Ellsworth

My mother likely drove for more years than she should have. I understand that is often a common behavior. Facing old age myself, I can understand the temptation. So I relate this tale in hopes it makes someone think carefully about their choice to drive as they age.

It was clear day, late afternoon iirc. Cloudy with an obscured sun. The street was bare and dry.

My mother was trying to navigate her way across a normally busy road, one where her residential side ...

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Costco is switching from Pepsi to Coke, it is ZERO debate from a business standpoint.

It will yield PROFIT. Here's the shizzle-sizzle that no one is talking about.

Most Pepsi drinkers are OVER 65 YEARS OLD.* (this is not intended to be ageist on my part. It is a stark business analysis)

Most Coke drinkers are 40 to 55 YEARS OLD.*

Coke drinkers have HIGHER INCOME LEVELS.*
Coke drinkers have MORE KIDS AT HOME.*
Coke drinkers ...

North Korea would likely have a far more difficult time reunifying with South Korea, than East Germany did reunifying with West Germany.

Here's the tale of the tape:

North Korean man: 5 ft 5 in
North Korean woman: 5 ft 1 in

South Korean man: 5 ft 9 in
South Korean woman: 5 ft 4 in

East German man: 5 feet 10 inches*
East German woman: 5 feet 5.43 inches*

West German man: 5' 10.98"**
West ...

In college I wrote a paper that was titled something like "An Environmental Justification for Isolationism."
The class was called Environmental Ethics.
That was a long time ago.

Over the last five to eight years I revisited the topic. I researched and tracked invasive species. Which ones were moving, both flora and fauna. Where they launched from, and where the landed (Countries of origin and a USA centric, single country of destination). The means of travel, ...

It could be that every Jury summons in my City, County, State is invalid -- and have been for a long time.
Here is the explanation:

I saw a Jury Summons a while back.
I looked at it carefully.

I read it top to bottom, side to side, front to back, and upside down. <- Humor
I read it carefully.

Reading it carefully was difficult, very, very difficult. Of course I had to research why.

I had to wear glasses and use ...