Doc Shapiro

There's also a crap ton of malware and hacks on Mac's too. No computer is safe. Just gotta be careful what you click on.

I have two chores left for today. Sourdough needs a feed, laundry needs doing. Tonight we'll hit the local pub for dinner. Reasonably lazy Sunday.

Same. They have a technical issue

3:04am. The dogs are right on time. Yup, they needed to go. It's too *(&^ early to be up.

@Blackwater 53393 Good luck today, sure hope you don't need it though.

We had fiber when we lived in CA. When we moved to rural ID, I needed high speed internet for work. Starlink has been great. We've had 2 outages in the past 10 months. One was a few hours due to hacker attack, the other was about 10 minutes. You do need a clear view of the sky. Recommend. They're running fiber here, and I'll get that too and will use Starlink for backup.

We went out for brunch, but the restaurant was closed. So we went to another, and it was closed. We hit the last option in town, which was open. Then went to the store to look for a really warm jacket to deal with the super cold mornings, no luck. Ended up on Amazon. Try to support the local stores first.

@Blackwater 53393 Thankfully it's just a car and not a health issue. It's been towed. Hopefully a simple fix. I dumped the ceramic "non-stick" that was a complete waste of $65. Replaced it with a carbon steel seasoned pan. It kicks ass! I expect the kids will fight over it after we're gone, along with my 35yo cast iron. I'm starting to think about retirement. Going to have a chat with my financial advisor to try to figure out when it makes sense. 3 or 4 more years I hope.

That's quite a gathering! Kids will be here, daughter with her BF. So there will be a total of 5 of us.

At 74, eat whatever the *&*( you want!

Glad to hear it!

I tend to give taters a good rinse, drain, dry before cooking for exactly this reason.

Reporting back. Cooked up some salmon tonight with onions, green chilis, and some other things in the pan tonight. It's wonderful! Very pleased with the results. On the other hand, my ceramic non-stick, well, sticks. It's had it. Replacing with a carbon steel pan, and then I'll be set.

I'll be following up with Avocado oil at this point.