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Thanks, catch! I will do that tomorrow. I didn't think to do it before I started, so that train had left the station. I have also used spray canola oil (Pam) once or twice. The stuff that you spray into pans and baking dishes.
Cub cadet here. Hand warmers no longer work & wish I had looked into seeing why! To late know.
Just a few flakes observed this morning, Derf
Found this on internet, maybe it helps? Looks like there may be a fuse…
We have about 6" as of now. I changed the oil in the Ariens on Wednesday. It does have electric start, but just not needed. Will be heading out soon for round one.
Edit: Whew what a slog! The snowblower was pushing the snow, instead of expelling i…
We are traveling. So it presents many opportunity to explore other cuisines. Tonight our family will have Thai cuisine to celebrate Thanksgiving. Always enjoy savvy and spicy dishes. Last year, we had Indian cuisine and it was delicious.
Neat!…
@derf I love ham & bean soup.
@mona That sounds delicious. Many items I would enjoy.
@Mark @Hank I usually make a prime rib roast on Christmas Eve. That kapusta sounds good. I am adding that to my "recipes" folder.
Guessing that you have a longer/bigger driveway?
That's great that you found a good repairman. My Ariens is 11 years old. It has the Subaru/Robbins engine and I just gassed it up and checked the oil yesterday. Starts on the first pull every time. A…
Seems to me that one particular person is responsible for whatever effect massive new tariffs are having on people and the economy. Unlike manias and crashes, these tariffs are not an expected by-product of whatever anyone imagines a "normal" market…
The very unusual situation of poor sentiments and indicators near market highs has been noted in the media and at MFO. The K-economy explanation sounds reasonable.
... I don't time and always have market exposure suitable for my comfortable sleep l…
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/bessent-says-theres-a-very-good-chance-trump-names-new-fed-chair-before-christmas.html
Going to name a new FED chair by Christmas?
Man, does this reek of desperation! Likely to go the way that the Comey and James p…
Surprised it took this long. Utter incompetence. There were several other major screw ups.
I imagine that legitimately getting this through another Grand Jury would be very difficult. And not getting either case to fail again, would be quite a tri…
This may be an ignorant POV, but I feel that those who vaccinate will be mainly fine. Those who choose to not vaccinate themselves or their families will be exposed to greater risk as other foolish people do the same. It seems like "Darwin Award" te…
I do not necessarily believe that trump is an anti-semite, personally. Just that he is unable to call out the large segment of those people in the MAGA ranks. It is complicated. His mentor and protector, Roy Cohn, was both a Jew and gay. trump does …
She acts surprised that conservative men look down on women. Only decades of denial would prevent knowing this from the start. Cult-like.
"She said that Republican women had been unfairly treated by party leadership, including herself and the New …
"Organized Jewry" is code for "people smarter and more successful than me". As is "globalist" and everything "Soros".
What is most despicable/disturbing is how these people are now trying to use the holocaust for their own personal cultural approp…
I agree that Trump's policies are not responsible for day-to-day market gyrations. Except maybe in a very broad sense. And I agree that his policies are likely to be long-term destructive to confidence. And long-term destructive to the consumer. And…
Japan's exports are booming. Making Japan Great Again!
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/21/japan-october-exports-massively-beat-estimates-on-robust-growth-in-shipments-to-asia-and-europe-.html
"Exports to Asia climbed 4.2% and shipments to Western Eur…
It never made sense in the same universe as re-shoring or reducing the trade deficit. For anything like that to happen, many, very high tariffs would need to remain in place for several years, minimum.
But, when looking for excuses, these folks (m…
I definitely suspect that was why his first term tariffs were allowed to persist. No one wanted to own that as a political blunder. Give the opposition a weapon if anything went wrong. Waste time on that potential unexploded ordnance.
She may be c…
