Wet and cool, hopefully not actually raining. Yesterday changed to misty drizzle just about the time I got half the stuff out of my storage unit.
That was my big goal for the day, get some stuff organized, and shelves built, and find some stuff for the next auction drop off. So despite the overcast, I got started. And got rained on. Well, misted on. I got most of it back inside just before the actual rain started. I did find some stuff I’d forgotten about, and some stuff for the BOL.
Today I’m hoping to go back over to storage, take some stuff over there, and take some stuff to my auctioneer. If it’s wet, I’d still like to take what I’ve got to the auction. If it’s crazy wet, I’ve got stuff to do here. There is always stuff to do. I can do a couple of pickups too, even if it’s raining.
Something will probably mess up my plans…
Because that’s the way it works. But I’ll still be stacking. Join me, won’t you?
n
Well, that’s it, then. To the reeducation camp with you. You can’t be allowed to go against the orthodoxy like that.
The Dems haven’t run a serious candidate for Governor against Abbott in three tries.
Right now, the utility companies need to keep the lights on until they get their bailout from the Texas Legislature this Spring.
The insurance companies know what’s coming with the next February 2021-type freeze. Investigating my recent homeowners policy back door cancellation, the problem came down to the agency in Dallas and carrier in … Tennessee … not picking up the phone when the mortgage company called for renewal information.
72F and saturated again. No actual rain at the moment. Bacon is cooked, get out of bed announcements have been made, no movement though. People that aren’t me better get their butts moving.
n
One trick I used while on the ranch in southern Oregon was to wear panty hose. It would rain a lot, not a downpour, just a constant drizzle, where I lived during the winter months. It was still necessary to get out and do work. Being wet was a constant problem. Rain coat for the torso but rain pants were miserable so not used. Sitting on a tractor was even worse on the legs.
The panty hose provided a very small separation from the wet clothes and the skin. They also trapped a thin layer of air which helped with insulation. Of course, I could never admit wearing such to anyone in school.
The only difficult part was having to pee. The panty hose was not designed for men and taking a leak in the cold required some exposure of sensitive body parts to the elements. An occasional moon in the middle of the day was not uncommon.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531659/Liar-ex-superintendent-notoriously-woke-Virginia-school-district-Loudoun-County-INDICTED.html
If there is justice in the world, this guy will be raped in a bathroom in prison.
n
If you’re considering Lego arbitrage:
https://thetoyzone.com/the-countries-that-pay-the-most-and-least-for-lego?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#LEGO_Medium_Creative_Brick_Box_Prices_Around_the_World
If there is justice in the world, this guy will be gang raped in a bathroom in prison.“
FIFY
Looks like “Sticky” Brinton got fired. Can’t wait for the spokes-idiot getting grilled by Doocy on it.
Next time she comes down to Orange County, we can work out together.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11533301/Families-turn-expired-food-beat-sky-high-inflation.html
—I guess it’s a good thing that the Bidden White House says inflation is over. Wouldn’t want people going hungry.
n
Seriously though, I’ve been saying this for years… as have others in the prepping community. I routinely eat food WELL past the date and I usually share if I find something that isn’t ok to provide a data point.
n
the last line in the article has this, apropos to earlier discussion here.
– I can’t actually remember a time when there wasn’t someone banging a drum about prescription drug costs, and I wonder if the “gun violence” question should have been phrased as concern about lawlessness and personal safety rather than a democrat talking point.
n
Ha ha!
Ah, right, the suit in question is ‘the ghey’. Terrified of children and religion, because he knows what his lifestyle is really about. Probably has used the derogatory “breeders” to refer to normal people too.
Interesting couple of sentences in the article about tracking slurs, placing advertising, and amplifying tweets….
n
Geez. The DM is hawking the “historic nuclear fusion breakthrough” like we will all have a “Mr. Fusion” by Christmas. It’s just around the corner, you know.
>> I guess it’s a good thing that the Bidden White House says inflation is over.
See, see, it was transitory after all 😉
The specialized hardware I’m currently testing on has a power draw of 4200W sitting idle. From the outside, it doesn’t look any different from the rest of our PC-type server boxes, however.
Dude, that is an electric bill of $14/day. Does that server have about a half dozen Xeons in it with 28 cores in each one ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon
The Dems haven’t run a serious candidate for Governor against Abbott in three tries.
Right now, the utility companies need to keep the lights on until they get their bailout from the Texas Legislature this Spring.
The insurance companies know what’s coming with the next February 2021-type freeze. Investigating my recent homeowners policy back door cancellation, the problem came down to the agency in Dallas and carrier in … Tennessee … not picking up the phone when the mortgage company called for renewal information.
The dumbrocrats have nobody on the bench. That is why they are desperately running Bozo against anybody. Bozo IS their serious candidate.
The utility companies got their bailout last year after the big freeze. The Texas Railroad Commission sold billions in bonds and gave the proceeds to the natural gas utilities. The electric meter guys all got to raise their T&D (transmission and distribution) charge by 25% to 40%.
My insurance agent called me Friday and told me to get ready. Last year’s insurance bill on the commercial office property was over $9,000. He told me that this years bill is going over $10,000.
“Cloud Computing Provider Rackspace Hit by Ransomware Attack”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/cloud-computing-provider-rackspace-hit-by-ransomware-attack
“The company warns the attack might result in a $30 million loss in revenue.”
“The attack ensnared Rackspace’s Hosted Exchange business, which operates email services for clients. The company noticed suspicious activity in Rackspace’s internal systems on Friday, which sparked an ongoing outage at the Hosted Exchange Business.”
That is not good.
Christmas 2042, that is.
“Oil wells are creeping into Texas cities”
https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/oil-wells-texas-cities-17648100.php
It ain’t just Texas. There are fake warehouses in Los Angeles with pumpjacks in them.
As our goobermint sits idly by doing nothing.
The alligator is sunning himself on the bank on the back pond this morning with the turtles again. I find it hilarious.
Little carnivores hanging with a big carnivore. Even though the gator is just four feet long.
“FY 2022 Deficit Totals $1.4 Trillion”
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/fy-2022-deficit-totals-14-trillion
“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its final monthly budget review of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which shows that the budget deficit totaled $1.4 trillion in FY 2022 and $431 billion in September.”
Hat tip to and the Drudge Report:
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/budget-watchdog-group-warns-congress-against-new-deficit-spending-year
You know, one of the things NOT in my bucket list is living through a failure of the USA Dollar. Or, hyperinflation for a few years.
“Pete Buttigieg Often Flies on Taxpayer-Funded Private Jets While Telling Americans to Make Sacrifices in the Name of Climate Change”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/pete-buttigieg-often-flies-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-telling-americans-make-sacrifices-name-climate-change/
Adding name to my guillotine list. Wait, it is already there.
“DOE hails fusion technology breakthrough on path to achieving abundant zero-carbon energy”
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-hails-fusion-technology-breakthrough-on-path-to-achieving-abundant-zero/638585/
“Commercializing fusion ignition will probably take decades, Budil said. “Not six decades I don’t think. Not five decades, which we used to say,” she said. “I think it’s moving into the foreground and probably with concerted effort and investment a few decades of research on the underlying technologies could put us in a position to build a power plant.””
And we have 20 years plus 20 years plus some.
Mayor Pete is Deep State. I have no doubt that Pete and Chastain have been out to visit at One Observatory Circle to measure for drapes.
Once the hyperinflation hits, dollars-in-a-wheelbarrow will be on the list.
In recognition of the Bidenflation, we should print up $1,000,000 bills will Gropey Joe’s imbecilic face and “I Did That!” instead of “In God We Trust”.
It is 79ºF in San Antonio.
Global Warming Is Real!
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing plant in Dallas used to have “joke” Republic of Texas currency hanging on the wall of the gift shop behind the register. Bush family portraits – Shrub and “41’s” faces on … $20 and $100, respectively … ?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the artists had mocked up a set featuring Plugs and Hunter.
And Beau … Beau … Beau … The war hero … who died in Iraq.
“It is 79ºF in San Antonio.”
Ha ! When it is 15 F on Christmas Day, you will be looking fondly back on that 79 F.
https://spacecityweather.com/temperatures-are-going-to-plummet-before-christmas-the-question-is-how-low-they-will-go/
It is -75 F in Siberia.
This:
John Hayward delves into the Left’s escalating campaign to undermine parents at kids’ expense
More and more, the PLTs are emboldened and are posting exactly what this article says to SM. They aren’t hiding it anymore because the war is almost over. Hey, who doesn’t want their grade school kids passing around dildos and butt plugs? Their use explained by crossing dressing fags.
>> Christmas 2042, that is.
Hey, come on now, this is gonna take some time ya know, Tony is has a lot going on right now.
Hmm, let me go check if http://www.fusionx.com is available…
>> Christmas 2042, that is.
Hey, come on now, this is gonna take some time ya know, Tony is has a lot going on right now.
Hmm, let me go check if http://www.fusionx.com is available…
You know, if Tony had one of these for Starship, the journey to Mars would be cut from nine months to a week or two, plus a low g environment instead of zero g.
The ‘fusionx.com’ site was registered back in 2004. Looks like it’s been renewed each year. Currently expires in Feb 2023.
Nothing there on the site, not even a ‘parked’ page.
The fusionx.net site was registered in April 2020, expires in 2024. Site has a ‘parked’ page. For sale at $280, so a ‘bargain’.
If you’re serious about something like network intrusion detection on a 10 Gbps line, you want 256 cores with 256 GB memory – serious power consumption.
MrAtoz writes:
I know. Isn’t it glorious? 🙂
We actually had the A/C on in the truck coming home from the store.
Yuuup, just like Kamela just flew to LA and back to swear in new LA mayor. And gov Newscum was there but did not mention her plane dumping CO2 when she should have flow UA with 239 other passengers.
Cowboy Stu Says:
In WWII, people asked “Is this trip really necessary?” In this case, Commie Harris could have done it via ZOOM, so no, it WASN’T necessary. If they want us to care about glowbull warmening, they’re going to have to ACT like it’s important. Their own actions proclaim that glowbull warmening is an absolute hoax.
glowbull warmening is an absolute hoax.
– not a hoax, a scam, with them skimming the money. “Carbon credit trading”. A market, invented out of thin air, turning nothing into money. So many of their scams do that, crypto, NFTs, carbon trading, CDS and other financial engineering, fractional reserve banking, fiat money…
Some where there is a stream where money flows like water, and you don’t get a bucket.
n
So my 2008 Highlander now has a new $220 battery in it after it stranded my butt at Super Cuts. I put a new battery in the 2019 F-150 last Friday. So I figure that I will be putting a new battery in the 2019 Highlander next week.
Just remember, for all of his “heroic” tweeting as of late, The Real Life Tony Stark is still pocketing his cut of the carbon credits.
Say, where is that Jesus Truck anyway?
“Cambridge Dictionary Joins Merriam-Webster With Woke Definitions of Man, Woman”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/cambridge-dictionary-joins-merriam-webster-woke-definitions-man-woman/
Nope. I am not a biologist and I can tell you what a woman is, I married one over forty years ago. My definition of a woman has changed severely since then though.
“FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made political contributions under other people’s names, US authorities allege”
https://news.yahoo.com/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-162157366.html
Well, of course he did. And, using stolen money. The USA bankruptcy judge will claw back all that stolen money that he gave away for the last five years.
Garfield: Santa Yoga
https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/12/10
Oh my ! That is a Christmas movie I never want to see. FatMan was traumatic enough.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10310140/
During the Obama misadministration, one of the federal agencies which was responsible for climate action – I don’t recall and can’t find if it was the office of conservation under the Department of State, the Department of Energy, or someone else – bought a fleet of large SUVs. If they were for motoring around the badlands, that would be one thing, but these SUVs were for tooling around DC and environs.
If they want us to believe that there’s a climate crisis, they need to act like there’s a climate crisis.
There’s a big club of people with their snouts in the trough, and you ain’t in it.
This gives me an idea: a Russian who goes around at Yuletime, giving presents to the good little children. And eating the bad children. We call her Santa Yaga.
Nick:
You’re correct, of course.
If you have HBO Max, find “The Christmas Special” episode of “The Regular Show”.
Season Four. Episode Nine.
Then, have patience with it. Wait for the end.
That is Christmas. 00000 oooooo.
My definition of a woman has not changed. My definition of a freak has certainly changed.
Ach, the rain has started in earnest. Pouring down. Still 74F though.
Got mixed light drizzle in some parts of town today, and there was evidence that some places got a lot of rain. I guess I’m in the barrel at the moment.
n
Ah, time for an update on As The Septic Tank Turns. I got the office septic system vacuumed today. 2,000 gallons of very nasty water sludge taken away on an 8,000 gallon truck for $700. First time in four years. There were free floating turds in the middle tank, they should not have been there so the trash tank overflowed into the separation tank at some point.
“’Depressed’ Sam Bankman-Fried hugs his parents as he is DENIED bail and sent to overcrowded hellhole Bahamas jail as prosecutors say he hid $300m in Brazilian firm before collapse of FTX exchange”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11532899/SEC-charges-shamed-Sam-Bankman-Fried-defrauding-FTX-equity-investors-1-8BILLION.html
He is a flight risk ? I am shocked !
“Combined, the criminal charges he is facing carry a maximum prison term of more than 150 years. ”
I don’t think that he will live that long. When you steal $32 billion, somebody is going to come after you.
Hat tip to:
https://www.drudgereport.com/
“FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made political contributions under other people’s names, US authorities allege”
https://news.yahoo.com/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-162157366.html
Well, of course he did. And, using stolen money. The USA bankruptcy judge will claw back all that stolen money that he gave away for the last five years.
I forgot to mention that SBF sent Bozo a million dollars for the campaign for Texas Governor (Texas has no limits on campaign contributions for individuals). Bozo says that he sent it back as he did not who SBF was.
@Nick
Yes, a scam, but also enemy (foreign and domestic) action.
Bleeding the U.S. economy with nonsensical carp is cheap.
Poisoning the U.S. education system is a slam dunk.
Just finished my annual watching of the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol. We streamed it on Prime.
Deliciously, over the top melodramatic overacting, combined with cheap made-for-TV level special effects.
I would never say it’s fine art, but it’s my favorite anyway. As they say, there’s no accounting for taste.
If we can find the DVD (somewhere in the house) we’ll watch my girlfriend’s favorite this weekend, the Patrick Stewart version. As they say… de gustibus non est disputandem.
Just finished my annual watching of the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol. We streamed it on Prime.
Deliciously, over the top melodramatic overacting, combined with cheap made-for-TV level special effects.
I would never say it’s fine art, but it’s my favorite anyway. As they say, there’s no accounting for taste.
If we can find the DVD (somewhere in the house) we’ll watch my girlfriend’s favorite this weekend, the Patrick Stewart version. As they say… de gustibus non est disputandem.
My favorite Christmas movies:
Runners Up:
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-christmas-movies/
Do not take your wife to go see “The Family Stone” after she had a mastectomy earlier that year and is suffering through chemo. I could have used some of the magic brownies after the movie.
>> Newscum was there but did not mention her plane dumping CO2 when she should have flow UA with 239 other passengers.
Replace all “shiny school bus” with “shiny airplane”
https://youtu.be/9dLyveoIt9I
>> My favorite Christmas movies:
Gotta add “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (the original version, not Jim Carrey.)
Saw The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past on the shelf at goodwill today. Didn’t grab it because I didn’t know it. Miracle on 34th was there too.
The original Grinch is my favorite, Die Hard is pretty good. It’s the last action film with the hero taking realistic damage… Scrooged is pretty good too.
Managed to spend $91, some on Christmas gifts but $20 on media, and $40 on shoes for resale. I will almost always pick up Allen Edmonds shoes unless they are more than $20 (and not a desirable style) or really trashed. Given their initial cost, few pairs are trashed, but sometimes they have had very poor quality work done to them. The two pairs I got today are in great condition. I also picked up a pair of designer women’s slippers that should resell for $100. I don’t usually buy women’s shoes but they were in the men’s area, caught my eye, and when I looked them up, they were definitely worth a chance. Once you get used to looking for it, you can usually spot quality.
The store was definitely understocked though. Don’t know if they couldn’t keep up with demand from all the new resellers, are having staffing issues, or aren’t getting the merch. There seemed to be plenty of employees in the store, and when I was there, it wasn’t swarming with resellers…
People keeping their stuff longer, or trying to sell it themselves is a sign of hard economic times. If donations really drop off, I’ll take that as a very bad sign.
n
Oh, and there are guns and ammo in the auctions again. The guns are mostly hunting rifles and sporting shotguns, with weirdo handguns. Ammo is .22, single boxes of weird calibers, and some standard handgun rounds (although usually off brands.)
More safe cleanouts, I think.
n
Interesting to read.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/jack-dorsey-admits-biggest-mistake-was-creating-authoritarian-censorship-toolbox
n
>> If they want us to believe that there’s a climate crisis, they need to act like there’s a climate crisis.
Rules for thee, not for me.
>> Oh, and there are guns and ammo in the auctions again.
@nick, just curious, are these auction dealers FFL holders to run gun auctions?
“The 2022 Hugo Award Winners” by Dan Livingston
https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-2022-hugo-award-winners/
“Project Hail Mary” is awesome. The rest, I have no idea.
“Good Will To Men” by Sarah A. Hoyt
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2022/12/12/good-will-to-men/
A free Christmas short story.