Inconvenient

Air temperature 27 F, wind northwest 9 mph gusting to 17, cloudy. Looks like we got an inch of wet snow overnight, less on driveway where it melted. City has been around, plowing and salting. Which is good, because our car has an appointment in an hour and a half . . .

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Was chatting with a salesman at the Subaru dealership while getting our car inspected and serviced. He says they have no idea what the tariffs are going to do to prices. They can't even order new inventory from the import system until this gets sorted out.

More panic buying

Getting a new laptop for Wife -- her existing machine was made in 2014 . . .

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Well, I see that the Stable Genius is manipulating the stock market again . . .

Compatible mate

Was dumping a can of kidney beans into the evening's chili and muttered, "Eenie meenie chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak!"
Wife identified the source . . .