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I'm taking the Fifth!

'Growing up' isn't just managing to stay alive from childhood to your twenties. (Although for many of us that's a pretty impressive accomplishment.) It's getting to the (possibly advanced) age when you're capable of completely discarding 90% of what you've always held to be true, because it's suddenly so clearly wrong.

I'm hoping that by 'like' you mean that you've been aware of this blank too, and are gratified that we're all saying so! Another less irritating but oh so weird thing they do goes along the lines of "Colorful new box! Same great taste!" I mean, what the blank? Sorry I've been saying 'blank' so much, but with so much blanking blank going on, I just don't know how else to describe it. Hopefully this board has the 'anti-blank' feature turned on, and is child-proofing my vulgarities! ( :

Ha! I wasn't thinking about candy bars, but they're a particularly good example of this sort of thing. And the "convenience" concept is a great point. It's particularly irritating when the manufacturers pretty much tell us we're being 'blanked' for our own good! ( :

Well the other 'finer-print' change is the weight going from 7 to 6 oz. (Does anyone here remember when all yogurt came in 12 oz. cups? It's been slowly shrinking for years! With no savings passed on to you!) So the smaller contents sort of explains the fewer cups, although you could say that their math is a little goofy. If you pull out your calculator, the older bigger bag supposedly gave you 7.1428571 cups per ounce. (50 cups divided by 7 ounces) The newer smaller bag, with 40 cups divided by 6 ounces, gives you an ominous sounding 6.6666666 cups per ounce. Are they trying to be more honest about how many cups you can get per ounce to atone for the shrinking size of the overall product? Doesn't really matter anyway, since that "up to" so many cups is sort of a 'legal disclaimer' way to lie in the first place. I hope I don't sound like too much of a 'nut' here. I've just been around long enough that to me this is obvious 'in your face' poop. ( :

I never thought about it with this particular word. But I have a vague recollection of seeing a study about nice-sounding words. And people did seem to favor words with sweet and/or long 'L' sounds to them. Like 'melody', 'lovely', 'lavender', 'belle', 'luscious'. Makes particular sense with an 'almighty' word! ( :

At 'The Dollar Tree'? Or was that question like the 'blonde' joke?

Ahh... right! I meant to do that! ( :

I'm asking because I just sent a post twice and writing this new one over it seems to be all I can do.

Bought some coffee at the Dollar Tree. Perhaps you'll notice the subtle change between last week's bag and this week's! It's sad to me that we have so many problems now, almost all of them caused by people's greed. And that no one's willing to put in enough effort to come up with genuine solutions, choosing instead to counteract the situation with more greed of their own. ) :

What?! I am shocked that you would question the original as-made condition of this national treasure! My prior 7 sales and 68% positive feedback scores speak for themselves. That's a higher batting average than Mickey Mantle!

An Exciting New Listing Brought To You By bayonet Auctions! Possibly the rarest CAC ever! This marble, sometimes referred to as 'Fiedler's Folly', was not thought to exist outside of factory notes until its recent discovery! An experimental work-in-progress, it's made from a special damage-proof material, which can be dropped from heights exceeding 100 feet without breakage! This marble is in perfect condition, and offered at the generous starting bid of $5000.00.

Ha! Watching the Michael J. Fox show less than an hour after our last transmission, and the subject was right there! ( :

Son of a gun! I'd forgotten all about Plaid Stamps. Don't know Blue Chips, although they certainly sound first rate!

Last year, for the first time, I sat at a table with both canned and a nice home made version. Enjoyed them both and decided that's the only way to go. You just can't give up the traditional things. Tradition is probably why most of us celebrate at all, considering all the pain usually involved. (Same thing goes for my personal favorite, the green bean casserole!)

Happy T-Day to everyone! Am possibly paranoid (Oh who am I kidding? I'm paranoid as all get-out) but potential weather conditions have convinced me that I could be losing my electric at any time. So I wanted to send this while I can. (As happens every year, I wanted to get a generator, but spent my cash on marbles. Can you imagine?)

Every day 'Christmas is coming!' a little more and more. So it's time to post another helpful hint for all my wonderful, caring, and generous friends here! Wouldn't want you fretting over what to get, when I can point you in the right direction and save you the worry! http://www.adorama.com/SG200500DGSG.html?sub=LH00017057&utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=rflaid65326

One that makes you happy and asks nothing in return. ( :

Me too. Was definitely 'do as I say, not as I do' advice.

Markets are strange counter-intuitive things. For those who enjoy buying marbles and aren't likely to stop regardless of current conditions, I'd suggest being happy about a 'soft' market. In the 'dollar-cost-averaging' approach, you wind up with more marbles for your money. For those who are at least halfway hoping to make some money, you should probably find a better (almost anything) vehicle than marbles. But if you can''t resist trying to do it, the secret that no one talks about (why should they?) is to stop trying to 'buy low and sell high'. That's a suckers' game, and this goes for all markets. 'Buy high and sell higher' when there's momentum!

Sunday drives sound like a good thing. But they're probably better in 'Wine Country, CA' than in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area! ( :

Thanks to everyone for keeping this 'greatest of all topics' going! It was a Pelt that got me into this whole mess in the first place!

What with inflation, with a good lawyer you could maybe get a car! ( :

First off, I was thrilled to see a great-sounding 60's movie I hadn't seen before in the television guide. And of course it wound up having one of those terrific intros with nice music and very colorful animated graphics which always let you know the movie'll be good. We're talking Day/Hudson here, along with the likes of Tony Randall and Paul Lynde. The latter is seen below, after selling a cemetery plot to Rock. Second, I know what those things are Paul is referring to! And even worse, I remember Allan Sherman singing about them! ♪ First I pick them.... I pick them then I lick.. them... I lick them then I stick.. them... In my brown Green Stamp book! ♪