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That's the Way It Crumbles, Cookie-Wise

Another paint color story, came from watching 60 Minutes on night. They had a paint color expert on who talked about the effects of the colors we choose. He talked about how "Granny Smith Apple green", was the perfect color for the kitchen.

"In interior design, Granny Smith color adds a spirited touch to spaces, whether as an accent wall, decorative items, or furniture. Its lively nature can brighten up a room, making it feel more open and inviting, while also promoting a sense of wellness. It is particularly effective in kitchens, where it can enhance feelings of freshness and cleanliness. The color's connection to food and nutrition reinforces its presence in spaces where meals are prepared and shared."

He went on to add that he had painted HIS kitchen Granny Smith Apple green! That was good enough for me! We painted our walls this color, and the metal cabinets around the sink Apple Red and we have been enjoying it ever since.

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An old picture of our kitchen, after we painted.
 
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Your kitchen colors are cheerful and energizing. Must make you want to hit the ground running on your to-do list with the first cup of coffee in the morning. :)

My kitchen is also green, but a light laid-back pastel green, with white cabinets and trim. It's my favorite wall color. I'd paint the whole house that color if it I could just wave a magic wand and it be done. I don't get started until after noon.
 
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Granny Smith. Maria Ann "Granny" Smith (1799–1870) was a British-Australian orchardist responsible for the cultivation of the Granny Smith apple.
 
Yep!🍏

Johnny Appleseed
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American nurseryman and missionary (1774-1845)

Johnny Appleseed was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of West Virginia. He became an American icon while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance that he attributed to apples. Wikipedia

Born John Chapman, September 26, 1774, Leominster, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Age at death 70 years
Died March 18, 1845, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
 

Finally! Here’s Why “Looney Tunes” Is Not “Looney TOONS”​

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"Yes, Tunes, like songs—not “toons,” as in “cartoons.” Calling them “tunes” seems like a misnomer—or just a misspelling."

"Luckily, we were able to chat with Bob Bergen, the current voice actor for Porky Pig, who helped us get to the bottom of it."

"Bergen fell in love with Looney Tunes as a young child (and, at five years old, made it his life’s mission to become Porky Pig. Dreams do come true, guys.) After moving to LA and spending years learning everything there was to know about voice acting, Bergen finally achieved his dream of becoming Porky in 1990—and has been living it for 27 years. He also provides the voice for Tweety Bird. But Bergen admits that even he was confused at first about the Tunes/Toons distinction."

"However, there is a logical explanation, and it dates back to the 1920s. In the early days of animation, Disney produced short animated films, set to music, called “Silly Symphonies.” The most famous of these is probably “The Three Little Pigs.” The purpose of these mini-movies, Bergen explains, was to promote and sell music, in the form of records and sheet music. “Back then, before people had TVs, the thing to do was to buy sheet music and play…piano,” he told Reader’s Digest. “Sheet music sales were huge, a huge part of the profits of the studios. This was [the] pop music of the day.” READ MORE
 
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I bought a cordless 18 ga nail gun from Home Depot. Made mostly for molding and baseboards. It was a kit that came with 3 batteries, same as the ones on my drills and saw. It's easy to use just practicing. It's for the bathroom project, but I can also finish putting some molding around the windows that were replaced years ago. I couldn't get the hang of the hammer and sink business. Always made a mess, so I quit half way done.

New strategy on buying things using a backward inflation calculator. ( LINK ) I type in the price of something now and see what it would have been in 1972. Money was tight that year, so I remember the price of everything I bought and didn't buy. Would I have bought it back then at that price? The calculator says this nailer kit would have cost $26 in 1972. If I could have afforded a house back then I would have bought one.

Also got a new caulking gun. The kind that adjusts for thick heavy stuff like adhesives. My old one is hard to squeeze even with thin stuff. I would have to warm up the adhesive first. Then I'd have runny glue all over everything. May still, but less likely.
 
Joe Riley said:
Death Valley Days - "Two Gun Nan" (Season 6, Episode 18)
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I got caught up in this after seeing the end of the video, because when they said she left on September 1st, I assumed it had to be fiction. She had a dog with her also, named Ky-Ipp. How did she get across the Rocky Mountains that time of year?

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The Saga of Two Gun Nan (5 parts)

Then I got sidetracked following stories about the railroad through Donner Pass, and the RR snow sheds, and the snow shed fires, and fire trains. Bread crumbs.
 
Ocean to Ocean

A Tribute to
"Two-Gun" Nan and Lady Ellen
by the famous Cowboy Poet
TJ Casey
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Two Gun Nan
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Two Gun Nan was a cowgirl,
a double-tough hand in camp.
First gal to ride ‘cross this nation,
six months a saddle tramp.

She rode her bay ‘cross the country;
“Lady Ellen” was her name.
Four thousand, four hundred, ninety six miles
brought this gal her fame.

She was skilled with rope, gun, and horse
and could use all three with skill.
As good a hand as any man
that rode down from the hill.

From ninety-nine ‘til fifty-eight,
Two Gun Nan was a household name.
Then she disappeared, without a trace
folks nearly forgot her fame.

Finally the Long Riders Guild
and others researched and found
Two Gun's long lost story, as
through old files they dug around.

Two Gun had occupations
that would make yer eyes go wide;
but one sure thing about her
“the Montana Girl could ride”.

We've learned through observation,
and research of archives;
Two Gun was an entrepreneur
that made a difference in others lives.

Will we ever really know
just where this tough gal was from?
Was it Nebraska? or Montana?
From whence she really come.

I think her every bit a heroine
of our great American Frontier.
Let her story be passed on forever;
hats off to you, my dear!!

Words by TJ Casey, copyright 3/19/08.
​
To learn more about this renowned poet, cowboy and acclaimed singer, visit his website.
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Joe Riley said:
Two Gun had occupations
that would make yer eyes go wide;
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"Her first experience on stage was not as a cowgirl performer, but as an oriental dancer. She was billed as Princess Omene, bedecked in glittering jewelry and gauzy veils. Although oriental dancing had a risqué reputation as “hootchy-kootchy” dance, publicity assured the public that Princess Omene’s act was tasteful and refined, suitable for family entertainment."

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All the frozen and refrigerated food was gone from the shelves at the new Kroger Sunday. Clerk said there was a strong thunderstorm Friday that knocked out their power for long enough to ruin all that type of food.

Most birds will eat peanut suet if you don't give them anything else. The only way I could keep the squirrels off was to dangle the blocks from an old fishing rod hanging over the edge of the deck. The suet blocks kept disappearing overnight anyway. Then I ran into a raccoon in broad daylight on the deck trying to get to it. I finally got him on video with a little cheap surveillance camera I haven't used for a while. I now know how he does it. I can fix that.

You can't help but feel a little sorry for these animals. The town becomes overpopulated with them. When the students leave town for the summer, there's a lot less trash for them to rummage through. The ones behind Kroger are probably doing well.

 
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Nancy Hart said:
All the frozen and refrigerated food was gone from the shelves at the new Kroger Sunday. Clerk said there was a strong thunderstorm Friday that knocked out their power for long enough to ruin all that type of food.
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Nancy Hart said:
You can't help but feel a little sorry for these animals. The town becomes overpopulated with them. When the students leave town for the summer, there's a lot less trash for them to rummage through. The ones behind Kroger are probably doing well.
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More rain and the TV went out again on Tuesday morning!!! This time the signal strength on only the even-numbered transponders went to 0. That couldn't be due to just the trees. It would be a waste of time to move the dish without figuring this out. A lot of time spent troubleshooting on the internet all day Tuesday. I started ruling out everything everyone suggested. Too long to list.

The last thing left to check was the outdoor cable and connections. Found one bad wire connection, just installed a few months ago, had deteriorated so badly the end of the copper wire just crumbled and fell out of the connector when I unscrewed it. Dug up 6 feet of buried cable to check the rest of it. Made one temporary but solid splice with electrician's tape to bypass that connection. At 3pm yesterday...

A thing of beauty...
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So... it was rainwater seeping into that one connection all along, made worse by sagging tree limbs. I should have started by checking connections. I found out last night that coaxial cable wire is not all copper, but copper clad steel. If something disturbs the copper coating, the steel inside rusts and the wire collapses. How on earth did the TV ever work so well just the week before with a connection like that? My fault for not protecting that connection enough from moisture.

Funny thing. Now I wish it would rain, so I could test it again and see how much the tree limbs really matter.
 
June, Friday the 13th, 2025

Until recently my last eyeglass prescription was from 2014. My optometrist at that time agreed to make the distance numbers stronger than what his machine suggested at 20 feet. First time I could see street names far enough in advance to be useful driving. I found out later it was not unheard of to do that in the past.

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I've now worn out two pairs of glasses made from that same prescription. Both the optician and optometrist retired sometime around Covid. I lost the old prescription, but it doesn't matter now.

Google AI says:
"While optical shops can technically read the prescription from your old glasses, they will likely refuse to fill a refill order based solely on that information, especially if the prescription is expired. Providing glasses with an expired prescription can open up the optical provider to liability issues."

Last December I picked a new optometrist. She did a new refraction and read my old glasses. She argued with me that stronger is not better, but reluctantly gave me both prescriptions. [Another health professional with SAVS.]

Friday I went to Walmart for the glasses, and asked the employee to read the old eyeglasses as a double check. His numbers were different from the optometrist's. Another employee got the same results, and they claim their machine is recalibrated every morning, so I went with their numbers. He would not give me his numbers because he is not allowed to write prescriptions.

I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill, and it won't matter. 🤞 I wish I could learn how to fake the ("better" or "worse") exam, or find an optometrist old enough to not always go by the books.
 
All this could be caused by something very simple. For example, my glasses never sit up on my nose like that machine does when they do your prescription. Or posture. I probably never sit up straight in a chair like I do while the optometrist is testing.

They say it's more important to get progressive lenses Rx right. But maybe you can look higher or lower to accommodate. Anyway I've never had trouble adjusting to progressive lenses, except the distance sight was never clear. I didn't even realize it until I got the pair that finally made things clearer.

Reminds me. I tried contact lenses for the first and only time in 1968. The optometrist then said he was going to write the Rx weaker than tested, because it will make your eyes work harder to focus and your vision is less likely to get worse. I think that is NONSENSE!!! I was too naive to question him back then. I could never see well with those, but assumed it was just that contacts were not as good.
 
You know the Progressive commercial about becoming your parents? I'm now using one of their old weekly pill organizers. The doc keeps telling me to take B12, D3 and Calcium. Throw in a multi-vitamin for good measure. I start out with good intentions, then it drops off the radar screen. I'm up to three weeks in a row without a miss. A new record. :rolleyes:
 
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