But this year, I find that I also miss Alexa. That can't be healthy.
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Wait, the weather lady wore a blue dress on FRIDAY?
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Ugh Sugar. That is going to be hard, but not impossible. If she's your boss, then God Bless you, eat your Wheaties, and maybe start wearing earphones to listen to music. It's only a month. If she's a co-worker, you may be able to set some boundaries without alienating her. Dig for that inner diplomat.sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:45 pm So I'm working with a seamstress on the movie and she is batshit, stark raving, bonkers insane.
Well, it was basically another hurry up and slow down day, with a dash of Attack of the Stupid, some Mama taught me how to drive, and a teensy bit of I don't know no better so I did it again. So, the potential for danger was real, but avoided entirely.
Need to Renew Your Passport? Good Luck.
An appointment to renew or obtain a passport is an elusive proposition these days, as those who let their documents lapse during the pandemic are finding out.
By Debra Kamin
July 14, 2021
During the most extensive travel shutdown in modern history, hundreds of thousands of Americans let their passports expire. Others are only now seeing that their documents are set to expire soon. But despite the State Department making headway on a massive backlog of passport applications that piled up in the early months of the pandemic, appointments at passport agencies across the country remain elusive, and processing time for renewals by mail is lagging by 10 weeks or more. The crunch is forcing many Americans who need travel documents urgently to travel significant distances — sometimes even across the country — for an in-person appointment that will get their documents processed on time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/trav ... -wait.html
We have them all over the house. One of the primary uses is to control lights. Our kitchen lights are controlled by 4 light switches, none of which are near the others, and an app. I put everything on smart switches and now I just tell Alexa to turn on the lights when I walk in the room. We have a few rooms that are like this and we use Alexa to control the lights in all of them.
We used Alexa to control the lights in our old house. Our wring is so jacked up here at the new place that we’re not ready for that yet. I’m longing for the day when a given light switch is actually in the same room as the light it controls.Shizzle Popped wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:42 am We have them all over the house. One of the primary uses is to control lights. Our kitchen lights are controlled by 4 light switches, none of which are near the others, and an app. I put everything on smart switches and now I just tell Alexa to turn on the lights when I walk in the room. We have a few rooms that are like this and we use Alexa to control the lights in all of them.
RTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:24 amNeed to Renew Your Passport? Good Luck.
An appointment to renew or obtain a passport is an elusive proposition these days, as those who let their documents lapse during the pandemic are finding out.
By Debra Kamin
July 14, 2021
During the most extensive travel shutdown in modern history, hundreds of thousands of Americans let their passports expire. Others are only now seeing that their documents are set to expire soon. But despite the State Department making headway on a massive backlog of passport applications that piled up in the early months of the pandemic, appointments at passport agencies across the country remain elusive, and processing time for renewals by mail is lagging by 10 weeks or more. The crunch is forcing many Americans who need travel documents urgently to travel significant distances — sometimes even across the country — for an in-person appointment that will get their documents processed on time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/trav ... -wait.html
I've found electrical issues in every one of the 6 houses I've owned. In older houses it was work done by somebody who had no idea what they were doing. Romex run into metal boxes with no clamps where the box had cut through the outer layer of insulation, 20 amp outlets on 15 amp circuits and that sort of thing. The newer houses were simply lack of attention by somebody who was rushing the job. In one house I found a half dozen outlets wired reverse polarity and the Seattle house had a few outlets where the ground screw was never tightened. After the second house I made it a habit to check electrical and replace outlets and switches in every room as I paint the first time.
We missed her so much traveling last year that we took her with us this year. You get used to asking her "stuff" all the time.
I renewed mine last March. It took the usual eight weeks. My passport expired a year before. It was no big deal. Now if you need your passport right away and visit one of the passport issuing locations your mileage may vary. Ditto on the non looks compared to 11 years previous.neonzx wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:10 amRTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:24 amNeed to Renew Your Passport? Good Luck.
An appointment to renew or obtain a passport is an elusive proposition these days, as those who let their documents lapse during the pandemic are finding out.
By Debra Kamin
July 14, 2021
During the most extensive travel shutdown in modern history, hundreds of thousands of Americans let their passports expire. Others are only now seeing that their documents are set to expire soon. But despite the State Department making headway on a massive backlog of passport applications that piled up in the early months of the pandemic, appointments at passport agencies across the country remain elusive, and processing time for renewals by mail is lagging by 10 weeks or more. The crunch is forcing many Americans who need travel documents urgently to travel significant distances — sometimes even across the country — for an in-person appointment that will get their documents processed on time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/trav ... -wait.html![]()
I let my passport expire. I'm dreading the renewal because I need new photos. I can't look as awesome as I did previously.
Yeah, I ask her all kinds of things, a lot of metric conversions, when was so-and-so born, astronomical information, how do I build advanced space weapons (y'know, proton cannons and laser pulse carbines and stuff).
Republican politician?Phoenix wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:42 pm Sugar, I read a fascinating article on people who live full time in a fantasy of their own creation. Most of he time they’re well aware they it’s fantasy but it’s a more pleasant place than their reality, so they glide in and out of that place as needed. When they’re around strangers they feel safer to move into that place full time.
Guess which category of employment is just right for those with this syndrome? Acting and everything that goes with it.