Cool to start, warming later. Another clear day. It’s pretty hot in the sun, despite the thermometer saying mid to high 70s. It’s nice with the breeze and in the shade.
Didn’t get as much done as I’d hoped. Dang sprinklers ate more of my time. If I run an aux pump on the input side of the jet pump, I can get the big pump to run the sprinklers. I’ll run them again today. It’s probably too little too late, but it can’t hurt to put some water on the crunchy grass.
I’ll do what I can to continue closing up walls in the dockhouse. And I will probably pull in the speaker wires. I put the pull lines in the conduit yesterday. I need W or one of the kids to feed the wire while I pull though, which is why I didn’t just do it yesterday.
It’s a big list, and it ain’t getting shorter…
Meanwhile, things continue to deteriorate, and get weirder. Stack what you can, because time seems to be getting short.
nick
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
Blech!
You funny. Same stuff, just arranged differently.
No, don’t even know what it is.
As per usual my flag will be going up with the sun soon.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6nkxMm1tTSX2C6gHlPxSAqnU3IYoume/view?usp=sharing
It’s the large print version.
Happy Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash Weekend.
The Cannonball Run.
Did anyone try for the record? I haven’t checked.
IIRC, the number is below 26 hours, which would be tough to break without another lockdown.
And why not?
Nothing changes, it’s some IRA’s and Social Security with minor amount changes, which they already know.
The house is paid off and I haven’t itemized since health issues some years ago.
Why are the feds even bothering me?
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.”
Same here. I am rarely able to itemize. I pay my property taxes on alternate so I have double payments every other year. The last time that worked was several years ago years ago but I keep trying. My property taxes for the county and city is less than $2K. The last time I was able to itemize was in 2018 when I bought the trailer. The sales tax put me over the edge.
The feds get all the information. I should be able to send in a return with a check box that says “Let the IRS process”. Unfortunately that would take three years or more as that is how long it takes the IRS to claim I made a mistake.
I would like a flat 10% consumption tax. You buy, you pay tax. Only exception is food, medical and utilities. No more yearly filing, no more tax lawyers, no more tax accountants. No tax on savings and investments.
Huh?
Mystery drones swarmed high security Air Force base for 17 days but baffled Pentagon officials do not know where they are coming from or how to stop them
Really, our military doesn’t have the SIGINT assets to analyze these drones. Even if they are on an autonomous mission, they’ll be talking to each other. How about launching a military drone and follow them. Use a Predator and light them up at end-of-mission.
And, Langley, really? For 17 days. If the DOD doesn’t have the owner’s by the short-hairs, heads should roll.
In Memoriam 😀
If the military DIE’s couldn’t figure it out there are certainly some Ukranian’s who owe us a favor who could…
Oh boy, today I got both kinds, stiff AND sore. Bending, kneeling, lifting, and carrying took a toll yesterday.
I am easing into the day.
And it’s a beautiful day. 73F with a breeze and a clear blue sky. Don’t really want to work at all. Needs must and all that…. but first, coffee.
n
Today I’m making a cheeseburger pie based on this YT recipe:
CARNIVORE KETO RECIPE CHEESEBURGER PIE Carnivore Recipe One of my All Time Favorites EASY RECIPE
I even mixed up her spice blend. I’m using 1# of burger and 1# of sage sausage.
That looks like a good recipe. If it ever gets cool enough to turn on the oven here in Houston, I may try it.
It’s the large print version.
I think that you are correct ! The regular 1040 is 11 point and this appears to be 14 point.
Freak me out, that smacks of ageism.
I am down to one complaint by TurboTax for my 2023 return. I was an idiot, I should have done this back in August.
The paperwork requirements and tax return for three businesses is immense. The first business keeps my 20 hour per week accountant busy all year. Continuous forms and various tax payments for the USA and Texas. Some quarterly even for Fort Bend County. We are getting killed by the various bureaucracies. This is not right, we were born free.
I just dumped the BOI crap on her keyboard. Her response was “you’ve been hanging onto this all year ?”. I told her I was hoping that some court would shoot it down but that court exempted 99% of businesses in the USA.
https://fincen.gov/boi
Kamala Harris, Plagiarist
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/10/14/did-kamala-plagiarize-her-book-n2646199
Democrats.
They steal you money, steal your children, and steal the words right out of your mouth.
From one of my cousins (the lesbian):
“Many, many times last week I may have…
Disturbed you,
Troubled you,
Pestered you,
Irritated you,
Bugged you,
Or gotten on your nerves!!
So today I just wanted to tell you,
Suck it up, Cupcake!!
Cause there
AIN’T NO CHANGES
Planned for this coming week.”
“Republican super PAC warns the end may be near for Ted Cruz”
https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ted-cruz-senate-race-19836316.php
“An GOP internal memo says Sen. Ted Cruz is hanging on by a thread.”
and
“2024 Texas Senate – Cruz vs. Allred” has Cruz by +4.8%, a way better prediction than his fight against Bozo O’Rourke which Cruz won by 2.6% in 2018.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2024/texas/cruz-vs-allred
One of these two is wrong. I suspect that the crazies at the Houston Chronicle are wishing and wanting.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/06/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-midterm-election-results/
Now I want a cupcake.
I am down to one complaint by TurboTax for my 2023 return. I was an idiot, I should have done this back in August.
I fixed a number and I am back to five complaints by TurboTax. I am not winning this battle.
And my freaking WD external USB 12 TB hard drive LAN backup on my office PC failed over the weekend. I came in and my office PC has the infamous “Press any key to boot from drive…” message on the screen. I guess the USB drive had a hardware fault somewhere along the USB bus and took Windows 11 Pro x64 down. Isn’t that something ?
I killed the power and did my normal Monday hard boot, my office PC booted right up. So now I am rerunning the LAN backup as it did not finish.
The hardware fault tolerance of Windows 11 Pro x64 is nothing to write home about. This is the fourth of fifth time this has happened. Scary.
“Israel will ‘hit Hezbollah mercilessly in all parts of Lebanon,’ PM Netanyahu says during visit to IDF training base struck by deadly drone”
https://allisrael.com/israel-will-hit-hezbollah-mercilessly-in-all-parts-of-lebanon-netanyahu-says-on-visit-to-golani-base
Israel needs to take out the Iranian oil fields. Hit them where it hurts, in the pocket book. Take out their five million barrels per day of crude oil production, 5% of the world’s crude oil production.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
“Google to back building of nuclear reactors for data centers”
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/google-back-building-nuclear-reactors-202205931.html
“In a new agreement, Alphabet’s Google (GOOG, GOOGL) will be supporting startup Kairos Power in its venture to build out small nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.”
“Market Domination’s Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton highlight Google and Kairos Power’s long-term plan to build these modular reactors and have them ready for Google’s use by 2035.”
Wow.
The footage of Cruz in the airport which, IIRC, was captured by a Southwest employee, is really effective for Colin Zachary. He plays that clip in every commercial.
The image screams “Bad Daddy”.
Watch your 10 PM news sometime. The Dems are running that commercial at every break.
The footage of Cruz in the airport which, IIRC, was captured by a Southwest employee, is really effective for Colin Zachary. He plays that clip in every commercial.
The image screams “Bad Daddy”.
Watch your 10 PM news sometime. The Dems are running that commercial at every break.
Yeah, I know. Ted screwed up. I have seen the commercial many times watching “Rizzoli and Isles” with my wife on Hulu many times. And on Tubi also.
“SpaceX Tips Gigabit Speeds for Starlink After Successful Starship Test”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-tips-gigabit-speeds-for-starlink-after-successful-starship-test
“It appears SpaceX plans to deliver gigabit speeds by tapping more radio spectrum and orbiting the satellites closer to Earth, according to a new FCC filing.”
I am ready as soon as I get my replacement antenna at the office !
“Israeli Tanks Start to Roll Into Southern Lebanon Just After Donald Trump Issues an Ominous Warning About World War III”
https://americafirstreport.com/israeli-tanks-start-to-roll-into-southern-lebanon-just-after-donald-trump-issues-an-ominous-warning-about-world-war-iii/
“(End of the American Dream)—I have no idea why this isn’t getting more attention. Israeli tanks are literally rolling into southern Lebanon right now. When you send tanks in, you aren’t just conducting “localized raids”. A lot of people don’t seem to understand that this is it. The IDF has initiated a ground operation in southern Lebanon, and according to Hezbollah this means that there will be all-out war. In other words, we just crossed the point of no return. Interestingly, Donald Trump just told a crowd at a campaign rally in California that he was concerned that we could “end up in a world war” in the next few months…”
I blame Biden and Harris.
Huh?
Mystery drones swarmed high security Air Force base for 17 days but baffled Pentagon officials do not know where they are coming from or how to stop them
Really, our military doesn’t have the SIGINT assets to analyze these drones. Even if they are on an autonomous mission, they’ll be talking to each other. How about launching a military drone and follow them. Use a Predator and light them up at end-of-mission.
And, Langley, really? For 17 days. If the DOD doesn’t have the owner’s by the short-hairs, heads should roll.
Those drones should have been shot down immediately. That is how you stop them.
Is our military incompetent now ?
99 F outside, dew point is 50 F, humidity is 20%. Feels like the high desert here in south Texas.
Over The Hedge: Hammy FAQ
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/10/14
Oh yeah, that is how you find happiness.
@Lynn
“Now I want a cupcake.”
Enbiggen that: a ¼ sheet cake, some nice soft ice cream, and a pot of coffee or pitcher of milk.
I had an e-mail a few weeks ago from TxTag. They’re merging or transferring billing systems to some group out of Houston. Which is fine.
I went on-line and made sure the three cars are there and changed the credit card to my Discover card.
There was a bit saying if you haven’t had any toll activity in the last year, you will be marked inactive and not transferred to the new system. Call us by the 15th to be transferred.
All done!
Easy, too.
Jam the GPS.
I’ve driven through areas where the military jammed the satellite signals on a regular basis.
In WA State, it was I-5 near JB Lewis-McChord.
Here in Texas, I’ve encountered jamming north of the LBJ Ranch, under the approach to the runway on the property for the mini jet he flew from Bergstrom if they weren’t staying in the penthouse of Lady Bird’s TV station.
“Word”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/10/word.html
“America is not divided by race, color, gender, or sexual orientation.
America is divided into wise people and fools.
And fools divide themselves into race, color, gender, or sexual orientation.”
I so agree.
I’m not sure I’m wise but I’m quite sure I’m not a fool.
“Not Murder in My Book”
https://areaocho.com/not-murder-in-my-book-2/
“A man kidnaps and rapes a 14 year old girl. He is arrested and released on bond. A condition of the bond was that the man was to have no contact with the victim or her family.”
“That same night, the girl is again found to be missing at 1 am. The police and the girl’s father were looking for her. The father found her first. In a truck. In a park. With her rapist.”
“An argument ensued, shots rang out, and the rapist was dead.”
“The cops arrested the dad for first degree murder, and the dad is now out on bond. The cops said that there was no reason to shoot the man, because they were on the case.”
Yup, not murder. Sounds like the father of the raped girl took out a predator that the cops / DA refused to keep in jail.
Also sounds like the 14 year old girl was very enthralled with the predator.
I just put my cheeseburger pie in the oven.
Whilst watering the plants, a lady offered me a ”voting“ packet. She seemed nice, so I took it, and she left.
It is Dumbocrat of course, but has good voting info, It came with a sample ballot with all the Dumbos checked. It will be convent when I vote Monday. I’ll just pick all the Redumbos that are right next to the Dumbos on the ballot.
I haven’t got anything from the Redumbos delivered to my door or handed out. They better start shaking a leg.
The Kamel Humper:
Seriously, WHAT Is Wrong With Her? Watch Kamala Harris Give WEIRD Astrology Lesson During Interview
Everyone of these word-salad interviews is a notch in tRump’s belt.
The 2024 sample ballot is out for my precinct now.
https://sampleballots.fortbendcountytx.gov/Presidential-Election/11242007-11.pdf
This is what you get voting PLT Dumbocrat:
WHO THEY ARE: Tim Walz Celebrated Rioters Tearing Down Columbus Statue As a ‘Genocidal Monument’
What a disgrace. The important part of the article points out this is what commies/Mooslims do to erase history and install their own culture. Tampon Tim may single-handedly cashier the Kamel Humper.
Can I be annoyed?
We had the windows replaced mumble years ago. Great windows. We never had the inside trim done. Money….
So I called the guy that replaced the sliding door in the bedroom with a window. He also replaced the sliding door in the living room and installed a glass storm door on the front door. Great work. And he did the master bath, too. He does great trim work. Anyway. Almost four months ago and not a word. I called him a couple of weeks ago and “I’m on his schedule, I’ll see you next week”.
I have seven double wide windows, one single wide, and the kitchen window. I don’t want window sills, just trim out like a door. I’d rather give him the work, you know?
Not a word. I’m done. I think I know what to do. I suck at miter joints but hey, caulk is a thing.
I’ll southern engineer this on my own. It looks sort of simple. Mostly finding the correct size of trim wood at Hoover’s. Frame the window with half inch thick trim. Then the door jamb trim attaches to that. I will practice with a bedroom window…. hang some drapes and hide a lot of sins if it looks like carp. 🙂
But ya know? One more call in a week or so, offer $1000 cash plus lumber.
Media Rushes to Downplay Explosive Evidence of Kamala Harris’ Plagiarism
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/10/14/media-rushes-to-downplay-explosive-evidence-of-kamala-harris-plagiarism-n4933333
So the NYT is ok if I rip off a large chunk of their copyrighted material and pass it off as my own, as long as it’s not too big a chunk, or if it’s surrounded by a large amount of other shiite?
How about if another newspaper copies the first page portion of a NYT headline article nearly word for word, but has different material when the article continues on inside pages?
The next Trump administration shouldn’t give the NYT a pass to the rest room, much less a press pass.
oh, yeah.
noticing the plagiarism is rayciss:
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/10/14/sad-trombone-the-new-york-times-is-not-handling-the-kamala-harris-plagiarism-news-well-at-all-n2180570
Everyone is still overwhelmed from the hail storm last year. I’m still waiting on gutter replacement.
Made it home safely. Some cops out doing speed traps. Not in the usual places.
Listening to The Golden Compass audiobook. Never read it, never watched the movie, don’t know anything about it. One thing I can say is that when you are in hiding, and bad people want to find you, you might consider NOT telling everyone you meet your real name… the reader is either very talented doing voices or this audiobook has higher production values, with multiple voice actors reading. Some odd choices for voices, but enjoyable so far and it’s keeping me awake while I drive.
n
The Kamel Humper:
Seriously, WHAT Is Wrong With Her? Watch Kamala Harris Give WEIRD Astrology Lesson During Interview
Everyone of these word-salad interviews is a notch in tRump’s belt.
Chronic alcoholism?
A lifetime of being told she’s great, with no evidence required?
n
Is the Ego 18 inch electric chainsaw an excellent chainsaw ?
https://www.amazon.com/EGO-CS1804-18-Inch-Cordless-Included/dp/B07YLXDK5K?tag=ttgnet-20/
The wife says that I can only buy one chainsaw and that it will be my Christmas present.
A friend from Louisiana told me recently that when he and his wife got married 48 years ago, they decided that he would make all of the tough decisions. So far, there have been no tough decisions in 48 years.
Trying to find data for monochlorosilane, H3SiCl, a really nasty toxic vapor, for a customer in Germany who is building a compressor for it. As usual, I found a complete set of data including vapor pressure in Dr. Carl Yaws most excellent book of Chemical Properties Handbook. Monochlorosilane is inorganic component #289.
https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Properties-Handbook-Thermodynamics-Engironmental/dp/0070734011?tag=ttgnet-20/
I should really start there instead of trying DIPPR, Google, JANAF, Google again, and then Dr. Yaws book. 800 eleven by eight.five inch pages of chemical data, sorted into organic and inorganic tables. My eyes hurt now.
“Cackling Kamala’s Senior Advisor Says Democrats Are Panicking Because Now They Realize All Those Polls That Showed Her in the Lead Were Fake”
https://thelibertydaily.com/cackling-kamalas-senior-advisor-says-democrats-are-panicking/
They were all drinking their own Koolaid. But https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ has been cautioning all along that the pollsters were faking their results. But the pollsters are having to give the real data out now in order to maintain what reputations they have left.
My software has way too many options. A user in Norway ran into a problem today with specifying a feed stream flowrate in M3/hr (actual temperature and pressure) and then changing it using a tonne (1000 kg)/hr specification. That is changing a actual volumetric flowrate specification to a mass flowrate specification later in the time sequence.
A run time density must be used for the conversion but it was not available. My software happily let him specify those commands and then croaked at the flowrate conversion.
I just told the user to go back to the old kgmol/hr specification which would probably work. I will fix this later. The story of my life, later.
Not only in the US. Accounting requirements are also crazy in the UK, in Switzerland and in Germany – all the countries I’ve lived in. Aside from the taxes themselves, it’s all about making individuals and businesses *prove* their own honesty. It is so easy for faceless bureaucrats to impose additional requirements to make their jobs easier, without thinking about the fact that those requirements impact millions of other people.
Then there are all the indirect impacts. All financial entities have to monitor your transactions and report them to the government. They also report your earnings, your balances, and all other details. That’s a huge costs, inevitably paid by the end customer.
Simplified tax systems. No reporting requirements. No requirement to prove your own honesty. If the government thinks you’re cheating, it’s on the government to prove it. With a simplified tax system, that would not be so difficult. The European VAT systems wouldn’t be a bad start, although again, you need to eliminate the weird exceptions and special rules.
Had something similar on the laptop in our guest apartment. Windows started to boot, but never finished. I actually just wanted to put Linux on it, but I could not get it to boot from USB. No idea why – all the BIOS settings were right, but it just ignored the bootable stick. But it offered to re-install Windows (apparently, Windows saves a copy of the original installation media?). So I suffered through that, including Cortana suddenly wanting to talk me through the process. Ick.
Initially, I forgot to deny internet access, so that I could install with a local account. No way back, so I had to restart the installation from zero. Then screwing down the privacy settings. Then creating a guest account with no privileges. Then replacing Edge with Firefox – but (of course) anything Windows needs a browser for still uses Edge.
I really would have preferred Linux.
I wonder about that. Closer also requires a higher orbital speed, with more hand-offs between satellites. Closer also gives more drag, which means the satellites have shorter lifetimes, since they have to keep adjusting their orbits.
I did read that SpaceX has next-generation satellites in the works that are much larger and more capable. The satellites apparently need to be launched from Starship, and some people are speculating that SpaceX may have a trial deployment with the next Starship launch.
You got me curious. Used in the production of semiconductors and solar cells. Apparently, in addition to being toxic, it also spontaneously combusts on contact with air. Sounds like a fun compound.
What’s up, with the pedophile accusations against Walz? I’ve seen various pics and such, but none of them are actually incriminating. Him sharing earbuds with a teenage girl. Him with a bunch of teenage boys in a train. None of that is weird for someone who worked with kids. On the other hand, lawsuits for libel are notable by their absence.
Is there any actual meat to these accusations, or is it just fruitcakes grasping at straws?
Guy has an odd look about him, and he says weird things. Ergo…
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Oldest decided she likes fried egg sandwiches with cheese and spam for breakfast. So I’m cooking that now…
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Very cool out t his am, didn’t look but it must be in the 60s F.
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No cream for my coffee. Time to go shopping.
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no possums in the traps, and I found more wire hardware cloth, so I can seal more potential entrances. Maybe I’ll win this round.
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busy day, I should get started
n
I’ve been wondering how P. Diddly the Rap(p)er had access to young Justin Beiber…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13957011/How-Justin-Biebers-young-mother-Pattie-Mallette-unknowingly-signed-away-clutches-Diddy-experiencing-sexual-abuse-tragic-childhood.html
Drug addict/thief/unwed mom, who was abused herself for most of her life, dumped him into the lion’s den.
n
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13960145/Hardware-wholesaler-True-Value-files-bankruptcy-selling-Best.html
n