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[UK82]

UK against UGA. Over/under 50 points for Georgia? Sorry hate to be so negative but that was a really bad performance yesterday.

 

[vhcat70]

^No problem here. I think we all feel similar.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 60°F and clear.

Power outage. We lost electricity. Believe truck hit a power poll. Using smartphone to connect.

Monday, Monday.... Y'all have a great day.

St. Magnus Cathedral. Coming up on 900 years old. Located downtown Kirkwall, Orkney

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

58° this morning with light winds. Today's high to be in the low 90's with plenty of sunshine. Supposed to return back to the triple digits by the weekend. Hope not.

Manic Monday? I hope not but if so, here is some eye candy and music to help ease the start.



Be safe out there grinders and God Bless.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A sunny and crisp morning. It is 47.3°F and expected high to be 81°. @AustinTXCat brought the cool over from Scotland!

Happy Monday.

 

[UK82]

Morning Legionnaires!

58° this morning with light winds. Today's high to be in the low 90's with plenty of sunshine. Supposed to return back to the triple digits by the weekend. Hope not.

Manic Monday? I hope not but if so, here is some eye candy and music to help ease the start.

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Be safe out there grinders and God Bless.

She's still hot at 65.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Sunny, clear and actually chilly this morning during my run. This streak of fall weather has already lasted about two weeks, effectively ending summer in late August. Fine with me.

Back to work. Not a fan of Mondays at all, and already hit with some depressing assignments to attend to this week. Ah well, in a year when I retire I'll probably lament having no place to be.

You folks have a good day.

 

[vhcat70]

Back to work. Not a fan of Mondays at all, and already hit with some depressing assignments to attend to this week. Ah well, in a year when I retire I'll probably lament having no place to be.

Good chance DW will feel the same.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning folks. Sunny, clear and actually chilly this morning during my run. This streak of fall weather has already lasted about two weeks, effectively ending summer in late August. Fine with me.

Back to work. Not a fan of Mondays at all, and already hit with some depressing assignments to attend to this week. Ah well, in a year when I retire I'll probably lament having no place to be.

You folks have a good day.

You have to do something when you retire. I am 77 and I still work, just fewer hours and only when I want to. My only real hobbies were sports and I am to old for that now. I guess working is my hobby now. Part of it is there were health related things, but I worked for ten years at a large plant and they said the average retiree there only lived 19 months. You have to stay busy.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 67°F and clear. Today's high expected around 93°F. Heat ratcheting back up between now and Friday.

In addition to chemo, received a magnesium infusion yesterday. Felt like a brand new man thereafter. Stayed up until 9 pm last night. Usually crash and burn after supper. More of it, please.

Working today. Wishing y'all a good one.

Grocery shelf and prices at Tesco in Kirkwall. Multiply by roughly 1.31 for amount in dollars.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Cloudy and cool in the east.

Hurrying to work. Not much going on for me outside the office right now.

Austin, I don’t know what to make of those prices since I don’t buy many instant cookie, muffin or cake mixes. You could tell me any price from two to ten dollars was fair for a Betty Crocker cake mix and I’d believe it.

Have a good day folks.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Working from home today. Do not plan to be back in DC until at least next Thursday. Taking some leave starting Friday through Wednesday. (I need it.)

My SIL (My Darlings older sister.) and BIL are coming for a visit Friday from Radcliff. Am really looking forward to it. Plan on showing them the town, taking them to some good food, and maybe hitting the Naval Recreation Center in Maryland for a day. (Heard the crab and croaker are biting.) Only about 80 miles away too. (We shall see.)

Hope your day today is special in a great way.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

You have to do something when you retire. I am 77 and I still work, just fewer hours and only when I want to. My only real hobbies were sports and I am to old for that now. I guess working is my hobby now. Part of it is there were health related things, but I worked for ten years at a large plant and they said the average retiree there only lived 19 months. You have to stay busy.

I totally agree.

I retired at 53 and after I did most of my bucket list projects I ran for commissioner to "have something interesting to do". I found myself getting dumber. If you don't have to critically think you get dumb. So for 10 years I held office, the last 4 as Mayor and I got my thinker back up and running.

I have to have a project to function correctly.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A sunny and crisp morning. It was 49.5°F when I got up and we are expecting a high to be 87°, 1% chance of rain, which we desperately need.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good morning folks. Cloudy and cool in the east.

Hurrying to work. Not much going on for me outside the office right now.

Austin, I don’t know what to make of those prices since I don’t buy many instant cookie, muffin or cake mixes. You could tell me any price from two to ten dollars was fair for a Betty Crocker cake mix and I’d believe it.

Have a good day folks.

I did a little work for you MdWildcat the same brand at WalMart in Bowling Green versus Tesco

..................................Ounces grams dollars pounds

WalMart. . . . . . . ...15.2 432.33 1.74 1.33

Tesco in Kirkwall. 14.99 425 3.92 3

My little spread sheet shows that the same brand is more than double the price in Scotland than U.S. What it means is that food is cheap in the U.S. compared to other places. The UK imports a big chunk of grains from Canada and Europe. Note they import very little U.S. grain because the mindset of Europeans is screw the U.S. They prefer anyone to the U.S.

I worked for CSX for 32 years. During part of that time we owned SeaLand a U.S. flagged shipping company. We were bared from hauling any U.S. products to the UK or Europe. We could haul European goods to the U.S. but not the other way. In shipping you need to balance or come as close to balance as possible loads in both direction. The EU made that impossible. I hated the bastards. CSX had to get rid of SeaLand because of the anti-American structure of the EU. Canada is nearly as bad. CSX served Sarnia, ON, a large Esso refinery. I could ship Esso products into the U.S., but I could not ship Exxon products into Canada.

Europe is glad to have the U.S. protect their asses through NATO, but commercially they stick us in the eye.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I did a little work for you MdWildcat the same brand at WalMart in Bowling Green versus Tesco

..................................Ounces grams dollars pounds

WalMart. . . . . . . ...15.2 432.33 1.74 1.33

Tesco in Kirkwall. 14.99 425 3.92 3

My little spread sheet shows that the same brand is more than double the price in Scotland than U.S. What it means is that food is cheap in the U.S. compared to other places. The UK imports a big chunk of grains from Canada and Europe. Note they import very little U.S. grain because the mindset of Europeans is screw the U.S. They prefer anyone to the U.S.

I worked for CSX for 32 years. During part of that time we owned SeaLand a U.S. flagged shipping company. We were bared from hauling any U.S. products to the UK or Europe. We could haul European goods to the U.S. but not the other way. In shipping you need to balance or come as close to balance as possible loads in both direction. The EU made that impossible. I hated the bastards. CSX had to get rid of SeaLand because of the anti-American structure of the EU. Canada is nearly as bad. CSX served Sarnia, ON, a large Esso refinery. I could ship Esso products into the U.S., but I could not ship Exxon products into Canada.

Europe is glad to have the U.S. protect their asses through NATO, but commercially they stick us in the eye.

Bert that is some impressive ciphering. I figured it would be higher in the UK, and anywhere in Europe. I'm not surprised by your experiences. In my days of traveling overseas I had friends from several European countries. Several were terrific colleagues but there always did seem to be a 'Little Brother' complex. It probably dates back to American GIs sleeping with all the women in England, France, Italy and Germany during and after WW2...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Bert that is some impressive ciphering. I figured it would be higher in the UK, and anywhere in Europe. I'm not surprised by your experiences. In my days of traveling overseas I had friends from several European countries. Several were terrific colleagues but there always did seem to be a 'Little Brother' complex. It probably dates back to American GIs sleeping with all the women in England, France, Italy and Germany during and after WW2...

Things in the UK are basically double what they are in the U.S., yet they make less money. Folks don't go from the U.S. to England to buy clothes, but the opposite is true. One of my daughters English friends would come to Florida every year. His luggage bag would be empty and he would go shopping and take back checked bags of American clothes because they were a fraction of what he would have to pay in the UK.

Back to my company. My company was big. We got screwed by Europe like every large American company gets. The U.S. saved their country in the last two world wars and in the cold war and they treat our economy with distain while they buy German cars left and right. I don't understand it, unless it is as you say the 'Little Brother' complex.

CSX swapped out employees with British Steel for several years. Every damned Brit in the program moved to the U.S. Not one U.S. guy moved to the UK. That tells a lot. I am genetically, overwhelmingly, Scot, Irish, English but I have trouble with the UK's treatment of the U.S. We are their kin but they don't like us until it comes time they need help.

The U.S. deserves more from the UK.

 

[BBUK]

I did a little work for you MdWildcat the same brand at WalMart in Bowling Green versus Tesco

..................................Ounces grams dollars pounds

WalMart. . . . . . . ...15.2 432.33 1.74 1.33

Tesco in Kirkwall. 14.99 425 3.92 3

My little spread sheet shows that the same brand is more than double the price in Scotland than U.S. What it means is that food is cheap in the U.S. compared to other places. The UK imports a big chunk of grains from Canada and Europe. Note they import very little U.S. grain because the mindset of Europeans is screw the U.S. They prefer anyone to the U.S.

I worked for CSX for 32 years. During part of that time we owned SeaLand a U.S. flagged shipping company. We were bared from hauling any U.S. products to the UK or Europe. We could haul European goods to the U.S. but not the other way. In shipping you need to balance or come as close to balance as possible loads in both direction. The EU made that impossible. I hated the bastards. CSX had to get rid of SeaLand because of the anti-American structure of the EU. Canada is nearly as bad. CSX served Sarnia, ON, a large Esso refinery. I could ship Esso products into the U.S., but I could not ship Exxon products into Canada.

Europe is glad to have the U.S. protect their asses through NATO, but commercially they stick us in the eye.

Yes Sir,

But so many chemicals now added or becoming "food" in "America", which is food and which is Bill Gates processed, yeah I am cynical..... Now you have to look at labels which they conceal and lie on...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Yes Sir,

But so many chemicals now added or becoming "food" in "America", which is food and which is Bill Gates processed, yeah I am cynical..... Now you have to look at labels which they conceal and lie on...

Sir:

Do you really believe that?

I am a "failed" chemist as I did not make my living in chemistry but it was my undergrad; however, if you believe that nasty shit is in your food, go back to school and find out the truth. If you need 50 pounds of flour a year for your family then don't use the chemicals to keep the bugs from eating all the damned wheat and just survive on 10 pounds of flour a year.

The American Natives were bigger than the Europeans that showed up on American shores. Why? Diet.

Sure in the U.S. we have preservatives in our food. You have a choice. If you don't want preservatives you are free to eat rotten foods. That is the choice. Eat healthy foods with preservatives or go and enjoy your rotten foods. That is the choice. Get sick and die and don't complain about preservatives. Eat foods with preservatives and live to 80 or 90.

I love the world that modern science has given us. You can go back to the 15th Century and I will applaud you, but don't come back crying about being sick and dying at 50 or 40 or 30.

 

[warrior-cat]

You have to do something when you retire. I am 77 and I still work, just fewer hours and only when I want to. My only real hobbies were sports and I am to old for that now. I guess working is my hobby now. Part of it is there were health related things, but I worked for ten years at a large plant and they said the average retiree there only lived 19 months. You have to stay busy.

I still play softball luckily at 67 (Thank God Daily). Fish when the weather allows at least one day a week and two if I feel it. Clean the house twice a week. Teach a little karate when I feel like it and do the yard work. Been thinking lately about bowling after fall league softball is finished.

 

[warrior-cat]

I totally agree.

I retired at 53 and after I did most of my bucket list projects I ran for commissioner to "have something interesting to do". I found myself getting dumber. If you don't have to critically think you get dumb. So for 10 years I held office, the last 4 as Mayor and I got my thinker back up and running.

I have to have a project to function correctly.

Man, I am headed towards box of rocks level here.

 

[berniecarbo]

I still play softball luckily at 67 (Thank God Daily). Fish when the weather allows at least one day a week and two if I feel it. Clean the house twice a week. Teach a little karate when I feel like it and do the yard work. Been thinking lately about bowling after fall league softball is finished.

I quit playing ball at about 37 when I went into business. Starting a new business required a lot of time and business was good. My daughter was starting to play basketball and softball. Time required me to give up something. It was my sports. I'm good with that. Time with her was time well spent.

I worked at a bowling alley during high school and college which meant free bowling, and I took advantage of that. I would close up at night and bowl for an hour or two before leaving.