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My Grandfather Kept Skimming My Father’s Paint Because He Thought It Was Free

‘I really like that house painter,’ he told my father: ‘He’s really generous with his paint’ — According to a cost estimate from NerdWallet, the cost to paint the exterior of a three to four-story home is $4,000-$7,000. While most of that expense goes to labor, paint still costs roughly $20-$70 per gallon. That’s quite a wide range. At that price, it’s no wonder my grandfather decided…

Family

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My Grandfather Kept Skimming My Father’s Paint Because He Thought It Was Free
My Grandfather Kept Skimming My Father’s Paint Because He Thought It Was Free

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·4 hours ago

Nurse Shows Extreme Kindness After Woman’s Surgical Procedure

I was abused in the same hospital — “The average cost of nursing school can vary widely,” reports SoFi. “The cost for a Bachelor’s in Nursing (BSN) can be comparable to any other four-year degree. According to U.S. News, the average cost of tuition for the 2020–2021 school year was $9,687 for a four-year public school and $35,087…

Health

3 min read

Nurse Shows Extreme Kindness After Woman’s Surgical Procedure
Nurse Shows Extreme Kindness After Woman’s Surgical Procedure

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·8 hours ago

High Wind Gusts Blew the Neighbor’s Clothesline Full of Underwear Into My Mother’s Tree

It was like a garland made of panties, and it took my father and a ladder to get it down — You never know what a gust of wind will blow into your yard. Personally, the most unusual thing I’ve found in my backyard after a gust of wind was a neighbor’s trampoline. Unfortunately, I never found out which neighbor was its rightful owner. So what constitutes a high wind gust…

Relationships

3 min read

High Wind Gusts Blew the Neighbor’s Clothesline Full of Underwear Into My Mother’s Tree
High Wind Gusts Blew the Neighbor’s Clothesline Full of Underwear Into My Mother’s Tree

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·12 hours ago

My Aunt Was Terrified of the Family Parakeet So She Locked Him in the Closet

Every Sunday like clockwork — How can anyone be afraid of a tiny bird? Just ask my aunt. As a teen, she was terrified by the family parakeet. “Ornithophobia is a fear of birds. A scary experience with birds may make you fearful of them,” according to Cleveland Clinic. “A person with ornithophobia may be…

Family

3 min read

My Aunt Was Terrified of the Family Parakeet So She Locked Him in the Closet
My Aunt Was Terrified of the Family Parakeet So She Locked Him in the Closet

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·1 day ago

My Boyfriend Refused to Brush His Teeth Until I Threatened to Break Up With Him

It wasn’t an ultimatum; it was a choice — If your partner didn’t brush their teeth, would it be a deal-breaker? It was for me. When my first boyfriend refused to brush his teeth, I thought it was quirky. As we got to know each other better, his refusal to brush his teeth moved from a harmless quirk to…

Relationships

3 min read

My Boyfriend Refused to Brush His Teeth Until I Threatened to Break Up With Him
My Boyfriend Refused to Brush His Teeth Until I Threatened to Break Up With Him

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·1 day ago

My Grandmother Was Fixated With Sewing Pleats and Gathers Into Underwear Because She Was Afraid They’d Fall Down

No one was losing their underpants on her watch — When my mother and her siblings were growing up, my grandmother was obsessed with the thought that their underwear might fall down in public. The poor woman feared having her children’s underpants fall down so much that she did everything she could to tighten their elastic waistbands and thus prevent…

Family

3 min read

My Grandmother Was Fixated With Sewing Pleats and Gathers Into Underwear Because She Was Afraid…
My Grandmother Was Fixated With Sewing Pleats and Gathers Into Underwear Because She Was Afraid…

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·1 day ago

The Reason Penn Jillette Wears Red Nail Polish on His Ring Finger Moved My Mother to Tears

He wears red nail polish on one fingernail to honor his mother — Many people have noticed magician Penn Jillette wears red nail polish on one single fingernail, the nail on the ring finger of his left hand. He can be seen sporting a single red fingernail in photos going back to at least 1986. My mother was curious about Jillette’s red fingernail…

Family

3 min read

The Reason Penn Jillette Wears Red Nail Polish on His Ring Finger Moved My Mother to Tears
The Reason Penn Jillette Wears Red Nail Polish on His Ring Finger Moved My Mother to Tears

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·1 day ago

I Didn’t Learn to Ride a Bicycle Until I Was 30

The minute I started getting the hang of it, I quit — My mother and I learned how to ride bicycles when I was thirty years old, and she was a bit older. Tired of being the last kids on the block to master a two-wheeled bike, we rolled a couple of antique bicycles out of storage from our garage and set…

Family

3 min read

I Didn’t Learn to Ride a Bicycle Until I Was 30
I Didn’t Learn to Ride a Bicycle Until I Was 30

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·2 days ago

Teen Photo Booth Clerk Accidentally Reveals Married Man’s Affair to His Wife

Woman discovers her husband’s affair when she receives photographic evidence by mistake — When I was a senior in high school, I worked for a large retail chain that offered film developing services. We didn’t have cellphones back then. So unless you bought a Polaroid instant camera or had your own darkroom, you had to drop off your rolls of film to be…

Relationships

3 min read

Teen Photo Booth Clerk Accidentally Reveals Married Man’s Affair to His Wife
Teen Photo Booth Clerk Accidentally Reveals Married Man’s Affair to His Wife

Tracey Folly

Tracey Folly

·2 days ago

Who Refuses to Leave the House Unless Their Socks Match Their Underwear?

I may be a slob, but this goes too far in the opposite direction — My friend and I were supposed to go grocery shopping together. I waited for her, and she didn’t show up. Since she lived in the same house, it wasn’t hard to track her down. I went upstairs to see what was taking her so long, and I found her sitting…

Style

3 min read

Who Refuses to Leave the House Unless Their Socks Match Their Underwear?
Who Refuses to Leave the House Unless Their Socks Match Their Underwear?
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