During a tornado outbreak in Nashville in the late nineties, several of us watched the cranes building the new stadium topple over before we took cover. Closed Waffle Houses mean stuff’s serious.
Laundry is done, a smart alec card made and am now internettin’.
The hurricane has spawned tornadoes. Heading for Jacksonville right now. The storm surge is impressive.
We hit the Costco this evening, so Mrs Magill could get her new glasses. She finally broke down and got a prescription for progressive lenses. I looked at her glasses prescription. It’s almost exactly the same as mine, except the add is a bit weaker. I suggested she try my contact.
We talked on the way home. She wants me to call my sister and discuss her development. We we both a little surprised at how quickly I developed breast tenderness. She mentioned how quickly boys noticed when she started to wear a bra but noted that people won’t be looking for one on me, but if they do…
I plugged in my car to ensure it has a full charge, just in case we lose power, we’ll still be able to power the fridge for thirty-six hours.
I’m from Raleigh. This is not my first rodeo. It’s gonna be a big rain event here. Of course, substations can get flooded and go boom, but actually damage will be minimal here. At the very least, our reservoirs will be refilled.
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I’ll have to be there at 0515. polls close at 2000, so I’ll probably be there until around 2045.
We had a Dem primary in August. Very slow indeed, but the extra money is always good. 
You don’t have to if you don’t want to, but it’s strongly recommended.
wet one, sounds like your sister is about to become wetter one.
Update. Saw him on bus, he invited me over. We talked; he talked way more than me; smoked. 4 hours later he walked me home. I’m fine. Still no hug or kiss bye but if he wasn’t interested he wouldnt have invited me over. 
At least he didnt mention any holes in his socks( for those who remember my ex saying that)
TIme to get a late-night final in, still no rain or storming, but watching the weather map it is on the way, so best get to sleep before it arrives (plus being up 16 hours straight is enough for this old body). Have done nothing worth reporting since my last notes, a fair number of You Tubes watched and some snacks snacked on, but nothing to damage my RDOS credentials.
Cat Glove, just forgot to pick up the receipt, not a problem I’ll be there Sunday and Monday and get the receipt/card code to sign in. So we’re on the same wavelength. I use the plastic bags but Wal-Mart and Publix have places to recycle them so they get saved and are recycled. And no custard stands near me, one ice cream place about 4 miles away, but since I discover that I could exercise discipline with pint-size containers, Kroger has taken care of my ice cream fix.
red, like that card.
Mollie, glad the Missus got good glasses; I’ve had progressives for years and they’ve done well for me.
And that’s all for Firday. Will let you know how things are in about 8-9 hours if the weather lets me sleep that long.
Apparently this is National Bank Tellers Week. So the credit union bought us MSRs (and everyone else) nummy Indian food for lunch. Our lunches are staggered, and mine is at 11:30. I managed to go to lunch at 11:33. The food arrived at 11:30. So I had my Andhar Goat Curry for dinner, about a couple of hours ago.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave, assuming the chaos doesn’t go over 11. The rains should hit me till the afternoon. It’s currently 63 degrees Ferret Height(17.222 Centipedes).
That’s the ultimate “shit just real” sign.
“Hitting the Target”, Holly Springs style
That was not bad for a Friday night, out at 1:30 ain’t shabby. Except for the rush right after some local high school football game let out … Mona Shores vs. Muskegon High IIRC if anyone was keeping track.
Oh, and continuing the “punch card” stories … I offered one to this super-nice lady, who smiled sweetly, politely said “no” and added that she was just visiting and lives in HAWAIIIIIII.
Ma’am, you won the “good reason to not want a reward card” contest.
AW SHIT RUN HIDE
Tell that to the anchovy pizza folks.
I just bought Duke’s for my (belated) chicken/grape salad! GMTA
Love it! Especially the bubbles in the background.
My Grandma Co-worker G-rated term for “smart ass” is “funny butt.” I haven’t heard “smart alec” in a hot minute.
Honey, please.
It’s “this ain’t my first rodeo” if’n y’all don’t wanna sound like ya ain’t from 'round here.
(I know, it’s the 'Dope. Prescriptivists rule!)
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 9c/49f with a predicted high of 13c/56f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s somehwere between fucking warm and fucking cold. I don’t know what to tell you. Wear fucking layers.”
Taters I’m sorry to hear about Pumpkin Seed, I hope he’s just gone for a little adventure and comes home soon.
JtC I’m angry for you too, I hope the protestors can at least half the destruction for long enough that politicians can be made to see sense.
Moooom glad you made it home safely, but it sounds like next time it should be a 2-day trip instead. So many hours of driving is hard on anyone.
flyboy your lunch sounds yummy, now I really want curry!
Yesterday was fun, I did not get out of work early as (of course) someone wanted something just as I was about to pack up. I still got home at a reasonable time, tended to the needs of cats and we had dinner (leftover Thai curry from the freezer) before getting ourselves ready to go out. I summoned an Uber and we were off!
There was a plan, and we managed to stick pretty closely to it! We went to the Giffard to see a band called LN and were early enough to catch the support acts too. We are such regular visitors at the Giff, the door crew don’t ask for tickets as they know my name, and we’ve now reached the heights of no longer getting Sharpie’d on the hand. Last night’s event was sold out. In fact, technically it was sold out twice - it sold out weeks ago, then when we were talking to the guy who books bands there, I said that we missed out because we were meant to be elsewhere that night but circumstances conspired against us. He reopened the bookings, put two extra tickets in and messaged me when it was done so I could go and buy them. So…sold out twice 
Anyway, it was a really good night, and they announced afterwards that the band’s been booked for next year’s Mayor’s Fest so we’ll get to see them on the big stage at KK’s. We didn’t stay long after they’d finished (part of the plan) and went up the road to get a cab home. The driver knew where we lived and we had a natter on the way back about the parlous state of the roads in town. Lots of roadworks everywhere which is making it difficult for them.
Today I was up early, cats have been fed and litter trays are clean. I just need to get showered and sheveled, then 'im indoors is making ham and chese toasties for breakfast. I will get my stuff together, leave necessary stuff out for the catsitter, and then we are off to Welsh Wales for Sharkfest 7 so another day of excellent music and catching up with friends. Better get my skates on!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out with light rain with a predicted high of 82 with rain. Looks like we had close to three inches of rain overnight with maybe an inch to an inch and a half predicted today. So, rain and wind, but not as bad as it could have been. Needless to say, we will stay inside and dry. My DAWGS will play Bama at 7:30 p.m. Isaias did one good thing in that the orange asshat cancelled his plans to be there. The plan of the day is the usual RDOS sloth and watchin’ other kolledge tackleball games off and on. Any need to feed will be via forage as we have leftovers that need to get et up. Oh, I bought some collard greens yestiddy mornin’, so at some point I need to clean and prep those. Might even go ahead and cook ‘em dependin’ on whether or not I can be bothered today.
Mor… uhh.. afternoon.
Tis a little windy, with some cloud, some sun. Not scary winds though, please stay safe anyone getting hit by them.
No current plans for the day, except doing some defilthifying, cos it really does need doing in the rats’ room and someone’s coming to service the boiler on Tuesday. Can’t have him thinking my rats are slobs.
I may venture out to do something later, dunno, maybe not.
A friend from irk suggested we do something, but a) wanted me to message to arrange it the day before, and b) never replies to messages in less than 3-4 days. She also works from home on Firdays, so arranging weekend plans during lunch break on Firday was not an option even when I was going in. As you can maybe understand, the ‘plan’ to meet up at the weekend has been going, on-and-off, since about April at this point.
Seems like no matter where I go, no matter how long I’m gone, it’s just soooo good to sleep in my own bed again. And it helped that Mel joined me. I still woke early - around 5 (stoopit bladder) but I dozed on and off till almost 7 before getting up and dressed. I need a few things at Food Lion and I want to get in and out before the weekend crowds. I just finished my oatmeal-and-yogurt, so I’ll head out after posting this.
I finally connected with my sister. We’re meeting at Molloy’s on Tuesday for lunch. That’s where we met the last time we did this. So apart from having a nice visit and feed, I’ll be getting a metric buttload of iris in a lot of colors. And Mom labeled the different colors before she had them dug up, so that should help me decide how to arrange them in the garden.
FCD will fetch Otis some time this morning. I’ll be doing laundry and tidying. Last night I went thru the mail SIL brought in - everything went into recycling. It’s so rare that something in the mailbox is of some value.
The bestest thing about being home is the quiet. Between the TV that was always on and AuntB who was always talking, about the only peaceful moments were in the shower, and those were always followed by “You’re done already??” Is 10-15 minutes that remarkably short a time to lather up then rinse and dry? We also need to get back to eating right. She had cake and pie and turnovers and fudge and ice cream, and the whole time, the only veggies she served were a salad once and some very very cooked cabbage. Oh, and there was a small bowl of strawberries and a small container of grapes. She did get some really good breads, but so little non-starchy food. I guess sweets=hospitality.
Our last evening there, two of FCD’s cousins came over. Earlier that day, we had time with another. Thankfully, the one from Lafayette didn’t come - he’s not bad, but he is a bit much. In all, he has 9 cousins but they’ve spawned a bunch of kids (one cousin has 8!!) and I have no idea how many grands. I can’t imagine what a family reunion is like.
All in all, it wasn’t a bad visit, but lots of little things on top of the endless talk and TV was just more than we are accustomed to. Plus FCD fretted about Otis, even tho the kennel posted pics every day and we could see he had lots of pup buddies to frolic with. But I can’t see us repeating this any time soon, if at all. The cost of the kennel and the gas alone made this a very expensive 5 days, and add a very pricey lunch in Lafayette and assorted eating during the drives - it won’t break us, but still…
OK, off to Food Lion before it gets too crammed. Happy Saturday!!
Hello, wonderful people! What? You don’t feel so wonderful? Trust me, you are wonderful.
It’s Saturday, October 10. Outdoors, it’s 53 effs and partly cloudy. Later, it will be 78 effs and overcast.
Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender asks, “Olive or twist?”
We are planning to vote early this time around. Maybe on Monday.
I was thinking “I hit the Powerball!”
Okay, it’s time for breakfast, GoComics, and puzzles. Maybe read the news eventually.
That’s a little different than having two opened bottles in the same door shelf, LOL!
I’m usually pretty good about keeping track of what’s where but Hubs has been in charge of the kitchen for the last 14 weeks and I need to take it back.
So, about the trees…
We have known that they were in danger for a few months, and have been pushing back, but we only learned about the Nov. 1 deadline two days ago.
Back before the 1900’s American Chestnuts covered the eastern part of the US and were used for wood and food by humans and wildlife alike. They were a pretty important part of the environment tbh.
Humans carelessly introduced a fungus that covered the mature trees and killed them, so instead of doing anything constructive about it…they just cut them all down so they could at least use the wood.
Some of the rootstock survived, a few of trunks sprouted and some of those sprouts didn’t die at once. Conservation efforts included cloning the sprouts and breeding for resistance. The grove we are upset about are saplings and trees grown from those cuttings. They are pretty resistant to the fungus and are 100% American Chestnuts.
Other conservation efforts include cross breeding with Chinese Chestnuts (90% American to 10% Chinese seems fairly viable) and protecting individual trees and groves where they are found.
I don’t go deep into the forest, and spend my nature time on the edges. I don’t know how to safely get around back there and would probably get lost and die of respiratory distress after using poison oak to make a rescue fire.
Harry was born and raised in the forest, he spent his adult life studying and protecting it. Harry has twice warned me to not try to find the trees, he says its dangerous out there and he wouldn’t go alone now.
I’m not going to say that humans have anything to do with the danger, but will mention that a lot of folks still do subsistence hunting and trapping, plus the military was a popular way to get out of the mines. Its assumed here that any male over thirty was in the military, the only question was “which branch”.
So, I’m going to just leave that there and move on.
So, yesterday was not the best. I got to the dispensary and learned that my MMJ card expired last week. Damnit! I didn’t get an email because they had my old addy so now I have to deal with that again. Plus it is the weekend and I can’t complete the application because I need help changing my email address - they want to send something to my old address for verification and I don’t have access to it anymore.
I’ve got vape carts and infused drinks, but I wants my flower, dangit!!!
Our fav mexican place isn’t fav anymore, the food isn’t nearly as good with cooks that weren’t raised on it.
The yarn shop was just what I would imagine a knitter would dream of and while I was able to find wool in the gauge I wanted, it was all colored and I need ecru. The owner said he would ask his suppliers if any were willing to do a small batch for me, but they all use natural dyes and lots of color.
So now I’m sitting in my room waiting for the rain and feeling very directionless. I can’t work on the permits, I can’t work on my MMJ card, I still can’t pull weeds and even if I could, I don’t like playing in the mud anymore.
It’s so nice to hear that your job actually got food that you could eat this time! Your last job wasn’t as nice about it as they could have been.
The Sun will burn out first, its time for the French solution now.
It must be nice to be such a big fish in your small pond!!! How nice was that?
You can get the rolled up newspaper too yanno!
So I think I’m going to go off and do things for a while, I’ll check back laters. Stay dry and have a great day.
Well, the weather was…more of a drizzle than a storm. Mind you, it started raining about 2am and hasn’t stopped, but there has not been high winds or tornado warnings or even a heavy downpour, just a steady rain that looks to continue into the afternoon. So safe even if a bit soggy…
Having my usual Sattiday Breakfast of Carnation Breakfast Essentials and a banana, so belly will be happy for awhile, and I’ll do some house-irk and try to stay dry. It has cooled things down, 60F now heading to 66F for a high, so looks like Fall is here (but I just looked at the forecast and it could reach 90F by Thursday…). So we’ll see how things go.
boo fae, always have a plan but leave some wiggle room in it–that’s what I try to do and sounds like it works for you. And nice to have friends in good places. Enjoy the trip to Wales and Sharkfest (which soounds vaguely ominous…)
FCM, I know the feeling, having your own bed back is a pleasure after traveling. And I agree with you about the mail these days, about 10% is information I need, the rest are either adverts or groups wanting money. And sounds like you need to avoid the scale for a few days until your systems adjust back to normal feeding habits.
Knots, well aren’t you in a happy mood today! Have a good one.
JtC, thanks for the tree history lesson, and hope your MMJ card gets renewed soon.
And still haven’t got my breakfast and it is moving towards 9am, so off to the kitchen I go. Have a good day all.
Good morning. The rain started a few hours ago and should last for the next twenty-four or so. My car is fully charged, in case we need to use the V2L to power the fridge.
Laundry is sorted, and coffee is brewed. We’ll just hunker down for a lazy, rainy day.
Tonight, we’re going to see Kathleen Madigan at the Ryman. It’ll be fun.
Yeah, that checks.
Umm… no.
Well, that’s too bad. He always brings such good luck to the home team.
Nice. You’re (mostly) forgiven.
My lunch cum dinner was yummy. I love curry; but I no longer eat rice, it’s more like a stew.
To be fair, my last job did (usually) order me a nice protein-heavy salad. My current job only does something special like this on occasions. Usually they order pizza, or bring in doughnuts, pastries, and cookies. But that’s OK. I’m not a sweet person.
Zero-seven-thirty, and I’ve only just gotten out of bed and finished a cuppa joe. It feels good to get up when I want to get up!
I noticed a mole trap had been sprung a few days ago. Haven’t had time to remove the corpse and reset the trap. I’ll do that today.
Happy Saturday!
Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. RDOS planned for the day.
Y’all have a great day!
I wasn’t able to log off work at 4:30 yesterday but I called it quits shortly after 5:00, which was close enough! 
After about an hour of Lego I moved to the TV room/downstairs couch for the night, and caught up on a bunch of TV: I watched the season finale of Lanterns, the newest episodes of Scrubs and Shark Tank, and the season premiere of Elsbeth. I still have to start the new seasons of Slow Horses and MobLand, I have to decide if I want to watch the second episode of War, and I want to check out the series premiere of Cupertino (mostly for Mike Colter ).
Yesterday I was psyched about all of my weekend plans, but when I woke up this morning I realized that I’d overcommitted in terms of emotional/psychological energy. 
When work is as intense as it has been/will be for the rest of the year, I don’t have much weekend people-ing in me. I can’t skip this afternoon with WifeBFF (plus that’s the thing I want to do the most), and I really don’t want to miss my “niece’s” baby shower tomorrow (though it’ll be the hardest energy-wise), so that means I’m skipping the live jazz tonight. Three things but only enough energy for two, and missing two of them would hurt someone’s feelings while no one would care if I cancel the third…no-brainer! Plus, now I won’t have to spend the whole afternoon dressed to go out (I would have gone straight from WifeBFF’s to the venue, because her place is a lot closer) and I can be comfy in leggings and a sweatshirt.
Right now it’s 10:36am, and I’ll be heading to WifeBFF’s in about an hour (HusbandBFF is out of town for his best friend’s mom’s birthday). She suggested Chipotle for lunch, which is always fine with me; I’ll pick it up on the way to her place. It’ll be nice to get some quality time with her today. Plus, we both love HusbandBFF but he has some…qualities[1]…and due to her health issues they are together pretty much all the time: I know she needs a break from/to vent about him every now and then.
It’s currently 61°F and will be cloudy all day, with an expected high of only 68. It might start raining later tonight, and it will definitely rain all day tomorrow – complicating my drives to/from Baltimore for the baby shower, but que sera.
Welcome home!
Right?? The closest they get to “evening” is 3:00-5:00 on Wednesday, but none of the options is good for working stiffs. Maybe they’re counting on the Monday holiday…? Not a lot of notice for that, though, if people had plans!
Nice doggio impression. 
Heh!
Our days will be similar: I have to be there by 0500, and our polls close at 1900 – but it’ll take us way more than 45 minutes, and I don’t expect to be able to go home until around 2030 (unless we get lucky and wind up with an experienced and organized Chief). If I’m home before 2100 that’ll be pretty good.
as we all do, but this isn’t about my annoying tendencies! 
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