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Sports equipment can be reused, recycled and sold

Did you know your old metal sports equipment can be reused, recycled and even turned into cash? Scrap metal yards often accept items like old bikes, dumbbells, soccer goals, metal baseball bats and golf clubs, since they’re made from recyclable steel or aluminum. You can also take a wide range of used sports and fitness gear to Play It Again Sports, where they’ll evaluate your items and pay you for what they can resell. It’s also a great place to buy lightly used equipment at a discount. n n n Tired of scrubbing your shower to fight mold and mildew? Try this simple, nontoxic ...

Horoscope: Monday, June 8

Monday, June 8 No more toning yourself down. Aries (March 21-April 19) The fast way to get to know someone is to be in a totally new situation with them. It creates a shared sense of discovery. Away from routine, people reveal different sides of themselves, form vivid memories and develop trust through experience. Taurus (April 20-May 20) You’ve already analyzed the situation enough. Continued thinking will have diminishing returns. Success depends less on whether you act and more on how you enter the situation. What’s the thing people want here? Can you position yourself to be ...

Daily cough sparks fears of COPD

Dear Dr. Roach: I decided to practice using an inhalation spirometer, partly because I have a daily productive cough (small amounts three to four times a day). I smoked a pack of filtered cigarettes a day from ages 17-29. I smoke marijuana now. My scoliosis is quite complex and has taken over 4 inches off my height. But at age 75, I volunteer as a stable hand for 6-8 hours a week, and they say that I’m the hardest working volunteer! I’m lean and fit. I do three inhalation tests in a row, and it’s always 2,400 mL. Do I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ...

Struggling to let go of mother’s things

Dear Annie: I recently cleaned out my mother’s house after she moved into assisted living, and I thought the hardest part would be the boxes. I was wrong. The hardest part was realizing that every drawer held a memory, and every memory came with a decision. There were birthday cards she had saved from 1987, chipped coffee mugs from family vacations, old school projects, costume jewelry, recipes written in her handwriting and enough plastic containers to open a small deli. In the hall closet, I found my father’s old raincoat, still smelling faintly like him, even though he has been ...

Youth fall for socialist myths

Far-left politicians want to annihilate property rights. A large share of young voters are buying into it — a red flag that our school systems have become socialist indoctrination factories. Last Monday, one of the far left’s agenda setters, Sen. Bernie Sanders, called on the federal government to confiscate half the value of each of the nation’s largest artificial intelligence companies. He’s targeting OpenAI, Anthropic (creator of Claude) and xAI for starters. Making his announcement on Facebook and in a New York Times opinion piece, Sanders said he’ll introduce a bill in ...

Heads up, phones down for safety

There was a time when the phone was a device that only lived in specific spots. It was attached to the wall of your kitchen, or it sat on the corner of your desk. Glass phone booths stood on street corners waiting for you to make a call. But it seems hard to remember now that there was ever a time when you couldn’t be on the phone anytime, anyplace. It all changed with the mobile phone we carried in a purse or pocket. It escalated with the smartphone. Suddenly we weren’t just able to make and receive calls. We could work — or bank or write an email or shop for shoes or play ...