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He ate half of it before I could even take a picture." npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu What a good dog! npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu The old people in my life were all urged by their doctors to get the flu shot as soon as it came out... in early Sept. npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu It's so good that you have a working fridge again! 🙂 npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu That's also what happened in CT when we finally got a state income tax. All the rich New Yorkers screamed and threatened to move away ... but it turned out they were very attached to "my country house" and really didn't want to settle for a house in NJ. 😜 npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu Just by the way, tonight is one of those times that Mastodon is having problems bringing images from other servers. 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Glad to have you here. 🙂 npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu Maybe it'll get them to keep working on this site steadily until it's done, instead of wandering off to start a different project? 🙂 npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu It's been clear to me for months now that Israel's plan of campaign is "Drive them all into the sea". Or into Egypt, they don't care. Drive everyone into a tiny space, and slaughter everyone who doesn't leave. npub1ywf7mtng46js0pfxf3ah7xmyelw54f0wwv5w4qtc3v60s4c4dmsspwl6h0 Kathmandu Interesting data point.
