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Comments (26)Me? A procrastinator? Just because I put off until now reading this? I started to read it on Thursday, but after just a few words I saw a bad word! EXERCISE! So I didn't read any more. So here I am. So far today I have: read the paper, had my oatmeal and tea, made the bed, fussed at the cat for getting on the new chair, checked on Eagle Cam, Africam, Gorilla Cam, and lucked out on Djuma Cam and spent a lot of time there, had a banana and more tea, watched a few minutes of 20/20 that I taped last night (will finish that later) played around on photoshop, started a letter to a friend (I'll finish that later) and now here I am back at the KT. And it is time to fix some dinner, or I could do that later. Oh, well, guilty as charged. Think I'll watch the news. Sue...See MoreNeed help choosing exterior paint color. We don't like pink!
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Comments (16)I'm not exactly sure what 'magical realism' is...Would the Outlander series fit in that category? I read one of those and didn't like it because the basic premise, time travel, isn't something I can believe. Don't like fantasy, horror or depressing books so I don't read those. No to the Harlequin romance/ bodice rippers stuff. (Had to read one of those for a college class.) I want to read books where I learn things and get entertained in the process so historical fiction is a favorite genre. (Loved Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series for pure escapism.) Or great true adventure stories (Undaunted Courage-Ambrose) and liked several mountaineering true stories-Everest adventures, etc.) Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer has been saved for a re-read. Love intelligent Cold War era spy stories (Le Carre's Smiley series, for instance.) Repetition--words, phrases, things--drives me batty. Recent example was a W. Michael & Kathleen Gear book (I was enticed to read it because they are archaeologists) where they kept referring to character's hair. Like at least once every two or three pages. I was ready to scream and start yanking out my hair! Another thing that I dislike is when a book is peppered w/ foreign language. A lot of that in Daniel Deronda but I was willing to forgive it because of when & where the book was written...supposing that the educated classes in England during the 1800's were at least bi-lingual. Growing up in Middle America mid 20th century, as I did, didn't offer exposure to any other languages than corrupted English (chester drawers, i.e., chest of drawers, being a prime example of corrupted English. Even today, reading the Misc. Items for Sale ads in the newspaper or on Craig's list is good for when you need some comic relief!) Another thing that I really dislike is being hammered w/ filthy language. I don't mind it when they're used in extreme emotional situations...Michener used a couple in Tales of the South Pacific. That's OK. But not the gratuitous usage that seems all too common in modern fiction. Total turnoff. Not only is it distracting but I sometimes come away feeling assaulted and like I need a to shower in Listerine....See MoreWe're Insured for Claims on Things We Don't Own
Comments (22)"I feel like my premiums are paying to insure claims against somebody else's use of a snowmobile, boat, pogo stick." Our current house was built (and we bought it when it was in the framing stage) in 1990. All of the houses around here were built with wood shake roofs. (Not wood shingles - heavy shakes.) A couple of years ago when we were going to be getting a new roof, I contacted our homeowner's insurance agent to let him know, and I asked him how much of a discount we'd get. Bear in mind that wood shake roofs are generally unrated, meaning unless they are treated with fire retardant, they are going to burn like crazy. A composition shingle roof is Class C rated, meaning that it is somewhat fire resistant, but they will burn. Our new roof is a Gerard stone-coated steel roof, which is Class A rated - one of the best roofing materials you can have (which would also include concrete or clay tiles). Anyway, our agent said that the new-roof discount would be very minimal because we do not live in a fire danger area. The risk of there being a fire was so low as to make a substantial discount not possible. That was January 2016. In 2017, as everyone knows, there were horrible fires in California. And when our policy renewed towards the end of 2017, our premiums were increased by 17%. Hubs and I have owned three homes together for a total of 37 years (6 years for the first one, 3 years for the second one, and 28 years for our current home). I have made ONE claim against my auto insurance, and that was back in 1979 when someone smashed out the rear window of my car. My husband has never made an auto insurance claim. No one has ever made claims against us/our auto or homeowner's insurance. And in 37 years we have never made a claim against our homeowner's insurance. So, I asked our homeowner's insurance company why our premium increased 17%. Yep, you guess it. It's because the insurance industry is trying to recoup the losses they suffered by paying out claims to the people whose homes were lost/damaged because of the fires. There is no fire danger to our home so we don't get a decent discount for having a brand new Class A roof, but we live in a state that suffered devastating fires so we have to help bail out the insurance company. Don't get me wrong -- I have extreme empathy for the folks who were (and are now) affected by California wildfires, but shouldn't insurance companies do a better job of investing their assets to have funds to cover payouts, rather than placing the burden on the folks who don't make claims?...See Morecoolplantsguy
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