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Published in The Daily Cuppa

·11 hours ago

Be Careful Who You Buy

A Groupon cautionary tale — We needed to do a thorough move-out cleaning to sell our house. So we found a service on Groupon and scheduled them for Monday morning. They never showed up. They never called. They just ghosted us. We got a refund from Groupon, and hired another company off Groupon that had…

The Daily Cuppa

1 min read

Be Careful Who You Buy

A Groupon cautionary tale

We needed to do a thorough move-out cleaning to sell our house. So we found a service on Groupon and scheduled them for Monday morning.

They never showed up. They never called. They just ghosted us.

We got a refund from Groupon, and hired another company off Groupon that had…

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·1 day ago

14 Years Comes to This

Five loads of donations —

The Daily Cuppa

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14 Years Comes to This

Five loads of donations

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·2 days ago

Don’t Drop That!

Whoops —

The Daily Cuppa

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Don’t Drop That!

Whoops

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·3 days ago

Discount Real Estate Agents

My experience —

The Daily Cuppa

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Discount Real Estate Agents

My experience

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·4 days ago

The Best Burger Ever

A Father’s Day to Remember — For Father’s Day this year, we went up to Saratoga Springs, and had dinner at Prime at Saratoga National. This is a 5-star steakhouse, located on a premier golf course. If you dine on the porch or patio, you can look out over the gardens, waterfall, infinity pool, pond, and…

The Daily Cuppa

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The Best Burger Ever

A Father’s Day to Remember

All that was left of the burger. Photo by author.

For Father’s Day this year, we went up to Saratoga Springs, and had dinner at Prime at Saratoga National. This is a 5-star steakhouse, located on a premier golf course. If you dine on the porch or patio, you can look out over the gardens, waterfall, infinity pool, pond, and…

Published in Dancing Elephants Press

·4 days ago

I Lost 20 Pounds in 6 Months Without Trying

Dancing Elephants Book Project: Exercise and Healthy Eating Tips — Like many people during the various Covid lockdowns, I put on weight. I wasn’t exercising, and the food we could have delivered tended toward the high-starch, high-fat side of the spectrum. At my heaviest, I weighed 250 lbs. Something had to change. I figured out how to get fresh, healthy…

Dancingelephantspress

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I Lost 20 Pounds in 6 Months Without Trying

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·5 days ago

Is Your Cat In Pain?

Using the feline grimace scale —

The Daily Cuppa

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Is Your Cat In Pain?

Using the feline grimace scale

Published in The Daily Cuppa

·6 days ago

Lucky Dragon

Better than a lucky cat — My local Toastmasters club changed venues for the in-person meetings back in November. With all my traveling, I had no chance to visit their new digs. I finally changed that last Thursday. The new location is in the Adams County office building. Like many municipal locations, it has an inexplicable piece of artwork in the lobby. There is a sign holder next to the sculpture, but no sign. I don’t know what the dragon was supposed to represent, or why it was in the lobby.

The Daily Cuppa

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