Probably mid 70sF with the possibility of rain showers, and even T storms. Like yesterday. Although the rain was localized and sporadic, with periods that were almost nice in between. Definitely April showers. Still pretty nice for Spring.
Did sleep in a bit, and then did some stuff. Auction stuff first, then a couple of estate sales that had stuff I wanted to look at. I spent the afternoon doing that. Did score some boots that should resell in the $300 range, which made up for not finding anything made of silver.
Took one load from storage to the shop. If you have the chance to pick up Metro (wire) shelves, avoid the kind with “quick adjusting” clamps for the posts. If they are missing, they are a LOT more expensive to replace. Grainger had the best price and they were still about $12 per shelf. The classic style is available from many sources and is much cheaper.
Spent the evening doing mileage for taxes. Ugg.
Today should be more home stuff, working the list. And more mileage paperwork will definitely be on that list. Near the top if W has anything to say about it, and she does…
Other than that, it’ll depend on the weather mostly. And I’m sure something will come up that needs urgent attention. It usually does.
It would be nice to get some gardening in… W’s tomato plants are growing like crazy and she thinks that makes her a gardener… but we don’t really EAT tomatoes. Unfortunately, tomatoes are the only thing she ever wants to grow.
There is a steep learning curve to growing your own food.
So many things to do, get started on something. And stack, because growing your own food is a good way to go hungry.
nick
Sunday. Good morning!
Last day at the BOL. Back to base later, and back to work tomorrow. Meh. Ah well.
Lots to do before I leave, chiefly tidying the house and garage, plus gathering and loading stuff that needs to go from the BOL back to base.
Hmm. Try insalata caprese, perhaps – everything tastes better with mozzarella, basil and good olive oil… or give it an Hellenic twist as a Koriatiki – feta cheese, kalamata olives, cucumber and oregano.
Is it hot and sunny enough to dry your tomatoes? Dried tomatoes have a totally different taste (more umami) and mouth feel – you might find you enjoy them even if you’re not big on fresh ones.
QFT, and put better than I could have.
This nonsense was just ramping up when I entered the workforce post-Army, late 1980s. I had a front-row seat as my manager, a typical spineless corporate middle manager, explained that the various useless people in the division, every one of whom was either a woman or non-White, could not be fired because “we have to keep our numbers up”, could not be sidelined and kept away from important projects because that would be discriminatory, and in fact got larger than average pay increases “to encourage them to try harder”.
Not coincidentally, the whining about “pay gap” was also ramping up. Either IEEE or ACM did a study of salaries and found that women in tech were actually paid a couple percent more than men when controlling for years of experience etc. Not that that stopped the whining, of course.
Denis, I suspect that Nick meant that tomatoes are not a staple crop. They’re a side dish or an additive, not something to keep you alive over the years.
Lunduke has been chronicling the woke assault on Linux and FOSS for some time now.