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    Out Your Back Door

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    My new life story and a word of warning

    I cured my acid reflux with a low-carb diet. It disappeared within a few days. It reliably re-appears when I eat too much carbohydrate. Acid reflux medications are associated with mineral absorption problems, bone fractures and pneumonia, and you shouldn't take them long-term. Unfortunately...
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    Small rewards?

    Getting my hair washed, cut, dried and styled at the Aveda School is very soothing. I see there is a well-regarded Paul Mitchell school in St. Louis where you could probably have that done.
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    1929 Meridian Street Mansion

    This isn't my vintage home, but it's here in Indianapolis. The house has had some remodeling, but with an eye towards keeping its character intact. http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/06/16/hot-property-meridian-street-mansion/371883001/
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Ladies' trousers, knee-length skirts and cropped hair. I don't see women ever giving those up.
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    The discussion about the general lack of vitamin D3

    I don't know if it's related, but even without sunscreen, I barely sunburn here in Indiana. (Colorado is another story.) My shoulders got pink at the state fair last year, but they didn't even peel.
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    The discussion about the general lack of vitamin D3

    I take 5000 IU of vitamin d per day and have for years. I got the figure from Dr. William Davis's old blog (Track your Plaque). Davis was, at the time, a clinical cardiologist helping patients and readers reverse heart disease through lifestyle changes. I didn't have heart disease, but his...
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    Agony column?

    AmateisGal, You might send your story and questions to Ollie Mathews on Youtube. He used to work in security and has personal experience and insight into narcs--a lot of my parents' behavior finally made sense after I watched some of his videos. For a donation, he'll make a video of your story...
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    Agony column?

    Child of a narcissist here. Your ex did you a big, fat favor by leaving. Tips for no-contact: get off Facebook entirely and box up his stuff and have it delivered to him.
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    Out Your Back Door

    My vegetable garden. I abandoned the fire pit and weedy gravel in place and put in raised beds. The mulch started out as a neighbor's maple tree, then became a 6' pile of wood chips in my driveway.
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    Disappearing vintage archetecture and decorating

    I also saw the big ugly duplex a different investor built after they tore down my neighbor's cute little bungalow and tore out all of that landscaping. It's been for sale for over a year--in a hot market.
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    Disappearing vintage archetecture and decorating

    I saw my old house on Zillow. The investor who bought it tore out the doors, tore down a wall, put on a deck (on a house with two porches) and added a fireplace (there's no good way to lay out furniture around it). They tore out all the landscaping--roses, flowers, bushes that did well in the...
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    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    During World War II, Italian POWs built a chapel at Camp Atterbury, 45 minutes south of Indianapolis. Using scrap materials, they built and decorated it in the style of their homeland...
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    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    Wow--beautiful stuff! Someday I'd like to get a new desk & other furniture for my office. Thanks for the link!
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    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    That's one thing I love about Indianapolis--you can be in the country or in a park within a few minutes, even in town. Denver was a big mass of suburban sprawl--it's Los Angeles without the beach. The cost of living is great, too. My car insurance is half what it was and my health insurance...
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    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    Don't drive up here today--parts of the city (including downtown) were flooded last night. Even areas far from the flood plains were under a foot or more of water. Two more storms came through yesterday and poured rain on soil that was already saturated. (Wednesday, it looked like a tropical...
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    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    Welcome! I love some of the architecture here, especially the old French empire houses. There was nothing like that in Denver. One of the tornadoes that came through here today touched down on the east side, but I don't think it did any damage.
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    What happened to small towns?

    I hope this isn't too political, but some economic growth theory involves enforcing contracts, property rights, protection of other rights, and access to banking--basics most of us take for granted. (See Hernando de Soto.) Bangladesh is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
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    What happened to small towns?

    Some cities in California have purchased houses especially for their police officers to get some rest since some of them have to commute such a long way: the police officers can't afford anything in the cities they patrol, so they live an hour or two away. Back in the 20s and 30s and 40s in...
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    What Happened....

    My boss at Adidas moved here from Massachusetts for the lower cost of living--a decent house was out of his reach in Cape Cod and there was a lot of seasonal unemployment. I think his family had been there since they came over on the Mayflower. Me, I'm more my father's child. Before I came...

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