Eagle Hunters Across the Ice in Mongolia
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Looks really cold.
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Good morning Hamsters. Overcast and 71 (!) at 7:30. Yuck.
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Shannon says:
MARCH 26, 2018 AT 7:46 PM
So, Couch People, are those big grocers down there offering this shopping service where you just pull up and load your groceries and drive off?We use it, but not for fresh veggies and meat. Its convenient as all get out. Sweetie calls it in during the day, and I swing by and pick up groceries on the way home without getting out of my car. Pop the trunk and a minion puts it all in there.
mharper42 says:
MARCH 26, 2018 AT 11:04 PM
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I don’t think Kroger is anti-gun.Kroger has decided to pull gun magazines from their shelves. The book burnings will be coming next, I guess.
So we’ll likley be using the HEB service from now on.
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After recently imposing restrictions on the sale of firearms, ammunition and assault rifle-themed publications, Kroger (KR) has decided to stop selling guns altogether.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/kroger-to-stop-selling-guns-of-all-kinds/
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#4 Sarge
I thought this was referring to gun-free, and Kroger stores do not have those signs up. I saw a snowflake gal complain in our neighborhood FB Group that she saw someone enter the 43rd St Kroger with a holstered open carry gun, and it frightened her so badly that she ran back to her car and left. How foolish you must be, to think that an open carry is going to shoot you, I guess just for the fun of it.But when I googled it, I saw the news about merchandise. I never knew that gun magazines were sold in grocery stores. In the tiny hardware section, along with tack hammers and combination locks?
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Multiculturalism is a load of crapola! All cultures are not equal and some are outright disgraceful and should be wiped from the face of the Earth; this is one of the latter.
HEADLINE: TWISTED TRADE Pakistan rapist ‘let off’ after sick deal ‘allowing victim’s brother to rape his sister’
Why any so-called feminist would ever defend, in any way, the scourge of islime is an absolute mystery to me. Islam practically defines mysogyny and codifies the very behavior to which they are supposed to be against.
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Some of Kroger-owned FredMeyer stores sold firearms in four Western states.
Kroger had $31 billion in total sales in the last quarter of 2017. Shedding $7 million in annual gun sales was no doubt a easy decision……Virtue signaling being so important to corporate America these days.
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I never knew that gun magazines were sold in grocery stores. In the tiny hardware section, along with tack hammers and combination locks?
Uh, no. These magazines were periodicals, not gun components.
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The link in #5 gives a summary of the whole Kroger episode to date, if anyone is interested.
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You know, I’m just wondering if a guy lived in a state with unconstitutionally restrictive gun laws and he ordered one of these, wouldn’t he be able to more than recover the cost of the machine by selling a few components ?
A gun-technology pioneer says he’s seeing a “huge explosion” in sales of a machine that allows people to make their own untraceable AR-15-style rifles in response to the national debate on gun control. Wilson said he believes a “very conservative” estimate would be that 25,000 to 30,000 AR-15s are in circulation because of his machine, the first generation of which was introduced in 2014. It’s always been legal to manufacture guns, Wilson says, and the machine simply makes it possible without specialized knowledge. Californians make up about a third of Ghost Gunner buyers. He said do-it-yourself gun milling seems to grow in relation to efforts to restrict guns.
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182 years ago today, over 425 Texian Prisoners Of War were mass murdered by firing squad and clubbing near Goliad, on Palm Sunday.
Remember Goliad!
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Rainy morning out here today, much needed. Thanks. Guess that makes mowing out of the question today. I put my hummingbird feeders out last week, and they have turned out to be a big hit. Those little birds are everywhere. Lots of “baby” birds about half the size of the adults slurping there too. I’ll get to work here soon on my “todo” list. That should take the better part of the day. You all have a good one.
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Hi Gang, just checking in, I’ve been too busy to even lurk.
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I had some leftover Bluegills N Fries for lunch, Mmm,Mmm.
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Prompted by the Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen story of his father’s FBI connection, lawprof Glenn Reynolds has suggested more than once over the last few days the possibility the FBI is sitting on evidence about the Las Vegas shooter because they had some kind of confidential informant relationship with him and the revelations would be extremely embarrassing,
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#16
Yeah I’ve never been much of a World Nut Daily type but something’s fishy about Las Vegas – no info, no leaks, no video..
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I had some leftover Bluegills N Fries for lunch, Mmm,Mmm.
Throw a couple loaves of bread in there and with the help of the right Jew, you could feed a couple thousand people and still have leftovers.
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Heard there was rain on the way, and I had a 3″ thick layer of tree flowers and stuff on my driveway. Took me an hour and a half to rake, blow, scoop, bag, and any thing else I could think of to clean it off. It would have been ever so much worse had it become a wet mess to clean up. I confess I shall now take an ibuprofen for my aching back.
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Heineken just pulled this television ad.
You look at stuff like this and just wonder what in the hell were they thinking ?
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This is a pretty funny Twitter beat down.
Texans take to Twitter to say this Brooklyn barbecue was an epic fail
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#20 texpat
I didn’t make that connection at all until I read the description at the link.People need to stop walking around with a giant chip in their shoulders and just stop being crybabies.
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I’m finally settling in at my desk for a brief stint. Hubby and I went to the bank this morning, and we are now the proud owners of a safe deposit box. I said I felt like I should be wet or something after exiting the vault room, with all the secret ritual feeling involved I should have been baptized or something.
Cracked up the banker who was waiting outside.
We also got all of our property deeds notarized and I now need to file them with the appropriate county clerks to transfer them into our brand new trust. There was paper a-flyin’ all over the desk. I made sure to double check all the signature lines and dates, making sure everything was filled out. I kept getting papers that Hubby had failed to sign, and there was one front page date not filled in. Admin oversight is what I do.
Hubby is now home, and actually TRAINING ON HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! I found a beginner computing (orientation) Youtube video for him, so he can rewind it and replay it as much as he wants. I really shouldn’t be teaching him. I mean, he’s recovering from back surgery, and it’s much safer if I don’t get frustrated with him right now.
As we pulled into the bank parking lot this morning I got a call from one of my cousins. My go-to cousin on my mother’s side has double-lung cancer that is inoperable. She’s opted not to go through chemo and is in hospice. I don’t know many more details right now, not even an estimate of her time left. I know she’s on a machine that is draining fluid from her lungs. Sandy was always a hale and hearty, outdoorsy type. I saw her at Uncle Odin’s funeral and she seemed fine. I’m planning to go see her in New Braunfels soon. The cousin that called me is coming into town this weekend, so I may wait until after seeing her to travel out to see Sandy.
I cried. Sandy and I kept in touch over the years, and we were each other’s conduit of info to our families. I visited her when her younger sister died of colon cancer, and helped transfer the body to Houston for burial. She’s my age, and she’s one of those forces of nature that you think will go on forever.
I’m so sick of death and dying. Hug your loved ones and let them know how you feel.
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#21 Texpat
Brooklyn barbecue? That’s an oxymoron if I ever saw one.
It’s easy to brag on what you got, if you have no idea what the real deal looks like.
Bless their little hearts.
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Hubby just called me – he actually used the word “icons”.
Progress!
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In case you’ve ever wondered how that deal works…
CNN pays airports to leave the network on, and many travel hubs even have agreements in which CNN pays for their TVs and infrastructure. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that airports also receive “up to six minutes each hour to promote the airport or local attractions” as part of the deal.
“CNN Airport covers the costs related to the TVs and related infrastructure, provides programming specifically geared for airports, and pays us for the opportunity to be in our facility,” a representative from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International said, while Miami International’s spokesperson simply pointed us to a document proving that CNN is willing to pay the most.
Long-term contracts typically give CNN the ability to curate content seen by travelers whether they like it or not. The eight-year contract that was signed in 2016 promises Miami International Airport “a maximum annual guarantee of $150,000” that may be adjusted annually to ensure the deal is on par with similar airports.
“Airports feel like a lesser version of hell with dirty seats, overpriced food and propaganda posing as news on CNN,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson said last month.
The agreements blur the lines between news and advertising as the network blurs the lines between news and political activism.
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There’s a con man who has a habit of knocking on doors in our and surrounding neighborhoods at all hours of the day and night, begging for money with some sob story or another. It’s differing amounts: $39.83 to pay off a bill, $20 for gas, etc. He’s managed to scam quite a few people. I mean, if someone knocks on your door at 3:00 a.m. and says he needs cash to finish paying a tow driver, and your neighbor directed him to you, it’s more likely for some people to pay him to get rid of him rather than feel guilty about not helping a neighbor’s friend, or waking up your neighbor to check out the story, etc.
Actually happened to one person, but she knew her neighbor worked nights and told the beggar to bugger off.
This post, with his picture and warnings that he’s hitting our neighborhood again, has been a hot topic on Nextdoor.com.
He came up on driveway asking for a ride,anrmoney to get his van out of impound…I told him that his face in all over the internet,and I hav a gun and he needs to get off my property…shorts stories have great endngs….[sic]
Some time ago, he hit up Hubby at his shop 2 miles away. Hubby actually said he’d give him a ride to his truck for which he needed gas money, supposedly a few blocks away. They drove around a bit before the guy admitted there was no truck. Hubby disgorged his passenger right then and there.
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Anything I would let someone at a grocery store pick out for me I can buy cheaper on Amazon Pantry and have it delivered to my doorstep.
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But, all of those damn boxes.
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I can’t go cold turkey on grocery shopping.
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Drizzle has moved in, and mist hangs low to the ground. Breeze has died down considerably. This must be the prelude to the rain coming tomorrow and into Thursday. Sky is pretty bright off westward though. Temp has dropped to 72.
I made the rounds of two nearby nurseries today, a pick me up to see all the pretty plants and flowers. At one place I got 6 smaller size boxwoods to replace the ones that Harvey drowned and killed in a border around a small bed. Later visited the other place for hanging baskets. Got 4 of those, beautiful dark pink begonias, very full plants and reasonably priced at $11.99 each. Purchases of same in previous years wintered well and came back in spring. That was of course before our cold winter this time around. They also do well planted in containers or urns or in flower beds.
Finally the crape myrtles are leafing out along with the Drake elms, trying to catch up with our one American elm that’s fully dressed now. Only the pecans lag behind as is customary, though some of the younger trees resulting from Johnny Appleseed planting years ago are leafing out slowly. Way ahead of the huge old ones that always are the last.
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Beer, picked up some Saint Arnold’s Spring Bock. Never tried it before, highly recommended.
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I’m really smirking at Gillette spending millions on TV advertising crowing about their (newly) lower priced American made shaving razors. I been cussing the ripoff that they and others have perpetrated on men for years. Could it be that the beard fad and higher quality, cheaper imports from Germany are having an effect?
I guess the Black-Hatted Combover Cowboy will ride in on his white horse and slap on a tarriff soon.
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Dang. When did Linda become an EverTrumper?
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Use a old-style safety razor. You can get 100 blades for $12.50.
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He’s kinda shakey in his old age.
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I think they have fashion shows on the innernet. In HD!!
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I’ll go back to a Safety Razor when you go back to using a horse instead of an automobile.
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Bramanti is a user and collector of antique Safety Razors.
That guy has a five o’clock shadow by 11am. He probably carries around a couple.
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#33, et al – I got a Harry’s starter set on line some time ago, and I buy blades from them on line as needed. Best shave I’ve ever gotten, and the prices are very reasonable. I imagine the Dollar Shave Club is somewhat similar. I wouldn’t trade the Harry’s deal. Check it out – you usually get the starter kit for next to nothing, and shipping is always free. https://www.harrys.com/en/us
And no, I didn’t like them so much that I bought the company. I’m just a satisfied customer.
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Poll: Who here has had a barber shop shave?
(Besides mharper.)
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Yes, I’ve been procrastinating calling Harry’s. I think Texpat went with the other guys, but reports your same results.
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Had my whole head shaved at a barber shop a few times when I first started with the Mr. T style. It’s just too easy to shave it in the shower a couple times a week.
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I go to Joe’s in Tomball, I don’t get a shave but they still got the warm shaving cream and straight razor to get around the ears and the neck. Oh and hot towel! Oh yeah!
Oh and bitch about Democrats.
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The last time I was in a barber shop I didn’t have a beard and may have needed the booster box.
With a few intervening exceptions, the same woman has cut my hair since high school.
She’s the only one who knew how to cut it right. Though Texpat’s is a worse problem, it takes someone with some talent to cut our hair.Oh, and there was that period of years when it wasn’t cut. 🙂
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I used a straight razor for a while. Something of a fad in the 80’s, a store in the Galleria sold a whole line of the accessories. The cheaper razors were made of harder steel and held an edge longer. Not sure I’d survive trying that now.
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Heard on the news they will fill in Roll Over Pass. Looks like it will be done.
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I have never used shaving cream, always soap, in the shower, by touch. I shave the under beard on my neck 1-2 times/week. I trim the beard about once a month. I really like keeping it simple. A pack of triple blade cartridges lasts over a year.
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Wow. Only one barber shave, so far.
Oh, well, Texpat will show up with some story about getting a shave from some barber to the stars who danced for extra money at night.
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Now that I thought about it, I will hang a strop next to the cleaning table. Easier to keep the fillet knife sharp than using a wiping stick.
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#46 Goat-Man: Channel 2 did this story about the closure last week. I don’t think it is all over as surely the eminent domain seizure will be challenged in court.
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I’m on the same haircut schedule as the dog. It’s easy to cut your own using the combs that come with the clippers. Yellow Hair is good at trimming.
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47. Gto
Texas Coast forever changing.
There’s a song in there somewhere.
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gto – did you listen to these guys back in the day? Had a KTRU flashback.
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The land around the pass is owned by the Gulf Coast Rod, Reel and Gun Club, which bought the property in the 1950s and gave it to the people of Texas as a gift.
How do they own it if they gave it away? How do you give something “to the people of Texas”? Does that mean each of us own 5.6e-7 acres of Bolivar property? Or does the State of Texas own it? And if that’s the case, why is there an eminent domain issue? So many questions. Like how many skeletal remains of SouthernTragedy’s exes are they going to find?
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No Shannon, I’ve not ever been in a barbershop. Even since menopause, my beard doesn’t require a lot of attention. A little bit of tweezer work keeps me presentable. Does the tweezer do it for you, as well, or do you have to use a facial depilatory cream?
I do, however, trim my husband’s hair every 5-6 weeks. When he developed male pattern baldness some 20 years ago, he got sensitive about having his hair cut. He asked me if I would do it, so I bought a Wahl hair trimmer and learned how to use it.
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I’ve never trusted some guy with a surgically sharp blade near my neck. I’ve made a few enemies in my life and I never wanted to make it easy for them.
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Shannon is just irritating everybody lately .
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A little bit of tweezer work keeps me presentable. Does the tweezer do it for you, as well, or do you have to use a facial depilatory cream?
At 62, I use every tool available in the battle against the unrelenting onslaught of body-wide Wild Hairs. The depilatory people are still in the stone age, but there’s always hope.
Oh for the days when I was 30 and my first chest hair appeared.
TMI ?
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No one will ever know the full body count.
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Just a reminder of why I no longer use any Microsoft products. Or Google either for that matter.
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62 ELG
Wow.
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It’s here folks.
Welcome to post- First Amendment America. The Second Amendment is right behind.
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ALERT
KHOU IS BACK IN FORM WITH AN ALLIGATOR STORY.
COUPLE INVOLVES A LIVE ALLIGATOR IN THEIR BABY GENDER ANNOUNCEMENT.
This is 2018. Don’t they know the sex of their baby won’t be known for at least a decade?
Buncha country bumpkins, I tell ya.
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