Happy August!
While I was in Iowa the City of Atlanta (or the Georgia DOT) installed one of those new, annoyingly bright street lamps a few houses down from mine. Fortunately there are some trees which manage to obscure the blast of white light from my house. I feel sorry for those who receive the direct hit. I also wonder what our obsession with eliminating darkness will do to animals and plants as time marches on. (I know there must be research which says this is a terrible thing for us to do, but that hasn’t stopped the Human Race from imposing its will on the environment, no matter how detrimental to our own existence.)
Wordle: three, my starter was STORM (it was such a bad starter yesterday, it must be better today)
Connections: perfect, Blue > Purple > Green > Yellow
Wordle in 2!! A non-standard starter that did very well.
The line of storms was passing south of Atlanta yesterday afternoon. I finally caught up to it and traffic was appropriately slowed. No pasture mowing for me.
In researching my transmission woes, I found a process to reset the transmission’s brains which I will apply later today after I return from the tag office.
35 minutes on the trainer while watching triathlon. The men had to be restarted because a boat was 20 yards from the start line and no one seemed to notice?? IT’S RIGHT THERE!! The athletes got back on the dock and most seemed to be laughing.
-FP
Wordle in 4 starting with SANDY. Connections: g, p, b, y. Had to think for a minute about Strands.
Light pollution is bad for migratory and nocturnal birds such as your owls. And of course sea turtles are affected by the light. A lot of your National Parks are going to Dark Sky Parks. They work to protect them from the increasingly prevalent light pollution. I am guessing someone on the street complained about it being too dark and susceptible to crime so they pushed to get a light installed.
Had a great turnout last night for West Stride’s 16th birthday. Everything was 16% off so we were quite busy until 8. Public Enema and Saddle Sores came in too. Nice catching up with them. Hope everyone has a great day. Tomorrow is Friday after all.
A happy Thursday to everyone! I have a new boss today! Coincidentally I have to leave early on his first official day as dean because I have my monthly therapy session at 4:00. LOL.
nice! you show him that you set the schedule! š
Break them in right!
Minnie Brew has dropped off her gravel bike – finally got her parts in.
She liked RAGBRAI, but likes the official rest stops of BRAG better.
Found out yesterday some propane tanks are too old to refill at 3 Way Camper.
Looks like we might have to invest in a new tank or 2. I didn’t realize they have an expiration date.
They can be refilled if you find someone that doesn’t care about liabilities. U-haul will not refill past expiration date. 3 Way Camper used to. Just run your old ones down and then exchange.
I have an ancient tank. Some day I will figure out what connection I need for the Blackstone and go somewhere to swap it for a new one which is filled.
Do you have the 2 burner model Blackstone that uses the small green tanks? You can get a hose that goes from a large tank to the regulator you normally screw the green tank in to. It is pretty cheap on Amazon.
Yes, that is what I have. I bought the adapter to connect to a full-size propane tank, but keep forgetting to look at it to see if I need a tank with a male or female connection.
Ace hardware is the same, they allow a buffer past the date but once you reach that they won’t touch it. Like Sal said, go to a tank exchange place and get a newer one.
connections – got caught up in 5words that worked for the green category.
But – wordle in 3.
Strands- its just not my game –
I was getting to wrap up my morning in WLF when I saw a hawk land in one of the trees in the front of the ITP Estate, so that made my decision for me. Donāt want to hinder the local critter muscle. š
Looking into getting an International Data Plan from ATT for the Europe trip. Apparently, itās $12/day. Fuck me!
Also, noticed that ATT keeps nickel and diming me for text messages when I have an āunlimitedā text messaging plan.
I have decided to kick ATT to the curb when I return from Europe because I am tired of ATTās bullshit. Hopefully T-Mobile will meet all of my needs.
switch now – you have time – T Mobile should be “free” in Europe.
and – the old folks plan is only $50/month – I think…….
I want to get the next iPhone though, I suppose that I could āupgradeā when it comes out.