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Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 10-15-022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

Living through the tough times of string of crises a few years ago created a desire for to once again have those older relatives who lived through the depression and World War II back in my life. They projected calmness and initiated actions to restabilize life into a new pattern. Then I realized my chronological age was now similar to theirs when I was a youth. Their best qualities should be reflected in my actions and thoughts. So a new way to interact within the world was created.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 10-8-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

War can be fought on multiple fronts other than physical battlefields. Play by play action on a battlefield is easier to follow and keep the population's attention focused on specific players. It blurs the timeframe of conflicts between parties when Politics, Finance, Energy, and Diplomacy are considered as additional fronts to wars.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - Oct 1, 2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

If we believe the myth China is the only culture with long term planning and goals - no one looks at our own governments and elites for long arching plans and activities. Monday's Open Thread 9/26 - What's Latin for Unmitigated Evil? Dudum siquidem! identified the beginning of Europe's claim to divide all of the world to European nations. A few decades later after the Protestant nations of England and The Netherlands separated from the Catholic hierarchy each embarked on ocean travels claiming parts of the world.

English merchants were looking for a market to sell their primary export product harvested annually from sheep. They headed north since wool keeps people warm in winter and the Spanish and Portuguese controlled southern routes.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I trade privileges with Russia was granted to the Muscovay Company.
Audio reading Wikipedia of Muscovy Company (11.37)

The Muscovy Company was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint stock company, the precursor of the type of business that would soon flourish in England and finance its exploration of the world. The Muscovy Company had a monopoly on trade between England and Muscovy until 1698 and it survived as a trading company until the Russian Revolution of 1917. Since 1917 the company has operated as a charity, now working within Russia

The Muscovy Company traces its roots to the Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands (in full: "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers for the Discovery of Regions, Dominions, Islands, and Places unknown") founded in 1551 by Richard Chancellor, Sebastian Cabot and Sir Hugh Willoughby, who decided to look for the Northeast Passage to China.
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In 1571, the company's right to free trade and navigation down the Volga was revoked by Ivan IV, who had been offended by English demands to close Russian trade to other European nations. Jenkinson returned to Moscow in 1572 in an attempt to restore the company's privileges, a task at which he was largely successful. However, a cooling of Anglo-Russian relations was evident

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 9-24-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

Tonight I am in a reflective mood, reading past writings on C99. Most fairly recent and an odd one I wrote 5 1/2 years ago are example/s of how our understanding of issues and definitions of specific language has been shifting.

TDS - the three letters get thrown around a bit in conversations today, usually as an insult. The first definition that comes to mind is Total Dissolved Solids - a measurement of particulate matter in water smaller than 2 microns. Then I got used to using Technical Data Sheets to evaluate products. Acronymfinder.com lists 125 definitions and none include the word Trump.

Dig a little deeper and the confusion increases.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 9-17-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

This week one of my projects was determining what to do with the growing number of mushrooms appearing amongst the coppiced black locust grove I started a few years ago for firewood and fence posts.

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Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 9-10-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

What is the significance of a name? Most of us do not take the opportunity to officially change our name outside of traditional legal events, such as a marriage related event. Charles Philip Arthur George has made the easiest choice to keep his first name as his new official name as King of . Since it has been used by previous monarchs the King Charles III.

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“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

So my part of the country made the international news again. Not bad for an area labeled “the middle of nowhere,” by former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt during his 1986 bid for the governorship.

Except the news is not good. Violence has been in the air this year, one can feel the undercurrents. March started with a drive by shooting, a few people drowning in the Deschutes River in various circumstances, add a few small fires and a gunman at a local fair, fortunately his attempts at firing the stolen gun was unsuccessful. The Bend shooter was more proficient with his firearm.

Three Dead in Shooting at Shopping Center in Oregon, Police Say Sputnik News Aug 29, 2022

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 8-27-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”.
Pablo Picasso

Observation of the mundane activities of life is one of the methods I use to gauge how world events are effecting lives. The weekly food shopping excursion is such an opportunity, since it includes regular visits to various stores supplied by different wholesalers and target markets.

If my normal pattern was to only visit one store regularly my perception of economic changes happening would be very different based on which store I was frequenting. Using Bob's Red Mill flour as an example. This week a 5 pound bag at normal price ranged from $3.29 to $8.09.

There is continually fewer shoppers and shorter lines in all the stores. Shoppers are starting to explore different stores. The newbies in upscale clothing are wandering the aisles of the discount stores with dazed looks. Same customer shift happened in 2008.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 8-20-22

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

The area of the Pacific Northwest I reside has two seasons Winter and Irrigation. Water begins arriving mid-April, generally ending mid-October, freezing happens at both ends of the season. My allocation is about 16 acres and it arrives every day to distribute on crops or landscaping.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 8-13-2022

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

This year I will be be celebrating the end of the dog days of summer. the heat has been intense. The last time I had to set up water cooling sites for livestock was the late 1970's during an intense drought. Many similarities with the weather cycle of several decades ago. Some of the agricultural irrigation systems with junior water rights had to decrease or stop water deliveries, then and now.

The primary difference is the population has increased by at least 500%. The increased infrastructure to support the population and business growth creates more demand on surface and underground water sources. Urban growth area is expanding with new buildings, roads, paved driveways and parking lots absorbing and storing heat during the day to release at night.

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