Stormy Monday 6/3/2024

[Marty]

Good morning.

62F-81F Rain/storm.

It's 4:30am and we have a thunderstorm rolling through. Riley woke me up to let me know he doesn't like thunderstorms. So I got up just to check the windows are all down. By 8:00am or so it will all be gone.

Errands today and hopefully some shop time. There was one more thing I was going to say for today but at this time in the morning I don't remember, think I'll go back to bed.

[Cornflake]

Good morning. We'll have low 70s to 100 and clear skies. I'll start the day with an amble in the desert.

I'm reading Walter Scott's Waverly, just because I'd never read anything by him. It was verrry slow to get going but now it's interesting. I've learned that Scottish highlanders were very fond of a stoup of usquebaugh.

Be of good cheer.

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[drlj]

Bright and sunny today. The coffee looks good, too. Think I will have a cup or two.
Enjoy the day.

[Shannon]

Good morning, all.

Sunny and pleasant at the moment, but a 50/50 chance of rain later. We had rain pretty much all day Saturday, but I was able to get the yard work done yesterday after church.

Not much going on today other than the usual at clinic.

[Marty]

I remembered. Going over to Milo's for a while today.  This getting old stuff sucks.

[Cosmic Wonder]

Morning all. I’m bacheloring it for the week. Dropped Nita off at the train station yesterday morning. She was meeting up with about ten of her crafting gal pals, heading to Seattle to jump on a week long Alaska cruise. They will make cards while at sea, and do tourist stuff in port. I predict I’ll get a new ball cap out of the deal. So I made a big batch of chilli yesterday, and this morning I’m going to run over to a farm stand and get some locally grown strawberries, called Hoods, after Hood river. The difference between Hoods and the commercial strawberries that come out of California are like the difference between a winter grocery store tomato and a heirloom vine ripened summer tomato from you garden. So good.

Showers today, chilli tonight!

Mike
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[Tamarack]

Sunny and warm. Up early for no apparent reason. Went to the gym for the first time in two weeks and could feel the effects.

Back home with the unpleasant task of dealing with the IRS. Got a letter on Saturday telling us we owe ~$2,000 more than we have already paid. We have our taxes done by a CPA, so I will have a chat with him before having a chat with the IRS. It is baffling because taxes are done using software and reviewed by IRS using software (at least a human being with CPA behind his name was paying attention whilst using software; the IRS seems to be a massive robot)

Maybe some workshop time this afternoon. I am building a floating bed (platform bed, pedestal in the center, string of LED lights underneath) for our eldest granddaughter.

[billhammond]

So my first editing chore today was our weekly beer column, by certified cicerone (look it up) Michael Agnew, and the topic was sour ales, which have all kinds of fruit and other flavors in them. They sound a little fussy to me, but he insists they are terrific summertime thirst-quenchers and tend to be low in alcohol, so quaffable.

Any sour beer fans here?

[t-bob]

"Silence Needs Wisdom
Although staying silent in the face of provocation is certainly commendable, it may not be sufficient; silence needs to be tempered with wisdom"... by Tricycle Comm. Magazine

At least the Yankees are first place - it was a few SWEEPs - but it's only the middle of season......

[dradtke]

Jun 3, 2024 8:52:57 GMT -5 billhammond said:

So my first editing chore today was our weekly beer column, by certified cicerone (look it up) Michael Agnew, and the topic was sour ales, which have all kinds of fruit and other flavors in them. They sound a little fussy to me, but he insists they are terrific summertime thirst-quenchers and tend to be low in alcohol, so quaffable.

Any sour beer fans here?

I've had a few sours, can't say I'm fond of them. Taste a little like kombucha.

[Village Idiot]

One forecast said rain and storms all day. Another forecast said slight chance of rain. I suppose I find out which one is correct by the end of the day.

[epaul]

Morning!

Cool and cloudy, which is fine with me as I finished up a lot of transplants yesterday, and there is nothing a fresh transplant likes more than a cool, cloudy day. Unless they are from Seattle. "Where's that Dakota sun, damnit!"

[billhammond]

A subsequent editing task was our weekly Cartalk column, which discussed Auto Vehicle Hold, a feature that when activated allows you to take your foot off the brake while stopped and holds the car in place until you step on the gas.

It mentioned being standard on the Subaru Ascent -- Mr. Radtke, do you like this feature?

[Cornflake]

"The difference between Hoods and the commercial strawberries that come out of California are like the difference between a winter grocery store tomato and a heirloom vine ripened summer tomato from you garden."

Some friends were recently in California and brought us some strawberries they'd bought at a produce stand by the side of a road. They're delicious. The strawberries our grocery store stocks taste like nothing.

[Marty]

Jun 3, 2024 9:36:38 GMT -5 billhammond said:

A subsequent editing task was our weekly Cartalk column, which discussed Auto Vehicle Hold, a feature that when activated allows you to take your foot off the brake while stopped and holds the car in place until you step on the gas.

It mentioned being standard on the Subaru Ascent -- Mr. Radtke, do you like this feature?

Sounds like yet another feature to go bad at the wrong time.

[billhammond]

Jun 3, 2024 10:09:49 GMT -5 Marty said:

Sounds like yet another feature to go bad at the wrong time.

Pretty straightforward, works off your ABS system, as do traction control and stability control.

[Dub]

The third of June; isn’t this the anniversary of William J. McAllister’s tragic death?

[epaul]

My Honda has it. I love it. When I come to a stop, the car stays stopped without the need for me to keep my foot pressed against the brake pedal, I just relax and keep my foot anywhere I want it. When I want to go, I just put my foot on the accelerator. Simple, intuitive, nice.

Is it an onerous duty to keep your foot locked to the brake pedal during long lights? No. Is this a feature I thought I needed or would have paid extra for? No. It never would have occurred to me as a feature a car should have or that I would want. But, it's there, and now, I like that it's there. It's just one of many really nice little features this car has. Most aren't needed. (power windows aren't "needed"). But, these new features are all are really nice.

The brake hold feature (at least with Honda) has to be turned on and it can be turned off if you don't want it. Whatever setting you leave it in is the setting it holds until it is physically changed.

(I can turn my auto-stop on and off as well. That I turn off)

I think most new cars have a brake hold feature (or will have). Brake hold isn't a separate deal added to the car, it is a simple off-shoot of the electronic brake control packages that are part and parcel of how new cars built and how they work. And these new cars work great.

(unless you buy a Jeep, Volkswagon, Fiat, or Land Rover)

[kenlarsson]

A late good morning to you all. I just got back from a 22.5-mile bike ride at the Chassahowitzka WMA. I'm in training for an event the Swamp Mountain Bike club is having there on the 15th. 30 to 50 mile rides are on the docket, and I want to make sure I can keep up. Those Swamp Mountain folks are serious riders, a few of them are up in Chattanooga this week on a mountain bike vacation in the Appalachians.

Anyway, I've got a doctors appointment, some shopping and guitars to attend to. Have a great day.

[t-bob]

I'm back......

Haiku
Self control is strength
Right thought is a mastery
Calmness is power