Every child in the 1950s-1970s will clearly remember this unique, strange object that looked like some kind of woodworking tool. But it turns out this object served…

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My husband and I planned an intimate Mother’s Day dinner at a fancy restaurant for our moms, expecting gratitude. Instead, my mother-in-law, Charlize, showed up with a…

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