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My reason for posting this question is to get some perspective, since I don’t live further west than Indiana....

I’m currently decluttering and reducing to get a handle on my home, and I’ve come to a conundrum of how many plates/bowls/cups/etc do I actually need? I have 2 young kids that we’d prefer not to have to run to the store at 8pm to buy more plates because someone ruined a plate, but very limited cupboard space (small...

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My wife wanted to order a spice rack for our kitchen that fit in the cabinet. Our current setup was just a mess so she found one on Amazon and called to me to get the tape measure out in the garage. I yelled back…grab the tailor’s tape in the junk drawer. Sure enough it was sitting between the set of random keys, a new bag...

My wife and her sister are from Mississippi and always tell me we’re in the Midwest. Since the Southerners don’t claim us, do you?

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Obviously, this will probably never happen. In the best future for humanity, maybe we can drop our emissions enough to allow for such a thing. But more likely societal collapse

feels like 117… feels like slap in the face. get back in ac

about 10 miles away in a valley. every Saturday night I can hear them racing. till 10pm. Got a track near you?

they offered some cash a few years ago so I did them for a while. never quite earned enough points for the cash so quit doing them but they still send results....

stopped at Costco and walmart too. light traffic, no crowds. no hangovers

I nominate I-80 in Illinois or I-70 in eastern Colorado. Crossing the border from Kansas to Colorado is like “holy f- OW I BIT MY TONGUE”

I’m looking for new ways to take advantage of all the local produce for the several months that we can grow our own up here.

Summer is too hot, winter is too cold, spring is full of allergines. I guess that leaves fall?

I've seen occasional comments from folks here where the avatar appears broken, and when going directly here, I found some community icons are likewise......

Serious question. I had a friend born and raised near Seattle who I invited to come on a float trip in southeast Missouri. Her mind was blown that this is a thing people do - drinking and making a ruckus while floating down a river....

My favorite lake in the Midwest is Storm Lake in Iowa, just because of how incredibly random it is surrounded by flat farmland.

There are loads of are popular fast food chains; what are the best from the Midwest?

Alright Midwest peeps let's settle this heated debate....

I went to college in Cincinnati so it grew on me while I was there and I still eat it from time to time. I think it's good.