Oil fields, Signal Hill, Long Beach, California, 1941 – by B. Anthony Stewart
Americans won the war of the Pacific and saved millions of lives with oilfields like this on the West Coast.
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Great picture. Well it’s 53 here in Midland shooting for the low 80’s so with the low humidity it’ll be a fine day. I of course am the only one up, I got up a 5 sharp, figured out the Keurig Coffee pot and I’m having a pretty tolerable cup of coffee. I say I’m the only one up but their little dog heard me in the kitchen and came to see who was invading her space but we’ve kinda’ got used to each other so she shut up and went back to bed. She’s mistrustful of strangers but she’s warmed up slowly to me on my numerous trips and last night was the first time that she has got in my lap.
Mornin’ Gang
Since I spent most of yesterday in a aluminum Mailing Tube, I’m catching up.
EXACTLY my very first thought when I heard about this.
FWIW; Last January I got a raise of something like 5% but they raised Medicare a couple of percent so it reminded me of the raises I got in my last years at the Rocket Ranch only I lost money ever year in that program. Up 3% Insurance up 4% or so. EVERY DAMN YEAR. But hey they weren’t responsible for the increase in insurance.
Oh and mharper’s #14 was good; This cracked me up OYonder.
Texpat mentioned that an outfit wanted to help Kalifornia fix it’s High-Speed Rail system but decided the nut jobs there were Politically Dysfunctional and they built the rail in North Africa instead. Think about that for a minute…. FWIW; Tucker had a piece about this earlier in the week.
There is speculation that the clowns on the J6 committee are going to subpoena Trump. What are the odds that he shows up? I’m quite sure that his lawyers can delay until well after the mid-term blood bath and past the end of the year when the time runs out on the authorization of the committee.
The odds are in favor of the Rs retaking the House and the Wicked Witch of the West, Nanzi Pelousi, will no longer be speaker, so what happens after that?
Who knows? BUT if the Republicans grow a spine they’ll shut down the S#!T Show and start investigations on the FBI and Russia Hoax. That said; even if that happens we all know NOTHING will come of it.
~SPITS~
Neat Bevis N Butthead picture. 😀
Social Security has been the topic the past few days.
Supposedly there 64 Million drawing SS.
Supposedly 40 Million Illegal Aliens in the US
Millions sitting on the side line not working.
It would look like a full one third of the Nation is on the Dole?
I start drawing SS in January and SS said because I’m already drawing a private Pension they have the right to reduce my SS distribution by 50%. 😯
If you want some interesting Socialism reading look up WEP (Windfall Elimination Provision).
https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/planner/wep.html
Political Gaul knows no limits!
Rant off and morning gang. 🙂
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/deshaun-watson-lawsuit-civil-claim-sexual-assault/umhqrmwphkj34ltrangsjjs6
I spotted a couple of old Wheel Covers that SIL had put up on his back fence and asked him; “Where’d you get the 55 Buick Hub Caps”? This was a guess on my part but I was thinking about when they were made and for who and they looked like fancy mid 50’s GM’s. Too fancy to be a Chevy. After I checked them out closely I spotted the Oldsmobile Ringed Globe so I looked them up. They’re 56 Oldsmobile Spinner Wheel Covers. I didn’t miss it by much.
😀
We are in the process of selling the 109 acres of the family cotton farm my brother and sister and I inherited to our cousin who works the farm. My grandfather was one of twelve children, one died early so it divvied up he inherited 1/11th of the farm and that is the 109 acres. As it is we are landlords, my cousin and now his son works the land and we get 25% of the proceeds, or as this year when there was no crop, the insurance money. My grandmother will probably reach out from the grave and slap me but now it is split three ways and divided up even more with our kids and grandkids so we believe it is time to sell.
We found we do own mineral rights which we will keep, nothing will probably ever come of it but you never know what new technologies will come the next generation so we thought it was important to keep. At issue is what the value is, cousin’s offer is probably fair but is possibly less than up to half market value per one realtor we spoke to up there. We are waiting for a second opinion right now. Farm land and value is a different animal than other real estate and we don’t totally understand it, would there be a buyer interested in a small section in the middle of a large farm? It’s a close knit community there and has been for a century, I’m sure they all have their own Table of Knowledge at the local cafe, would any of them do that to a fellow farmer? We will absolutely not cause a fight over it, but would like to make sure we get a fair deal. Touchy subject.
I hope it’s OK to repost TexMo’s #33 from yesterday. I completely agree with it and yes SS COLA’s are automatic regardless of who is in power but he makes a good point about the Biden Administration.
Dang good guess there SD on the hubcaps. Too bad all that knowledge is worth what you paid for it. 😀
My #12 I should have scrolled down further, Texpat, Tedtam and Squawk chimed in. I always missing a lot of what goes on here, I just seem to be too busy all the time.
BAWHAHAHA! Yup, amen to that.
My #11
This was a longer read than I intended but if anyone has any thoughts or knowledge of farm land values I would appreciate any input.
From yesterday;
So did you order it? I may have to get one also but I’m running out of wall space.
SD
Yes, I ordered it as soon as I finished reading the description.
Chili Queens and the Alamo?
No hemming and hawing on this one.
#18 Shannon, Yup, mine is on the way. Now to figure how to pay for the dang frame. FWIW; That big compound miter saw is looking better by the minute. 😉
#19 Super Dave
That looks exactly like the one I have.
RE Open Comments Pic
I’m sure today Californians are embarrassed by their own fossil fuels past. I’m sure they find that picture abhorrent and would want to burn it to remove evidence of said history.
Chevron has been one of my clients in the past and they are based out of San Ramon, CA. I feel sorry for them that they have to operate in such a hostile environment. Their first refinery is the Richmond refinery right on San Francisco Bay. Their second refinery is appropriately named El Segundo (Spanish for 2nd). The refinery was there first and the town built up around it. They got creative when they decided to name the town El Segundo, CA.
I keep thinking I need to get one of those small Ryobi battery powered miter saws which will fit most of my needs but skeered as soon as I do, I’d regret not getting a larger one.
Headline:
NELLES: How The Mississippi River Could Complicate U.S. Inflation.
What do agricultural products, fertilizer, oil, and coal have in common?They all travel on the Mississippi River to reach the consumers who use those commodities.The challenge is that the river is at historically low levels and the barges carrying these products cannot transit.
A whole bunch of folks have no idea whatsoever how important the Mighty Mississippi is to the economic health of our nation; it would be hard to overstate its importance.
The paragraph just below the headline gives an inkling; the next most competitive transportation method is rail and it is 5x MORE expensive than barge and trucks may be 10X more than rail. The fuel that powers all of that is diesel and the mental lightweights currently running the show have waged all out war against crude oil production in this country. The JugEared Jackazz said it plainly “under my plan electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket”; everything that requires fossil fuels will be much more expensive thanks to the people who controlled Obama and now Bidet. This is not an accident; they hate us and want us all enslaved or dead.
GJT; I’d go in person to check with the local County Farmer Agent about the value and possibility of selling it as “Farm Land” 100 acres here in Alabama wouldn’t be enough for a farm these days but someone might like to add it to his. 100 acres in that part of the world is tiny and I don’t know if it would be easily saleable. In my limited experience the big money comes from people wanting a place to hunt or to have a country place. There again you’d have a location problem. I’ve had two appraisals on my place in the last 20 years and they’re all over the place. So to answer your question truthfully, I don’t know.
I didn’t roll out until almost 9:00. I’ve had so many late nights lately, and Hubby told me to sleep. Holy cow, I haven’t been able to sleep this late in…I can’t remember when. Usually that’s my Saturday morning laze-in, cuddling deliciously under my cocoon of blankets. I woke up at my usual time, Hubby came to kiss me good morning, and my radio was on. Usually, if I hear a radio or tv, my brain refuses to sleep. Not this morning.
I’m not running on fumes today. I do feel better. Non fatiga sum.
Speaking of Latin, we had a group discussion last night. I had several conversations with our teacher with my frustration at my lack of progress. I agreed that a big part of my problem was a scheduling issue on my part – not finding enough time to practice. But I also made a point that I felt I would learn better if we didn’t just go from a book, learning theory, writing sentences, trying to use rote force to remember the multitude of declensions and conjugations. And while Collins is definitely geared to the language we use in mass and is a fine resource, it is a very dry way of learning. I went looking for some variety and on my own have found some other resources – beginner stories, some learn-language videos, etc. The videos really pushed the point that the language being learned must be spoken to be learned, and stories are the best way of doing it. Our brains retain better what we learn in a story format and not in disconnected sentences.
As a result, it looks like Magister will talk to Fr. Felix about rebooting our class – again – but this time using an online resource, Lingua Latina. It comes in classical Latin as well as Ecclesiastical, which is what we will use, natch. It is a story format, and there is audio to go along with the text, so we can hear the pronunciation as well as see it. There are online exercises. I think we’re going to combine some of Collins and other resources (such as actual psalms from the Vulgate) with LL. Magister will have to create the latter resources, but he already has much of those resources available through the work he’s already done over the years.
The reboot probably won’t happen until January, so we’ll continue to slog through Collins until then. There will be a call out to the parish to see if anyone else wants to join in. We went from 40 to 5, probably because “Collins is so intimidating”. LL looks more fun, so we’re hoping we’ll have more of our parish family join us.
I’m looking forward to it. I may even buy the home version – books, CDs, etc. – for my personal use. That way, I’ll always have them.
Prepping report: 10 lbs of chicken thigh/leg quarters=2 1/2 quarts of crispy chicken bites…
The purge continues.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/chase-bank-allegedly-shutters-bank-account-religious-freedom-nonprofit-demands-donor-list
And my foraging book from the guy who has the web site “Eat the Weeds” should be arriving today. I love his site – easy to use, highly informative, great pictures of the good and not-good to eat lookalikes. He has some foraging classes, and I’d love to do one of his walkalongs. Lovely DIL has expressed an interest in going to one with me. We’ll see.
I went outside to get some chocolate mint for my tea, and ended up cycling through my garden. Picked a few things, I have some stuff coming up. I had to put up tulle because – critters. I don’t see any new holes, so I guess it’s working.
Now I want a yaupon holly bush for my yard. It’s supposed to make a very good tea, and high in caffeine. Since caffeine is now my friend…
#26
Prepping report: 10 lbs of chicken thigh/leg quarters=2 1/2 quarts of crispy chicken bites…
I cooked my chicken last night…I have more celery to process after I take out the tomatoes and make into powder. I think I’ll put the chicken into my oven on drying mode. Years ago I found some large pizza trays that are perforated all over – perfect for drying stuff. I used them for my almonds yesterday, chicken today.
Today’s Hamousonian
Tedtam, you give me oven-envy 😉
SD
They have at least a dozen prints or maps that I really want, but this is the first one that I have purchased.
I sure would like to put it in a mesquite frame.
Duuuude!!!
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/whoa-cross-kari-lake-with-a-grizzly-and-you-get-this-woman/
I’m watching “Our Half Acre Homestead”. I always think of her as the grandma I wish I’d had.
Bsue – when we were looking for double ovens for our house, I insisted that both top and bottom have self-cleaning options. We paid a pretty penny for the one we have, but I got what I wanted. It has all kinds of bells and whistles, but both ovens are self cleaning.
It took me until about 2 or 3 years ago to find the drying mode. /facepalm
#24 SD
This is in Crosby County, near Lubbock so going in person is not an option. Five trips up there last year dealing with my aunt, then her house after she passed was enough!
Yes 100 acres is tiny and it certainly would be an add on to whatever any possible buyer would have. My cousin who farms ours has sections he either leases or owns all over the place so they do travel with their equipment. But that is the question, appraised (not county tax appraisal) market value means nothing if no prospective buyers.
“Cross Kari Lake with a Grizzly”. Tucker had her on his show she is dynamite for sure.
#34 – I just looked again – she reminds me of my Aunt Lora… Mama’s baby sister… my second mother
#33 – GO gettem Mom!!!!!!
Take NO Prisoners!
#23 Bones
I have been hoping to do a front page feature on the low levels of the Mississippi for a couple of months.
I noticed the national media has finally picked up on the story.
I follow a river tugboat captain on the Mississippi on YT occasionally.
#30
I had to go back to 2015 to see what the deal was about liking cats. Sasquawk hadn’t included the explanatory headline…
‘LITTLE OLD LADY’ ARRESTED FOR MAKING FUR COATS WITH NEIGHBOR’S CATS
WARNING POSSIBLE FEAR MONGERING AHEAD
Candy prices reach record levels as ‘Bidenflation’ hits Halloween season
Squawkster, surely you don’t visualize me trapping and skinning cats…
Is the lady coming back, sir? 😀
18 Shannon
RE: Your purchase of an Onderdonk fine print from Mark Pusateri at Copano Bay Press
The Chili Queens of San Antonio
” The Chili Queens, almost all of whom were Tejanas, ruled the scene by force of personality.
A reporter in the San Antonio Express reminisced about those days:
‘ The rule of the chili queens presiding over the chili stands on the plazas was absolute. Their tables were patronized by people of all walks of life. The banker touched elbows with the newsboy. The doctor sat by the farmer, the lawyer, judge and Sheriff sat next to the barber, the policeman and the porter.
Generally the chili queen reserved a seat near the center of the inner circle or bench for the newspaper reporter and the hackman, who were her particular protégés. The bootblack also belonged to the inner circle, to which sometimes the musician, the actor and the gambler was admitted, but most of the patrons, and especially the politicians, had to take seats on the outer edge of the table.’ “
In the interest of historical accuracy, I want to point out an accidental oversight and omission by Pusateri.
The Chili Queens were also notorious madams, each with their own little harem. On the menu with a bowl of red was an optional side order of afternoon delight with a pretty, young senorita back in their day.
Good Morning Hamsters,
It has recently occurred to me that I ought to ask if calling our gang “Hamsters” is acceptable. 🙂
Several months ago we attended spouse’s ham radio club annual dinner. The door prize winner was to be determined by guessing how many gumballs of all sizes and colors were in a large Ball canning jar. The jar was the door prize. It is heavy and could easily be described as a blunt instrument. Turns out our guess on it was the closest one to the actual number. Spouse was notified we won it during an online club meeting, and he brought it home last night after an in-person meeting.
It has a big beautiful red bow on it. As to its size, it has a wide mouth and a capacity of 1500 something marked on the side, also a decorative panel on one side. It is almost 10″ tall. We suppose this is not your ordinary canning jar. We haven’t opened it yet, as it will take some strong hands to open the lid.
Oletimer Lin scores one on that Fetterman character…
45 Adee
Heh.
It seems to me a physicist would have an unfair advantage in that contest.
(<;
HARRRRRUUMMMPH
I’d bet a week of Texpat’s pay that the Chili Queens served chili straight up with beans in the chili. The story said that they served chili with the beans on the side. The author probably got inundated from whiney so called “chili purist” that icons of Texas like the “Chili Queens” would never serve CHILI WITH BEANS. Show me records that all chili with served without beans back in those days. I’d argue for a plethora of practical reasons Chili with beans was the norm. Served on the side was the aberration.
Chili Queens more than likely made chili with beans. Anything else claiming otherwise sounds to me to be revisionist history.
RE: Squawk’s #47 comment
I want everyone to notice there is the glaring absence of a “FACT CHECK” logo included there.
Airport baggage handler dies in freak accident after her hair gets caught in conveyor belt.
Daughter showed me a clip of some talk radio guy reporting on this. As the story goes, the lady was instructed to keep her hair up and out of the way of the machinery but she pulled the race card and threatened them because her hair was fixed up in Afro American fashion. Apparently the conveyor belt moved quickly enough to snap her neck when it got to the terminus.
That said; She is a Darwin Award Winner. 🙁
Self evident facts do not need my endorsement.
Okay, coffee, rosary, and Return to Tradition under my belt. I’ve run Handyman’s paycheck. Now to C&C:
Good morning, and happy Friday, C&C! We’re halfway through October and less than a month before midterms. Hold onto your hat. Today’s roundup includes: J6 Committee subpoenas President Trump for testimony after “convicting him” of sedition, or insurrection, or something; Tulsi leaves the democrats, nuking the bridges behind her; inflation “unexpectedly” surges, baffling Joe Biden; MEP demands a refund for “fake vaccines”; PayPal tries to bribe users to stay; Twitter cancels AOL critics; State Department tries to start World War III; Biden forgets stuff; and the best Freudian slip you’ll see all year.
Before we went down to Houma, Louisiana to apply for a job with an offshore mud company almost 50 years ago, my friend and I both had long hair and pony tails. We were told to cut our hair before we left Houston or we would never get the jobs. So we went to the barber and got short haircuts.
Nobody with long hair got hired in those days to work around all that rotating equipment on a drilling rig and elsewhere. It was a good rule. I’ve heard some real horror stories of people getting scalped by equipment because they were careless with long hair, especially women.
WTH ? We needed the jobs and we didn’t threaten to sue anybody. It’s just hair, for crying out loud.
From CoffeeandCovid:
This story has nothing to do with the mid-terms —… three weeks before the critical congressional elections — the January 6th Committee held a blockbuster hearing,… in a dramatic finale voted to subpoena President Trump for public testimony before the Committee and to produce tons of documents.
– discussion of timelines, Liz Cheney’s deplorableness, etc. —
So Trump WON’T testify before the elections.
But the Committee MIGHT have time to do it before the new Congress convenes in January and pulls their plug. Maybe. They should’ve started this a month ago. It makes you wonder if they really want to hear from Trump, or just want to complain about him resisting their subpoena and force the Republicans to “let him off the hook.” (emphasis mine)
And Childers goes into lawyer mode, explaining some of the finer points – and not-so-fine points – the maneuvering of the J6 Kangaroo Court (hereafter referred to as “J6KC”). All with his usual snarkiness that I adore so much.
I’m thinking that the last line there is what they are attempting. Knowing that Trump won’t be sitting in front of them before their time blessedly runs out, this is the most effective thing they can do to try to destroy Trump’s election reputation.
The derangement of the J6KC on display:
Thompson concluded insisting they’ve proven beyond any reasonable doubt that, after giving his speech on January 6th, Trump intended to personally lead a “heavily armed” group of “terrorists wearing body armor” in an attack on the Capitol…
But, this is Trump. I’m waiting to see how he turns the tables.
Because…Trump.
C&C: Re Tulsi Gabbard’s exit from Lala Land:
Tulsi blew up her bridges better than the terrorists who attacked the Kersch bridge in Crimea. It’s an interesting analysis to consider whether Tulsi’s statement will actually persuade many democrats to leave the party. But it probably does move the Overton Window, giving sane liberals who might have been on the fence some cover. They can now cite Tulsi to their virtue-signaling liberal friends.
As I said before, Tulsi is the Dancing Man Let’s see who the first and second followers are going to be.
Slowwwwly suiting up n packing to roll out for tomorrow’s distant new HEROs.
TGIF and Yall enJOY!!
It’s too bad Katfish didn’t have a shot at bidding on this heavy move.
3,000 tons of metal – “The Whale”
” The whopping 352ft-long submarine was paraded through the city on Wednesday on its journey to the site where it will be assembled with the stern and transformed into a museum.
The project has been in the works for years at the Nerpa shipyard.
With the hull repaired and the radioactive parts of the reactors taken out, the vessel is now ready to take shape as a museum for visitors to see the beast up close.
K-3, which was was prototyped in wood, was built in Molotovsk and floated out for the first time in 1957. “
This enormous Russian vessel was plagued with the same generational severe bad luck that has cursed the Russian Navy forever.
” But disaster struck just months later when 39 crew members died on board after a fire started in the vessel’s hydraulic system while sailing through the Norwegian Sea.
Rather than spraying water, a carbon dioxide-type gas filled the first and second compartments, killing dozens of crew members.
When the dividing door in the bulkhead from the third compartment was opened, the gas spread, and more people died. “
C&C again:
ZeroHedge ran a story yesterday headlined, “US Core CPI Surges To 40 Year Highs; Food & Shelter Costs Soar.” … So it is fair to conclude that REAL inflation is worse, maybe much worse, than the CPI shows.
Link to chart
As I said, given how the government has watered-down the statistics over the years, we might be even closer to the Carter peak than the graph suggests. In other words, a Carter economy is starting to look like a best-case scenario.
This makes canning and drying seem more and more prudent.
Food prices are up at least +13% from one year ago…. probably understated. Meanwhile, on the other side of the household ledger, real wages have fallen for EIGHTEEN STRAIGHT MONTHS.
It’s no coincidence that prices started spiking as soon as Biden invaded the White House.
And then there’s discussion of Biden’s (handlers) insistence that we’re actually doing better. (Because if you lie often enough, someone is bound to believe it. Especially if (1) they want to believe it, (2) they are so ideologically pure that they can’t comprehend Dear Leader being wrong, or (3) they have been so emotionally invested in detesting Orange Man Bad that they just can’t handle the cognitive dissonance or public disgrace should they admit that they may have voted for an idiot instead of competence.)
Also discussion of the expensive spending bill that got rammed through with the Orwellian moniker “Inflation Reduction Act”. It ends with the Childers comment “That Inflation Reduction Act seems to be working exactly as intended. Good times.”
Perzackly my feelings, too.
EU strikes out against Pfizer:
The EU Commission should immediately terminate contracts for new doses of fake #vaccines against #COVID19 and demand the return of the 2.5 billion euros paid so far. Everyone who lied that #vaccines prevent the spread of the virus must be held accountable.
If you can handle the Twitter feed, you can hear the Russian rake Pfizer over the coals. With prejudice.
Paypal is offering $15 to keep their users from canceling their service.
I have a PP account that I don’t use for much of anything. I forgot I even had it. Should I try to cancel, get the $15, and then cancel anyway?
Oh, I’m not the only one who thought of this: Wily PayPal users are reportedly taking the credit and THEN cancelling their accounts.
Remember the video clip from yesterday of the two young men giving Sandy Cortez what-for over her war stance?
Then later yesterday, Twitter locked the accounts of the two young men who confronted AOC in the clip. [Image of a screen shot regarding said lock-out.]
I know what you’re thinking. But social media giants are NOT collaborating to help democrats. How dare you.
Fay – my very own Chili Queen – ate her beans on the side.
Case closed.
I think I still have one last batch of her chili in the freezer. Need to check!!
I heard this on the radio this morning – a Democrat Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig says “I will never stop standing up for Big Pharma and standing against my constituents!”
She pulled a Biden, and said the quiet part out loud. Like when Biden said on camera that they had the largest voter fraud machine evvveeerrr in place for the election.
Craig’s opponent is busily putting together his memes, I’m sure.
#48 Super D – re death of baggage handler
When your racial/racist pride gets in the way of your personal safety, you get what you deserve. Or rather, you reap the consequences of your actions. She was warned about her hair being a danger, yet she wanted to flaunt her Afro do?
Hubby refused to wear his wedding ring. I don’t even know where it is, haven’t for years. But I’m not upset about that, because I’d rather his finger go bare than to have it caught in the sewer machine cable (or some other piece of equipment) and rip his finger off.
Stupid is as stupid does. Or did, in this case. My condolences to her family, though. This has to be rough on them. And the coworkers. That must have been horrific to witness. And any passengers who saw it.
Shannon #58
I’d bet it was more because she loved and respected her husband. From what you have told us here Fay was quite the lady of understanding and she was well aware of the fragile male ego that has become so invested in a manufactured distortion of the truth.
Case Open
A classmate lost his wife recently, and a friend posted this on his timeline. Believe it or not, FB put a “sensitive” tag on this and hid the image.
/spits
https://www.facebook.com/185387458203418/photos/a.516542458421248/6236473583094745/
Beans IN or OUT of the chili bowl? What a trivial thing to fight about. To each his own preference.
62
Grasping at straws
MHarper
Pray tell me who is fighting? I have yet to detect one word of anger from anyone.
How to hang toilet paper, now…THAT will start sumpin’ up!
Or grilled cheese sammiches out of the microwave. /shudder
or VanRoth versus VanHagar, Now there is something to legitimately argue about.
Best solution to the over/under debate…
So ummm I was wondering what you no beaners think of the unwritten law of no tomato? I like a can of rotel tomato in my chili too.
Haggling over beans in chili is as Texan as the pink granite of the Capitol building. (Properly referred to as Sunset Red granite)
The bean controversy proves that, even in Texas, 5% of the population can be terribly wrong.
Shannon
#71. Sniff you bring a tear my eye about the granite color. My brother is photographer above all photographers and he complains when he cannot bring out the “Sunset Red” granite of the capitol. He will get redneck if you call it any other color.
LONG LIVE THE 5 %ers
Everyone knows that the first person to cook beans in their chili was the first French émigré from New Jersey to Texas.
Ok… in case y’all don’t know, anyone who has had any type of abdominal surgery has had their abs cut asunder and then sewn back up. There is a very long healing process for those muscles. I try my best not to cough or sneeze because it literally hurts my abs to do so. This goes for laughing too!
So when I read Squawk’s link about the old lady making fur coats out of house cats I felt like I was literally going to die laughing. The entire story is just too funny and I was in alot of pain as the laughter consumed me.
So Squawk, thank you for the best laugh I’ve had in a very long time. If I had died of laughter, do not worry about my wife slapping you with a wrongful death suit. She’ll just collect on the life insurance policies and call it good. 🙂
#69 BSue
Compromise is not an option.
TP Overs of the World Unite!!!!
She’ll just collect on the life insurance policies and call it good.
Okay, NOW who’s dying laughing?! 😀 😀 😀
I had lunch today with a former colleague today. It’s the first time I’ve gotten out of the house for something besides medical appointments in about two months. It felt good to get out of the house.
Moderators – I just loaded up a Weekend thread. Feel free to move it if you have something you want instead.
#79 Texmo
It’s good to be getting involved in life again, I’m sure. Even chores will take on a new significance, I’ll bet.
EG is reporting Over Yonder that his vision is blurred, but improving, and he has some irritation.
Mom’s surgery and recovery was completely different. She had NO physical complaints at all, and her vision was perfect right after surgery. When she complained of “itching” or “irritation” is when her eyeball became horror-movie white. And she lost her eye, despite every attempt to save it.
Everybody heals up from surgeries differently; here’s hoping that El Gordo’s recovery is just different, but with a better outcome.
That’s great, Texmo.
I’m sure that cabin fever falls way short of describing your recent predicament.
55 Tedtam
Minor correction.
Since Russians can’t be members of the European Parliament (MEP), I was fairly sure this guy wasn’t.
It turns out Mislav Kolakušić MEP is the representative from Croatia and their language is Croatian, written in the Latin Alphabet.
Carry on.
Thanks.
Rotel is a Texas native and, as such, is officially Approved/with reservations.
Katfish #39;
Spot on!!!
With the back and forth of beans, I would just like to make a public service announcement that beans, bacon, whiskey, and lard are the four basic food groups.
You’re welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrR4cAj5JmM
What? No Blue Bell?
Microsoft swept through here Wednesday night with an update that has caused weird problems on both of our Windows 10 computers. They’ve gotten very aggressive with trying to push their Edge browser among other things. I’ve been having problems posting comments and find Edge popping up in the background. It also changed Her Highness’ browser default from DuckDuckGo to Edge and knocked off her printer default.
If I could afford to do it right now, I would throw these units away and buy Apple. MS are a bunch of thugs.
Matt Walsh and What Is a Woman ? at the UofH. I didn’t see anybody here talk about it, but it got pretty wild.
Walsh said it went well and they packed the house with 600 students, guest and faculty. The only hitch was some student A/V techs sabotaged the live streaming feed.
BTW – I got the official notice today. The State Comptroller has officially closed down our plumbing company’s LLC.
I thought Hubby might at least be nostalgic. Nope, it was “Good news!” He then proceeded to tell me that a plumbing acquaintance was handing out $3K signing bonuses for plumbers. Hubby said he’d pass on that.
If y’all know any young’uns trying to decide what to do with their lives, the trades really need more hands. And at least today, they could have made $3,000 just by deciding to be hired.
#89 Tedtam
What level of experience is your plumber friend looking for? No experience acceptable?
The local TV news did prominently feature the story.
But paid Commie protesters against Free Speech on campus fail to hold my attention anymore.
I did note that it was Matt Walsh.
I guess I should at least find out what his documentary is about, instead of making assumptions from the title.
Tedtam;
Blue Bell is a dietary supplement for extra strength and stamina.
#90 Texmo – I’ll check….
I think I am. gonna cry. but these are tears of joy.
Texpat, Microsoft swept through here Wednesday night with an update that has caused weird problems on both of our Windows 10 computers.
Same thing happened to me. I got up on Thursday morning and there was a screen asking me if I wanted to accept an updated program and new browser. I declined but it defaulted back to the log in page and wanted me to log into Microsoft. How the hell do I know my password? As far as I know I don’t have an account BUT if I did I’d have to check my Password list stored on my computer. I went around and around until I just pulled the plug. FWIW; I didn’t know If I’d have my computer back when I rebooted it but I figured it was worth a shot. Anyway we I restarted it I was good to go. BTW; This was Thursday morning when I was getting ready to head to the airport so I didn’t have a lot of time to fool with it. I HATE BILL GATES AND MICROSOFT!
If I ever have to get a new computer, It’ll be Mac. I don’t know if all my Word Documents will work on a Mac but I think it would be worth it.
Behind the scenes picture from season 3, episode 2 (Andy’s Rich Girlfriend) which premiered on October 8th, 1962
Filming dates for this episode were August 6th-8th that year.
It looks like Sheriff Taylor is a little sweet on Miss Peggy. And they’re thirsty.
Here’s a take on the Trump subpoena for the J6KC:
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/subpoena-donald-trump-his-testimony-would-make-democrats-pay/
For Democrats, the investigation was just another way to fill the airwaves with obsessive anti-Trump smear campaigns and propaganda. With a faltering economy, rising costs of living, and the prospect of World War Three on the horizon, the Democrats need the January 6 investigation to scare away as many prospective Trump voters as possible simply because they don’t have anything positive to run on.
…The January 6 Committee was foolish to subpoena Trump, and should he decide to comply with the subpoena, it could unravel all the work they’ve done to confuse the American people and distract from Biden’s myriad of failures and disasters.
But the committee is unwavering. It doesn’t even matter that subpoenaing the former president probably isn’t a good idea – the committee wanted to do it from the beginning, has never changed that position, and is now moving ahead with what they believe will be the ultimate slam dunk for the Democrats ahead of the mid-terms.
In the collective minds of the committee, making Trump testify is enough to crush his support nationally. The Democrats’ rose-tinted tunnel vision has seen them conduct a thoroughly biased and frankly unproductive investigation – which yielded nothing new or exciting – on the assumption that the rest of the country believes everything they say.
/snip
In peddling disinformation, the Democrats got ahead of themselves. Confident in their ability to control much of the media’s narrative, the January 6 Committee thinks their web of lies was woven impenetrable. But Trump is about to walk straight through it.
I think there’s a lot of truth in this excerpt. The Dems have always been poor purveyors of the public sentiment, and they have such a fear of Trump that they have one single focus: to make Trump unelectable again. But Trump, being Trump, won’t let them have their way if/when he gets in front of those cameras. He’ll barrel right through all their lies, leave blood on the walls, and use Cheney’s limp reputation to smear the mess further.
Last night, I broke my self-imposed rule of 4 Servings Per Pint and ate 2 servings.
Didn’t help my stamina one bit.
#77 TexMo – you’ll get no argument from me on the “OVER” vote… there’s someone else who lives here who either has a different opinion or thinks which ever way it gets there ought to be fine…
#92 Darren/#98 Shanon – that’s OK – it’s actually a mental health supplement… it makes me feel much better, no matter what mood I’m in
Texmo, Hubby says they are paying for very experienced plumbers. Charlie’s Commercial plumbing… May take on less experienced and/or apprentices. Couldn’t hurt to ask.
Tedtam – after the grueling journey to the Walmart in the Woodlands to get 1/2 gallon Ball jars in order to consolidate dehydrated veggies storage (which showed on the store site as being in stock), I finally had to order some from Amazon… Here’s hoping Amazon does its normal amazing job of packing things, and they arrive intact
It’s Brunette Friday, baby.
Matt Walsh went on Dr. Phil in January and debated some tranny activists about the definition of a woman. I believe this is where the idea for the documentary began.
Walsh then went out on the street and campuses with a cameraman and mic asking people, “What Is A Woman ?.” The documentary sprang from those episodes. Apparently, YouTube/Google is shadow banning and suppressing these man on the street videos because they are so embarrassing for lefties.
Here is the trailer and I encourage everyone to watch it. It’s a powerful documentary and the Left has flipped out over it.
What Is A Woman ?
Word to the Wise:
When I once bought a one month membership to Daily Wire to watch a video and read a VIP column, I found out they used my card to go ahead and charge me for an annual subscription at the end of the month. It really pissed me off. I don’t mind having the subscription. I do mind not being asked.
Can’t hardly blame Lowell for his transgression.
Still my favorite video version.
I thought about getting a Daily Wire subscription, primarily for Walsh’s documentary “What is a Woman?” They’ve had some other things I’ve wanted to watch, as well.
Bsue – I’m looking for recipes for all this pork loin I want to can. So far, no recipes that I can use but I found some seasoning blend recipes. 2.5 tsp per pint jar, 1.5 tbp per quart jar, or use as a non-canning seasoning. From “The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning” by Diane Devereux:
Smoky Bones Spice Blend / makes about 1/2 cup
4 tsp coarse sea salt,
1 tbsp dried thyme, onion powder, smoked paprika (mild or hot), paprika
2 tsp garlick powder, cayenne powder, dried oregano
1 tsp ground black pepper, dried basil
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Caribbean Jerk Spice Blend / makes about 1/2 cup
1 tbsp ground allspice, ground cumin, coconut sugar or dark brown sugar
2 tsp sage, nutmeg
1 tsp thyme, coarse sea salt
1/2 to 1 tsp cayenne pepper
** ************
Traditional Grilled Pork Spice Blend / makes 1/2 cup
1 tbsp garlic powder, dried oregano, ground cumin, ground coriander
2 tsp dried thyme, coarse sea salt
** ************
It’s too late to start canning tonight, but I can make up these blends and have them handy for tomorrow.
Regarding beans in or not in chili, it was a good supper dish in north-central Wisconsin and amongst my Mom’s large extended family. They made it with kidney beans cooked in the chili, and not quite as spicy as down here. That was the Polish version of it in the late 1800s to early 1900s area of numerous Polish and German settlers. As I recall it sometimes also had chopped tomato in it. All depended on who in the family was making it. 🙂
Miss Adee, there have been many pots of chili that I have concocted… None would’ve won any awards but none made anyone sick… My only constant is that when I make Frito Pie, I use Wolf brand canned chili, or Gebhart’s back when they still made it… I believe I’ve even made a few dozen pots with Wick Fowler’s 2 Alarm Chili Kits… Never 2 Alarm version, but rarely “false alarm”…
Tedtam – I did sauerbraten from pork, and lots of other variations. Here’s the link to the recipe for canning (and if you click on the “meat” tag – you’ll see lots of other recipes. https://www.sbcanning.com/2011/11/sauerbraten-canning-meat-in-vinegar-for.html
I had to check, and sure enough, Wiki has a very interesting entry on the pseudoscientific concept of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
I do worry about Tedtam sometimes.
Bsue – your link got me this:
Website blocked due to trojan
Have you had any problems on the site?
Don’t we all! If she had nothing she could do in one hour spontaneous combustion would certainly occur. Boom, flames. 😀
110 Tedtam – never any problem. I go there a lot.
maybe if you just try typing in http://www.sbcanning.com and poke around the pages???
Or if you google “sauerbraten recipe for canning” – you can get a fresh link – and I think it showed another website but I didn’t check the other recipe… Walt did try the link with no problem
GJT
However, I must say that she showed up in Bellville in my time of need and was the calmest, most giving, patient, listening, loving human you could hope to have on your side.
Two sides of the same coin.
A force
of naturefrom God.Only a handful of people know this is the true identity of Dr. phil Good. Almost everyone assumes he’s some kind of weird hair band aficionado and mild-mannered tech-geek when, in actuality, he’s a Superstar…
Dr. phil Good…Live and in Person !
So tomorrow we have the third American League baseball playoff game this time away from home. Hope good fortune follows the Astros there and makes it 1–2–3 games won. And then on to the next games.