Again, totally ignorant of the country outside what is said. The going description for our area is, "Redneck racists with double digit IQs". I don't even attempt to dissuade people from it anymore. Wasted effort.

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It seems odd that a culture that is as hygiene obsessed as they're reported as being would have poor deodorant.

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Nice to know you can find a food from home, as it were, over there. Then again, for as much as I know about Japan (nothing), you can maybe get anything you desire.

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We have a deli here that makes amazing potato salad. Heavenly.

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Hello insomnia my old friend.

I look over at Sidekick sometimes and ponder how I ever got so lucky.

I haven’t had pork rinds in years. I’ll be craving those now.

We all have what works for us, I guess. I just try to burn more than I take in when I want to lose. Back when I was into body building, I'd do 6000+ calories a day of high protein and carbs. (If I did that now I would become a dirigible)

I had a bad night tonight because we grilled out on the fourth. Two large burgers. Two hot dogs. A ton of potato and macaroni salad. Bad Tom. BAD TOM!

Black powder smoke in both instances so yes. Quite a few battles took place here. Lookout Mountain is less than 30 miles from my doorstep.

Now it is full scale explosions. I've not seen this many fireworks in years. I'm willing to bet that the entire southern end of the county is under smoke right now. Our neighborhood is covered in so much that it looks like one of the old English horror flicks.