WTF-Beta

They’ll change their minds once they get their bail out checks.

That’s quite a list.

My friend told me that AI actually stands for “Average Idiot”, owing to the way the data is scraped from sketchy sites like Xitter.

Seems legit.

It’s the only TV I watch these days.

Hope they don’t screw it up.

Those utility offers are often a great deal. I insulated the attic at one house for exactly what the utility rebate covered.

Even better was the water company offer to swap older toilets for new ones. I swapped out 6 toilets in the apartment building, mostly because the old ones were shot.

@ShiroKuro said in A great week!:

@Steve-Miller said in A great week!:

I just spray them.

With what?

I used to use glyphosate, now I use Triclopyr or another brush killer.

There aren’t usually very many and I just spray them.

Also made an offer on this house. It’s down the street from our current house. Wildly overpriced but definite potential.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3290-Edgewater-Blvd-Vermilion-OH-44089/34530311_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Our 20% underbid did not impress and it went to someone else. Probably just as well - I’m getting too old to take on such a project.

Chris was n her natural habitat. She did two 1000 piece puzzles over the course of the week. She just can’t sit still - swept the garage, tidied up constantly, cooked all kinds of things. She’d have washed the carbon I had let her.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/05eHTb-YinPe6dwKsWVGPsMkA

Ron is the opposite. Perfectly content to sit and talk or read. He’s a retired engineer and interested in everything.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0cfqHouNn6jlr8asLHCyyEZDg

View from the Amish buffet restaurant:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/072apNak75ifgec0QD1MPyJzw

https://share.icloud.com/photos/03fUIor7Zps4DU_4slb1Nf0tw

Farmers Market. We hit several:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/07eVRz68BFuSuqDS_GlySBEWw

Entertained friends from Tucson all week. So much fun! You might remember that Ron and I have been friends since 1966. We never ran out of things to talk about. The weather cooperated - our friends came dressed for Snowpocalypse but temps averaged low 70’s all week.

We visited Amish Country, saw a locally produced musical, toured the highlights of downtown Cleveland (yes, they exist), visited Kelley’s Island and bounced around on a golf cart all day. Introduced our guests to Ohio tavern culture and they liked it just fine. Walleye! Tots! Pierogis!

We ate like Infantry! Their habits are much different than ours. We almost never snack, they snack all day. They drink astonishing quantities of Diet Dr. Pepper and iced tea throughout the day. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Made several loaves of sourdough and then sent them home with some starter. Chris loves to bake and having recently been diagnosed with Celiac she’s looking forward to trying some GF recipes. I may try a few myself.

Taken in front of the Amish theater. They’re big on mums out there:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0959Sy4uHHDwZrGgMprHIrhxA

Cleveland sign, one of several as it turns out.

Https://share.icloud.com/photos/084yDjAwSVwr-WVosNgVaiadQ

https://share.icloud.com/photos/09b6TCIIZLqEnOduYtM6iCavw

The foo-foo Provincial furniture looks ridiculous.

The first laundry room with the white appliances was designed by someone who has never done laundry. The second laundry room has black appliances - really the only color in the house. I suspect they were brought in from a previous house to save money.

The kitchen looks like AI - there’s no kitchen sink and the work triangle is non-existent. The plants photograph gray for some reason. Very strange.

The garage is absurdly small for a house of that size, and it’s hard to believe that they never finished the drywall.

Looks like they ran out of money when it came time to install vanities. I suspect they’re stock Home Depot units and if they aren’t they’re perfect copies.

The article talks about the difference in focus, the Chinese on practicaInter slop - pictures, entertainment, etc. This sounds like an important distinction.

The amount of energy used by American systems vs. the efficiency of Deep Seek will also become important, and I think very quickly. The current pace of infrastructure construction is not sustainable.

What a beautiful wedding and such beautiful people!

Even the old man looks pretty good!

Good grief.

Like this:

Area around window is all cut out of a continuous sheet of drywall. If you do it in three pieces you’ll probably end up with cracks.

I like that your drywaller “picture framed” around the window.

It’s one mark of quality job