Open Thread - 11/14/26 - Odds and Ends
Good morning, good people!
Hope you are all in fine fettle this Saturday morning.
Last night and again tonight, temps will be in the high 40s. Around these parts, that's take due precaution weather. My laptop in my "special room", where a heater is seldom used, and where windows are slightly opened, will come into the warmer main house. Ok...we are cold weather wusses.
I haven't done my annual eye exam in 2 or 3 years, but got 'er done Thursday. Absolutely no change since my cataract lasik surgery almost a decade ago. I use cheaters on occasion, no issues for mid or far range vision.
Grocery prices held steady, as did fuel prices. Ok for now, emphasis on now.
I hope all of you can report things are ok.
I truly worry about us.
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Your turn, so let 'er rip!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for putting up the OT
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we are cold here as well, about 40 degrees. Tough transitioning into the
winter mode. Adaptable beasts as we are. Have a fire stoking in the wood
stove, so that helps somewhat. Plan to fire-up the boiler and get some heat
in the radiant floor in the kitchen space (large 20' x 30') which should help.
Have been reticent to burn heating oil as it is wicked expensive this year.
Watching street food vids from China, Thailand, Brazil and now Afghanistan.
Eventually, hope to get hungry enough to cook something worthwhile.
The Chiwawas in EU are trying to get a seat at the negotiations re: Ukraine,
but they can't seem to agree on anything like a substantive position. Kalas,
Mertz and Macron think they are the chosen ones. Meanwhile Putin is
tightening the screws and trumpet is removing Rubio from the process.
But the US has a couple real estate agents on the job. Such a mess they
are in of their own un-doing.
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning, Cap'n!
Never experienced the use of heating oil. A friend offered us a cast iron wood stove. We went through the house, room to room, trying to figure out where to put it. The perfect place where it would heat half the house is exactly where my grand piano sits. We passed on the free gift.
I have no experience in using heating oil, but until the 90s or so, everyone had small propane space heaters. That was the standard day time heating, but at bed time, you just used electric blankets and hoped the electricity didn't go off.
My tour bus went by the world's largest slum in Nairobi. And yet, the best street food I ever ate was in the city. It was an ear of corn, slathered with salted butter. A woman had roasted them over a wood fire. Her grill was a repurposed wire shelf from a refrigerator.
Stay warm, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good Morning...
A cool 39F this morning here, and 33F at Trade Day. Not many traders, as you might expect. Now mid-40's sunny and nice.
Bought a turkey, $0.57/lb, at the grocery, and may buy another next week to keep in the freezer till spring. T-day is around the corner. My sister and her family plan to come here.
Saw something on the YT feed of a air travel grounding last night. Seems the air controllers lost communications.
Glad I'm not flying ...at least not lately.
Well, hope everyone has a good weekend. Thanks for the OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The FAA decided to switch to an AI guided system
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and it promptly crashed. Did not take into account the existing system
was unable to handle the new tech. Oops. And we are supposed to trust
our lives in air to these short sighted managers? No thanks. Rather take a
train if it's domestic. Otherwise jump on a boat.
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning, Lo!
Traders were staying home and staying warm, I take it?
It is low 50s this morning, with lots of breeze. High 40s tonight. Tomorrow will bring almost 3 inches of rain and will no doubt cause a few creeks to flood. We will run all errands today in anticipation of being sort of trapped in our little town.
I am not a fan of turkey, but love spiraled ham, which will "hog" shelf space at the grocery store a few days before Thanksgiving.
I haven't boarded a plane since 2019. Pilots having sudden heart attacks in mid-flight caused me to lose interest. My passport and GOES card have expired. I saw almost every country I had on my wish list. I give up my seat to anyone who trusts AI.
Enjoy your day, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc, thanks for the ot. Rain
has stopped for now and temps are in fifties due to rise to low sixties, but another storm is sitting offshore & due to arrive tonight or tomorrow. I'm on a restricted diet through a procedure Tuesday morning and my week to cook starts tomorrow, so all things menu wise are weird thru Tuesday, and I have an infusion Saturday which messes up the food situation for that day too. Meanwhile we're trying to pack and prep for a 3 week trip starting the Tuesday the 24th including arranging for somebody to feed the two strays that we have semi-adopted who, naturally, don't get along with each other at all. So whatthehell to get at farmers' market today is something of a conundrum. Beyond that, my wife has one of those colds that will not go away.
One upshot of that is that we are not much concerned with global politics - things will get worse or better, or stay the same and we'll worry about that come mid December.
Points to ponder: They just sunk the SS United States,
Off the Florida coast,
to make an Artificial reef.
Make of it what you will, but there is at least a week's worth of symbolism there.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning, el!
Diet restrictions due to medical procedures was a way of life while JtC was getting chemo. I hope the week flies by so you can return to routine food and, more importantly, wine consumption.
I hope your medical procedures are successful.
About that "cold"...for 2 or 3 days, JtC felt he was catching a cold, then it went away. I haven't had a cold since around 1962, and wouldn't know if I had a cold now. Everything winds up as a sinus infection with me. I hope it passes quickly and that she will enjoy her vacation. 3 weeks sounds wonderful!
That sunken ship "reef" is nutty. Nothing says healthy sea life and protected coastline more than rusty steel.
Well, the grounded planes has triggered speculation about who, what, when, where, how, and why it happened. Is it a path to crashed internet and hastening in CBDCs? We are gonna find out.
Our former handy man took a full time job, got fired, then got arrested for disarming a cop. He is a convicted felon and if convicted again will be sentenced to pen time. We have just hired another guy who is self-employed as a mechanic and handyman. He will work for us as needed.
Well, you feed the strays, we will feed Vinnie.
Enjoy cooking food you aren't allowed to eat, dear friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981