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I ordered an item and it shipped from Missouri but suddenly took a detour to Guam! I did a google search on this and found this is a relatively frequent occurrence. I understand that mistakes happen but why does this one continue to happen? Right now it seems my only recourse is to insist my packages get shipped by anybody other than USPS but I really don't want to do that.

Here's the tracking number of my package currently somewhere between Hawaii and the mainland, 9400110205339001199870

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The noise came from somewhere in the back of the house. I noticed it because it was different from the usual noises my house makes. I was sitting in my recliner as dusk was falling when I first heard the sound. I stopped reading and sat still for a minute, waiting to see if the sound would repeat.

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It did repeat, just as clear as the first time. I started running through a mental list of possibilities. Could it be a neighbor? Has my loose strip of zinc shifted again? In the end I rejected all my options, this wasn't like any noise I'd heard before in my house.

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Twice in quick succession, there was no pattern here that I could discern. I realized I was

I first complained about the screwed up delivery system in September of last year, since then things have only gotten worse. They claim they follow FIFO procedures but this stuff is older than at least three of my other shipments sitting in my cabinet. I am tired of getting the same boilerplate reply every month when I raise the issue. It seems they'll only listen to money so this morning I voted with my wallet and canceled my subscription. I have even been willing to pay a higher price for fresher product but nobody there seems to give a damn.

The batch that arrived today was from July of last year with an expiration date of 7/2016. Is anyone other than me still buying this stuff? If

I have been taking a sauna most mornings for the last eight months. Since this mostly involves sitting around in a hot room I've started to use this time to meditate.

It takes about seven minutes for me to physically reach an equilibrium in the sauna. Once this happens I start my meditation focusing on my breathing. I can still find the calm place in my mind even though my heart rate is almost double my normal resting rate. My breathing is deeper than usual but still rhythmic, I draw the breath in through my mouth and exhale out my nose.

My breathing and heart rate settle at about the same level as a brisk walk but I'm sitting still. It feels like my brain is highly oxygenated from the

One of my favorite local restaurants, Acapulcos Southwest Gold is closing on February 25th. They've been my goto place for the not-really-authentic but delicious style of meat and cheese centered mexican food.

Their bathroom is the funniest in town. They have a hand painted panoramic mural of laughing jungle animals with a fantastic punchline. I've wanted to share this tidbit for years but the bathroom predates modern regulations and is a bit difficult to access. It's on the way to the kitchen and it is a single seater.

I've always feared causing traffic jams for them if too many people wanted to see this gem

My month of Soylent arrived today with an expiration date of 1/17. This means it was packaged just last month, my freshest shipment ever.

I participated in the thread last month when we were sharing data on older expiration dates so I thought I'd share the good news, in my distribution region we seem to be all caught up.

My thanks go to RL for getting a handle on this.

I'm sitting alone on a rainy Sunday keeping my spirits up by thinking of happy times with my wife. I thought I'd share one of my favorites.

Whenever I managed to save the day and be the hero of the house my wife would indulge me with whatever I wanted. One of my favorite rewards was to lay on the sofa with my head on her lap (courtesy of the build-in recliner) and watch episodes of "How It's Made" while she fed me mint milano cookies and discussed the show with me.

I'm grinning as I type this silliness, I loved doing this with her.

How did your SO reward your good deeds? Let's share some warm happy thoughts here.

The earthquake zone I live in has been getting a lot of attention lately so I did some research on disaster preparations. My city recommends having at least a two week supply of food on hand. My slowly growing stockpile of Soylent (I eat around 75 percent of my shipment each month) was more than enough to cover that. Once I realized I was automatically set for food I went and bought ten bucks worth of bottled water and stuck it in my garage. I am now prepared for an earthquake!

Months have passed and I am missing the companionship of another person. I am becoming certain that I don't want to spend the rest of my life alone but I don't want to just grab the first person willing to try and fill the void. I don't know what I want to do with my future so I don't know who would make a good partner for the adventures ahead. I also fear that my first few forays into the dating world are going to be complete disasters, I'm out of practice and the world has changed in the last couple of decades.

Some of current friendships with women are changing, there seems to be more tension and a bit more excitement in a couple of cases. Maybe it is just me projecting my feelings

I had my first meal of Soylent Saturday evening and I found it satisfying. Two thirds of my food on Sunday was also Soylent and today will be my first day of nothing but Soylent.

I'm trying to eat only Soylent, I want to feel what it's like to level out my metabolism as much as possible. I have a few meals scheduled with other people during the next week so those will still be regular food.

I'm exited about trying Soylent. I've been looking for a “bachelor chow” style of food for years, something to provide nutrition and calories with none of the bother. If my digestion handles this stuff, and so far I have no reason to believe it won't, then I might have just found my way to escape fro

I hunt for foot paths as a hobby. While I walk my dog I look for shortcuts and trails made by other pedestrians. Some of these are official features of my city, like the stairs to get to the river, but most are just trod by the locals to get around a neighborhood. A lot of them are at the end of dead end roads, I think it is because it makes walking safer if cars can't follow. This glitch is about one of those paths.

I had been exploring one particular neighborhood off and on for a while before this happened. The streets were curvy and quiet and shady but the main access route was way too busy and had no sidewalks. I felt like I risked death every time I used it. I needed another way to