In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Only 1,871 days remaining on the Impeachment Clock.
How exciting. 002780
Now that the Democraps blew their wad on the Fake Impeachment, maybe they will try for a real Impeachment.
Well, at least we know what the future holds for Corona Collusion Impeachapaooza 2020.
Question, what do you guys think?
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Quote:It looks like most of the rain tracked Washington and north. You really DID get our rain this year! No wonder it seemed extra soggy where you are.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Glad to hear that Kiki. It's dry in my neck of the woods for a spell.
Yup. I'm used to soggy just not extra, extra soggy.
I'm glad for the dry right now.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'd like a drought over here please. Could you send some of that West Coast weather my way when you get a chance?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Dry weather just got here and I want it to stay for a while.
Good luck.
I've had 5 years straight with heavy to record rainfall in my area.
I'd like my poor house to get a break from it until I know I've done all the work outside I need to do.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Suppose to be dry for this week where I am but that can change. Know that the weather people are worried about when the snow pack begins to melt. See how much flooding happens.
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I was running errands today, and everybody seems to be doing their best to comply with best practices, but they're all doing something different!
At AAA where I went to re-up my car registration, they were asking people at the door if they were healthy before they let you in. And the stanchions were set WAY back from the counter, but there was no 'social distancing' for people in line. But then there were hardly any lines.
Then I went shopping at Whole Foods. It's kind of a long drive, so I go maybe every 6 to 8 weeks and stock up on things I can't get anywhere else. There was someone standing at the door asking if you were healthy but people were wandering in anyway. Despite that, it was relatively empty. And BOY! were there a lot of empty shelves! But I was going for boneless pork shoulder, and they had stacks of it, so they let me buy 10lbs. And they DID tell me they have special early senior hours in the AM when everything is freshly stocked, so I'll probably go back in a week or two once I get all the pork and bean stew cooked up and frozen, and get a bunch of brisket for beef and bean stew, and beef, potato, and green chili stew.
Then I went to Trader Joe's. They had someone spritzing everybody's hands with sanitizer, and another person wiping the cart handles with sanitizing wipes before you went in. And they made sure of it! No spritz, no cart-handle wipe, no entry!! OTOH the spritz was really volatile and the handle wipe one perfunctory swipe. So while I appreciate their intentions and diligence, I'm not sure it does much good. Anyway, the store was empty as well, along with a crap-ton of empty shelves. But no social distancing in lines, and none between the cashier and patron. (They also had someone spritzing hands on the way out.) Anyway it's less than a mile drive so I have no issue with going back later for the rest of what I need from there.
All told, interesting times.
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"5.7 earthquake shakes Utah, causing moderate damage and closing Salt Lake City airport"
Well that'll shake you outa' bed!
Utah, hunh. I wonder what fault runs through there.
ETA:
Well, I didn't know that ...
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”Utah is earthquake country,” he said, noting that fault lines crisscross throughout the Salt Lake Valley and along the Wasatch Front. Each year, the state sees hundreds of miniquakes.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/3/18/21181930/utah-earthquake-prepar
edness
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Not too many people out today when I went for a walk. Lots of distance between folks in stores and such.
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Quote:Have not yet gone shopping, that's for tomorrow. We're limting our shopping to once per week ... not running off to get this or that. Will prolly go to Ralph's and Stater Bros as usual. But I feel we have our sanitizing routine in-place for when we get home. I'll let you know how what the stores look like over here. One thing for sure: with schools closed, I see a lot more families walking with their kids when we walk the dog.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I was running errands today, and everybody seems to be doing their best to comply with best practices, but they're all doing something different!
At AAA where I went to re-up my car registration, they were asking people at the door if they were healthy before they let you in. And the stanchions were set WAY back from the counter, but there was no 'social distancing' for people in line. But then there were hardly any lines.
Then I went shopping at Whole Foods. It's kind of a long drive, so I go maybe every 6 to 8 weeks and stock up on things I can't get anywhere else. There was someone standing at the door asking if you were healthy but people were wandering in anyway. Despite that, it was relatively empty. And BOY! were there a lot of empty shelves! But I was going for boneless pork shoulder, and they had stacks of it, so they let me buy 10lbs. And they DID tell me they have special early senior hours in the AM when everything is freshly stocked, so I'll probably go back in a week or two once I get all the pork and bean stew cooked up and frozen, and get a bunch of brisket for beef and bean stew, and beef, potato, and green chili stew.
Then I went to Trader Joe's. They had someone spritzing everybody's hands with sanitizer, and another person wiping the cart handles with sanitizing wipes before you went in. And they made sure of it! No spritz, no cart-handle wipe, no entry!! OTOH the spritz was really volatile and the handle wipe one perfunctory swipe. So while I appreciate their intentions and diligence, I'm not sure it does much good. Anyway, the store was empty as well, along with a crap-ton of empty shelves. But no social distancing in lines, and none between the cashier and patron. (They also had someone spritzing hands on the way out.) Anyway it's less than a mile drive so I have no issue with going back later for the rest of what I need from there.
All told, interesting times.
Been slogging thru the past few weeks, hubby finally got all of his four 8-foot shelves up, with our help. The last thing to do is oil the last two shelves so he can screw them into place. And I FINALLY scrubbed the shower stall with bleach spray and a scrubbing brush on a drill. God, I hate grout and tile! But it's sure a lot cleaner now! Been pushing dear daughter to finish her chores too, so we got the recycling totally cleared out, and she did some much-delayed tidying up.
In the meantime, glad to hear that IRS has delayed tax day by 3 months! I have not YET put that paperwork together! Now we need to find ONE MORE fiduciary so the legal and financial paperwork can be drafted.
I've been having a real hard time sleeping lately ... waking up at stupid o'clock, usually because I feel like I can't fully inflate my lungs. Treating it as acid reflux or stuffy nose doesn't seem to help (altho I have both). Come to think of it, I might be having a subtle asthma attack ... I think I'll try the rescue inhaler when it happens again.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching Contagion with the family; it's a great reminder that even if things seem a little tedious right now, things could always be worse!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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I truly hope the inhaler works, Signy!
The next few months are going to be a long slog. Given how many at-risk people are in the family my biggest hope is that nobody gets sick or ends up with serious complications, or worse.
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I know you don't have aversions to doctors like I do Sigs.
Don't treat that like I treat everything. GO SEE A DOCTOR.
As far as stores are concerned around me, I can only speak about two of them and report that it's pretty much just as bad as you hear on the news. Went to Aldi around 5 days back and couldn't get cans of chili with beans (there was chili without beans), couldn't get large containers of peanut butter (there were small containers), couldn't get milk. The paper towel/toilet paper/sanitizers and hand soap was all wiped out as well. Not that I eat it, but you couldn't buy any bread either. I was able to buy ground beef and frozen vegetables, although there was no chicken except for the extremely high priced small packages of it.
Yesterday I went back, first thing in the morning. Chili with beans was back in stock and full, but all the peanut butter was wiped out. The entire frozen food locker was empty (no beef, no vegetables). Milk was wiped out. No bread.
Went to the dollar store after that and although the store as a whole didn't look nearly as bad, toilet paper and towels were gone as well as any hand sanitizers. Surprisingly, the ingredients to make your own sanitizers were still in stock. I know that Amazon was sold out of all of that, so it looks like the DIYers haven't raided all the dollar stores yet.
I called up the elderly couple who lives across the street to see if they were OK and if they needed anything. They're doing well and they're all stocked up. I let them know if they needed anything I'm right across the street and he said the same to me.
He also gave me a tip on a gallon of milk. I'm on my way out the door to see if he was right. 
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Got my milk.
Very grateful to the helpful older lady who didn't work for the place going around letting people like me know that customer service was checking people out with 10 items or less so I didn't have to wait in line for an hour and a half to buy it.
Almost a ghost town on the streets otherwise. Kind of eerie driving around the hometown and seeing so little cars everywhere.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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