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I hope the weather clears up for you soon, Brenda! It'sgetting towards the end of February ... does that mean that you're thru the worst?

Oh btw - that Canadain friend that I mentioned - he's not just a Canadian, he's also the tennant representative for supported housing in Toronto. He knows a politician who is a representative for native peoples, unfortunately that friend moved from Vancouver to Winnipeg. (That was the person that I was hoping to get involved. Nothing gets things moving like pressure from the top.)

In general, he said that Toronto supported housing is a far better program than anywhere else in Cananda and that Vancouver area is particularly bad because it's overwhelmed with homeless drug addicts, but he did email contact info for support groups that you could reach out to in relation to your housing and transportation situation. I can pass that along, if you want. Because your employers sound like ditzes and your landlady sounds like a byatch, and maybe you could use someone on your side. Let me know one way or another.


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Life has cycles; sometimes things come at you fast and sometimes they slow down. This is one of those times when things are speeding up again, so if you don't see me around very much for a while I'm just going to be busy. This will the one thread that I'll be checking in with regularly just to stay in touch. Cheers!

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"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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That's awesome. :)



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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That's awesome. :)



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, got a phone call this afternoon after I got back from running some errands. *fingers crossed*

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That's awesome. :)



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, got a phone call this afternoon after I got back from running some errands. *fingers crossed*

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That's good news! Whatever I can do to help the luck along...!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Brenda, you have said that you are cold, often.

I keep forgetting to ask if you take Niacin. Forgive me if I've already asked this. I've helped many folk overcome their lifelong problems of being cold, by using this vitamin.

I also reduced my Blood Pressure by 40 in a couple days this past week. Same method.


I forget if you are a smoker. Let me know if you are.

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As part of the "new normal" of stuck weather patterns, the storm track (which follows the jet stream) seems to have been stuck multi-month over So Cal. (This is like the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge being stuck off So Cal for years, but to opposite effect: Instead of bringing drought, this pattern is bringing rain)

Another rainstorm is sweeping thru the So Cal area, my informal rain gage indicates an inch of accumulation since last night, and another inch or so is predicted over the coming week. That will put us at about three inches over normal, which will really help the groundwater situation and, of course, the farms and wildlife.

Yay for us!!!

Now, if only Oregon and Four Corners would get some rain, we'd be all set!

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But I see that warm air has invaded Alaska, again, and pushed the cold air down into central US - AGAIN- which then moves northeast (It's that storm track, again) so weather-wise, sorry to say that it looks like y'all gonna get a late-season cold snap/ wind/ snow.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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That exhaust description sounds like Headers. The bolts may have fallen out, or the gasket blew and needs replacement. If so, those would be things you can do.

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Yeah... Spring didn't get the memo here either. It's not even attempting to start until next weekend.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Climbed to double digits today. Supposed to get above freezing on Saturday. No sign of getting up to average.

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Climbed to double digits today. Supposed to get above freezing on Saturday. No sign of getting up to average.

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Not sure if folks have heard some news.
Last month I-41 had a chain-reaction crash, involving something like 130 vehicles. 1 dead. Reportedly caused by ice on the road. Near Neenah, WI. The worst crash in State history.

This week I-43 had a chain-reaction crash, involving something like 30 vehicles. Watching the video, I don't know how the number was that low. This was at the northern end of I-43, in Green Bay, after cresting the peak of the Leo Frigo Bridge (spanning the Fox River Delta to the Bay).

I haven't heard of 2 chain-reaction crashes in the same season in WI before, not sure about other States.

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I think the last gasp of winter rain is coming thru this Sunday. I'll be sad to see winter leave; I like cooler weather. July, August, September: not my most favorite months here. But happy for you BRENDA that the snow is finally melting. We did the "spring forward" thing with the clocks, meaning longer days are here.

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What's with chicken nowadays?? I buy organic whole chicken (the only organic meat we can afford) but yesterday I bought regular chicken breasts to attempt to make ancho-coated shredded chicken, and the breasts turned out hard and rubbery. I know that chicken breasts require special cooking otherwise they turn out dry and tasteless, but I've never had anything turn out like this before. I know there is a thing called "woody breast" which affects SOME chicken, but I'm thinking it affects a lot more than the 10% that this article claims, as more than half the pieces were inedible. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woody-breast-could-bite-the-chicken-busin
ess/ BTW, I have never found "woody breast" in organic chicken, which says something about feeding GMO crops to animals! Also, as an aside, my Japanese friend told me that in Japan, thigh meat is considered to be superior to breast meat, since breast meat is usually drier and less tasty. I happen to agree!

Woody breast: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woody-breast-could-bite-the-chicken-busin
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And finally, our drip-maker gave up the ghost so I decided to try a hot plate/percolator method and I think that the flavor (what I can taste of it) is far superior to drip. "Cowboy coffee" also tastes better than drip.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

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Thanks for mentioning the clock change. I had no idea, and would have been an hour late for work tomorrow.

Although that shouldn't change the number of minutes per day of Sunshine.

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I will not miss winter one little bit.

Not that it's really gone yet... Warms up for a few days while I go back to work, but most of the nights when I'm back off look to dip low enough where it could still potentially snow or have that super fun icy mix.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Canada does the time change too??? You poor dear. I think that bad idea was of US origin, and I hope your country comes to its senses soon!

Personally, I overslept, and thought I'd missed a dentist's appointment.

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The rain has arrived where I am but there is still a snow warning for the Valley.

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