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  1. SC Minnie

    Work Conferences

    In person. I'm on the board of an industry conference and we do in person only. The networking is the key part of the conference. We have multi day meetings internally at our corporate office for folks from our mills in attendance. We don't call them conferences though. An key part of these...
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    Pay to use the rest room?

    I remember them up to the late 70's locally. We were in Europe last fall and you had to pay to use all public toilets.
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    Traveling overseas with elderly dad-is it safe?

    We took my Mom to Spain, Italy, and France in 2022. She was 78. She had had surgery on both of her feet 2 years earlier. She didn't have any issues. DH and I went to Germany last year. When got back he had blood clots in his legs from the plane trip. We are traveling to Hawaii from SC in May...
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    Riley Strain-Missing Fraternity Member In Nashville

    I wonder if his friends new he was ejected from the bar. If it was crowded and they had gotten a separated at the moment the bartender/bouncer made him leave the people he came with may not have known he left.
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    Are there any old family superstitions that you still observe?

    This was an answer on Jeopardy! last night. LOL I only knew because of this thread.
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    Stupid names for a child

    A coworker was going to name her baby girl Kizmit until we talked her out of it.
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    S/O of What household chore do dread the most? thread. Do you have a cleaning person?

    We've never had a housecleaner. In the early years it was due to money- if we had extra we preferred to spend it elsewhere. Now there is just 2 of us at home. DH is retired and I still work (2 days WFH, 3 in the office). He does most of the housecleaning now because he has the time during the week.
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    Gift ideas for 70 year old

    We put my mother on our cellphone plan and pay that for her for birthdays/mother's day/Christmas etc. She said she would rather have that taken care of than more stuff. When my dad was still living I found someone to come out every other week and mow is yard. I did that for a couple of years...
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    Regional Phrases, funny expressions and Idioms

    Yeah, growing up in small town SC, lunch was the noon time mean unless it was Sunday. Sunday dinner was right after church and the main meal of the day. When DH (from Cleveland) and I were dating he was always confused on what time the meal was when my mom would say 'y'all come by for dinner'...
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    What day of your workweek is the most stressful?

    Tuesdays. We work from home Monday and Friday so Tuesday is the first day of the week in the office and is slammed with meetings.
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    Laundry Basket/Hamper

    We have a divided laundry basket in the bedroom- one side darks and one side whites. When a side is full they get washed. They are taken out of the dryer, folded, and taken to the bedroom to be put away. We don't put them back in the hamper.
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    Getting personal here. What Generation are you?

    Gen X married to a Boomer and we have a Millennial. Yeah, we have some different viewpoints in our house for sure.
  13. SC Minnie

    Eating out

    I would say $100-$200/month but there may be some months that are a little more. We typically either order take out or go out every other week. No set schedule or places. But even take out for dinner it $30-$40 for the 2 of us. Most of the time we get 2-3 meals each out of the take out.
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    Maybe I'm the one who is confused - medical insurance

    To me what doesn't make sense for the person that was going to go off their meds until they met their deductible-- do they really need those meds if they can just stop taking until some time in the future? What are the medical consequences of going off the meds all at once? Could that cause...
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    DIS Men: Do you carry a daily bag?

    Mine and DH's phones cases have spots for our cards/drivers license. DH only carries his phone, cash in a moneyclip, and his car key fob. All that goes in his pocket. I've gotten to where I rarely carrier a purse and if I do it's only a little hipster to carrier my reading glasses and phone.
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    what was your favourite things to do on vacation growing up?

    The only vacation we took were in our camper. We had a spot in Myrtle Beach for a few years and would go down there (3 hours drive) a weekend or 2/month during the summers. We would hand out at on the beach and at the pool they had. There were activities at the campground we did too. The only...
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    Side hustle?

    I have a knit/crochet business. I've been selling what I make for about 3 years and each year has seen growth but it is a lot of work. This year I made enough to cover flights to Hawaii in May for 3 of us.
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    Strange things...

    My grandmother used to use this lotion. Every once in a while I can smell this same scent and always think about her.
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    2024 vacation plans

    We're taking my mother to Hawaii in May for 2 week-- Big Island and Oahu (she's never been so is excited) DD and I are going to Nashville in late May for a long weekend for Crimecon. DH and I were just talking last night about where else to go next year. We typically do a week at Hilton Head...
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    I am fascinated/jealous of work from home people!

    We are hybrid-- 3 days in the office but some of my team is 100% remote. I work in corporate logistics at a manufacturing company. Dealing with contracts, rate negotiations, and escalated issues. None of this I really need to be in the office to do.




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