Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 4:00AM. Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 59F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
I'll see some sun today and Sunday, but every one of the remaining days in the 10-day looks wet.:cloud9:
Sounds like a very nice way to spend an afternoon, Bill, and take full advantage of rare warm January sunshine.
Sorry you missed getting your ticket, Ron. I had a chance to buy one yesterday, too, but I don't have that kind of luck.
Your Amazon search feng shui must be stronger than mine, Chris. The N95 masks I see there are only available to those in "essential" services, or those that qualify for a "free business account", whatever that is. Lots of fake KN95 masks, though, if you just wanna warm feeling while wearing something that offers little real protection.
Speaking of Amazon, there have been
several articles published about their variable pricing strategies, similar to what travel agencies and airlines use to price seats on airplanes. I recently got a better deal on a Makita tire inflator by using the Google "shopping" feature, and delivery was quicker than what I usually get from Amazon, too. And they "forgot" to charge sales tax.:thumbsup:
Glad your sense of taste is coming back, Rich. My dad lost his with his first stoke, and it never came back. Took a lot of his enthusiasm for life away, along with the paralysis. What sort of connector did you use for your shore power setup? I need to rig something up on the van...
Good news on the vaccine front is that
Johnson & Johnson is only weeks away from announcing phase 3 trial results and asking the FDA for emergency authorization to dispense it's "one and done" vaccine. It only requires regular refrigerator temperatures, which will greatly ease the distribution problems associated with the two vaccines currently being used.
Our county may not be getting the same amount of doses as more populated counties in the state (the latest CoVid scandal in California), but they're very serious about contact tracing. And that may be part of what's driving the infection rate statistics higher. The more you look, the more you find.
This latest go-round with the bank has me taking a second look at how I manage personal data and how reliant I've become on data storage outside my immediate control. For example, I maintain a list of handy bookmarks on a Yahoo portal that I use frequently, and I'd be hard pressed to reproduce it if that portal went away or the network went down for some reason. i've also gone to paperless statements at several places, and learned the hard way that transaction documentation is only available for a few years into the past. I don't believe in New Year's resolutions, but I do need to take a more active role in maintaining my own records.
Those slippers look pretty comfy, RS. Let us know if they meet your stringent testing requirements, OK? There aren't enough quality slippers in the world right now...:laughing:
How did you figure out how long you've been a Prime member, Drew? I just had a go on the Amazon website, and there didn't seem to be any way to tell.
Nice going on the phone jockeying, Don. At the bank yesterday I learned that they'd not only delayed the wire transfer it took me over an hour to set up, they cancelled it, and there were no records showing who it was going to. I had to dig out the email from the seller with their bank info, then sit with the bank manager while she tried to set up a new wire. It took her almost an hour, too. The icing on the cake was the fifty dollar fee for her time! But she said she'd be able to waive it, but only after it hit my account. F'ing banks! Might be time to look for a better one, again.
I was at the bank for almost two hours getting this mess sorted out, and in all that time there were only two other customers. Part of that is because this branch is in Paradise, CA, and most of their customers moved away after the fire. And I'm not complaining about not having to stand in line. Before that I dropped by the post office to mail a couple of packages, and I was the only customer there as well. Paradise is making a strong effort to come back, but it's gonna be a long time before things return to anything even remotely resembling normal.
My favorite Thai restaurant in Paradise is up and running again in a new location, and they seemed to have in house dining open again. I used takeout, ordering a coconut/pineapple/peanut red curry that was just delicious.:drool: There was enough for leftovers for lunch today, too!
The hummer feeders were empty when I got home, so I filled 'em up so the little buggers won't go hungry. While doing that, I noticed that the weeds were starting to pop up all over the place. So while it's dry today, I'm gonna take a ride with the buggy with the sprayer on the back and give 'em all a drink, too.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!
