I have a huge nitpick here, but that makes these posts ripe for a thread split.
Back to happy thoughts.
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My fishing poles are now in the hands of Canada post…in Montreal.
Note, I don’t live anywhere near Montreal.
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At least the right country now.
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Are you implying that if alternate universe you discovered that your children were not biologically yours, and alternate universe you decided to abandon those children after years of raising them, that’s morally acceptable and your children shouldn’t feel traumatized and abused by that situation?
Can we get this topic moved to a new thread, mods? I think it’s interesting and not in any way happy.
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Millie got some chikkin tonight. She’s a happy dog. She also stole my Christmas slipper. I’m kinda glad as I didn’t love those. 
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The dogs were good again this week.
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Got the letter from my employer stating my bonus is X, subject to 22% federal withholding and then all the other stuff. Deposit will be made today.
Looked today, amount deposited is 34% of X. That seems awfully low, even after adjusting for increased 401(k) deposit.
Pull up pay stub, look through deductions and such. Oh yeah, I have direct deposit going to another bank too. That explains it.
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“Dogs”??? As in >1??? 
It’s in reference to WeRateDogs.
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Going for 
tonight!!! 
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My grocery store is setting up the greenhouse, must be spring!
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It must be. I’ve turned over my gardens already. It feels like we may be planting in April this year instead of May like always.
Woke up this morning to this:
International Transit
Arrival at Post Office
CANADA
March 18, 2024, 6:48 am
My new fishing poles have arrived! And my marketing person is in vacation this week, so not many commitments, I can get them rigged up!
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Most of my job is meetings and emails these days. Which is not a happy thought in most regards, I do not enjoy meetings at all. But it does mean that I can work from my phone for many hours a week, like Monday mornings. I often don’t log onto my computer until around 10am on Mondays, which is a nice way to ease into the week.
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I don’t think it would be morally acceptable to abandon underage children, but I don’t think that’s what happened here. I do think it would be morally acceptable for a cheated-on spouse with a child they thought was theirs, who has 2 living parents, to decide that the child’s actual biological parents should be their parents. Would I do that? Probably not, but honestly I just can’t predict how I would feel. Would I understand someone who did that? Yes. I would also not blame the cheated on spouse for trauma.
I also don’t pretend to know all the details of this particular situation. Was it a case where they were formally separated, then the wife got pregnant, then the husband decided to continue the marriage with the full knowledge the child was not his? Then he would have no moral right to disown the child later, in my view, because that would be as good as adoption. But those details were not mentioned in the post.
Sorry, I know this is not a happy thought. But I thought it might be good to point out that not everyone would think the person referenced above is an awful person, at least not just for the details mentioned above. (It’s certainly possible they’re still an awful person.)
Yesterday my annoyed thought was that three of my packages were delayed. Two of them are now back to ‘on time’ and to be delivered today. The third one was supposed to be here yesterday, then they said tomorrow but they showed up today.
So the tea my wife ordered finally arrived. Via USPS. She is very happy indeed.
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The Starbucks egg bites are so tasty. I probably eat a two-pack a day on average.
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