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Inflation ticked higher once again in March, with consumer prices up 0.4 percent over the previous month and 3.5 percent compared to one year earlier. The latest data marks the third month in a row that the consumer price index (CPI), a closely watched gauge of inflation, has come in hotter than expected, likely throwing cold water on hopes that the Federal Reserve would begin cutting interest rates soon.

I've got some deck and fence repair work that was at one time, sealed (unsatisfactorily, imo) with a Thompson's water based sealer and I want to seal the repair AND do over the entire job.

Does your home reflect your single status including your attitudes towards it or are they formed from childhood and how your parents home was like. Is your home functional, decorative, needs attention and somewhat tired or well maintained and modern? If you had a partner do you think it would be different? Daveloneranger gave a few single spins on the topic. Would a guy who can “DIY” be somehow more attractive to a lady? If he was not a pratical person either around the house or with cars/bikes or other machines would that make him somehow less attractive, appealing or...