According to one of our sources, the Texaco at Avenue F and Highway 60 had a spot of trouble with ATF the other day for selling alcohol to a minor. Apparently the cashier didn't card the kid.
Real simple, idiots. Check ID or don't sell the booze.
I think I'll patronize a business with more respect for the law.
I usually spend my "seed money" at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
They ship promptly. Their prices are decent.
And they've got the most interesting stuff!
Cassabanana or Melocoton:
The fruit are brilliant, flaming red and are about 2' long, one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen! They have bright orange flesh that is sweet and is used in drinks, jellies and other desserts, it has a unique tropical fruit taste. The fruit are so fragrant and keep for a long period, like squash, making this a hot item for fall sales for pumpkin growers. Huge vines can grow to 50' and are quite ornamental, but they do require a long season.Guess I'll need to put up one heck of an arbor, for a 50-foot vine. Yikes.
We had to replace the CD-ROM drive and as long as we had the case open, added some memory.
Whew! was it ever dusty in there!
So off we went to Wal-Mart for a can or two of compressed air.
None to be found. None in the back, none at the front.
None at Rite-Aid or CVS. None at the various dollar stores.
How and why did the whole town run out of canned air?
Somebody at the Hard Copy board mentioned that a Bellsouth employee said DSL internet service will be available all over the area by the end of the year.
I went to the Bellsouth site and had an online chat with a customer service rep.
Yes, it's true. BS DSL will be available all over the place by the end of 2007.
Yippee!
I never heard of 'em, until I ran into one of their videos on Break.com. Not surprising. With the thousands or tens of thousands of musicians and groups, who can follow them all?
Penn Masala, the Hindi a cappella group. Wow.
Listen to Aankhon Mein Tu Hai. A little hip-hop, a little bit of ballad, hauntingly beautiful tune and clean lyrics - Hooray! Teenage daughter loved it.
Go to their site and buy their CDs.
Listen, darlin'. If you can't see a vehicle smack dab in front of you with a turn signal on, and beginning to turn, you need to get your eyes checked. How'd you get home without running into a parked car?
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell my children that you should always pass up a parking space if it appears that someone else is waiting for it.
You've gotta be a native Washington Parishite. The immigrants aren't that rude.
I was lurking in a Usenet group and ran into a link for this Time magazine article [excerpt]:
A little over a year ago, 10 friends got together in San Francisco over a potluck dinner. There were a few teachers, a technology marketer, an engineer, a dog handler. What would it be like, they wondered amid the Christmas shopfest, if they all pledged not to buy anything new except food, medicine and essential toiletries for a year? Thus was born a movement that they named, in a light-hearted way, after the 1621 Mayflower Compact. "We are a group of individuals committed to a 12-month flight from the consumer grid," they wrote in a chat-room manifesto that lists their aims as going "beyond recycling," reducing clutter in their homes and simplifying their lives: "Borrow, barter or buy used."Here's the San Francisco blog.
We've become an Amazon Associate, which means you'll be seeing links to books in our posts. Some of 'em slightly humorous, I hope.
In the sidebar we'll have a running text-only list.
Happy reading :-)!
I can't call this a product endorsement, exactly. I'm not an R. H. Shumway's seed customer yet.
But their catalog is gorgeous. Full of old-fashioned illustrations - like this one for bush beans.
Their website is also attractive. Order a catalog here.
PS - Before I buy online or mailorder, I check out the company at the BBB and the Rip-Off Report.
Back in Sept '06, I posted about a shop in Skaneateles, New York opened by a Bogalusa native and her husband - Kebbie and Ken Rosenberg.
An anonymous commenter warned that all is not what it seemed:
This store has a history of ripping off the artists whose products populate the shelves. Refusing to pay for merchandise sold & refusing to return products to the artisan, they should not be done business with.Okay.
Based on BBB files, this company has an unsatisfactory record with the Bureau due to unanswered complaint(s).Thanks for that tip, Anonymous!
Some good friends are going to be shopping for a tractor or the like in a couple months. They've got about 3 acres to cut and also plant a kitchen garden and patches for wildflowers. They'd like to be able to mow down light brush, too. They have a push mower for the lawn around the house.
I agreed to lend an ear to this enterprise, but it's the blind leading the blind, heh. Plus they're "income-challenged" so they're thinking used equipment.
Here are the possibilities they've been bouncing off me, as if I know anything. Except I've been trying to think of all the pros and cons of each. The links show examples, but not necessarily the make/model. They'll decide that when they look at what's available around the end of February.
Garden tractor
Compact tractor
BCS equipment (two-wheel tractor)
Or use animals:
Fence
Pig - the "tiller"
Goats - a/k/a bush hogs
Geese - grass trimmers
I'm not certain if they'd rather maintain an engine or care for critters, and it sounds like they're waffling with that, too.
Anyhoooooo - I'm actively soliciting advice on their behalf from folks who've got to be more equipment-savvy than I am. In other words, everybody. Brands to avoid, livestock versus machines, reliability, cost of upkeep... Whatever. Opinions are like you-know-what's, everybody's got one. Post yours in the comments and I'll pass 'em on :-).
We found gas for $2.189 a gallon yesterday, on Hwy 190 near the turnoff for 21.
Looks like Barber's is moving into their new store, in Salle's former spot on Avenue F. They did a handsome renovation of the storefront.
Lookin' good! May you prosper, Barber's.
