Charlie

42 years. (I was the younger one)

The SCOTUS decision legalizing marriage at the federal level came in 2013.

My partner and I recently celebrated our 50th anniversary living together. After the first three honeymoon weeks together, we both admitted that we were attracted to other men as well, and the only way our relationship was likely to survive was if we were honest about it. Therefore, we accepted the fact that sex with others was going to happen, maybe even affairs--they did--and we shared the necessary information about who we were sleeping with. We also had an understanding that, because we loved each other, we would let one another go if one of those other relationships reached that level of importance that one of us wanted to leave. It got close a couple of times, but we always decided that our relationship was too important to us, and we split with the potential new partner. I started hiring escorts partly because it eliminated the potential for emotional involvement. In 2013, we got married, and we have been monogamous ever since. (OK, OK! I'll admit it has been easy, since we don't get any other offers nowadays.)

I have discovered that the microwave is a great way to cook fish. I buy a 1lb slab of salmon at Trader Joe's; I cook it for one minute on each side in a frying pan, then transfer it to a microwaveable plate and cook it again for one minute on each side. It comes out cooked just right, still moist and tender.

That takes serious organization. You're a stronger man than I am.

I am amazed that someone as active here as you are was unaware of the "New Posts" option. That is what I click on as soon as I have checked my "alerts." I find it simplifies the whole process as I drop in and out of the site.

Those turkey sausages do have potato starch, salt, dextrose, sugar and spices (unspecified) added to them. The list of ingredients added to most baked products, including bread and muffins, is a lot longer than that. Nevertheless, I am not about to make my own sausage (believe it or not, I have done it once, from a freshly slaughtered pig) or bake my own bread any more, so I pop my store-bought sausage in the microwave and muffin in the toaster, and try to forget about the extra ingredients.

Then you should probably avoid most processed foods, since these are fairly common ingredients in them.

I find the breakfast bowls have too much potato as filler.

They are my guilty pleasure. I just bought a new kind an hour ago: The Egg'wich, a breadless sandwich. My favorite until now has been the croissant filled with egg, cheese and sausage. I doubt that most doctors would recommend them--400 calories, 230 of them from fat, and 5 grams of sugar--but I find them very satisfying. The Egg'wich is only 240 calories, 160 of them from fat, and 3 grams of sugar.

No photo of the iconic "boy in the sand," Casey Donovan/Calvin Culver?

That is a misleading description, since he started at the Realschule in Linz the same year that Hitler dropped out, and both were 16 years old at the time. Also, they were from very different social classes; Wittgenstein was a boarding student (his wealthy family lived in Vienna) while Hitler was a day student. Wittgenstein needed a lot of private tutoring, because he arrived unprepared for the standard courses, so he probably didn't even have the same classes as Hitler, who had been a student for a few years. It's unlikely that they had any kind of personal relationship. Nevertheless, once Wittgenstein became a kind of cult figure in intellectual circles, his opponents were always looking for some Hitlerian connection.

The Amish used to use "gay" to refer to anyone who was not Amish. I don't know if they still do.

Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca

Yesterday for breakfast I had o.j., a banana, a bowl of rice chex cereal, and a cup of coffee. Lunch was a slice of Sbarro pizza. Afternoon snack was a little tuna salad. Dinner was a large Cobb salad with a glass of chardonnay, and a chocolate covered vanilla ice cream pop. Lots of water and Gatorade during the day. This morning's breakfast was o.j., several strawberries, a cheese omelette with a side of pork sausage, and a cup of coffee.

:cool:Happy Birthday to a cool guy!

It would depend on the dog. My current dog is priceless, but I have given other dogs away.

What do you do if your phone is lost or stolen, or not working?

I carry two wallets, one with ID cards (driver's license, AAA, health insurance, library card, etc., the other with cash and credit cards. Both are in my front pockets. I usually wear cargo pants/shorts (one of the perks of being retired and living in a resort town).

Apartments burglarized twice; two bikes stolen, one of them left for only a moment in front of house, the other stolen from garage while door was open (he jumped on the bike and rode away as I chased him on foot); car window smashed by vandal; contractor took money for job, then disappeared without doing the work.

Happy Birthday! (hehe--I know how old you are)

Sorry, I have to save some private information from identity thieves.

Of course. The article even mentions that fact, but doesn't bother to follow up with any commentary on the fact that the stats are not very useful in the first place, because they are comparing apples (a demographic that has always been able to marry) to oranges (a demographic that has been legally able to marry for only a half decade).

An excellent example of who should and who shouldn't go out in public in a harness.

Organizations that thank you for a donation, and immediately ask for another one, usually in the thank you letter.