Saturday, February 27, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Indoor Heating During Power Outage
Buddy Heater Run Time | 1-lb & 20-lb Tanks
How would you heat your home in the event of a power outage?
Our friends in Texas and the rest of the plains and points east found out last week when they had their unfortunate occurrence.
Here at my place we have a fireplace, with a wood stove insert. I have lots of wood for burning. My only problem at the moment is i don't have enough kindling. I can always make kindling.
At my old house, we had a wall furnace. That unit does not require grid electricity to operate. It uses a millivolt generator to operate the gas valve. So if electricity goes out, the wall furnace will continue providing heat as long as natural gas still flows.
There are propane heater units available to purchase which can "safely" be used indoors. Safely is in quotes because all combustion produces gases which are non breathable, and you can easily die when using these heating devices.
These units have a sensor on them that shuts fuel off when low oxygen levels are detected. When using these units for heating, or any other combustion device, open a window slightly to allow for fresh air entry.
When i was a kid growing up in northern Texas, our heat came from a unit that had propane supplied to it thru a rubber hose attached to a valve coming out of the wall. Light the heater with a match and you got open flame heating right there. Usually had one in the front room only. My dad was always worried about asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide, so he always made certain a window was slightly open.
So, if power and natural gas goes out, how do you keep warm? Maybe some intramural activity under the covers? Hmm?
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Groaners
Two guys were walking in the woods one day, and they all of a sudden came across a bear. The bear noticed them, and started growling and generally getting really mean.
The bear started to chase one of the guys, who, as it turns out, was from Czechoslovakia. The bear soon caught up with him, and ate him alive. The other guy turned around and ran for his life.A little while later, the second guy found a park ranger station and told his story. The ranger took his gun, and they both went out in search of the bear, in order to destroy it.
Soon, they came across two bears, one male, and one female. The ranger turned to the other guy and said: "Quick... tell me which bear ate your friend!" The ranger levelled his gun and got ready to shoot.
"I'm not really sure," said the other guy, "they both look similar."
"QUICK! Make up your mind!" said the ranger.
"O.K.," said the other, "it was the male."
The ranger promptly aimed and shot the female bear. The male ran off. Using his knife, the ranger cut open the belly of the female and found the body of the other man.
"But why didn't you shoot the male when I thought it was the male who ate my friend?" the other man asked.
"Well," said the ranger...
"I never trust anyone who says that the Czech's in the male!"
She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!" Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.
After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."
To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean $200?"
Biden Can't Deliver the SOTU??
What a bunch of PURE BULLSHIT!
Now slow joe can't deliver the state of the union address? What are these people afraid of? You betcha red rider, it's the fact that if slow joe tries to get in front of congress for an hour and a half speech the WHOLE GODDAMN WORLD will know the stupid sonofabitch has no cognitive abilities left.
I mean, the damn democrats are already trying to take away the nuclear football from this idiot asshole. But who the hell will get the damn thing? Kammy Toe?
CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF SAYS BIDEN CAN’T DELIVER SOTU BECAUSE MILITIAS WANT TO BLOW HIM UP
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
76TH ANNIVERSARY: OUR FLAG FLIES OVER IWO JIMA
In the Pacific near the end of World War II, there was a flag raised above the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of this flag raising has been seen by millions upon millions of people, and is one of the best known photos ever.
Monday, February 22, 2021
Windmills
Sunday, February 21, 2021
This is an Oldie but a Real Goodie!
Chili taster named Frank |
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This did not make any headlines by the leftist media.
Joe Biden hates America. Joe Biden hates Americans. Why else would he push his leftist bullshit?
Saturday, February 20, 2021
February 20, 2021 An Insider Explains Why Texans Lost Their Power
Jokes for Today
Hired a handy man and gave him a list. When I got home, only items #1, 3, & 5 were done.
Turns out, he only does odd jobs.A space invader.
Good news, the Lego store has reopened...
People are lined up for blocks!
The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure enough, a small Cessna airplane was waiting. He jumped in with his equipment and shouted, "Let's go!" The tense man sitting in the pilot's seat swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air, though flying erratically.
"Fly over the north side of the fire," said the photographer, "And make several low-level passes."
"Why?" asked the nervous pilot.
"Because I'm going to take pictures!" yelled the photographer. "I'm a photographer, and photographers take pictures!"
The pilot replied, "You mean you're not the flight instructor?"
Friday, February 19, 2021
I Bet the Residents of Colorado City, Texas Didn't Expect This
A small town mayor in Texas has pissed off a lot of people when he told people to get off their ass and fend for themselves.
I don't know what prompted him to do that, but i hope he has enough savings to live for a while. He has resigned as mayor and apparently his wife has been fired from her job because of his remarks.
The people who are truly in need deserve our help. But as he said, the lazy ass people who were brought up to depend on government need to start taking care of themselves.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Funnies
A doctor, an engineer, and a politician were arguing as to which profession was older.
"Well," argued the doctor, "without a physician mankind could not have survived, so I am sure that mine is the oldest profession.""No," said the engneer, "before life began there was complete chaos, and it took an engineer to create some semblance of order from this chaos. So engineering is older."
"But," chirped the triumphant politician, "who created the chaos?"
Regarding the oldest profession, many believe prostitution is the oldest. But i disagree. The prostitute had to make the sale first, so i say a salesman is the oldest profession.
My wife asked me today if I had seen the dog bowl...
I said I didn’t know he could!
Calif. Congressman David Valadao Voted to Impeach
Republican congressman david valadao voted to impeach President Trump. Every person who helped him win re-election is livid. Talk show host Trevor Carey had an interview with him where valadao said he knew he was going to catch flack for his vote, but he voted his conscience.
Well, he will not be reelected. Asshole.
The calif. republican convention is this weekend. The talk show host Carey interviewed a couple of the republican delegates. One of them is challenging the current chairman of the party for election. He said that an amendment has been presented to censure valadao, but the current chairman is not allowing it to go to committee. He said that no vote will be taken for this censure. Have to wait until monday to find out i guess.
He also said the current chairman of the party was trying to do a sneaky end run on the delegates. They want to be able to vote on a person they will support to run against asshole newsom in the recall election here in calif.
But i guess this lady is trying to sneak language into something so that the delegates don't get to vote on this, but that SHE will be the one to select who the party supports. And if you don't like it, just suck it up buttercup.
California GOP delegates seek to censure David Valadao for voting to impeach Trump
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Consumer Price Index
My daughter sent me this pic of the December consumer price index:
Gun Story---Civilians Help Save Police Officer
Thank you to Reader Joe for the link.
Over in Las Vegas last week, a man was shot 14 times. What is important here is the officer that shot him only fired 9 times is what i read in a story.
So that leaves 5 shots in the suspect that were not fired by the police officer. Where did those 5 shots come from?
The video shows 4 civilians out there, but it looks like only 3 of them had firearms out. So 3 civilians shooting, 5 shots hit. The number of shots fired by the civilians is not known, at least by me.
Here in california i believe those civilians would be in the electric chair by now. Over in nevada i am not sure what, if anything, will happen to them.
If the good lord is watching, they will all not be charged with anything. And thats as it should be.
Here is a link with video of the occurrence:
Are you now, or have you ever been,in Cahoots?
Cahoots is a strange word isn't it? The two were in cahoots with each other.
What the heck does it mean? I dunno. Here is what merriam webster online dictionary says:
Definition of cahoot
“I ha’nt read newspapers for nothing–Gin’ral Government and the ministration are going in cahoot to undermine and overrule the undertakings of the free People of Georgia.”
Power Outage Map
As usual i am awake at 2:45 am. Surfing the blogs, checked out a site called Splendid Isolation where I found a link to a power outage map of the entire FUSA.
When you go to the link click on your state and it will list the power providers and how many customers are out of power at that time.
Here is the link:
At the present time, the only states that have more than 100,000 customers out of power are Texas and Oregon.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Today is National Almond Day
Today is National Almond Day.
Almonds are an extremely large amount of the crops grown here in central california. I don't know how much of our economy the almond crop is, but i can guarantee you, if we lost almonds as a source of revenue, this part of the country would be fu-quaid.
I asked my wife to do some research for me on almonds. She found that almonds are actually not a nut, but a fruit. Upon doing further research, she found they are something called a drupe.
I have a customer who processes almonds. And I am telling you, they process a few million tons of almonds annually.
Almost of the almonds grown in the former united states are grown here in central california.
Here is a link:
Monday, February 15, 2021
Texas Appears to Be Pretty Darn Cold
Talke to my brother in Ralls, Texas and my sister in Levelland, Texas Sunday. They said it is really cold there.
My brother said in the 35 years he has been in his house his water pipes have never froze. Lets hope that trend continues.
My sister has only been in her house for a couple of years, hopefully her pipes will stay running.
Extexan posted his pipes froze and he is in south Texas. Damn.
All Gun Control Laws are UnConstitutional
I am going to try to make a coherent statement here. But the words i type may come out in a jumbled mess, so please bear with me. And if the words don't make sense, please understand my intent.
All gun control laws are unconstitutional. A reading of the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution makes that abundantly clear.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
The only part of that to consider is the 2nd part. Where it says the right of the PEOPLE. Not the militia, but the PEOPLE.
Now i ask you, who makes up the people of the United States? Is it members of a militia? Or is it EVERY redblooded American citizen, men women and children? But no animals. In the time of the founders, militias i believe were comprised of white males between the ages of 16? and 40? I think I have those ages wrong. Is anyone going to tell the women of this country, sorry you can't own a gun because you are a woman? Go on, I'll wait while you do that.
This is not about militias, but people. ALL people have the noshit for real RIGHT to own weapons, to bear them without a stupid piece of paper that says you can. You don't have to ask a sheriff or elected official, Please Sir? Can I carry a weapon? Would you do a background check on me to ensure i am not a felon? Please sir?
Bullshit. Everyone in this country has the legal right to keep and bear arms. That includes felons, teenagers, all children. It isn't up to the government to stop them from carrying, it is up to that persons family. Maybe close friends.
What about states rights? When each state joined this union, didn't they have to swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States? And not just bits and pieces of it? The constitution applies equally to all 50 states.
The part of that sentence that says shall not be infringed. What does that mean to you? I tell you what it means to all people, it means congress does NOT have the authority to pass a law telling you that you cannot own or carry a firearm or ammunition. They just can't, that is what SHALL NOT means.
And i don't care about any supreme court cases. Just because they may have ruled otherwise in some cases, does not mean they know what they are doing.
The constitution is the SUPREME law of this land, no other law can supersede it.
And that law says shall not be infringed.
All that being said, do I carry a gun? Nope, I don't. I don't feel the need to---yet.
I do believe i have the absolute right to do so.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
These Guys are Crazy
Why in the world would you willingly be outside in the cold when you can be in a nice warm building?
21 Iron Dog teams leave Big Lake for a speedy snowmachine trip across Alaska
Where's the Short Fat Guy?
Here is the list of tweeted questions in order:
Question 1: “Where’s the short, fat guy?”
Question 2: “Can we build the Keystone Pipeline if we add Hunter Biden to the board?”
Question 3: “To Manager Swalwell: Tell us about Fang Fang.”
Question 4: “(generic) Have any of the House Managers had sexual relations with a Chinese communist spy? Please explain.”
Question 5: “If we put him in a burlap sack & throw him in the river, and he does not float, must we convict?”
It is no wonder that presiding judge Sen. Pat Leahy decided these questions were inappropriate. They are far too revealing.
Well, This Doesn't Sound Like a Good Thing
The federal government has just decided to really put the screws to the citizens they don't like.
They are turning their efforts inward, to curtail domestic terrorism by, you guessed it, white supremists.
Agency founded because of 9/11 adjusts to face threat of domestic terrorism
Link to a Blog
I have added a couple of new blogs to the list.
Sometimes it takes me a while to get things done, like i tell my wife you don't have to tell me every 6 months, i will get it done.
Go on over and check these guys out. I have perused both of them for quite a while now, and highly recommend them.
Enjoy.
Mirror
The Mirror |
There was once a magic mirror in the cloak room in congress. If one stood in front of this mirror and tells the truth, one is granted a wish. However, if one tells a lie, *POOF* you are instantly swallowed up by the mirror, never to be seen again. |
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Burr Votes to Convict
Richard Burr, R, senator from North Carolina is a goddamn son of a bitch.
He voted against this unconstitutional farce initially, and he said it was unconstitutional.
But his twisted logic says that because the senate voted and made the trial constitutional, that creates a precedent, and now he is okay with the whole operation.
Since the hell when can the senate vote to amend the constitution all by their lonesome??
If that is the case, hell, when the R's take control of the senate back, they should vote to amend the constitution and say democrats can only hold 35 seats from now on. Why not?
Apparently Burr is retiring soon, maybe next? year, and probably isn't worried about any backlash from the peasants who vote for him.
GOP Senator Richard Burr, Approaching Retirement, Shocks Democrats With Vote to Convict Trump
How Was This A Fair Trial?
How was this anything close to resembling a fair and impartial trial??
When the goddamn asshole sonofabitch leahy was judge jury and executioner all at the same time?
Chief justice of the supreme court roberts, even though he is a pusillanimous asshole, knew better than to preside over this bullshit.
Leahy could not be the damn judge of this and then still vote! How does that work?
Math is White Supremacy Now??? Bullshit, Black People are Racist
I am so goddamn tired of this bullshit. Finding the right answer in math is racist? White Supremacy?
Okay I tell you what. You blacks out there that believe this shit, go build a house with your math.
Whats the square feet of the building, 22x34==How Much? 748 square feet? Nope, not with white supremacy black math. It's 937.3 square feet. How did you get that answer, you're racist!
Oh, what is the ratio of whatever to whatever, 20/5==4? Nope not with black math, it is 7. Don't believe me, RACIST!!
You want this country to continue in its death spiral, just do stupid fucking bullshit like this. Oregon is just a bunch of dickless dumbasses.
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Friday, February 12, 2021
Sarcasm at Its Finest!
Source of Sarcasm
David Hogg Decides To Win 8 Super Bowls After Hearing Tom Brady Is A Trump Supporter
PARKLAND, FL—Gun control activist David Hogg has made a surprise announcement on Twitter. After learning that seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is a friend and supporter of Donald Trump, Hogg has declared that he will now become a quarterback and win eight Super Bowls to prove “that a progressive can become a football champion.”
Hogg has wasted no time in working toward his goal, tweeting out a request for a good website to learn the rules of football. He has already partnered with some well-known activists to research the different NFL teams to find the one with the least problematic name and pick a number for his jersey that would have the best progressive connotations.
Hogg also says he is on the lookout for a good, unionized coach who doesn’t engage in “toxic masculinity” and can teach him “an offenss [sic] that is LGBTQ-inclusive” — whatever that means.
Sports experts right now say there is little chance of any NFL team hiring Hogg, though they think he has a better chance than Colin Kaepernick.
Raffle Prizes
Joe and Kamala were in the local bar enjoying a beer when they decided to get in on the weekly charity raffle. They bought five tickets each at a dollar a pop.
The following week, when the raffle was drawn, each had won a prize. Joe won 1st prize, a year's supply of gourmet spaghetti sauce and extra-long spaghetti. Kamala won 6th prize, a toilet brush.
About a week or so had passed when the two met back in the neighborhood bar for a couple of beers. Kamala asked Joe how he liked his prize, to whichJoe replied, "Great, I love spaghetti! How about you, how's that toilet brush?"
"Not so good," replied Kamala, "I reckon I'm gonna go back to paper."
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