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Baby bundagirl’s 1st birthday today!
La Bambina!
My wife contracted chicken pox at our wedding. That made for a very intense start to wedded bliss (pay close attention when they talk about "in sickness and in health). Also made for a lot of awkward phone calls to folks who joined us for the wedding.
Chicken pox as an adult is no fun. She missed three weeks of work.
My 5 to 6 year old timeline (approximate dates):
February: mumps- right side.
May: mumps - left side.
July: riding on the back of my big brother’s bicycle with my feet on the rear axle. Hit a bump. Left foot went into the spokes, worked as a brake. Brother had to extricate numerous broken spokes from my ankle and foot. Did not walk for weeks.
August: Happy Birthday to me.
September: started school. Immediately got the measles.
December: chicken pox for Christmas.
Other than those minor details, it was a pretty happy childhood, except for my parents wanting to trade me in on a more reliable model.
If I owned a delorean I would drive it from time to time.
So, the blue car is happening.
Not to back up the thread, but . . . .
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRfeBwMJ/
Thanks! Yes, a '69 GTO Judge is the last car on the list. The auction ended Thursday evening. Someone had really moved the bid up early last week, so I was worried it would get out of control. There were no other bids for a week, so it stayed in my price range.
So, interesting thing that. The local water utility has programs that subsidize the removal of grass and irrigation. I've taken out about 1,000 Sq. Ft. of formerly watered turf. I won't remove much else because I put up a bunch of trees and the water feeds them. My neighbors with pools have $300 water bills during the summer, mine is around $100.
Our water is theoretically "free" since we have a well...but our well pump is now 36 years old...do I replace it even though it is working fine? Or do I wait until it is 20 below zero with a pile of snow on top, and then it fails?
It just runs against my personal grain to replace something that is working fine, given the shabby nature of a lot of newer "hardware."
Do not even get me started. Will make this as short as possible. Mom's pump failed. Guys who replaced it screwed up and contaminated her well. Had to hook up to city water at almost $10,000. Pump guys disappeared. BBB was useless. May go with a local Troubleshooter. Sunk almost $3000 into a pump that we have no use for now.
budwom - I suggest you do not wait until failure and make sure your guys know what they are doing. BUT new pump only has 5 year warranty.
I was raised to believe in BBB, and have absolutely no trust whatsoever in reviews from Google/Yelp/etc etc. But, to be fair, that was the BBB of 50+ years ago. I have used their web site recently to try to check out contractors, and have not encountered a lemon yet, but that is far from a ringing endorsement.
General consensus seems to be that pumps are good for roughly 20 years. So this one is in the sixteenth inning or so. We do have three high quality well pump companies near me since few homes have “town” water. I often get proactive but given the shabby nature of a lot of new hardware I am inclined to stay put. Might be a dumb move
My dad used to tell guests to his house that they could feel free to use as much water as they wanted. He explained that he had the well dug next to the septic tank, and if the well water got low, all he had to do was flush the commode a few times. For some reason, guests started bringing bottled water with them.
Nothing quite as bad for homeowners than an ugly septic situation. One needs to know the attributes of the system and soil. Or else
I worry about chupacabras!
I also don't have necessarily negative connotations with the BBB, but this person was a business owner who said BBB presented themselves as almost a Mafia-style protection racket - "gee, this is a nice store you've got here, it would be a shame if an organization came in and ruined your reputation."
When I ran a business for 10+ years, I didn't have a single interaction with the BBB.
I don't know that giving that voice directly to the public via online reviews is a step forward or backwards.
Clem, you seem like the type of guy that has an arsenal of go-to post work-out protein smoothies. What's your favorite?
No protein shakes. Unless you are above 250 lbs with a size 30 waist and shoulders which touch your earlobes at rest because you are so muscular, then protein shakes are useless. For the average exercise junky (and I'm crazier than average), just eat lots of meat.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...%20an%20option.
I don't know about mammals, but for seafood there's this. :)
Linky
I had a Texas chili sampler in Austin today for lunch. 3 different types. The Texas red was delicious. The white bean chicken chili was very good. The best was the black bean habaňero. It was holy crap (and actually deserves the expletive) hot, but the best chili I have ever eaten. I love spicy and this was teetering on the edge of enjoyable. I would rate the spicy factor at an 8.5 for me. A 9 on my scale is spicy as a means of gratuitous violence. 9s will make you pace the floor. 9.5s make me stop eating them. Too uncomfortable. This has happened to me twice and both times with Indian food. I just quit eating. Too much pain. 10s are theoretical.
I’m not covering any new ground by saying this but for Pete’s sake can we get past Labor Day before selling Halloween crap!
So, I'll differ from aimo in that I wouldn't replace it just yet. A lot of that 20 year life is dictated by the size of the household and associated usage. As it just you and Mrs. budwom, I'm guessing that the usage is likely lower than many of those 20 year pumps. That is a key element here. In my new job, like my old job, I look at a lot of data. This time, instead of telematics data from people's phones, I look at maintenance and breakdown data for a large organization and all of its equipment. That data suggests the super duper significant factor in predicting a breakdown is usage. In an earlier run through the data, we identified time since last preventive maintenance activity as a significant factor. This was highly suggestive that who was performing the maintenance was an important factor. So, here I side 100% with aimo, who is doing the work is very important. I would discuss the issue with the 3 vendors, get a ballpark estimate of the cost, whether they keep the appropriate pump in stock, and the installation experience of the vendors. I would then determine who I would use and keep them on speed dial (does anyone still have that?). And debate whether to purchase the pump beforehand if they don't keep it in stock.
Slowrolling our way into the weekend.
Residing in Greenville SC as I do, I found this story interesting.
GVL take on a foodie road trip to Raleigh.
Tuesdays are the worst.
Mondays, you have the rosy afterglow of the weekend. Tuesday, you’re a long way from shore no matter how you look at it.
Any time starting in September would be good.
I have two things going on for the rest of August
1. Bunion surgery on 08/04 has me off of the right foot until 08/31
2. Positive Covid test on 08/20. 10 days --> 08/30
If stuff happens in 3s I'm waiting for the third shoe do drop.
I very much agree. We are a two person household and have been for 32 years...it goes against my grain to replace something that currently works very well, especially since it is apt to be replaced by a less robust pump.
The thing about Vermont is, almost everyone has a well pump (not much town or city water here) so the three vendors I know of all have good reputations and have been around for 50+ years (they do well drilling as well). One of is within three miles and is very competent (they replaced my pressure tank in the basement once). So I'm going with what I have and will take the rap when the system goes. Even if it happens in Winter, I'll just need a frontloader (I know just the guy) to clear away the snow and access will be easy. All part of the home maintenance festival!
Well,
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Quiche Lorraine
Greenville must: the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum.
That close!!!
We don't deserve dogs...
Serenity now!
I’m no cactus expert but I know a prick when I see one.
A friend sends a daily email on what's happening on that date. Two items on today's list caught my eye.
National Whiskey Sour Day
National Banana Split Day
That's an interesting combination. I think it could work. :)
had my first soda in five years today. Root beer, they were out of Dr. Pepper.
I'm not sure if this is totally relevant but...
another example showing that context matters.
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So I just stepped outside for a bit and there was a box turtle trying to mount a snapping turtle in my driveway. I believe the box discovered his error and took off. And he was DIGGING OUT! I have never seen a turtle move that fast! then I played hide and seek with the snapping turtle for a bit. Nature is fun!
Elmo’s rocks. But Elmo hates Rocco. Go figure.
The highlight of my career was during a busy weekend brunch, when I brought out a carefully packed tray of loaded plates to a booth of six. I was carrying the tray with my right hand, over my shoulder in the usual way. The place was buzzing and I was in that zone you are in during a rush, when you move from one thing to another, making sure above all else that you greet a table and bring them water within so many minutes of them being sat, run food when its hot and never leave the customers waiting too long for whatever they were waiting for. I grabbed the tray stand with my free hand, flipped it open to my left, put the tray down, grabbed a plate and served the first person to my right. As I was putting the plate down, I saw everyone’s eye latch onto the tray behind me and widen.
With horror.
I turned in time to see the entire tray slide off the stand. I think I caught the tray itself as it tilted and dove for the floor, but I was too late for the food. Every single plate, egg, potato, pancake, sausage, slice of bacon and bowl of grits went crashing to the floor. The restaurant fell silent and my fellow waitstaff (already used to carrying a bit more weight when I was serving) sprung into action to help me clean up.
The usual din slowly rebuilt, but not quickly enough to cover the sound of Wayne yelling from the kitchen when he learned that the entire order for six had to be redone, right at the height of weekend brunch.
The meals were comped, the food re-made and re-served and the forgiving folk still tipped me. But what I really took away from that day is the indelible image of six sets of eyes, turning from anticipation to horror right before me, vividly painting what was happening behind me as their delicious breakfast was sacrificed to the linoleum gods.
And the enduring disappointment of Wayne.
“Enduring disappointment of Wayne”. Band name! Called it!
“Stacy’s Dad Is Really, Really Bad” was labeled as offensive by Tipper Gore.
“Stacy’s Uncle Has an Infected Carbuncle” got some radio play, but MTV would not run the video.
Fudge, broke a dish this morning. Small plate. I guess the consolation is it is nearly 30 years old.
chips are fine as long as the dog doesn't cut itself licking the plates clean (no need to use the dishwasher, IMO)
I’m very pleased with myself right now.
Digital exam in 14 minutes. Should I study for this?
I keep waiting for budwom to start yelling Krzyzewski! Krzyzewski!
How did that wyrm-tongued dude be up in the tower counseling Sauron rattling on about it would take thousands to take Helm's Deep and says, "my lord there is no such force" and then Sauron, like, gestures to the window and they look out and, lo and behold, there are 10,000 orcs and orukai and old wyrm-tongue is surprised? Like, how did you miss all those Orcs?
#parsethatgrammarsnobs.
You mean, like, Ents that don’t know entire forests are getting wiped out until a couple hobbits show them?
Avocados exist in two states: unripe and past ripe.