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Canned or frozen corn, or even fresh on the cob, toss a teaspoon of sugar in the water
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So good!
Made some corn bread and pigged out.
Was not sure which wine so drank a big glass of cold milk
Pleasantly bloated now.
Was not sure which wine so drank a big glass of cold milk
Pleasantly bloated now.
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Back home from Idaho for the weekend. Restaurants are open there so I can sit down and eat and drink beer. Mask on at the door till I get to the table which is socially distanced. Wait help has to wear masks. I found a nice brew pub that has good food and great beer! Hotels require masks in common areas.
My work is site surveying power poles to find ones suitable for my company's equipment, so I'm driving all over eastern ID on mostly back roads. My rental car was totally dirty from all the dirt farm roads. Sorry Avis... My goal for the week is 30, I hit 53 last week so the PM is happy about that. I told him that the week of Labor Day I'm not going on the road and he was cool with that.
Airplanes and airports all require masks unless eating or drinking. Denver, SLC, and Idaho Falls all have open restaurants in the airports so I can eat there. With my status on United I have been getting upgraded to first class on planes that have multiple cabins so I get to eat and drink.
Next week and through Sep/Oct that will be my routine. Lather, rinse, and repeat...
Happy belated birthday @CaFF!
My work is site surveying power poles to find ones suitable for my company's equipment, so I'm driving all over eastern ID on mostly back roads. My rental car was totally dirty from all the dirt farm roads. Sorry Avis... My goal for the week is 30, I hit 53 last week so the PM is happy about that. I told him that the week of Labor Day I'm not going on the road and he was cool with that.
Airplanes and airports all require masks unless eating or drinking. Denver, SLC, and Idaho Falls all have open restaurants in the airports so I can eat there. With my status on United I have been getting upgraded to first class on planes that have multiple cabins so I get to eat and drink.
Next week and through Sep/Oct that will be my routine. Lather, rinse, and repeat...
Happy belated birthday @CaFF!
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Oh my goodness, bunker down and stay safe!!!
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Be safe and our best to ya
Got plenty of toilet paper?
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Has there been talk of evacuation orders? Hope it doesn't get too bad, please stay safe!
with it going up the coast a ways there will likely be coastal flooding from storm tide surge in front of the storm . Not sure how the tide tables/timing are though that will effect it some.
SO glad to hear they are getting acclimated! ?
Bummer about the bats though, we don't see those very often, at least in the city. It's more of a raccoon/squirrel/rodent/dog thing here.
A bit cooler today, so wanted to get out and get some groceries and thrift shop a bit with b-day cash since there is an hour between buses on Sat anyways. The bus-stop is like across the street from both stores.
Found cool stuff, all in great condition:
Found cool stuff, all in great condition:
- A nice "coarse linen" tablecloth that is actually a 50/50 rayon/poly blend. And it's the right shape. $3
- Pair of cool TSUBO shoes, all leather upper with rubber soles. Super comfy and apparently pricey. $6
- A pair of Olde Thompson "Maxwell" S&P grinders, one carbon steel and one ceramic. Fantastic! $4
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Ocracoke Island in NC has evacuation orders in place, were supposed to go into effect at 6 am today.
We could get a little fallout from it on Tuesday, depending on how it tracks. Will have to keep an eye out. @MrMeowgi are you watching this storm?
No evacuation here and I'm on a barrier island. Just a cat 1 but it's gonna be a slow mover, closest approach tracking right on me if it holds to track.
I really think they don't want to deal with shelters or put people on the move with all the covid.
150 ft from the beach but 7 stories up behind hurricane shutters, no worries here, just don't want the power to go out...?
I know some of you were asking what happened to @Amber Petti . Just had a conversation with her and she's been working very long hours and has a lot of other shit on her plate also. Said she's good and misses us and soon as she gets some time she'll holler at us.
Suicides and wife bashings will sky-rocket in Victoria. But I guess this is still for the best.
Both mum and I walk over an hour most days. Can't do that now.
BREAKING: new stage 4 restrictions will apply from 6pm tonight for at least 6 weeks (until Sunday 13 Sept).
STATE OF DISASTER from 6pm tonight.
SHOPPING: one person per household per day - no further than 5km from home.
EXERCISE: limited to one hour per day - no further than 5km from home and no more than two people (whether you live with them or not).
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY: not permitted.
CURFEW: will apply each night from 8pm to 5am (only exceptions - work; care and care giving and common sense exceptions - intimate partners, custody arrangements), starting at 8pm tonight.
SCHOOLS: From Wednesday ALL students will move to flexible and remote learning (except children of essential workers and vulnerable children). Tuesday is a pupil free day.
KINDERS and CHILDCARE: will follow the same rules as schools (to apply from Thursday.)
WORK PLACES: announcements on work places, shops, restaurants, cafes will be made tomorrow.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: the Night network will be suspended and public transport services will be reduced during curfew hours.
TAFE and UNIVERSITY: will all be done remotely.
Please be calm, be kind, be patient.
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Both mum and I walk over an hour most days. Can't do that now.
BREAKING: new stage 4 restrictions will apply from 6pm tonight for at least 6 weeks (until Sunday 13 Sept).
STATE OF DISASTER from 6pm tonight. SHOPPING: one person per household per day - no further than 5km from home. EXERCISE: limited to one hour per day - no further than 5km from home and no more than two people (whether you live with them or not). RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY: not permitted. CURFEW: will apply each night from 8pm to 5am (only exceptions - work; care and care giving and common sense exceptions - intimate partners, custody arrangements), starting at 8pm tonight. SCHOOLS: From Wednesday ALL students will move to flexible and remote learning (except children of essential workers and vulnerable children). Tuesday is a pupil free day. KINDERS and CHILDCARE: will follow the same rules as schools (to apply from Thursday.) WORK PLACES: announcements on work places, shops, restaurants, cafes will be made tomorrow. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: the Night network will be suspended and public transport services will be reduced during curfew hours. TAFE and UNIVERSITY: will all be done remotely. 
Please be calm, be kind, be patient. 
I am available to answer any and all questions - message, email, text or call me 0402 896 892.
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LOL No more cone!
That is so cute and awesome.
Same good 'ol cotton string I use on Milly. I just give her like half a ball worth since from dollar store.
Updates: I made 150ml of BluBacco today, really had missed that stuff. I also vacuumed, much to Milly's dismay, then vacc'd out the four dust filters in the new computer too...love them.
Got the dining table cleaned off finally. The tablecloth I got at thrift for $3 works nicely and matches it well...first time in like a decade the table has looked like that. Now I just need to get rid of that old leather Lay-Z-Boy I never use so I can actually sit there. Nobody wants to take it or help move, it barely got up the stairs and in the door. Very narrow outdoor stairs and hallways.
Made up a batch of my flamin' taco/burrito meat again, this time using 50/50 chicken and beef.
Ya can't tell eh? I'd cooked it enough to dry it out some and get a nice sear while reducing it down. it'd been marinated in evil spices for two days in the fridge.??
And, pizza dough for NASCAR grubbin' is go again...woohoo!! ?
Got the dining table cleaned off finally. The tablecloth I got at thrift for $3 works nicely and matches it well...first time in like a decade the table has looked like that. Now I just need to get rid of that old leather Lay-Z-Boy I never use so I can actually sit there. Nobody wants to take it or help move, it barely got up the stairs and in the door. Very narrow outdoor stairs and hallways.
Made up a batch of my flamin' taco/burrito meat again, this time using 50/50 chicken and beef.
Ya can't tell eh? I'd cooked it enough to dry it out some and get a nice sear while reducing it down. it'd been marinated in evil spices for two days in the fridge.
??
And, pizza dough for NASCAR grubbin' is go again...woohoo!! ?
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Thought for the day.
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I'm so sorry to hear that AJ, hope you have no residual effects from it.
Did your doc give you a laundry list of things to do to head that off from happening again?@CaFF many of those recliners have removable backs, makes it a lot easier to move them. The back just lifts right off, sometimes after opening a couple of latches, sometimes there are no latches. I don't think the La-Z-Boys we've had had latches.
I'm so sorry to hear that AJ, hope you have no residual effects from it.
@CaFF many of those recliners have removable backs, makes it a lot easier to move them. The back just lifts right off, sometimes after opening a couple of latches, sometimes there are no latches. I don't think the La-Z-Boys we've had had latches.
I lucked out , no residual effects, just need to take a little better care of myself.
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Glad you're okay and that you got goodies snuck in
I think I my retire them, they have served me well. Missed my Odin mini so much that I ordered another before they disappear...
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I don't leave string loose anymore though. My daughter's kitty had to have an emergency surgery due to her swallowing/eating a long piece a few years ago. So just a FYI in the event you do that. Something we never would have thought could happen ya know?That is so cute and awesome.
Same good 'ol cotton string I use on Milly. I just give her like half a ball worth since from dollar store.
Holding.
Batten down the hatches Nada, look like it is coming right over top of you.
Morning!
The air smells good this morning! Had some rain last night, cleared the dust out of the air. Jessie is on guard at the screen door, waiting for any bugs to try to get in. At least she doesn't try to climb up the screen. Hubby is outside working on his deck project.
Stay safe and healthy
The air smells good this morning! Had some rain last night, cleared the dust out of the air. Jessie is on guard at the screen door, waiting for any bugs to try to get in. At least she doesn't try to climb up the screen. Hubby is outside working on his deck project.
Stay safe and healthy
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Hubbs went to town and got several bags of ice earlier. We have gasoline for the generator and plenty of food. The weather is already blustery and wet here, and from the looks of it will only continue to worsen through the day and night.
Looks like the eye will pass farther to the east, but I'm sure we'll get some of those rotating winds that are always full of rain coming off the ocean. That's how it usually happens here.
Things are looking pretty rough off the coast of Georgia now.
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yeah and blown down pine trees and power outages. Be safe my friend.
I lived in timberlake and worked in RTP during Hugo....
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You missed a treat if you weren't here for Fran in 1996. Hugo caused a lot more damage in SC and then in western NC. Fran tore the Raleigh/Durham area all to pieces. Just one of my coworkers in Raleigh at the time had over 200 trees down on his own property over in North Raleigh near Highway 50. I was stranded up in Creedmoor and couldn't get to work - even the Interstate was closed because of downed trees. My mother, in the central area of Raleigh's city limits, was without power for over 3 weeks.
Was in FL by then.
Was thinking of my old home though.
Nearly half of COVID-19 patients at a New York City hospital developed severe kidney damage - and 82% of them had NO history of renal problems
- Researchers looked at 4,000 patients at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City from February 24 to May 30
- About 46% of coronavirus patients developed acute kidney injury, which is when they kidneys fail to filter waste, with 17% requiring dialysis
- Around 82% had no history of kidney problems and one-third of those who survived did not regain the same kidney function they had.
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All well and good here today. I hope everyone has a decent week!
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Stay safe!!! Thinking of you all that are in the area of the storm.
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awww so cute. Is he/she a seal point? I love them. Such attitude
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She appears to be a lilac point mutt, lol
She's an orphaned bottle baby we raised from about 4 weeks of age - she is getting big (and colorful, lol)
You can't see in this pic, but she is getting orange spots in her tail and possibly next to her nose
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Well, she is a cutie for sure. Hell, they all have attitude lol. That's half the fun, or frustration, take your pick.
Thank you for giving her a home. One less orphaned baby on the streets
Swing and a miss down here, stayed well off the coast and all the heavy weather stayed on the east side of the storm. Just got a little wind not much else. Be safe.
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Good deal. I'm glad you dodged that bullet.
It might get interesting here during the night. I reckon the interesting thing will be to see if we keep power all night. The power goes off here if a breeze goes by. (Not really, but it's mighty easy for it to go off, and then it takes them forever to get it back on.)
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When did this thread get stickied? Well, well, we're moving up in the world! lol
The storm last night ended up being nothing more than a breezy, rainy night here with some thunder fairly early in the evening.
I hope our neighbors down east (and my daughter and her family) fared anywhere near as well as we did. Am waiting to hear from daughter.
@Rob B. is all well at your house? @MrMeowgi?
The storm last night ended up being nothing more than a breezy, rainy night here with some thunder fairly early in the evening.
I hope our neighbors down east (and my daughter and her family) fared anywhere near as well as we did. Am waiting to hear from daughter.
@Rob B. is all well at your house? @MrMeowgi?
All is well here. Not a drop of rain in site this far west. Now for Rob I'm sure he's seeing rain
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Same as you. Just a breezy, rainy night. And it took the humidity with it too. 
It was beautiful here this morning. I hope everyone else made it through the storm ok....
Not much happening here, I took a day off of the Internet yesterday and just hung out with Milly, watched tv and cooked stuff. It's nice being near normal temps again.
Milly was like
when I put on the new tablecloth on, but she adapted quickly and didn't wreck it...lol
Milly was like
when I put on the new tablecloth on, but she adapted quickly and didn't wreck it...lol