Hot and humid again, although less so. Same prediction of rain in the afternoon or evening. Which is how yesterday went. We had sun and rain at the same time for part of the afternoon… so we didn’t get clobbered, but I think we’re 4 for 4 on rain in the afternoon now.
Spent the day moving stuff from one bin to another, getting ready to drop off some auction stuff today. Then I went to Costco to get TP and whatever else struck me as a good deal.
Hmm. Spent almost $800 and didn’t get much meat, and got no TP. The TP area was BARE except for one or two pallets of Scott. No paper towels either. The napkins I like were on sale so I got some of those. They were bringing out about 10 pallets of kirkland TP, but I don’t need to mess with that. If they haven’t restocked Charmin Blue, I’ll pull some from my secondary location. It’s not that I don’t have any, I just am getting low at the house.
What I did get was some of the stuff I haven’t bought in a year or more. 3 boxes of ziplok bags for example. Dishwasher pods. $40 in black bins for the auction. And lots of prepared meals. They are very convenient with the kids and with me being out of the house in the late afternoon. They’re not cheap, or a great value, but they are tasty and convenient. I also doubled up some purchases to get ‘caught up’ on some stuff I’d let run down. Butter. Cheese. Potstickers. Cereal. Our eating habits have changed and I’ve got stuff on the shelves that is just sitting there that would have turned over twice a year ago.
There were some gaps. No lamb rib chops, so I couldn’t compare today’s price with 2019. No lamb convenience meals either. Still no spiral sliced ham- I don’t think it’s coming back at this point. They marked down the pallet of Community brand coffee. They had switched flavors from what was selling well (and what I bought) to a lighter blend, and it looks like it didn’t sell at all. I hope they go back to the dark roast, and don’t drop the company completely. There was one Mountain House box on an otherwise empty pallet. People must have been buying today. The black bins were sold out on the floor, so I grabbed some from the second shelf. No flip top bins at all.
There was still rice in different sized bags and a couple of different varieties, but nothing like pre-wuflu. It was more like 70c/lb than 50c. That could be brand, or seasonal variation, or it could be inflation. Oh, and no Breathe Rite strips in the store… weird. Lots of indian food displacing the chinese and korean, lots of stuff I’ve never seen in the store before, but all in smaller quantities. All the canned veg was national brands, not kirkland.
There seemed to be a good assortment of cheap wine options, 8-12$ bottles. More selection at the low end than I remember them having pre-wuflu, and confirms what I saw last time. There were a lot of discounted items too, which almost seemed back to normal. It wasn’t crowded at 4:00-5:30pm while I was there, but they must have had a pretty busy day. Storms headed this way, and political storms brewing might do that.
It’s not just foreign actors that will be testing Bidden and the US. Our own politicians will be looking to exploit his weakness and mistakes too. That will give our enemies even more encouragement as we continue fighting amongst ourselves. Don’t look for peace, prosperity, and stability. It’s going to get a lot worse before we get back to those.
Prep as best you can for whatever threat you see coming. If you feel like you’ve got to lower your profile, don’t just drop off the air here. Let us know you’re going to be ‘spending more time with family’… so we don’t worry. Or change your nickname… although that won’t stop us from noticing your old nick isn’t coming around anymore. Thanks for the support for Ray and his wife, especially from those of you we don’t hear from that often. Glad to know you are still coming by.
There’s only so many ways I can say “get prepped” but despite all the time Bob spent saying it, and I spent saying it, some of you were still caught short last March. Don’t let that happen again. For REALZ this time, get prepped! Anyone with specific questions, ask them. It will give me something specific to write about, or it’ll let the other experts here chime in, like battery discussion does.
And let’s not forget that life does go on, even in the middle of a global pandemic, and the coming civil war, and the world wide rearrangement. Ordinary stuff needs doin’ too. I’m not the only one with kids (or grandkids) and we have an obligation to them too. They’ll be the ones that come out the other side of this, and they’ll need a good foundation to build off of. They sure aren’t getting that in school, they need to get it from us. Building the next generation is the biggest prep of all.
And of course, keep stacking. Piles of stuff, a head full of knowledge and hands full of work, and a few stout friends, and you’ll have what you need to get through, and even thrive.
At least, that’s what I am hoping, and building toward.
nick
-title question referred to mood, or zeitgeist. You tell me if you are seeing it.
Could it be “san ba“? That’s an insult but I didn’t think it was that much of one, maybe like calling a woman a fishwife. I can ask my wife, either to check on how strong that insult is or for other ideas of what might have been said, if you wish.
Well it’s 77F at 6am. 93%RH. Time to get the breakfast started.
n
@brad, embrace the power of ‘and’. He’s incompetent, the place is a sh!tehole, AND he’s F’d up the sh!tehole….
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The same antibody therapy that’s readily available to every Texan with an asymptomatic case of Covid?
Or another ‘arbitrage’ item?
The same antibody therapy is available to everyone, but, from what I understand, access is controlled to keep use limited to high risk patients.
The Governor is high risk due to his health history. The news reports indicate he is tested daily.
*Some* people don’t exhibit symptoms, but don’t buy into ‘asymptomatic’ as being common. It is amazing how the stories change once the therm hits the forehead and pops 100-101. All three providers who showed up knowingly sick where my wife works were hiding fevers of 102 while they saw patients.
The antibody therapy isn’t something that could be readily sold on EBay, and concierge medicine is still playing catchup in the pandemic. If I had to guess, priority at those places is the infrastructure to store Pfizer and Moderna vaccines ahead of the third shot and vaccine mandates.
In the Measles pandemic in Vantucky in 2019, the local concierge practice stocked up on that shot and handed them out for free in a PR move when my wife’s former employer and the rest of the standard healthcare infrastructure ran out in the panic. Brilliant.
–um, no jackhole. Shamed BIDEN. Full stop. Couldn’t resist the shot at Trump either, want to list the “contemptible dishonesty” now or for a libel suit?
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Could it be “san ba“? That’s an insult but I didn’t think it was that much of one, maybe like calling a woman a fishwife. I can ask my wife, either to check on how strong that insult is or for other ideas of what might have been said, if you wish.
That’s close but not quite it.
Plus, she’s Taiwanese so “fishwife” might mean something worse there than in other parts of that region with heavy ethnic Chinese populations.
I don’t worry about it. We live far away for a reason.
This.
Just like our two Gulf wars. Kill, crush, destroy. Then stay to force democracy on people that will never accept it. Thousands of troops lost thanks to chickenhawk politicians. The Shrubs thought they could become Gods to the Mooslims.
This is beyond parody:
Circle Back Psaki Said We’re Helping Those in Afghanistan Who ‘Self-Identify as American Citizens’
I can’t even comment.
Just took my blood pressure, take it every Mon, Wed & Fri AM. Looks OK, 117/67, 59. Machine labeled “Body Trace”, ordered by my family Dr. Sends my result to a central station by cellular and my phone gets reply back within a minute. Results compiled weekly or monthly and sent to my Dr.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/palantir-buys-gold-bars-preparing-future-more-black-swans
–prudent, and possibly a way to say something they can’t just say.
And doesn’t facehook own a fukton of gold too?
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At the beginning of the lockdown I bought several big bags of frozen fruit and veg. Not something we normally eat, preferring fresh. Well….
I’ve also vastly increased my stock of canned fruit over the last year.
To keep the frozen rotated, use it in smoothies…
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FBI in LA went to a local storefront business that had safe deposit lockers for customers and emptied out a whole bunch.
There is a Catch-22 for the Dems if they do that. They lose the tie breaker in the Senate because VP Harris becomes Acting President Harris.
And it takes a majority of both houses to approve a new VP if President Biden resigns or passes away, which could be blocked by McConnell.
FBI in LA went to a local storefront business that had safe deposit lockers for customers and emptied out a whole bunch.
That was covered here a few months ago when it happened. Property placed into safe deposit boxes at financial institutions is considered “abandoned” by the courts.
The bank boxes are an especially lousy place to store gold. When Roosevelt ordered private gold seized in the 30s, the first thing the banks did was drill all the safe deposit boxes.
If you are really paranoid and concerned about another ban on private ownership of gold, you have to take your shiny metal objects on a fishing trip and make sure they fall off the boat. The EO ordering gold seized was not shut down by an act of Congress but simply countermanded by another EO from Gerald Ford. The situation could reverse in a heartbeat, and the ban on private ownership survived court challenges from the 30s until the mid 70s.
Our box has our passports and my wife’s State Department birth certificate issued by the Embassy in Taipei. If Taiwan falls, we are definitely not getting another one of those, and even now a replacement would be tough to obtain.
“Gender Ideology Run Amok” by Abigail Shrier
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/gender-ideology-run-amok/
“In 2007, America had one pediatric gender clinic; today there are hundreds. Testosterone is readily available to adolescents from places like Planned Parenthood and Kaiser, often on a first visit—without even a therapist’s note.
How did we get to this point? How is it that we are all supposed to pretend that the only way you can know I’m a woman is if I tell you my pronouns? How did we get to an America in which a 13-year-old in the State of Washington can begin “gender affirming” therapy without her parents’ consent? How did we get to an America in which a 15-year-old in Oregon can undergo “top surgery”—elective double mastectomy—without her parents’ permission? And what can we do about it?”
This is crazy. No hormones (puberty blockers) or optional surgeries should be allowed for anyone under 18.
I can’t wait for transgender Barbie, with interchangeable naughty bits.
Is it Barbie? Is it Ken? You decide!
And it takes a majority of both houses to approve a new VP if President Biden resigns or passes away, which could be blocked by McConnell.
The downside of obstructing a new VP is that Pelosi is then next in line for the Presidency until the House changes hands in the Midterms.
I don’t think the Mayor Pete stories in the media are a coincidence, but The Elders would never let Mittens vote for Buttigieg as VP. My money would be on John Kerry keeping the seat warm as a compromise.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the House then played obstructionist games. That’s not hard to imagine given Pelosi’s sharp elbows.
Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
A single tail would be useful. A second tail would put you on the road to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
I am starting to look for a new washer and possibly dryer. Nick, you mentioned Speed Queen. Any information, particularly model, would be interesting.
Our washer is too old to serve as a basis for comparison. My wife has experience with my aunt’s new fancy top loader, and thinks it has mostly good features. Offhand, I don’t know the brand, but brand often doesn’t matter as several are made in the same factory.
Keeping it simple for this discussion, I will not consider anything that is front loading. I definitely want a top loader, and have not done any shopping. Need to decide if agitator or none makes a difference. My wife will be the user, but she delegates all preliminary shopping searches to me, as she is still not comfortable with the web for research. Thanks for inputs.
Wizard of Id: Clogged Toilet
https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2021/08/18
I think Wiz needs a machete. No, a pike !
A single tail would be useful. A second tail would put you on the road to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
Employer mandated Covid vaccines would effectively be The Boss meddling with employees’ genes. Adams must be leading to something fun.
I am starting to look for a new washer and possibly dryer. Nick, you mentioned Speed Queen. Any information, particularly model, would be interesting.
Our washer is too old to serve as a basis for comparison. My wife has experience with my aunt’s new fancy top loader, and thinks it has mostly good features. Offhand, I don’t know the brand, but brand often doesn’t matter as several are made in the same factory.
Keeping it simple for this discussion, I will not consider anything that is front loading. I definitely want a top loader, and have not done any shopping. Need to decide if agitator or none makes a difference. My wife will be the user, but she delegates all preliminary shopping searches to me, as she is still not comfortable with the web for research. Thanks for inputs.
I would find a washing machine with a center agitator. We have not been very happy with our LG that I bought in 2014 without a center agitator since we always have to run a second rinse and use liquid HE detergent. I did give it a five star review on Big River though.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-WT5680HWA-TurboWash-White-Washer/dp/B00EE85HWK/?tag=ttgnet-20
JimB, we have LG washer and dryer, 11 years old. (The washer is a front loader, so you won’t want that, but maybe it indicates brand quality.) The washer needed the drain pump to be replaced (which cost me I think $50 and an hour of my time) and the dryer needed the drum support wheels replaced (which was a handyman service call because I was out of state) but they’ve been otherwise trouble-free.
Hahahahahaha!
If it wins competitive sports events, it’s Ken.
Catching up – from @Lynn yesterday
I believe the Japanese are still big on developing this technology, as they should be. Lots of people, not much land, all oil and gas must be imported, and aging nuclear reactors all mean you need something else. They won’t be building more nuclear reactors – Fukushima made that impossible politically and maybe foolish practically. (Maybe, because if the berm around the reactor was 1 meter higher, or the cooling pumps were installed higher-up, there would have been no reactor failure).
FYI: Hobby Lobby is putting out their Christmas trees today. All the Christmas is the usual 40% off. The man told me last year they sold completely out of trees before Thanksgiving. I went ahead and bought a tree before they could be picked over. Our old one is about 18 years old and last year shed more than a live tree, so I decided then to replace it this year. “Christmas people” have to be preppers and think ahead in today’s retail world!
Pricey, but … Michael Biehn!
Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni indulged themselves last year with a guest appearance by Michael Biehn on the Baby Yoda show, in the same episode that featured Rosario Dawson.
Nerf knows. Their other premium gun is from “The Mandalorian”.
https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/aliens-m41-a-nerf-blaster-ripley/
Sadly, no flame thrower accessory … yet.
Catching up – from @Lynn yesterday
I applaud the effort but mistrust the doer. JEP would be happy that someone is finally working on his solar power satellites again.
I believe the Japanese are still big on developing this technology, as they should be. Lots of people, not much land, all oil and gas must be imported, and aging nuclear reactors all mean you need something else. They won’t be building more nuclear reactors – Fukushima made that impossible politically and maybe foolish practically. (Maybe, because if the berm around the reactor was 1 meter higher, or the cooling pumps were installed higher-up, there would have been no reactor failure).
The Japanese cannot live without their 50+ nuclear reactors. They tried for several years and incurred horrendous bills for LNG and coal. They are investigating SMR reactors for neighborhoods and trying to get up the courage to try one or more out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
Without the SpaceX technology, Solar Power Satellites are going to be expensive, very expensive.
You forgot the aging population of Japan. The average age of Japan is 48 and old people are risk adverse. But they will have to do something soon.
BTW, the real problem with Fukishima was the used rod assembly storage on top of the reactor domes (why ???) and the diesels were installed at the low point of the property right next to the berm. All of the diesels had water in their intakes so there was no electric power to run the reactor coolant pumps. Cascading failure modes really suck.
I’ve read nothing bad about Speed Queen machines. A bit pricey but they last a long time. Laundromat Grade.
“Taliban Troll Biden On Twitter By Posing With Ice Cream”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taliban-troll-biden-twitter-posing-ice-cream
“The Taliban sent Joe Biden a message Tuesday by posing for a photograph, which later end up on Twitter, showing fighters holding ice cream cones.”
That picture looks fake.
Um, maybe not “risk adverse” as much as “don’t wanna constantly tinker around”.
For example, Lynn just had a generator installed to run his entire house. Instead of cooking on a BBQ pit and running a generator for the fridge and a window unit a/c.
Shrug.
I’m still at the “put the generator on the cart, connect to house, dis-connect and drag it to the EDC to run the freezers for a while and then back to the house. I should buy another generator. Some day, it’s on The List.
Me, too. Power outages relatively rare here in my location (somewhere opposite Mutiny Bay WA). Usually get 3-4 short ones lasting under an hour, and maybe 1-2 lasting several hours.
So I also roll out my portable gas-powered (no natural gas here) Champion 6K/7K generator, hook up the long 30A cord to the bypass panel, flip a few switches, and I’m good. Have 6 circuits on the bypass panel: garage (handles the freezer), kitchen (for the refrigerator and I think the microwave, but I don’t use it during power outages), den (so I can watch TV on the LED TV with DirecTV), bedroom (to run the CPAP and oxygen generator), and living room plugs (for the cable modem). All ‘can’ lights are LEDs. If it is chilly outside, we’ll bring in the portable ‘tower’-style electric heater.
Total load on the generator is about 2.8-3K. Local internet provider has fiber with a few batteries to back up.
A neighbor has a propane powered whole house generator, but that requires a big propane tank. We have a smaller propane tank for the gas fireplace, but I don’t use it. Even though the gas fireplace has fans, it doesn’t put out enough heat to heat up the living room area (which has two-story cathedral ceilings).
When the heating system died last year (February while outside temps got down to 25F), we just hunkered down in the den (which has a door) with the electric portable heater. Moved it into the bedroom at night. Was warm enough with that portable heater (the rest of the house got down to 50-55F). Probably could run the portable heater on the generator if needed, but haven’t had to.
Re Speed Queen washers: I replaced our LG front loader washer in 2015 (was 5 years old) with a Speed Queen top loader. Model # AWN423SP113T. No control boards, all mechanical dials. I think it is one of the last ones like that, but I could be mistaken. It is definitely louder than a front loader. Clothes always come out clean and I haven’t had a single issue with it. To solve the noise issue, we just close the laundry room door when it’s on. The LG kept leaking at one valve or another. I fixed it twice. At the third leak, it got promptly placed on the curb. We have the matching LG dryer and it’s been flawless. Just luck of the draw, I guess.
Oh, the Speed Queen cost $799 in 2015.
Canned corned beef. It’s ok in a sandwich. A small sandwich. It doesn’t fry in slices like Spam. Other than frying potatoes and mixing in a can, what do you do with it?
Ok, let’s look. No, you stupid search engine, I said Canned Corn Beef. Why all the corned beef and cabbage clutter?
Plenty of weirdly named things out there. They don’t sound very tasty. I’m expecting to find a recipe for canned corned beef and boiled and chopped or mashed potatoes wrapped in won-ton wrappers and deep fried. Oh heck, go full Ruben and add some sauerkraut and Russian dressing.
How’s that for a weird party snack?
The most normal thing I have found is basically Tuna Casserole or Turkey Tetrazzini and so on. Based on a can of Cream of Whatever Soup. Add mushrooms or not. Add pimientos or not. Don’t forget the cheese. Bread crumbs for topping of course. Toss into a 350F oven until bubbly and golden brown.
I can do this without a recipe. Seems boring.
Recently purchased from Home Depot an Amana brand top load washer. Cheapest line that they carried and we are very happy with it. Model # upon request.
I’m still at the “put the generator on the cart, connect to house, dis-connect and drag it to the EDC to run the freezers for a while and then back to the house.
Me, too. Power outages relatively rare here in my location (somewhere opposite Mutiny Bay WA). Usually get 3-4 short ones lasting under an hour, and maybe 1-2 lasting several hours.
We get several power outages a year of an hour or two. Once a decade we get an outage lasting 2 to 3 days. If we get a Cat 5 hurricane in Houston, we could have an outage of 3 to 6 weeks. Several neighborhoods in Houston were 3 to 6 weeks of no power with hurricane Ike in 2008, mostly on the east side of town (the dirty side of the hurricane as it went up I-45). We only had three days of outage at the house and 2 weeks at the office building.
The LG kept leaking at one valve or another. I fixed it twice. At the third leak, it got promptly placed on the curb. We have the matching LG dryer and it’s been flawless. Just luck of the draw, I guess.
Uh oh, I recently had to replace the tub to pump hose on my LG clothes washer at seven years of age. That is the only water leak to date. It was a pretty good leak though as the hose split.
A neighbor has a propane powered whole house generator, but that requires a big propane tank. We have a smaller propane tank for the gas fireplace, but I don’t use it. Even though the gas fireplace has fans, it doesn’t put out enough heat to heat up the living room area (which has two-story cathedral ceilings).
He should have two big propane tanks. One tank to pull propane from and the other tank to be full. Otherwise you end up with a quarter full propane tank when you need a full tank.
It’s so tough to recommend anything anymore. One model from a manufacturer might be awesome, but another model from that same manufacturer might be crap. Likewise, a model might be good and then they switch manufacturing from Vietnam to China (as a random example) and suddenly they’re all crap.
We have a Maytag MVWC565FW that is a top load and has a center agitator. I always use the “deep water wash” and skip the water saving option. I think we’ve had it 3 years. No problems. Washes well.
I don’t insist on much when it comes to home décor or holiday decorations, but I do insist on a REAL tree every year. No disrespect to those who use artificial trees (pretty much everyone I know does), but I just have to have a real tree. I don’t care if I have to top of the water every day. I don’t care if pine/spruce/fir needles get everywhere. I don’t care if after tear down or set up I have sap everywhere. I don’t care which family member or frequent visitor is allergic. It HAS to be a real tree. It’s one of my weird obsessions I won’t budge on and everyone has learned not to try. 😎🎄🎅
We get a blip once in a while that is long enough for the clock on the microwave to start blinking. Maybe out for 5 minutes every other year.
Years ago, cold Winter, lots of sleet and lots of power lines down. I had no electricity for almost two weeks. It was ok. Baths? A warmish wash rag in the kitchen for face and pits. I had a marked-down super insulated water heater. Silly thing had four inches of insulation compered to the GE thing I have now that feels warm.
I hauled that darn 8 horse Briggs and Stratton 4000 watt generator all over. Thing weighed a ton. Grr!!! He-Man!!! Heat was from a wood stove. Cooked in the microwave. Hey, a box of au gratin potatoes with a couple of cans of tuna mixed in was pretty tasty. No broken pipes, 18F is nicer than 1F.
Just as the water went cold, the power came on a couple of hours later. Nice.
Since then PEC has been right on top of keeping the trees trimmed.
Yes, I understand Lynn’s new generator.
Same here. It’s the smell.
And a fake tree? Meh, just weave lights into a quilt or something and hang that from the wall.
I don’t really do Christmas but I can just imagine having a Christmas tree with three ferrets running around. Bwahahaha!
We get several power outages a year of an hour or two.
We get a blip once in a while that is long enough for the clock on the microwave to start blinking. Maybe out for 5 minutes every other year.
Years ago, cold Winter, lots of sleet and lots of power lines down. I had no electricity for almost two weeks. It was ok. Baths? A warmish wash rag in the kitchen for face and pits. I had a marked-down super insulated water heater. Silly thing had four inches of insulation compered to the GE thing I have now that feels warm.
I hauled that darn 8 horse Briggs and Stratton 4000 watt generator all over. Thing weighed a ton. Grr!!! He-Man!!! Heat was from a wood stove. Cooked in the microwave. Hey, a box of au gratin potatoes with a couple of cans of tuna mixed in was pretty tasty. No broken pipes, 18F is nicer than 1F.
Just as the water went cold, the power came on a couple of hours later. Nice.
Since then PEC has been right on top of keeping the trees trimmed.
Yes, I understand Lynn’s new generator.
I take it that your super insulated water heater was an electric water heater. And that your new GE water heater is electric.
That was our problem with hurricane Ike. The power lines had trees across them all over the Houston area due to 90+ mph sustained winds for hours. Our neighborhood then was double fed with 69,000 volt three phase lines. Both feed lines were down, one had an 150 ft anchor line totally pulled out of the ground. Still, we had our power back on in three days, I was amazed. They did not fix the 150 ft anchor line for months, we were just single fed.
And there is the other problem, at 61 I am no longer a he-man. My lower back problem really talks to me nowadays.
I don’t really do Christmas but I can just imagine having a Christmas tree with three ferrets running around. Bwahahaha!
Don’t three ferrets smell ?
Well, darn.
When cleaning out Mom’s house after the pin hole leak in the pipe to the bathroom faucet flooded the house, we found a rifle wrapped in newspaper and a bath towel on a shelf behind a couple of cases of green beans.
Yeah, I get the prepping thing naturally.
Anyway. It’s a Chinese rifle. I have no idea if Dad brought the two rifles home from Korea or WW2 or if he found an ad in the back of Popular Science. Mom said he had two. He had them “sporterized” and sold one to pay the bill. “Sporterized”? Shorter barrel and I don’t know what else.
So I have one rifle. The barrel detaches. The spring in the built in magazine broke. I know I get the words wrong. Anyway, off to the shop and three months later the rifle is ready. It’s worth a couple three hundred bucks.
If it had not been “sporterized”? Six to eight grand.
It’s like dropping a slice of buttered toast. Butter side down, always. Dad did what he did and at the time increased the value.
Anyway. I have an 1895 Russian rifle. Shoots 7.62R. And right on target for me. I’ve had it long enough that UPS made you sign for each package. I wonder what it’s worth?
Geez:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the US isn’t capable of going out and collecting large numbers of Americans
How can a failed administration like this continue. Drop in the 82d to collect US Citizens. His answer is “duh, we can’t do nuttin”. What a disgrace. Cancel that $3+ trillion shit budget and get our people home. What are the now 7,000 troops doing. They have to have a lot of vehicles to move that many troops. Maybe we can borrow some of the Hummers we let the Taliban have.
plugs’s priorities:
President Biden tells George Stephanopoulos he doesn’t know how ‘there’s a way to get out without chaos ensuing’
Go on TV with a trusted Dumbo water carrier. He should be talking to us and answering questions.“That was four days ago, five days ago.” HFS what a doosh!
Maybe we can borrow some of the Hummers we let the Taliban have.
The Taliban are driving around in beater Ford and Toyota trucks. Hummer is too high maintenance.
How can a failed administration like this continue. Drop in the 82d to collect US Citizens. His answer is “duh, we can’t do nuttin”. What a disgrace. Cancel that $3+ trillion shit budget and get our people home. What are the now 7,000 troops doing. They have to have a lot of vehicles to move that many troops. Maybe we can borrow some of the Hummers we let the Taliban have.
A couple days ago, some retired .mil guy with some experience in that region (sorry, just don’t remember, no disrespect) was on Teevee. The subject was evacuation and security in the current situation. He said something like, given the right orders, 1000 Marines could secure any air base or airport in the world, so things should settle down once they arrive and get to work. Seems they should now be on board, so they mustn’t have the right orders. Am I surprised? No. Give our troops the orders and let them carry them out.
OK, I don’t know squat about what is really going on over there, but we have some very qualified people. Just hope they brought the tools needed. They should be able to make short work of it if we let them. It would be refreshing to see a victory!
We have Maytag front loaders with the stands. Excellent machines, get the clothes really clean with minimal wear. The only disadvantage is that the cycle time is a bit longer than a top loader. And getting clothes in and out is easy. Second front loaders we’ve had – the first got flooded in Harvey and were replaced.
My washer is 35 years old. Still going ok. They don’t do them like they used to anymore.
Changed my nickname. Will that do?
Rot at the top. Politicians more worried about elections than actually getting anything done. Generals more worried about playing politics than taking care of their troops. Too much tail, too little tooth. If you even get troops where they need to be, they will have impossible or contradictory orders.
I suspect it’s another instance of “Lions led by Donkeys”, originally used of British forces in France during World War I. Nothing really changes.
“Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme merde” to butcher a French phrase.
G.
(apologies to any French-speaking readers for missing out the accents)
plugs finally goes on TV to shit on Redumblican Govenors for not forcing kids to mask. Then walks off taking no questions. Will the Lame Stream Media carry his water? Yes, yes they will. Afghanistan, what Afghanistan? Ignoring it won’t make it go away. This would be plugs’ Waterloo if it weren’t for the LSM. At least *some* of the Dumbocrats in Congress have to be pissed. “What, at this point, 5 days later, does it matter.” To paraphrase the shrew that will NEVER be President.
What an opportunity for the spineless Redumblicans to grow a spine and take back Congress in 2022. Every ad should have plugs turning his back on the
podiumCitizens.What an opportunity for the spineless Redumblicans to grow a spine and take back Congress in 2022. Every ad should have plugs turning his back on the
podiumCitizens.The 2022 election is done. 2024 is being fought right now in Texas and Florida.
The winner is not a foregone conclusion, but God help us if the Republicans lose now, especially in Texas.
Lose and we might as well start practicing.
All right, all right, all right.
He will be at every UT home game testing the crowd. UT will spray enough money around to be in the SEC starting next Fall.
They have a musky odor that accumulates on their bedding if you don’t change it frequently, and I just shower with the critters once a week, too. They like that. But they don’t smell any worse than a dog. (and better than many I’ve met) Most have had their scent glands removed in infancy unless you get them from a breeder.
Somebody asked the SecDef (or CJCS, both were answering) at today’s news conference about US planes that had been commandeered and flown out of the country by locals. His answer was to the effect that that’s not a priority right now and we’ll look to get them back later. Asked why we abandoned Bagram, the answer was “it’s too big.” [Sigh]
” Anyway. I have an 1895 Russian rifle. Shoots 7.62R. And right on target for me. I’ve had it long enough that UPS made you sign for each package. I wonder what it’s worth?”
Check http://www.gunbroker.com . I found and purchased a .308 Indian Enfield with a nice sporterized nylon stock and scope for a few hundred a few years back. Nice gub.
A rumor is floating that plugs may take another long weekend. LOL Hook up the Adderall drip!
The washer/dryer combo we hated was the Whirlpool Duet Sport. The dryer didn’t break but it also never really got clothes dry on the first go.
The washer ate a couple or three pumps, and some other stuff. Got really tired of that, and the floods.
The speed queen is the last model that was pure electro-mechanical according to the sales guy, who insisted that they built their electronic controls to be as long lived and reliable, but couldn’t meet the new eco rules with pure mech.
Both have been ROCK solid. The washer is fast and gets clothes sparkling clean. The dryer actually gets clothes dry with the dial set in the middle of ‘sense dry’. We never have to run it for ‘just a bit more’ and we use the ‘sense’ mode almost exclusively. It’s OLD SCHOOL and will burn clothes under the wrong circumstances.
The only issue with the washer is when you just run a bath mat or some other small items in a lot of water. It empties the tank too fast for our undersized drain to keep up. Normal loads of any size are fine. Not one single failure or worn out part since we got it. HIGHLY recommended. All the mom’s in the area who can afford it switched to Speed Queen and to the devil with “saving” water. I can do 5 loads or more in a day without even thinking about timing, and they are dry in about the time it takes to do 2 loads, or about half an hour per load to dry.
Never going back to High Efficiency at the cost of my time and actually getting the clothes clean.
n
Fire the military and intelligence bigs who bungled Afghanistan — now
Dropped off my bins at the auctioneer and will make at least one more trip tomorrow too. Had a chat. His wife is a Dr. She’s seeing a LOT of hospitalized kids with covid and RSV. Most of them, according to her (thru her husband.) I mentioned that I’ve been paying attention and hadn’t heard anything about it, and he said “well, they’re not talking about it.”
MY wife said the increase in RSV was all over the moms’ groups on the FB, at least locally, but no mention of a connection to wuflu or increased hospitalization.
Some searching got me this.
Note that it doesn’t say how many of the covid kids have RSV.
n
Fire the military and intelligence bigs who bungled Afghanistan — now
https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/fire-military-and-intelligence-bigs-who-bungled-afghanistan-now/
Nah, Plugs is going to give them all campaign medals.
re: appliances
Whirlpool started playing Manufacturing Monopoly decades ago:
https://whirlpoolcorp.com/brands-we-love/
Note that they own four former top-of-the-line manufacturer’s:
Maytag, Jennair, KitchenAid, Amana
none of which are now manufacturered in facilities with work forces that formerly produced the TotL.
Hotpoint is co-owned by Haier, who makes the appliances sold under that name in the U.S. (Whirlpool uses the name in Europe). Hotpoint was formerly made by GE, who had shelled it out decades before, thanks to world-class management. It came to Whirlpool via their purchase of Indesit. (Hotpoint made the iso-butane refrigerator that was responsible for dozens of deaths in a high-rise fire in London a few years ago.)
Whirlpool also owns Roper, beloved by apartment dwellers for decades. /sarc
Whirlpool has no idea how to differentiate their high-end brands, and features “leak” between them willy-nilly. To make matters worse, they tried for a while to establish a Whirlpool Gold brand at the top.
Speed Queen flirted with a mechanical redesign for a few years before reverting.
If you want true “high-efficiency”, re-direct your rinse water to a gray water system and irrigate your lawn.
As to what to buy today, your best bet is to go to a local appliance store with a good reputation and find a salesman that knows the biz.
It’s also worthwhile to read Wirecutter reviews:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-washer-and-dryer/
Note that LG is recommended despite being recognized for truly sucky customer service. Given the LG refrigerator debacle, I’d buy a property with a good stream and find a rock first.
That NYT article about laundry equipment links to the straight skinny on Speed Queen at:
Speed Queen Review
The washer of old top loader gets a full breakdown description somewhat down the article.
Years back we had a Roper washer and dryer. This was pre-Whirlpool. Made in the USA and zero electronics. Both ran for a number of years with no problems. Left them with the house when we sold it, wife wanted something new. SWMBO
That nyt article was an interesting read.
I wonder if their tests include oily stains? I got terrible oil spotting on our HE front loader. None with the SQ. My clothes smell better than the HE, and I use only unscented, no whitener, detergent. My clothes get clean, and I’ve got all kinds of stuff on them, including motor, machine, and cooking oil, regular dirt, black dirt from tires, brake pad residue, sharpie marker, paint….
I also load the SQ fully most of the time. The agitator moves all the clothes and gets them all wet all the way thru, something the HE didn’t always do.
There is the stink problem with the front loaders too.
The dealer told my wife, and the manual confirmed it, not to use the eco mode for normal washing. Dealer told her it was only there to meet standards, and they didn’t recommend actually using it.
The top loaders let you soak the clothes before washing too.
n
HATED the Duet. Love the SQ.
If you want true “high-efficiency”, re-direct your rinse water to a gray water system and irrigate your lawn.
I run my gray water system every couple of nights, turns on automatically at midnight when the 1,750 gallon finishing tank is half full. Puts almost a thousand gallons of water plus “stuff” plus chlorine salt on the back 3/4 acre. The entire system is my aerobic septic tank. The grass grows real good out there. Trees do not. Some days the grey water stinks but that is way better since I got the entire system pumped last May.
My parents got their Covid Pfizer vaccine booster shots today at Methodist. They got their first shots last December at Methodist. They are both in remission of various stage 4 cancers, Dad since he was 42, Mom since she was 75. They are both in their 80s.
“They are both in their 80s.”
–not much to lose, and a lot to gain. Good for them.
n
“They are both in their 80s.”
–not much to lose, and a lot to gain. Good for them.
It is not an easy call. Lots of younger people are getting Covid and there is no real knowledge of long term effects of the disease. So, no long term info on the disease and no long term info on the effect of the vaxes and I think that the vaxes win as a safer option.