Our Acadia has gone to its new home as of yesterday. A good friend has bought it after having admired it for several years. Texpat’s #22 paper on EVs is most helpful. Copied it for spouse to peruse at length. Ours was assembled in Mexico so we are not eligible for a US money refund on its purchase that only… Read more »
mharper42
November 5, 2023 10:28 pm
I have NO IDEA what time it really is, but I think I may be able to fall asleep if I turn out all the lights and crawl into my bed with a few cats.
#49 Shannon, I grilled a slab of St Louis ribs, served with baked beans, salad and baked taters. Sister was over and it sure was good. Texpat Even if it is just working in the yard or sitting on the porch. Sitting on the porch was just right today. On the back porch for the grilling and the front porch… Read more »
I also received help from Li’l Darlin’. She helped me with the placement of the crocheted flowers on a shawl I made for a church friend. I do love that girl. She is so helpful. Sunshine helped me strip the guest bed and dragged the sheets to the washing machine. She reminded me of her mommy, who started washing her… Read more »
Well, I’m back. I got spend about 48 hours with people I love. My daughter is VERY pregnant and Sunshine and LD2 are being very supportive and helpful. And I really like my son-in-law, too, so it was nice being able to visit. There was a big craft show and Lovely Daughter sold some of her tumblers and I was… Read more »
Hadn’t had any in 14 months or so and it sounded so good.
It was.
mharper42
November 5, 2023 6:10 pm
Texpat, I think I did my share of commenting this weekend, although I may be the one driving the rest of the gang out looking for subjects more interesting than cat life and yard work.
Dang, it was pitch dark here at 5 PM and now I have to enter this distorted mode of trying to reconcile daylight and dark with time until at least New Year’s Day.
We went off to dine at a local restaurant that has a wonderful Sunday brunch. The sun was out then and the temperature was pleasantly warm. Overcast minus rain slowly moved in this afternoon, still warmish but with increasing humidity. Ugh on the humidity! I of course came home with a box full of leftovers to be enjoyed for breakfast… Read more »
Yea, the Packers finally woke up today and looked like their old selves by winning 20-3 over the hapless LA Rams. The Rams do not have a winning record so far this year either, and it was seriously outplayed by the Packers’ defense.
Of some note, the Packers’ home games are sold out for the next 8 years. 🙂
This is the slowest, lowest comment count weekend I can ever remember on this site. I was working all day yesterday. Today I finally had to commit crepe murder by performing serious amputations on the many crepes we have. They got out of hand and reached 14-15 feet this year with all the rain we had. Some other tree trimming… Read more »
mharper42
November 5, 2023 1:17 pm
Well, I got all the grass clippings that fell off into the street yesterday picked up; sidewalks and driveway swept; bagged yard debris stashed in garage until there is room in the trash barrel again. I need to get out my hedge trimmer and work on the greenery leading up to the front door, but no energy left at the… Read more »
I forgot to get out my Nick Miller time transport plane last night and set my clock back an hour and I missed the extremely exciting and tension filled Pickleball championships.
mharper42
November 5, 2023 11:04 am
I was afraid I’d be tired and achy today after so much physical labor in the front yard, and no nap at all. But I got up easily, aware that it was a good day to snatch an extra hour outa the air. I have not reset any clocks yet, but who cares since I don’t have any schedule, or… Read more »
This story is difficult to read and digest. It’s not about being pro-choice. It is actually about their choice – not yours. A UK judge just ruled that an 11-year-old pregnant rape victim has to abort her baby…even though both the girl and the girl’s mother want to keep the baby. This is government-mandated murder, and it is terrifyingly similar… Read more »
It sounds like an insurrection to me. Where is Merrick Garland and his jackbooted stormtroopers to arrest these thugs ? A heaving mass of pro-Hamas protesters made their way to the White House on Saturday evening and smeared the northwest gates of The People’s House with fake blood. Chants of “Allahu Akbar!” were heard by observers, a chilling echo of… Read more »
I worked hard all day long yesterday on a frustrating electrical repair project and then pruning and trimming large shrubs. I’m learning more about the limits of my physical stamina with a heart working at 77%. I came in, ate and fell asleep on the sofa in the study at 8 and then woke up at midnight. I was reading… Read more »
As far as I know, some version of All Saints Day is still observed and celebrated by a very wide swath of traditional Western Christianity this week. It celebrates the unity of our faith across these many generations of the last two thousands years. One of the traditions at my church is to name aloud in prayer the members who… Read more »
Surprise, surprise….from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Not only are you subsidizing every damned electric vehicle in America via your tax dollars, but the auto makers themselves are off-loading EV costs onto your normal, sane internal combustion engine vehicles. You’re getting screwed twice in the deal. “The Biden administration and leftist states such as California have pushed for widespread electrification… Read more »
mharper42
November 4, 2023 6:26 pm
Hey, where is every “buddy” today?
I finished my mowing, but was too tired to do the final cleanup. Will get it done tomorrow if it doesn’t rain. No nap for me today, now that was unusual.
Indoors, grabbing a quick lunch, having spent 2 hours on the larger section of the front yard. If for some reason I were not to finish up the front yard today, it looks like tomorrow’s forecast will likely work out Ok.
It is so nice being wanted by our pets, even if for them it is just to signal feeding time. In case a mere human should forget.
texanadian
November 4, 2023 2:37 pm
So, I logged in yesterday to say hello and I thought I might be able to add to the conversation. Alas, it was not meant to be. Read some news to get up to date, the lights flickered for just a moment and the router was gone. Strangely my tablet could connect but neither mine nor TW’s laptops would connect… Read more »
Good Afternoon Hamsters, Early morning sunshine gave way to a cloudy sky for several hours, and now the blue sky is returning with enough sunshine to cheer up the day. Our trees are losing more leaves though not quite as fast several weeks ago. Our American Elm tried hard to put out yellow/gold leaves for fall but only got a… Read more »
mharper42
November 4, 2023 1:04 pm
Wow, look at the time! I simply couldn’t get up this morning, in spite of 6 hungry cats pawing at me and whining for some chow. (And that doesn’t even count Billy who was waiting on the patio. I hope to finish mowing the front yard today, with temp at 80 degrees and no rain in the forecast.
Americans have always been rebellious, independent and insistently self-reliant. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized this temperament in this country almost 200 years ago in the 1830s. One of the manifestations of this is the controversial Right to Repair battles being fought in the courts across the land today. Here is an example of the American auto industry going German, turning a… Read more »
Everyone knows by now what a fan I am of journalist Salena Zito. Momentum shifts in Kentucky in the race everyone should be talking about SHEPHERDSVILLE, Kentucky — Even before the new poll from Emerson College came out Friday morning, the ground was shifting in Daniel Cameron’s favor across the state in the Republican Kentucky attorney general’s race against incumbent Gov.… Read more »
Our Acadia has gone to its new home as of yesterday. A good friend has bought it after having admired it for several years. Texpat’s #22 paper on EVs is most helpful. Copied it for spouse to peruse at length. Ours was assembled in Mexico so we are not eligible for a US money refund on its purchase that only… Read more »
I have NO IDEA what time it really is, but I think I may be able to fall asleep if I turn out all the lights and crawl into my bed with a few cats.
Nite y’all!
#49 Shannon, I grilled a slab of St Louis ribs, served with baked beans, salad and baked taters. Sister was over and it sure was good. Texpat Even if it is just working in the yard or sitting on the porch. Sitting on the porch was just right today. On the back porch for the grilling and the front porch… Read more »
I am figuring most folks in Texas are spending as much time as they can outside after the endless, brutal heat of the summer.
Even if it is just working in the yard or sitting on the porch.
I don’t blame them.
No one has posted the link to the WIP yet
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/11/the-week-in-pictures-american-kristallnacht-edition.php
I also received help from Li’l Darlin’. She helped me with the placement of the crocheted flowers on a shawl I made for a church friend. I do love that girl. She is so helpful. Sunshine helped me strip the guest bed and dragged the sheets to the washing machine. She reminded me of her mommy, who started washing her… Read more »
I saw a picture of a sign:
“Hello darkness, my old friend…
Now you’ll come at 5:00 p.m….”
This time change thing….
Well, I’m back. I got spend about 48 hours with people I love. My daughter is VERY pregnant and Sunshine and LD2 are being very supportive and helpful. And I really like my son-in-law, too, so it was nice being able to visit. There was a big craft show and Lovely Daughter sold some of her tumblers and I was… Read more »
Busy day. Started another batch, baked bread, prepped and painted a metal table.
Campbell’s Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, Gramps.
Hadn’t had any in 14 months or so and it sounded so good.
It was.
Texpat, I think I did my share of commenting this weekend, although I may be the one driving the rest of the gang out looking for subjects more interesting than cat life and yard work.
Who turned off the sun ?
Dang, it was pitch dark here at 5 PM and now I have to enter this distorted mode of trying to reconcile daylight and dark with time until at least New Year’s Day.
We went off to dine at a local restaurant that has a wonderful Sunday brunch. The sun was out then and the temperature was pleasantly warm. Overcast minus rain slowly moved in this afternoon, still warmish but with increasing humidity. Ugh on the humidity! I of course came home with a box full of leftovers to be enjoyed for breakfast… Read more »
I think everyone is attending the Deadbeats reunion concert at the Woodlands Pavilion and simulcast in Hoboken New Jersey.
Yea, the Packers finally woke up today and looked like their old selves by winning 20-3 over the hapless LA Rams. The Rams do not have a winning record so far this year either, and it was seriously outplayed by the Packers’ defense.
Of some note, the Packers’ home games are sold out for the next 8 years. 🙂
This is the slowest, lowest comment count weekend I can ever remember on this site. I was working all day yesterday. Today I finally had to commit crepe murder by performing serious amputations on the many crepes we have. They got out of hand and reached 14-15 feet this year with all the rain we had. Some other tree trimming… Read more »
Well, I got all the grass clippings that fell off into the street yesterday picked up; sidewalks and driveway swept; bagged yard debris stashed in garage until there is room in the trash barrel again. I need to get out my hedge trimmer and work on the greenery leading up to the front door, but no energy left at the… Read more »
I’ll be danged if it ain’t texpat’s big girl in blue dancing on the tube again.
In honor of time chasing time changes.
The time has come today to take time this way.
Dang.
I forgot to get out my Nick Miller time transport plane last night and set my clock back an hour and I missed the extremely exciting and tension filled Pickleball championships.
I was afraid I’d be tired and achy today after so much physical labor in the front yard, and no nap at all. But I got up easily, aware that it was a good day to snatch an extra hour outa the air. I have not reset any clocks yet, but who cares since I don’t have any schedule, or… Read more »
This’ll take you back; ‘When you’re out of Schlitz, you’re out of beer!’
I’ve mentioned this before but Schlitz was the #2 beer in the country in the 70’s, behind Budweiser of course.
This story is difficult to read and digest. It’s not about being pro-choice. It is actually about their choice – not yours. A UK judge just ruled that an 11-year-old pregnant rape victim has to abort her baby…even though both the girl and the girl’s mother want to keep the baby. This is government-mandated murder, and it is terrifyingly similar… Read more »
It sounds like an insurrection to me. Where is Merrick Garland and his jackbooted stormtroopers to arrest these thugs ? A heaving mass of pro-Hamas protesters made their way to the White House on Saturday evening and smeared the northwest gates of The People’s House with fake blood. Chants of “Allahu Akbar!” were heard by observers, a chilling echo of… Read more »
Interesting NYT/Siena poll out this weekend with Trump ahead in 5 out of 6 key swing states.
In Nevada, a purple state always, they have Trump up 52% to Biden’s 41%. Good grief.
I don’t think you are supposed to see that Texpat. 😀
I worked hard all day long yesterday on a frustrating electrical repair project and then pruning and trimming large shrubs. I’m learning more about the limits of my physical stamina with a heart working at 77%. I came in, ate and fell asleep on the sofa in the study at 8 and then woke up at midnight. I was reading… Read more »
Change your clocks, yet?
Me neither.
SO! What time is it? We’ll be all befuddled for a week or so trying to get used to the stupid time change.
Mornin’ Gang
yo uncklo
Like, our version of this one.
As far as I know, some version of All Saints Day is still observed and celebrated by a very wide swath of traditional Western Christianity this week. It celebrates the unity of our faith across these many generations of the last two thousands years. One of the traditions at my church is to name aloud in prayer the members who… Read more »
same with an old sci-fi flick called Kingdom of the Spiders starring William Shatner on Svengoolie.
There isn’t a single blue-haired, soccer-playing dyke, trannie, or swish in this movie.
It’s a glorious refuge.
I walked in from church and Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece The Wild Bunch was starting.
It never gets old.
Certainly in my top five.
Surprise, surprise….from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Not only are you subsidizing every damned electric vehicle in America via your tax dollars, but the auto makers themselves are off-loading EV costs onto your normal, sane internal combustion engine vehicles. You’re getting screwed twice in the deal. “The Biden administration and leftist states such as California have pushed for widespread electrification… Read more »
Hey, where is every “buddy” today?
I finished my mowing, but was too tired to do the final cleanup. Will get it done tomorrow if it doesn’t rain. No nap for me today, now that was unusual.
Burgers on the Weber, steak fries in the skillet.
Indoors, grabbing a quick lunch, having spent 2 hours on the larger section of the front yard. If for some reason I were not to finish up the front yard today, it looks like tomorrow’s forecast will likely work out Ok.
#15 harper42,
It is so nice being wanted by our pets, even if for them it is just to signal feeding time. In case a mere human should forget.
So, I logged in yesterday to say hello and I thought I might be able to add to the conversation. Alas, it was not meant to be. Read some news to get up to date, the lights flickered for just a moment and the router was gone. Strangely my tablet could connect but neither mine nor TW’s laptops would connect… Read more »
Good Afternoon Hamsters, Early morning sunshine gave way to a cloudy sky for several hours, and now the blue sky is returning with enough sunshine to cheer up the day. Our trees are losing more leaves though not quite as fast several weeks ago. Our American Elm tried hard to put out yellow/gold leaves for fall but only got a… Read more »
Wow, look at the time! I simply couldn’t get up this morning, in spite of 6 hungry cats pawing at me and whining for some chow. (And that doesn’t even count Billy who was waiting on the patio. I hope to finish mowing the front yard today, with temp at 80 degrees and no rain in the forecast.
This is how the Kentucky swamp turtle Vampyre would react if he found out his laundered Ukrainian blood money supply was going to end for good.
Americans have always been rebellious, independent and insistently self-reliant. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized this temperament in this country almost 200 years ago in the 1830s. One of the manifestations of this is the controversial Right to Repair battles being fought in the courts across the land today. Here is an example of the American auto industry going German, turning a… Read more »
9 Squawk
What a sad tragic story out of Alabama.
It didn’t have to happen that way.
Despite the knee and the jaw pain, it was well worth the drive to see the girls.
I have missed this family so much.
Got caught in an hour long traffic jam near downtown Dallas. A rig lost is load of i- beams and blocked four lanes.
Hardest part of the trip for my knee.
PFFFFFTTTTTTTTT Your opinion. I cannot stand Stan Oliver.
Everyone knows by now what a fan I am of journalist Salena Zito. Momentum shifts in Kentucky in the race everyone should be talking about SHEPHERDSVILLE, Kentucky — Even before the new poll from Emerson College came out Friday morning, the ground was shifting in Daniel Cameron’s favor across the state in the Republican Kentucky attorney general’s race against incumbent Gov.… Read more »