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Stainless Steel appliances I know stainless steel appliances are all the rage, but I've heard from some that they really show the fingerprints. Perhaps the type of finish (brushed or polished) makes a difference.

I love my Kindle DX. It would be nice to have a color screen to look at the covers, but that's a pretty minor part of the reading experience. Digital Ink screens are very easy on the eyes for long periods of reading and I can read in bright sunlight on my deck or (inside a bag to protect it...

From my years in California, I gotta vote for Yosemite. It's just beautiful, time after time. Though Sunday afternoons in Muir Woods and a wonderful slice of Apple Pie at the cafe were a delight as well.

As an owner formerly advertising on VRBO, I vote VRBO.

My dad loved Braunschweiger, but he always ate it with Heinz Chilli sauce.

Too much like high school What I've heard about these over-55 communities that gives me pause is that they are so much like high school. You have the kool kids and the hangers-on and the out -of-its. It's all about who went where with whom. I had enough of that as a teen to last a lifetime...

One book I enjoyed recently was The Children's Book by A S Byatt, because of my love for the classic children's literature that was written in the early 20th Century - works by Kipling, E. Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame and others. The book centers on a woman who writes children's novels and her circle...

It's all what you're used to. I'm a mayo nut. I've made my own, but usually I am content with Hellman's regular. (Best Foods is the same brand, sold out west.) I bought a jar of Duke's when I was in North Carolina last month and didn't like it. I do sometimes substitute Fage yogurt in salads...

I am an about-to-be retiree, so I also have a long to do list with items accomplished and yet to be done. I've owned my retirement home for several years, my mom and I own adjacent townhouses at a beach in North Carolina. We've been renting mine as a vacation home during the summers. 2009...

Don't know much about playing PAL DVDs on computers, but I do play them on my TV. I have a couple of multi-system DVD players I bought from amazon for under $100, made by Phillips. Search for multi-system DVD player, pick out one and if you read the comments, someone tells you how to set them...