Elias Starling

I paid for my house (4 bedroom 2 bath on 7 acres) with cash from the sale of another house in a nearby town. I own my cars. I have an orchard, berry bushes and a large garden. I'm very frugal and pay with cash.

@cabinsmountain It's a nice idea, but zoning in a lot of areas wouldn't allow it

A New Way to Live Together What if the future of family living isn't about moving farther apart... but building closer together? Imagine a piece of land where everyone has their own home, their own space, and their own privacy -yet parents, siblings, kids, and loved ones are only a short walk away. No long drives for Sunday dinners. No worrying about aging parents living alone. No strangers raising your children while family lives miles away. This kind of family compound keeps not only memories close, but also wealth, land, and opportunities within the family. Shared gardens, shared meals, shared support... and a lifestyle built on connection instead of distance.

@LloydLegalist In 1977 I was 17 but my youngest brother was 11. This is what he got under the tree that year

Christmas morning, 1977. I found this under the tree at an hour no child should be awake, and within seconds I was blasting sounds that guaranteed nobody else slept in. This was my PlayStation.

@Snarkage1 @travisakers it's good enough for me

@stringshike @travisakers its also not reliable

For the record, colonoscopy prep really sucks.

I plan on living at least 20 more years

For lunch, it's kimchi and rice or sauerkraut and yogurt water with supplements For dinner, it's 2 eggs, 2 slices of whole wheat (Dave's), peppers and mustard fruit water with supplements

I have a teenager at home. I want to live to see his children. He's 16 and I'm 65. So I'm on a campaign to lose weight and get healthy. I've been overweight bordering on obese for a lot of years. I used to eat what I wanted and because I was active, thought it was ok.

This 2,000-Year-Old “Airplane” Was Found in Ancient Egypt… and No One Can Explain It Discovered in the sands of Saqqara, this small wooden object has left historians and scientists puzzled for decades. At first glance, it looks shockingly modern—like a miniature airplane, complete with wings, a pointed nose, and even what appears to be a tail fin. But here’s the mystery… it’s over 2,000 years old. How could an ancient civilization, long before the invention of flight, create something that resembles an aircraft so closely? Some experts say it’s just a stylized bird or a ceremonial object, possibly symbolizing the soul’s journey through the sky. Others believe it may have been a toy or a simple artistic interpretation of flight. But not everyone is convinced. A few researchers argue that its design isn’t random—that it follows aerodynamic principles surprisingly well. Was it just coincidence… or something more? The artifact now rests quietly in a museum, offering no answers—only questions. No written records explain it. No similar objects fully match it. And yet, it exists… silently challenging everything we think we know about ancient technology. Maybe it’s nothing more than imagination carved in wood. Or maybe… history is hiding something we’ve yet to understand. What do YOU think this mysterious object really is? 🤔

@TheWapplehouse It's amazing to me that people would pay $2500 for this kind of trash

This is the incredible value Dom Lucre brings to this platform

@TreeLakeRain Remember what Edward @Snowden said? "They usually don't expend resources on random individuals"

Can the CIA see me picking my nose?

You can't buy the latest shiny thing. Those days are past. You're on your own and you have to be ready for it. Being an adult is being able to pay your own way.

I hear young people complaining about not being able to afford a house. It's true, you can't buy a house at a young age with a low income and debts. You have to pay everything off, invest early, and buy a fixer upper in a rural area. You have to be frugal.

I paid for my house (4 bedroom 2 bath on 7 acres) with cash from the sale of another house in a nearby town. I own my cars. I have an orchard, berry bushes and a large garden. I'm very frugal and pay with cash.

@RaminNasibov Humans evolved to benefit from other forms of communication other than language. For example, we use music from our birth as a method of communicating our needs

What's one thing humans will always do better than AI?

@Thirdworldisus @vintagemapstore oh, my lord! I never thought of that

@stringshike @vintagemapstore Well, there goes the neighborhood

Squirrel species found across the United States, mapped state by state, v.2.0 . Work by me.

@VraserX They're not trying to compete with YouTube, they're trying to compete with TikTok...note they want you to "record your own videos with voice over" which is exactly what TikTok users do

If you don’t treat your X account like a YouTube channel now, it slowly dies. And honestly, that’s sad. I never came here to be a YouTuber. I came here for thoughts, ideas, and real conversation. That’s what made X special.

@AMAZlNGNATURE In the wild, but they've attacked people in captivity

One of the biggest mysteries to me is how Orcas, the ocean’s most efficient predators, have never attacked humans in the wild… almost like they know something we don’t.

@RaminNasibov I don't know, but there weren't "coffee shops" around when I was a kid. There were restaurants, but you didn't go in one for coffee. There were diners where you could get a cuppa joe

What’s the difference between a specialty coffee shop and a regular one?

@Hot_Pepper76 We had a similar store, locally owned, called the "Movie Place". Simple name. It had all the right stuff, plus a whole lot of indie movies.

I know it was less convenient. You had to drive there, burn the gas, walk in, and hope what you wanted was still on the shelf. Convenience is not the same as a better experience. I still miss this. There was something fun about walking the aisles, picking up different movies, changing your mind, finding something you were not even looking for, and making a whole night out of it. That was the experience. Now you pay for a subscription, then get told to rent the movie anyway, and somehow it costs more than it used to. Tell me I am not the only one who misses that. And if you are too young to remember this, you missed out.