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2-9-25, 12:45am
I was in central TX most of my time there and the heat finally got to me. Different strokes.
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2-8-25, 10:40pm
okay---'nother one I heard on a skating rink group or maybe a jumprope video is a recording given credit to vocalist Shakira called: Whenever,...
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2-8-25, 10:14pm
Don’t know where in TX you were but I prefer the heat over cold any day. I don’t have to worry about falling on ice or shovel before I can leave the...
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2-8-25, 10:03pm
okay---this new wave kinda hipster-type got picked up for old-fashioned DUI. (see photo)
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2-8-25, 7:10pm
Not long now!
I remember when DH was working for the tree company and they had snow clearance contracts during the winter. I hated worrying about...
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2-8-25, 6:54pm
Waiting for a big storm to start. Have already been called in to work for 8 am tomorrow. Only saving grace is double-time on Sundays. Sigh.. I will...
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2-8-25, 6:53pm
Tradd you earn your salary every day, but especially in these times of quickly changing rules and regs.
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2-8-25, 6:36pm
There are a number of days next week with snow in the forecast. We’ll see how much we actually get.
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2-8-25, 6:22pm
okay-----as church lady might say: "what have we here?". So anyway---a y'all(bro) from E. St Louis wuz living here, and of course, bro's are simply...
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2-8-25, 6:17pm
All of our snow melted in the past week and we had one day that was nearly 70°. But I guess we’re in for another bout of precipitation that might...
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2-8-25, 5:17pm
34 here. We are under an advisory for freezing drizzle, but nothing so far. Been just staying in and working on an editing project.
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2-8-25, 5:10pm
It is 28 here, but wet and nasty so I'm staying in. Things are starting to ice up after having been a tad warmer for a little while.
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2-8-25, 5:08pm
thanks for that info Tradd - nice window to your world! My BIL had an import business for many years, and he said it was so important to have a...
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2-8-25, 5:04pm
Tradd, that beggars belief. Hard to think people would stoop so low. We are ALL in danger -as individuals and as a democratic society- with these...
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2-8-25, 4:20pm
Tradd, that is horrible!!!! Trump is sanctioning threats on every level.
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2-8-25, 4:14pm
I agree. Our summers are so nice, but too short.
Today is a nice day. 26 degrees and sunny. No wind. Balmy. I was outside shoveling for a while.
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2-8-25, 3:57pm
okay---here it is. But yeah----i guess she agreed to it. but, it did not last long. Nope.(see photo)
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2-8-25, 2:54pm
sigh. I just want to shake the city fathers in Altoona and shout at them. “stop trying to make Altoona happen.
It never will. “ I’m not aware of...
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2-8-25, 1:41pm
Congressional phone lines have been overwhelmed by people calling in with concerns. I don’t have time during the day to even attempt to call, so I’ll...
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2-8-25, 1:28pm
Oh Tradd, stay safe.
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2-8-25, 1:21pm
This may sound weird, but don’t discount the Orange One’s many unofficial minions online.
I’ve been posting on FB about the challenges of the...
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2-8-25, 1:14pm
R/fednews on Reddit is a good place to read about what’s going on from the federal employee viewpoint. Very interesting reading.
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2-8-25, 12:58pm
I think most of you ( cough cough bobby) do not understand what “flipping” really entails in my former neighborhood. Sometimes (often?) developers...
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2-8-25, 12:43pm
There is is a quote in the article that importers have this kind of thing on autopilot until there are sudden changes. Then panic time.
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2-8-25, 12:42pm
CBS news reports:
Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government recordsBy Kathryn Watson
Updated on: February 7,...
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2-8-25, 12:41pm
That was my first reaction/thought as well. LOL.
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2-8-25, 12:38pm
Interesting. Thanks for the link. It really does highlight the types of jobs that no layperson would ever give a second thought to. There are...
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2-8-25, 7:13am
I've been wanting to make a pottery Easter Island head planter, but I don't think it would be large enough to serve as a tourist attraction.
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2-8-25, 5:53am
okay----well, wasn't he? Not only was Albie a nobel-prize-winning humanitarian, who wrote on a chalkboard the recipe needed to make the A-Bomb, but...
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2-8-25, 4:07am
Okay---this just made the news---one o' the lots in Hasta LaVista, Callyfornia---one that had an older(maybe 40's) home that burned, went on the...
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2-8-25, 3:53am
okay---I tell ya what---I got an idea for that lovely historic home in 'toona(IWAH, the meat state). See---I ran across this tourist attraction...
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2-8-25, 3:18am
If an organization brought in a contractor, the contractor would give advice but not be given carted blanch authority to make changes. In...
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2-8-25, 12:30am
That's right, rub it in why don't you.
Just found out today, I am lucky, I don't work 12's the next 21 days straight as expected. But I did have...
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2-8-25, 12:22am
And here I was thinking there was some reference to the royal family and British teeth.
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2-7-25, 11:47pm
Went through what I had removed from the scrapbook yesterday and got rid about half. Mostly cards that didn't have any notes/messages. Just literally...
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2-7-25, 11:15pm
I don't know. It occurs to me that if a very large organization wanted to make necessary changes to its infrastructure within a reasonable time...
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2-7-25, 10:38pm
I get all that, but what do you think of Musk's methodology? Both the staffing and the surprise aspect?
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2-7-25, 10:25pm
If you can believe Wikipedia, their budget was $238 billion in 2024, down from a high of $637 billion in 2022....
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2-7-25, 10:01pm
DOE 2025 budget:
https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/about/overview/budget/budget25/summary/25summary.pdf
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2-7-25, 9:49pm
They have an annual budget of nearly a quarter trillion dollars with some of that allocated to states but that seems to be dependent upon how...
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2-7-25, 9:11pm
IL… Indirectly, by providing the means for many to be educated. I believe the demolition of this agency will be a detriment to education. The...
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2-7-25, 7:36pm
Has the Department of Education actually ever educated a child?
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2-7-25, 7:21pm
Truth be told, Alan, I try to limit my watching of the news but it is impossible to get away with not seeing trump. His ridiculous/unqualified picks...
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2-7-25, 5:40pm
YES!! We are now on our third dentist here and each one has said we need different things done. I asked one who said a crown was not needed why the...
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2-7-25, 5:16pm
I’m not sure. I have only one filling from the time I fell off my bike when I was 11 years old. That was, gosh, 60 years ago. The filling has lasted...
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2-7-25, 4:19pm
..for he constantly wants to "crown" me.
Remember the old days when we used to have dental cavities and they got filled?
Now, with the advent...
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2-7-25, 4:16pm
Well…. The genesis of this program was that the County employees had fallen a bit behind in the pay scale, compared to regional inflation. Their...
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2-7-25, 4:14pm
I'm glad you both are enjoying the writing...it's fun to let loose the words!
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2-7-25, 1:13pm
I think it's interesting to watch the resistance response to the new executive branch of our government. I believe an audit looking for waste, fraud...
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2-7-25, 11:44am
My worries about a rabidly pro-Trump media rank slightly behind a zombie apocalypse or space lizard invasion. As to the ripples emanating from...
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2-7-25, 11:33am
It’s pretty simple for me:
- I can kayak to Canada in moments, my house is right on the border.
- I can walk down to the dock and catch the...
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2-7-25, 10:57am
Did something happen yesterday? I am trying not to follow Trumpian news with the breathless anticipation of people like you so I may have missed it.
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2-7-25, 10:20am
Just wanted to thank you for the link once again. I've been enjoying your writings.
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2-7-25, 10:12am
I usually use the brown/green lentils. I do have some red lentils in the pantry, but have not tried them in this recipe.... yet. LOL
Side note on...
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2-7-25, 10:03am
no not at all. What do you mean?
Are any of you at all concerned about the Social Security system running out of money? This is the site I’ve been...
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2-7-25, 10:00am
Thank you, Happystuff, we will try this one this week!
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