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@rimu@piefed.social which is why get my well water tested. And drink ro water where tap water fails the test

I thought this would be a scam the Russians. Take the money and run. Or register a few (to take more money) and then disable them all in a month. Or - there are lots of other scams on this lines Ukraine intelligence has said they are running.

It is in 30 years when the loan is paid off. Small farms commonly have been in the famaily for 100 years so the farmer is worth a million making $50k or some such.

At $10´000 per acre a small 100 acer farm is already that much and we haven't even bought a tractor of a house.

I've long wanted to do that. But I can't find a job in places where I can let my land grow wild.

It has been around long as I can remember, and I'm in my 50s...

The shoes part is because if someone breaks some glass and are in process of cleaning it up when you walk in they are worried they could get sued for you stepping on it. It isn't clear how realistic this worry is. Anyone can sue for anything though, and even if the law/facts are such that they would clearly win they can still spend millions on lawyers to win that case. No shoes is a bypass - if you drop your case we won't press criminal trespassing charges against you.

I don't know what the shirt thing is about. The US culture allows topless men in public, but not topless women in general, but some people are still offended by topless men so I guess. I do recall back when I worked in retail a few people did come in without a shirt and we asked them to put it on (when it was obviously tied around their waist) or told them to take their order to go - it wasn't a big deal.

It is the ecconomy, stupid. I realize junior engineers have never before had a recession affect them so this seems new and eifferent to them. However as a senior I've seen several and every single time there are articles about how this time is difierent and the jobs are never coming back. I also know it sucks to be someone who is affected, but in a few years this will be a memory.

not that ai changes nothing, but thingsialways change. The world recovers and moves on.

Write your congressman - pressure is something they care about, mid term elections are coming up and fear of losing is going to start driving them.

You can appeal - but appeals are rarely agreed to. An appeal isn't about the facts in most cases - it is about was the law correctly applied and if so is the law constitutional.

The hard part is putting in the time to practice every day. You can't learn music without many many hours of practice. This is something only you can figure out, so while your question is good, I can't answer it for you.

Don't overlook lessons. They are generally fairly cheap. Lessons give you a set of songs to learn that you have a chance at (many songs are too complex to play at an acceptable level - there is a reason everyone starts with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: Mozart wrote it to be an easy first song), choosing good songs is often hard at your level. Lessons also give you half an hour of practice a week (at the lesson) and generally the embarrassment of having to tell your teacher you didn't practice gets you another half hour! Lessons also force you to admit you did really bad in some section and go back and redo it instead of moving on. There is nothing about lessons you can't teach yourself - but most people will not do the above things and it greatly limits their progress.

Before choosing an instrument, remember one of the fun things is to play with others. Thus finding a group you can play with is a useful thing. This can be hard - some groups are jerks to anyone who isn't a master (if you practice 8 hours a day you can join them in as little as 3 years, but most of us will never be good enough) - but others are very nice to beginners. If you find such a group ask them what they need, sometimes they will know that some sound is missing and so you have reason to learn that, and since the sound is missing they will be even more welcoming of you because even when bad you can have enough good moments that add to the group sound.

I'm working on a button to push when we feed the cats per my wife's request. It doesn't do anything when push because she can't figure out why she wants the button

The cheapest you can find. Use it only for eggs and replace it every few years. That seems to be what works best