WTF-Beta

I would too, although the popularity of internet celebs like Rogan makes me doubt the effectiveness of letting the people decide.

It’s the Wild West out there!

Decent house but I’d hesitate to buy anything in New Orleans these days.

Flood risk is too high, particularly when stretched out over 20+ years.

Today’s task is to clear out some of the carnage from the last winter. They each have a tiny bit of growth at the base but I’m informed that they’re not coming back.

Japanese Maple - the first one I planted:

Weeping Atlas Cedar:

Not shown is a small lace leaf Japanese Maple that I was learning to shape with bonsai wire. Nice shape but not coming back.

They were all rated for zones a lot colder than mine. Not sure what I’ll replace them with.

Kim planted Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Hydrangeas in the bare flowerbed in front of her house. Digging wasn’t easy - turns out there is a big stump in the center of it and lots of roots.

Does anyone have experience with stump killing? We’re told it was a Wisteria and it’s starting to come back.

Glad to hear Mr. WTG is making progress!

Not a bad idea. I wonder if many of the influenced would actually care.

Does a degree from Liberty count as a credential?

Sounds like a decent guy, something that can’t be said for a lot if billionaires.

@Mik

Now with more protein!

They list both a Craftsman bungalow and a California bungalow. Wiki says the California variant is usually smaller. I didn’t know that!

Love me a Craftsman house but my favorite will always be Spanish Revival.

OIC. The office building is actually on the back of the house and appears to be an addition done in the 1970’s. The close up pictures show that it’s not quite as overwrought as it looks at first glance and could be corrected with a few coats of paint.

The front is a lot nicer, more conventional facade, updated since 1938 but not horribly.

The photographer took some liberties with his wide angle lens. The rooms are a lot smaller than they anppear, as is the rest of the house, except for the primary bedroom upstairs - 15’ x 26’. That upstairs gallery represents a lot of square footage by itself, as does the second floor closet.

The kitchen is tight but it’s finished a lot nicer than the rest of the house. Laundry room is nice as well.

Looking at the baseboard heat, (is it electric?) the large windows across the back, the two story open ceiling, and the placement of a/c registers makes me think the house is nearly impossible to heat/cool.

Did you catch the angled mirror over the bath tub? That the water source is “Lake Michigan”?

Love the yard.

Jr. , Vance or Rubio.

That’s quite a lineup!

It was painted in those grays when we bought and it really didn’t need re-painting so we left it.

We bought it fully equipped and with any luck we’ll sell it the same way. If not we’ll have to hire an estate sale company or something to empty it out. Doubt we’ll get much for any of it.

The kitchen is nice but really small for a house of its size. If I were to live there I’d expand it in to the eating area behind it.

Wish us luck!

We are selling it. It’s a nice AirBnb but it doesn’t rent consistently enough to justify operating it and the property tax just took a huge jump.

The fact it has a transferable AirBnB license is an important selling feature. They aren’t issuing them any more.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1135-By-The-Shores-Dr-Huron-OH-44839/33771570_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

It’s a new app that saves recipes you find on the internet to your phone and allows you to organize them any way you want. What’s crazy is it will convert video recipes (YouTube, Instagram, etc.) in to written recipes that you can then store. Seems to work with any YT video and at least some IG ones. Haven’t tried a TikTok recipe.

Way better than sending myself texts or favoriting a page. Free trial then $50/year. If the subscription expires you don’t lose your recipes, you just can’t add new ones.

I never sign up for paid apps but I really like this one! I justify the cost by comparing it to the cost of buying two cookbooks a year.

Probably both but I really like it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW1WPglAtWr/?igsh=MWtzbXVwbW13OXVvbw==

@Mik

AI stands for “average idiot” - the new term for “conventional wisdom”. The interwebs are chock full of random actors - mostly advertisers and “influencers“ - pushing additional protein. AI looks at the ratios and decides that extra protein is the way to go - all the cool kids are doing it!

Meanwhile, if you’ve looked in to the Mediterranean diet, blue zones and the seven country study you find that people who live a long time don’t eat anywhere near the amount if protein that the Average Idiot considers the minimum. Some protein yes, large amounts no.

OTOH it sells hamburgers so it can’t be all bad.

AI wabi-sabi!

Maybe my grandson would like to see it too!

Thanks!

Good news!

The only thing I question is this new emphasis on protein. They’re even adding it to bottled water!

Should be interesting to watch it play out. Aldi in particular has a lot of work to do - their packaged food lines have ingredients lists that read like science projects. Will the value-conscious Aldi shopper shop elsewhere? Or will Aldi shop for cleaner replacements?