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Francisco 2.0

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  1. I joined when I turned 50, as more of a lark. Humble brag incoming. See, as I approached that magical birthday, I received one of their mailers extolling the virtues of joining. All for $12 a year! I was about to toss it in the trash, and then I noticed a tidbit that the spouse of a member automatically received a card. So, I went online, created an account and paid the $12 bucks. Put in my name, and put in my wife's name for her free card, then sat back and waited, A few weeks pass, and I get an envelope with both of the cards. Wife comes home from work, and I tell her I have a surprise for her. I take the AARP card with her name on it, and hand it to her. She has a horrified look on her face, and starts to ask "why?" She was 37 at the time. Handing over her AARP membership card to her, at that age, was worth the yearly membership. We still joke about it to this day. And she actually has used it a time or two on hotel room reservations, when the AARP discount was greater than the usual discounts either of us receive.
  2. I did this just this morning for my wife. She's going out of the country in early May on a girls trip. I took an old iPhone to ATT, got a new number and the international plan for a month, created her a new Apple ID just for this single phone, installed no social media apps, only put on the esssential contacts and only the apps necessary for the trip. She's paranoid about having to hand over her phone when she re-enters the country, so I set up a phone she can just hand over and never look back.
  3. Not really; it's his MO. The moment he feels an issue is getting away from him he shifts the blame/credit onto others. We are almost a full decade in the Trump Experience. The moment he doesn't take responsibility for anything, whatever it is, no matter how large or benign, you know something's about to change.
  4. As if you had to ask.
  5. But I was told one phone call could end this.
  6. What could possibly go wrong.
  7. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/tesla-makes-its-cars-lie-about-their-mileage-lawsuit-claims/
  8. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/trumps-fcc-chair-threatens-comcast-demands-changes-to-nbc-news-coverage/
  9. Estimated cost of moving the shuttle: $1 billion https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/why-are-two-texas-senators-trying-to-wrest-a-space-shuttle-from-the-smithsonian/
  10. Wife and I are still processing what we finished up on Sunday evening. My idea, and I'm sure others have had the same, and it disturbed my wife when I mentioned it:
  11. I'll be honestly surprised if Senator Van Hollen returns home alive. And you can bet your ass Trump would just shrug his shoulders if he doesn't.
  12. Oh, this will end in tears.
  13. Um. Nico doesn't own his NIL rights until December 31, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6275827/2025/04/14/tennessee-football-nico-iamaleava-holdout-transfer/
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