I wash my clothes with distilled white vinegar maybe every other week? I read somewhere that it boosts the cleaning power. I will say that my clothes do smell more fresh when I used the vinegar

Glad to know I'm not alone in hearing about vinegar's super power!

Best wishes with the plumbing! That's scary stuff.

I had to postpone plumbing plans. Turns out others had plans for the water.

Going to try again tomorrow!

More important than PLUMBING??? 

Hoping tomorrow is a good one, then. :) 

Ooh if you're looking for more I heavily recommend Behind the Bastards and Oologies. The first one is about telling the gory details of our history and delves in to some of the reasons why everything is terrible. The host is a conflict journalist and is also pretty funny at times. The latter is a science podcast where the hostess is a science communicator who interviews a different expert scientist every week, a different x-ology. It's extremely informative

Ooh! Thanks for the recommendations. Both sound good.

I've listened to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History- I'm guessing you've listened to these. I need to listen to more.

I haven't heard of that one! There's a billion podcasts out there it's so rare that I meet anyone who is in to any of the same ones that I am and vice versa 

I really enjoy podcasts. Thanks for the recs. Have you heard Lore with Aaron Mahnke? 

I have! I enjoy it immensely. I was surprised (happily) to see Aaron got an Amazon show from it. It shares the same name. He also has another called Cabinet of Curiousities. I've listened to a couple and like what I've heard.

What else do you listen to? My list is far from comprehensive as it's only a snapshot of what's scheduled to be listened to next. I may have listened to it, but I'm always looking for new podcasts to add to the mix. 

I listen to Aaron's Unobscured. The first season was about the Salem Witch Trials. FASCINATING historical stuff. Second season dealt with Spiritualism and all the sociopolitical stuff surrounding the movement. 

I also subscribe to The Wild Hunt (VIKINGS on History Channel recap/discussion), The British History Podcast, and History of the English Language Podcast, among others. :) 

I'll add them to my queue!

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Spousal Unit is playing Destiny 2, as well. He might cross-platform so he can play solo, too. He enjoys it very much. :) I hope you are having fun!

Very much! I've been playing for over a year and still loving it. Have you tried playing?

I have watched him play many video games over the years. I tried, a very long time ago, to play something he played and got completely lost. I can't even figure out how to make the controller do what you want, and keeping track of maps or landscapes or anything is beyond me when under pressure like that. I need a delete key. lol The graphics are fantastic, though.

I get it. Some games can be hard to play. And I've found it's easy to get out of the habit when there's a lot of other things vying for your attention. I figure it's the same for starting up the habit. You've got plenty of other things going on, fersher.

He said it was down this evening? Something about the latest update? He's playing mah jong. lol

I heard that too. They're latest updates seem to be a bit buggy. People lost inventory and currency, a huge problem for game-as-a-service title.

I had such a massive D1 problem. I played that game from launch till D2 with only maybe a month or so away from it the whole time. Vanilla D2 cured me of that obsession so fast. I never went back to it.

tbh it feels sometimes like I shrugged off a coke problem. 

I never played D1. I heard it was dense but fun.

I've found a balance (2x a week) for these multi-player games with friends that doesn't tax me too much. Before we had that schedule and spent whole weekends and many weeknights playing, during breaks between titles was when I felt like the game was playing me. I need other things in my life to feel like I'm fully living it. Even if some of those other things aren't necessarily breaking me away from the screen. :P

It's sooooo easy to get lost down the Destiny rabbit hole-- or all those other big live service games. FOMO is REAL. 

Honestly just typing what I did to you about D1 has me itching and being like, hey you should reinstall, your titan is just sitting there, what are you doing.

You're a warlock main right? I feel like I can smell warlock on you. 

Hilarious! I'm a Hunter. I dabbled in Warlock when I played independently, but once I started playing with an established Warlock and Titan, I picked up Hunter and never looked back.

Ah the degeneracy of the hunter class is well recorded. You all are gonna get put in camps one day. 

That's what I've heard. I've got a triple jump that'll get me out of most jams.

Definitely! Lots of things some people dont get to have in this world, or else they have to sacrifice to get something like it.

free writing in a journal like this is the best therapy 

Agreed.