"Letters to Miss Emily..."

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 7:55 am

360086 Views. Thuty-six, eighty-six... and double-ought in between. All I can say is "thank you" for following this old poet & pirate and puppet & Prince on his last journey. It's sure been a strange one.

In other news I had what was possibly the worst breaking of fast I've had in recent memory. Last time I was at Winn-Dixie and rummaged through their breakfast selections in frozen goods I saw a New Thing- Jimmy Dean's Quesadilla. Flat bread, sausage, egg, and cheese.

It sure looked good on the package. I heated one ( You get two, just in case you are fool enough to want to duplicate the experience... ) according to directions, pried it out- and got something you had trouble cutting with a knife, let alone taking a bite out of...

I even tried smearing it with butter to lubricate & soften it a bit... and it was still akin to munching on shoe leather. After a few experimental gnaws of this scone-like concoction I pulled it open and salvaged a few bites of sausage & egg out of it. Smeared more butter on the flatbread and had a few bites of that. The rest went down the maw of the garbage disposal... and I have one left! Yum, yum...

by **RedDog** » 08/ 26/ 12 8:01 am

I mentioned the Aunt Jemima Scrambles to Kate. I get the Sausage and Egg at Walmart. Also has seasoned potatoes, peppers, onions and cheese. Excellent product. Outstanding breakfast in a couple minutes and only a couple bucks.

http://www.auntjemimafrozen.com/products/entrees.html

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 8:03 am

RedDog wrote:It looks like Isaac will take a nice turn in your favour.

Also no apparent repairs will be required at the condo in Cocoa Beach. With the new job situation I'm intending to be down in March for baseball.

Well, I can't say I'm looking forward to all the rain- the garage has needed a new roof for years- it leaks-- and the flat roof at the back of the house is always a worry since I can't get up there anymore to patch it.

Hurricanes are unpredictable at best:

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 8:07 am

RedDog wrote:I mentioned the Aunt Jemima Scrambles to Kate. I get the Sausage and Egg at Walmart. Also has seasoned potatoes, peppers, onions and cheese. Excellent product. Outstanding breakfast in a couple minutes and only a couple bucks.

http://www.auntjemimafrozen.com/products/entrees.html

That looks pretty good- I'll keep an eye peeled next time I'm at the Beef People's.

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 8:22 am

Isaac is looking kind of unhealthy- the better for us...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2921657/posts?page=258#258

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 8:59 am

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/

MORE ON ISAAC from Brendan Loy.http://pjmedia.com/weathernerd/2012/08/26/uncertainty-continues-regarding-isaacs-track-intensity/

(To be clear: a disastrous strike on New Orleans is only one among many scenarios that could occur. Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City — you are all still in play. Heck, if the GFS’s westward drift continues, it’s conceivable that points in central or western Louisiana could end up being in play too. My focus on New Orleans doesn’t imply that New Orleans is the likeliest landfall spot, but only that it’d be the most catastrophic by far, and thus warrants a great deal of attention.)

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 10:56 am

Via Ace:http://minx.cc/?post=332262

5 Five day tracking map

http://is.gd/d3pz4m

Posted by: Vic

by **Edward Kennedy** » 08/ 26/ 12 11:13 am

backhoe wrote:360086 Views. Thuty-six, eighty-six... and double-ought in between. All I can say is "thank you" for following this old poet & pirate and puppet & Prince on his last journey. It's sure been a strange one.

In other news I had what was possibly the worst breaking of fast I've had in recent memory. Last time I was at Winn-Dixie and rummaged through their breakfast selections in frozen goods I saw a New Thing- Jimmy Dean's Quesadilla. Flat bread, sausage, egg, and cheese.

It sure looked good on the package. I heated one ( You get two, just in case you are fool enough to want to duplicate the experience... ) according to directions, pried it out- and got something you had trouble cutting with a knife, let alone taking a bite out of...

I even tried smearing it with butter to lubricate & soften it a bit... and it was still akin to munching on shoe leather. After a few experimental gnaws of this scone-like concoction I pulled it open and salvaged a few bites of sausage & egg out of it. Smeared more butter on the flatbread and had a few bites of that. The rest went down the maw of the garbage disposal... and I have one left! Yum, yum...

If you want a nourishing filling cheap meal try tuna with mayonnaise, on Portuguese Pada bread and a red onion washed down with grapefruit juice and for dessert honey on Pada bread with milk to wash that down.

After that I am good for 6 hours work.

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 11:28 am

Edward Kennedy wrote:

If you want a nourishing filling cheap meal try tuna with mayonnaise, on Portuguese Pada bread and a red onion washed down with grapefruit juice and for dessert honey on Pada bread with milk to wash that down.

After that I am good for 6 hours work.

That sounds pretty good- I can't decide whether to have a cool southron lunch of Kosher hotdog, cole slaw, potato salad and three-bean salad- or finish off the remaining half of The Bag O' H8T from Chick-fil-A.

It appears the hurricane is going to hit N'awleens right in the breadbasket- I'm sure the wailing & moaning from Ogabe' and his handmaidens will be epic. Wonder if the city will drown again? I seriously doubt much of millions or billions given them went into actual public works- it didn't before Katrina. That's why the dikes & pumps failed so spectacularly.

Edit- shoot fire, I forgot I just bought a box of corn dogs- I'll deep fry one of those for lunch. Yes, they are junky but Lordy, they taste good. Cole loves the cornbread.

by **Edward Kennedy** » 08/ 26/ 12 11:42 am

I can eat half a loaf of Pada with lots of butter, and comb honey on it, washed down with a quart of milk and that is also a meal in itself by itself.

New Orleans is a hellhole, and maybe that is where it is destined to go if the storm hits the bullseye. :-k

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 12:06 pm

Edward Kennedy wrote:I can eat half a loaf of Pada with lots of butter, and comb honey on it, washed down with a quart of milk and that is also a meal in itself by itself.

New Orleans is a hellhole, and maybe that is where it is destined to go if the storm hits the bullseye.

You know I covered Katrina live?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475443/posts

And of course the Evil Party & The Mutha-rapin' Media ( But I repeat myself ) took the golden opportunity it presented to Bash The Evil BOOOSH!

While I certainly hope nobody is hurt, the scrambling & posturing by the incompetent ninny in office, and his sycophants will be hilarious to behold.

NEVER FORGET:

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 3:10 pm

Well, now- isn't this "interesting?"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-new ... ge=308#308

To: NautiNurse

Hmmmm..

Tropical Storm Isaac Should Rival Hurricane Katrina

http://www.forbes.com/sites/weatherbell ... e-katrina/

308 posted on Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:04:07 PM by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 3:43 pm

Gee, I've enjoyed bantering with folks here so much I'm about to forget going to the store- BRB...

by **backhoe** » 08/ 26/ 12 6:03 pm

When we had the warehouse fire on the ninth

viewtopic.php?p=1731735#p1731735

I was unable to get any information via radio or newspaper websites- Cole & I just wandered the yard & porch and watched smoke coming over the trees.

In a “well, duh!” headslapping moment I just realized SoGlo Neighborhood watch

http://www.facebook.com/groups/185971658089832/

would have had info, and sure enough, members live reported it as it happened. OK, there was a fair amount of misinformation but that is expected with people giving a blow by blow account.

Duh.

We seem to have a dognapping ring- I've read about them earlier on SoGlo- no doubt for dog fighters who are lower than Nazis in my book. Crime seems to be about average, with vehicle break-ins a specialty. The lesson being leave nothing valuable visible and preferably not even in your car at all. Mine stay in the garage.

Time to start shutting the house down for evening.

-30-

by **backhoe** » 08/ 27/ 12 2:49 am

http://pjmedia.com/weathernerd/2012/08/26/new-orleans-under-hurricane-warning-but-plans-to-shelter-in-place/

To: penelopesire

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal called a state of emergency in Louisiana as Tropical Storm Isaac’s path moved west. He suggests that people leave low-lying parts of coastal parishes.

Isaac is expected to be a strong Category 2 hurricane at landfall Wednesday.

Grand Isle police say the mayor ordered evacuation Sunday for campers and tourists and Monday for residents.

Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Charles parishes all have declared a state of emergency.

St. Charles Parish schools are closed through Wednesday.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu says that for now, he expects New Orleans residents to shelter in place. But he says that if New Orleans is evacuated, there won’t be any shelter.

The New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Track ordered evacuation of about 700 horses from its stables.

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