
u/goldentalus70

The WSB logo is so fun
I love that it not only looks like a shield, but also that the top part looks like a fedora. That's all!
Default serving sizes
Sometimes they are just weird. Like why on Earth would Cascadian Farms Organic Frozen Strawberries default to 1 gallon/1943 grams? They only come in 10 ounce bags.
I doubt any restaurant chains or ice cream manufacturers are using Cronometer. Just ordinary people trying to make a smoothie LOL.
Option to swipe and hide foods no longer used
I used to use Carb Manager and it was really easy to hide foods either added to a meal accidentally or if you no longer ate that food.
It did not remove it from the overall database of foods, just hid it from showing up as a selection.
On Cronometer I have foods I ate one time, a long time ago, or accidentally added, still show up on my foods list, and sometimes foods I eat regularly disappear from it and I have to search them again.
It would be great to have the option to swipe and hide foods from showing up in the foods list while entering in your daily diary.
Huge capital gains taxes when downsizing from inherited house
That's pretty much it. I know it's unavoidable, but dang!
I thought I'd stay here forever, but the area around my neighborhood has gone downhill while remaining a HCOL area. I'd like to move to a nicer 55+ neighborhood in the same city and downsize to a 2 bed 2 bath 1 story condo.
I inherited my house from my Dad in 1992 and have lived in it ever since. Awaiting a historical appraisal for the value at that time, which I'm guessing was maybe $120,000 to $130,000 at the most, and possibly even less.
Current value is at least $700,000, so even with the $250,000 deduction for single filers it will be a huge tax hit. I remodeled the kitchen and baths quite a few years ago and now those updates are old.
I'm also not sure if or how much to invest prior to selling. I had a new roof put on a few years ago. It needs windows, probably a re-stucco, floors. Kitchen and baths could use upgrading again.
Just curious if anyone else had a similar situation and your thoughts.
SATOR square experience
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of witchcraft and occult books. One had a SATOR square spell that said you could summon a demon to do your bidding.
I made a SATOR square on parchment paper with India black ink and an old fountain pen. In broad daylight, I stood in one of the bedrooms in our house and put the square in my open hand. I started chanting the words in the square over and over.
All of a sudden, I smelled sulphur. There was nothing in the house that smelled like that. I panicked and ran out of the room, and put the square away in the book.
About a week later, my oldest sister who was in college came over. It was just us two in the house. I didn't tell her what happened but I asked her to stand in the same place I had before, and confirmed that she did not smell anything. I held the square and started doing the chant again, and the sulphur smell immediately came back. She noticed it and said she was smelling sulphur. I stopped doing the chant and we left the room.
I didn't tell her what it was for, but we both agreed that it was weird. I never did it again.
Remember when makeup was easy to remove?
Eye makeup especially. Even the supposed water-based mascaras I've tried are like glue. The ads that say, "Lasts 72 hours" are ridiculous. No one should leave any makeup on past the end of the day.
I haven't tried any of the "tubing" ones because it just sounds weird and the tubes probably get in your eyes or something anyway.
I miss my old 1970s Cover Girl Thick Lash Mascara!