But a portion of our haul:Best place I’ve found to buy liquor is Louisiana. It’s almost free
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There's cat fur all over the wall. LOL.
Must have shopped for liquor somewhere outside of my district. Got 10.45% sales tax in my area.
The place I go to shop at Samsclub has 9.94% sales tax so its not as bad. But we have high taxes here.
Mom's dog is named Fippy Darkpaw- after an aggressive gnoll in EverQuest who always ran directly at Qeynos.
I'm waiting for my samsclub curbside order to be ready. I found that if I show up in the timeframe it is supposed to be ready I end up having to wait for hours. Never ready on time. So I wait until I get notice that its ready and drive an hour to go pick it up. But they have stuff up there they don't have down here.
For now I'm staying warm cuddling with cats. Rupert is happily curled up on my lap soaking up the body heat.
Must have shopped for liquor somewhere outside of my district. Got 10.45% sales tax in my area.
The place I go to shop at Samsclub has 9.94% sales tax so its not as bad. But we have high taxes here.
Mom's dog is named Fippy Darkpaw- after an aggressive gnoll in EverQuest who always ran directly at Qeynos.
I'm waiting for my samsclub curbside order to be ready. I found that if I show up in the timeframe it is supposed to be ready I end up having to wait for hours. Never ready on time. So I wait until I get notice that its ready and drive an hour to go pick it up. But they have stuff up there they don't have down here.
For now I'm staying warm cuddling with cats. Rupert is happily curled up on my lap soaking up the body heat.
I ended up getting a $10 coupon from samsclub because my order wasn't ready on time.
Had to mess with the thermostat because switching from heat to cold wasn't automatic and even though I used the online feature to try to program it, it wasn't switching. I had to watch a Youtube video on how to program it manually. Had to find the right menu and now "Auto" has been added to the available options. If it gets above a certain temp it will cool. Below a certain temp and it will heat. Not sure why they didn't have this as an option by default.
I'm also wanting to do some maintenance on my water heater but am not sure if that will create more problems. My vision sucks so I couldn't tell if it was 50 or 80 gallon so I had to take a photo and zoom in. We got it well over a decade ago. Possibly 2. I *think* we got it in 2001 or 2002. It doesn't have a pan under it and I want to get a tough pan. It's still working at least but water that comes out of it is dirty. I don't even want to know what the rod looks like-- if there is even a rod left. Need to build something to be able to strap it in place so it won't twist/move when removing the rod.
I saw some electric rods that allegedly work better than standard anode rods but reviews were mixed. Some said it didn't work at all, some said it worked great, some said it didn't take away smell (not an issue for me bc if there is a smell I'm noseblind to it), & others said it leaked from the hematic seal. Corra something was what it was called...
I'm going to have to get my fat behind in gear to clean up the back hallway and pick up some lumber so we can replace the back door (which involves installing a proper header, modifying cripples & jack studs, & repairing the floor/sill. The sill is completely rotted and so is the current door. But my brother pushed a bunch of clothes, trash, and junk into the hallway when he "cleaned" his room and we can't even open the back door. I need to finish painting the door frame and then haul it and the (already painted) door up. The door was taken off so I could paint it.
My brain is all over the place today.
Had to mess with the thermostat because switching from heat to cold wasn't automatic and even though I used the online feature to try to program it, it wasn't switching. I had to watch a Youtube video on how to program it manually. Had to find the right menu and now "Auto" has been added to the available options. If it gets above a certain temp it will cool. Below a certain temp and it will heat. Not sure why they didn't have this as an option by default.
I'm also wanting to do some maintenance on my water heater but am not sure if that will create more problems. My vision sucks so I couldn't tell if it was 50 or 80 gallon so I had to take a photo and zoom in. We got it well over a decade ago. Possibly 2. I *think* we got it in 2001 or 2002. It doesn't have a pan under it and I want to get a tough pan. It's still working at least but water that comes out of it is dirty. I don't even want to know what the rod looks like-- if there is even a rod left. Need to build something to be able to strap it in place so it won't twist/move when removing the rod.
I saw some electric rods that allegedly work better than standard anode rods but reviews were mixed. Some said it didn't work at all, some said it worked great, some said it didn't take away smell (not an issue for me bc if there is a smell I'm noseblind to it), & others said it leaked from the hematic seal. Corra something was what it was called...
I'm going to have to get my fat behind in gear to clean up the back hallway and pick up some lumber so we can replace the back door (which involves installing a proper header, modifying cripples & jack studs, & repairing the floor/sill. The sill is completely rotted and so is the current door. But my brother pushed a bunch of clothes, trash, and junk into the hallway when he "cleaned" his room and we can't even open the back door. I need to finish painting the door frame and then haul it and the (already painted) door up. The door was taken off so I could paint it.
My brain is all over the place today.
Corro-Protect powered anode rod. The technology is sound, they are expensive and need to be plugged in to function. Good warranty (20 years) if you can believe it.
I voted today in hopes of removing the county and the Commonwealth from the brink.
I voted today in hopes of removing the county and the Commonwealth from the brink.
Last time I was over in Louisiana years ago we stopped in Slidell and went to schwegmanns
Amazon reviewers said the warranty was worthless because the company wouldn't respond to any messages and just ignored complaints. Said they had major leaks and that they made multiple attempts to file a claim and company ghosted them. Said they can't honor a warranty if they don't actually respond. Now, it could be that they might not offer support for stuff purchased via Amazon but might support it if bought from them directly, but I've never seen that suggested. I know some companies do that.
I think I knew someone who lived in Slidell at some point. I don't think I ever went there though.
Early voting for runoffs starts Friday here. I'll take Mom to deliver her mail-in-ballot (she doesn't trust USPS with it) and I'll vote. Not usually a lot of turnout for the elections here. They don't really advertise them well so people don't know they are happening.
Today I moved some stuff around in my room so I could bring my old disgusting computer back in and set it up as bait for the cats so they can sit on it instead of the UPS. I secured the basket on top of the UPS with flat bungee tie down straps- wrapped the straps underneath and then hooked in to the end holes on the basket. I moved stuff in the hallway/kitchen so I could push the cat tree back. It had been bumped forward so it was obstructing the walking path. Used Gorilla sticky putty to get a plastic drawer set to stick to the top of another drawer set so it wouldn't slide and fall off when cats climb on it. Cleaned the toilet. Cooked for Mom. Shopped online for stuff for fixing up the house. Found an electrical box that doubles as a mounting block over vinyl siding.
Tomorrow I need to do some trash cleanup & bring in the water cases.
I think I knew someone who lived in Slidell at some point. I don't think I ever went there though.
Early voting for runoffs starts Friday here. I'll take Mom to deliver her mail-in-ballot (she doesn't trust USPS with it) and I'll vote. Not usually a lot of turnout for the elections here. They don't really advertise them well so people don't know they are happening.
Today I moved some stuff around in my room so I could bring my old disgusting computer back in and set it up as bait for the cats so they can sit on it instead of the UPS. I secured the basket on top of the UPS with flat bungee tie down straps- wrapped the straps underneath and then hooked in to the end holes on the basket. I moved stuff in the hallway/kitchen so I could push the cat tree back. It had been bumped forward so it was obstructing the walking path. Used Gorilla sticky putty to get a plastic drawer set to stick to the top of another drawer set so it wouldn't slide and fall off when cats climb on it. Cleaned the toilet. Cooked for Mom. Shopped online for stuff for fixing up the house. Found an electrical box that doubles as a mounting block over vinyl siding.
Tomorrow I need to do some trash cleanup & bring in the water cases.
Was down in Slidell for several days just after Hurricane Katrina. Total destruction.
I think Slidell is more to the east over toward New Orleans. A few hours from here.
Apparently there is some sort of golf tournament at the Coushatta Casino and people brought their viruses. My brother is now sick and coughing up a lung.
He was feeling a little better earlier in the day. He took out the kitchen trash bag (but didn't pick up the stuff that had spilled) and he went to the store with me and helped me with scanning, loading, and unloading. He helped a little with putting stuff away. But now he's coughing like crazy.
I cleaned up more of the spilled trash but got winded and had to sit down. Feeling better than I did this morning but am still tired. I had some ramen and that made me feel a little better. I added some chicken broth to it and made it into a soup.
Apparently there is some sort of golf tournament at the Coushatta Casino and people brought their viruses. My brother is now sick and coughing up a lung.
He was feeling a little better earlier in the day. He took out the kitchen trash bag (but didn't pick up the stuff that had spilled) and he went to the store with me and helped me with scanning, loading, and unloading. He helped a little with putting stuff away. But now he's coughing like crazy.
I cleaned up more of the spilled trash but got winded and had to sit down. Feeling better than I did this morning but am still tired. I had some ramen and that made me feel a little better. I added some chicken broth to it and made it into a soup.
Well, now I'm sick. Just about lost my voice. And then the microwave died on us. Got it less than a year ago but it might have roaches in it which voids the warranty. Gonna see if my friend is able to fix it. Mom insisted that I had to go into town today to get my brother some medicine and then get takeout food.
Get well soon! And if some people in the world have their way we will all be eating roachburgers instead of ham- or beefburgers.
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Slidell is just over the state line from Mississippi on I-10
I’ve been ordering Salmon from Alaska. Comes frozen on dry ice Better than any salmon I can buy here on the gulf coast. I tried some tuna also but I feel like I can get better tuna here for the money.
Around Biloxi and Gulfport and all the little places that dot the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I’ve spent a little time there, I had a friend that moved to Ocean Springs and I dated a girl in Long Beach if we want to be nice and call it dating.
Some pics from that area after Katrina. My team of Red Cross was me, a paramedic, and a National Guard back Up. That box van was our mobile command post, kitchen and bedroom for 3 weeks. 
The colder the water, the better the fish.
Ew, roachburgers! Roach fries, maybe better.
For fantasy foods, I'll stick to Squib Cakes.
(the meaning of squib seems non-existent to me, but I'm a huge Tower of Power fan, and a fantastic instrumental tune of theirs from 1981is Squib Cakes.). Now thanks to the real, not artificial intelligence of the cloud/Google/whoever we know that
"Squib Cakes” was a term that trumpeter Mic Gillette used to describe the back sides of lovely ladies.
No offense I hope.
This forum rocks. I'm just a DIYer with few plumbing projects, but my sweetheart's summer cottage has a 50? yr old Pfister kitchen sink faucet with a classic drip. (Both cold and hot knobs/valves developed hard,brittle,broken rubber washers not unlike an old hose bib.) I was chicken to unscrew/disassemble them, if I had done that first I'd have been tempted to just try matching up the rubber washers and replace, using crescent wrench and Philips head screwdriver. Instead I looked deeply into webpage research. I never CALLED Pfister but their support/parts webpages (I had no model name/# to go by) led me to try an Original equipment kit, which seemed to be on Amazon, I ordered one, it arrived and without opening it was clearly wrong, sorry/thanks Amazon for one more return on their dime. But THANkS to my posting with copious explanation and a picture of the faucet (odd/ancient 6" two hole, nearly extinct) the possibly most active poster/reply-er and n this forum suggested the exact Amazon link to a Danko kit. Around 13 bucks US, perfect kit with 2 identical sets/pairs of knobs, stems ( the complex valve we don't have to take apart, and has the rubber washer screwed to the bottom), new plastic washer for the mid top of the stem assembly), and even sm brass "seats" which screw into the faucet base (you know, the ancient but working full faucet I hoped to fix, not replace...plumbing lines and underside inaccessible, rusty...). From Amazon, the Danko kit arrived. Before I drive/drive to the summer cottage, now I can see what size square-hole-drive tool I need to find or... Oops, too small for my big multi-tip tool I got for Summons Tomorrow, but I had a small (near-pencil sized) square-stem chisel which fit perfectly into the square seat removal + water-flows-up-and-into-action hole. This skinny chisel and a big crescent wrench makes a great removal/installer tool for the seat, as long as you make sure the chisel doesn't fall and drop/disappear through the faucet hole and down into the feed line! I noticed in advance that could happen, so with electrical tape I made the crescent wrench hold the chisel firmly.
Water pressure (to test and use the rebuilt faucet) comes back to life every April thanks to an unusual (for warm weather water supply) beach area town portion/system.
The kit felt so good, assembling and tightening into threads/holes I cleaned with a paper towel and my pinky, I have no doubt this kit and faucet will work perfectly for more decades.
I do need to buy a small air compressor with 3/4" (standard thread for the cottage piping where the water meter gets removed every fall). Time to stop paying a plumber to blow the water out of the pipes/hoses/fixtures/heater/etc every fall...near $300 for 2 guys done in 25min! I'll post a new topic/thread, in case the buying decision is difficult. A "union" (double male-ended 3/4" fitting) makes a nice tight hookup for blowing air constantly while crawling around releasing air pressure at each fixture and drain point. I noticed the plumbers set the PSI to around 30psi on their pump.
Before my joy fades, I m gonna donate another few (or many) dollars to the plumbingforums.com website. I really love how the daily email digest gives me easy/fast access to zoom to any interesting topic posts and replies.
Thanks to all, especially webmasters and frequent wonderful repliers with pro knowledge. Hail Mary, touchdown for me on this repair.
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Greatest post in weeks!
Thanks for giving the professionals the thanks they deserve!
Thanks for giving the professionals the thanks they deserve!
My Aunt & Uncle completely lost their house in Biloxi. Nothing but a slab. They had to fight with their insurance company.
Thanks for what you do havasu. I know that people would really appreciate your help.