We had a stove with the buttons in the front when we first had a toddler. It caused us to tie the chair legs to the table so the chairs couldn't be pushed over to the stove. We moved before said toddler would have been tall enough to reach the buttons (from standing on the floor) and NEVER had a stove like that again.
Actually, come to think of it, the stove I referenced is from 46 years ago! Modern technology stoves have a feature where you can lock the controls in the OFF position.
Where Russia's Declinist Rage Isn't Enough [Click] “An ex-Soviet state’s national myths—as well as the forces of nationalism, economics, culture, and religion—all pull it away from Moscow. Can Russia really compete?”
Two of our three grands in NH have Covid. Sigh. They are fully vaccinated. Their younger sister, age 3, is not. We are waiting to see if the little one and parents also get it. We are supposed to be going to a dance recital for the younger two next weekend. That's definitely uncertain now.
“They call themselves Nupes, which stands for New Ecological and Social Popular Union, and the polls suggest they could stop the president winning the 289 seats he needs for an outright majority. The centrist Macron alliance, Ensemble, portrays them as a ‘marriage of convenience’ of Communists, Socialists, far-left Mélenchonists and Greens.”
Supreme Court could soon make it easier to carry guns in six states [Click] Oh, joy.
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ReplyDeleteWe had a stove with the buttons in the front when we first had a toddler. It caused us to tie the chair legs to the table so the chairs couldn't be pushed over to the stove. We moved before said toddler would have been tall enough to reach the buttons (from standing on the floor) and NEVER had a stove like that again.
DeleteActually, come to think of it, the stove I referenced is from 46 years ago! Modern technology stoves have a feature where you can lock the controls in the OFF position.
DeleteAnti-LGBTQ+ attacks by US extremist groups surge as right spews vitriol [Click]
ReplyDeleteMystery of Waterloo’s dead soldiers to be re-examined by academics [Click] I recall reading that the battlefield has been so extensively graded that most of the landmarks have been obliterated.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a metaphor for what the right wingers are trying to do to America.
DeleteWhere Russia's Declinist Rage Isn't Enough [Click] “An ex-Soviet state’s national myths—as well as the forces of nationalism, economics, culture, and religion—all pull it away from Moscow. Can Russia really compete?”
ReplyDeleteTwo of our three grands in NH have Covid. Sigh. They are fully vaccinated. Their younger sister, age 3, is not. We are waiting to see if the little one and parents also get it. We are supposed to be going to a dance recital for the younger two next weekend. That's definitely uncertain now.
ReplyDeleteI really want Covid to quit.
PUDDLE! Time to watch the pilot of West Wing again!!
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ReplyDeleteAnd in case that isn’t enough for you, there’s this:
Tim Dowling: my dad is 100 but I’m the one with ‘old person’s problems’ [Click] “Netflix, my phone and the new fizzy water device are all conspiring against me.”
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ReplyDelete“They call themselves Nupes, which stands for New Ecological and Social Popular Union, and the polls suggest they could stop the president winning the 289 seats he needs for an outright majority. The centrist Macron alliance, Ensemble, portrays them as a ‘marriage of convenience’ of Communists, Socialists, far-left Mélenchonists and Greens.”
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DeleteBeat me to it! I expect the outcome will probably be clear in another twelve hours.
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