The Incans used potatoes for cure things. Carrying a potato in your pocket was known to cure tooth aches and rheumatism and the phrase "is that a potato in your pocket or are you just happy to see me" came from the Inca's or at least that is what I imagine it came from. I have never heard it DIDN'T come from the Incas so . . . . .
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I was at a sewer meeting last night. The Columbus sewer system is the one of the wonders of the world. It seems 10+ years ago Columbus was in deep shit from The State but since then the system has been upgraded and now Columbus is the goto sewer system for near by communities. YET - things always need upgrading and you really don't want to ignore the sewer system.
I believe the sewer system is the most important function in city government. Yea - Columbus Water and Light is important but we have a river . . the actual reason FOR Columbus and electricity is over rated. DPW is a good thing and if we did not have sewers they could be used to plow to poop instead of snow and Parks and Rec would be nice to lift our spirits from the stench of city life so they would be needed also. But I digress.
The one issue the guys have is poop stacking (also called sludge). As you can see we have this awesome sludge building with it's huge 30 foot beautiful wooden ceilings but alas, they can only stack the sludge 2 or 3 feet high. What a waste of a beautiful building. I suggested we make this into a concert venue, The Columbus Poop Palace, it did not go over well.
So equipment is needed to get more liquid out of the sludge. But the main issue is that there is a screen that takes all of the garbage people toss into the toilet out before it fowls the system. That crap (not actually crap) literally gets man handled and put into a garbage bag and that 60 pound bag of filth is carried up 2 flights of stairs and put into a garbage bin.
SO - Do you want our sewer guys, like the ones on the left, carrying crap that is not even good enough for a waste basket up two flights of stairs?
Or would you rather not have a new screen and they will look more look more like the guy below. For just a few dollars more you can make a difference in your sewer mans life.
Columbus sewer has not raised rates for 10 years. Just sayin.
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I decided to make a run to Madison and get my flu shot (among other things) but when I got to the place they were going to lunch so I would have to wait. I decided to go to Eddies for a burger and then back to the Columbus Walgreens to get my shot.
WELL - I still have issues with Walgreens tossing out a $50 postcard rack I loaned them (they never paid me back) and when I asked for a flu shot they looked at me and said. "We're out of them". WHAT?
You are out of flu shots? I THINK NOT - I wanted to say - "if I die it's on you" but I didn't. SO - I am still flu shot-less and I'm not an anti-vac'er. I think they have issues with me and want me to go away.
You say - WELL - it does not cover the main flu anyway - yea - you will still get sick if you have the wrong flu BUT - you will only get sick, not admitted to the ICU to die.
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Here is something that will keep you awake at night.
The Universe seems to be expanding at an accelerating rate and nobody knows why. What this means is that at some point - all of the other galaxies will be . . . . over our horizon. "We" will not see ANY other stars in the sky.
BUT WAIT - think about it. All of those entities will not know a time when there were stars, they will have no clue what it was like to see stars. What about NOW - we have no clue what it was like a billion years ago when some entity was wondering what it will be like . . . NOW!
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If you are reading this it has already begun to get cold or will soon. About 3:00 the front will go through and then it's all downhill. High Saturday will be about 10. We are missing a MAJOR ice storm that will hit east and a good size snow storm hitting north. We get . . this stuff. NOT COMPLAINING.
One week from today we will get out of the deep freeze. Until then it's winter coat season once again with no real storms in the future. Once the freeze is over we will get a Pacific air mass over us instead of the arctic masses we have been getting. Plus there is not much "cold" left in Canada as most of Canada and Alaska is way above average.
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Packers - I like the guy the Packers hired for defense. He is more of a smash mouth kind of guy but still the basic 3-4 defense. Just a little meaner.
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When Deadwood aired it was must see TV. So many people were glued to their TVs for a type of western nobody had ever seen before. It was a game changer for westerns until the writers strike canceled it in season 4 or 5. People would literally walk around swearing for a few days after watching the show (you will have to watch this classic to understand).
DJ and I are as glued to Godless as we were to Deadwood. I HOPE the last episodes (there re only 7) are as outstanding as the first ones. Along with an outstanding story line the show is very cinematic. I only mention this because the opening credits remind me of Deadwood.
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DON'T MESS WITH THE LADIES
FUN FACT - the set used in Godless is the same set used in Deadwood
Jeff Daniels horse is the same horse he used in True Grit (he was in the remake of True Grit? another great movie).
Jeff Daniels horse is the same horse he used in True Grit (he was in the remake of True Grit? another great movie).
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