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11-09-22, 07:53 AM
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11-09-22, 08:02 AM
#1477
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So, health care.
I sliced my left index finger open last night while washing (not using) a knife. Thought I needed stitches. Started driving while AG made appointments. The two closest urgent cares had no capacity left for the day. Called the next closest, got voicemail. Got there, the provider had called in sick and they couldn't do anything, gave me a list of their other sites. "Or you could go to the ER". AG found me an independent place close enough that saw me, said I didn't quite need stitches, and re-bandaged it and gave me a tetanus shot. Which had me fevered and miserable in the middle of the night.
WTF is wrong with this state? Took me seriously 90 minutes to get seen. What if it had been worse?
I sliced my left index finger open last night while washing (not using) a knife. Thought I needed stitches. Started driving while AG made appointments. The two closest urgent cares had no capacity left for the day. Called the next closest, got voicemail. Got there, the provider had called in sick and they couldn't do anything, gave me a list of their other sites. "Or you could go to the ER". AG found me an independent place close enough that saw me, said I didn't quite need stitches, and re-bandaged it and gave me a tetanus shot. Which had me fevered and miserable in the middle of the night.
WTF is wrong with this state? Took me seriously 90 minutes to get seen. What if it had been worse?
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11-09-22, 08:15 AM
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His place was one of two long-time butchers in what is known as the "Italian Market" to close up shop. Big losses.
11-09-22, 08:18 AM
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11-09-22, 08:50 AM
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I think I may have missed a nuance in wordle.
Today, I used a certain letter twice in one guess. In one box it was brown (in the word but wrong spot) but in the other box it was black (not in the word at all).
Either this was an error, but more likely telling me that the letter is only used once in the word (not twice).
Mrs datlas tells me it’s the second one, and I expect that’s true, but first time I ever saw this.
Today, I used a certain letter twice in one guess. In one box it was brown (in the word but wrong spot) but in the other box it was black (not in the word at all).
Either this was an error, but more likely telling me that the letter is only used once in the word (not twice).
Mrs datlas tells me it’s the second one, and I expect that’s true, but first time I ever saw this.
It checks for greens first, then yellows. She is right.
11-09-22, 09:00 AM
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I had literally, yes literally sharpened it that morning. It's the one I leave toothy though. And still it didn't hurt much at the time...
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11-09-22, 09:00 AM
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i was really jonesing for a ride today, and i thought, hey, it's not raining right now. put a light on the bike (i don't normally ride in the dark) and went out for a one hour ride. halfway out it started pouring. feet soaked, no fenders, brakes wailing, worn 30mm GP 5000s, a bit of traffic, moderately steep descents, this was a very bad idea.
but, i made it home, kept the bike right side up. some cool visuals riding in very dark areas in driving rain with a bright headlight lighting up the disc/arc spray from my front tire.
but, i made it home, kept the bike right side up. some cool visuals riding in very dark areas in driving rain with a bright headlight lighting up the disc/arc spray from my front tire.
I ride early in the morning. When it first started getting dark in the morning I hated it, now that we set the clocks back and it’s light again, I find that I prefer the dark. In the dark my lights are that much more visible to cars, gives me a false sense of safe.
11-09-22, 09:24 AM
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11-09-22, 09:29 AM
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11-09-22, 09:33 AM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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11-09-22, 09:37 AM
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Got a 3. Mostly 4s lately.
Wordle 508 3/6
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Wordle 508 3/6
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11-09-22, 09:38 AM
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Most of the clouds are gone. The roads are still wet but we are going to have a Tuesday ride on Wednesday.
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11-09-22, 09:54 AM
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While I don't have a distinct memory of him doing so, I have to believe my dad used hot sauce. One odd thing he used to make were peanut butter, bacon and hot sauce sandwiches.
11-09-22, 09:55 AM
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11-09-22, 09:59 AM
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Since the humidity left, and most of the heat, I'm tending to go out around 2. It gets me home just as the sun is getting too low to see well (riding south, the dapple and the glare are tough). It would be better if I left a half hour earlier. Or an hour earlier.
And it seems we should be hearing stroopwaffel comments around now, no?
And it seems we should be hearing stroopwaffel comments around now, no?
11-09-22, 10:12 AM
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I LOVE Scrapple! In fact, last year when the 6 of us siblings got together at The Ancestral Home, we made sure to have one breakfast that was just scrapple and fried eggs. There are still small producers around Adams County that make it and sell in local grocers, so I picked up 2# at the Kennie's in Biglerville. Panfried crispy on the outside and still soft on the inside, with real PA maple syrup, and with eggs with runny yolks.....
Cripes, now my mouth is watering!
Cripes, now my mouth is watering!
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11-09-22, 10:13 AM
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That's how Mom ate it, and she was a Mennonite, but she didn't start out one.
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11-09-22, 10:51 AM
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11-09-22, 10:54 AM
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Yesterday, Mrs. GeneJockey told me that the if the snake oil salesman won, we would have to wait till he was out of office to move to PA. So, this morning she was looking at houses in Pittsburgh.
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11-09-22, 11:19 AM
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11-09-22, 12:24 PM
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We had a really fun ride today. One of the riders rode his gravel bike, and another called him
”Gravel Guy,” which inspired me to invent a cycling super-hero. He was a humble road cyclist. People called him Fred. But he discovered dirt roads and wider tires, and a miraculous metamorphosis happened. He became GRAVEL GUY.
Think I can pitch it to DC Comics??
”Gravel Guy,” which inspired me to invent a cycling super-hero. He was a humble road cyclist. People called him Fred. But he discovered dirt roads and wider tires, and a miraculous metamorphosis happened. He became GRAVEL GUY.
Think I can pitch it to DC Comics??
11-09-22, 12:55 PM
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11-09-22, 12:55 PM
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Merry Christmas from North Scottsdale!
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