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Snow day. I got buried in the snow and decided to play it safe rather than risk an accident to myself or someone else. Is this a sort of wisdom? My younger self would have said it was more like cowardness. I just looked it up and discovered that about 75 percent of the people I work with called in, so I am not alone.

Then I realize I will have to shovel and plow myself out...fun. LOL But, how very pretty the whiteout makes everything!
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When I was younger I would go to work no matter how bad the roads were, staying home only if they closed the highways into the city. Now...I just won't. My job isn't worth the risk to life, limb, and vehicle.

I call this wisdom.
Thanks for the trinkets! Hope all is well and Happy Thanksgiving!
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You are welcome. Happy Thanksgiving to you also!
Today, I asked for an estimate of how many books there are in the world versus how many people there are in the world and the answer I received was approximately 8 billion people to 130 million unique books. Kind of sad, isn't it? Well, I think there is definitely room for more!
Why don't people eat ghosts?


Because they taste like SHEET!
I had my eyes glued to the T.V. this morning while watching the catch attempt by SpaceX and my wife was trying to get my attention to look at something on her phone. No, no. My eyes are glued. Sorry! Now that is my kind of sport SpaceX was 'sporting'. Gateway to the stars and Science Fiction becomes Science Fact!
The Red Queen gets a second smile and dirties poor Alice's pristine dress. Seriously! Alice just had Cinderella wash it! Hive business never ends...
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Happy Birthday Elon Casper Jimminy! Hope it's a good day to celebrate.*BigSmile*


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May the dreams you hold dearest,
be those which come true,
and the kindness you spread,
keep returning to you!

Kindest Regards, Lilli
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Thank you!
I finished the Emperess of Beasts, today. It will be a bit until the 14th book comes out. I do want to say I am relieved there is some hope for the skeleton (Torin). I thought he/she was going to be bad but now I know there is hope. This is the audio book series. Another great book!
Imagine if Merwitches were real. Wait, that is the original name for "Curse of the Black Lagoon". I found that out when my spell check didn't highlight Merwitches, and I was curious. LOL

Spell check is very useful!
I was considering a story concept in which the government would require Americans to pay a percentage of their savings immediately to pay off the National Debt. So, I asked Copilot what percent that would be thinking it would be 2 or 3 %. Not even close. Try 1478 percent, which means all our (personal) savings are not even close to paying it off.

Maybe the story would have to take another route. Incubators to increase the population? Building robots and giving them citizenship with a taxable income?

Even in stories, I am not smart enough to figure this out. Now I am depressed. But, I am over it. It is just stories after all. Right?
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Interesting concept. Don't give up on it just because you are having issues making the numbers work. It is a work of fiction, yes? You can make up the numbers you need to make it work.
I've never had a head for economics. As every country seems to have an eye-watering level of debt, I'm always left wondering who the hell they owe it to, and where did the lenders get that amount of money in the first place. And if they owe it to each other, why don't they just do the sums to figure out the residual amount that one owes the other? I'm always left with a mental picture of a Blofeld-type character in his secret layer, rubbing his hands together and waiting for the whole crazy system to collapse.

I always love the idea that occasionally rears its head in western Europe where it's mooted that people should have more kids to pay more taxes to cover the costs of e.g. care of the elderly. Now there's a pyramid scheme if ever there was *Smile* - what happens when that generation get old themselves? Do we all breed like rabbits ad infinitum?
Considering that lots and lots (and lots) of Americans don't have savings because they are living paycheck to paycheck, this tracks.


Take it! Use it however you see fit. Good luck!
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Hmm, thoughts to ponder... Thanks for the trinket.
Thanks for the trinket. I have a character who is half goblin and she salvages materials to make all sorts of things.
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This is an old one, but I was just wondering what I was thinking...
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Thank you very much!
I liked the message you included, And thanks for the unique trinket.
Thank you, Anonymous, for the gift points! It is very much a bit of cheer you sent my way. Thank you!
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