It’s a good thing you can’t hear my voice when I sing. Continuing with the cool morning, warm afternoons, with overall cooling trend. Also supposed to be clear for the next couple of days. That’s a lot of clear, dry days in a row. My grass is crunchy and the grass over the septic field at the BOL is probably completely dead. That’s not good.
I did a couple of the things on my list, but avoided drywall mud again. It’s messy and I have to move stuff to do it, as well as diving deep in the garage for the tools… so I’ve been putting off what is a short and straightforward job. I have to get better at this. Picked up my stuff yesterday, with some stuff for the BOL, and a couple of household things. I’m stacked up on “pet stain and odor” remover. Damn dog.
Now to move a couple of things along, and then collect my stuff today. More stuff for the BOL, as well as some gub stuff. I won some mags and refills for the hole puncher. I’m stopping at an estate sale this morning to see if I can’t get some more. This sale also has a bunch of pews and a few dozen cans of freeze drieds… guy had some of his priorities straight.
The brand of FDs is unfamiliar to me, but matches the typical “buy this and you’ll be set” exploitive strategy employed by pretty much everyone but Auguson Farms and Mountain House. In other words, it’s all carb heavy, but still under caloried, and about half is breakfast or side dishes rather than main courses– with no real main courses except the few additional Mountain House cans. “Mac and Cheese with meat” is not dinner. A serving of meat, with a side of mac is. Soup mixes and oatmeal, cereal and pasta dishes are not really the best way to spend money on freeze dried foods, and are just in the kits to bulk out the days they can claim, and to extract extra money from your wallet.
Little protein and no fat isn’t going to keep you working in the fields all day. That’s one of the reasons I save all my bacon fat in jars. Fat is good energy and helps you feel full. The Oregon Trail cookbook I read has a surprising number of recipes that start with “melt 5 pounds of bear fat”. Heritage breeds of pig have about twice the fat of modern piggies (iirc), and the fat was more important to the household than the meat in the old days.
If you don’t have fat stored, you might want to reconsider that. You can buy ghee, lard, bacon fat, and beef tallow in the store and they all keep a really long time, especially if you put them in the fridge or freezer until they are needed. Fat can be used to preserve food too, as ‘potted’ meat for example. Saving your own is not only easy, but you paid for the fat when you bought the meat, so why NOT keep it?
Stacks don’t have to be separate from your normal life, and it’s a lot easier if they are just part of it. Put some back for later…
nick
That’s what the original Riot Act was for. The authorities read the words, and anybody who didn’t immediately disperse was fair game.
The Israelis use suppressed Ruger .22 rifles with shots to the knee to control riots. I supplied a link last time I mentioned this. Jeff Cooper recommended the same, but with shots to the lungs of the ringleaders. Channeling SteveF.
ICYMI: more of the only ones competent enuf. Jump to 9:43 for some of the Isle of Man’s finest…
https://youtu.be/hdUSErJs5NU
The rioters may be paid. Rent-a-mobs can’t just be a US thing.
The Israelis aren’t running a theme park like many European countries have become.
We do have collective guilt wrt rioting when it comes to use of force laws. If the mob attacks you, you can defend against anyone in the mob, generally speaking.
The world has a lot of angry young men in it now, and the west has a lot of angry young women who have been told they should act like men. A surfeit of angry young men is never good for stability. Mass conscription, expanding empires, and the frontier were all ways to deal with the problem in the past, that are mostly not usable today. Except the expanding empire thing, it’s working pretty well for the muzzies.
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Oh my coffee is so good.
66F and 90%RH.
Dog was barking at something in the back yard 30 minutes before my normal alarm. No sir, I did not like it.
n
It’s been a while since I was in this hospital ER, but the last time I was there, the place was filthy with bodily fluids spattered on surfaces.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/disgrace-award-winning-texas-nurse-fired-after-vowing/
n
Don‘t be like Max. “Mad Max“ movies no longer include Max but instead feature “stunning and brave” female lead characters.
MIA from his own film series.
Arizona State University continues to destroy themselves and the value of their degrees. It’s nuts because they have this very woke agenda, but they are doing some very hard science and have deep ties to the defense industry too.
ASU’s GAME School welcomes creative visionary Stephanie Barish to lead new era of design education
ASU changed their whole structure around a decade ago, mixing things up. I’ve long been an advocate for recognizing the importance of the entertainment industry, and how it is a heavy user of engineering, but moving the Engineering school to the Arts Department?? Seems like the move to add the A to STEM to get STEAM.
ASU’s School of Arts, Media and Engineering
n
The people funding the riots in the US want a pretty white co-ed from a “good” school shot dead on camera, preferably by law enforcement.
The technology and arts programs are scams, particularly the graduate degrees.
CS is still ACM certified, and ABET certifies the engineering programs with the possible exception of Computer Engineering.
A lot of parents have a hard time accepting reality about their snowflakes.
Anyone can code.
Yeah, I was shocked to read that nearly half of the rioters were women. I would never have expected that.
They’ve never been punched in the face. They’ve never had to suffer consequences.
“Oh my coffee is so good.”
Q: Is that:
“Oh! My coffee is so good!”
or
”Oh my! Coffee is so good!”
Maybe they have been beaten with the ugly stick.
@drwilliams, it was the latter, but either works.
From a quiz at
https://bustednuckles.net/how-about-you-guys/
I got zero. And commented on a few more things.
Yup, zero.
Used a camera with an ice cube flashbulb… and learned how to set off the flash by poking it in a certain way…
Used a VCR with a wired remote, tv with a rotary channel selector, CB on a removable tray, played with a cap gun, fished without a permit, played mumbletypeg with friends, drank from the hose, recorded music to cassette with a mic from AM radio, watched the Bozo the Clown show on TV, read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn with the author’s original words, got spanked by a Principal in grade school, spent hours playing gnipgnop, bumper pool, and air hockey, skeeball, and arcade games.
Clipped a playing card to my 3 speed bike with the banana seat to make it sound cooler, thought the black and white Sears catalog was good pron, burned cattails because we liked the smell, walked along railroad tracks, had HO trains, and walkie talkies from Radio Shack. That smell of cheap electronics takes me right back too.
Playgrounds were all hot metal pipes and white crushed rocks, and teeter totters that would break your spine. GI Joe was 12 inches tall, and even running him over with a 1969 Ford Galaxie convertible only cracked his chest (although I had nightmares that my feet and hands would just pull off.)
I also had a TRS-80 model 1 and later a model 100, rented time on an Apple IIe to play games, and used a TI-35 in school.
The smell of a bowling alley brings me right back to the 70s.
It was a good time. Things were changing fast, and for the better. We had freedom to mess up and learn from it, without lifelong consequences. Of course, some of us didn’t make it, but that in itself was a lesson to the rest.
Yeah, I’m old. I’m one of the ones who lived.
nick
But few can code well.
That‘s the point.
I’m paraphrasing the line from “Ratatouille”, “Anyone can cook.”
Peak Pixar was magic.
John Correia calls them “Little Crappy Pistols”. Like most caliber bigots, he loses sight of the rule that “Best is the enemy of Better”.
I carry a Taurus version of the LCP as my EDC. 6 shots of .380 is probably plenty for an encounter with 1 or 2 goblins.
But 10 or more, like “Big Balls” had to face? I’m a dead man.
In an attack by a small gang, after you kill the first, there’ll likely be a pause, then most likely some will run away, then most likely the rest will run away. YMMV. If they do run away, get away fast because there’s a good chance they’ll come back. There’s also the consideration of the stupid pigs coming and treating you as the criminal. Just get away, then decide what to do.
I don’t have personal experience with a mob attack but my understanding is that killing a handful doesn’t help you because the people in the back don’t know what’s happening and keep pushing forward.
My understanding is that if you kill the leader of the pack, the rest may decide that they have urgent business elsewhere.
Large or small, I doubt many people in the mob will have seen death before. Even if they are well armed and proficient with the weapon, the first serious wound will be eye opening.
Remember, in Uvalde, the cops were armed and outnumbered the gunman but hesitated in the face of the possibility of serious injury or death.
I have two Glock G19’s (9mm). One is a Gen3, and it has jammed maybe twice in 1000? rounds through it. Extremely reliable. The other one is Gen5, and it is much more sensitive, and will jam if you limp wrist. At this point, I treat the Gen5 as spare parts for the other one.
I also have a G43 (.380) and it is also subject to jamming.
My wife’s gun is a Ruger LCP (.380) and it doesn’t jam, even with her shooting it. It is too small for me to shoot accurately.
It’s been too long since I’ve been to the range – need to correct that.
The purpose of gubs like the Ruger LCP is to walk up to someone, stick the gub in their ribs, and start pulling the trigger.
If you cannot remember the last time that you were at the range, it has been too long.
My last time I went shooting was in my friends backyard, maybe in the fall of 2023.
>>Little protein and no fat isn’t going to keep you working in the fields all day. That’s one of the reasons I save all my bacon fat in jars. Fat is good energy and helps you feel full. The Oregon Trail cookbook I read has a surprising number of recipes that start with “melt 5 pounds of bear fat”. Heritage breeds of pig have about twice the fat of modern piggies (iirc), and the fat was more important to the household than the meat in the old days.
Stack some…Pemmican!
https://steadfastprovisions.com/blogs/journal/shorthistory
“Taking Action to Defend America from the UN’s First Global Carbon Tax – the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) “Net-Zero Framework” (NZF)”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/15/taking-action-to-defend-america-from-the-uns-first-global-carbon-tax-the-international-maritime-organizations-imo-net-zero-framework-nzf/
“President Trump has made it clear that the United States will not accept any international environmental agreement that unduly or unfairly burdens the United States or harms the interests of the American people. Next week, members of the IMO will vote on the adoption of a so-called NZF aimed at reducing global carbon dioxide gas emissions from the international shipping sector. This will be the first time that a UN organization levies a global carbon tax on the world.”
The UN is a bunch of Scumbags looking for somebody to pay for their whine and cheese parties.
“Whirlpool CEO Says Trump’s Tariffs Have Created a “Level Playing Field”, Helped Spur Company’s $300 Million Expansion”
https://thelibertydaily.com/whirlpool-ceo-says-trumps-tariffs-have-created-level/
Yes, it is all about jobs.
I suggest dropping a MOAB on the UN building as a first step.
I pour the fat from my breakfast bacon into a jar. Generally we use it up about as fast as I generate it – it’s good cooking fat, I mix it into hamburgers, etc.. We don’t save it beyond that, though…
I beg to differ. I practice at 7 yards, two hands, strong hand, weak hand, even weak eye. I used to practice more at longer ranges, but besides being less tactically likely, my eyes are not as strong as they used to be.
And autos jam, I hear, if fired while in contact with other objects.
Zero, too.
Most of the above list, plus:
Remember gas wars and prices below fifteen cents. Pumped water from a well and used the tin cup hanging from the pump. Watched the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Sky King, and Superman. Remember Bullwinkle and the Kerwood Derby, and Quick Draw McGraw as El Kabong. Cut baseball cards from the back of cereal boxes and clipped them to my single-speed bike. Played tetherball, dodge ball, and foursquare. Changed clothes after school and disappeared until dark. Pinball was a dime or three for a quarter at the bowling alley. Comics were ten cents and jumped to twelve. Carried a pocket knife from seven years old through high school–hs teacher even gave me a pocket knife with a neat gravity lock. Wore Farrah slacks in HS–no jeans or tee-shirts allowed, and had to have a belt. Did videotape before cassettes.
If I worked on it I could probably name 90% of the cold cereal that was available in the late 50’s–or at least the ones with sugar. The whole section was probably 10-feet long.
I beg to differ. I practice at 7 yards, two hands, strong hand, weak hand, even weak eye. I used to practice more at longer ranges, but besides being less tactically likely, my eyes are not as strong as they used to be.
And autos jam, I hear, if fired while in contact with other objects.
I was told to do that by the Senior Range Instructor at Frontsight about a decade or two ago. He was serious. Which is apparently bankrupt now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Sight_Firearms_Training_Institute
Trans Athlete’s Request to Drop Case Before It Heads to SCOTUS is Denied
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/10/16/trans-athletes-request-to-drop-case-before-it-heads-to-scotus-is-denied-n3807911
Transparent attempt to pull the plug before an anticipated adverse ruling.
Once SCOTUS rules that males “feeling like” females does not qualify them for women’s teams, there’s going to be a new cottage industry filing lawsuits against school districts that suddenly decided that Title IX was gender-fluid. Congress should pass a law pronto to strip immunity.
Virginia Democrats Bring in Obama to Endorse Embattled Abigail Spanberger
Trump should call Obama out and ask him if he will do what Spanberger would not: condemn Jay Jones for texting heinous wishes for murder and death to Republicans. And immediately follow-up by calling him a coward if he won’t answer.
Will Gavin Newsom and CA Finally Be Held Accountable for Illegal Immigrant Truckers? Florida AG Says Yes
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/10/16/will-gavin-newsom-and-ca-finally-be-held-accountable-for-illegal-immigrant-truckers-florida-ag-says-yes-n2195127
Florida and the other states should demand that all funds to CA be subject to attachment in legal findings of wrongful death due to willful improper issuance of SCL’s by rogue states.
The wrongful death suit on behalf of the three people who died at the hands of Harjinder Singh should demand $10 million each in actual damages and $100 million each in punitive damages.
States have been issuing drivers licenses for more than a century, and I’d bet that being able to read “STOP” and other signs has been a requirement for 100+ years. The failure to uphold such basic requirements is not only shocking and an immoral afront to the public, it calls into question the very legitimacy of any state government that would do so. Interpreting that act as one of many that can be accounted as insurrection, I’d like to see a group of citizens in California form an alternate government and demand federal recognition.
“Diamond Fire: A Hidden Legacy Novella (4)” by Ilona Andrews
https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Fire-Hidden-Legacy-Novella/dp/0062878433?tag=ttgnet-20/
Book number four of a six book and one novella (seven books total) paranormal romance fantasy series. I reread the well printed and well bound novella MMPB published by Avon in 2018 that I bought new from Amazon in 2024. I have the other three books in the series and will reread those soon.
Totally cool series for me. This makes the fourth series that I have read from Ilona Andrews, a husband and wife writing team based here in Texas. The Innkeeper, Kate Daniels, and The Edge are the other series of books. They are now starting a couple of new series of books.
The Hidden Legacy Universe is a complex place. The Osiris serum that induced magical powers in humans was released to the general public in 1863 and the world was never the same. The serum was banned after a while but the world was irreparably changed. Families starting breeding children for strength in magical powers with breathtaking results. Magic users are segregated into five ranks: Minor, Average, Notable, Significant, and Prime. The Prime families operate mostly outside the law since they are so powerful and incredibly dangerous.
Nevada Baylor runs a very small detective agency in Houston, Texas ( ! ) that usually works on scammers and divorce cases. She is a 25 year old hidden Prime Truthseeker, she can unerringly tell lies from truths and can sometimes force people to emit truths. Her mother and father started the detective agency but there is a huge mortgage to a Prime Family that funded the effort to try to save her father from cancer. The effort failed and left them with a huge mortgage when Nevada was 17.
Connor “Mad” Rogan is a Prime Telekinetic and a noted combat veteran, famous and feared for leveling a village in the Mexican-Belize war using only his powers. He is a billionaire with a private army and wants Nevada Baylor very badly. So badly that he bought all of the property around the Baylor household in a one mile radius so he can protect Nevada and her family.
Nevada and Connor’s first meeting was when he kidnapped her and chained her to the floor in his house basement. Things have gotten better since then. Mostly. Now they are getting married but Nevada does not know that Connor severely understated the size of his extended family and their general dysfunctionality, except for Connor’s five year old cousin Mia who is a Prime Telekinetic.
Nevada Baylor’s two younger sisters are running the wedding preparations for Nevada since she is apparently a Bridezilla. Catalina is a Prime Siren and Arabella is a Prime Beast. Both are fearsome in their own ways with Arabella being recently being introduced to the Houston and national populace through the local news cameras while jumping out of a flying helicopter. The wedding preparations are not going well.
The authors have a very active website at:
https://ilona-andrews.com/
My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (7,979 reviews)
Lynn
The list? I score one. I never had a Walkman or a knockoff.
I still have a working Sony boombox. Fancy, CD and tape. It uses about 5 pounds of D Cell batteries. Will play loud, too.
Bacon grease? I save that stuff. I have 3 or 4 of the HEB two pound containers that had Mixed Nuts. Heated and strained through a paper towel. Covered with a double layer of plastic wrap, aka “gasket”, and then to the fridge for a few days before going into the freezer.
About a quart or so in each container. A mix of bacon, and Po Folks hot sausage greases along with a bit of brisket and hamburger grease. LOTS of calories.
But with just me, I use it about as fast as I make it.
My dad had stories of using lard like butter when he was a kid. I guess being born in 1926 affected him. Duh. I’ve plopped my toast into the pan to soak up grease after my eggs are fried. Pretty good.
Glocks? Don’t know all the model numbers. My Glock uses .40S&W. I forget what I paid, it came with a few thousand rounds of ammo, too. A mix of hollow and regular. It has never misfired or jammed. I’ve had it long enough that the tritium sites no longer glow. It fits me. Left hand or right hand, it fits and if I point my arm at you, you’d best move or you’re going to be holey. Crazy. My .22 pistol has to be aimed.
I had something else to say but it’s all brain farted away.
Oh. My range hood return? I dropped it off on Tuesday. It was delivered in Phoenix at 11am today. My replacement? Arriving Saturday. Via Big River so maybe the box doesn’t get crushed. But with the usual BS of between 4:30 and 9pm.
I think there are ways to restore tritium sights. Or you may need to replace them.
The world has a lot of angry young men in it now, and the west has a lot of angry young women who have been told they should act like men. A surfeit of angry young men is never good for stability. Mass conscription, expanding empires, and the frontier were all ways to deal with the problem in the past, that are mostly not usable today. Except the expanding empire thing, it’s working pretty well for the muzzies.
WW III will be between the Christians and muzzies. Looks like the USA will be by itself with just our moats to protect us.
https://steelcutter.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-england-not-with-a-bang
“Quote of the day”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/10/quote-of-day.html
“From a reader over at Larry Lambert’s place:”
My distant great*19 grandfather McGuire came over on a ship from Ireland in 1680. He was 15 years old and the ship captain sold him on the Philadelphia docks to a Pennsylvania family. Yes, a indentured servant aka a slave. The family all died of Cholera 30 years later and my great*19 grandfather inherited their farm.
Quite likely. Trump needs to inform Prince MBS that we don’t know where the next nuke will be, but the 2nd and 3rd will be on Mecca and Medina. So Saudi Arabia needs to get a firm grip on Iran’s crazies.
“Washington nuclear facility will deploy 12 Amazon-funded SMRs”
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/washington-nuclear-facility-smrs-cascade-amazon-modular/802967/
“The plant’s three 320-MW sections will together comprise a 960-MW plant within the space of a few city blocks, Amazon said.”
There is not a single SMR running anywhere in the USA yet nor are any licenses granted by the DOE. The DOE is sitting on somewhere between 300 to 500 SMR license requests.
Nothing will actually get built. Nvidia is over 8% of the S&P 500, and that stock must not break support.
@paul
Easy to get the sights replaced.
I was in a call today at work, and the higher ups were worried about “Jensen” micromanaging on an upcoming product.
School District Officials Submit Bids to Become Indentured Servants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2025/10/16/second-amendment-foundation-goes-to-bat-for-students-fourth-amendment-rights-n2665080
They apparently did this without being explicitly told to “go f*** yourselves”.
Superintendent, Principle, Vice-Principle, and School Resource Officer. Note that SRO is a police officer, leading to the conclusion that this lot is, in the modern vernacular, “well and thoroughly effed”.
The civil suit should be against the school district and the police department. Why is it asking for “nominal damages”. These people are felons and should be convicted and barred from employment by a school district or police department.
Burglary of a motor vehicle, violation of constitutional rights, and conspiracy to start. “Coercive interrogation”–if they forcefully restrained him or used threats to prevent him from walking out we could add kidnapping pretty easily, maybe “terroristic threats”.
For those of you interested in playing the Monkey Trick home game, Nvidia’s “SOHO” AI server went on sale this week.
https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/developer/dgx-spark/
New Law Requires John Hopkins Doctors Be Supervised 24/7 to Make Sure They Wash Their Hands
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2025/10/16/johns-hopkins-pushes-gun-control-as-only-solution-to-violence-n2665077
John Bolton Indicted On 18 Counts For Mishandling Classified Information
I can see a new book with a cover photo of his office after the search. The title, of course, would be “The Room Where It Really Happened”.
RIP Ace Frehley.
John Hopkins can suck it.
Got a zero!
@LGW, I forgot about outhouses… Camping with outhouses. You never forget that smell.
Unlicensed mini-bikes have made a comeback with the chinese imports, but for a while, that would have been a good differentiator.
Rode a trike (three wheel atv) before they were banned.
Ate Super Sugar Crisp cereal (called something else now.)
Ate Scrapple, Spam’s inbred retarded country cousin…
n
So now we know.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/more-accident-kyle-bass-sounds-alarm-us-military-explosives-supply-chain-after-tennessee
n
Scrapple originates from Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Amish Spam.
Ate at Burger Chef before the restaurants were absorbed into CKE (Hardees, Carl’s Jr.).
Rode 3-wheeler also. Lean right to turn left.
Had a scoop shovel for sliding on hard packed city streets. Had to watch for cars.
Metholatum for cold relief! Hated that stuff. Mother put thin coating in nose! Later learned this was bad! Probably lost a few IQ points! Haha
Combat boots for first grade! Were the “in” fashion.
Had plastic soled slippers from J.C. Penny’s. Could generate static charge if scuffed over a woodfloor! Shocked those girls! Better than hitting! Wink Wink
Pump BB gun. Shot my sister once. That was a blunder. She never told but got into blackmail for a while!
Doctor gave Sulfa and Penicillin for everything. Had little cardboard boxes. He hand wrote instructions on the box.
Polio shots! 4 I think! Needle about as big as a Number 2 pencil lead! Hurt like blazes! Someone invented a liquid on a sugar cube eventually! Now that was some fine advance!
Ate at Henry’s.
Ate at Jeff’s. (Joke was look for meat under pickle.)
Never had a Kiss album.
Amanda Marcotte Loses It Over TPUSA’s Halftime Show
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/16/amanda-marcotte-loses-it-over-tpusas-halftime-show-n3807886
Amanda and the entire NFL can get in line behind John Hopkins.
…right after Jay Jones and Obama.
Doctor made house call.
Gave me a shot.
I got to keep the glass syringe.
Family had one car and one black and white tv. TV repairman made house calls, swapped tubes.
From a quiz at
https://bustednuckles.net/how-about-you-guys/
I got zero. And commented on a few more things.
I got zero if the Valkman was misspelled Walkman.
How much to do my thundercat?
https://x.com/Enezator/status/1876202044828135685
Put M&Ms in Crush soda after yard work. Sometimes peanuts instead of M&Ms.
I used to put peanuts in a 16 oz glass bottle of coke when I worked in west Texas. The extra salty peanuts were awesome and way better than Gatorade.
@LGW, I forgot about outhouses… Camping with outhouses. You never forget that smell.
All my aunts and uncles houses over south of Wharton, Texas had outhouses. Only the adults were allowed to use the one indoor toilet. And that was usually only the women.
‘scrimnation
@LGW, I forgot about outhouses… Camping with outhouses. You never forget that smell.
All my aunts and uncles houses over south of Wharton, Texas had outhouses. Only the adults were allowed to use the one indoor toilet. And that was usually only the women.
‘scrimnation
Are you going to tell Aunt Ruth that ? If she were still alive, I would want to watch from a safe distance.
I can tell you from experience, she firmly believed in spare the rod and spoil the child. I told her washing the dishes was women’s work when I was 10. I rapidly changed my mind.
Well, Friday will be monumental. My middle brother and I are having an intervention with our mother. We are taking her to the assisted living place unless she has us arrested.
Mom is not making rational decisions right now. I have a home healthcare nurse checking on her daily that I am paying on the side. She took mom to the ER Tuesday for me as she had a huge (4 inches across) blister on the top of her right foot. The doctor lanced it and told her to put her legs up. He told her if she does not put her legs up then he will be forced to amputate them as the wheelchair is cutting off the circulation to her legs.
My middle brother is there today and found out that mom has been sleeping in her wheelchair every night this week. She is too weak to get into her bed. She has new blisters on her legs which may mean that she is getting gangrene in them. My brother forced her out of the wheelchair and into a chair with a footstool.
Sigh. Dealing with hard headed old people is very tiresome.
My son and I are going there in the morning, my son is going to drive my truck back for me. Mom wants to take 60 boxes to the assisted living. Her apartment is 458 ft2. We are going to take only 10 or 15 boxes to keep the apartment from being overwhelmed.
My prayers are with you, Lynn.
My mother’s doctor made house calls.
Until she (the doctor) was arrested.
https://patch.com/florida/westchase/pain-clinic-doctor-charged-unlawful-opioid-distribution
My mother was a patient at the legitimate practice in Clearwater for decades. The previous doctor who owned the office was Number One Son but had a sterling reputation and a Tufts University diploma.
He did not make house calls, however.
Is the pill mill a former KFC?
The doctor got seven years.
VA Dems Called on Sears to Condemn GOP Group Chat. They Weren’t Expecting This Response.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/10/16/winsome-sears-response-young-republicans-n2665038
Which she did, immediately:
And note that the Young Republicans had already called for the miscreants to step down from all positions, but the VA Democratic Party has made no such demand on Jay Jones.
“Here, do as we say or we will shoot off the other foot!”
“Are Hard Drives Getting Better? Let’s Revisit the Bathtub Curve”
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/are-hard-drives-getting-better-lets-revisit-the-bathtub-curve/
“If you’ve hung around Backblaze for a while (and especially if you’re a Drive Stats fan), you may have heard us talking about the bathtub curve. In Drive Failure Over Time: The Bathtub Curve Is Leaking, we challenged one of reliability engineering’s oldest ideas—the notion that drive failures trace a predictable U-shaped curve over time.”
“But, the data didn’t agree. Our fleet showed dips, spikes, and plateaus that refused to behave. Now, after 13 years of continuous data, the picture is clearer—and stranger. ”
“The bathtub curve isn’t just leaking, and the shape of reliability might look more like an ankle-high wall at the entrance to a walk-in shower. The neat story of early failures, calm middle age, and gentle decline no longer fits the world our drives inhabit. Drives are getting better—or, more precisely, the Drive Stats dataset says that our drives are performing better in data center environments.”
I suspect that the hard drive manufacturers are getting better at telling which drives will fail early.
We are going to take only 10 or 15 boxes to keep the apartment from being overwhelmed.
– I hear you and grieve with you, but have to point out that this will lead to her accusing people of stealing her stuff. It’s gone, and she doesn’t know why…
Also, they make all kinds of aftermarket cushions for wheelchairs to relieve those issues.
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I’m headed to bed, gotta decide when I’m heading to the BOL, and if it will be tomorrow afternoon to grab two pickups on the way, or if I’ll come home after the pickups and head up Saturday.
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Well, I wasn’t woken at 0230 this morning. I was woken at 0200. Spent an hour trying and failing to get back to sleep.
The real pisser is, I didn’t get to bed until after 0100 because I was taking care of a problem.
Pretty sure that today is going to suck.