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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Yup we live in one of those New England beach towns. We’re here to take care of my elderly Father in law and will likely be selling our house when he’s gone.

    But somehow the taxes are around half what my Mom is paying in a bigger town no where near the coast.

    Our town is split between old money mansions, and new money vacation homes. Then there’s a cluster of us full timers with kids who are usually scraping by.






  • The pictures of stacks of failed clutches in r/justrolledintotheshop were enough to convince me.

    Ford had a habit of inventing new systems, but slapping them on the first couple model years of any vehicle before they seem ready.

    My dad had a first-gen Explorer Sport Trac with many notorious problems. My favorite was that both inside back door handles broke off it was like being locked in a police car back there.






  • 4 of these things actually happened this year, in New England too (where Randall at least used to live).

    We had perfect clear skies for the eclipse in Maine, then a couple months later had visible Aurora on a clear night as well. All while the cicadas were around, though they weren’t very loud in my area.

    Not all on one day, but pretty lucky in a year. My 6 year old’s expectations for celestial events are set pretty high now though.