WTF-Beta

@Jodi that was great!

Bernard, I'd like to hear more about the Granger movement. This is the first time I'm hearing about it. It sounds interesting.

Basically in the middle of absolutely nowhere. I wonder what the backstory is on the building of it. Why such an elaborate architecturally designed house in this location?

@RealPlayer said in 16 acres. Big house. 200K: Well, it is along the NY Thruway, central NY, but still not a place folks are moving to…yet. There’s a real migration of NY City people to upstate, at least the Hudson Valley. And some action around Albany. Artists and musicians! That surprised me. Hudson River towns, they’re becoming unaffordable. True, but as you probably know the Truway is built over the ancient Iroquois south to north road. It's only two lanes unless they've changed it. It has no streetlights and very few gas stations. It's the only way to drive from NYS if you want to go to Albany. I've driven it many times to Albany in Winter. You'd better be sure your tank is full and hope your car doesn't break down. People with money in NYC have many better options for a house in the country. I don't know anything about Montgomery County but I can't imagine there's the kind of economic opportunity that would support renovating this house considering the cost of gutting the interior and most likely starting from scratch with the wiring and plumbing not to mention the exterior renovation. It could happen for all I know but it doesn't seem likely.

@Jodi That’s lovely.

@Steve-Miller said in Mr. Jodi made the NYT (sort of) : What happened? We're becoming the next Jackson Hole. People are being driven out of their homes because taxes increased astronomically because of the increase of home valuations. Young people can't live here or raise their families here. Businesses can't find workers because the rents are so far beyond the ability of working people to pay. In 1992, I paid $500/mo for a 3 BR, 2 bath duplex apartment here. Today, that unit would easily rent for $3,000/mo. We could easily rent out our current home for $5k/mo.--2,000 square feet. People are spending the winter living in uninsulated campers. The RV campgrounds are full. In winter! My doctor and my physical therapist have lost their staff because they moved away to more affordable states. Even the hot springs resort near Jodi had to close to day users--you have to stay in the hotel to swim there--because they can't find employees. This affects everyone. Except of course the ultra wealthy whose Montana trophy homes sit empty most of the year. And don't get me started on the corporate landlords who have snatched up what used to be affordable housing by paying full cash and outcompeting local buyers. Then turn that housing stock into AirBnBs, or jack up the rents to astronomical levels the current tenants cannot pay. Late stage capitalism isn't pretty.

Oooh, I’ll see if we can rearrange over here, too!

Agreed, Daniel. She was singled out. Apparently she is not pleased with the mockumentary. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/movies/martha-stewart-netflix-documentary.html

I was pretty sure it would be really good; the combo of salmon and that sauce is a natural. And I hadn't noticed the feta in the recipe for the sauce but I agree with leaving it out.

Love the pause…and the tweak!

@Jodi said in Trump calls Maine Governor Janet Mills a man in a mistake ridden call…: Mills referred to Trump’s opponent, Democrat Kamala Harris, in a brief retort on X: “He better get used to recognizing women. He’s about to get beat by one.”. Love it!!

@Jodi said in David Hicken (piano composer): That balance piece is beautiful. Also, very, very easy. And fun to play! I bought Jacob LaVallee's complete set of PDFs with the intention of using them for sight reading practice, but I have so many things on my practice menu right now that I haven't started that yet. You can see his scores here, he shows the first page as well. https://jacob-lavallee-sheet-music.sellfy.store/

Lololol

It’s good to have pets you could eat in a pinch.

For Wtf as an element, I am thinking the atomic weight may correspond to the number of members we have. The atomic number is harder to choose -- who should we consider "positive"?

That's nothing compared to what has happened in the (geologically recent) past there. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera) Big Al

Biden interview on why he dropped out of the Presidential race: Link to video