u/IDontStealBikes

For anyone who hiked the AT, or part of it, with a romantic partner: did you have fights or serious disagreements along the way?

Can anyone please suggest a simple MS Word template for a novel? Nothing complicated, or proprietary, or AJ (can't post the real name, how dumb). Just a simple little template. Thanks.

(Here I am adding words to meet the dumb word requirement here. Seems ridiculous, doesn't it?)

66M, never married. I don't have a problem attracting women on OLD, many write to me and correspond. My problem is I have no money, none for retirement, and only enough income to get by, zero left at the end-of-the-month, and am on food stamps, can't work like I use to (self-employed) so after a week or so of correspondence I give in to my anxiety about this, and bluntly state my case and say goodbye.

There are just too many things wrong with me now, and much more than money. I keep hoping it won't matter to someone but I just can't give it a chance. I wouldn't even respect a woman who was really interested in me.

But I'm dying of loneliness. Literally dying, I can feel it. I think a good relationship could save my life. Not kidding at all. It's been 26 years. As is I know for a fact that I won't live for many more years. Because I don't want to. Being alone is no life. But I still have to work and have never been good at meeting people or finding my way into groups. I just can't do it, and never could even in high school.

I'm hopeless, right. I think so and am planning accordingly. Some people, a few, just aren't capable of society.

Why is GDP growth measured by the change in the real GDP Quantity Index and not by the change in GDP or real GDP?

Why is GDP growth measured by the change in the real GDP Quantity Index and not by the change in GDP or real GDP?

In the last few months I thought I saw several pricing errors made by the self-checkout registers at Safeway in Keizer. A few days ago I decided to make a big deal out of it. There were at least three items I thought had been overcharged based on the prices I remembered on the shelves, and I had an attendant come over and go through them. Sure enough, all three items had been overcharged and by the time he and I were done--took about 10 minutes--$12 came off my bill. About 18%.

This, plus my prior suspicions, tells me to be suspicious of Safeway (in Keizer, at least) overcharging on several items. I'm going to write to government agencies when I figure out which ones, with a copy of all the redactions/corrections on my last receipt, and I'm going to keep a very close eye out on prices on the shelves, maybe even taking pictures of them when I take an item.

I'm wondering if anyone else has found similar problems.

Is there any kind of desk solution for someone with a damaged tailbone?

I broke my tailbone 43 years ago, playing squash. It has hurt ever since. Now a days it hurts when I sit on it. My state rehabilitation department has done their best to get me chairs and a gel pad and anything I've asked for. I want to acknowledge that they have done a great job.

Just got a new chair and a gel pad today. Unfortunately, it's not any better. My butt still hurts a lot from sitting. I had my lowest two vertebrae removed 3 years after my initial injury, which was probably useful but I have been in pain ever since for 43 years. My entire bottom hurts.

I feel that it's time to give up on solutions. I don't even know of any possible solutions left. I think I'm stuck with this chronic pain for the rest of my life. I mean it's already been 43 years and it has significantly affected my ability to work. I'm poor.

Is there even a little bit of hope? I have an up-down desk but can't stand at it for more than 10 minutes. Worse is that I'm losing the ability to care. I'm 66M, but feeling that my time is done and I don't really care, being done would be a definite relief.

Does anyone else find it difficult to care about the Stanley Cup playoffs once the Penguins are eliminated (or were never in contention like in years prior)? I do. I'd like to follow the remaining playoffs and their story lines, but it's just not the same.