@Lookout I will pass along your suggestion to the sickly folks. It just seems to me that there is something strange going on with food, water, air, whatever, and that there is a commonality I can't put my finger on.
Remember when drs. would just tell you to drink buttermilk? And that it worked?
And on another subject, did you react well to RFK, Jr.'s assessment of Palestinians?
"The Palestinian people are the most pampered people in the history of the world."
I immediately began to despise him. Was that an ok reaction? It's all I got.
Well, nature is not disappointing me. Last evening, 5 of the Magnificent Seven came by for a snack. Earlier in the week, I saw one wandering in the back acres alone, looking for a place to give birth to her fawn.
Here's hoping you have a nice trip to Trade's Day, and can take a break from mowing and landscaping the Holler, dear friend!

Sounds like your friends have a gut microbiome imbalance. I would recommend William Davis' book Super Gut.

I learned from Alex Christoforou, 86 refers to taking someone 8 miles from town and putting them 6 feet deep. I must admit to being as ignorant as Comey claims he is about the term.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for the OT!

@soryang I never knew 86 was a code, but then, like you, Lookout, et. al, we aren't really the cool guys.
I wish for SK the realization of democracy as I have fervently wished for it here since 1963.
I read a blurb this morning that Trump cut a deal to displace 1 million Palestinians to Libya. I am not surprised, since we have that Trail of Tears ethos. They will sell on the slave market as soon as they get healthy. Follow the money.
Moving is traumatic, and one good reason is trying to decide what to take, what to toss. I had a spinet piano in my Houston apartment back in the 70s. During a mass lay off when nobody could find a job, I traded the piano for the work of the movers. I felt I had traded a piece of my heart.
Best of luck selling your home and moving to a safer environ.
As always, thanks for dropping in and enjoy your weekend, friend!

Lee Jae-myung has arrived at the May 18 Commemoration Eve Ceremony. Many Democratic Party bigwigs are here too. https://t.co/qhXzBuJfxS pic.twitter.com/OUH3l3qwbS

— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) May 17, 2025

Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung arrives with security detail to take a front row seat, at the Gwangju commemoration celebrations in the street. I think the timing of 5.18 and the election schedule is fortuitous for Lee and the democracy movement. The democratic leadership from the National Assembly is all there, including the Speaker of the National Assembly and Chu Mi-ae. I saw some right wing short this am, criticizing Lee because a few hundred thousand dollars were appropriated for his armored limo. Rashid is a good journalist he's right on top of events.

One of the songs performed on the thread March for the Beloved was written as a commemoration of those who were massacred by the ROK Army in May 1980 on the orders of dictator Chun Doo-wan.

Gwangju Uprising

I didn't know what that numerical code meant. I've noticed a similar usage of the verb to kill in Korean. Another meaning is to restrain, hold back, muffle, etc. in Korean particularly in reference to political actors (like Lee). Literally you could say it was the Chief Justice's plan to kill Lee Jae-myung (with respect to his political career). That usage has always confused me, because references to serious violence are usually censored in South Korean media. References to violence are redacted in media, and images of knives, guns, blood on an injured person are also blurred out. Lee has reportedly received death threats, so his security detail is quite large. Someone believed to belong to a religious cult tried to kill him at a public event in January 2024.

Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung

Thanks for odds & ends OTC. The bubble in housing prices is really having an impact here. I expect the number of homeless to increase greatly. On weekdays the parking for the thrift store nearby is always full. The overflow parking extends into the street. I heard a report that a household with an average income only had 20 percent of the housing market available to shop. The weather is oppressively hot, making me reluctant to work at the house, outside and in the garage. Except for basic tools, I wonder if it's worth it to save all that junk.

@enhydra lutris You are unlucky to have your condition, but at least lucky that there is a diagnosis, and a treatment protocol that works. Not to mention, great insurance. Good for you, friend.
With IBS, I know 3 of the sufferers are trying to figure out what foods or drinks to avoid. The process of elimination is very tough. Eliminate dairy. That didn't work. Is it eggs? Nope. How about caffeine? Nope. And on and on the experiment goes. Drs are of no help at all.
Thing is, if it was aluminum or plastics or food dyes or Round Up in the air and food, what local doc is going to go up against the corporate mob? They would be insane to do so.
It will be interesting to see Comey explain how the shells were just so damn cute he made them go viral. Btw, I have also heard 86 is a military code.
If I ever start feeling sorry for myself, I will remember you all.
Sharpen those kitchen knives and raise some dough, dear friend! Enjoy this and every day to come!

quick, but maybe more later.

First, everybody knows what 86 means and has meant for at least since the fifties - you 86 somebody from a bar or other venue, which is, to throw them out, evict or eject them. It does not mean to snuff, though it may be possible that it means that in colonial or wild west times.

IBS - There is something known as IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which comes in two flavors, Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. OK - 1) Inflammatory, market by the presense and persistence of inflammation 2) Disease, they are known, identifiable diseases, they can be tested for, there are markers, and treatment protocols of various types and efficacies exist, including, as a last resort, certain surgeries. It is an auto-immune disease. I have and have had UC for ages and took tons or prednisone and other stuff until lately they put me on a biological - a mococlonal antibody - selected for my case based on various known genetic stuff, certain markers and whatever, that keeps it largely under control and requires regular infusion sessions and is worth it. Because I have cadillac medical coverage, I can afford it, otherwise ...

OK, compare to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. First, irritable, inflammation may or may not be present to some degree now and then, but isn't really part of the issue. Most importantly SYNDROME - not a disease, they don't know what the hell it is, there are no tests or markers, there are no known treatment protocols, it is, quite literally, mystery shit. Nobody knows what causes it, but it involves the gut so likely culprits are a) gut biome, b) vagus nerve issues, c) mental or neurological issues, d) chronic toxic/allergic environment. Whatever triggers it in person 1 may not be a factor for person 2, 3 or 4, etc. In essence, the information is that there is none. We had a neighbor who had a serious case of IBS and we felt very sorry for her, precisely because no known treatment protocols, not even prednisone.

Now, my week to cook starts mañana, so I must be off to farmers' market, and muy pronto too, we're late.

be well and have a good one