I Am So Tired But There's So Much To Do Complaint Thread
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When I'm in Westminster, I've seen plenty of big planes flying over the HoC away from the river, that looks like it is going in the right direction to go over.
...a real pain in more than one department as I had to deal with a week ago. Not only,showers, but cooking and the loo.
...just two more reasons I have no desire to move there (in spite of people saying I should for my achy bones and joints) along with creepy crawly poisonous things, high power bills for AC, and the fact I don't drive (where I am at least I have decent public transit and a lot of places within walking distance).
...hard to do without water.
ETA:
...wpps, got the posts mixed up there (must be the meds).
...rain, rain, rain, all day long today and into tonight. Looked at the satellite feed and its a huge system which stretches way out into the Pacific and down to the California state line moving ever so slowly northeastward.
Forgot to get a big bottle of unsweetened ice tea yesterday afternoon as while I was at the market, someone in the building set the fire alarm off (there are also apartments above) forcing everyone to evacuate. Still not feeling terribly well, all I could think of after they let us back in 20 minutes later was go get the stuff I left that I already had picked out, check out and get home as quickly as possible as it looked as if it was about to rain.
Not about to trudge out for even 4 blocks to the Safeway in the chilly wet as I'm still trying to get over this head cold and not wanting it to get worse. There is a mini mart across the street but all they have are energy drinks, sport drinks, as well as just the mainstream brand chemically sweetened "diet" and HFCS laden stuff (yes, even Arizona™ teas use HFCS). Too early here for wine or beer.
Water is back on. I gotta do two loads of laundry before bedtime. Already started one and that includes my bed sheets.
Non complaint; going to state fair with mum tomorrow.
...wow in mid October? That is late for a State Fair. Usually they are a summertime event. The latest I have seen is Washingon State's which is in September.
Yeah but in NC it is always in October as far as I know. I guess it is because if it was earlier everyone will be melted puddles due to the heat of summer. I guess that is why it is in October. Summer in NC can be hot. Better weather in October I guess.
...here we'd need hip waders and raincoats if ours were this late. TheTIlt-A-Whirl on the midway would become the "TIlt-A-Whirlpool".
well ... you arent wrong.
lol
steamed butternut squash sounds so healthy
Ah, October! Best time to go to that Human fair called Disney World (and all the other attractions of Orlando). The kids are back in school, the hurricanes are waning, the lead melting heat and sauna-like humidity dissipates and turns into the best season in Florida, the overcrowded winter holidays are not yet upon us, you don't have to wear a jacket and gloves against a January frost, the crowds are tolerable and one can actually enjoy the day (as long as you leave the kids in school).
Ooh, ooh, big excitement here today. About a half dozen guys are at the neighbors getting ready to cut down the HUGE old tree there. It's been dying in pieces for the last couple years but I saw them a few days ago planning where the limbs would fall, and this morning I saw the phone and electric people moving wires. Lots of entertainment!
burly lumberjacks?
watching the mohawk squirrel, he doesn't crack his whip anymore.
Yeah, I know.
When DAZ switched to the latest forum technology I couldn't get the animated GIF to work. 
One thing about the tree being removed... it's an oak tree probably about 150 or more years old and I'm old enough to remember when it was smaller.
In fact I'm old enough to remember when many trees around town were much smaller and are now dead and gone. And I remember when many trees were freshly planted but are now full grown. Yeah, almost all the original old-growth forest trees of the area are gone BUT... there's still the huge original old growth, slow-grow, very tall, pine tree at my parents old house that is still straight, tall and healthy. There's only one other one left in town, but the region used to filled with those trees and they provided the lumber trade that started this town 212 years ago. My parent's tree was struck by lightning back in the 1950s and there's a giant scar down the trunk but the tree is still vibrant and continues growing and slowly lifting the concrete sidewalk slabs away from its roots another inch since I've begun watching it. I've been aware of and watched that tree for about 65 years and by eye it looks no taller or bigger around than when I was a kid. 
Lumber from those slow-grow pine made marvelously hard lumber. Our old house is 200 years old and was built with them. I can testify that you can hardly drive a nail into their lumber. It's like oak. And the 2x4s of that old lumber were actually 2 inches by 4 inches instead of the modern 1.5 by 3.5 
No, no burly lumberjacks. I was hoping for burly lumberjacks but no such luck.
The tree workers are just two grizzled older men with chainsaws and three teenager helpers that seem to be having more fun throwing twigs at each other and mock Kung-Fu fighting instead of watching for falling branches and hauling away. (I'd fire 'em on the spot if I were paying their insurance and wage).
oh well, i'll have ta go back to thinking about burly aqua mens.
and butternut squash thoughts on possibly pizza
Tree is down: I almost missed it. My camera is mucking up but I got a few good shots. Black outline in #5 shows how close the tree top came to hitting my car (<10 feet)
1) Early morning before they started.
2) Major limbs removed (notice hollow limbs!).
3) Tree falling.
4) On the ground.
5) My car.
6) Relative size of stump, trunk and 6' worker.
...yeah, I remember when a half gallon of Ice Creme was a full 64 oz instead of 56 like today or a 3# can of coffee was 48 oz, not 39.
Yeah looking back, the little maple saplings they planted in my old neighbourhood in Milwaukee to replace all the elms that had to be removed because of a Dutch Elm Disease epidemic have actually grown into decent shade trees. However it's not quite the towering canopy of leaves I once remember.
...confused weather day today. Doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be sunny or rainy. I'll look up and see sun streaming through the blinds, then a few minutes later hear rain against the windows, after which the sun appears again.
Need make my weekly market trip today and would like to go to the ones I usually shop at than the Safeway 4 blocks away. Still getting over the cold and really don't relish getting soaked as well as not wanting to waste a bus ticket for such a short trip (it actually takes about as long to get there on transit as it does to walk because I need to make a transfer each way). Looking at the long range radar, it appears to be mostly narrow bands and isolated areas of rain rather than being solid green like yesterday. Definitely need to do the errands today as tomorrow is forecast to be much worse with not only heavy rain but wind as well.
Complaint: While taking photos today of the tree being removed, my camera (Nikon Coolpix P5100) futzed up. It's small but has most professional features and I use it for everything but it had started giving me periodic recoverable problems over the last six months or so, but today they interfered severely with my picture taking. Back in 2008 it was a $500 camera and I've bought almost every accessory for it, (microcope adaptor, telescope adaptor, attachable lens adaptor, fisheye lens, two wide angle lenses, two telephoto lenses, macro lens for extreme closeups, ring light for lighting tiny objects when using macro lens, extra batteries, and probably other things I can't remember right now. But when I called Nikon to get it fixed they said they don't do it anymore, no parts, obsolete. So I did a little research and discovered that it had been replaced by the Nikon P6000 but that too has been declared "Archived" (obsolete). It seems that that line of small professional Nikons has been totally abandoned and they now make no camera that will use the lenses and other accessories I have for it. I'm screwed out of a couple thousand dollars in accessories. I can't afford a new full size decent camera and even if I could, the accessories I'd have to replace are going to cost $5,000 or more. I was given a list of authorized Nikon repair shops around the country that "might" be able to help me get my camera fixed but I don't have my hopes up. I looked on the Internet for a replacement P5100 or P6000 and found one used P6000 at Amazon for $150. Unfortunately, the things that are wrong with my camera show symptoms of being with the electronics and I suspect that any replacement camera of that era (only 9 years ago) will fail in similar ways. Although, in the end, even if I find a place to fix my existing camera, the cost will probably be at least $150 anyway. (* sigh! *)
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is eggnog out yet?
waitin for the pennsylvania dutch nog
when someone swears fealty to king or queen, are they fealted? never heard of a verb for fealty.
...they make nog from the Pennsylvania Dutch?
Sounds more like something that would come from old Transylvania.
That's because it is tied to the agriculture and harvest:
yummi eats in amish country. well, been 30 years since i went, may have changed.
wasnt separate tables like a regular restaurant, was long picnic tables with benches. no menu, they served whatever they were cooking that day.
left a lasting impression in my memory.
...Wisconsin has the foruth largest Amish population in the nation.
Buggies are a common sight on the roads in Columbia and Marquette counties which I used to pass through.
...if they waited until this late in places like Wisconsin they could literally have a "Bobsled" ride on the midway. I've seen snow there as early as the thrid week of September. Smehow the thought of eating an ear of roasted corn wearing a heavy jacket and mittens just doesn't have the same appeal (in the chilly rain here in Oregon, even less).
That's a big problem with electronics, the manufacturers stop supporting them and repairs become impossible.
There are several stories on the web, for example, of early generation Canon "L" series lenses, such as the 300mm f2.8 lens, becoming doorstops when the focusing mechanism fails, as there is no linkage between the manual focusing ring and the mechanism.
My FD 300mm f2.8 is so old it's marked "Flourite", it predates the "L" series, but it still works. When an internal part broke, I was able to machine one myself that the tech used to repair it.
I can't use my shop to make a new ultrasonic motor, though.
I was able to machine a 60D body to take FD lenses, so I can still use it. Manual stopdown only, though.
And I have a freezer full of film to use with my F1's.
No, they are sworn.
fealty
ˈfiːəlti/
noun
historical
noun: fealty
a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.
"they owed fealty to the Earl rather than the King"
formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord.
"a property for which she did fealty"