Who shops at small businesses? - sh.itjust.works
I was reading about some local policy changes intended to make running a small
business easier and that got me thinking. I go to restaurants and ethnic food
stores which are usually small businesses, and maybe some of the gas stations I
use are small businesses too. However, everything else I buy comes from big-box
stores or the internet. These have replaced a lot of small businesses, but how
is it that there are any little shops left at all? Sometimes I walk into a
corner store because I don’t want to go all the way to the big box store or wait
for delivery but the prices are so much higher (often by over a hundred percent)
that I walk right out again unless I need something very urgently. I’m not
making a moral judgement here. I just don’t know how the economics work out.
Do you ever feel full and hungry simultaneously?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/45995083
I'm getting better at making pancakes
https://sh.itjust.works/post/45991386
I'm getting better at making pancakes - sh.itjust.works
Apparently the main problem was that the batter I made according to the
instructions on the bag of pancake mix was way too viscous. A friend told me to
add more water and showed me the consistency it’s supposed to have. Now my
pancakes are round and thin instead of being two-inch thick lumps. I still need
to work on finding the right temperature. I used to burn the outsides without
cooking the inside and I’ve gotten better but I think I still had the heat up
just a little too high today.
A dog hit me with a stick - sh.itjust.works
He picked up a big stick in his mouth, spun around, and whacked my hand hard
enough to leave a small bruise. I thought it was funny, but not so funny that it
would make sense to share the story anywhere but here.
Federal judge orders return of man Trump administration accidentally sent to notorious El Salvador jail
https://sh.itjust.works/post/35561960
Federal judge orders return of man Trump administration accidentally sent to notorious El Salvador jail - sh.itjust.works
The fascinating thing here is that the government’s lawyer, the one supposed to
argue against this guy’s return, appears to have sided against the government.
>"Give us 24 hours to get him back, Reuveni said. “That was my recommendation to
my client but that hasn’t happened”
Are old people usually attracted to other old people?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/34654761
Are old people usually attracted to other old people? - sh.itjust.works
When I was a teenager, I thought people in their 20’s were the most attractive.
Now that I’m about 40, I still think people in their 20’s are the most
attractive. It’s hard for me to believe that I might ever be attracted to
someone past retirement age, even when I’m past retirement age myself, unless
the person is like one of those celebrities who look way younger than they are.
This isn’t something I can comfortably ask most older people I know, but there’s
one man who admits that he isn’t and one woman who is. Which is more normal?
"Deleted by creator" sounds like the poster was destroyed by God.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/33475542
"Deleted by creator" sounds like the poster was destroyed by God. - sh.itjust.works
“Deleted” sounds so casual too, like God did it as part of some routine cleanup.
Saw a mouse in my apartment. - sh.itjust.works
I live a bachelor lifestyle, so I have no food in here. Just alcohol. I hope the
mouse figures that out and goes away. I should get some traps in case it
doesn’t. I hate killing animals but there’s no practical alternative.
Share if you agree! - sh.itjust.works
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