"Ask": not a noun!

So someone at work today was requesting information from participants for a staff meeting, and she framed her request like this: "Here is my ask: [insert request here]." She used "ask" as a noun to mean "the thing that I am asking you for." Why does this piece of jargon even exist when "request" fits the bill as another noun created from a verb? What does "ask" accomplish that "request" can't? Nothing!

Here's my REQUEST: Don't use "ask" as a noun.

Big batch o' Rements = mine!

I have purchased a lot of Rement from Andrea [from one hoarder to another], 15 complete sets for $35, plus miscellaneous odds and ends [including Iwako utensils]. There's a lot of stuff I can't identify, but this is what I can pick out:

• microwave
• cleaning supplies!
• cookies, cookie dough, cookie tools
• a whole bunch of veggies!
• school supplies!
• fast food
• pub meal?
• pumpkin pie
• pine tree?
• way more eating tools than I need

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