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For the last week my morning weight has been the Exact. Same. Number. Every day!

No, the scale isn't broken because I check it in the afternoons and it does show different numbers.

Quote from: ciao_yall on September 05, 2023, 09:10:06 AMFor the last week my morning weight has been the Exact. Same. Number. Every day!

No, the scale isn't broken because I check it in the afternoons and it does show different numbers.

Mine has done that for years.  It's always exactly the same: less than one metric ton.

Quote from: Juvenal on September 05, 2023, 09:40:02 AM

Quote from: ciao_yall on September 05, 2023, 09:10:06 AMFor the last week my morning weight has been the Exact. Same. Number. Every day!

No, the scale isn't broken because I check it in the afternoons and it does show different numbers.

Mine has done that for years.  It's always exactly the same: less than one metric ton.

Do you even lift?

Speaking of rabbits (on a different thread), I've learned that a very chonky cottontail has taken up residence in my backyard. Is it the same one who used to live in my frontyard? Maybe. But I'm still going to call them Daisy.

Apple released a significant security update on Thursday:
https://wtop.com/national/2023/09/update-your-iphone-apple-just-pushed-out-a-significant-security-update/
Posted on WTOP 9/8/23.
When I checked the Apple Watch app on my iPhone, there was a security update for it too.

I thought I lost a favorite earring. Turns out it was tangled up in a necklace with similar stones.

Hope this is an omen for a good day!

Into the newsroom: Updated covid vaccines have been approved
https://wtop.com/national/2023/09/us-approves-updated-covid-vaccines-to-rev-up-protection-this-fall/

The sales figures are in, and my book has netted me $232 USD!

My author's copies appear to account for 11% of the copies currently in circulation. =P

Congratulations, Para!  By academic publishing standards, that's probably not bad.

Every once in a while I check the internet for a book I want very much, but which is very out of print and just never around. Today I happened to check, and saw two copies! One for $125, and one for... $25!

That feeling when you finally track down a historical document which should have been easy to find online but is actually kind of impossible.

VICTORY!


(It didn't take very long in the scheme of things, but it did take hours. And really, it's the sort of thing I should have been able to find in ten minutes max. Basically, something in the Is got shuffled in after the Js.)

Any librarian can understand your feeling of triumph, Para.  Congratulations!

In my spam folder:
From: Mrs Aishia Al gaddafi
Subject line: HI beloved One, i need your assistance,

So many liberties with capitalization and punctuation!

To some neighbors: Couldn't wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas?!

Quote from: hmaria1609 on November 13, 2023, 03:06:29 PMTo some neighbors: Couldn't wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas?!

Same here!