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oldfarmer50 · January 2022

I hope all our northwest members are doing better than this guy.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/01/08/seattel-firefighters-rescue-man-basement-house-landslide-heavy-rain/3421641661368/

mjfloyd1 · January 2022

@driver100 said:
@mjfloyd1 I give you a lot of credit, helping people who refuse to heed the warnings. Medical personnel have to put their lives at risk too, often unnecessarily because some don't follow the common sense rules. We are fortunate to have people like you helping to save lives

I honestly see my part as pretty minimal. They ask for procedures and I go in for a few minutes and do the procedures (that I’ve done for 27 years except wearing more coverings and a PAPR) and then wait for them to ask for any more help if they need it.

imidazol97 · January 2022

roadburner said:
Happy Birthday to David Bowie. Rebel Rebel is my phone ringtone. My first day in court as the new Commonwealth's Attorney I forgot to silence my phone and it went off in the middle of an arraignment. Afterwards the defendant told me he liked my choice of music.
You can't make this stuff up.

@davidbowie
I didn't appreciate his music at the time. More recently I do like it.
Things change!

Happy Birthday, Elvis. Saturday: 87 years old would've been.
I still recall the radio announcement of his death and my
reaction. I wish I'd gotten to see him live.

A H.S. girlfriend of mine who worked for Lilly
in Indianapolis after getting her degrees did see him
in Nashville.

driver100 · January 2022

mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:
@mjfloyd1 I give you a lot of credit, helping people who refuse to heed the warnings. Medical personnel have to put their lives at risk too, often unnecessarily because some don't follow the common sense rules. We are fortunate to have people like you helping to save lives

I honestly see my part as pretty minimal. They ask for procedures and I go in for a few minutes and do the procedures (that I’ve done for 27 years except wearing more coverings and a PAPR) and then wait for them to ask for any more help if they need it.

I have seen some hospital workers and they look exhausted...unless the news media is making this up...lol!
My BIL works in a nursing home....18 staff got it including him. He has to keep working or they won't be able to manage......how good is that situation?

graphicguy · January 2022

driver100 said:

roadburner said:

graphicguy said:
To my KY friends….put in a bid on this place in Covington, yesterday. Bid asking, but agent said it might go over asking. Bigger than what I need, but it’s a 2 family and would rent out the 2nd as a condo…..

https://cdn.resize.sparkplatform.com/nky/1280x1024/true/20220107205049161585000000-o.jpg

Nice!
Yeh, cool house. Are you going to charge an admission to see the inside? It looks like that kind of place.

For some reason I can’t save and post some of the inside pics. Problem on my end as my phone has been wonky lately.

@kyfdx ….if it works out, we’ll be tilting more than a few.

To the rest of you, trucks, trailers, trunks, back seats….all will be required. I’ve been in my current house for 27 years. I’ve got lots of “schtuff” (I mean, collectibles).

fintail · January 2022

Cool looking old place, 100% chance it's haunted

graphicguy said:
To my KY friends….put in a bid on this place in Covington, yesterday. Bid asking, but agent said it might go over asking. Bigger than what I need, but it’s a 2 family and would rent out the 2nd as a condo…..

https://cdn.resize.sparkplatform.com/nky/1280x1024/true/20220107205049161585000000-o.jpg

fintail · January 2022

Hey, since getting the booster my 5G is off the charts, 500MB download speed. I also got an upgrade to Windows 15 and an offer of free household work from a company operating out of the basement of a pizza parlor.

qbrozen said:

@kyfdx said:

Posting COVID-19 misinformation/disinformation will get you booted off of these Forums faster than anything else you can do.

I don't care about explanations or need any replies. I'm not putting up with it.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

You mean we can’t talk about how the vaccine is just the aliens’ way of putting a tracker in you while also testing your blood to see if you might be one of their missing hybrids? What kind of commie outfit are y’all running here?!

roadburner · January 2022

@oldfarmer50
You’ve got mail!

qbrozen · January 2022

Happy Birthday, Elvis. Saturday: 87 years old would've been.
I still recall the radio announcement of his death and my
reaction. I wish I'd gotten to see him live.

A large majority of songs that I like from Elvis were written by someone else. Usually Chuck Berry, the true King of Rock, IMHO.

venture · January 2022

The animal we sent to check on 2022 is back:

snakeweasel · January 2022

roadburner said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA&t=4s

Happy Birthday to David Bowie. Rebel Rebel is my phone ringtone. My first day in court as the new Commonwealth's Attorney I forgot to silence my phone and it went off in the middle of an arraignment. Afterwards the defendant told me he liked my choice of music.
You can't make this stuff up.

Forget that, 01/08 is the Kings birthday "Hail to the King Baby".

tjc78 · January 2022

@graphicguy said:
Thanks, everyone. I did not receive a reply on my offer, yet. I extended it for 72 hours because it’s the weekend. So, not sure why it’s taking so long. Maybe I’m impatient.

It’s 100+ years old, but has updated electrical, plumbing, etc. But, it’s still an old house and all that entails. It has a courtyard (which I like) and practically no yard (which I also like). A little apprehensive about renting part of it, but it’s set up to do just that, although it’s empty now. Figure the rental portion would more than cover taxes, upkeep and hopefully put some “walking around” money in my pocket in the process.

Nice area as @kyfdx points out, about 20 miles from where I live now, on the other side of the OH River.

What prompted the change?

cdnpinhead · January 2022

One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

graphicguy · January 2022

tjc78 said:

@graphicguy said:

Thanks, everyone. I did not receive a reply on my offer, yet. I extended it for 72 hours because it’s the weekend. So, not sure why it’s taking so long. Maybe I’m impatient.

It’s 100+ years old, but has updated electrical, plumbing, etc. But, it’s still an old house and all that entails. It has a courtyard (which I like) and practically no yard (which I also like). A little apprehensive about renting part of it, but it’s set up to do just that, although it’s empty now. Figure the rental portion would more than cover taxes, upkeep and hopefully put some “walking around” money in my pocket in the process.

Nice area as @kyfdx points out, about 20 miles from where I live now, on the other side of the OH River.

What prompted the change?

Always have had my ear to the ground about something I may find interesting. N. Ky has always been on my radar…..particularly in the area this house is in. The rental ROI is what caused me to bid on it.

snakeweasel · January 2022

@cdnpinhead said:
One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

You may have well documented data but if the data is incomplete,cherry picked or misinterpreted then it can be misinformation.

oldfarmer50 · January 2022

Visitors.

stickguy · January 2022

we had a family of about 8 deer right behind our fence yesterday. Just hanging out, chilling and snacking. there is a wooded area behind us. Before we put the fence up they used to all hang out on the yard.

sda · January 2022

We have a split rail fence in the back to keep the dogs in the yard. That doesn’t keep deer from jumping the fence and grazing. I often find deer tracks. Don’t get me started about the many little bunnies, our dogs lose their minds!

imidazol97 · January 2022

qbrozen said:

Happy Birthday, Elvis. Saturday: 87 years old would've been.

I still recall the radio announcement of his death and my

reaction. I wish I'd gotten to see him live.

A large majority of songs that I like from Elvis were written by someone else. Usually Chuck Berry, the true King of Rock, IMHO.

Famous singers who write their own songs is a varying percentage. In some types of music few do according to my duckduckgo search. I never had the impression that Elvis wrote his own music.

I do recall a PBS special about the Carpenters and how Richard wrote much of their music, and I believe I was left with the impression that he writes music that end up being sung by many others through the
years since Karen's death.

kyfdx · January 2022

cdnpinhead said:
One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

At least you figured out who's in charge.

tjc78 · January 2022

@graphicguy said:
Always have had my ear to the ground about something I may find interesting. N. Ky has always been on my radar…..particularly in the area this house is in. The rental ROI is what caused me to bid on it.

Makes sense. Nice passive income.

tjc78 · January 2022

We went grocery shopping today. We were kinda tired of the same old stuff at Shop Rite and decided on Aldi and Trader Joe’s. Aldi was very well in stock, but Traders was nearly empty of meat, bread and produce. I was very surprised to see that.

kyfdx · January 2022

tjc78 said:
We went grocery shopping today. We were kinda tired of the same old stuff at Shop Rite and decided on Aldi and Trader Joe’s. Aldi was very well in stock, but Traders was nearly empty of meat, bread and produce. I was very surprised to see that.

Saw a couple of tweets from DC based people. Trader Joe's told them all of their trucks were stuck either in PA, or North of DC.

jmonroe1 · January 2022

graphicguy said:

driver100 said:

roadburner said:

graphicguy said:
To my KY friends….put in a bid on this place in Covington, yesterday. Bid asking, but agent said it might go over asking. Bigger than what I need, but it’s a 2 family and would rent out the 2nd as a condo…..

https://cdn.resize.sparkplatform.com/nky/1280x1024/true/20220107205049161585000000-o.jpg

Nice!
Yeh, cool house. Are you going to charge an admission to see the inside? It looks like that kind of place.
For some reason I can’t save and post some of the inside pics. Problem on my end as my phone has been wonky lately.

@kyfdx ….if it works out, we’ll be tilting more than a few.

To the rest of you, trucks, trailers, trunks, back seats….all will be required. I’ve been in my current house for 27 years. I’ve got lots of “schtuff” (I mean, collectibles).

I knew you wouldn’t be bashful about this.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · January 2022

kyfdx said:

tjc78 said:
We went grocery shopping today. We were kinda tired of the same old stuff at Shop Rite and decided on Aldi and Trader Joe’s. Aldi was very well in stock, but Traders was nearly empty of meat, bread and produce. I was very surprised to see that.

Saw a couple of tweets from DC based people. Trader Joe's told them all of their trucks were stuck either in PA, or North of DC.

Excuses, excuses. I guess Aldi doesn’t use trucks for deliveries.

jmonroe

stickguy · January 2022

we get a lot of stuff at Aldis, and go to shop rite for what Aldi's doesn't carry. The wife went yesterday to both, and said Shop Rite by us was thin on supply (around 11 AM Saturday) and one of the employees said a truck was late.

Trader Joes is not at all convenient to us so we stop there maybe every couple of years if we happen to go by.

once in a while we stop at Sprouts for some variety. But never Acme. Only go there for fresh baked Italian bread!

ab348 · January 2022

Up here fresh produce has been pretty spotty. Understandable given the holidays and the weather.

oldfarmer50 · January 2022

tjc78 said:
We went grocery shopping today. We were kinda tired of the same old stuff at Shop Rite and decided on Aldi and Trader Joe’s. Aldi was very well in stock, but Traders was nearly empty of meat, bread and produce. I was very surprised to see that.

I was at WalMart today and even they had a lot of empty shelves.

tjc78 · January 2022

@stickguy said:
we get a lot of stuff at Aldis, and go to shop rite for what Aldi's doesn't carry. The wife went yesterday to both, and said Shop Rite by us was thin on supply (around 11 AM Saturday) and one of the employees said a truck was late.

Trader Joes is not at all convenient to us so we stop there maybe every couple of years if we happen to go by.

once in a while we stop at Sprouts for some variety. But never Acme. Only go there for fresh baked Italian bread!

We have a few Aldi that are close but Trader Joe’s is not convenient at all. We don’t go that often, so no biggie.

What I can’t understand is how Wegman’s or Trader Joe’s won’t come down here to Gloucester county. It’s not like it was 30 years ago here.

stickguy · January 2022

I love wegmans. But not enough to deal with going all the way over to CH and that mess of a parking lot.

Wash township or up by deptford mall certainly seems like a logical place for one.

driver100 · January 2022

Drove one hour south on I-75 and back, yesterday. The speed limit is 70, but everyone is going 80 mph. On the way back saw 3 cars going 55, and that was more dangerous than the speeders. The first one was in the middle lane, with 3 lanes going north. Cars had to brake when they came up behind and often the following cars had to jam on their brakes. The first one was an older car that looked like it had no power. The next two were in the right lane, one was a big Ford like a Taurus, and the 3rd one was a van, I think a Chrysler. The 3 of them caused cars to have to jam on the brakes or cut around them.....all had the potential of causing an accident.
I also was passed by a Tesla and I don't think the driver had any hands on the wheel.

jmonroe1 · January 2022

driver100 said:
Drove one hour south on I-75 and back, yesterday. The speed limit is 70, but everyone is going 80 mph. On the way back saw 3 cars going 55, and that was more dangerous than the speeders. The first one was in the middle lane, with 3 lanes going north. Cars had to brake when they came up behind and often the following cars had to jam on their brakes. The first one was an older car that looked like it had no power. The next two were in the right lane, one was a big Ford like a Taurus, and the 3rd one was a van, I think a Chrysler. The 3 of them caused cars to have to jam on the brakes or cut around them.....all had the potential of causing an accident.
I also was passed by a Tesla and I don't think the driver had any hands on the wheel.

With all we’ve heard about people using the auto-pilot nanny feature it’s hard to rationalize why people keep using it. Gives a lot of credence to the old saying, “he/she doesn’t have the brains they were born with”. I guess I’m too much of a paranoid driver.

jmonroe

driver100 · January 2022

I think it would be harder to drive without my hands on the wheel....because I'd have to be watching anyway, and my mind could wander off more easily.

stickguy · January 2022

I’m not even comfortable using cruise control, because I still have my foot hovering over the pedals.

And if my hands were off the wheel, I’d put them back because there is no other logical place to put them. And pretty sure, in the instructions, is where they are supposed to be even when using any sort of autopilot.

sda · January 2022

I use cruise control frequently and find it very helpful when needing to maintain speed, i.e. not speed, such as in a school zone. I do find my foot ready to press the brake pedal in situations where the adaptive cruise doesn't brake soon enough. Manual braking is required as ACC will disengage around 20mph and will not bring the car to a complete stop.

Michaell · January 2022

sda said:
I use cruise control frequently and find it very helpful when needing to maintain speed, i.e. not speed, such as in a school zone. I do find my foot ready to press the brake pedal in situations where the adaptive cruise doesn't brake soon enough. Manual braking is required as ACC will disengage around 20mph and will not bring the car to a complete stop.

Interesting - the ACC in the Subaru will bring the car to 0 MPH, and all I have to do to re-engage it is a small tap on the accelerator pedal.

ACC in the Camry rental I had a couple of years ago functions as you describe - disengages at low speeds.

stickguy · January 2022

I have no idea what the ACC in the RDX does at low speeds. And I’ll never find out, since I’d have my foot on the brakes long before that.

andres3 · January 2022

snakeweasel said:

@cdnpinhead said:

One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

You may have well documented data but if the data is incomplete,cherry picked or misinterpreted then it can be misinformation.

And if Government agencies are known to participate in that misinformation for things like traffic safety data, playing fast and loose with the numbers, it shouldn't be a huge surprise if some people are a bit skeptical when the "Government" does other things that require compliance for more important things. It makes those wild conspiracy theories more believable. Hence why "Thou shall not lie" is important for credibility.

kyfdx · January 2022

The RAV4 rental I had was equipped with ACC. I liked it on the freeway, though I only used cruise for about 200 miles of our 2000 mile trip.

driver100 · January 2022

I only use cruise control for a few minutes to give my foot a rest, but I'd rather have my foot on the gas most of the time....that way I can react faster if I have to.

sda · January 2022

kyfdx said:
The RAV4 rental I had was equipped with ACC. I liked it on the freeway, though I only used cruise for about 200 miles of our 2000 mile trip.

Hopefully it was a fun trip. What are your impressions of the RAV4? You certainly got some seat time!

kyfdx · January 2022

sda said:

kyfdx said:
The RAV4 rental I had was equipped with ACC. I liked it on the freeway, though I only used cruise for about 200 miles of our 2000 mile trip.
Hopefully it was a fun trip. What are your impressions of the RAV4? You certainly got some seat time!

It's a really nice vehicle. The fuel mileage was phenomenal. Very nice seats. Handled well and tracked straight. Lots of room. Of course, like most compact SUVs, a loaded one is probably $40K.

It was a great pick. It was the best car available from the Emerald Aisle, I think.

tjc78 · January 2022

I find the ACC in my Mom’s RAV to be a bit jerky, it’s much better in the Volvo.

I love ACC, so great for long highway drives. One thing to keep in mind. If you are using it and someone cuts you off, etc the car’s auto emergency braking system will take over if needed.

kyfdx · January 2022

tjc78 said:
I find the ACC in my Mom’s RAV to be a bit jerky, it’s much better in the Volvo.

I love ACC, so great for long highway drives. One thing to keep in mind. If you are using it and someone cuts you off, etc the car’s auto emergency braking system will take over if needed.

Not having used it before, I found myself waiting too long to change lanes. I'd be at 75, then as I was overtaking the car in front of me, found myself doing 73. lol.

stickguy · January 2022

driver100 · January 2022

@stickguy We're not suppose to talk about specialty parking spaces

snakeweasel · January 2022

tjc78 said:

@stickguy said:

we get a lot of stuff at Aldis, and go to shop rite for what Aldi's doesn't carry. The wife went yesterday to both, and said Shop Rite by us was thin on supply (around 11 AM Saturday) and one of the employees said a truck was late.

Trader Joes is not at all convenient to us so we stop there maybe every couple of years if we happen to go by.

once in a while we stop at Sprouts for some variety. But never Acme. Only go there for fresh baked Italian bread!

We have a few Aldi that are close but Trader Joe’s is not convenient at all. We don’t go that often, so no biggie.

What I can’t understand is how Wegman’s or Trader Joe’s won’t come down here to Gloucester county. It’s not like it was 30 years ago here.

IIRC Wegman's id privately held which makes expansion a little more difficult. Now with Trader Joe's it could be a territorial thing. Back in the 60's Aldi split into Aldi north and Aldi South, currently they are two separate companies (however I heard they are in talks to merge back together). But they cooperate in many areas and one of them is territories. In countries where one operates the other stays out of with the exception of the U.S. where one of the Aldis operates as Trader Joes. So it's possible that Trader Joes won't go there due to there being an Aldis in the area.

snakeweasel · January 2022

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

@cdnpinhead said:

One person's well documented data is another's misinformation. It all depends upon what or whom is in charge of what is allowed. And here we are.

You may have well documented data but if the data is incomplete,cherry picked or misinterpreted then it can be misinformation.

And if Government agencies are known to participate in that misinformation for things like traffic safety data, playing fast and loose with the numbers, it shouldn't be a huge surprise if some people are a bit skeptical when the "Government" does other things that require compliance for more important things. It makes those wild conspiracy theories more believable. Hence why "Thou shall not lie" is important for credibility.

Just remember the government isn't the only ones that play fast and loose with traffic safety data. However to see through the fog one must accept the possibility that they are wrong take a step back and view the landscape with unbiased eyes.

tjc78 · January 2022

I’m usually always on the up and up with retailers and had zero idea that the other Aldi owned Trader Joe’s.

stickguy · January 2022

I recall reading that story. it isn't quite that cut and dried I don't think. Something about one partner left and started his own company? or they split the company in some way and became 2 separate entities. but they are not part of the same operation.

in our area, like Ott's or Canals, though they all used the same name after the families split up!

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