Go ahead and send me ads, and I'll just block your site ... never go there except when someone tries to trick me into it, and then my SITE-BLOCKER will refuse for me. Our now and future business IS OVER.

"But why don't you just trust us?" Because I've been online for 30 years and it's been downhill ever since.

The first thing occurs to me is this: who decided that what you are born is a 'value'? People who say gay is a lifestyle are either naive or using it as an excuse to preserve their ignorance.

We don't get to choose our skin color when we're born, or how tall, or what foods we like. But somehow, if you can't see it, it must be a choice. Wrong And why, in our 'modern' cultures, are we so 'worried about what's normal', when world cultures back as far as history goes just got it.

Hey, Always at war ... wanna talk about Degenerate?

Maybe you're new enough that you haven't found the Mint forums,

https://forums.linuxmint.com/

the best source for fixing obscure Mint problems, and full of Cinnamon users -and- a decent search. I only wonder how many people use Nemo from the command-line.

This noted meteorologist says average highs around these parts is 77-79F. And that it'll be about 5 deg. or so warmer for 10 days ... but "The kind of pattern that makes western Oregon and Washington warmer than normal is not associated with heatwaves..."

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/

They've already got more 'little people' than they need

Yeah, congrats and well done!

I wish it were possible to search back in time and see what's been done ... not a strong point of this program, it's not a database much.

Also on this date in 1969: Mercury Records releases a new artist's strange single about astronaut 'Major Tom'. The cut includes Rick Wakeman playing the mellotron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRMZ_5WYmCg

At first the single doesn't sell well. It's the lead track on David Bowie's second album; released on Nov. 14. The album gets mixed reviews.

14 years later on Jan. 3 1983, a very-well-produced German-language song called 'Major Tom (Coming Home)' is released. By now, everybody knows about Major Tom. It's quickly a #1 in central Europe. When the English-language version is released on Sep. 24, it does well. #1 in Canada! #4 in South Africa! So well that Schilling makes several re-mixes in the next 20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRaj1vcnrs

During the UEFA Championship in the summer of 2024, the original version of "Major Tom" re-enters the Top Ten of the German Single Charts after more than 40 years

Neat video about a remarkable home. Starting in 1906! 10 acres! ... inspired by the catacombs of Rome ... subterranean fish pond ... I'm not much of a tourist but it'd be great to see this, wow.

Reminds me of another India beat-the-heat tech that I read was widespread there for centuries.

Those who've ever been in a root cellar or basement are excused. You make a hole in the ground, then go down in it. Underground temperatures world-wide hover around 50-60 degrees all year long.

Make a BIG hole in the ground, and build stairs that people can use to go down into it. Heat rises, so not a problem.

IMO owning an unoccupied house thats off-market, or prohibitively-priced is probably a gambling chip.

IF there are ANY families in the same county that are homeless, it should begin being taxed as a gambling-chip. Sell-it very soon or it may used for a free shelter for however it remains unoccupied by the owner.

"We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes." - Leona Helmsley. (~ 1989)

(Convicted of extortion; sentenced to 16 years; released after months.) Her husband's death left her with the Helmsley hotels, the Helmsley Palace and the Empire State Building. (Yes, that one.)

I ... don't get it. What is the purpose of a tax writeoff? Suppose it saves them money this year. But they lose a much larger profit. Is it being saved for later when their fortunes are lower?