Cold again, and still damp. I could barely walk yesterday morning. And it was blowing to beat the band. Today should be more of the same.
Did my stuff yesterday. Been doing a lot of driving around so I’ve got various audio books in the vehicles to keep me interested and awake. I am finding that I really like it, if I like the reader. In the pickup, Frozen Heat, Richard Castle. Melodrama in the pretend style of pretend author, spun off [or filled in?] from the TV show Castle. Nathan Fillon in the original role, and I keep trying to hear his voice, but the reader does a good job despite not being Fillon. It’s silly, and very much a ‘play within a play, within a play.’ Really liked the show, and I’m enjoying the silly book. It has some easter eggs, like a cop duo named Malcom, and Reynolds and it doesn’t take itself seriously.
In the Expy, Einstein, Walter Isaacson. Well read, it’s a bio of Einstein along with an explanation of his ideas. Very accessible, and I’m learning things.
Also in the Expy, when the kid is in the truck, The Magician’s Nephew, Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis. Produced by Focus on the Family, it’s a dramatization and is fully produced with voice talent, sound effects, etc. I read through the Chronicles many times, but don’t remember this one so it’s fun to hear it. All of the discs in this set are well done, with the exception of a VERY strange vocal acting choice for Aslan. Recommended if you liked the stories.
I ran out of the Louis Lamour stories, but I found some more of the Sherlock Holmes, and I’ve got a couple more of the Richard Castle books too. Audiobooks on CD are cheap on ebay, and I’m really enjoying listening to them, which I really didn’t expect. Beats the snot out of AM talk radio….
I’ve talked to a lot of people this week, during my errands. Most of them thing wuflu is about over, and certainly treating it as a special ongoing disaster is D O N E done. There is a broad awareness of coming hard times. People see the shortages, they feel the pinch of the inflation. Let’s Go Brandon got a return chorus from the group at my hobby club meeting when someone mentioned inflation. There are a lot of retired technical specialists and small business owners in the group, but this is the first year there has been much mention of politics. It’s normally a politely politics free space focused on our common interest. I spent about 10-15 minutes talking to one of the guys about lakehouses, rent houses, and how he’s selling stuff off and getting out of his investments. He figures property is about as high as it’s really likely to go, and interest rates will kill it. I’m kinda inclined to agree. And everyone was talking about supply chain issues and scarcity impacts on construction, repair, and the economy.
Do your own research, draw your own conclusions, but I’m betting on “much worse before it gets better” and while I can’t pick a specific time, “soon” seems about right. Stack all the things. It’s gonna get sporty.
nick
That's what she said!
That's happened to defense attorneys who asked the jury to evaluate the law as well as the facts of the case. I don't know how often it happens: you can find references to "Judge Smith declares mistrial after defense attorney raises possibility of nullification" but not to "Ezekiel Johnson is a free man after his attorney asked the jury to consider whether any gun law was a valid law".
I don't think I've ever heard of jury candidates being held in contempt for mentioning nullification. I've heard of them being threatened with many and dire consequences, but that's all.
If you want to get out of jury slavery, don't say the word "nullification". Instead, say something along the lines of "I don't believe in any drug laws. I wouldn't be able to convict anyone on simple possession charges."
I could write an essay starting from that assertion. Won't bother as there'd be nothing new in it.
It comes down to power without accountability. It's extraordinarily rare for a judge to be punished in any way for their actions in court, even actions which violate the US Constitution on the most casual glimpse.
In the matter of voting, I follow RAH's maxim, "If in doubt, vote against. There may be nothing you want to vote for, but there is sure to be something that you want to vote against."
G.
Amen, brother, amen !
That expresses my sentiment exactly.
Ah, turned off the light at 1am and am awake at 530am.
Last night was rough with Mom. She is having lucidity issues. Any time Dad or I are not with her, she starts getting upset and wants to go home. Yesterday the surgeon said that she cannot go home until the drains he put in her stop flowing. His best estimate was two weeks. She got real quiet.
So she went to pt and I took Dad to a movie. When we came back, she was upset and wanted to go home. He spent two hours explaining to her very slowly that the incision in her leg needed to stop draining first. But she wants to go home and stop being a pain to these people. So then Dad explained to her that he cannot give her the care she needs. It was now 9pm and the hospital asked us to leave, dad had been there since 9am. I stayed until 930pm and then left.
This is going to be a rough two weeks.
Filled up in Victoria on my way back to Port Lavaca last night. These 40 mph headwinds are not good for my gas mileage, only got 17 mpg on that tank. Put in 28 gallons at 3.19 $/us gallon for $86.
We had a preacher at our church from Los Angeles on the first Sunday in January. He could not believe that our gasoline was 2.85 $/us gallon at the time in Sugar Land. He was paying 5.20 $/us gallon in Los Angeles.
The price of crude oil is jumping on rumors of war in Ukraine. If Russia goes in, I expect the crude price to jump from 90 $/us barrel to 150 $ or so.
Ok, I definitely know that I am getting old. The bedroom that I stay in at mom and dad's house has a small bathroom. I remember replacing the toilet with Dad back in 1987 or 1988.
Yesterday I had trouble standing up from the toilet. It is 2 or 3 inches below my knees. My legs are fairly long and getting weak even though I walk a mile or two every day. Good night, when does time slow down ?
I told dad that I am going to buy a tall Vormax toilet and pay a plumber to put it in. He said we can do it. Ha !
Nah, Lynn, go Full Geezer by putting one of those old people rails around the toilet.
Not totally joking. A couple of middle-aged people I know have them either because they have knee or hip problems or because they're afraid of falling.
@Nick. I didn't think about it until I was moving the gear around my foyer this morning, but we have GS cookie booth items which need a new home, including two table cloths, a cash box, letter board, and Girl Scout duffel bag. We even have a yard sign.
I'll also throw in a Square reader if your troop is doing that. The reader was current two years ago.
A kit for selling in front of Walmart, etc.
I know the season is almost over, but if you think a newbie could use the gear next season, I'll put it back in the attic and arrange a meet up over the next few months. Hopefully the new new job has us back on premises at the campus just north of the Austin Goodwill outlet starting in April.
Have a qualified plumber in to do the job.
The home warranty plumber put a hairline crack in our master bath toilet fixing a flow issue, and when the leak started a few months later, we spent a lot of money on the mystery of the water spot which kept appearing in our master closet *10 feet away* not even considering the possibility that the toilet was cracked.
The porcelain is thin on the bathroom fixtures anymore — short cut like everything else.
The previous previous job? No.
After firing me, they realized they were potentially exposed on ADEA and the half-a**ed severance agreement proposal I received later that week was really all about getting me to waive my rights to sue them for the equivalent of a two week's salary.
I passed on the opportunity. I haven’t posted everything I’ve done here, but I did explore all of my options about suing them for age discrimination short of hiring a lawyer. They *did* have to hire a lawyer in response, however, and I’m sure some Pop Tarts were frosted in that place last year.
I’ve wreaked enough havoc in retaliation to the firing and I have stress-related health issues to address caused by that place.
Work the Ford cruise control when you can. My wife's Exploder has the largest V6 civilian engine which was available that model year but I'll squeeze out 28 MPG on long trips setting the speed at just below 70 and keeping it there.
I’ve always believed “Gropey A” was told to fall on his sword by Stretch/Schemer to add to Dumbocrat wokeness. He’s trying to make a comeback, but will fail without PerkinsCoie support.
This is why we will lose our next war:
U.S. Army releases plan to address climate change
Priorities are wrong. Pplugs will probably announce the next main battle tank as the M1(E) all electric battle tank. As a previous correspondent wrote, it will get 2 miles a day after a full charge.
OK, US Army, get back to “kill, crush, destroy, and eat dead babies” if you want to remain the best in the World.
I’m beginning to think the State Departments calls to “get out of Ukraine immediately” were a ruse to let plugs call Putin and double dare him, just to make plugs look strong. McSpongeBrain is the feeblest President evah!
Like I didn’t see this coming:
Robust Covid-19 Booster Protection Wanes After Four Months, CDC Says
Soon it will be monthly boosters. Somebody is getting very, very, rich.
I also listen to audiobooks in the car. There are a lot of good old stories (from public domain books) on librivox.org. They use volunteer readers, and some are better than others, so that's kind of a crapshoot. The other thing that you have to get used to is that they do each chapter as an individual file, with intro and end statements, so it's not read as a continuous book.
If you can get around those two things, though, the selection is wide and varied and includes a lot of classic books from the old days – H. Rider Haggard, Alexander Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rafael Sabatini, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and plenty more. All are free for downloading. I have an old iPhone 3GS that I load them on to and connect to the car via Bluetooth.
Yeah:
US State Department requires Americans fleeing Ukraine to show proof of vaccination to enter Poland despite Poland not requiring proof of vaccination for travelers
How serious can plugs be on getting our own Citizens out of the Ukraine.
Nonsense. If he were feeble, he'd have fallen down the stairs. Falling up the stairs is a sign of strength. Falling up the stairs three times in a row? Strongest President evah!
"U.S. Army releases plan to address climate change"
The extent of the U.S. Army's plans to address climate change should be on the order of "don't set off too many megatons in one place just in case nuclear winter is not entirely discredited propaganda".
Comeback? Where? Klobuchar and Smith aren't going anywhere, and MN isn't up this year for Senate.
The Paramount in Downtown Austin has hosted a bunch of Prog "entertainment" since reopening. Maybe he's looking to jump on that circuit.
Not as rich as they will be with an AIDS vaccine (Moderna) or "Super" Flu shot (Pfizer).
Eliminate meaningful control among the general population and approval for new mRNA-based jabs will be easy.
Not totally joking. A couple of middle-aged people I know have them either because they have knee or hip problems or because they're afraid of falling.
— yeah, just do it. Or get the temp ones and have them appear before they get done in the hospital. Do it in their bath too. My mom fell getting off the toilet and broke her shoulder, at 4am. Couldn't stand, ended up crawling to the living room after a couple hours of effort, and finally getting to her phone. Neighbors got her to the hospital. She's still recovering. Don't F around with this if you think there's a chance. Just have it a fait accompli when they get home. They may curse you for it, but if they use the handles it could save their life.
n
Taxes are done and filed. Small refund for fed and a $26 refund from the state. Had to pay Turbotax $20 to file electronically for the state, so a net of $6. Rich, I am. I thought about mailing the state return, but I don't trust the post office to deliver anything important.
Agreed. Heck, We are contemplating at least a partial redo of our master bath. If we do it, I want a barrier free shower. I would also put in additional blocking for hand rails for later.
The audible books are a blessing.
Starting the Aubrey/Maturin series again, listening to Master & Commander on the six hour drive up to visit my brother.
46F upon my rising this fine morn, increasing to 52F in the last half hour as the fusion fire in the sky irradiates us with its nuclear fire….
Speaking of grandparents, IDK if this is just something from the socials or everyone knows, but…
My mom and dad collected post cards from all their trips on the theory that the post card would have a better picture on it than they could get. Mom has found the box with the cards and is sending one a week to eldest daughter with the back filled in to explain when they took the trip, where, and what they saw or did. Daughter is supposed to write back but is less diligent. It's neat to get the card in the mail every week and it shares some of the storied directly to the next generation.
n
I'm guessing bored adjunct faculty, no hope of getting out from under the student loans without forgiveness, and forgiveness won't happen for a generation without a Jesus candidate and lots of election antics in 2024.
Yow! That's not a medium roast, that's a dark roast.
@greg, thanks for the offer of the booth, cookie mom is well set up and says "Thanks!" but un-needed.
Cookie season started yesterday here. 1st day of 'legit' sales.
n
@lynn, make sure dad knows that he can call out to his phone and say "siri, call 911 on speakerphone" and it will do so, even if he can't be near the phone. Might have saved my mom 2 terrifying hours of thinking she'd die on the floor and no one would know. (sibling got her an alexa or similar now in lieu of a dedicated call button.)
n
WRT novels, and I just finished another Jack Reacher, "BETTER OFF DEAD". As a member of my local Huntington Beach Public Library, I can download the ebooks to my PC, Samsung phone or my Samsung tablet and read them at no charge. I have downloaded the cloudLibrary app to access, download, read and return them, Another great thing is although I usually read at home on my tablet, when away and leaving my tablet at home, I can then read them from the app on my phone and it syncs right to the the page where I left off on my tablet, and then back home it syncs my tablet right to where I left on my phone. I haven't tried it, but many of the books are also from the library in audio versions.
Austin GS district (council?) has been selling cookies for a couple of weeks.
Picking up my daughter at a school event yesterday evening, I spotted an actual 2022 Ford Bronco in the wild leaving the parking lot, dealer frame from a local place.
No, I'm sure it wasn't a Hecho en Mexico Bronco "Sport". The vehicle was much bigger.
Gotta wonder what the markup was on that.
Usually, the school has a lot of Teslas and German grocery getters. Another recent common type has been new Toyota Siennas with CA plates kept long after the kids were enrolled in school.
They make a couple different kinds of toilet bars that are easy to install. Paul had the ones that attach by bolts under the toilet seat for a long time. They are very reliable, just have to have the bolts tightened occasionally. Got it at Walmart.
A couple years ago, I bought him the free-standing one that is u-shaped: it simply stands in front of/against the toilet and goes around the sides. The only thing is, I usually keep a foot on one side to be sure it doesn't tilt when he takes a hand off to transfer it to the walker (and thence from the walker to the wheelchair). And, it”s not adjustable so the height is not optimum for a tall person.
It is useful for getting up and down from any chair. I wanted it for traveling. We always ask for a ground-floor wheelchair room, but a lot of hotels only have a couple so sometimes we have to make do with "accessible".
There are a LOT of great options, and Walmart.com is a good source. We even bought Paul a new walker this year from there – it is wider and sturdier – and can be made taller – than the ones available from our local medical equipment companies.
I had a new, tall toilet put into our guest bath this year, and was surprised how inexpensive they are… less than $100 and includes all the parts. My grandson installed it for us.
Nah, Lynn, go Full Geezer by putting one of those old people rails around the toilet.
Not totally joking. A couple of middle-aged people I know have them either because they have knee or hip problems or because they’re afraid of falling.
https://www.vivehealth.com/products/toilet-safety-rail
I bought one of those for my mother ten years ago when she started having problems. They are freaking excellent. I will buy one and bring it down to my parents house next time. In fact, I have been thinking about installing a pair of those in my office building bathrooms.
The local Ford dealer here has kept two Broncos in stock for test drives. One v6/auto and one 4cyl/6 speed manual. I drove the manual. For a truck, I thought it was fine. I would only own one as a spare/fun vehicle. It is definitely a big vehicle. Lots of wind noise too – after all it is a big box plowing through the air. The one I drove didn’t have the hard top though. I wonder how much of a difference that would make in the noise level. I’ll stick to cars for my daily needs.
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They may curse you for it, but if they use the handles it could save their life.
Agreed. Heck, We are contemplating at least a partial redo of our master bath. If we do it, I want a barrier free shower. I would also put in additional blocking for hand rails for later.
Put the grab bars in with the other changes. Whoever lives in your house in ten years will thank you. It could be you. When you need the grab bars, you need them NOW.
If I ever build a house, I am going to build the entire house ADA. It is just too painful to convert it later.
Our last house had 18 inch wide doorways into the middle bathroom. My brother in law was having to pull his walker up to get in the bathroom.
The audible books are a blessing.
Starting the Aubrey/Maturin series again, listening to Master & Commander on the six hour drive up to visit my brother.
I like the John Grisham audibles and the Jack Ryan / Tom Clancy audibles. I love the Jack Higgins / Sean Dillon audibles.
That's the one we have now. So excellent. And they can be moved for cleaning.
Transitory.
82% of Americans are now paying above sticker price for dealership cars, with sellers blaming Biden's inflation and supply shortages – sparking threats from GM and Ford to withhold popular cars like the F-150
Not actually kicked off for nut allergy.
British 'intersectional feminist', 26, who suffers a severe allergy says she was kicked off American Airlines flight from Heathrow to JFK because she demanded entire plane had to be nut free
— the sense of entitlement is sure strong with this one.
n
I’m guessing Subaru.
The DailyFail article — article? essay? vomit splatter? — referred to the confrontation and ejection as her "ordeal". It probably was, but not for her.
I'm sure someone got at least part of it on video. I'm sure it would be fascinating to compare the recording to her claims.
Anyway, I'm sure that my view comes as no surprise to anyone here: If she's so defective that a whiff of peanut in the air might kill her, then the species does not need her and her inferior genes. Go hide in isolation or die, doesn't matter to me so long as you don't make a nuisance of yourself, ok, chica?
Was it unethical when dealers had to sell below MSRP or offer freebies in order to make a sale?If not, why not? Is it possible that the makers define 'ethical' as 'good for us'?
NaN is using TunnelBear VPN to appear like he's coming out of Columbia. They are such a small shop apparently that they only have a few IP addresses in each country, all from the same xxx.xxx.xxx.254 so far. That despite their claims of "millions of people" using them. And they are based out of Canada and have a floating BLM logo tag…
The use of "adorable" is particularly nice, with the condescending tone, and femininization. Do they have a training manual? Or is it self taught?
as an aside, F google and their wokeness. When I double checked the spelling of 'femininization' because FFox spellchecker doesn't like it, google didn't send me to the definition, it "corrected" it to a term for the process by which mentally ill people who suffer from body dismorphia surgically and chemically alter the appearance of their male bodies to look more female.
n
This house had 24 inch doors into the bathrooms. What the actual F?
For Mom to use the hall bath she would have to scoot sideways to get into the bathroom with her walker.
When we re-did the bathroom, uh, yeah, that's a load bearing wall. But we can tear out a good chuck of wall in the hallway to make the door wider. Pass.
The hall bath does have the wood in the wall for grab rails in the shower. The problem was having a grab rail, sticks out four inches or so from the wall, makes the shower stall that replaced the tub very cramped. We didn’t install the grab bars.
When we did the master bath, it was to the studs. Much of the closet went away. The door moved which made a corner for furniture in the bedroom. Anyway, 30 or 32 inch wide doors. Into the bedroom, into the bathroom, and out the door onto the side deck.
Not exactly wheel chair width but plenty for walkers.
We intend to see how our evil plans work.
" she demanded entire plane had to be nut free"
Putting aside (at least for now) the obvious off-color jokes, there are a lot of folks that bring their own snacks containing tree nuts [cough].
I suppose, being the sensitive new-age kind of person that I am, that I would be willing to forgo consumption of such after personally examining verified proof of such "severe allergy".
Since I bought a ticket which did not include extraordinary limits on my snack consumption, I would expect to be suitably compensated by the airline.
The airlines could co-operate and offer, say, one flight per day between major hubs that would be tree-nut free, just for these people with "severe allergies". They'd have to specially clean each plane–never know where someone dropped a peanut. Probably have to develop a new HETNA (High Efficiency Tree Nut Air) vacuum to do the job. Doubtless have to have a specially trained allergist on each flight, too. Reasonable upcharge on the tickets to reflect added costs, say, 10X?
Or maybe not.
Next thing they'd demand pet-hair free flights, perfume-free flights, vegan flights, and all manner of nonsense.
Spandex-free, tho….
"I’m guessing Subaru."
Bonus points if it's a used one with pink license plate holder.
If you declare a nut-free flight, I'm afraid she wouldn't be allowed on…
Might be a Tor gateway also on the VPN endpoint.
Columbia or Colombia?
If the latter, why the paranoia? I don't care, and I seem to be the target. I don’t have access to the IP data, and am not interested enough to ask.
Don't electrons pushed through Columbian servers retain trace amounts of 1αH,5αH-Tropane-2β-carboxylic acid, 3β-hydroxy-, methyl ester, benzoate (ester)?
@RickH, can you put a filter on that?
You can block access to the entire site by IP address via htaccess. Or you can put comments in moderation if they use specific word or phrases. But it's easy enough to change your IP address, and (in both case) hard to keep up with the changes. Sort of like Whack-A-Mole.
But, not worth the effort, IMHO. If you don't like a particular person's comments, just skip the comment and move on. (So I hear … not that I've ever done that around here….)
Blocking a particular user – not worth the effort. And not something I have time (or inclination) to do.
I had to mail a letter today. The key to the house, to the realtor dude.
Buddy KNEW I was going somewhere.
It was cool enough to try the heated seats. They function. Perhaps as intended. The switch options are High and Low. If there some thermostat involved, no clue.
Perhaps I need to use them more than the time it takes me to dawdle from my house to the Post Office. On a much colder day. Perhaps 50F isn't the target temp for heated seats. Perhaps I need to be wearing something more than sweatpants, perhaps Levi's.
However, the seat's heating works with all of the perhaps, I have a skinny butt. I'm sorry, I just can't drink enough beer to fatten up as seen on TV. It's not exactly for lack of trying.
I, for some reason, thought heated seats heated somewhat in the pattern of the cushions sold for folks with hemorrhoids. Or like U shaped toilet seats. I mean, when my butt is cold, it's the outer side of my upper thighs. …. Sort of with me here?
My butt cheeks didn't get very warm and I turned the heat off before the secret feature Vibrate Mode engaged. The potential Aroma Therapy feature was feeling very weird.
I didn't notice any heat in the seat back. I don't know if that is a thing. But I think that would be nice.
I can see how a dog, say, a beagle, a very clingy beagle, currently snoring like a very fat man, would like a heated seat. Buddy sure likes the electric blanket on the bed.
My Subie is the preferred lesbian Forest Green. I don't wear flannel shirts, though.
NaN using a VPN to come here is definite sign of ProgLibTurd fcuktard. Do we generate that much anti-wokism on this site that the libs need to troll? Probably the same guy as before.
Flannel in Texas is not a thing.
I have a *severe* peanut allergy, but I could sit right next to someone eating them all day and not get as much as a sniffle. As long as I don't touch the peanuts directly or eat them myself, I'm fine.
I charged my iPad Pro from 50% to 100% on my RockPals 100W foldable solar panel. It has a built in solar controller. I didn't time it, but left it out from around 11am.
I came back from Vegas several hundred dollars richer from bingo. So how to spend it? LOL I bought the 200W Rockpals panel. Next up is finding a controller I can hook to all four of my Jackery panels. They have a proprietary connector to the panel that ends in an 8mm plug. No built in controller, so they only can charge a *generator* with 8mm input and built in regulation. The Jackery 2000 also has a proprietary input, so you get two dongles that each take two 8mm inputs, covert to the non regular input. The 2000 has two inputs for solar, 12V, and AC.
I miss Southwest's honey roasted peanuts. "Yes, I'll have some peanuts. Six bags, please." Wokeism.
Does it have a custom Birkenstocks license plate frame?
I'm wearing one now.
Back when I worked in New Jersey right after I got out of the Army, a coworker who'd lived his whole life in NYC before moving to NJ so he could get a big, low-cost apartment was astonished by an ad for flannel shirts. "You mean people really wear those things???"
You fly out of San Antonio, where a Socialist has been mayor for almost eight years.
Fly out of Tampa. LSG puts the honey roasted peanuts on the SWA flights out of that airport. I have two bags around from our last trip to Florida.
I'm the favorite target of the individual in question. I don't care.
Maybe it is management or Senior development 'talent' from the previous previous job.
Rennaissance faire (remember to spell it with an 'e' … like foole) season begins in McDade in a couple of weeks so the 'talent' will be occupied through the end of April.
Re: heated seats….
I have them in the 2019 Highlander XLE. Excellent to have here in the Olympic Peninsula (somewhere opposite Mutiny Bay WA).
It was 28F this morning at 7:45 am. I keep it in an unheated (but insulated) garage, but the seats were still cold. The seat warmer also warms up the lower part of the seat back (I think). There is a small dial to adjust temperature just a bit. I put it full blast at first, then dial back to minimum. Was nice to have this morning…and all the other times. Gets used often around here.
I bring my own snacks, most of them repackaged for size and convenience in Ziploc® bags. In 2003 I was on a flight from DCA to MEM, and after receiving a very small package of pretzel sticks as my official in-flight snack, I got out a small bag of some well-crumbled beef jerky. I offered some to my neighbor, but he declined.
He kept watching me very closely, and when I swallowed, his eyes went very wide. Puzzled, I asked him, "What's the matter?"
It turned out, he thought the beef jerky was chewing tobacco. At first he was scared I was going to spit, and then when he saw me swallow he expected me to throw up.
The memory still makes me laugh.
@RickH
I meant a filter for the funky carboxylic acid-contaminated electrons.
Regret bad chemistry joke.
>> Couldn't stand, ended up crawling to the living room after a couple hours of effort, and finally getting to her phone.
Good reason to always keep your phone (and gub) on your person at all times, indoors and outdoors.
Back in the days when I was still willing to fly (which roughly corresponds to pre-TSA) I'd always bring snacks and a quart of water. The snacks always included a two-pound bag of M&Ms. (Hey, I have a ferocious metabolism and like chocolate. Sue me.) One flight was stuck on the runway for most of an hour; don't recall why. That flight had a lot of children. (With parents; it wasn't a refugee flight.) I saved the day by doling out M&Ms to the couple dozen kids near me: If you draw or play your game or talk quietly for another five minutes you can have a few more M&Ms.
What! What do we pay you for?
@StevF
Twenty years ago my rule of thumb was always minimum two meals worth of calories. Minimum two cans of Pringles (yeah, sue me), bag of Hunter Mix (Sams Club), and a box of granola bars. Usually salted nut rolls, Peanut M&M's, and crackers.
Pringles were 7-oz when they came out. Now the regular size is 5.5 +/- with plenty of headspace. I would open three cans and fill two to the top.
In those days my TiBook and accessories contributed 7-lbs. Big briefcase with plenty of nooks and crannies.
The check's in the mail?
Tyler Durden cowardice reporting avocado toast is on the brink …
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/usda-suspend-mexican-avocado-imports-ahead-super-bowl
Missing from the story is that factoid that Lovie Smith replaced Morris as head coach at the Yucs, making Smith the third African American coach in Tampa in 10 years.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/tampa-bay-buccaneers/os-sp-raheem-morris-bucs-rams-coaching-super-bowl-0214-20220213-7bgwztijpzdbjmqpzdzexbkqze-story.html
Of course, the NFL beat reporters lean left, and the newspaper is the Tribune-owned hometown fishwrapper of Orlando, a city in posession of what is arguably an NFL quality venue but without an NFL team or any prayer of acquiring one.
On July 10, 1989 A DC-10 operating as flight United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine.
The crew contacted United maintenance personnel via radio, but were told that, as a total loss of hydraulics on the DC-10 was considered "virtually impossible", no procedures were established for such an event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232
note: I'd recommend reading sections 1 through 4 for background, then watching the video before reading the rest.
The Crash of United Airlines Flight 232 – July 19, 1989 – Al Haynes
3,357 views Nov 20, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovkgV2_t9uc
Captain Hayes passed in August 2019.
I don't know the history of this video. It may have been posted before*. The date on this one is more than two months ago. It should go viral. It shows the best of all of us. It could replace any semester of "woke" bullpucky in any school and the students would benefit.
If you haven't seen this, please consider watching it and sharing the link with others. (See comment in #2 below)
*I did a bit of research. See "External Links" at the bottom of the wiki article.
1) Captain Haynes gave a talk at NASA Dryden in 1991. The transcript is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20131026210937/http://yarchive.net/air/airliners/dc10_sioux_city.html
2) There was video of that talk posted on YouTube. The link contains only the information that KTIV (Sioux City, Iowa) made a copyright claim and the video was taken down. Inasmuch as the current video contains footage that is likely from the same source, it may be vulnerable to the same claim. Don't delay in watching it if you are interested.
I was there for that. Remarkable story.
Re Flight 232 Another YouTube video is a high production value re-enactment with survivors’ accounts, including the Captain and a deadhead pilot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4tFVfG0t8w
“Air Crash Investigations” has lots of episodes on YouTube. Total hydraulic failure is pretty much a death sentence. There was a horrific Japanese 747 crash and some other widebody cargo flight leaving Iraq hit by a shoulder launched missile where the 3 crew managed to land successfully.
500 server error and workaround…
Flyin’ that plane
High on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed.
The half time show was all rap, (crap). There was not one white person in the entire show. Maybe the NAAWP should sue. The commercials mostly suck, boring or too “woke”. Local boy, Tee Higgins who played for Oak Ridge and is now a receiver for Cincinnati so lots of local interest. Here is a clue, everyone playing is from somewhere.
Interesting note in the wiki article about UA Flight 232, re conversations here recently:
"ATC also advised that a four-lane Interstate highway ran north and south just east of the airport, which they could land on if they did not think they could make the runway. Captain Haynes replied that they were passing over the interstate at that time and they would try for the runway instead. "
There is a game tonight?
Brady and Roethlisberger have the best selling NFL jerseys right now, and they both retired last week.
Pittsburgh vs. Tampa would have been a better Superbowl in terms of stories.
Next year is a cap year so the games will suck.
That's the crash that led to the total change in cockpit management, with a new emphasis on "someone has to fly the plane, while the OTHERS solve the issue" right? No time to watch atm.
Good reason to always keep your phone (and gub) on your person at all times, indoors and outdoors.
— 2am, awakened by the sudden and intense need to get to the toilet RIGHT THE F NOW!! not gonna grab the phone or the LifeAlert push button. The Alexa thing is a good compromise.
WRT trolling, noted comments, 6 in total, from six IPs in the same network segment. If I was a .gov I would have a street address by now, TOR or not (since TOR is a CIA front anyway, right?) —- but any response would be predicated on CARING, which I do not. I don't mind contrary views, I do like them to be more than a driveby statement, and genuine.
Anything in the form of a generic "citation needed" with no further contribution is unwelcome, and will probably lead to even more compelling discussion of toilet grab bars.*
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*which is in fact an excellent prepper topic. <– and seriously? FFox spell check chokes on 'prepper'? There was a whole TV show ffs.
There's some sort of sportsball on the TV, but I'm even more disengaged than usual. Several clumps of additional cars parked on the street and vague cheering or jeering in the distance…
From a purely situational awareness POV, I did consider it when thinking about dinner downtown with my visiting sibling, with the idea that any bar or restaurant would be crowded and ordering takeout would probably have long delays. And taking the always good advice to avoid crowds, we decided to meet for dinner some other time.
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re conversations here recently
—- hang on a minute… that implies people are reading this site… can't have that!
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Houston doesn't care about the NFL or else ownership never would have been able to hire Lovie Smith.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10509167/ELEVEN-people-stabbed-knife-wielding-BMX-rider-spate-random-attacks-Albuquerque.html
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FIFY
Work the Ford cruise control when you can. My wife's Exploder has the largest V6 civilian engine which was available that model year but I'll squeeze out 28 MPG on long trips setting the speed at just below 70 and keeping it there.
I drive my truck like I stole it !
Except when I don't.
@lynn, make sure dad knows that he can call out to his phone and say "siri, call 911 on speakerphone" and it will do so, even if he can't be near the phone. Might have saved my mom 2 terrifying hours of thinking she'd die on the floor and no one would know. (sibling got her an alexa or similar now in lieu of a dedicated call button.)
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Dad has at least one Alexa in every room in the house. Alexa knows how to dial 911, etc. Mom knows how to use Alexa but dislikes her severely.
I have an Alexa in in my bedroom at Mom and Dad's house. I turn her off every time I visit and back on when I leave.
I am guessing used Prius. 125K miles with the battery warning light on.
Oh no, I have a "drive pink" license plate holder on my truck on the back bumper. My wife is a 17 year breast cancer survivor this month. She will be 64 next month.
Stage 2b was where things got real in a hurry. Several of the fixes have life long repercussions.
Ah, it’s coming into focus. The team here needs a “safe space” free from criticism. Got it.
Are we a team ? Why wasn't I told ? What if I don't play well in a team ?
Do we have a team logo ? What is our team name ? Do we have a team song ? What are our team colors ? Where is our favorite beer joint ?
Does the team have to watch The Twilight Zone ? I hate The Twilight Zone. Except that episode where the guy in the alien suit is ripping the wing off the plane.
Does the team have to fly anywhere ? I don’t like to fly anymore. Can I drive there ? Are there any snacks on the plane ? Like, peanuts ? Can I bring peanuts on the plane ? Should I share my peanuts ?
>> The team here needs a “safe space” free from criticism shit-flinging retards. Got it.
FIFY
Age-old truth – resist the urge to feed 'em.
Borrowing from the former Redskins, we're just "The Team."
Borrowing from Groucho, we don't want to be on a team that wants us to be on it.
@Greg is in charge of the snacks – I think he gets them at Buc-ee's.
My mother was doing much better on Sunday. Maybe more of the anesthesia flushed out of her system overnight. Two surgeries with general anesthesia on Tuesday and Thursday would be tough on anyone. She had a good physical therapy session where she walked 16 steps with her walker and the pt nurse.
>> The team here needs a “safe space” free from criticism s***-flinging retards. Got it.
FIFY
Age-old truth – resist the urge to feed 'em.
I know, I know. But it is so much fun to throw peanuts at them.
@lynn
Glad to hear your mom was a bit better today. Really hope it was the anesthesia tripping her up and that you’ll see continued improvement.
Rabbits. I flung a lot of poo yesterday. Mucked out the rabbit dung / hay. My buck has been alarm thumping and stressing. I juggled everybody around and put him into one of my large kindling cages. I didn’t witness any alarm thumping tonight and he was stretched out and more relaxed than usual. Moved around some of the electrical stuff. I’ve got four Wyze cams, four Wyze outdoor outlets, two overhead lights, three nest box warmers, a pump, a tank de-icer, and a fan. It’s a lot. The nest box warmers use around one kWh per day, the deicer perhaps five kWh per day. The overhead lights another kWh. Energy usage is higher on a very cold day. I pay $0.195/kWh. The electric dependent items significantly reduce the effort to run our modest rabbitry. Given how little it costs to run the nest box warmers, I’m seriously considering placing one in every cage, perhaps in a cardboard box. That would significantly reduce the straw I use. I pay $22-$28/bale of straw, depending on the cold it lasts 4-6 weeks. A warmer for each rabbit would cost about the same as straw, and save me a great deal of labor. Something to consider, anyway.
The kits are still nursing. They’ll be fully weaned next week. I’m handling them daily, calm rabbits grow faster. The does that were due to kindle this week didn’t produce. My better doe lost her litter, other doe was not in fact pregnant or absorbed her litter. I rebred two of my three does. The pregnant-not pregnant doe may go in the freezer. She’s getting older, and is nothing special genetically. She’s been hit or miss in the past for litters.
Lots of snow on the ground. Heavy wet stuff. Good for snowmen. Our days are pleasantly full of daylight again.temps near 30f all week. I need to clear a bit of snow off the garage roof again. And clear the driveway and back steps. We are inching towards spring and all the spring chores. It’ll be upon us in the blink of an eye.
Skipped the festivities today. Took kiddo to see a movie and ate popcorn instead.
Team. Do I get a jersey? Will there be “trust exercises” (please, no)? Must I spend time in a penalty box if I bore you all with my endless nattering about rabbits and chickens and the asinine local politics up here? And is it team like sports or team like company? So many questions.
She had a good physical therapy session where she walked 16 steps with her walker and the pt nurse.
— baby steps are still steps, it's great news that she's more present, and working hard at it. I feel for you Lynn.
nattering about rabbits and chickens
— @jenny, you are walking the walk and discovering that there is more to it that it looks. Which is really awesome. Please keep sharing. I shouldn't be surprised by the amount of work or the subtlety, but I am.
GO TEAM!
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