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Offline Lynn2000

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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2019, 01:11:47 pm »
Yesterday my mom and I had lunch at a place where we eat often, and I ordered the "smoked turkey salad," which I get a lot. The waiter hesitated and was like, "Do you mean the smoked chicken salad?" I opened the menu to double-check--yep, that's what I meant. In my mind I had always been eating turkey, though! Not that there's a huge difference, and once it's smoked there's even less difference, but I could have sworn I have always asked for "smoked turkey." Maybe I am wrong about that, or maybe the other servers always knew what I meant.

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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2019, 04:33:12 pm »
LOL. It's the case of the "parallel universe". It's what we call it when we are absolutely certain we know something and then it turns out to be something else. The spelling of someone's name for example.

You have been living in a parallel universe, Lynn, where the only difference is that sandwich was turkey there, and chicken here. Those universes collided and merged, and the chicken universe won out.

Now you have to relearn the sandwich!!  ;D ;D ;D
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Offline Lynn2000

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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2019, 04:58:27 pm »
I know that universe. That's the one where my name is spelled Lyn instead of Lynn, according to my relatives and people who have a return address label to look at...

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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2019, 12:31:02 pm »
It was Saturday, not today, but I learned that my Dad can be considered my dependent, if we get his doctor to complete a form.  And it can be backdated to the time he came to live with me, because he was considered incapable of living on his own.  It means the two of us will have to file income tax amendments for the last two tax years but we should get a considerable amount of money back.

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« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2019, 08:49:46 pm »
Well not today, to be honest, but I recently learnt a fact which kinda blows my mind.

I have been conducting some family history research and even made the trip to Ireland last month.

The population of Ireland has still not got back to pre-famine levels; so many died or emigrated. It’s just interesting to me, because due to better health outcomes, most countries populations have increased in 170 years, but not Ireland. 

Anyway as you probably know it is a stunning country and I had a wonderful time.
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