actual deaths caused directly by flu (in the U.S.) is more like three or four thousand per year.
This current corona virus seems much more deadly, and I read about scary cases where someone feels fine, then has a headache, then a fever, and in very short order (like a few days) dies.
I don't want to be an alarmist, but about the same as flu? If I could believe that, I'd be happier, but I don't buy that and am choosing to remain as safe as possible.
I hope all y'all stay as safe as possible too! Sorry to be so verbose this morning...some of the insanity I see happening is upsetting.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV6eiaD3pz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFTl91r4uCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K7XiEOx3Fw
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I got a good walk in today in the cool of the morning, then came home and scrubbed the shower in the master bath. Lunch was a grilled egg and cheese sandwich on whole grain high fiber low carb bread, with a handful of regular potato chips for a treat.
For supper Eduardo tossed together a Frittata Florentine, with a small amount of jalapeño, and a good handful of chopped mushrooms. Of course the eggs, cheese, spinach, and potatoes were the stars of the dish. I think Eduardo did well. J ate it, and avowed that it was all right. But J doesn't really care much for cooked spinach. I occasionally serve a spinach soufflé, and it is accepted, albeit not with great joy. LOL. I figured if I put it in with eggs, cheese, potatoes, and mushrooms, that J would find it at least acceptable. I thought it was delicious. And I guess I will be having it for breakfast and lunch tomorrow to finish it off, and that is just fine with me.
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! Another cool one here, and I may have to wear more clothes than I have been wearing if I walk! OK. That sounded a little weird...but yesterday I was a bit chilly in shorts and tee, but just enough to encourage me to keep up some speed.
Today I may want to at least wear sweat pants, and maybe a jacket. I'll decide if/when I get ready to walk. I definitely should walk, as it's a nice day and the walks seem to be doing me good, physically. They might be doing me good in other respects, as at least they get me out of the house and I see a few other humans, besides J, if only to wave at them.
Tomorrow's prediction calls for rain, so I shouldn't waste today's opportunity. Breakfast was a nice wedge of my Frittata Florentine. Delicious, if I do say so myself. I may clean some counters today and do a bit of vacuuming.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGBV1oDoSQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0V0iDfcmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-heI0TqcxFo
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Well I got my walk in, came home and finished off the frittata for lunch and then made J eat spinach for lunch anyway! In the form of a frozen Indian meal with the main dish of Mattar Paneer. LOL. If j is going to eat cooked spinach, that is the preferred form.
Then, for today's project, I tackled the longest kitchen counter, eliminating a lot of the clutter, deep cleaning, and re-organizing what I decided needed to stay on that counter. J was surprised, but when I had mentioned cleaning up a counter the other day, as a possible project for me today, J thought I meant the kitchen counter but I said that I had meant the master bathroom counter, which also needs it. J seemed disappointed that it wasn't the kitchen counter I planned to do.
So cleaning the kitchen counter was my surprise today for J and it was a very well received surprise when J walked into the kitchen to get a drink, just as I was finishing up. The bathroom counter can wait until after Easter.
I don't plan a walk tomorrow. It's supposed to rain anyway, but I will be preparing Easter dinner. And the only cleaning project planned for tomorrow is to clean as I go with the dinner prep, and then after dinner.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! Happy Easter to thos who celebrate it! May the Easter Beagle be kinder to you than he was to Charlie Brown!
What he brought for each of us here was
Poor Chuck, though
The plan for Easter dinner, unless Eduardo suddenly goes berserk in the kitchen...
Let's start with dessert. All the best people do, right? OK, I am really starting with dessert because it's the only thing that's already completely ready to serve, waiting in the fridge.
Dark chocolate pudding pie, with pecan crust, topped with milk chocolate curls. Optionally I could add some whipped cream as an additional topping.
Deviled eggs (one of my Easter traditions)
Egg potato salad (because I always make J's grandmother's potato salad if J is home for a holiday - I will eat a bit)
Scalloped potatoes (a small casserole because that is the potato I want with my ham - J will eat some too)
speaking of ham
Hormel sliced Cure 81 classic dinner ham, warmed in the oven. (bought and frozen when on half price)
Broccoli gratin
Canned corn
The weather forecast hasn't changed, so no walk today. My right hip is definitely feeling the weather too!
My deceased ex's brother, D, and D's wife, who live near Boston, in Massachusetts, are both sick now with the virus. He thought he had been careful, but apparently not careful enough and he feels some guilt for bringing it home to her. Both are breathing OK, but she is sicker than he is, with higher fever and feeling worse. They are both at home, but have been told to not even step outside their apartment into the hall. I hope they both recover fully.
I was reading on FaceBook yesterday, someone who was about to run to the store to get some last minute items for Easter dinner and was thinking how normal that would have sounded last year, and how crazy it sounds to me right now.
I believe they could make do with what they have on hand, unless there are essential items also needed. I don't currently "run out to the store" at all, but plan my trips with great care. And I bought everything for Easter dinner over a month ago. I wouldn't mind some green beans, but J doesn't eat them, so I will just have something else for a green vegetable, or eat some of the broccoli gratin that I am cooking mostly for J anyway.
I was lucky enough to find four N95 masks in the garage, left over from an old painting project, and J found 19 plain, simpler masks left over from visiting a cancer patient while ill. So when I do go out, I have some protection. And we already had plenty of gloves, as much as I hate to wear them.
I honestly may order my next groceries to be delivered, though I hate having to trust someone else to pick my items
Breakfast was the last of yesterday's supper, some baked red lentil penne all'arrabbiata with lots of added cheese.
I will get started on Easter dinner later this morning. Nothing else really on the agenda.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y7d6gqxKSs
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The Easter feast. Deviled eggs. Egg potato salad. Scalloped potatoes. Broccoli gratin. Sweet corn. Hormel Cure 81 ham. Dark chocolate pudding pie with milk chocolate curls in a pecan crust. Florent Descombe Pinot Noir for the wine selection.
And I managed to get all the leftovers into my fridge, proving that it's bigger on the inside than on the outside.
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Howdy all y'all. It's magnificent Monday! It's expected to be cool today, with no chance of precipitation. My breakfast was what I almost always have for Easter Monday. Fried ham and eggs (cheese omelet) with whole grain, high fiber, low carb toast. There is still plenty of ham left. Lunch will include ham in some way...maybe a ham and cheese sandwich. I do want to save a couple of slices to cube up into a can of split pea soup that I have been saving for when I would have some ham to put in it. It's a large can, and vegetarian for now. I would share it wit J for a lunch but J doesn't care for split pea soup. Pickiest vegetarian I ever married. Oh, wait, the only vegetarian I ever married. But there are a lot of vegetables J doesn't care for.
I will admit I didn't think I liked split pea soup either until NutriSystem sent me some in my first delivery from them, the one where I didn't get to pick my items. I dreaded that lunch, but was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked it a lot! After liking their "add boiling water and wait" version, it was a no brainer to liking canned, or even freshly made split pea soup.
I think I will walk today, and, after resting, maybe do some vacuuming and consider tackling that bathroom counter.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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