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    Buttermilk: yay or nay?

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

    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...
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    Tangerines + Lemons --> Marmalade

    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...
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    Best/Favorite first riff/20 seconds of iconic rock song?

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

    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?
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    Rattle inside exhaust pipe

    Could it be a heat shield around or near the convertor?
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    RIP Joyce Randolph, ...

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

    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/
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    RIP Niklaus Wirth

    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.
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    RIP Niklaus Wirth

    This may be relevant to the older propeller heads in the crowd: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/
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    Safelite using wiper upsell to boost profit margin?

    I was offered the $60 replacement blades and installation when I made my appointment. I politely declined. It was never brought up again.
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    Anyone else having a white Christmas this year?

    57 and drizzly back home in IL. 56 and partly sunny here in CA.
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    Moving Fumoto to new Forester.

    +2 on requesting a new washer. You know that it works.
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    Starting a new chapter in my life

    Welcome to the club!
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    The Guy Behind You....

    And those who think that stop signs are just a suggestion. You know, if you have the time, if you're not in a hurry, then you might give a thought to stopping, maybe.
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    Current Keurig K- pod prices in grocery stores

    Speaking of Costco, the sale that started today has 120 ct. Kirkland Signature K-Cups for $30. That's 25 cents USD a piece.
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    Does RAM just die?

    Along these lines, I've seen thermal cycling unseat a stick of memory, though to the eye it looked fine. I'd remove and reseat each stick of memory and see if that helps. Swapping them around or trying them one at a time would be my next steps
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    Help dating these plug wires?

    Shocking, I tell you. Just shocking! CC7N appears to be the product code of the wire: https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/standard+motor+products,CC7N,spark+plug+wire,7224 For (chronological) dating purposes, the photos of the spark plug boot and the writing on the wire may be more useful.
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    PC speakers

    If you still have your old speakers, there are headphone (3.5mm audio) to USB adapters. Amazon has several.
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    Computer Chair

    I own this chair also, and am seated in it as I type these words. It was one of the few chairs that I tried in which the armrests adjusted up high enough for me. The hydraulic cylinder used in the height adjustment of the seat failed after a few years, but a piece of 1" ID PVC pipe took care of...
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