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StarSong said:
Is it worth it to you?
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In some ways, yes. In some ways , no. I just lost about $10 of items that blew off the porch railing during a wind gust. I did get a few, but just looky-loos. One woman was here for about a half an hour looking through boxes of books an trying in winter coats. In the end she didn't buy anything and I had to put back all the items she pulled out.
 
Other than the wind gusts, if the weather is decent you’re getting some fresh air & sunshine. You’ve done most of the hard work. Good luck today.
 

I got up early to beat the heat, picked up some stuff at the market. Watered everything on the porch and topped off the little fountain. I am going to be hunkered down inside because of the heat and smoke.
For the last 2 afternoons I lost internet for an hour or so. We will see what happens today.
 
Grinding 4 lb. boneless chuck for future meals. Going to be used for Halupkies & Meatballs.

True Polish grandmother showed my wife her trick for cabbage. Freeze the cabbage instead of boiling. When thawed the leaves peel off better than when boiled.

Controlling salt content for both.

1st. the halupkies
2nd. Meatballs seasoned with fresh herbs from the herb garden.

Last. Separating & Freezing for future meals. When stuck for quick meal thaw & air fryer for the meatballs. Or another time Breville convection for the halupkies.

Takes most of the day but knowing what were eating along with doing something together is our way of enjoying retirement.
 
Preparing for up to 6 inches of snow tomorrow! But then, by this time next week, our temps will be back into the mid-to-upper 80's.

A grocery pick-up at Walmart.
 
Today we got my car packed up with all the bags and boxes we were taking to the recycle/waste centre, of everything we'd cleared out of the attic and the barn the last few days, and got them all offloaded. I even managed to finally get my o/h to sort out all his shoe wardrobe, and rid himself of 8 pairs of shoes and boots (y)
Then we went for a drink in a nearby pub, which in normal times would have at least a dozen customers ( late afternoon) but only had 2 sitting outside and us 2 inside.. so in fact there was more staff than customers , and they were cleaning everything if it even blinked towards them, in fact when we sat at one seat for about 30 seconds then changed our minds and sat at another , we nearly gave the barmaid apoplexy she rushed over with disinfectant and a cloth, panic stricken wanting to know if we'd sat in the seat, and proceeded to scrub feverishly ......not a relaxing drink at all , and unsurprisingly, by the lack of custom others felt the same

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Before going into the pub we'd gone into 3 separate high street shops.. each one required us to sanitise our hands before and after entering.. and of course we had our masks on, and I'm the first one to say that this is all necessary to prevent infection... but people today were acting like it was the black plague in the town we were in.. given that our lockdown has been lifted for 2 months it all seemed rather over the top... I feel that our pub culture is under serious threat .
 
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Been doing food prep today including a couple of batches of rice (plain brown rice and Mexican style brown rice). Set up the rice cooker outside though - no sense bringing that heat and humidity inside of the house.
 
hollydolly said:
Today we got my car packed up with all the bags and boxes we were taking to the recycle/waste centre, of everything we'd cleared out of the attic and the barn the last few days, and got them all offloaded. I even managed to finally get my o/h to sort out all his shoe wardrobe, and rid himself of 8 pairs of shoes and boots (y)
Then we went for a drink in a nearby pub, which in normal times would have at least a dozen customers ( late afternoon) but only had 2 sitting outside and us 2 inside.. so in fact there was more staff than customers , and they were cleaning everything if it even blinked towards them, in fact when we sat at one seat for about 30 seconds then changed our minds and sat at another , we nearly gave the barmaid apoplexy she rushed over with disinfectant and a cloth, panic stricken wanting to know if we'd sat in the seat, and proceeded to scrub feverishly ......not a relaxing drink at all , and unsurprisingly by the lack of custom other felt the same

Before going into the pub we'd gone into 3 separate high street shops.. each one required us to sanitise our hand before and after entering.. and of course we had our masks on, and I'm the first one to say that this is all necessary to prevent infection... but people today were acting like it was the black plague in the town were in.. given that our lockdown has been lifted for 2 months it all seemed rather over the top... I feel that our pub culture is under serious threat .
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Nice looking "pub!"

I think our bar culture is in trouble here too. I used to go out 1-2 evenings a week but don't anymore.

Our dictator lifted his boot in June and allowed them to re-open (with restrictions) but then a month or more later he decreed that one must also eat if going in, and some things are not deemed "food" by him -- chicken wings for example, but a sandwich is ok. Apparently the C virus hovers close to chicken wings but avoids sandwiches.

We kicked King George out of this country for far less than what is going on now.
 
Old Dummy said:
Nice looking "pub!"

I think our bar culture is in trouble here too. I used to go out 1-2 evenings a week but don't anymore.

Our dictator lifted his boot in June and allowed them to re-open (with restrictions) but then a month or more later he decreed that one must also eat if going in, and some things are not deemed "food" by him -- chicken wings for example, but a sandwich is ok. Apparently the C virus hovers close to chicken wings but avoids sandwiches.

We kicked King George out of this country for far less than what is going on now.
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Which King George ? :unsure:
 
hiraeth2018 said:
It's 10 am on a Friday... just like yesterday or the day before or the day before that... but wait!
TODAY some excitement! I am having a gas insert placed into my wood burning fireplace. I'm sure "we" have many opinions here about what is better to burn but I am soooooo looking forward to not having to storing wood, chopping my own kindling, tracking wood chips, dirt and critters into my living room! With the cost of $150-250 per cord of wood here I am bowing down to the convenience of clicking a button and presto... clean fire and warmth for the damp winter here on the NW Pacific coast!
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Good move. I also had a wood burning fireplace and wanted to convert to gas. But my unit was a corner fireplace and I tried to get the Glass installed before I bought the unit. People I phoned never came to install it.

So I just burned wood all winter. It still was nice every morning. Just took the chill out of the air. I had a circulating furnace so the heat generated was circled around through the furnace.

I'm hemming pants I bought on sale at Walmarts who are clearing out their summer clothes. I couldn't believe the price. $5.00 .

I also got a pair of double lined at another store. I walk all the time. Summer or winter no matter how warm or cold it is.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Snow in September?

Where do you live, the North Pole with Santa Claus? :)
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We live back (note the word, "back") in Colorado, but this time in the northern part. Spent 5 1/2 years 24 miles south of Denver and should have never left. When we lived here before, we seen the same thing happen, winter and spring/summer all in the same week.
Wyoming and Montana are getting snow snow as well. We only live about 3 miles from the foothills going into the mountains.
 
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