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>Retired Statistician & Health Researcher >Happily Married for 46+ years with 2 grown sons and 3 grand-teens 🫶🏻 >Attended college at the University of Pittsburgh (Pre-Med), Elizabethtown College (BS) and Kutztown University (MBA)
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We got to use the IRS direct file system this year for our federal taxes, because they finally started accepting our 1099-R forms. Now the evil Orange Anti-Christ is shutting it down because H&R Block contributed $1M to his campaign or second inauguration? I call major BS on this move… 🇺🇸

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I knew that today must be Easter after I saw both a Baltimore Oriole songbird and a Cottontail rabbit at our bird feeders this morning! The rabbit was on the ground, of course. 🐣🐇

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In the early days of my career as a statistician, I had good fortune to assist a very smart Biostatistician, Kristan Ramaswamy, develop & publish state Life Expectancy Tables for Pennsylvania. Here is a current comparison of the US rates vs. other countries. www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-how-...

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I guess I won’t be purchasing any Hanes t-shirts or boxers for a few years… 🇺🇸

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News flash: FDT has implemented a 10% Tariff on Australia’s Heard and McDonald Islands. Unfortunately only seals and penguins live on those remote uninhabitable islands. Maybe he thought that’s where McDonald’s fast food ~which he craves ~ comes from? Sure sign of dementia? You bet! 🇺🇸 🦭🐧

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Here’s my favorite meme from last week’s collection of alt.humor political posts on the Usenet newsgroups (it’s a pre-web file sharing platform). Enjoy and have a great first week of April! 😎🇺🇸

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Need something to lighten your weekend mood after another crazy week of news from DC? I highly recommend listening to the Funky Friday radio show from 4-7pm every week on WXPN (in Philly). Here’s the web streaming link in case it helps. TGIF! 👍🏻 xpn.org/program/funk...

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Sandi & I celebrated the life and music of Jesse Colin Young over the weekend by listening to these 3 vintage vinyl albums that we still own. I saw him perform live during his Songbird tour in 1975. He had a wonderful voice and was an excellent songwriter as well. RIP Jesse! 🎸

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This a great humorous chat between Canadian PM Carney and Mike Meyers at a hockey rink, of course. Enjoy!

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OK, I received my latest SS check today, but still believe Muskrat & his DOGE dweebs have done major damage to the program. FYI: I’m still patiently waiting for my frigging DOGE rebate check that Felon47 promised weeks ago. 🇺🇸 Have a great Hump Day and Last Day of Winter! #sandigranny.bsky.social

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I look forward to seeing all of red hats buying Tesla swatsticars now that their beloved leader F47 is going to purchase one tomorrow. I sure hope they can get a home charger installed next to their double-wide trailer. Good luck with that — as I like say! 🇺🇸 Sandigranny.bsky.social

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New scientific research recommends switching from bottled water to filtered tap water to cut your intake of microplastics by 90%. Our new fridge has a water & ice filter; we change it ~6 months. 😎 PS: We like using the Contigo double-walled stainless steel bottles! www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ma...

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Record number of Visitors to US National Parks in 2024: 331.9 Million visits! Q: So why would anyone in their right mind decide to layoff most of the NP staff? A: So they could sell off OUR land to their rich oil, gas & timber buddies for pennies on the dollar. 🇺🇸 www.sfgate.com/national-par...

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Nothing worthwhile on TV this evening after Jeopardy. So I thought perhaps we might watch one of Frank Capra’s classic movies, “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.” I gave it 9 out of 10 stars on IMDB the last time we viewed it! www.imdb.com/title/tt0031...

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Hey Muskrat: Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme. You should be deported for using a student visa to overstay your US visit. Go screw up your own country!

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What an asinine proposed waste of time and money by our PA state senator. In 2021, he chartered a bus to take MAGA folks to the January 6th insurrection in DC. He got beat by Josh Shapiro for Governor. We need term limits in the PA legislature, not a stupid new agency. www.abc27.com/pennsylvania...

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Now that I’m retired, I enjoy collecting new music, e-books and wallpapers on Usenet (pre-web file sharing). Here’s my latest & favorite wallpaper find. PS: Google’s Lens generated search results said this is Lake Baikal in Russia. Not sure if I agree with their AI engine…

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Krasnov would only be serving McDonald’s fast food restaurant meals anyway; no Philly Cheesesteaks! 🏈

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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sandigranny.bsky.social No plans to celebrate President’s Day tomorrow. Not being unpatriotic; just waiting until we have another good, non-felon POTUS to admire. Quick question: Why do we need to create a bogus organization called DOGE when we already have the Government Accounting Office? 🇺🇸

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We’re listening to some “Eagles” album tunes in prep for SB59 this evening: Steve Miller Band — Fly Like An Eagle (1977 CD); The Eagles — Self-titled Debut (1972 Vinyl); Traffic — When The Eagle Flies (1974 Vinyl); & Maynard Ferguson — Conquistador (1977 Vinyl) with the Soar Like An Eagle song! 🦅

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Former President Biden would never have jumped to crazy conclusions and blamed other leaders for the Potomac River tragedy. Felon47 has no soul and is truly the anti-Christ. I’d love to see him and “Nazi boy”Elon on board the first rocket flight to Mars… my humble MBA opinion, of course! 🇺🇸

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Good morning and have a great but chilly Martin Luther King Jr. birthday! 🇺🇸 Today’s freshly ground estate coffee: Papua New Guinea Peaberry from Greencastle Coffee Roasters ☕️☕️ Celebrating MLK Day with sandigranny.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...

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I thought the dumbassery would slow down after 11/5/24 but I once again underestimated the GOP’s power greed… 🇺🇸

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Is this the future of NFL broadcasting— you have to have Tier 1 cable, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Netflix and the NFL+ Network just to watch all of your favorite team’s games? No thanks…🏈

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Is it even possible for the GOP to pass a basic budget bill or CR without the Democrats having to help them out? It apparently doesn’t appear so in my humble MBA opinion! 🇺🇸

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I have a great idea: Why don’t we have all cabinet nominees take a lie detector test before or during their Senate confirmation hearings? It should have been done for SCJ Kavanaugh too…🇺🇸

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It’s nice to see Giant Food Corp giving back at this time of the year, especially to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. When we lived in Harrisburg, Sandi & I periodically participated in the monthly service projects at CPFB with my fellow Elizabethtown College alumni. www.wtaj.com/news/local-n...

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If you voted for this old fart, you should most likely expect a circus in return!

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