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Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967

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  1. I don't travel internationally, but would like to visit Canada again one day.  Mebbe next year.  Last two times I was there all I needed was my drivers license; no more.

     

    That said, I do use my passport frequently in lieu of a "Real ID" drivers license.  In california one of the two is required to buy firearms and ammunition.  And supposedly, at some point one, or the other will be reqired to board airplanes, enter federal buildings, and other ridiculous stuff.

     

    So in my case, the name on my birth certificate is not the one I grew up with and have used all my life.  As it turns out, it was a LOT easier and far less expensive to get a passport with the name I've always used than to correct the birth certificate issue.  Ironically, getting a "Real ID" requires a birth certificate with your real name, or... a passport.   :wacko:

     

     

  2. Tree stump question:

     

    So, Ms Helen Brimstone had a huge Ornamental Pear tree removed from her back yard a few months ago.  It was healthy, but the roots were beginning to damage her flagstone patio.  Anyway, there was a gorgeous stump left that she's using as a base for a piece of statuary.  But there's a problem....

     

    That danged thing is sending up a literal forest of shoots from the roots!  Might anyone have any suggestions on preventing those shoots while hopefully preserving the stump itself - at least for a while?

     

    Thankee!  :)

     

     

  3. 12 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    Just got a call from the Town Clerk. The most voters we have ever had is just shy of 200, as of noon, we already have over 300. I'm praying they aren't looking for more of the same Socialism, but we are a blue state. We'll see in a few more days!

     

    After they've had a chance to find all those "misplaced" boxes of ballots...  🗳  😕

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  4. Only had one kid, but he was somewhat unusual.  Sassparilla loved Hallowe'en as much as me (a lot!) and enjoyed Trick or Treating.  But he really didn't - and still doesn't - care much for candy.  Just not into sweets.  So, he might have one or two pieces Hallowe'en night, might keep a couple of pieces for later 'just because,' then tell me and his ma "it's okay if you want to take the rest to work and share it!"  :blink:

     

    Um... I think it's fair to say that not all of the stuff we took made it to the office.  :rolleyes:

     

     

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  5. Quite cool!  :)

     

    Although the original "Fitz" was a Colt (brainchild of John Henry Fitzgerald, who worked for Colt)  this is a plumb cool adaptation!  ^_^

     

    On the TV series "Blue Bloods," Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) carried a Fitz ~ passed down to him from his pop, an earlier Commissioner.  

     

     

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  6. 6 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

    Did you ever deal with corn borers?

     

    I have not... I have, however, experienced the pathogenic fungus Mycosarcoma maydis, or "corn smut."  Supposedly edible; even considered a delicacy in Mexico.  Well, they're welcome to mine!  That stuff is UGLY!!  :blink:

     

    The role of corn fungus in Basketmaker II diet: A paleonutrition  perspective on early corn farming adaptations - ScienceDirect

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