I want to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2015. There’s just something about those multiples of 5, isn’t there? They just have to be special. I want to thank all of you who read Arlo & Janis, whether in the newspapers or online. You make my life as I know it possible. You probably don’t think of it that way, but I do. I will continue to do the best I can. Also, I thank those of you who come here to my own Web site. I’m tempted to say, “the usual gang of idiots,” but I don’t want to offend those of you who were not readers of “Mad Magazine” in your youth. As for the Web site, I think I can promise this will be the year of bigger and better. Please stick around.
Not Again!
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203 responses to “Not Again!”
Trapper Jean and Ruth Anne, I’ve never had flannel- or fleece-lined jeans, but I do love my long johns. The new generations are more comfortable than they used to be: warmer, lighter fabrics that are more stretchy and less binding. This is a good time of year to pick up a pair on clearance and try them out.
Jean, it took one woman to put twelve men on the moon. 🙂
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist)
Jerry, even worse is that all those neat features Liberty Mutual flogs to benefit people who get into accidents are really just things that raise the premiums of people who don’t have accidents. And even worse is the one with the whiny little girl who totaled the car she named “BRAAAD!”
And many women have made some men wish they could go to the moon. 🙂
No, Danica came on during the game and they interviewed her. Sounds like she will be with them all year. For the Super Bowl ad, she will be with a puppy….I have no idea of anything else.
Ghost, “Alice, one of these days! Bang, zoom to the moon!”.
And the good ones make a man feel like he has just been launched to the moon. ????
Severe cold caused a Duluth MN ski resort to close yesterday, Ghost said from the Deep South, where the overnight low temperature just did reach the freezing point.
re: Loon seven above, oh That Margaret Hamilton
The Wicked Witch?
It was -16C when I left for work this AM (about 3F). I actually wore a hat (OK a toque). I am still just wearing a sweater since it it not yet cold enough to warrant breaking out the parka.
I do have significant insulation of my own though.
Temps to reach their low on Wednesday and Thursday here and could break a record for the date. That will be the case all over the country I’m sure. Everyone must be wrapping their pipes today. Scenes on tv from the northern states look like the tv shows from Alaska.
They have their rights to their political and social beliefs, but these people are pond scum.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/395725/hands-protesters-disrupt-ceremony-honoring-100-year-old-wwii-vet-ian-tuttle
Highs here are supposed to be in the single digits below 0 Tue. & Wed. So? This is January, and that’s normal, last 2-3 decades. There’s less snow on the ground than usual, which is rough on native mice, and on hibernators like 13-lined ground squirrels and chipmunks. Our brown Christmas lasted until Sat. and Sun., but there’s only 2-3″ of new snow.
Peace, emb
“Everyone must be wrapping their pipes today.” Our pipes are 6′ deep. We should be ok.
Debbe – Try locating a pair of alpaca-wool socks. Toasty toes all day. They aren’t cheap, but worth it.
Today sucked. Had inventory – that didn’t go well for the third month running. 🙁
AND as an added bonus, (besides the beer theft), a young male walked in, obviously tweaking on something AND playing with the gun (covered by his jacket) in his waistband as he rambled on about any and everything – most of it violent. (He hadn’t had good luck recently, I’ll leave it at that.) He frequently had both hands inside his jacket, sliding the chamber back and forth.) Now, I will mention here that I have loaded and shot .22, 9mil, and .45 caliber guns before. The sound I was hearing was tinnier than anything I’ve heard before, and with the way he kept hitting it through his jacket, I didn’t figure it was high caliber, if it was even loaded – not that I intended to find out mind you. I kept cool, chatting away with him. He honestly was not doing anything wrong besides creeping the auditor and I out – for almost two hours. Finally, a customer came in, realized something was off, and called for some assistance for us. Why the auditor didn’t, I’ll never know. She was far enough away to send a text for help. I didn’t dare move for a phone because he would have known I called him in, and he WOULD have come back for me later. And again, since he actually never directed any hostility towards anyone directly, there really wasn’t much to be done.
Point of Note – When the police arrived, they asked him if he had a gun, he said yes. He lifted his jacket to show the gun he had been playing with – BB. However, *had* they patted him down, they would have found the 9mil and drugs. (Information he helpfully told me after everyone left.) Yes, he came back in to regroup and tell me how cool and awesome I was.
Knowledge is awareness of where you fall on the crazy-scale. Wisdom is knowing how to use this information to your advantage.
In the news on a street in, I believe, Chicago, I noticed sidewalk signs alongside a building reading “CAUTION Falling Ice”. Not much of an issue in the Deep South.
Debbe 🙂 Did those look like your Carhartt’s?
https://s7d9.scene7.com/is/image/Carhartt/WR027DPM?$
Lady Mindy, if he had been working the action of a 9mm pistol or any other semiautomatic handgun, it couldn’t have been loaded, as a round would have been ejected (and probably gone bouncing across the floor) every time he racked the slide. However, you were correct not to assume that. I’ll just say that if he continues such behavior, he will likely be the one who gets shot, and leave it at that.
On the plus side, he seemed quite taken with you. Did he have an Italian or Irish accent?
Ghost, new signs on New Orleans streets: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/12/signs_warn_french_quarter_pede.html
Ghost – Exactly my thoughts about the chambering. He’s seen too many movies. The sound actually sounded like thin aluminum. Cap gun came to mind. However, “Treat every hunter as if he were loaded” (Thank you, Bananas At Large.) is my standard M.O. and I did not care to see what he had. And no, no accent. The crazies do seem to love me though. {sigh} [And you are so not funny. I am making and tossing a huge snowball your way. 😛 ]
😀
Dear Mindy from Indy, wow, you really ARE awesome. You are one heck of a strong woman. In my long life, I have never had to deal with anything remotely like the situation you were in, and never expect to (I probably would have passed out from nervousness). Congratulations on keeping your cool.
Debbie
64 inches sounds like for 1 bird or 2 unless you have smaller birds.
We had floor birds ( we would get more for our eggs now)
they were supposed to go in do their work and exit – did not always happen
during peak laying time. Sometimes hard on the bird on the bottom.
minus 15 this morning up to minus 1 — 1/2 inch snow this evening
Just for the record, it was in the high 70s to low 80s here today and I for one am not complaining. Not after it’s been in the low 40s to mid-30s the last few nights! One thing I don’t want to have to deal with in Southern California is frost advisories!
Good morning Villagers….
Indy Mindy. you are one brave woman. Be careful, you mentioned “tweaking”…..there’s a small line between schizophrenia and meth addiction. Read too many horror stories about it, and in this small community, you can tell who are the meth heads. Word does get around. I believe I would call in the cops the next time he comes in….for your safety and your staff.
Oh, you better get those socks out…..wind chills here tomorrow will minus ten to twenty degrees. Yikes!!!!
GR 😉 my Carharts are full body, and it seems that three pairs of socks and the rubber mat with several cardboard boxes under it help in keeping my feet warm. The building is not insulated and it will be very difficult to keep the hen house temp even close to 75 degrees. It was 67 degrees when I got in there yesterday. Closed the windows more, we have to be very careful when it comes to airflow…..we have a inlet static pressure guage I monitor, and the happy medium is when the black arrow in the middle of the two red arrows. Right now my windows are about and inch and half open.
Got into work, started walking my aisles and found not one, not two, but three flippin augers out. It was not a good day. The other lady at the other hen house was alone, my SIL did not return to work. Andrew did not show up……it was a long day.
Old Bear…now I’m going out there and measure those cages….. 🙂 Some of the bigger hens weigh 3.7 pounds
Jean, I was going through some jeans here, and came across a pair of jeans that were flannel lined….unfortunately….they weren’t my size. I wear thermals under my jeans. They are very comfy and soft.
Loon, you sure do come with some good ones…..I’m still laughing about your ‘toy drawer’!
So, Jerry, did you touch your toes at exercise class yesterday 🙂
Ya’ll stay warm………………..
(Jackie must be traveling….be safe, Jackie)