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Oddly enough, the state with the highest cost of living, the highest income and the ridiculously high property values also has 1/3 the homeless and shelterless population in the country. I'm sure the fairly pleasant weather also contributes...well, until recently, anyway. I'm sure there's both a...

Maine was granted statehood as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Try as we might, we still can't get away from massholes. They flood the state every Summer and buy up all the scenic property and start putting up "posted, no trespassing" signs up everywhere.

You're welcome. I'm happy we made the switch, too. Didn't have any problems with working around Quartzsite this year. Cell service still kinda sucks around there during peak season.

I didn't think there was a need to inform SSA of working until you went over a certain amount of yearly income? I think its somwhere ~$20,000. I don't believe working as little as I do that I will ever be a danger of making too much money. Years ago, a class I was in did an exercise on...

I thought only Democrats gerrymandered districts?

Social Security was never meant to create generational wealth. It was meant to keep grandma from starving to death or preventing her from subsisting on cat food. The bar to generational wealth is the sociopaths who crave power for their own self-serving interests. It's why as a Republican, I...

The history of Social Security had detractors calling it socialism, like most of FDR's New Deal policies. The Social Security number was argued against because people wanted to be known by their names, not a number. It was also argued that it would become a national ID number. Welcome to 1984...

I know this smacks of anti-capitalism, but the rich don't want to pay for wage slaves that are no longer productive and an uneducated populace can be taken advantage of. Some call SSI socialism. Entitlements. Public social programs like education and retirement are signs of an enlightened...

Thankfully, it has to be approved by the Senate then signed into law by the president. Not sure why the Republicans keep shooting themselves in the foot. The majority of the country is poor. If they ever want to get re-elected, they need to stop saying social programs that the majority of...

Early last year, the wife and I stayed in Marana, off Silverbell rd. Not a bad area, easy to drive to. Cell service was OK.

My galaxy Tab A is no longer updatable. Obsolete hardware. Stuck on Android 11, but Samsung still seems to be doing security updates every 6 months or so. I use it as a Kindle reader, more often than not. It's not horrible, for a $200 (at the time) tablet. I much prefer my Pixel 7 Pro. I've...

Can try chia seeds soaked in water for half an hour or so. They're used as an egg substitute in baking. When soaked, they get jelly like.

Fat free diets are very bad for you. People end up replacing those missing calories with processed sugars, which is why America is so damn fat. Processed food is normally loaded with preservatives to make it last longer, increase shelf life. I love a can of Spam as much as the next person, but...

BLM land is free... Just saw a new 4wheel drive Mercedes Sprinter van in Quartzsite being staged for the RV show. It was unlocked. I figured new price on it was somewhere north of $100k. My wife scanned the QR code on it and sticker price was $172,000. We peaked inside and I didn't see how they...

I don't know why people think health insurance is so important. Most of the world gets by without it. Insurance went from a tool that helped spread risk to an income generator. Laws were passed requiring it, in this country. Forced insurance premiums, without regard to freedom of personal...

Not at all, but then again, I have a retired ID card. They probably assumed I was going to the commissary. El Paso has a huge retired military population, or did in the 80's. One of my squad leaders from Maine retired to El Paso.

As a hiker myself, I'll not wear cotton. As the saying goes in the outdoor industry, "cotton kills". Merino wool is my go-to fabric for hiking. It doesn't stink like polyester does after wearing it for several days. Some crazy hippy hikers won't wear animal byproducts because it exploits...

Rayon is made from wood fibers, it's cellulose. It's also what tampons are made from.

I was stationed at Ft Bliss Texas in '86 to '88. My wife and I were visiting friends in Alamogordo NM. Seeing how much Alamogordo grew and how much US 54 changed should have prepared me, but I was shocked at how much El Paso grew around the fort. Our motor pool was at the very edge of El Paso...

The America the Beautiful pass doesn't cover all National Parks and Monuments. The same concessionaire runs Death Valley and Imperial Sand Dunes. Only Imperial Sand Dunes requires an additional fee. That is the only one I've found, I'm sure there are others in the National Park system.