You mentioned another thing that has increased in price to a point of being ridiculous. Car rental.About six weeks ago a big pickup truck backed into the front of my wife's car in a parking lot. They admitted fault. Front bumper and grill, hood, fender and headlight. Got it in the shop 2 1/2 weeks ago and still waiting on parts. $4K in damages from a light hit. I'm driving a rental they provided but those costs will be added on.
I've had 3 price increases on raw goods for manufacture since Dec.You mentioned another thing that has increased in price to a point of being ridiculous. Car rental.
Audi offered me a replacement car when I had the car towed to the service department. They must have thought it would be a fast repair. And it should have been.
But I couldn't justify taking a car and letting it sit in my driveway for weeks and weeks. Listening to the radio this morning was depressing because the girl said all of this is going to get worse. Let's Go Brandon
Good morning all,
I just refilled my cup of the doctor ordered black cup of coffee. My doctor told me to drink it every day. Well we are waking up to a dark morning, the sun should be up in an hour.
Our weather is warming up a little day by day. We have 70° at the present and will move up to 82° by midafternoon. Clouds are moving through. I think winter is behind us and Easter Sunday was always the day my mother would say put away the sweaters and jackets for the next 6 or 7 months.
There is something about a redheaded woman and cowboy boots.
Have a great day all.
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I call her "Copper Head" because there has never been real hair that color. Plus she is the most condescending person on earth. (I substituted "person" but I really wanted to type the word for a female dog!)Mmm, hmm. Unless it's Jen Psaki
Since we've been talking baseball, I thought this Quora article on the best outfielder arms was cool.
"In Major League Baseball history, which outfielder is generally regarded as having the best throwing arm from deep to home plate?
https://www.quora.com/In-Major-Leag...the-best-throwing-arm-from-deep-to-home-plate
In the history of Major League Baseball, outfielders with the best throwing arms include the following players. If I forgot anyone really good, please let me know in the comments and I’ll credit you.
- (#1a) Roberto Clemente aka "El Howitzer" is the modern era leader in outfield assists. Clemente, who won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves, finished his storied career with a staggering 266 assists, including 27 in 1961. And it wasn’t just that Clemente had a powerful, accurate arm. He played right field and threw with rare grace, poise and élan. Clemente would have had even more assists because he averaged 14 per 162 games his last three seasons, before dying prematurely on an overloaded plane while trying to fly material aid to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. Many baseball players are said to have done heroic things on the field, but Clemente was a hero in real life. Also, as with other players on this list, he had limited opportunities because many runners chose not to test his howitzer. You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, and you don’t run on the great Roberto Clemente, if you know what’s good for you!
As the immortal Vin Scully once observed: "Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania."![]()
- (#1b) However, according to the late, great Roberto Clemente, Reggie Smith had the best outfield throwing arm. David Halbertram wrote that players on the other team would gather in their dugout to watch Smith practice throws during pre-game drills! “Spaceman” Bill Lee said in his book that Boston outfielders had a throwing competition in the early 70's to how far up the Green Monster they could reach from the first base line with a running start. Lee said Reggie Smith went last, took just one step from the dugout and threw a ball over the wall and screen!
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- Dave Winfield, a hall-of-fame outfielder playing for the Yankees in 1983, was arrested for killing a seagull with a thrown ball. The cop who arrested him and fans who witnessed the event claimed that Winfield hit the bird deliberately. But Yankees manager Billy Martin questioned whether Winfield possessed the necessary accuracy: "Cruelty to animals? That's the first time he hit the cut-off man all year!
- Carl Yastrzemski led the league in assists seven times and finished his career with 195 assists, in a tie with Willie Mays."
I call her "Copper Head" because there has never been real hair that color. Plus she is the most condescending person on earth. (I substituted "person" but I really wanted to type the word for a female dog!)
Dilly DillyGood morning from ATX. Currently 59ºF and clear. Today's high expected around 85ºF.
Day 7 and we're on a roll. Gobbled down our last pill at 4:15 am. Yesterday, she ate 3 cans prescription dog food plus 1/4 lb boiled chicken. Stool returning to normal.
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Thanks, I dang near choked.Mmm, hmm. Unless it's Jen Psaki
How can you post something so mean about a stunning pit viper?I call her "Copper Head"
My wife and I have gotten into a routine where we watch old movies and last night she suggested one involving John Wayne and Sophia Loren Legend of the Lost filmed in 1957. I am showing my age.Dude! You forgot the greatest Jim Brown movie of all. 100 Rifles!
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Like those MOUNDS of sand laying there!!!My wife and I have gotten into a routine where we watch old movies and last night she suggested one involving John Wayne and Sophia Loren Legend of the Lost filmed in 1957. I am showing my age.
Sophia Loren is now 86 years old and aged well.
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There was a lot of sweating in that movie.Like those MOUNDS of sand laying there!!!
Calm down old feller........it's just a picture.......😅Like those MOUNDS of sand laying there!!!
Old fellers can still dream!!!!!Calm down old feller........it's just a picture.......😅
ATX never let you down on a recipe yet!!Going to put this out there.
Italian Beef (my MOM"S)
1-Large Chuck Roast (3lb one today)
1-Tbsp Basil
1-Tbsp Oregano
1-Tbsp Garlic Powder
1-Tbsp Onion Powder
1-Tbsp Black Pepper
1-Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1-Tbsp Lowery's
1-Tbsp All seasoning (Have substituted Angelo's here)
6-8 Pepperoncini's, add some of the juice
Place all ingredients in a crock-pot with pepperoncini on top
Do NOT add any water
Cook on high for 6-8 hours (for bigger roast, Cook longer)
Do not stir until done
Place on Hogie bun with Mozzarella cheese and cut up pepperoncini's if you like.
When it gets done, I take it out, put it in a cake pan, go thru it taking out all the fat in it, put it in a bowl. Then I take the juice in the crock-pot and run it through a strainer in another bowl. Before I add the juice to the meat, I like to take a couple pieces of bread, lay it in the juice to take some of the grease off the top of it, you will see what I am talking about. Then add it to the meat
I have changed the way I do this, I cut up the roast the night before in large pieces, the put it in a storage bag over night with all the ingredients, mixing around everything 3-4 times so everything gets coated good, then starting it in the morning, Mrs. M don't like leaving it on in the crock-pot overnight.
If you try this, you will have to adjust to your taste, we don't like it salty and to spicy, so I cut back some on the salty stuff and fewer on the peppers.
I have never given this recipe out before; I like my friends on the D!!!!
Daddy use to get them at the A&P. No Christmas passed without a fruit cake from Miss Jane. The A&P had excellent bakery goods.
There are definitely significant numbers of people who don't fit in, and are never going to.
The part of downtown DC where I work is really nice - just off Pennsylvania Avenue about halfway between the White House and the Capitol. Lots of decent restaurants, museums, galleries, etc.
But a few blocks up is the massive homeless shelter the city opened about 35 years ago after a long battle with homeless advocate Mitch Snyder (his battle became a Martin Sheen movie, etc.) So now, lots of homeless folks, many with mental issues and, or deep substance abuse problems, wander down our way because there is enough tourist traffic that well-meaning people keep them supplied with money for booze or pills.
I certainly have sympathy for the situation some people find themselves in, and help some of the regulars who I've seen actually using the money to buy food. And I don't have any solution.
BBUK, your grandma must have been a tough old bird if she managed for a long while in a homeless shelter, or halfway house, in Detroit.Hello all, on this note I got back to my desk about an hour ago. MD55 they called those half-way houses. My Grandma lived in one for a long while in Detroit. Thank President Carter (With all those "single" habitat for humanity homes he built, President Carter caused the homeless problems we have now in the United States. He should have kept building those single homes and left this country.........alone.), he called those who did not have all their faculties but could do lots of things living in a home where people did those mundane things like pay the bills and sometimes cook... inhumane... Go figure....
I will post again but that struck a nerve... Carter was bad, real bad but I think he is now coming in third in the most horrible President contest... "Ain't" that a shame... No, it is criminal!
Oh I hope all are well.
Dang, that was low of me. I should never insult a good snake trying to make a living.How can you post something so mean about a stunning pit viper?![]()
Hello all, on this note I got back to my desk about an hour ago. MD55 they called those half-way houses. My Grandma lived in one for a long while in Detroit. Thank President Carter (With all those "single" habitat for humanity homes he built, President Carter caused the homeless problems we have now in the United States. He should have kept building those single homes and left this country.........alone.), he called those who did not have all their faculties but could do lots of things living in a home where people did those mundane things like pay the bills and sometimes cook... inhumane... Go figure....
I will post again but that struck a nerve... Carter was bad, real bad but I think he is now coming in third in the most horrible President contest... "Ain't" that a shame... No, it is criminal!
Oh I hope all are well.
During my walks, I encounter homeless folks every day. Some days 2-3 while other days 8-10, all within a 1-mile radius. Crazy thing is no homeless shelter nearby. Largest shelter sits downtown on 7th Street. Some folks camp out in tents, and seemingly live rather well. Sometimes I question if they are truly homeless or just saving money. Others seem seriously destitute.BBUK, your grandma must have been a tough old bird if she managed for a long while in a homeless shelter, or halfway house, in Detroit.
When I was a young stud reporter about age 25 the debate was raging in DC over whether to keep a massive homeless shelter in the city open,...As a stunt I went in that place dressed in shabby clothes and stayed a weekend. That was plenty for me. Saw some real human depravity -- including a knife fight between two women. The only thing I can say to recommend the experience is that every morning some large local bakery would drop off a couple garbage bags of day-old donuts, which weren't bad.
BTW - Despite my story painting the place as a Dickensian nightmare the shelter stayed open. No one could come up with a better idea, then or now.
We old spelunkers know all about "water flowing underground"!
I just gained two pounds.
Glad you are home. I hope you spread some love to your folks. That is what counts.Hello all, on this note I got back to my desk about an hour ago. MD55 they called those half-way houses. My Grandma lived in one for a long while in Detroit. Thank President Carter (With all those "single" habitat for humanity homes he built, President Carter caused the homeless problems we have now in the United States. He should have kept building those single homes and left this country.........alone.), he called those who did not have all their faculties but could do lots of things living in a home where people did those mundane things like pay the bills and sometimes cook... inhumane... Go figure....
I will post again but that struck a nerve... Carter was bad, real bad but I think he is now coming in third in the most horrible President contest... "Ain't" that a shame... No, it is criminal!
Oh I hope all are well.
That is priceless.You mean Peppermint Patty?
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You mean Peppermint Patty?
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Take this stupid shit to the political thread.Hahahahaha who voted for this idiot?
Hahahahaha who voted for this idiot?
ryanbruner, what is your agenda?Kentucky is a failure.
I'm just about this f*cking close to chewing your loudmouthed enlisted ass out.Kentucky is a failure.