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I went riding after dinner again. It was windier today than yesterday so I only rode one loop South and then rode around town here. It seemed the wind was decreasing some so I rode another loop South. I assure you, the wind did not calm down. :) Oh well, I had a good time and managed to get 31 miles out of a battery charge.

Any Time is Grillin Time

My son had the lead insulator guy at the refinery make an insulated jacket for my original Traeger. It slowed down the consumption of pellets in the bitter cold. I never had any trouble with it getting to and maintaining a temp in the bitter cold but the blanket helped hold the heat. My Weber does a decent job in the frigid cold. It's is a LP source cooker. My Blackstone isn't great in the cold and the wind is it's enemy.

What are you currently playing?

I had to give up on the bubble game. It got where every-time I cleared a lever it automatically went to a screen trying to get me to downland the fookin Royal King game and at first all I had to do was refresh the screen. then it got to having to clear the cookies and finally it got to doing it between each play ....


Tried a few other variations of the bubble game, even the candy match one did it.

Intercourse them, been game free for several weeks, now.

Fatality 2023.

Resurrecting (!) this thread to append more information in the wake of the charges resulting from Mr. Perry’s untimely death. Of the five people charged relative to his ketamine usage, three have now pled guilty (including a doctor) and are awaiting sentencing; the other two appear willing to roll the dice on a jury, where they could essentially receive life sentences if convicted.

All of the five people charged have been sentenced; I believe they all entered plea arrangements whereby they admitted their part in Mr. Perry's death. The most severe sentence is also the most recent; the so-called "Ketamine Queen" who provided the fatal doses. She was sentenced to 15 years, and it turned out that her supply had also killed another person in 2019, which was part of why the sentence was that long. Sad all the way around.

Junk Drawer / Tool Box

I have nothing but respect for my dad. He was a hard working honest guy. Kids just weren't his deal. He was the provider and my mother kept the nest clean and kept us kids in line. Later in life we became business partners and I tried to match his effort and work ethic. I am fairly certain that I received two gifts in my life that he actually wanted me to have and went out of his way to gift them. A pocket knife that I still have and my set of SAE sockets. They mean the world to me. I'm sorry that your sister snagged up the Bell tools. She likely didn't understand the significance of a man to his son relationship.

Samsung Galaxy

While Samsung is dumbing down the S Pen, Motorola is improving the stylus in the Moto G Stylus 2026... available April 16th in the U.S. At a third the price of the S26 Ultra, it has faster charging; a brighter screen; and, while it may have a slower processor (which won't matter for 98% of users anyway), it will sport a microSD slot capable of up to 1 TB external storage. How long has it been since a Galaxy flagship had that???

Tell me a joke...

The pastor concluded that the church was getting into very serious financial troubles. While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several cartons of new Bibles that had never been opened and distributed.

So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers from the congregation who would be willing to sell the Bibles door-to-door for $10 each to raise the desperately needed money for the church.Jack, Paul and Boudreaux all raised their hands to volunteer for the task.The minister knew that Jack and Paul earned their living as salesmen and were likely capable of selling some Bibles. But he had serious doubts about Boudreaux who was a local farmer, who had always kept to himself because he was embarrassed by his speech impediment. Poor Boudreaux stuttered badly. But, not wanting to discourage Boudreaux, the minister decided to let him try anyway.

He sent the three of them away with the back seat of their cars stacked with Bibles. He asked them to meet with him and report the results of their door-to-door selling efforts the following Sunday.

Anxious to find out how successful they were, the minister immediately asked Jack, "Well, Jack, how did you make out selling our Bibles last week?"Proudly handing the reverend an envelope, Jack replied, "Using my sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 Bibles, and here's the $200 I collected on behalf of the church.""Fine job, Jack!" The minister said, vigorously shaking his hand..."You are indeed a fine salesman and the church is indebted to you."

Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many Bibles did you sell for the church last week?"Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied, 'I am a professional salesman. I sold 28 Bibles on behalf of the church, and here's $280 I collected.'The minister responded, "That's absolutely splendid, Paul. You are truly a professional salesman and the church is indebted to you."

Apprehensively, the minister turned to Boudreaux and said, "And Boudreaux, did you manage to sell any Bibles last week?" Boudreaux silently offered the minister a large envelope.The minister opened it and counted the contents. "What is this?" the minister exclaimed. "Boudreaux, there's $3200 in here! Are you suggesting that you sold 320 Bibles for the church, door to door, in just one week?

"Boudreaux just nodded.

"That's impossible!" both Jack and Paul said in unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10 times as many Bibles as we could."
"Yes, this does seem unlikely," the minister agreed. "I think you'd better explain how you managed to accomplish this, Boudreaux.

"Boud shrugged.. "I-I-I re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered.Impatiently, Peter interrupted. "For crying out loud, Boudreaux, just tell us what you said to them when they answered the door!"

"A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Boudreaux replied, "W-w-w-w-would y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this B-B-B-B-Bible f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would yo-you j-j-j-just l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you?"

Favorite Coffee

I wouldn't have a problem watering my (unbleached) paper filters before filling the pods with freshly-ground coffee, but I prepare over a dozen pods at a time as a weekly task. I'm concerned about the coffee, and paper, sitting wet for that long. If I was preparing each pod right before brewing, then sure I'd wet the filters first: but we're talking about a Navy Chief waking up at 4:30 in the morning. All I want to do it get my heart started without going all coffee-snob to do it...
Yeah, that would be a pain. You'd have to let them fully dry before loading up the coffee. Even overnight a damp filter would ruin the coffee.

Is there a 1x1 version of the google microphone widget?

No, you haven't missed anything: the Google widget imposes a minimum width to display the microphone, so in 1x1 or 2x1 resolution it disappears, and there's no setting to keep it there. The simplest solution is to add a direct shortcut to voice search or use Google Assistant, which gives you one-touch access to the microphone without having to use the widget.

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