It would do the same even if you DID write it correctly:
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Iām getting a 20min break today. 
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Wow, Iāve been doing 20 minutes of work between breaks. Just kidding, huge exaggeration, but my work pace has been somewhat relaxed.
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Cross-posting from the āNew Shinyā thread 'cause it made me really, really happyā¦
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My wife got her old inherited machine cleaned when she got into sewing and is so happy with it. She wouldnāt turn down a new one, but we keep saying that the old machines have the advantage of being made when a sewing machine was probably part of a houseās major appliances so theyāre surprisingly strong, use easy to acquire parts, and just need to be kept clean. There was an awesome series of posts on the reddit Tales from Tech Support by a woman that ran a sewing machine maintenance shop a few years ago.
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I learned thereās a difference in quality between āExport as PDFā and using āPrint as Fileā to specify a PDF format. I donāt have to redo all my screenshots to figure out why they looked great in the PDF but lousy when the PDF was printed.
Which is which?
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This may be specific to LibreOffice on Linux. Export as PDF or Export Directly as PDF does fine with text, but on-screen graphics print like the resolution was dropped 50% or more. Made the text in some pictures almost unreadable.
We are under contract on the old house today. We dumped a bunch of cash and a hell of a lot of sweat into it and it paid off. Basically every dollar we put in was worth two on the back end. We close on June 10th.
Also today was my first day back at work. While we donāt need the money to survive, it is nice to have that cushion back in the budget, especially since all our credit cards are melted.
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The weather forecast changed from about one last sunny day before a lot of rain to quite a few non-rainy days. I should be able to take my bicycle out. Yea!
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I have the next two days off and can put my house in order.
I have a haircut and a massage scheduled for next week
I ordered my new kitchen appliances and they will be delivered next week
My kids go to their dadās next Wednesday for a week and a half and I will have the house all to myselfā¦ Including for three days off in a row
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I work this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. After that, I have a much needed 14 days off from work.
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I was supposed to have a 1-day drill weekend yesterday. I put in 25 hours between yesterday and today. But I donāt have to work tomorrow, at least.
The commander primarily responsible is rotating out two months early, in August. And my other boss is being replaced sooner, by a major Iāve known since I was a junior soldier and she was a brand new lieutenant and sheās amazing and I canāt wait.
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Searching through some folders for a particular picture and coming across this from 2009:
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Got some more yeast in the shopping. It hasnāt been available for about 6 weeks and I was rationing our fresh loaves to try and make the last of our existing yeast hang on for just a bit longer.
So out of that 20 pounds we got were down to six. Weāve given away 13 and opened one ourselves. The pictures and stories of families making bread have been kind of cool.
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Itās massage day! And tomorrow is haircut day! And get rid of the kids day! 
I love my kids but ten weeks trapped in a house with them while trying to buy and sell a house and move really strains the patience.
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We got a pound pack. Itāll last a year or two even at the rate Iām baking.
I did screw up a big two loaves of bread over the weekend. Leaving out the salt leads to really bland bread. I want tot ry that recipe again as it was a pre-ferment āpoolishā recipe I hadnāt done before and Iām hoping it tastes good with the salt included. The breadās edible, just bland. If we have it as a snack weāre adding a little sea-salt before buttering just to make it passable.
Follow up to this post:
Mr. TM came home on Sunday. It seems the collapse was caused by a bleeding ulcer, but itās sealed up now. Heās still a bit tired, but doing a lot better. Heās on iron tablets for the next 30 days, and has to watch what he eats for a while. (And what did he do yesterday? Got into the barbeque chipsā¦sigh.) I think heās getting a bit tired of me watching him like a hawk and asking him how heās doing every few hours, but tough - I told him heās going to have to put up with it for a while.
One of the biggest things that made me happy, aside from him being home, is the support you guys gave me through all this. Having this forum to be able to vent - something I couldnāt do with his or my family - really helped. So thank you for that.
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Iām so glad to hear that heās back home.
Heād better get used to being watched like a hawk, especially if he got into the chips first thing! 
I sure hope he knows that itās because you care and were frightened half to death.
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