Mom decided some time ago - better a Nook to the face than a hardback book. (She never had the patience to wait for the paperback)

This is Henry VIII level decline and tyranny. He pulled the same stunt in his declining years.

He wasn’t the center of attention at the G7 so he flounced back to DC?

Grandma used to cut them out and pin them to the curtains behind her desk.

Because that’s where the cookie sheets go!

(My sisters and I automatically open the oven door when we turn it on. You never know)

How many tarps does it take to protect a home from a hurricane? Can you wrap it tightly enough so that the roof doesn’t fly off and the ground floor doesn’t flood? Or is it mostly luck & rigorous building codes that make a difference?

How much water does it take to protect one home from 100mph winds? Can you get it there in the 5 minutes it takes for a house to be completely engulfed?

Marley refers to their “money-changing hole”. And when Scrooge asked for some emotion connected to his death, it was a young couple guilty with relief that they would be dealing with a new creditor.

Whatever else Scrooge was doing, he was making very sharp deals with money-lending.