Calamity Kris

Anyone hear from FKCGG?

Best of luck to you.

Driving home from work yesterday, I saw a convoy of utility trucks from PG&E!!! We appreciate ALL the help we can get.

This is the Saffir-Simpson rating scale for hurricanes. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Play the video and watch the scale. That should give you an idea of what a direct hit will look like. Now, that is a "stick" structure, not brick as most of the houses in Florida are required to be, but it's still a good representation. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (noaa.gov)

Yes. We joined you guys a couple of times. Too bad w@rk got in the way or we would have made more meetings.

If it holds it's current path, the eye will pass directly over us as it exits the East coast. Not as bad as the folks on the West coast have it, but not fun. The house is about 8 miles from the coast, as the crow files. We are about as prepared as we can be. We will just watch and wait.

Uno and I went for dinner this evening at a quaint little tavern in a near by town. The place holds maybe 40 people at the most. As we came in the door, there was a large table off to the left that had 5 couples around it. The owner told us sometimes there were only 3 couples, and sometimes there were 7 or 8 but it depended on who was available. This group of folks came every Friday evening for dinner and drinks. They were all locals and I would guess the median age was about 70. There was lots of laughing, joke telling and general camaraderie. One of the gentlemen came to our table to apologize for their loud conversations. We just smiled and said carry on. You're a great bunch to listen to. As they were leaving, the owner came up and gave them all hugs, wishing them a good week. She walked them to the door and invited them back next week. The place became deafeningly quiet at that point. The remaining few patrons seemed saddened by their departure. On the drive home, I mentioned to Uno we need to make more of an effort to stay connected with our friends. Maybe we could organize a Friday evening gathering like that. It would be really sad to let our insanely busy lives get in the way of living.......... He agreed.

I had one of them, in red. Screaming chicken and all. Fun to drive. Would pass anything but gas stations. Had to part with it when the cost of repairs, (needed an engine rebuild) were more than it was worth.

YEP we did. Quite a few years ago, Uno and I went to a Bluegrass festival up at Calico Ghost Town. We were tent camping. A strong storm blew in overnight and the temps dropped like a rock. The wind blew the tent down around us. By morning the water in the cooler had frozen and we were equally as cold. A very nice cowboy had his camper parked nearby and offered us some black coffee in tin cups. We were so cold, we drank it, just to warm up. We were very grateful for the warmth.

Had the same argument with my MIL every Thanksgiving. She insisted on (over) cooking a turkey breast in the oven because our crispy deep fried turkey was "under cooked". I wish I could still have that argument with her.......

No way. They are much cuter than those people.

In memory of Kris Kristofferson.

Katella Deli. Named after the address. Best Matzo Ball soup in the greater LA area, bar none.

I know that place well. Really good pies. We try to stop by there every time we go back, as well as the fabulous Kosher deli down the street from it.