Cool. An old friend was the one who found Mallory's body on that earlier search team.

I like the corgis. There are corgis nearby and one half corgi that loves to fetch. Would have a Corgi or a Bassett Hound, but allergies. My Scottie is also short in the legs, but I have fewer allergy problems with him.

@wtg Thanks for the update. I'm glad it worked for him. Big Al

That was an excellent report on a largely unseen part of the "deep state." As you no doubt recall, I live in the Pittsburgh region. The hill opposite downtown across the Monongahela River was called Coal Hill for a long time before getting the more upscale name of Mount Washington. I've worked on a facility adjacent to the Bureau of Mines location where Chris Mark worked. The Bureau of Mines headquarters was adjacent to CMU where I earned my degrees. A significant part of my career involved coal preparation plants, coal-fired power plants, and coke ovens. Coal and coal mining have been of interest and concern to me almost all of my life. Nonetheless, that story told me quite a bit that I didn't know and reinforced opinions I held about some companies involved in the mining industry. The changes in the regulatory environment that will flow out of the overturn of "Chevron deference" by the US Supreme Court are likely to be more impactful to the citizenry as a whole than the overturn of "Roe v. Wade." The weakening of the ability of government agencies to study problems like mine roof falls and promulgate solutions will be greatly inhibited. Big Al

So do I. I've actually done something like that when I've gotten the guys from the scam call centers in India. I ask them a question or say something that throws them off their script. It's fun to see how they react. Alternatively, I will occasionally answer in Lithuanian. Hilarity often ensues.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” May we never forget. Big Al

These types of thefts had become almost commonplace in California on trains coming out of the ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles. Big Al

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We’ve had below freezing temps already at night for awhile. But it’s still nice during the day.

Smart move for when ro if Ukraine falls. I

Whoa, it does put things in perspective.

Heard high school administrators talking years ago. They must have forgotten I was nearby. Nothing stupid coming from that crowd will ever surprise me.

I suspect many of those large RVs were bought by people that have never had to park a pickup truck in a parking lot. They did not know what they were doing. I do know that many of those pulling travel trailers do not know what they are doing. They only know their pickup can pull the trailer. The trucks ability to manage a wayward trailer in the wind, etc. are often inadequate. Watch out.

@Piano-Dad said in The Charlotte Observer calls out Trump: I will never vote for anyone with an "R" by their name for the rest of my life. Abe Lincoln may reincarnate. Then again, if Lincoln were alive today, he may choose to have "D" next to his name anyway.

I agree. The execution of Marcellus Williams a few weeks ago was particularly awful.

Gosh, can't wait to read the book... https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump/index.html

@pique said in I think I could be in love....: road noise I suspect this is very hard to gauge without spending a lot of time inside the house, at different times of day. In the house we are in now, we originally weren’t even going to ask for a showing because we thought it would have a lot of road noise from the road on the side of the house, and our agent even cautioned us about the possibility of road noise. We decided to check it out anyway, and of course you know the ending because we bought the house. During the day, at the showings, we thought it wasn’t noisy, but the last house we owned ended up being noisier than we anticipated and we didn’t really like that, so we were still kind of worried and felt like we were taking a chance. But living here, road noise did indeed turn out to be a non-issue. I believe it’s a combination of the distance of the house from that road, the construction of the house, and the double-paned windows. Well that and this road doesn’t get as much traffic as I thought it did. But even if traffic increases (which it probably will), I don’t think noise will become an issue. Our last house had its original (60 year-old) single-pane windows, which I think was the biggest cause. So obviously a big concern about any house you’re considering should be the windows. Lastly the only thing I would say is if you are thinking you’re going to move to the other side of the country, don’t wait. Cross country moves are exhausting, and getting settled into a new community is hard. You don’t want to do that after your health or mobility has declined.