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Doomsday Preppers...

I was channel surfing yesterday and came across a show about people who take extreme measures to prepare for doomsday. The family on the episode had a garage filled with food and items to sustain themselves for months. The husband bought a large military surplus truck designed to travel on rough terrain. They went on a field trip where the man reveals a cavern with a steel door where they planned to live. They descended down by ladder and had plans to stay there in the event of some Apocalypse/world-ending catastrophe.

I see there was a landing with stairs down to the entrance. Hope he doesn't encounter 5 days of rain or the entrance will flood and they could be swimming inside that cavern!

Anyway, I went to YouTube to see if I could find that episode and to my surprise all kinds of 'prepper' videos showed up. Survival bunkers, living off the grid instructions, combat training, weapons needed, emergency food and medicine stockpile, protective gear, batteries, gas & generators, solar power, bicycle generators.

Some of the statistics say only 1% of the population will survive an Apocalypse.

When I hear the word prepper, I usually think of pepper... as in Dr. Pepper.
"Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?"

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All of you...

In the South, all of you has been replaced with Y'all.
This happened long before the time of the Civil War.
Everyone is included when you say Y'all.
But... (there's always a but) if Y'all isn't enough, you can make it plural and say Y'all's as in "I needs to knows what Y'all's want for the barbecue on Saturday"
Yeah, all of you!
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Maitland?

Maitland oh Maitland where is your Ward?

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What if?

I've been doing 'what if' scenarios as long as I can remember.
For example... What if the boss realized his lazy son wasn't qualified for the position he put him in and hired someone who actually worked for a living!

What if Led Zeppelin actually lost their copyright infringement suit?

What if The Monkees had real talent?

What if Jimi Hendrix hadn't overdosed on barbiturates?

What if Biden took 85% of the votes would Trump be able to contest that?

What if a CIA agent on his death bed confessed that 911 was an inside job?

What if Elvis was actually pumping gas at a station in Lansing, Michigan?

What if I stayed in the school symphony (instead of joining a rock band) and received a music scholarship?

What if I would have kept my brother's 1957 BMW Isetta and had it fully restored?
(They bring as much as $45,000 now)
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What if I drove a new BMW, would women notice me?

What if I rented my Miami house (and not sold it) would I lose my eviction rights to an unemployed tenant due to COVID?

What if Nikola Tesla didn't allow Thomas Edison to take advantage of him and his inventions?

What if Bent got Jim banned and had no one to chase around to feed his obsession?

What if the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter Kobe Bryant was killed in had a collision detection system? (something found on $500 drones)

What if Whitney Houston didn't have cocaine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), alprazolam (Xanax), cannabis, and cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) in her body when she took a bath?

What if Stevie Ray Vaughan acted on a hunch about the nightmare he had one day before his death?

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The age of Aquarium...

Calculating the volume of a tank 84" long x 36" deep x 48" high = 145,152 cubic inches.
That's roughly 628 gallons. Use 1" thick acrylic mounted on a 2 x 2 welded metal frame 36" high braced every 16 inches. Wrap it with access doors on 3 sides to allow storage and changing of the filtration system.

I'm contracted to do a decorative wood surround for a salt water aquarium.
The actual design/concept is pretty easy with a few flip doors and removable panels.
All the seams have to be overlapped so light doesn't transmit through the panels in the canopy that houses strips of high intensity LED lighting.

Everything has to be sealed as the humidity will be high and the salt will be corrosive.
My choice would be a catalyzed paint and primer system.
My fear is the toxicity as some paints though considered dry will give out VOC's (Volatile organic compounds) for many weeks after the application.
I brought this up to the project manager who awarded the work to my company.

The suggestion is to use low VOC water based primer and paint and get everyone (manager, architect, aquarium fabricator, client) to give their blessing and keep my company from any liability should a few thousand in exotic fish perish.

Build early, paint early, let it fully dry before installation.

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It appears your wish hasn't been granted...

On the 9th of January Moderator wrote a blog "Posting of political Blogs and Forums" in it he stated "So we've decided it would be best to concentrate on more positive categories for discussion, and to no longer allow posting of threads and blogs about Politics and Covid issues.
This is to let you know that, for now, we will be removing any that are posted."

The Moderator profile hasn't been online since and the direction of the blogs have actually taken a turn.



https://www.connectingsingles.com/blog_115076_1/posting_of_political_blogs_and_forums.htm
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I'll be meeting Fred this weekend...

There is a destructive nature about Fred. He comes and goes rather quickly and expected to leave the place a mess. Lots of people will be watching Fred, literally tracking his whereabouts as he plans to visit South Florida come this weekend.
It's depressing to think about the whole thing, but that is the outlook for now. Currently Fred has passed over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and is kissing the eastern point of Cuba.

I've got the path of Fred right here:

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If you haven't guessed by now, Fred is a storm.
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Got Milk?

Got Milk? was part of a 1993 American advertising campaign to encourage the consumption of milk. It worked as many American adults consume milk. However, many non-Americans say that only babies and young children should be drinking milk.

I drink milk. Not every day... When I do, it's usually Organic 2% or Lactose free 2% and recently a grass fed variety. In my refrigerator are other milk substitutes, Soy Milk, Almond Milk and a new favorite: Oat Milk. The drawback to the oat milk is it's high caloric content. Something like 130 calories per serving, where Soy Milk is around 30 calories.

"Got Milk" ads were retired many years ago:

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/milk-ads-retired-20-years-milk-moustaches-article-1.1701064
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer...

One of my favorite progressive-rock bands is ELP. Sadly 2 of the members are gone now.

Keith Emerson died by suicide March 11, 2016. He had several health related issues and nerve damage in his right hand that added to his depression.

Greg Lake died from cancer on December 7, 2016

All 3 members were active after the breakup of ELP and performed a few reunion concerts.

I first heard Greg Lake around 1969 when he was with King Crimson and considered him to be one of the best vocalists of his time. While everyone was wowed by Paul Rogers (of Free) it was Greg with a more colorful sound and a wider range.

This past weekend, I binged on some ELP and also listened/watched a few Keith Emerson Band videos featuring Marc Bonilla on guitars and vocals.
They performed a melodic version of the ELP hit Lucky Man and Bonilla did a great job on vocals.

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Spinoff Blogs...

This week has been busy in the soap opera life of the king of socks and two-time CS loser at love. He's throwing insults (as usual) defending his manhood, posting retaliation blogs to the comments and other blogs about him. No one is spared in this event. However, I haven't time to read those other blogs right now... enjoy them as you can and let me know happens should they get deleted!


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Soda that makes you cry...

More than eight months now that I've been avoiding sugar... especially drinks that are high in fructose corn syrup.
Initially, I dropped 15 pounds and 5 more but that 5 pounds wavers like the stock market. The weight gained while visiting my brother is finally gone and I'm back to pulling my pants up at least 40 times per day!

While grocery shopping I decided it was okay to try some drinks that had real sugar and ended up with some Red Rock Golden Ginger Ale. It was on sale yet terribly expensive as the little bottles are roughly 90 cents each.

This stuff is really strong and one sip goes directly to your sinuses making your eyes tear up! What I've been doing to get around that is to mix the soda with carbonated (seltzer) water... the stuff with a hint of flavor and no calories. 50/50 is the usual mix. It's enough bite to still go to my nose but the flavor is tamed.

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Nairobi, Kenya...

I've always been suspicious when several new members from the same country show up on the same day. That used to happen with women in the Philippines. I learned they didn't have internet access and several would gather at the cafe, pool their money to buy online time and create a bunch of profiles in one session.

Fraud is a bigger part of dating sites with many local scammers, so one doesn't have to travel far to find a fake profile.

Tipping the scale in Connecting Singles this week happens to be an overflow of new profiles from Kenya. Nairobi being the main city listed. In a 24 hour period, I counted 37 female members from Nairobi and 13 from other cities like Mombasa. I suspect the 'energy' creating 50 of these profiles isn't coming from 50 real members. I'd wager it's only one or a small connected (scammer) group.

It's doubtful the average CS user is seeking a mate from Africa, but it casts doubt on every new profile here including the ones that pass as the 'girl next door' with no suspicious details.

Overall, I've noticed more than a few dozen of the profiles I reported that were obvious fakes haven't been deleted. It's been happening a few months now. A few are actively checking in but most are dormant. I think the trick on another site was to change/lock the password so the scammer couldn't get back in and the profile stayed in the listing. The reason for that is membership kept growing. If the moderator deleted al the bogus profiles, half the site would be gone!

Nairobi... we've got 'em
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