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In the Dorptown people have their tasteless plastic blow up Christmas lawn ornaments out already. That's how I know Thanksgiving is sometime in the...

We're moving to a small town in Wyoming in the spring. They don't do any Christmas stuff until the second week of December. My kind of people.

November 16, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr SPP

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My negative feelings towards Christmas started in the Summer, specifically 29 June. That’s when my regularly scheduled programs were disrupted, as...

St Christopher (Hitchens) would approve.

Thanks, Dan....really enjoyed those. SPP

Oh yeah. This is a good thread idea. BTW Vonn is unretiring.

It's like this here and I'm ok with that.

It takes a courageous person to swim against the tide of giving and getting presents on the coming holiday. But it is the right thing to do.

I listen to my lists on Spotify at home and in the truck and watch documentaries on Prime and Netflix. The only Christmas stuff is the required...

My web browser is configured with ublock origin and I don't turn on any radio with ads. Problem solved.

What Dan said. Ours are mounted on the front and are the rigid panels.

They make brackets to mount rigid, flat panels on an Airstream roof. You can also get flexible panels that are glued directly to the curved roof. ...

I plan on using folding panels and set them up for the best exposure so the trailer can go in the shade. I can get some cables to make the shortest...

Where did you mount the panes to the AS? It's rounded streamlined shape don't seem to lend well to flat panels? My guess is a small foldable set...

I'm looking at 300W worth of panels and two 100Ah Battleborn batteries. Some of the remote NF campgrounds have potable and vault toilets. I figure...

Jinx. I just had two solar panels installed and planning on two battleborn batteries. The 180 watts of panel are enough to keep the batteries in...

My trailer extended warranty will pay for my new fresh water tank. Just a $100 deductible. We're looking at getting rid of the travel trailer before...

Good for you! I think that's a novel, and great idea.

. and for our next act -

early stage of front yard agave flower from above, stalk of flower is about 2.5' long

Thanks everyone. I decided I really wanted a couple more pockets than a traditional shirt has, so I went with mad-scientist's lab coat.

I second RedKap. At this point, I must have at least a dozen RK work shirts. Lighter than Dickies, but every bit as durable. My only minor gripe is...

Onward to April 2025.

I was a volunteer tax preparation guy for United Way for five years. I have a stack of long sleeve United Way shirts that I wear to do dirty jobs...

No style points, but I just wear old seasonally appropriate stuff that I don't care if it gets stained, torn, etc. Old sweatshirts, T-shirts,...

I had an issue with the IRS a some years back. They disagreed with how my accountant and turbo tax for that matter handled some municipal bond...

I might have recommended this before, here I go again: https://www.prisonblues.net/product/4031111 Old school railroad workshirt. I've tried to...

I like Red Cap. ...

November 8, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr SPP

My wife and I have been students of all things Shaker for 40 years or so, especially their architecture and furniture crafting. The NYT ran this...

Japan has its busy thoroughfares and drivers who go fast and close, so you need to be alert just like everywhere else. Strangely the fastest and...

Another Japan peculiarity that might be worth taking a peek at are love hotels

My brother lived in Tokyo for > 10 years. I probably flew over about 13 times because he worked for an airline and I could fly standby. I never...

Just for kicks I've done some time poking around on Google StreetView looking at roads out in the Japanese countryside, and a huge % of the parts I...

Just in case anyone's wondering what that's all about: Note that The Worm and Kim appear to be having a much better time than the rest of the...

I'll have to chase that down. Of my last 300 odd roasts, I'd guess 280 of them were Ethiopian coffees, mostly described by the vendors as "heirloom"...

I hadn't considered that, simply because I had no idea it existed. On the face of it, looks good.