Low 70s today with a lot of damp. Lake is high, with soggy ground everywhere. Yesterday got pretty hot in Houston in the afternoon, to the point where I was soaked to the skin loading my trailer with my new bed.
I started my Saturday with my non-prepping hobby. It was good to see everyone, and we had a nice meeting. I sold some stuff, which is always good. Followed that up with a pickup in the Woodlands (the bed and some vintage pipes) and then on to the BOL. Had a nice dinner, which D1 and friend grilled. Radio was wide open later that night. I really need to get a radio and antenna set up here.
Today I’ll get the bed set up, and work on some other small things. I forgot/didn’t have time to get the electrical stuff I needed to do the work in the dockhouse, so I’ll probably just do the speakers and sound stuff, and whatever other small things I can get off the list. Can’t do much major as I’ll be heading home tonight.
I did bring up 4 gallons of the lamp oil, a Coleman propane stove, and a couple of bottles of propane. I brought a few more books for the library up here too. Some prepping is happening…
Oh, and D1’s friend caught a fish off our dock. The kids are making a big deal about it since I’ve only managed to catch one fish in 2 years of trying. Clearly it’s possible. The problem must lie with me. 🙂
Do some stacking of your own, and work to improve your situation, whatever it is.
nick
Don’t laugh. Optometrists have been considered for expanded primary care responsibility in states which have problems attracting providers.
The water pill is most of my problem, and I doubt they will take me off of that.
4,000 stores. Right.
Beer money, not food money.
If you meant DOs, the current and previous White House physisicians are both DOs.
I believe that the current White House physician also took care of Shrub, who brought in the DO to deal with his sports injuries.
The previous WH physician literally saved Trump’s life four years ago throwing out all the orthodoxy and actually practicing medicine.
The initials to worry about are MBBS. That’s flying under the radar in a serious way right now, and the AMA is a willing accomplice.
>>And here is the other thing, it ain’t none of my business if you are smoking weed or hash, snorting cocaine, or shooting up heroin. It just ain’t none of my business.
Just keep any ODs out of taxpayer-supported ERs.
We cannot keep the overdosers out of the ERs today. I doubt that we will keep them out of the ERs tomorrow. And half of them do have health insurance.
The real problems with ERs is keeping the people with the sniffles out of the ER. When I was a kid, we had free clinics in OK and TX. Something happened to those.
Now that we are reversing the wokism, can we make Pearl Mining Company syrup go back to Aunt Jemimas syrup ?
Yes, indeedy. I know a couple of people, divorced females, who frequented the ER with their kids. They would hit the ER 10-12 times a month for various ailments that could be treated at home with bed rest. They could not get private doctors to even look at them because of the abuse. Of course, they have no insurance.
Both had daughters, four between them. All the daughters had boyfriends and got pregnant and had a couple of children before getting married. That way the maternity, delivery and childcare was covered for free. After a couple of kids the daughters finally got married. They were scamming the system and they were proud of doing so.
OD = overdosers, not Optometrist. My bad.
Ah, Sweet Schadenfreude. Don’t ever change, Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/housing-market/article-14059975/texas-city-austin-property-market-crash.html
A best case 30 year mortgage at 7% makes a $350k house out of reach for a buyer lacking cash or at least a $12k monthly household income after taxes in order to qualify.
Second day with the M4 Pro laptop. The machine is very fast in almost everything I have tried. The biggest use is Lightroom and the speeds are about twice what the M2 Air provides. The 24 Gig of memory has only been slightly used. Generally about 16 Gig which is an indication that MacOS is loading as much into memory as possible and technically does not “need” the memory. My M2 Air used about 12 Gig of the available 16 Gig but I never had memory pressure in the red.
It took hours to get all the settings back to where I wanted them. The migration assistant did not transfer everything, mostly just data, apps, and files. Very few of the settings. I doubt restoring from Time Machine would have done any better. Some settings were transferred such as WiFi settings, a lot were not. Most annoying was the App screen was back to factory default and added apps on other pages.
Messages were not syncing even though the option was set. It was necessary to toggle the option off, then on, to get the messages synced between my Apple devices (iPad, iPhone and laptop). Annoying.
Parallels refused to open my virtual machine. Removing the app, reinstalling, did not solve the issue. It was necessary to do an upgrade to version 20 at which time the virtual machine opened just fine.
I also had to upgrade MacOS at some point during the process. I probably should have done that first so that the versions matched on the machines. That may have helped the settings. It would seem that Migration Assistant would have recommended the update if it was going to be an issue.
It is really a nice machine. MrAtoz should probably upgrade.
My wife and I went out yesterday to shop for rain jackets for our upcoming trip to the UK in May. Primary goal was to get something we would wear here as well. First stop was at Duluth Trading Company. She found one she really liked for $150.
We then went to Cabela’s. She didn’t find anything, but I found a couple I like for around $100.
Last stop was the big open air shopping center in town. We went to several smaller stores and didn’t find anything. We then hit up Belk. A massive 2 story store. It has been a LONG time since I’ve been in a traditional department store. On one hand, I can see how they model is fading away, but at the same time there are a lot of things that are much better try see and feel in person before you buy. We had to leave before we really found anything, as the extreme perfume smell wafting through the entire store was bothering my wife.
We headed back to Cabela’s and got my jacket. She got the Duluth jacket, but ordered online for $100. From Duluth. We didn’t bother going back for a price match as it was out of the way.
72F and mostly cloudy this morning.
Coffee is in my mug, bacon is cooked, egg and muffin will be ready soon.
Kids are all still asleep.
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a huge fat blue jay was using the birdbath outside the kitchen window. Huge!
I notice the wildlife more here than at home, although I do notice at home too. Mostly it’s just squirrels at home though.
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Don’t know if I’ll be able to mow, might be too wet. Looks a bit ratty.
n
Pearls Before Swine: Struggling With ED
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/11/10
No, no, no.
Health insurance or not, this is still enabling an illegal activity. And drug use is not a victimless crime, to say nothing of the production and trafficking. As long as we treat outcomes rather than causes, and don’t impose accountability, this will not improve.
Also, on the FEMA employee who was fired for ordering workers to avoid Trump supporters’ homes, the logic is surely that they would already have been prepared, and could be left to their own devices, where the progs would be helpless.
Silly you. You used FEMA and “logic” in the same sentence.
Plus, Florida, where Jeb! was branded an elitist near the end of his second term as Governor, during the aftermath of one storm, when he asked the rhetorical question, “Doesn’t everyone have a few days of canned goods at home?”
Apparently not.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=412316
43 Monkeys Escape from a South Carolina Medical Research Laboratory
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/43-monkeys-escape-from-a-south-carolina-medical-research-laboratory/
Unlike the 22 million illegal immigrants, these 43 are legal immigrants.
I suggest we grant them asylum and fly them to a sanctuary state. To do otherwise is blatant discrimination against the naturally hirsute.
Well, I bought a little air fryer and it’s a handy machine. Oh! Hey, I have some English muffins in the fridge.
How about this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C95O3DY?tag=ttgnet-20 $30. I can make Egg McMuffins at home with a frying pan but using a gizmo sounds like more fun.
I can buy some sausage chubs and pre-cook sausage patties. Even if I don’t buy Canadian Bacon, which tastes like ham to me, I can buy a spiral cut ham and heck, use the trimmings in a pot of soup. Ham and Barley soup on a cold day…. Or give the trimmings a bit of frying and then scramble a couple of eggs into the pan. Or heck, most likely, just snack on the trimmings.
I don’t know what an Egg McMuff goes for now. $4.50 plus tax is my guess. But I do know it is an eight mile round trip to that part of town and the truck says it gets 14 MPG. I can get the parts out of the fridge to warm up a bit while my coffee is making and then have the morning dog walk.
Maybe there will be a Friday of Color deal.
Maybe I’m just crazy. I think I’m going there.
HEB sells pre-cooked frozen suasage patties, for the ultimate in convenience. You can choose pork or (why?) turkey.
When I started low-carb, I dallied for a while with breakfast sandwiches, using chaffles for bread, plus egg, sausage, and cheese.
I have silicone rings for cooking the eggs perfectly round.
@paul
“Well, I bought a little air fryer and it’s a handy machine.”
Sung to Led Zeppelin’s Livin’ Lovin’ Maid
Is whole-hog sausage two words or three?
@lpdbw
“I have silicone rings for cooking the eggs perfectly round.”
I’ve tried silicone and non-stick, and my favorites are still bright-plated steel. Warm them for a minute, butter them up, and get perfect release. I fold the handles to 45-degrees so the skillet lid will go on. Skillet has to be nearly dead-flat to prevent leakage, especially when using jumbo eggs.
2paul
“Maybe I’m just crazy. I think I’m going there. ”
Visit briefly before you move in.
HEB does have frozen sausage patties. Po Folks. I haven’t spotted the pre-cooked patties. But Burnet is a small store, so.
Turkey sausage is just some kind of commie green deal food ala Tofu Burgers. Turkey and Sausage a thing? No. It’s a fake meat thing. 🙂
From reading the reviews of the machine, some folks use bread instead of muffins. One person said they made Rubens in the machine. So, a slice or Oroweat black rye bread should be enough bread.
There appears to be a cancer in the Pentagon with sedition on its mind
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/there_appears_to_be_a_cancer_in_the_pentagon_with_sedition_on_its_mind.html
Austin should not be given a retirement option: He has been AWOL as discussed previously and should be prosecuted, stripped of rank, and do time.
There are several others that need to be prosecuted: Having discussions with our enemies to “reassure” them should result in hard time.
Notice that with the mental deterioration of FJB well-known and widely discussed behind closed doors, there were no reports of Pentagon officials “reassuring” or gaming ways to not implement lawful orders?
Past time to clear out the command ranks of the rot that Obama set among them.
Dunno. I think I’m never far from falling in. Is anyone? When I get close enough for a tiny peek, something in my head tells me to back up. Throttle down Right Now.
And yet, I’ve had plenty of folks tell me I’m the most solid and stable person they know. Which baffles me.
I’ve known a couple of crazy guys and they are spooky. There are different kinds of crazy.
Disagree. A rope necklace and a lamp post is the answer. Or a firing squad. Treason, man…..
@paul
“Disagree. A rope necklace and a lamp post is the answer. Or a firing squad. Treason, man….. “
Let’s just do both for good measure. Order, now… which should come first…?
The generals put the kibosh on Corn Pop’s order to allow Ukraine to have US-made ballistic missiles to launch into Russia. They effectively stripped his authority until January, when a new President takes over.
Someone in the brass realized that a nuclear war would make it difficult to enjoy Bern’s steaks, golf, and Muslim comfort women available down at JB MacDill.
Yikes, I think I would rather have relations with Cankles.
I’ve known a couple of functional paranoids, quite convinced that someone (the FBI in one case, Putin the more recent) were watching them.
Normal everyday civilians with nondescript jobs, but quite impossible to reason with about it.
Over The Hedge: Peeing in the Hot Tub
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/11/10
No peeing in the hot tub !
Convention* Rule #1:
Do not use the hot tub after 10am on the day the convention starts.
*Comics, Manga, Science Fiction, etc.
In Texas, all three attract Furries.
They also like Horror conventions.
Judge Forces Feds To Reveal More Evidence Of Social Media Censorship
A federal judge agreed to expand Missouri v. Biden to procure more evidence federal officials violated Americans’ free speech rights.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/10/judge-forces-feds-to-reveal-more-evidence-of-social-media-censorship/
In 70 days the stonewalling of this and other investigations comes to a screeching halt. It will be interesting to see how many potential whistleblowers get motivated by the prospect of serous prison time. I’d guess that there are some that have already salted away some pretty damning evidence.
How Science Must Change
Roger Pielke, Jr. Nov 08, 2024
Why leaders in science must rediscover that science serves everyone
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/how-science-must-change
Dr. Pielke gives a number of examples that make it clear that Helmuth at Scientific American is not an outlier. He cites Nature (British) Nature (U.S.), and Science. He cites one individual where he could cite many more, and leaves out the leaders of most of the science societies.
Dr. Pielke was ostracized, slandered, and almost driven out of the profession when he dared voice views to Congress that were not full-on slobbering global warming zealotry.
All the evidence is that it’s far too late to “rediscover” a damn thing. There is no self-examination that is going to give the zealots equilibrium–that’s like expecting you could make good neighbors out of Hamas.
Dr. Pielke limits his examples to climate science, but we have more than enough proof that the rot is pervasive in the public sector, also, as the CDC and NIH proved.
The only way to regain public trust is to root out the ideological cancer that has nearly killed science. The way forward has several paths. One of those paths is the ongoing legal effort to expose and bring to justice the corrupt influence of the Biden administration in working with supposedly neutral “science” organizations to violate constitutionally protected discussion of vaccines, energy, transportation and other public policy areas that have been taken over by irrational leftist thugs whose aim is not service but subjugation. Identify, prosecute, and incarcerate the perpetrators on the government side. Their willful co-conspirators in the non-public sector may not be subject to prosecution, but their power and influence are largely determined by government funds, and we can make it clear that the money stops.
A second path is the removal of the paywalls for government-supported research. Journals like Science and Nature are largely funded by their control over the dissemination of information that the public has already paid for, but has to pay again to access. Tear down the paywalls and prevent the attempts at end-runs around them.
A third path is revocation of a bad policy decision, the one giving universities patent rights to taxpayer-funded discoveries. Again, if the taxpayers funded it, it belongs to the taxpayers.
There are many other actions that will help: Getting the federal government out of student loan lending, making it a matter of public policy that taxpayer-funded universities and government itself not be dominated by a particular political party are examples.
@Lynn
“Bring Them Back”
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/11/bring-them-back.html
“I had no idea that we had $500, $1,000, and $10,000 bills. We need to bring them back.”
If you ever watched Raymond Burr as Perry Mason you might remember several occasions where he used a $500 bill as a ploy in uncovering the truth.
Bit of history of the $10,000 bill:
https://www.franklinnoll.com/blog/the-10000-bill
Home safe and sound, after a flurry of activity before departing the BOL. Sun sets early now, and that fools my brain when I’m working outdoors up there.
Filled the gas tank when I got near home, and gas was $2.39/gallon at HEB which is really nice. Some of the major brands, especially locations near the highways, are still at $2.69 or even $2.89… even pulling the little trailer behind the Ranger cuts my mileage noticeably.
Sky was clearer tonight than last, but there was a lot of low fog on my drive home, especially in lower areas.
I’m a bit wired from drinking caffeine later in the day, but I’m also tired, almost weary, so I’ll try for an early night.
n
Not very early.
n