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We have a 5 gallon opaque water container full of water and put 5 year water preserver drops in it. So we know that we have that right out of the gate. We also have two Aquamira emergency water filters (kind of like a LifeStraw) and larger Katadyn Microfilter that we can use with our Nalgene water bottles. Bought everything on Amazon. And if worse comes to worse, you can always boil water too. We have portable propane stoves and cook sets that are tiny and can be used however we see fit. There are always stores of water in your water heater and toilet tanks, and we even have a pond pretty much across the street if things got ugly. Our emergency kits are great at home, but I made sure to have enough supplies to get out and walk if need be and sustain ourselves for quite some time if we have to get all Bear Grylls out there.

I love illustrations because they can be taken so many ways. The coffee bean actually went through more adversity, as it had to be ground first. So that could make the bean look even better with the final result. Then again, you could say that after adversity the coffee bean dissolved and was no longer recognizable, while you could at least still make out which one was a carrot and which was an egg. Maybe the bean was overtaken to the point of losing its identity. I think I choose to look at it this way. Each went through adversity and each came out acceptably. People love coffee, soft cooked carrots, and hard boiled eggs. We all go through things and react different based on our makeup, and Jehovah can accept us soft, hard boiled, or with a great aroma. Either way we came through adversity, and that's what counts the most. Even Jesus had to be ministered to by angels after temptation because it no doubt weakened him somewhat. Thanks for the illustration. I love thinking about how those things can be taken. So many variations and ways to make points. Very cool.

Cutting cable is more about cutting the cable TV service than it is cutting actual literal cables. Services like these preclude the need for much more expensive monthly cable TV services for some. There are many things (like watchespn) that require you to log in with your cable TV provider information that are bummers. I'd gladly pay a little bit to access ESPN programming online, but cable TV providers have them locked down so that they can't do so. An ala carte system for channels has to be inevitable in the future.

We have Amazon Prime. You not only get access to streaming video, but free 2 day shipping on Prime eligible items. We'd buy Prime anyway just for the shipping alone, as we order a lot from Amazon for personal and business needs, but the added streaming video content is a plus. Not sure how it differs from Netflix in the shows available though. Hulu plus may be another option. And don't forget that you can go to sites from the network and sometimes watch streaming shows there as well. We don't watch much tv, but when we do we like it to be on our schedule as much as possible, so we watch things online when possible.

Ha! My wife and I got sunburned Saturday playing disc golf, and here we are Monday and we've got snow on the forecast tonight. Lol, you can throw Indiana on your meme too.

There's nothing inherently wrong with going to a concert. You just have to exercise judgement as to the particular concert that you go to. Much the same as with movies, or any other entertainment. Many brothers and sisters enjoy concerts of a wide variety. I've never really been, but I've known many that went to all types of shows and really enjoyed them. We may go to one or two this year. My wife has been wanting to get out to some live music.

Don't worry, you don't need to know the latter. I've just seen it before elsewhere. The point is that abbreviations can mean all kinds of things, and you may want everyone to change but you may not know what you're asking for. Obviously, asking an entire forum to change for one person is not likely to go over well, but I digress and figure you aren't wholly serious. There are places like the urban dictionary online to learn the meanings and decipher much of today's language online. You probably don't need or want to go there. Some definitions are best left unsaid, and some of us (me) pick up on and know things that they don't need or necessarily want to know.

No no no, I think you're thinking of Fox Sports, or For Sale (often seen in FS/FT), or a much more obscene FS (that is sometimes preceded by another F, but that doesn't have to be, and that certainly wouldn't be good for use by any of us). On the other hand, the latter would give the OP a reason to use that censored emoticon more often.

People already do this just by sitting in the local WiFi spot with their devices and programs. I guess the drone makes it a little more remote. If you're online, you just have to realize that someone out there can see what you're doing at just about any time, but some precautions can make it harder for them to do, like only connecting to private WiFi networks.

On the plus side, the man in this situation never gets asked "does my butt look big in this dress". Seems pretty self-explanatory.

How is it exciting?

I handle all of the money, and my wife doesn't care about it whatsoever. I decorate the house, and she builds the furniture. I started our cleaning business. She loves doing lawn care. I actually bought her the eleventy billion shoes and got her out of her hiking boots and taught her how to dress. She taught me how to have fun and not be so serious all the time. I'm in touch with my emotions and I'm very verbal, while she's likely to shut down. We have worked together, just the two of us, every day for 14 years. We talk about stuff instead of about one another. If one of us has a problem, we address it. My mom was great about complaining about my dad instead of talking to him and working on things. My wife was her mom's confidant as well. I can't stand it when people talk about their spouse instead of to them. We make pretty much all decisions together. Obviously there are days where we want to kill one another, lol, but we realized a long time ago that we both do the same things in different ways. That's the beauty of marriage. One person's strengths make up for the other person's deficiencies, and vice versa. Instead, many spend time only looking at what they give and complain about the other. We work in family homes in our cleaning business, and have had an up close look at the dynamics of hundreds of families over these many years. There are more traditional families where that works for them, and others that flip the stereotypes on their heads. It all works if people just work together as partners instead of me and you. I'm thankful to work with my wife every day because it forced us to grow in ways we couldn't have apart. Sorry, that may have been too serious. Here you go: I do all of the driving (because the stereotype of women drivers is one that is true in all cases), but at least my wife doesn't nag me while I drive. You know, because women be shopping (thirty $10 items costs the same as one $300 item), and women be naggin'. ;)

Nah, women don't spend much money and are content. They would never have eleventy billion pairs of shoes, would never worry about keeping up appearances by having the right house (those are cheap), and certainly don't fill the shopping malls buying overpriced items. Honestly, these things are always funny because both sexes do the same things often in slightly different ways, but stereotyping is easy and more fun, lol. People are people.

What IS the best time to go to Florida. My wife and I have usually gone in late February/early March for our anniversary, and it has been a mixed bag. We go to Destin/Fort Walton Beach (though we drive to Panama City and Pensacola too) because we can drive there in a day from Indiana. Never been farther south where it is warmer. We are looking for somewhere to go later this year, and we love Florida when we go. We live around enough city, so we don't care for that scene, but we like quiet and as few people as possible. Got any pro-tips? As for VRBO, we've known many people to use them and they've been really happy. As with anything, there is always a risk, but they have reviews and such if memory serves, so they can be checked out and vetted.

Apparently they must be hazardous. Brothers on here preface their joking posts with apologies as of they're anticipating backlash. Sisters don't do that near as often. Kinda telling, eh? ;p.