Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Late Season Peace Rose




 

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  1. I hope puddle and Susan are getting some sleep tonight, and that California gets to be the third largest economy. Makes me have to go check out who's on First...and second...!

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    1. Okay, I'm rooting for US, Japan, California... Though, it does seem odd that a state gets to compete with countries instead of simply being included in its own country.

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    2. LOL The spouse is writing a novel in which he suggests California be devided into three states for fairer representation.

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    3. I've heard that suggestion. Seriously. Also the suggestion that Alaska be divided to make Texas the third largest state by area.

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    4. The spouse at my house thinks we should give Texas to Mexico and give Florida to Cuba....to make America great again.

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    5. Well, I'm looking forward to a Democratic Senator from Florida. Maybe a Democratic Governor as well.

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  2. BTW, that Peace Rose plant is still going strong, with a bunch more buds about to open...if it survives the coming nights in the 30's. But it's fine through tomorrow, at very least.

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    1. 72ºF here on Tuesday. (75ºF in Burlington.) Similar expected on Wednesday. Our average high this time of year is 55ºF!!

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  3. Ex-Black Panther asks for fresh trial amid new evidence [Click] “New evidence shows that the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal – who has spent over 40 years in prison – was tainted, prompting calls for a re-examination.”

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  4. The Defection of Mikhail Voskresensky [Click] “Why a beloved Russian pianist is living in the Bronx with only a Yamaha electric keyboard”

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  5. How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe [Click] “Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.”

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  6. So, I got my *third* booster (Omicron variant) and my flu shot this afternoon. Usually the worst effect I have is a slightly sore arm and sleepiness. Although with my very abbreviated ability to sleep this week it could be entirely unrelated. Makes a nice cover though. "Oh, well I got my booster you know, so it just knocked me out and I have to sleep all day." People would buy that, right?

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    1. Two at once might be pushing it a bit!

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    2. Nah. I'm tough as nails..

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    3. You're a better woman than I am, Gunga Din! Given that the Covid vaccines and boosters had each laid me flat with high fever, chills and horrific headache, I didn't dare get both the Bivalent booster and the flu shot together. Turned out neither bothered me at all. LOL!

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    4. Several years back I got the new pneumococcus vaccine and something else (shingles?) together and it was pretty uncomfortable.

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  7. OMG! While I was shopping this afternoon, the Democratic candidate for Congress came by, chatted with Naomi and left his card! Back about 1986 a city council candidate knocked on our door (I was at work) to solicit our vote(s), and here comes another politician--- that's two in thirty-six years! Think I should bar the door? I will send him an e-mail shortly to tell him he's too late-- I already voted for him.

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  8. I got my ballot marked and ready to mail tomorrow. Finally figured out that I should use the magnifying lens at the bottom of my glasses rather than a separate magnifier. But I still don't understand how anyone, even with good enough eyesight that they never make a mistake, can consider filling in scores of circles easier than touching a screen with opportunity to correct mistakes.

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