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AI updates.

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There are so many articles about AI right now, some are disturbing.. some are just ridiculous.

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I think that qualifies as ridiculous.

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Who knew “Her” would be so prophetic?

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If it makes Elon cringe, it must be bad with a capital B.

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Uh, correct me if I’m wrong…

But that sounds like it’s going to be everyone’s problem.

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If the man disappears, buys a cabin in the woods, unplugs from technology and lives off the grid as a hermit? I think we can all guess what he saw.

Gulp.

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Let’s play.

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Because it’s fun, that’s why.

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I’d be happier with changing one hundred things instead of just one at this point in my life.

Chubby thighs. Menopausal belly. Eyes that need reading glasses. A blown knee. They all drive me crazy, but if I only get to pick one…

I want my young feet back. Not these 60 year old hooves that ache with literally every step due to bunion damage. Finding comfortable shoes is a complete horror show if I don’t want to your wear grandmas orthotics… which I don’t. I may be 60, but I’m a rather young 60 and still care about style. Even if it’s only sneakers and boots.

I long for the feet of my 20’s, 30’s and 40’s when I could wear whatever I wanted.. pain free. Things started going south in my 50’s, but now that I’ve turned 60 I look down at my crooked toes and cringe.

Feet.

I want young feet.

How about you?

What body part do you want to change.

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Trench #2….

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Work continued on the second drainage pipe ditch.

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It’s hard work.

Hard on your knees… hard on your back.

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Because my husband didn’t want to damage the lawn any more than necessary the trench was dug by hand…. with a pick ax and trowels.

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And once it was laid, attached…

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And covered over, my husband decided he wanted another 10 feet of pipe.

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Which meant more work and more rocks.

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To be continued…

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Thrifting oddities.

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I’m still getting a kick out of this page so I’m still sharing.

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Now that’s a chair!

And possibly a sandwich.

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How out of touch am I?

I had to look up ‘Pegasus’ as I thought it was some kind of dog harness or rock climbing apparatus.

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Laughed at this because a friend of mine has the same one… that she also bought at Goodwill.

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And to think of all the time I wasted searching for a couch.

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Stop the world.

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Really, can we stop it … because I think I want to get off.

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AI creeps me out.

Robots? Even more so… and after watching this? I’m going to have nightmares about both.

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For less than the price of most new cars you can have an extremely bendy robot of your very own.

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Just know that if you do buy one, I won’t be accepting your dinner invitation.

Ever.

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The wet test run.

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One side of the drainage trench was dug.

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And the perforated pipe was attached to the catch basin and set in place.

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The hose was deployed to simulate rain…

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And water flowed.

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When installation was deemed satisfactory, backfill was added.

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From the lovely little plywood backed dirt piles .

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Hard to believe this took two men almost 8 hours….

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But when my husband is involved there will be some serious chatting along with the working.

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If the man doesn’t have a project, he’s not happy.

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Working with our contractor has ended for now but will resume in a week or two. And God forbid my retired husband should enjoy himself and do something fun. No…

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He’s decided to lay perforated drainage pipe.

You know, the one I told him to lay last year when he installed that drainage box.

Ever since we had the driveway redone last year water has been funneling down to our kitchen landing/porch and in heavy rain we step outside to a river.

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The catch basin was a good idea, but the husband poo poo’d the extra effort involved in laying pipe saying it wasn’t necessary.

Guess what?

It was.

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So today…

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Trench work began.

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With some help from his cousin.

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Rock and clay don’t make it easy.

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