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Dentistry - a find and noble profession indeed.

Oh if only I could. After work done on both knees, I have to stay with low-impact methods like long brisk walking around my neighborhood. (And hope that nobody lets the dogs out.)

Good luck with your goals in life. A career in web development won't make you fabulously wealthy but it is likely to keep you reasonable well and steadily employed. Which is also a worth goal. And your English so far looks pretty good to me.

I already know how it comes out. I'll avoid the spoilers. The case was mentioned on the CBS Morning News earlier in the week. Since CBS had some influence in the production, they provided a bit of promotion for their docu-drama.

Bee, you are right that DJT didn't appear to be presidential material. Trump was elected because the people were tired of the "same-old same-old" day in and day out, and no other candidate offered that. HRC would definitely have been a proponent of more back-room deals, redistribution of...

First, Bee, "the Donald" is notorious for serving up nothing-burgers over here, too. Your assessment is correct that sometimes more than other times, he seems empty-headed. But then, he is not a real politician. He just portrays one on TV. As to his aides letting him down, his track record...

Trump has an idea about the Irish situation. It just isn't a very clear one. To be honest, I'm not clear on it either, because I don't know specifics about Ireland and its immigration problems. But then, it is of less interest to him since the border in question isn't one that he thinks...

To the best of my understanding, a lot of land WAS cultivated, but a lot more was left alone because of transportation issues. Past a certain point a farm becomes too big to manage, particularly in an era where it's either horseback or horse-drawn wagons or Shank's mares for moving things...

My daily routine includes a 3-mile walk, which I usually manage in about 70-75 minutes. I have my best weight loss when it is hot, and heat will be a common facet of any New Orleans summer. We normally run 95/95 (actual heat Fahrenheit/relative humidity) so July, August, and early September...

Trying to play catch-up after moving can be trying. I remember the time I moved out of my childhood home after Mom passed. The new house was great but work didn't stop and the things that got moved didn't put themselves away. There was a certain degree of weariness that set in before...

I have known autistic children at different times. Each is differently enabled. As his mom said, this ability probably saved his life. Yes, I had a few tears to wipe away.

Proof that bribery works. But I learned that with my grandsons.

Thanks, and good work, Jon, on approaching your milestone. My dieting profile and yours are different since I can't lose as fast. If I go "starvation" diet, my blood sugar, which is unstable probably due to the liver issues, leaves me light-headed. At which time I stay off the roads and...

Last week when I visited my liver team, I got some great news. I am now within 1 lb 3 oz of my 1st goal weight, which is the "10% off highest weight ever." But not only that - my liver "transplant" score went DOWN. It's something the doctors call a MELD score and when it reaches something...

Aw, darn, Bee. Are we THAT adversarial?

Sad but true. See also the movie Avatar, which is the story of greedy groups seeking something that someone else has - or doesn't even know or care that they have it. It is at least a parallel to the situation, though with a different ending.

I wish you guys luck in finding a good replacement. The only time in memory that a USA president stepped down, it was Richard Nixon. He was about to be kicked out anyway via our impeachment/conviction path. We ended up with Lyndon Johnson, who was not highly regarded either.

Aw, gee! But if Alexa was Alex and had a male voice, someone else would call it sexist, and if it had a mechanical or middle-range androgynous voice, everyone would say it sounded too artificial. There IS no pleasing some folks.

UG, I cannot dispute you for even a moment on this one.

I do not at all disagree that the Left vs. Right relationship is adversarial and has escalated. I also am seeing that in the current dust-up between Congress and the President here in the USA. They have become rabid in their hatred, almost to the point that any other legislation they pass is...