Ask Rachel
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- Pay to piss, toys for tots and pickle intervention
- 09/22/2022
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Interesting fact: In other countries, it’s common to pay a bathroom attendant the equivalent of anything from 10 cents to $2 to use the facilities. I’m thinking of opening my bathroom to the public.
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- Loaners, 24/7 festy wear and wining & dining
- 09/15/2022
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Interesting fact: “To the nines” is a reference to the nine Muses, unless it’s a corruption of some Scottish phrase “to then eyne,” meaning “to the eyes.” Me, I like to dress to the fives. Occasionally the sevens.
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- Powering down, learning new tricks & dreaded yellows
- 09/08/2022
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Interesting fact: When the U.S. acquired the Mexican Cession in 1848, Durango was considered part of New Mexico. There but for la gracia de dios go we.
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- Piping down, color commentary and a hill of beans
- 09/01/2022
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Interesting fact: The first Harley-Davidson is indeed more than 100 years old, rolling off the line in 1904, the same year the first biker shaved for the last time.
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- Vegging out, poisoning young minds & seedy thoughts
- 08/25/2022
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Interesting fact: Johnny Appleseed was actually a real estate speculator: planting trees to claim land, which he later sold to tech bros at a ridiculous profit.
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- Serving up justice, throwing shade & penny pinching
- 08/18/2022
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Interesting fact: You know that smell of a jar of pennies? That’s actually human body odor: sweat interacting with metal. Yum.
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- Crafty grifters, gone batty & getting pickled
- 08/11/2022
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Interesting fact: Face mask sales generated $743 million on Etsy in 2020. Bat Masks would have doubled that, easy
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- Fore play, cat's pajamas and in a pickle
- 08/04/2022
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Interesting fact: The word “golf” actually derives from the Dutch word “kolf,” meaning “club.” So a five-iron is in fact a “club club.” And a rich man owns a whole bag of good old boy’s club clubs.
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- In a pickle, not norm & going postal
- 07/28/2022
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Interesting fact: Pickleball’s popularity is growing more than 20% a year and is the fastest-growing sport in America. Maybe the U.S. Postal Service should get involved.
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- Ants in pants, fear of flying and office romance
- 07/21/2022
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Interesting fact: An infectious disease expert with the Mayo Clinic says you are more likely to catch a bug in the airport than on an airplane. Except, where do you think all the people on the airplane came from, hmm, Dr. Mayo?
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- Monday blackouts, soy boy and getting clean
- 07/14/2022
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Interesting fact: Soy lecithin is an emulsifier, sure, but it’s a food lubricant? Not two words I usually put together outside the ol’ love shack.
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- Covert blow-outs, wet spots &?ant farming
- 07/07/2022
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Interesting fact: Coasters are also referred to as beermats in other parts of the English-speaking world, where clearly they do not drink lemonade or iced tea on warm, humid days.
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- Open wide, plastic pruning & double standard
- 06/30/2022
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Interesting fact: A recent report reports that there are, reportedly, other pencil numbers besides #2. And that the number refers to the hardness of the graphite. Someday, if I’m very lucky, I’ll meet a pencil with a #5 or #6.
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- Joltin' Joe, star struck & first-world probz
- 06/23/2022
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Interesting fact: Bocce is reportedly the world’s third most popular sport, behind soccer and (this is why I say “reportedly”) golf. But you sure don’t hear Simon & Garfunkel lamenting long-lost bocce players.
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- Lighten the load, avo-present & soiled saddles
- 06/16/2022
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Interesting fact: We burn about 100 calories running a mile. An avocado can have 200-300 calories. A $2 avocado therefore is still a worse bargain than gassing up your car.
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- Smooth & slobbery, please hold and breaking down
- 06/09/2022
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Interesting fact: The service life of the Motorola bag phone ended in 2008 when the networks went extinct. Long live the bag phone
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- Cats away, lost in translation &?real talk
- 06/02/2022
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Interesting fact: Durango.org has an entire section on visiting town with your dog, but no mention of hiking with your cat or visiting the 5-acre cat park.
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- Untucked trends, bathtub Bordeaux & pet names
- 05/26/2022
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Interesting fact: The Rock started his wrestling career as Rocky Miavia, and like me, he learned to drop his last name for public appearances.
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- Drawing the line, meter men & customer disservice
- 05/19/2022
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Interesting fact: The average business will hear from about 4% of its dissatisfied customers. Not me; I never survey people about how I’m doing.
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- Do not enter, distracted driving & unwanted guests
- 05/12/2022
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Interesting fact: The 20th century was the heyday for euphemisms of the butt, the king of which is the keister (1930).
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