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I've had some type of this case on my last 4 iPhones. I think the first two were a brand named Silk, and the last two are these Smartish brand ones. They're really thin and have good drop protection.

Only women think this way. One of my employees does this whole cleaning ritual every time she comes in the office. Spray bottle with rubbing alcohol, and wipes down the whole surface of the desk, her phone, etc. While the majority of men just go about their day.

What's funny to me is my wife does something similar at home. She doesn't want anyone to get on the bed if they're wearing the clothes they had on all day. Mostly to keep the kids from just pouncing on the bed. That is just on top of the comforter. Then she will turn around and pick up the dog who has been roaming around the yard and stick it under the covers.

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no offense…are you out of your mind? Trampolines have a three phase lifespan:

1) kids will use it until they are teenagers
2) it will collect leaves and mock you as you curse it
3) you’ll spend a bunch of time trying to give it away or get rid of it

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All true, but they're only kids for a short while. We bought one of those backyard swingset/rock wall/slide kits about 10 years ago. I think our second child was turning 3, and our oldest was 8. They have both played on it a ton, and now the youngest loves it as well. The boys call it their fort.



Back during Covid, we bought and I installed an in-ground trampoline. Took most of an afternoon, but 4 hours of work and maybe $200 for 8-10 years of the kids having something else to play on is worth it. I used my big gas tiller to bust up the ground. Then stood in the middle and shoveled dirt to the outside. I put stakes in the ground to know where to draw a big circle, then shoveled the middle out and packed that down on the outside. It sits on top of the rim, and has stakes to tie it down. When the youngest eventually outgrows it, I can disassemble it and fill the hole back in. Looks like this one, but ours is 12 feet across instead of the smaller version.

I've had these for years. I never liked the feel of the silicone ones or buckles. I wear them to workout, then wash them with some hand soap and hang it on a little hook in the bathroom to dry and just put one of the other ones on since it was a multipack. They're thin and breathable, and I've been swimming in them, showered, sweat etc and they hold up well. I know it isn't exactly what you were asking about, but Amazon said I ordered them in July of 2023 and they are still holding up great.

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You can also remove the chain and handle and give it a good scrub. There is likely deposits around where the handle assembly goes through the tank. Then give it some grease and reinstall it.

Yeah, frame it in place. I would run 16 foot 2x4s if you can for the top/bottom, or a couple of 12 foot boards on each end and cut an 8 foot to length for the middle. I built a 12 foot long wall when we were doing a renovation about 10 years ago, but it had two doorways in it. One to a closet, the other to a bathroom. But I made the top and bottom with a 12 foot 2x4 and built it in place once those were attached to joists.

Just wanted to give an update, and how I ended up with two of these. Ordered one from Amazon that was shipped via FedEx. Last week it was out for delivery, and I get an Amazon notification on my phone that it was delivered. When I get home, it isn't there. Ask my teenager if she saw anything, check the Ring camera, and it was never delivered to my house. I notice the FedEx tracking number, so I go to their website to track it, and see what is supposed to be the picture of the delivery. First, it definitely isn't my house in the picture, and second, it definitely isn't this box. I live in an old red brick house, and the picture was of a house with painted brick. There were two boxes in the FedEx picture, and one was a smaller one, said Crate & Barrel on it, probably an 8"x8" box. And a slightly larger box underneath it, but nowhere near large enough for something 3 feet long. This also shipped out from Arizona to Alabama, more on that in a moment.

I do a customer inquiry/claim or whatever FedEx calls it, and contacted Amazon as well. Amazon said to give it another day or two to show up, and if it doesn't, reach back out. I figured it was just dropped at the wrong house. I walked over to a few neighbors with white houses and asked, but none of them had seen it. The guy two houses down said he was expecting something from FedEx and it hadn't shown up either. Two days go by, I log back into Amazon, and they just issue a refund to a gift card on my account. I ordered another one, from a different vendor on Amazon. The email saying it had shipped was a UPS tracking number. I also have a login to UPS, and a couple days later get an email from them saying out for delivery. I never checked the tracking, but it was at my front door when I got home. That was 2 days ago. Yesterday I get the alert from Amazon that my package is out for delivery, which I thought was odd since it arrived the day before, but thought maybe there was a glitch in their software or a delayed update.

I got home yesterday, and there was another large box at my door. So then I started wondering. I log into my email and to Amazon, and start looking at tracking and order numbers. The first one that arrived shipped from Indiana, and the second one from Illinois, neither from Arizona like the FedEx one that never arrived. Neither box had any paperwork in it, just my address and a tracking number label on the outside. I have no clue how two of these showed up shipping from different locations, but I now have two identical ones, and figure it is a shipping mishap on someone, but I don't know how or why. Either way, I was probably going to get multiple boxes at some point but now I've got two of this size and I packed all my gear in them last night and have a little room to spare, so it worked out great. I have a 6 man tent, and three twin size air mattresses in one box, and I have 3 camping chairs, a camp stove, a shovel and axe, and a few other smaller items in the other one. All packed up for this weekend's camping trip.

That’s pretty much all we buy for company cars now. Get them a year or two old with low miles and keep them for about 4-5 years and trade them in before 100k miles. They’re cheap and reliable for what we use them for. I’ve been driving a 2017 for two years with no issues. I think we have 7 of them now.

If it was a personal car and long term I’d get a Toyota instead but if you trade in every 5 years it will be fine.

The old style indoor malls are dead, but the outdoor malls in our area are thriving. It isn't just a food court and department stores, it is nicer restaurants and more trendy shopping places, but every time I have to go there it is packed.

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Gambinos is decent Italian-American comfort food and easy to walk from downtown Fairhope.

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I almost forgot about them. We’ve been there a couple of times. Good place to take the family as well. Our wait staff were excellent and the food was a good change of pace from what you normally get near the coast.