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Today is National Gummi Worm Day!!! National Day Calendar dot com has these suggestions on how to celebrate: Host a Blind Taste Test: Snag a few different brands and flavors. Close your eyes and see if you can guess the flavors just by chewing! The Stretch Challenge: How far can you stretch...

The second Friday of July is National French Fry Day!!! The origin of french fries is uncertain, although the practice of frying strips of potatoes dates back to the 1600s in Belgium, when river fish were scarce during the winter months. The term "french" fry refers to the potatoes being...

I've been reading of people getting violently ill in various regions of the country from a food borne intestinal parasite. The numbers range from 150 people to 2,000. The article said "17 states," but did not list them. Michigan seems to be reporting the most cases (1,000), where they...

Is the Generac on permanent hold?

@Shirley Martin's latest Test Your Memory story reminded me of the Aesop's Fables I used to read growing up. I think of them every once in a while. I have recalled the one titled The Dog And His Bone pretty often. It's a tale of greed and an admonishment to be grateful for what you have...

It doesn't seem that we have a hummingbird thread, so I'll start one with this cool product I just found: This is a start-up company (StratoFeeders) that makes "in-flight refueling" hummingbird feeders. They have a Facebook page that you can follow to see when they take these feeders to...

I'm having a problem with the Find Member function. I go to the Members section, type a Member Name in the Find Member field, and a name appears. I click on the Member Name and it disappears...and I am not taken to their Profile. Nothing happens, other than the found Name going away. I don't...

For the past couple of years I've had a whip-poor-will staking out his territory, which seems to overlap with my territory. One of his boundaries is right outside of my living room window. Whip-poor-WILL! Whip-poor-WILL! Whip-poor-WILL! Whip-poor-WILL! Whip-poor-WILL! Night after night after...

This thread is for one-off stories that won't carry a long-term conversation (so don't need to be their own thread) but are of interest. I'll go first... This is verified as being real...not staged.

CNET Article Health-Tracking Pet Collar Acts Like a Smartwatch for Dogs and Cats There is now a health tracking collar for dogs and cats. It monitors heart rate, respiration, sleeping habits and "scratching behaviour" to alert you to abnormalities and provide baseline data for your vet. It...

I commented elsewhere that I've recently acquired a popcorn addiction. I've been using butter flavored coconut oil and a "movie theater" popcorn salt flavoring. I thought I was doing something healthy because I no longer add a ton of melted butter. Then I read the label on the coconut oil...

This is a great video that explains what's really behind the chaos that's going on in Minneapolis as driven by external and internal forces. Susan Kokinda discusses Trump's actions to defund USAID, his Davos speech, and specifically Britain's response to it (and the reasons behind it.) She...

I made a brisket with my sous vide machine a few weeks ago, portioned it out, and froze it in vacuum seal bags. Lunch today was a hot brisket sandwich on white bread with mayo & horseradish, and a side of chips. Then I had some of the spiced nuts (walnuts and pecans) I made this morning.