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Just Sven
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3 years ago

Good morning, GN!

Today CA is lifting most of its covid restrictions, allowing us to rejoin the rest of the nation. I’m sure there will be much fanfare from govt officials thanking us for working together and our sacrifices through these difficult and unprecedented times, along with how exceptional we all are. I’m sure too that there will ominous warnings about how this could happen again and we all must be vigilant and ready for the next time. What a crock.

Hottest day of this heat wave happens today. First “local” fire about 30 miles north got put down quickly yesterday -- more to come.

And just where is Fatwa?

Just Sven
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3 years ago
Reply to  Mac

Hello, Mac -- and Newsom will use today as a fundraising vehicle to prevent his recall.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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3 years ago

Good morning, Gerbil Nation.
Good morning, Sven and Mac.

Yesterday, just before dinner, we learned that our dear friend, Cindi, had passed away, unexpectedly. We rushed over to their home to be with the family. Her husband, Pete, was in Oregon for the funeral of his sister and was desperately trying to get home. His flight was delayed and he ended up stuck in San Jose until this morning. We’re not sure when he’ll get home.

We met Pete and Cindi 37 years ago, through mutual friends. It turns out she was dating someone at the small college in Indiana that I attended and we probably ran into each other at parties. Our kids grew up together and when they were younger, Mrs. Paddy took care of them. When she’d take them all out, people thought she had two sets of fraternal twins. Cindi was Mrs. Paddy’s best friend. They were going to grow old together. Now all we can think about are all the things we had planned that will never happen and the hole she has left in our hearts.

Sorry for the downer post first thing in the morning.
I’m grateful to have a community of friends like all of you.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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3 years ago
Reply to  Mac

Thank you, Mac.

Just Sven
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3 years ago

My prayers for comfort and strength for her family and yours as well.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Thanks, Sven. This is going to be a long journey.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago

I never know what to say at such times. I’ve lost people to freak accidents, illness, and even suicide over the years, so I understand what it feels like. I guess this is where faith comes in. We have faith that we will be able to see our loved ones again. I guess it doesn’t help much in the moment when we’re missing them in our lives, but it does give us comfort in the long run.

Before I had my own faith, I think I used to envy that about those who did. Now, I feel like my Dad, and others are present in my life, waiting for me on the other side of the veil. Sometimes it feels like they are reaching across to tell me things, give me advice, warn me about things, or even make me laugh.

I especially feel my Dad joking with me all the time.

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Paddy O'Furnijur
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3 years ago
Reply to  dv8

Thanks, dv8. I don’t know what to say at times like this, either. On the giving end, everything seems like so many platitudes, but on the receiving end, the words themselves don’t matter -- it’s the love behind them that does. That love transcends the words themselves and is a source of comfort.

My faith helps me know that I will indeed be reunited with my friends and loved ones.

Just Sven
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3 years ago

Well this is interesting, but not in a good way. We seem to be having a cockroach infestation.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Combat Traps are the best. Don’t bother with the exterminator, buy a pack, put a couple in each room, a few in the garage, they’ll be gone in about a day. Very low effort.

Just Sven
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3 years ago
Reply to  dv8

Thanks, Dv8 -- I just ordered some along with a pack of sonic repellers which have very mixed reviews as to effectiveness.

This has never been a problem for us. We’d see the random roach a few times throughout the year, but now they’ve shown up in every room of the house.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

The sonic repellers will be counter productive against the Combat brand bait.

Combat works by making the roaches toxic to other roaches. Which kills all the ones you don’t see. That’s why they are so effective. They even worked great for us in Portland where we got 100″ of rain per year. Hence had many roaches in that climate.

Repellers and glue traps and roach motels all have the same problem in that they only kill or deter the ones you can see.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  dv8

Same goes for rodents; you can only get rid of them by killing the ones you can’t see. Cumiden type poison does that for rats.

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Paddy O'Furnijur
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3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Sorry about your roach problem, Sven. Disgusting little creatures.
Boric acid powder works well with roaches. It’s relatively non-toxic, so you don’t have to worry about using it around dishes, food, etc.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Word….

Just Sven
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3 years ago
Reply to  dv8

Good advice all the way around. Thanks.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  Mac

Yup. Like in NYC. Time to rewatch “Joe’s Apartment.”

Fun Fact: “Joes Apartment” was the first DVD I ever bought. Second was “Office Space,” Which, you know, now that I think of it, has a similar feel to it. After that, we started grabbing cinematic feeds off encrypted sattelites and burning them to compressed DivX Cds. Shortly after that, you could get movie rips everywhere, and burn them to CD or DVD if you wanted to. But by then they started appearing on those foreign TV/Movie sites so you didn’t even have to mess with downloading, ripping, compressing, burning, etc.

Once HTML5 came along, you didn’t even need flash anymore to watch such things online.

Just a little trip down memory lane.

Just Sven
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3 years ago
Reply to  dv8

Well you boys ain’t filling me with optimism.

I have the feeling that it’s going to be roach hunting for the next couple of weeks. Yeah.

Just Sven
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3 years ago

Now that the lab release theory has gone mainstream, it makes me wonder if the powers that be have decided to let that cat out of the bag to pull any attention away from a deliberate release/act of war by our Chinese friends.

dv8
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dv8
3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Joe Biden loves roaches jumping on his lap.