GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD WELCOME.TO JANUARY 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 31ST 2026

[Gators North]

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We are saving for this Family Hub Fridge with Internet and cameras.

With View Inside,
you can remotely check inside of your fridge via phone
and buy what's missing while doing shopping

Computer Touchscreen/Internet comes in handy to check recipes/cooking films online

Nice!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Wow I didn't know ladders with guardrails existed. And a handy shelf.
I have two ladders, One is shorter, One is very tall. Neither have guardrails. Or shelfs.

When we were painting my thirteen foot ceiling bedroom I became brave enough, with encouragement to get right up to the highest step.

I think I lost my braveness when my dear encourager passed away.

I think a trip to Bunnings might be on my list to buy myself this new fangled ladder with guardrails thingy.

 

[Gators North]

Wow I didn't know ladders with guardrails existed. And a handy shelf.
I have two ladders, One is shorter, One is very tall. Neither have guardrails. Or shelfs.

When we were painting my thirteen foot ceiling bedroom I became brave enough, with encouragement to get right up to the highest step.

I think I lost my braveness when my dear encourager passed away.

I think a trip to Bunnings might be on my list to buy myself this new fangled ladder with guardrails thingy.

I’m 72, so I don’t use a ladder unless someone is here with me!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Getting up Bunnings website as we speak...

 

[Gators North]

Getting up Bunnings website as we speak...

Go for it girlfriend!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I’m 72, so I don’t use a ladder unless someone is here with me!

I'm 77.

I still use a ladder sometimes but won't climb up to the top of the very tall one.
I did overcome my fear once years ago but that fear has crept back in.

I'm ok with the shorter ladder but I've neven been ok with using both hands to do anything when I'm up there.

I've always needed one hand on the ladder.

 

[killarney rose]

At 69 I will use the first couple steps on a ladder. DH is 80 and has had both knees replaced. He’s fearless but I told him no more ladders several years ago.

 

[LetsSolvIt]

Forget retro, how about an original?

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It's my late grandmother's. She used it as a vase for over fifty years. Though it's hard to tell from the picture, it's a very pale pink and marbled.

This is beautiful! What a treasure. So glad you have this special heirloom!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I found my little vintage kettle at an Op shop.
It was years ago now and I thought they wanted too much for it, but I fell in love with how cute it was so I really wanted it.

It was really just big enough to make maybe three mugs of coffee, so I just used it for my escapes to my caravan in the backyard and when a friend came over.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I love liver the way my mother used to cook it.

What you call Red Beets I think is what we call beetroot, I love it on hamburgers and used to love to eat the sliced beetroot straight out of the tin.

I adore asparagus.
And love brussel sprouts.

I love liver.... cut very thick and barbecued or air fried.... All the guys in my meat store in Florida giggled when I ordered my 1 1/2 inch slices of calves liver....

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I'm not a fan of high ceilings. I broke my foot (my only break in my life) when the ladder leg buckled. And my ceilings were only 8' high!!! My new house they're 9' high. I'm not thrilled about that but it's near impossible to get everything you want when it comes to buying a house. I got NO STAIRS, not even leading into the house or garage. I was thrilled because back when I was looking for a new house, I was specifically looking for one with level property because I was having a hard time walking on slopes (I had a sloped driveway) or stairs or curbs. And this was 6 months after my break! I thought my limp and issues was going to be my new way of walking. Turns out I lost the limp and issue with stairs and slopes after 8 months, but how was I to know?

Anyway, back to high ceilings which I dislike... another thing I'm looking into are replacing a light/fan over the kitchen island. To me, it's safer if you only have to reach up into the unit to change the bulb. Not go up higher on a ladder in order to reach down for the bulbs. It's a safety issue in my mind and none of us are getting any younger.

Like this (lower on the ladder and reaching up):

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Vs climbing up higher and reaching down:

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And yeah, I analyze everything in my life. I'ma thinker. My brain doesn't shut off. LOL

love that upper pik!

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Me too.
We are alike.

Like you my brain never shuts off and I love it.

I enjoy thinking and analyzing.

There's no thinking too much in my opinion.

Thinking about things from all angles and possibilities brings me a lot of happiness.

yeppers...
non stop thinking and always asking questions.
i drive folks crazy.

 

[alexwood]

I’m 72, so I don’t use a ladder unless someone is here with me!

That is precisely when I don't use a ladder -- because my son and daughter-in-law appear to be holding their breath when they see me doing it. I have ladders in many sizes. Why? Because I'm short, and, at 72 (also like you!), I'm not getting any taller (just shrinking in height, not girth). I have 8 ft. ceilings in my smallish home. Nonetheless, I have 5 smoke detectors. I can either listen to the beeping noise all night long as the battery dies, or haul out my hook and ladder (6 ft.) to change a battery. Why do smoke detector batteries die in the middle of the night?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

i drive folks crazy.

I think I do too.
Sometimes I seem to see people rolling their eyes at me when I tell them the latest scientific discovery or some new type of bat etc.
I'm just always surprised at their lack of interest in the wonders of life music, art or anything really.
How dull a world to live in.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I have had crickets in the house before, well mostly just one time.
But another time this chirping went on and on and I couldn't stand it anymore so traced it to it's source.

It was only the smoke alarm and even when I put brand new batteries in it, it still chirped.
I had to buy a new alarm in the end.

 

[Gators North]

That is precisely when I don't use a ladder -- because my son and daughter-in-law appear to be holding their breath when they see me doing it. I have ladders in many sizes. Why? Because I'm short, and, at 72 (also like you!), I'm not getting any taller (just shrinking in height, not girth). I have 8 ft. ceilings in my smallish home. Nonetheless, I have 5 smoke detectors. I can either listen to the beeping noise all night long as the battery dies, or haul out my hook and ladder (6 ft.) to change a battery. Why do smoke detector batteries die in the middle of the night?

I feel your pain. I’m 5’3” after shrinkage and need to use a ladder for just about everything!

 

[alexwood]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH 2026
There are only 354 more days until Christmas.​

I hope you are all having and will continue to have a great day today.
One of the reasons I took over Websleuths in May of 2004 was to make sure that people knew they mattered. Your opinions matter. Your ideas matter. You mean something to Websleuths and to all the people who participate. Always remember that.
Ok, here is a really boring list of "This Day in HISTORY."
Early History

• 1531 – Pope Clement VII forbade King Henry VIII of England from remarrying, a key moment leading toward England’s break with the Catholic Church. HISTORY
• 1781 – Benedict Arnold led British forces to burn Richmond, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. On This Day

20th Century & Beyond

• 1914 – Henry Ford announced a $5-a-day wage and an eight-hour workday for Ford workers — hugely influential for labor standards. On This Day
• 1919 – The German Workers’ Party was founded in Munich, the precursor to the Nazi Party. The Times
• 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor in U.S. history (Wyoming). Wikipedia
• 1933 – Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, one of the world’s most iconic bridges. Encyclopedia Britannica
• 1968 – Alexander Dubček became First Secretary in Czechoslovakia, kicking off the liberalizing “Prague Spring.” Time and Date
• 2005 – The dwarf planet Eris was discovered in the outer Solar System, influencing Pluto’s reclassification. Time and Date
• 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reported Wilhelm Röntgen’s discovery of X-rays, revolutionizing medicine and physics. Time and Date.
• Below is the picture of the first X-ray. How in the world did they figure out how to do that?
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Hey! Was that also when Lee Press-on Nails were invented -- and mood rings?!

 

[iamshadow21]

Hey! Was that also when Lee Press-on Nails were invented -- and mood rings?!

The x-ray is the hand of the wife of the scientist who invented it, I believe, and she was wearing her wedding rings.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I'm 5.4 so yes I need ladders and stools.

I have a little fold out stool in the kitchen that I use to reach the top cupboards.
It's a very sturdy little stool which I got from Aldi years ago.

I used to be able to reach in the bottom shelf of the cupboard above the fridge but my new fridge is higher and I can just about get things out of that shelf if I stand on my tippy toes, but I need the stool for the top shelf.

I have a tendency to not trust things that fold.
Camping once a camp chair clamped shut on my finger. I was in a panic thinking I might be going to lose my finger.
My friend kept me calm while he worked on trying to stop the chair from fully closing and taking my finger with it.

It did work, I still have all my fingers, but it was scary.

 

[alexwood]

Today is my DEHND's* birthday. He would have been 77, had he not died at age 55. (We had been divorced for seven years when he died.)

Here's a fond story about him: He used to sit on the right side of the sofa in our family room, next to an end table when he read. There was a lamp on the end table. When I would come home at night after work I'd come in from the garage, which led directly into our family room. I would automatically look to my right because I knew he'd be sitting there reading. One night after work, I entered the family room and he was sitting on the left side of the sofa. There was an end table with a lamp there, as well. It struck me as odd, and being the 'sleuther that I am, I asked: "Why are you sitting there?" He said, "Oh, the bulb in that lamp is burned out."

End of Story. I do have some fond memories of him because he is my only child's father. I also have some not-so-fond stories!



*DEHND = Dear Ex-Husband Now Deceased.