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Heineken is the only one that I've seen that does not have a "less than 0.5% alcohol" disclaimer.

Count me as an occasional drinker, as well as an ingredient in many recipes. Like @jhs914, I miss the butter-flecked buttermilk of yore.

It's the Orange Marmalade recipe from an older copy of the "Fanny Farmer Cookbook". I don't see an online copy of the book, nor an online version that looks much like this one. It's the first and only marmalade recipe that I've used. Hah! One of my sisters suggested that I get a booth at the...

I'm spending this winter in California. I've been given a lot of fruit and produce by neighbors and friends. One person dropped off 3.5 lbs. of tangerines from the trees in their yard. Another person across the street has a bumper crop of Meyer lemons this year. I wanted to see if I could...

I guess that I'm old. This immediately came to mind:

What type of phone? iPhone, under Settings --> Phone --> Silence Unknown Callers, lets you send callers who are not in your contacts list directly to voicemail without ringing or other notification. It might be set On by default. Could that be it?

Could it be a heat shield around or near the convertor?

... though you likely knew her as Trixie Norton. She was the last surviving cast member of "The Honeymooners". NY Times gift article

I've got the one in this Facebook Marketplace listing. It's probably 25+ years old and does everything that I need it to, including not boiling on low: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/541022693794204/

Algol was my second language, after Fortran. Pascal was my third or fourth. I taught Pascal for many years and would discuss Niklaus Wirth and the origins of the language on the first day of class.

This may be relevant to the older propeller heads in the crowd: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/

I was offered the $60 replacement blades and installation when I made my appointment. I politely declined. It was never brought up again.

57 and drizzly back home in IL. 56 and partly sunny here in CA.

+2 on requesting a new washer. You know that it works.

Welcome to the club!