Not yet. They are trying to merge with Albertsons which owns lots of local stores like Jewel Osco and Safeway. But they need the merger to be approved by the FDA before it can go through. Their case is supposed to be heard early next year. Let's hope it doesn't go through.
They might as well. The one pair of airpod pros I had would screech into my ear if the battery was low, which happened often because they cram as much useless garbage "features" into them as they can which drain the battery rather quickly. I had to stop using them for video calls at work because I couldn't get past a 90 min meeting without one screeching in my ear. Switched to some old Sony ear buds with less features and am much happier.
I went to Meijer a week ago and saw they had a pallet of candy corn. I was like wow this early? And I bought a bag thinking it must be left over from last year or something, but no it was just the opposite. It was the freshest bag of candy corn I've ever eaten and it was very delicious. But it also made me realize that the reason I'm never getting fresh candy corn for Halloween is because they literally make it and ship it in late July/early August and then just let it sit there for 3 months until Halloween. But at least now I know when the best time is to buy candy corn... So there's that.
First of all .. ew. I don't know who this is for honestly. Maybe it's one of those things that was used during war times that's now sold in stores because why not?
Second, we have lots of Krogers in the US and they are currently trying to merge with Albertsons which would essentially create a monopoly on grocery stores. Let's all hope that doesn't go through.
Anyone interested in American history should watch Ken Burns Baseball. It's an excellent documentary series about baseball that's packed full of fun facts like this. One of my favorite facts I learned was that people sang the Star Spangled Banner at baseball games before it was established as our national anthem. The documentary goes through the history of baseball and how everything that has happened to the sport beautifully depicts everything that has happened in the country's history through the lens of baseball. For all the good and bad, it's a great documentary series. 10/10 highly recommend!
My company is making people come back to the office. Then they started laying loads of people off. Now one of our key initiatives for the year is to improve employee retention. Hmmmmmmmmm...
At my previous job, I had a coworker who was hired on after the office decided work from home would be permanent. Everyone in the office was originally from northern Illinois since that's where the office was, but she lived in rural Iowa in a farm with her husband. She mentioned how she really wasn't able to get a job like this previously as she would have to commute long distance to the city. And of course she and her husband can't just pack up the farm and move it closer to her work. So you're absolutely right! Work from home could very well be the thing that saves small communities that have been largely going off.
I went on a Grand Canyon rafting trip for 6 days this time last year. And yes it regularly gets up to those temps daily. It was an amazing trip, but you had to be on top of hydration as your life literally depended on it. I had a 32oz bottle and my husband had a half gallon bottle and we refilled them constantly throughout the day. Honestly most of the day was quite pleasant assuming you wore appropriate clothing and made sure to get wet in the river regularly. But in the evening, it was so hot from the rocks radiating heat that any breeze just felt like an oven. That was the worst part of the day by far, but that's also when we would make camp and have fun swimming while waiting for the sun to go down. 12/10 experience if you can keep up with drinking water.
It was honestly some no name brand and I wasn't able to find it on their site. But I did find this fan that's almost exactly the same: Lowes High Velocity Fan
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