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I love the music from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s when you could actually UNDERSTAND the lyrics and enjoy the beautiful sound of musical instruments and orchestras. These classics are the kind of songs that live in your head and provide endless joy. Particularly the happy sounds of swing...

Our HOA just had our gutters cleaned yesterday just like they have every Fall since 1994. Every HOA is different, but I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t clean the rain gutters because clogged rain gutters can cause a whole lot of damage that costs a lot more than having the gutters cleaned and...

I’ve never been on FB and have no interest in it whatsoever. And since Mark Zuckerberg started sucking up to YKW I have even less interest in FB than before. If someone posts photos that can only be accessed thru FB then I’ll live if I can’t view them. Eddie

Re:#91 YES Mike! I’s would agree that insurance can be a crap shoot, with the insurance companies usually coming out on top. But God forbid your home burns to the ground or is destroyed by some natural disaster, you’ll wish like hell that you had insurance. As far as earthquake insurance in...

Yes, home insurance isn’t required if there’s no mortgage on the property, but it’s advisable. Eddie

“It’s wonderful to have a good house but the costs can be very consuming when you retire and are on a fixed income budget.” You’d still have these same expenses if your mortgage wasn’t paid off, compounding your expenses. Since we live in a condo the exterior repairs, insurance and...

We paid $122,000 for our 2 bd, 1.5 bath 2 story 1260 sq ft, condo in 1994. Just 3 weeks ago one of the units here sold for $411,000, but 2 years ago 3 other units sold for $460,000, but they’d all had many upgrades done before the sale and the market was hotter 2 years ago in the Bay Area. IMO...

Back in 1971 min wage was $1.50 an hr. so that $9.00 for two bags of groceries represented SIX hr. of gross wages, a whole 8 hr. day of min wage was $12.00, less 15%for payroll deduction equals $10.20 net per day. So those two bags of groceries were almost one whole day of take home pay...

Thanks Louis, I didn’t even think about the conversion from lbs. to kilograms. Eddie

I personally wouldn’t buy it without seeing it in person first to verify that it works and everything is there, like the agitator for one thing. As far as the weight I’d guess around 175-200 libs. Eddie

Those are great machines. My first washing machine was a used Maytag J2LP (with a pump). I paid $35.00 in 1972. That one in the photo appears to have been properly taken care of for it’s age. I think $231.00 isn’t unreasonable. If the agitator works and so does the wringer you’re good to...

Well, I suppose it would be better than beating clothes on a rock at the riverside. But who’s gonna have the strength to haul that heavy, wet carpet outta the washing machine tub, wring it out, even with a hand wringer that would be a BIG job, then you’d have to empty the tub, refill with rinse...

Best Foods/Hellmans mayonnaisehas no starch and is shelf stable and lasts in the refrigerator for several weeks or more. The ingredients are: soybean oil, water, eggs, distilled vinegar, egg yolks, salt, sugar, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium, EDTA used to protect quality and...

Mike, Thanks for your kind words. I’m also happy that your sister in law has beaten cervical cancer. What ultimately cured Dan was the new breakthrough Immuno therapy treatments. These are a real lifesaver! This treatment uses your bodies own T cells to attack and kill the malignant cells...

My Mom worked for a country doctor in Monte Rio, Calif. in the 60’s and early 70’s and she used to tell us that the Drug Detail men that came to the office always left samples of the new drugs that the doctor could give out for free to his patients. Then if the new drugs worked well for the...