09:27 – I see that Senator Harry Reid (Communist-NV) fell and hurt himself. Unfortunately, the injuries were not serious.
Today I’m doing laundry and Barbara is deep-cleaning the library/living room and dining room. Colin and I will stay well clear of her to avoid being accidentally vacuumed.
Yah. I don’t want to hear any news about Harry Reid, any Obama, any Clinton, any Kennedy, or practically any politician or celebrity, unless the words “Died Suddenly” immediately follow.
Mario Cuomo’s sudden death should be an inspiration to all politicians, former politicians, and their ilk. Get to it, people! Follow in his footsteps!
“…unless the words “Died Suddenly” immediately follow.”
Pretty rare, actually. They swan around in cocoons, basically. If memory serves, the last political hacks to die suddenly checked out during the Larry Klinton regime, amirite?
Overcast here and we have a “winter weather advisory” for tonight, expecting 1-2 inches per hour of a sleet/freezing rain mix, changing to all rain tomorrow. Then it will all freeze up nicely tomorrow night and the rest of the week.
BTW, here is a house worthy of a real man, a 7 car garage:
http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=64079964
Plenty of room for all the toys. If one has any toys.
We just went to the open house for the 7 car garage house. The house caught on fire while we were there! Is that a sign?
Is that a sign?
And a portent. And an omen.
“And a portent. And an omen.”
Jeezum, do they have any trees in Texas?? All these houses seem to sit out on a flat treeless plain with the sun beating down relentlessly. Why not just live in Saudi Arabia, where they also have a huge oil industry?
I believe this was known once upon a time as “conspicuous consumption.” And most likely a nice fat target for when streaming mobs of the “disenfranchised” are fleeing the cities and looking for stuff to rip off and people to rape and kill.
The angry mobs of jealous losers are why every megahouse should have armored machine gun nests in every corner of the house, and Claymore mines concealed in the face of the foundation at regular intervals.
Maybe you *need* to be vacuumed, did you ever think of that?
I take a shower every month, whether I need it or not.
Got that, Mr. Lynn? Mr. SteveF’s prescription for mega-home defense?
That means literally TONS of ammo for those machine-gun nests. I’d get right on locating the nearest uber-rural-stashed CONEX containers filled with ammo that the DHS or whomever has been dumping all over the country.
[snip] Is that a sign? [snip]
Nah, it’s bad luck to be superstitious. 🙂
do they have any trees in Texas??
Yes, billions of them. Those people just did not plant any trees (like they were suppose to) after they built the house.
You can see the trees in my front yard and behind my house in the park:
http://www.har.com/homevalue/2007-Starlite-Field-Dr-Sugar-Land-TX-77479-3325-M77484442.htm
The cattle pasture about 200 yards away from my house has been cleared to get maximum grass for the cattle though.
And the trees are growing faster due to global warming and increased CO2:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/17/another-benefit-of-climate-change-and-increased-co2-trees-continue-to-grow-at-a-faster-rate/
Want some bread in a can?
http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bread-Original-Ounce-Cans/dp/B0025UCI94/
Supposedly good for three years.
The Q&A on the bread is important since it links to shelf life of canned goods. 100 year old brandies peaches. Yum.
Yep. Assuming the food was canned properly, stored under reasonable conditions, and the can is undamaged, any canned food should be good just about forever. Canned stuff is cheap, nutritious, tastes good, and lasts forever. I wouldn’t even worry too much about rotating stock.
“I see that Senator Harry Reid (Communist-NV) fell and hurt himself. Unfortunately, the injuries were not serious.”
20 years ago an Australian MP was quietly ghiven $65k compo for falling off his bike. Unfortunately not fatally.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-speaker-skids-into-scandal-1470753.html
“Canned stuff is cheap, nutritious, tastes good, and lasts forever. I wouldn’t even worry too much about rotating stock.”
Unless it’s tomatoes, or derivatives such as tomato paste or pasta sauce.
Tomatoes are proven to not last long in storage in tins.
It’s apparently due to exactly the characteristic that made the older varieties – the heirlooms – “safe”(ish) to “can” in glass using the water-bath method – their acidity. Their highly acidic nature attacks and corrodes the inside of the metal can, possibly pin-holing and admitting air, and food-poisoning. I’d be suspicious of other acid products, such as citrus fruit; but tomatoes is the one that I KNOW is dangerous.
It may be worth using this particular point in your book to emphasise the simple safety points of sniffing, then of decanting and examining the can. If it smells dubious, or the inside of the can looks corroded, toss it. Saving money is not worth risking lives.
If in doubt, chuck it out.