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my stock pot got a new little buddy...

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the lid is nice, but fortunately i have an old glass lid that appears to fit, too. i think i like seeing into a simmering pot, but maybe i'll get used to the solid lid. at least i have the option still. really sold on this Demeyere cookware, but this is about all i need for now. still like cast iron for skillet cooking.
 
off to see the doc, but thought i'd see what my out-the-door weight was before i get it checked on their scale...

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with shoes on and pockets loaded, have to say i'm happy to see 170 lbs.
have to remember 77.1 kg... i know their office is going to be metric.
 
well i found out yesterday that doctor's offices have scales but hospitals do not... so i never got to check my home scale... oh well ... next time.

a mid-day weigh-in was a surprise today, though...

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i actually thought i stopped losing weight a few months ago and in retrospect, i wish i hadn't given up recording my weights. i think i'm only starting to pick up a slow downward trend due to seeing more and more readings in the 160s. a few months ago, i would see one or two a week. if i ever see 165, for me that would be a BMI = 23 so i'm still in the upper region of healthy. a year ago i was looking forward to getting down to 190 again, ducking down below 170 is still a bit hard for me to grasp.
 
finally! ... been over a month since i've seen a new low...

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i wonder what it would have been if i only had one pastrami sandwich yesterday rather than two... :)

going to be bacon and eggs for breakfast today... in ~6 hours... *sigh*
 
50 years ago...


well, i didn't buy my first 'real' guitar until '72 ... and it was a 12-string.
the best years? ... i have to think about that one... certainly the best music.
 
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I wonder what on earth the reasoning for a law like that would be. We rely solely on rainwater where I live.
 
from what i gathered, they say that collecting rain water is not letting it hit the earth and work its way to the water table where the state/ counties will then be able to sell it back to you. laws denying people their natural rights... like growing plants with seeds nature was making long before humans were around and stealing or trying to hoard water that simply falls from the sky, should be ignored...

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i got a late start this growing season, but that shouldn't be a problem... i haven't heard a federal response since Sessions was fired. gee... hope the new A/G won't come after me, though this is really a ridiculous comparison to the lawlessness going on in DC.

good news Mama Cass... California dreamin' HAS become a reality.
 
About the water... it's crazy to try to block people from collecting from their own roofs, but I can certainly see the point of legislating to stop some farmer/landholder uphill putting in a big dam, blocking the natural run-off to others downstream.
 
most states have a law that basically says you "cannot impound or divert surface water". the law was written to prevent people from hoarding water that runs through their property... aka, rivers, streams, etc ...but some courts have upheld that rainwater that falls from the sky and seeps into the ground is technically surface water, though the argument is, if you don't let it hit the ground, it isn't really surface water yet.
 
166 looks good!

If there was any rational thinking behind this Texas water law, they probably were thinking a lot bigger than the roof on your house, I would hope so anyway. Water rights and water law in the US is very complicated, and varies a lot from state to state.

We have a 100+ year old water right that lets us divert water from the canal next to our property for 5 hours a week, problem is its a different 5 hours every week, and often falls in the middle of the night. Fortunately our farmer knows how this works and how to deal with it.

The 100 year old right means that in a drought we get our water before anyone with a newer right. When the canals were first installed our water came from a creek flowing out of the mountain right above where we live. Since then they have put in reservoirs on larger streams and now the water comes from one of those, our right is however preserved. This all costs us $100/yr, or $20/hr of water right, for about 7 acre feet of water (about 2.3 million gallons). A bargain, I suppose the tax payers some how cover the real cost.
 
got a new cookbook yesterday...

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actually it is a used book, but if you have never shopped for used books, here is an fyi... book collectors are very, very, very critical about condition. this book was listed as Very Good. here is the extent of the damage that put it in that category...

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that damage isn't even the book... it's the hard shell slip cover for the book. the book itself looks like it has never been opened.

Abebooks is the place i buy books online... Abes doesn't sell books, but they list books for sale from small stores around the country and sort of act like their agent. i've gotten some amazing deals there.
 
That's where I order my books from as well but it is still buyer beware of some sellers on the platform.
 
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... but it is still buyer beware of some sellers on the platform.
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yes, of course... the major thing i wanted to point out was that i was surprised how little use/ damage a book can have, listed as less than excellent and yet still be in great condition. the first book i ever bought from Abes site was a Bing (old German toy manufacturer) collection of catalogs. it was only rated Good, but again was almost in mint condition. there were some notes one of the past owners left on, of all things, the NOTES pages in the back. getting it for the information i wanted, the "damage" actually added value to me.
 
i seriously can't see how the "once a week" crowd can pass a scale without being curious enough to look.

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i walk by my scale about a dozen times a day... it would drive me crazy.
 
anyone else going to be on the Mall tomorrow to see the ridiculous spectacle? i suspect the background music during the totally inappropriate political rally will be a must-hear... :patriot:

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i have been having some weird days recently... i get up in the morning and i'm a little hungry... i'm never hungry in the morning. of course i don't eat because it's way too early yet. then when i think ii's about noon when i typically have breakfast... i look at the clock and it's 1:30 or 2pm. i'm thinking now that the times i actually sleep or nap have more to do with my feelings of hunger (or not) than i imagined.
 
I almost always wake from a nap hungry, or thinking I'm hungry anyway. It can be one of my hardest times to resist eating.
 
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