Category: General
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Worse
And today, the magic number in Grand Rapids, MN at 08:00 AM was -27F. The Black Beauty was a little fussier this morning, and took a few minutes to decide to get going, but I did like Louie Anderson suggested, and talked to her very nicely, and she eventually started. I guess that half a…
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Cold
Amazingly, my car started this morning in Park Rapids, even though the temperature was -21 F. I spent the day with the foresters, cruised timber with the timber program lead, assisting with a couple of plots; and saw how they work with the data for the timber sales. Very interesting.Also had some discussions with them…
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Winston W. Borden
My friend Winston died on Monday after complications from bladder cancer. I last saw him in August on my way back to the cities. He told me that the cancer patients were all the ones who seemed happy when he was waiting for treatment. I shall miss him, treasure his friendship, and reread his book…
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FLL
Even though we got 3-4 inches of snow, the First Lego League Minneapolis Tournament went on as planned yesterday. It didn’t seem to be quite as organized as the last two that we Referred and Judged for, but the kids were great as always. Only one short melt down at my table, and my eardrums…
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One toke over the line
With the advent of legal recreational use of pot in Colorado, and Washington, I guess I’m not surprised, but the copy was great, “The Firefly is the most efficient way to celebrate herbally-tolerant legislation. This portable vaporizer uses convection technology to heat your combustibles as smoothly as possible, enhancing flavors and active ingredients with every…
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Sleep well?
This is exactly what has been going on with Jill’s new cat kitten, Peter, for the last three nights. This morning, he decided that the little dangling part of my CPAP headgear would be fun to play with… Arghhh.The Buckles cartoon in the Sunday funnies this morning couldn’t have been more timely.from Minneapolis Star-Tribune via…