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“I do a lot of online shopping. I try to stick with the merchants that offer free two-way shipping and unlimited return policies (e.g., any time, any condition, no questions asked). I often order items in three sizes and four colors and return most of them. I keep something for a year or more and …
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Paul Theroux has announced that he is moving to Mexico. He feels the elderly in the US are “in superfluity”. They are slighted, ignored, and treated as deck cargo, not worth a thought, and occupying nice houses that could be occupied by the deserving young. “I think of myself in the Mexican way”, commentedTheroux, “not …
Only 11% of British adults cook the majority of their meals from scratch, says the remaining 89% mainly rely on takeaways or ready meals. In the past 12 months, one in ten Britons admit to not having cooked at all, and to having relied entirely on takeaways or pre-prepared food. Men are less likely to …
Our local news website circulated the following message yesterday: Hourly Husbands ”I just had Jose come round and take care of my list of things todo!! Never used them before, but Jose was great!! Prompt, polite and cleaned up after himself. Very grateful to get all those pesky little chores done!!! Thank you Jose – …
“My mother-in-law is a right-wing evangelical Christian who voted for Donald Trump and thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old. She is also, frankly, not very insightful. “She just gave my family a menorah. We belong to a Jewish Humanist congregation, which pretty much sums up my beliefs—proud of my Jewish heritage but agnostic. My …
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