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Enola Holmes on Netflix. Based on a novel, or series, though I only learned that from the credits. Enola is the younger sister of adults Sherlock and Mycroft. Her mom disappears on Enola's 16th birthday and she sets out to find her, in the course of which she becomes involved in another mystery. He...

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I have a NutriMill classic. It is loud, and does not store as compactly as the whisper mill / NutriMill plus / wonder mill. I would get a quieter one if I were to buy one again. But I LOVE my mill. That, and my manual oat roller are my two favorite kitchen appliances / tools. Fresh grains just tast...

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Rye baker here. I get great results with my Mockmill 200. Breadtopia.com sells the brand along with a full lineup of breadbaking supplies & tools. Also have a MockMill 200. Was out of stock all summer due to high demand from new covid bakers. I don't know if bread from freshly milled flour tast...

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As a journalist, you saying you will pay very little for high quality work is the reason why so many think news is the enemy. No offense, but it’s frankly offensive. Legitimate journalists - not taking heads, not pundits, not the crazy zealots - work their butts off to serve as a watchdog. It’s har...

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In addition to the NYTimes: the Economist; the Washington Post; NPR (Morning Edition, All Things Considered, On the Media); Wall Street Journal (skip the editorial pages; actually, I skip the NYT/WaPo editorials too); the New Yorker. Here's one effort to rate the quality and stance of news sources: ...

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I bought a Vitamix blender 40 years ago mainly due to the demonstration of it's breadmaking capability. We used hard winter wheat kernels purchased from a health food store. After grinding them and adding dry yeast et al, the machine is used to knead the dough. That part is a bit tricky but instruc...

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I have the nutrimill that now sells as the classic. Don’t know much on the newer models as I have owned mine for about 15yrs and use it weekly. I make fresh flour and cornmeal you just can’t use it for oily seeds with the impact mill. The motor quit about 5 years ago and I sent it in and they sent ...

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Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. My neighbor grows, harvests, and processes heritage wheat into flour. Strikes me as a colossal pain. Me too, but who knows what I'll think in another few years. Presumably building a wood-fired oven in the backyard precedes growing one...

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I'm thinking of complicating my bread-making routine by milling my own wheat. I've looked at reviews of home grain mills, and having been ever impressed by the range of expertise of the Boglehead community, thought I'd see whether there are BHs who are already doing this and have some experience to ...

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The Old Man by Thomas Perry. 60ish former special ops guy who doesn't want to be found is found by people who are unhappy about a long-ago mission. Favorite line: "He must have been a beast when he was in his prime." "He's in his prime now ." Protagonist is sort of a smaller, ol...

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Long-time year-round commuter in DC (once, and future, I hope, working from home now). A helmet protects your head from the asphalt if/when you fall. Please wear one. High visibility clothing is a must. It needn't be expensive: I use a vest like those worn by construction workers that cost about $6 ...

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My Octopus Teacher on Netflix. A documentary filmmaker experiencing a mid-life crisis spends a year observing (and filming) an octopus in the wild. The visuals are stunning, the filmmaker's narration is thought-provoking. I'm going to watch it again, and maybe again after that. Official trailer .

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<snip> Anyway, I think I am going to have a hard time keeping my road bike now . Just sitting upright and being able to see everything ahead made it so much nicer than the road bike. I love it! A few years ago I heard a presentation of a study of promoting bike commuting, which provided ebikes to a...

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Thanks to everyone for their insights.

8foot7 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:40 pm I would cash the check and spend not one more moment worrying about it. You did your part and they decided you were wrong. Who are you to argue?

Who am I to argue indeed. I imagine that if they did make a mistake, they'll figure it out and let me know.

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I received a CP12 for my 2018 return. The IRS says I made a mistake on my itemized deductions, which they corrected, increasing my itemized deduction and thus increasing my refund. Great. Except: I'm not sure they're right, and have no way to know until I see what change they made. The CP12 just sho...

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I like it. But my child is grown; I have colleagues with small children and I can't imagine what they're going through now, trying to work and take care of their children. Nope- I live in a major metropolitan area South of NYC... I didn't mind going to the office. Bike commuted (~1.5 hours each way ...

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I was looking at the thread on continuing shortages during the pandemic and noticed that some people are still having trouble finding yeast. For those that have yeast, and may be concerned about running out, try "long slow rise" baking to conserve your supply. I bake bread weekly or more. ...

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In the long run, markets are rational, but: "markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
Attributed to John Maynard Keynes.

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Isaac's Storm , by Eric Larson. This is a history of the 1900 hurricane which demolished Galveston, Texas with 100+mph winds and huge storm surge, killing about 6,000 residents out of of a total population of about 38,000. The book is also about the birth of the U.S. Weather Bureau. I recommend thi...

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Any suggestions on what to add to basic whole wheat bread recipe to give some flavor? I have a bread machine which makes excellent 1lb loafs . It's an older machine from the 80s by Welbilt. The bread comes out nice and light but overall it lacks any flavor. Don't want to add more sugar and oil to i...

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After reading many sourdough recipes (KAF, Bittman, Beard (who says why bother), Joy of Cooking, Pioneer Woman), I finally found one that did not require me to add any more yeast (which is the point of doing sourdough right now) and was not too complex for my simple brain. Turned out well :) And th...

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Made flourless (for Passover) chocolate cake using a recipe from King Arthur Flour https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes ... ake-recipe.

It was relatively quick and easy, my kitchen smelled heavenly for hours afterwards, and the cake was delicious (if I do say so myself)!

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Deep-dish pizza for dinner tonight (used an "Uno's pizza" recipe I found on Internet for the crust). Made brownies for dessert: I find chocolate a great comfort these days (and all other days). Last month Costco had a sale on frozen Norwegian farm-raised salmon, and I stocked up. Didn't kn...

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Like many above, we use tall kitchen bags for the main trash can and grocery bags for the bathroom/other small cans. However, I'm considering a change. I used to use most of the grocery bags for picking up our dog's waste on walks. A few months ago, I realized I've likely created thousands of impen...

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On a bike, if I didn't think I could outrun a dog, I might dismount and put the bike between me and the dog. I did that once, but its effectiveness might vary with the size and aggressiveness of the dog. When on foot and wishing to repel a dog, miming throwing a rock is often effective (such dogs ma...

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The Life of Pi (Amazon Video rental).

Visually ravishing.
Good story too.

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seawolf21 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:55 pm DOT would be the correct government agency to contact. Definitely not FAA.

FAA is part of DOT.

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The two reviews of THE COMPANY reminded me of the similarly titled non-fiction book, INSIDE THE COMPANY, which I enjoyed reading very much. Here's a snippet from Wikipedia's entry on its author, Phillip Agee. Because of legal problems in the United States, Inside the Company was first published in ...

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Highly recommend The Company, a Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell It's a historical fiction spy novel that follows a cast of characters through a few decades It's long but a real page turner, kept my interest which is no easy task! I read The Company (or listened to the audiobook) last spring, and...

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Little Women. I know next-to-nothing about the book. I enjoyed the movie very much; it was beautifully filmed and emotionally powerful. My quibbles: the mother, played by Laura Dern, seems too saintly for this world; and the movie skips back and forth in time, and I lost track of the chronology abou...

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Last week I couldn't find my mixer and was in need of pound cakes. I ran to Costco and bought theirs, as I trust their stuff (LOVE their chocolate layer cake). Costco pound cakes come in packs of three; I gave two away, and sampled the one left over. It tasted okay. Borrowed a hand mixer the next d...

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Last week I couldn't find my mixer and was in need of pound cakes. I ran to Costco and bought theirs, as I trust their stuff (LOVE their chocolate layer cake). Costco pound cakes come in packs of three; I gave two away, and sampled the one left over. It tasted okay. Borrowed a hand mixer the next da...

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I think some people are born frugal and others are not, it's a simple as that. Yes, nurture can have an impact, but I think nature predominates. I know people who were raised in the same house with the same parents and yet they handle money differently. Someone who is naturally frugal and is raised...

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I personally know a lot of people who have helped put their kids through a wide variety of schools and fields of study, but AFAIK none has ever sacrificed or significantly reduced their retirement to do so. I'm sure that some have postponed their anticipated retirement date to do so. Perhaps that i...

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For food, I would argue it’s: Healthy, delicious, cheap. Pick 2. I choose all three: peanuts all year round, watermelon in summer. You can find good bicycles cheap on Craiglist; they're faster than walking (and healthier than driving). Running water, hot and cold: it's great (life-preserving, in fa...

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"Blinded by the Light" - moving story, great music!

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The Company by Robert Littell - "a novel of the CIA"

Historical fiction, or thinly fictionalized history, following three young men from their recruitment into the CIA in the early 1950s to the end of the Cold War. A long book, but I was sad to reach the end.

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All good suggestions. Rice and pasta are the great extenders for meat meals, or solo with sauces (I could live on rice with hoisin sauce and pesto pasta for several days and be quite content). Sounds like both time and skill may be in short supply. With that in mind: Example 1: make a pot of rice, b...

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This topic would likely be shorter if it discussed inheritances that *did* go as planned. I haven't seen too many. My experiences sum up to: 1/ People don't die in the order that inheritance plans expect them to. 2/ Blood is much much *much* thicker than water. 3/ Blindly considering all children e...

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Many years ago I picked up a couple of Duotherm polyester ("thermastat") turtleneck shirts for a ski trip; these became my all-time favorite winter shirts. They're form-fitting yet comfortable, stretchy, are perfect alone or as a base layer for cold-weather activities (especially biking), ...

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Kirkland Super Extra-Large Virginia Peanuts! I buy almost all my produce at Costco (which is a five-minute walk from my house--but that's of limited help, since lots of stuff from Costco can't be carried more than a few feet without a cart). It's not cheaper than my grocery store, but is generally o...

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It depends on who you marry. DW and I have been happily married for 30 years now. Many on these boards married far longer than us. I would not throw in the towel on marriage based on one bad experience (or the experiences of some others you know). However, if burned once before, a pre-nup might not...

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I have used Free Fillable Forms for the past several years. I like that it does much of the math for me but otherwise it is exactly like doing it with pencil & paper, but I can still efile. If I have a complicated situation, I can use Turbotax online for free to double-check that my understandi...

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Congratulations on your new hobby of meditation; that will pay great dividends in many areas of life. Reading and learning are also great hobbies. I agree with the other posters that our interests change over our lifetime. Some interests may return: I've been a runner, stopped running for several ye...

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Consumer Cellular is oriented toward people who don't use much data (hint: notice the age of the people in their ads). Since you don't have experience with a smartphone, you don't have a sense of how much (or little) data you will use. 1 GB a month may be more than enough. But you listed a variety o...

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A problem with family histories is that generally children don't have a lot of detailed interest in the lives of their parents until the children are in their 50's or 60's. Prior to the time their own children have grown up and (perhaps) they have retired your kids are too busy with things in their...

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I've kept a journal pretty consistently since I was 30 (nearing 60 now). Most of it is digital (in Evernote notes, one for each week). Sometimes it's useful for me to go back and check something. It's also a therapeutic activity. I expect I'll leave it to my daughter, who can read it or not. I don't...

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I'm also almost finished with the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It's nothing like the movies I've seen or the Classic comics version! https://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533743857&...

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I mentioned his status as single because it can be relevant to net worth. IMHO, I think it can be more difficult for a married couple with children to accrue wealth. A spouse and children adds variables. BTW: He has a very nice girlfriend. Great gal. Really like her. Pretty good cribbage player. Th...

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Congratulations on the new exercise machine! I like podcasts or audiobooks for my long runs too. But first things first: is this your first experience with a rowing machine? If you can't last more than 5 minutes, you're going too hard, and are likely to burn yourself out and stop using the rower. Yo...

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