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Here, they are pushing people out. They raise taxes only, no reductions. No discussion of “we are raising this so we will reduce that”. It is only upwardly mobile. Last year taxes were raised 9 Billion, the largest in state history and this is due to ever increasing spending.

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Yes, that’s the key. Gotta keep busy. We are not in that situation. We are in the house that our kids consider their house. Been here 20 years. However, WA is considering an income tax even though that is patently against the state constitution. The State Supreme Court doesn’t feel constrained by silly little things like that. So it…[Read more]

Indeed. I remember when my Dad retired, I asked him if he would go back on contract and continue. And he said he was thinking about that. About 3 months went by and I had heard nothing. So I asked him if he was still thinking about going back. He said and I quote: WHY WOULD I GO BACK TO THAT PLACE!!!!! I figured that he had made the…[Read more]

Happy New Year Ryou,

I had the whole Christmas to New Year’s off. So I did not log in here. I hope your Christmas was very happy even with such a full house. We had 4 of our 6 kids for Christmas so that was good. It was great.

I was able to get rid of all the maple rounds that were left over from a tree cutting. They were very…[Read more]

8PM is awesome to be able to play there – Congrats to your #1 Grandchitlin’.

Temps here are moderate but will start to go down in a few days. But forecast is not to go under freezing yet. I’m sure it is coming. However there is a new flood advisory. We have major roads damaged. I-90 has two lanes closed due to erosion.
US 12 and…[Read more]

The little stream in our front yard crosses the property via an underground pipe. Sometimes it get clogged due to the amount of water rushing through and it floods the neighbors property. I look at it when it rains hard to make sure that is not a problem. There are a number of major roads that are closed so things are not great here. For…[Read more]

Well, we are sending more your way as the Pineapple Express dumps 3-5 inches on us again this week. Not cold. Will start sticking in the mountain passes Wed or so. Right now Steven’s Pass is closed for being washed out I think. Big ski area there. Snoqualmie pass is lower so they should be ok even though the ski areas there might get…[Read more]

Lots of rivers here are above flood stage and some are at record highs. Not a good deal word.

I hope you get to feeling better.

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We won’t get below 45F for the next 10 days. It rained 2 inches in the last 24 hours. It will continue to rain heavy for the next 10 days or so. 1.7 today, that may count part of the 2 inches. 2.2 inches wed. .55 inches thu, .2 Friday, .1 Sat, .35 Sun, .9 Mon, .4 Tue. That’s 6.4 inches in the next 10 days or so. During that time it is…[Read more]

I know in MN, the Ojibwe (I think) figured out how to blanche wild rice. They migrated north in the summer and south in the winter. Once they figured that out, they stayed in the MN area year round. Miserable!!

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yeah, I remember those days. Weather here is fairly mild. Sometimes we get some serious snow in Nov but it was very mild this year and last. Above freezing the next three days. Where we lived in MN will get to 33 on Wed, otherwise, full days below freezing. How did the Indians do it? Why did the Indians do it? Word.

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What we do to smoke the turkey is put it in the smoker and turn it on. The smoker is very low tech. It has a pan that holds a bag of chips. And a water dish. That’s it. So we cook it until all the chips have smoked out. Then we pull it out and throw it in the oven where we can control the temperature and finish it in there. Works…[Read more]

Kuala Lumpur – Petronas Towers, at one time the two tallest buildings in the world.

Trip to Kuala Lumpur

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Glad it was a great weekend for you Ryou!!

I smoked our turkey and it was really really good. My MIL and a neighbor came to dinner with us so it was just 4 of us. Our son and his family came after. They were at his in-laws who live 1/4 mile down the road!! They are very close and are great.

I suppose our HS is back wrestling by now.…[Read more]

In MN, at least in 1994-2001, they came with snowplows in neighborhoods and big roads and cleared them. Salt was a major feature of that but still, roads were cleared quickly word.

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You rarely see people in Seattle with umbrellas. If you do, they aren’t from around here. The rain size is small. We are expecting 0.6 inch today and that will be an all day affair, not a 1-2 hour deal. It will rain here from noon to 2am.

Supposed to snow 8-10 inches in the ski pass today. Gonna be a mess. Its a wet snow, very…[Read more]

I have to define rain here in Seattle area. When we say it is raining, it rains very lightly all day. Most people would call it a mist or drizzle. When I say it was a downpour, it was big drops that get you wet. Rain does not get you wet, downpour does. We don’t often experience rain like most places. We maybe get one lightning storm a…[Read more]

Ah yes, FL. Very nice. It rains here all the time so being outside in the rain is not that big a deal. It was a real downpour that I was in. I put in simpson ties for the joists so I feel better about that word.

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I just hope when I get back to that project it isn’t downpouring like that first day. It was really coming down, my leather gloves were dripping and saturated. Today is similar, supposed to have 1 inch or so of rain today. And that is all day long of a harder than average rain for around here word.

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