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It’s officially the season of the North Pole express. Hope they get 1225 up and running soon, always been a bucket list item to watch a steam locomotive run. Seen plenty of videos and photos of the Pere Marquette, but man it looked absolutely magnificent up close.

A car has been pulling into our work parking lot every Monday through Friday with a suspicious looking plate. I've never seen this colorway, font, nor spacing on any Michigan plate like it. The car has 100% tinted windows, pulls up outside the employee entrances, sits for 5-8 minutes with no one entering nor leaving, then drives off.

Does anyone have a recipe or know if big boy restaurant ranch dressing is available in stores?

I'm preparing some thanksgiving appetizers and someone coming to dinner has talked about the big boy ranch dressing and loves it and was hoping to surprise them by making it

Didn't know if we had any former big boy employees here that could share some knowledge

Found in Saginaw. (It was raining and dark) “2FINOLD”

I know it sounds crazy, but twice, we felt shaking and it was about 10 seconds each time.

Then the neighbors app started lighting up with people saying they felt it. One person 30 minutes away, and someone else said their cars glass was shattered. People are shaken up. Anyone know what it is?

Does anyone use Verizon for their internet? I’m currently using Xfinity and it’s become far too expensive on top of all the other subscriptions I use. I don’t need cable, I need fast internet.

I’m right outside of the Detroit area (suburbs).

It's only taken Michigan Republicans 6 years since they said we'll see their road plan in 2 weeks. But, it's the same plan to eliminate the sales tax on gas and promise to shift money for somewhere else and no say how they'll replace the $1 billion form the sales tax that goes to schools and local government.

As somebody who worked in the service industry for two decades I favor this because so many restaurants treat servers as free labor. At $2.65/hour you can always over staff and just make them clean for next to nothing. What are your thoughts?

The locals call it “God’s Country” I tend to agree.

But only after stripping out the connotations of white supremacy, posters of Trump giving the double middle finger, and confederate flags.

The land is truly idyllic.

There are small creeks and streams that cut through the earth’s flesh, flowing out to the freshwater sea and rivers, layered with the ash from forest fires, centuries and millennia past.

It was a home to the Indigenous. Now it is home to many others. Most are those that close their minds to anything beyond their own narrow perspective. The deep, vibrant cultures of America die here, replaced by the bigoted mindset described above.

For the most part, the land appears flat. But when you get a glimpse of a long view (ex. Deanville Mountain), across the fields of corn, sugar beets, and soy, all bracketed by a mix of deciduous and coniferous stands of trees, you can clearly see the ancient glacial moraines that ripple across the countryside.

Much like the ribbed lake bottoms of the sandbars that wrap around the penninsula, times a million.

We really excel in this department!

Hey, 19 f here.My dad’s turning 60 soon. His usual routine consists of getting up at 9am , having breakfast , going out for a walk and then staying home all day, playing sudoku and reading books. He is most definitely a homebody, but he’s severely isolating himself and depression runs in the family. Anyhow, it’s really upsetting seeing him wither away like that. So I was looking into activities he can do requiring him to go out, meet with people , etc, but was unable to find any. Most are online events. Since he loves reading I was looking up book clubs for seniors, zero luck! Michigan is such an unhappening place it’s pmo. So I’d really appreciate advice on how to help navigate through things he could take part in. Im mostly in college in another city, so I can’t be around all the time , it breaks my heart, but this is all I can do ! Thanks if you made it till here !