When I lived in LA, I knew a young woman who went to Tulane. Many fond memories of Louisiana before I had to spend too much time at Fort Polk at the JRTC.
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Oops, that was post 38,000. It could have been more creative. Sorry about the chiefs.
The Calvary arrived
I typed Turk before correcting it to turf. I hope he and the turklets are well.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/s...ch-shrimp.html
I spend too much time on DBR and car sites.
The specifics of the situation seem to indicate that there's little chance it could be a hoax:
To me, it's pretty obvious that General Mills has a rodent problem at the plant, and their handling of the situation has been utterly abysmal.
- the shrimp tails had been processed, cinnamon-coated, and baked in with the cereal, as had a pistachio and some other detritus
- there were rodent droppings sealed in at the bottom of the bag
- some of said droppings were also clearly BAKED INTO SOME OF THE SQUARES
A year ago today I posted this on Facebook:
I get it, everyone is now splitting their days between coffee time and wine time. I drink tea. It's always tea time. Always. With apologies to Douglas Adams, I officially dub April 2020 "The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul".
I was a bit short-sighted. Month? It's still tea time.
Youtube be following me around. This just popped up in my recommended videos list...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgZynpWGNc
Walked into and then immediately out of the PIT today to place a take-out lunch order. Love ‘em but they, uh, weren’t up to our personal pandemic standards.
SC has significantly eased restrictions though so it’s not like they were doing anything exceptional. Just not where we’re at.
I'm trying to figure out what is good enough and not good enough now that I've had the two shots.
That’s my big question.
Let’s assume the following three things are true in the near future:
1. You have been fully vaccinated.
2. Everyone that intends to get the shot has been fully vaccinated in your area, and Darwin or spread immunity will by necessity deal with those who chose to pass on the jab and take that risk.
3. Spread is low in your area.
Can you act “normally?” And if not, what is the metric for which you are waiting?
That’s why I have #2 in there — that everyone who wants it has gotten it. We should get to that point sometime this summer.
It seems to me that if you choose not to get the shot, you have little to complain about whether others in the room have or not.
Do we keep restrictions on those who have gotten jabs because some choose to run the jobless risk? Not in my book, but trying to see where that line is and why.
I would commune inside with people who have been vaccinated but I would not commune inside with people who haven't. I have not eaten a meal inside since March of 2020. And I don't eat un the hotel room, so I have eaten in the sleet in Nashville and frozen my nuggets off in other cities. I have had both shots but I could still become infected, although with a milder form. But it would put me out of work so I am not chancing it.
So does that mean you will never eat in a restaurant again? Or is there a metric you are looking to, recognizing that we will never have 100% vaccination?
Not putting you on the spot, or saying there is a right or wrong answer. I just don’t see me giving up life because some selfish ignorant dumbasses refuse to acknowledge science, or letting the hospitality and restaurant industries wither away because of these morons. Let Darwin sort them out, or else if they all get it then we reach herd immunity that way.
But if not — I don’t see how my abstinence from such things is not effectively permanent. The virus likely will mutate and be with us for years.
I don't feel like you're putting me on the spot. I think these are reasonable questions. There is a point at which we get to relative herd immunity. When we get to around 70% of the population vaccinated. Other things that could change my mind are better information surrounding covid deaths and hospitalizations for those who have been vaccinated. If those truly are 0 and this just becomes a cold for vaccinated folks, then I will feel differently. And the data does suggest that is correct. But I would like to see more information before I accept that as gospel. Also, it is the warm season so it is easier to eat outside now. Plus when my children get vaccinated that will also change the equation. Anything short of punching me right in the nose with a pink glove is completely above-board for me. I don't feel persecuted when someone questions or disagrees.
Epic sushi platter and Godzilla versus Kong tonight. Making everyone in the house watch it.
10 degrees and crispy this morning, but all is good, forecast in the fifties with sun for the foreseeable future.
It’s 10 degrees, and getting colder
Down by Boulder Dam today.
Gordon Lightfoot is an absolute treasure.
Somebody brought up the Blood Oranges in the Covid vaccine thread. I was good friends with the original guitarist back in the late '80s. We worked, not exactly together, but in the same building and we used to meet up for lunch all the time. I went to hear the band a lot back in the day. He wasn't with the band anymore (married with kids) by the time they started releasing EPs/albums, but Shady Grove was a staple of their earlier gigs. It remains my favorite recording of that song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCsRvfFFLo
Bringing grandma a sub. My son has to stay outside but he’s the lunchtime entertainment in the courtyard for all the residents eating inside.
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Well, that didn't work as expected.
...when check-in starts at 1 and you roll in at 1:02.
Thanks! A good time was had by all. The residents have all been vaccinated but there are still limits on guests, including no children. Great grandma was pleased, at least in part because she could show him off to all her friends and staff. They are all (understandably) bored out of their minds.
Wow! Now that's a small world.
Here's a funny Blood Oranges story. I have a friend here in the DC area named Mary Battiata who is a singer-songwriter (and also an elementary school teacher and before that a journal for the Washington Post covering, among other things, the murder of Dian Fossey, the war in Bosnia, and the revolution in Romania). A few years ago, we discovered that we each were very fond of the CD Northeast Kingdom, by Cheri Knight, the bass player for the Blood Oranges. In fact, Mary said that Northeast Kingdom was a big influence on her before she made her first CD, Cul-De-Sac Cowgirl.
In the Before Times, probably 2019, I was rummaging through the bins at a local used CD store and came across Cheri Knight's first CD, The Knitter, and also the Crying Tree, by the Blood Oranges. I listened to them for a while and thought they were awfully good. Sadly, the CDs are out-of-print and you can't download or stream the music, as far as I know. Later that year, Mary was playing at an outdoor festival in Takoma Park, Maryland, pretty near my house. My wife and I and some friends went. I brought along the two CDs, because I thought Mary would like to hear them. Before her set, I took them over to Mary, who looked at the Crying Tree and said "people used to tell me my music sounded like the Blood Oranges, but I've never heard their music."
^ Northeast Kingdom, eh? I know what that's about...
In fact, I was visiting friends in Greensboro VT and sent my friend Mary a picture of something in the Northeast Kingdom, which is what led to the conversation about Cheri Knight's CD. I have no idea why the CD is called Northeast Kingdom, however. From what I've been able to tell, Cheri Knight didn't even live in Vermont.
DMX appears to be in bad shape.
What is DMX?
Never mind, I just googled. Doesn't sound good. I'll join OPK in hoping for the best.
I read that she lived on an organic farm in a state near Vermont. Just weird that you'd live in one state but name your recording after a place in another state, or so it seems to me.
Northeast Kingdom was produced by Steve Earle and got some publicity because of that, but Knight never recorded anything else, which is a pity, because she was very talented.
Good game so far.
Great game
Wow. What a game.
Is it true?
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What a fun game.
Anyone have an opinion on a 1962 Airstream Bambi 16' Travel Trailer?
I mean specs on the tow vehicle. You'll need a Class III hitch - and you'll want a vehicle that was built with intent to offer one.
A good idea would be to buy your tow ball from a specialist - like one of those U-Haul stores that installs hitches. They'll probably walk outside and look before recommending what ball and drop/rise to use.
And are probably hard-wired to tell you if they see a concern. Or talk to any long time boater.
Also, drag out your vehicle owner's manual and read about your tow button. They sometimes have load ranges where you don't use it with an empty/light load.
There are likely message boards out there for those trailers.
The real fun comes from learning to back up a tow load. Any experience there?
I recommend your nearby abandoned mall parking lot with lines painted on the tarmac - and nothing you can back into.
Method I was taught (and still advise) is grasp the steering wheel on the bottom/center. Then move your hands in the direction you want the trailer to go.
That may sound crazy, but it will make sense once you try it out. Becomes second nature after a while.
For me, the "bottom of the wheel" grasping point allows the brain to have an immediately accessible rationale for the correct/intended action.
Years ago, during the Soviet Evil Empire days, I had a friend with a great apartment and balcony facing the USSR consulate in Montreal...one day the KGB goons departed early (track suits, gold chains), came back with a long trailer of canoes...problem was, the street was narrow and a dead end, and these guys had zero experience backing up a long trailer. The festivities lasted for more than an hour, the women from the consulate came out to watch, we felt compelled to help by heckling the hapless goons...I wish I had a video. So indeed, I know exactly what you're referring to (the trick is that's counterintuitive, at least for me)...
Feeling pretty ridiculous now. Apparently, there's an entire subculture of "RV and Camper scams." Like, it's a thing.
Found an ad on Craigslist with a really nice looking camper for a very good price. Text back and forth with the seller, who sends me an email with pictures and a link to an eBay listing.
In my diligent research on the item, I found identical pictures from the interior of the vehicle on a listing from two years ago. Then, I looked closer and recognized that the "listing" was a spoof. It was a mocked up eBay posting, complete with external links to real eBay sites.
I reported the Craigslist ad, admonished the scammer, and didn't lose any money, but I sure feel like a dope.
You found it out before you spent any money. I would say that makes you diligent. My mother paid $100 to someone who called her and told her they were from Microsoft and were monitoring her computer and noticed it was slowing down. So she thought there were people sitting in offices somewhere monitoring the processing speed of random computer users all over the place who called to help you out for a nominal fee. She has a master's degree in mathematics by the way.
A great scam: My father told a story about my grandfather, who saw an advertisement in a magazine for a money back guaranteed device for eliminating every bed bug in your house, if instructions were followed exactly ... all for only $5.00. Of course, he ordered it. When it arrived, it was two blocks of wood, with instructions saying to catch every bed bug in the house, place them on block ‘A, and smash them with block ‘B’.
Easter Eggs are hidden.
I have Craftsman V19.2 tools that I've had for 20+ years, drill, string trimmer, impact wrench, reciprocating saw, etc. The 19.2 tools have been replaced, should I ditch the brand and move on to other stuff? It would be nice to have a cordless blower, etc. Probably should have gotten that when they were still making them. I'm concerned about having too many different batteries to manage.
I bought into Makita years ago and am very happy with it. I have a drill, hammer drill, orbital sander, small vac, and leaf blower.
Of them all, the leaf blower is the best - so nice to just grab it to blow the deck or balcony off without pulling the extension cord. Much easier to manage with the gutters. I have no gas powered tools; I have a small lot and a neighbor's kid mows my 1,200 sf of shaded, slow growth grass.
-jk
Yesterday, went to an Italian Bakery and bought an Easter braid bread invoking my mother's memory. It is beautiful, delicious and has a couple whole eggs nestled among the braids. Just like momma fixed it.
As my lady and I were enjoying a couple slices, I asked if she wanted to split/share one of the eggs. Encouraged, I plucked an egg from the braid, tapping and rolling on the cutting board to crackle/peel the shell. The egg crumpled into a liquid mess - essentially raw.
Not like momma fixed it.
Can't speak to a specific Craftsman comparison - but would expect 20 year technology (and batteries) won't measure up. I'm a very satisfied user of both Porter Cable and DeWalt. Regardless of advancements, I still use the plug-in models for heavier circular saw and lag screw insertion duties.
This winter, procured a DeWalt blower to use with my current batteries. Very pleased with it.
I broke out the swift this week and wound up 4 balls of fiber that is on the more delicate side so I did not break out the winder too. I wound straight from the swift.
I realized that winding is another one of the actions I perform with my left hand that is normally done with the right hand in right-handed people.
I think I've posted this here before, but I sometimes I try to write with my left hand and wonder why my handwriting is so bad and then I remember that I am not left-handed.
Westley and Inigo have nothing on me!
https://www.yarn.com/products/webs-b...en-swift-combo
Image of a swift and winder.
When you don't use the winder, you get started by wrapping the yarn around your fingers at first then hold the increasingly larger ball in one hand while you wrap the yarn around the ball with the other. Winders will create nice center pull "cakes", but more delicate yarn (fingering weight, mohair, pure cashmere), it's both better not to stress it in the winding process AND to create balls that get used from the outside in - especially true with mohair which can stick to itself. You get a sticky tangle with mohair yarn in a center pull ball and you might have to just cut it and get a new ball.
And that is how you pad the post count.
Happy Easter!
I'm trying to watch Sound of Metal on Amazon Prime. It's not that I can't see it, it's that I'm finding it hard to devote 2 hours to watching something on my computer. Plus the subject matter keeps making me want to take breaks.
Aimo and Budwom: I don't think you are mean. Just not to be ummm...trifled with.
skillet?
Yeah, I'm down to one functioning Lithium Ion battery. The struggle I have is that over time I've gotten a lot of corded products such as a leaf blower. Because, well, they were much cheaper than buying cordless. There does appear to be a market in the C3 tools on eBay.
My experience drove me to the internet - where I found differing approaches to egg-laden Easter braids. I expect the bakery thought the finished egg would come out akin to soft-boiled. It was much runnier than that. Pretty sure my mom used fully cooked eggs prior to putting the assemblage in the oven. Hence my very messy dining room table.
We thoroughly enjoyed both our Easter treat and newly enlightened chuckle.
...oh, wait, this is the LTE...I mean, our collective chortle.
Opportunities? Perhaps. But would you have a customer base? You would be selling these things to people who enjoy making things with their hands. Machine knitting already exists. And knitters who want a simple crew neck sweater they can throw in the wash already just buy them from L.L. Bean. Knitters don't knit to save money. Most of them don't knit to save time either.
But for folks who are into power tools, yeah, sure. Have fun! ;)
day 3 of working on the salt stain on the basement carpet...deploying Hints from Heloise.