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suuuuconk

@suuuuconk@m.ai6yr.org

Grandma who loves gardening, reading, travel and playing games on iPad

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ai6yr, to SpaceX

National security space launch at Vandenberg scheduled for 1am https://www.edhat.com/news/spacex-planning-nrol-146-mission-launch-early-wednesday/

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr 😳 ONE AM ?! Nextdoor will be filled with what was that?!?! At least here in Ventura. It shakes our house pretty good and booms

ai6yr, to random

Getting play by play from the local airport pickup driver I hired to pick up the relatives, LOL. Crossing fingers this goes well.

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr 🤞🏻

ai6yr, to random

Geolocate this, LOL.

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr once again taxi service to or from LAX

ai6yr, to Software

😅BBC: North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs😭
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr @llewelly PBS had a great but very sad/infuriating mini series about this. Still going on after over 25 YEARS “Mr. Bates and the Post Office”

ai6yr, to baltimore

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been hit by a ship and has collapsed. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-key-bridge/60303975

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr I made the mistake of looking at the comments 🤦🏼‍♀️people have really lost their ever loving minds haven’t they

ai6yr, to random

The most useful invention I've ever run across... Corsi-Rosenthal box.

I have used this so far for:

  1. Wildfire smoke
  2. COVID-19
  3. Bacon smoke (on Saturdays, LOL)
  4. General improvement of AQI
  5. Pet related allergies (hay and dander)
  6. Ragweed/pollen heavy days
  7. Dust from Santa Ana winds
  8. Dust from construction/remodeling
  9. Paint fumes (only partially useful, doesn't absorb gases, but helps somewhat) -- plus it sucks all the dust from the air, so it doesn't stick to your paint

(probably other uses, too...)

How to build one:
https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science-action-how-build-corsi-rosenthal-box

suuuuconk,
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@JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr Great idea about the tape. And what about a frame made from 2” corner molding, at least for the sides. Not sure about the top but use something to make a tray the fan could sit on. Now I’m looking at my wood scraps…

ai6yr, to Plumbing

Orangeburg pipe disaster down the street from where I am staying. Aka

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr the subdivision I live in built in 1965, all had these pipes. They collapsed or roots grew through them. Always having plumbing blockage problems. I think everyone has replaced them by now, usually before redoing their front landscape

ai6yr, (edited ) to gardening

Oh look, I've been ignoring a plentiful, edible food source in my garden! 🤔 "Land Shrimp!"

Although.... 😱

"Let’s stick with Pillbugs for two good reasons. Those are the only ones that roll themselves into a ball, and they are the most edible of the lineup... "

(h/t @mzedp ) https://www.eattheweeds.com/armadillidium-vulgare-land-shrimp-2/

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr @mzedp my Mom told me that when I was a toddler I’d play with these for hours and then I’d eat them. I’m 70 so didn’t hurt me too bad - and I ate them raw 🥴

cookiesinheaven, to random
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Aren't kitchens supposed to have kitchen things?

suuuuconk,
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@cookiesinheaven @ai6yr and I don’t mean to nit pick but her voice and hysterical way of speaking/acting? really made me cringe. And did they really mean to show a woman in the kitchen?! As in barefoot, pregnant, kitchen ??

ai6yr, to random

The answer to last night's question: "Gee, I wonder if this brownie is still good"

Is, no.

I need to remind myself if I ever think that to myself, to just skip it, LOL.

(fortunately, just a food-poisoning headache, nothing worse).

suuuuconk,
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@KatLS @ai6yr our house saying is “when in doubt, throw it out” 🤢

ai6yr, to random

As I suspected, we're stalled out (now one week delay, unclear how much longer) in our disaster remodeling because the contractor failed to order the carpet early enough. In chess, we would call them a one-move-ahead player (ie only able to look at the move they are on), versus a 3-4 move ahead player (anticipating possible issues/problems ahead of time).

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr 🤞🏻

suuuuconk, to random
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I’m pretty sure these are just our regular alligator lizards here in So. California but have never seen one so dark before. Anyone know why or if it’s a different breed? Thanks

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr thanks for the correction! They’re everywhere but never saw such a dark one before

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Good morning. 🌊🌊🌊

1 February 2024

I made another attempt to get out on my motorcycle yesterday. I pulled out my leather jacket and helmet, when I realized I needed to change my license plate. I had just gotten a new Veteran's plate a couple of months ago. It was one of those things that I didn't bother with while I was working. Well ... I've looked everywhere and the darn thing just vanished along with the new and old registrations ... poof. I finally went down to the DNV to get a new one and they didn't have any of that kind of plate left and were just placing an order.

“Sometimes I wonder, that one missing sock after doing laundry, is the smart one. After being unhappy for so long, it finally walks away from a frayed, worn-out relationship.” - Anthony Liccione

suuuuconk,
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@Swede1952 maybe the universe is trying to tell you something?!

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Good morning. 🔀☕🐥

28 January 2024

When I was a kid, I used to call the Leaning Tower of Pisa: The Leaning Tower of Pizza. I know I'm not the only one. My wife and I went there once and I probably have some old photos somewhere, but they are 35mm and I'd have to scan them to make them digital, but first I'd have to find them. I do have a miniature Leaning Tower that we bought as a souvenir. It sits on the top shelf of my desk, and glancing at it started this train of thought. That was a long time ago. I don't know if we really realized at the time that we were creating memories that would be with us the rest of our lives.

"I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.” - Sophia Loren

suuuuconk,
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@Swede1952 don’t we all have this shot?, 😂🤣

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Good morning. ☕☕☕

26 January 2024

When I was a teenager in the 60s, I would sometimes hitchhike, which was incredibly reckless when I think back on those days. Now days, I occasionally see somebody else doing the same thing. It seems riskier than ever to hitchhike or pickup somebody who is hitchhiking. Granted we all take risks from time to time to get things done, but why take unnecessary risks. There is a reason we tell our children not to talk to strangers.

Hmmm ... more coffee.

“You can’t just ask strangers to drive you up and down the country. This is the twenty first century. Strangers are more dangerous than ever; we’ve never been more dangerous.”

  • Ali Smith, Spring

suuuuconk,
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@Swede1952 and I, a single 20 year old woman, used to pick them up when I drove home from college 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’ve often thought I should not be here from some of the stuff I did back then

ai6yr, to Energy

Now I know why I was hearing complaints every winter about the cost of heating this house where I am staying. They expanded a kitchen and family room area some years back "it looks fabulous!" and it appears there is no insulation in the entire addition. Not an easy fix, IMHO -- would require drilling holes in every wall and blowing in cellulose. Would be better to do it from the outside, but the walls are stucco, so would have to be from inside (which would be messy, but then only require drywall patching and paint).

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr @dougfir DO NOT DO THIS!! we had hundreds of holes drilled in our stucco and paneling - NO insulation in the 1965 yr old house - to blow in shredded newspaper insulation. They plugged the holes with cork which looked good for a LITTLE while until they all started popping out. Had to restucco and repanel our whole house

ai6yr, to Energy

Huh, BBC says 64F (18C) is the "recommended minimum" healthy indoor temperature?!? We usually set things to 62F here (and wear more clothing)--and often let it drift down to 58F or colder overnight. I'd be wearing a t-shirt and shorts in a British household, I think!!! https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240115-low-cost-heating-hacks-how-to-make-your-home-stay-warmer-for-longer

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr I turn the heater down to 62 at night and 64/66 during the day. We’re 70 so this seems ideal?

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Good morning. 🐻🐝☕

5 January 2024

The coffee is on the weak side this morning. 😴

I went outside a while ago looking for the moon, but it's not there ... well it's there ... I just couldn't see it because clouds covered the sky. It is supposed to rain today.

Do you remember retread tires? I think you can still get recaps, though I don't buy them anymore. Back in the day though, it was all I could afford and there were times when I would buy one tire. Now days, except for special circumstances when I replace tires, I replace all of them. An area where recaps are still very prevalent, is commercial trucking, because truck tires are so expensive. That is why you see truck treads all over the highways.

"I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire." - Roy Orbison

suuuuconk,
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@Swede1952 I also could only afford retreads - and one tire at a time. I was always getting flats in them. Changed many a tire on the side of the road…

suuuuconk,
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@Swede1952 I never got that bad - my Dad wouldn’t allow it 🥴 My kids can’t believe I used to change my own tires - couldn’t afford AAA like them! but my Dad always said, girl or not you can’t drive a car unless you know how to change a tire and it’s oil

ai6yr, to random

If you're in SoCal: turn off your sprinklers! (woke up and found both torrential rainfall AND THE SPRINKLERS ON at the house I am staying at -- turned off now).

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr 🤦🏼‍♀️OMG thanks!! I can’t believe I forgot - but then I’ve been fooled by forecasts SO many times…

ai6yr, to random

Learned (by accident) my smartphone has a "burst photo" mode! Anyone need 100+ photos of the inside of my pocket? 😂

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

cookiesinheaven, to random
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Favorite Farmers Market sign

suuuuconk,
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@cookiesinheaven it IS a temptation isn’t it?! 😂

ai6yr, to random

Personal plumbing disaster (busted pipe on the second floor) blessings and lessons (so far, send tips):

  1. Blessing/lesson: the pipe broke in the second floor, but did NOT get all the computers below (amazingly). Except a couple of Toughbooks got wet, but they should be fine, lol. Could have been bad. Need to make sure to put equipment off the ground and (probably) with some kind of cover on top or in a cabinet.
  2. Pull the pictures off the wall before they start peeling themselves off by themselves.
  3. Need a secondary ad blocker/pihole installed elsewhere, was out of commission because I had to run the machine out of the dripping room.
  4. Sleeping with blowers/dehydrators, impossible.
suuuuconk,
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@samhainnight @ai6yr I worked at ACe Hardware and our most returned items were these hoses. NEVER made the warranty period without blowing out. EXACTLY what you said - look neat but don’t last

ai6yr, to random

Tonight's soon-to-be-hurricane-name themed soundtrack is Norma... (opera by Vincenzo Bellini) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN75XDDm_DI

suuuuconk,
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@ai6yr my mother’s name is Norma - and she is a hurricane, and not in a good way also 🥴

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