Scrapr

I love when preparation meets opportunity. Great job

I believe local jurisdictions have "rules" (sometimes called laws) on the number of parking spaces for a given area. Want more spaces buy more land. Costco probably does this because they know that everybody is coming out with 58 cases of soda & 4 24 pack of paper towels.

No GK for us. So we can spoil him & his sister. His sister is a few years older & more low key & thoughtful. Michael is very outgoing & social.....and hyper. So the fun center was perfect for him. Loud flashing lights & loud music & kids everywhere. And yes it was a great day! Mom & Dad were having cocktails with neighbors when we got him back. LOL

The lovely Sara with an H & I took her nephew out for his birthday. It is usually about 3-4 hours including toy shopping, lunch & back home. Did I mention he is turning 6? So we go over & pick him up. We didn't have an entire plan dialed in yet. We found a toy store & go in. We find a BIG box of Brio train stuff & a metal locomotive (not Brio). Fair enough start. We have to run by our house & pick up some stuff...it's about a half hour oot. As we are pulling in the alley there is a big ol pile of toys with a big sign....FREE TOYS. There are 2 kids there loading up stuff. We ask if we can have some...they say you can have 1 box. So we take one and they are struggling with how to get the rest of the pile home. So we load it in the car & haul it over about a block. Tell the dad & he is cool with it. On the way to the French Bakery he sees a sign for a commuter train that terminates in our town. He LOVES trains. They aren't running today but we still had fun on the platform& looking at the cars. We made a promise to go for a train run with him. And off we go to the French Bakery. I get a day old cupcake & he gets something Off to bowling at the event center that has video games, Lazer tag, go carts etc. We bowl for an hour ( I beat him by 1 pin) We decide t play put put golf. We play the front nine. It's a little stacked up but he is running around talking to folks & makes a new friend right ahead of us. (I'll say I had 2 hole in ones) Then we head to the go carts. It's a bit of a wait but we get in & terrorize the crowd. Right next to it is the zip line. So we stand in that line. We are about half way in & Sarah takes him back to the go carts while I wait. It takes a bit and they come back. She & he hop on & do the ride. Then the back nine of the putt putt has a castle. So we have to do that. We are both beat & want to leave. As we are going through the arcade he HAS to play a frogger type game. We play for about 15 minutes & the card times out (we had 3 hours on the card) Then we go to the restaurant...spaghettiti. It must be a dance or something at the local High School as lots of HS age women are dressed in pretty dresses. Front desk says 30 minutes....but you can wait in the bar. We find a seat in the bar and lickety split we get told....no kids in the bar. Shortly after we exit we get a table. Soon enough he is crashing hard after we order. We get a go box as he chokes down a spumoni ice cream & take him home. We tell the 'rents we are exhausted. Dad says....all day every day....LOL

When I was running the business I thought 1% was allotted for bad debt. During 07-12 recession I took it to 2%. On very few occasions a bad debt would come calling back for more work. I would look up the notes on the account & see if there was any mention of write offs. Maybe a handful of times we would recover some small pittance

Ok I'm in. That is just aboot the truth of my ride. I'm in on your Strava group. I'm all weather dependent. If it rains, looks like it's going to rain, rain just ended, too sunny, too cloudy, too windy I'm oot. I got a lot of issues

Weather has been nice (off & on the last couple weeks. So I've got out a few times. Mostly about 18-20 miles.... So this afternoon I change up my planned route. I was thinking about 25 miles. Did some hills at the start instead of at the end. Ended up doing 32 miles....ouchie. The last 20-30 mins i was hurting. Had one cyclist pass me on my return route. I had just passed a subdivision & I think he came from there. No chit chat....just zoomed on by. I did pull up to a light next to a motorcyclist. He looks over at me & says wanna race? I told him lets see how fast you are...with a pump in your wheels! We both had a chuckle. Did go up a longish (1 mile or so) in my big ring. So kinda proud of dat. Lots of road debris as the shoulders weren't swept yet except in a few short places. And apparently i've turned into a Rapha jersey wearing douche. I got one from REI on sale and really like it. i was way overdressed. The last half of the ride I had to unzip my jacket & leave it flapping in the wind. Took off my full finger gloves & skull cap. and unzip my jersey. And i had a bunch of PRs. Because i lost my login to Strava so I'm starting all over again That's all from Hooterville today

There is a clue in here that this is totally bogus. the "warning" letter mentioned radio...... Does anyone under the age of 40 know about & use a radio? Perhaps Linda is in the age cohort that would be familiar with the concept of a radio

I think we know how the Baltimore bridge was slighty brushed by a container ship

and Oh My Lanta

So Tom Hanks in Bosom buddies?

Portland area had one in 1993 called the Spring Break quake. 5.6 magnitude. at 5:30 in the morning. Shook me out of bed....I ran downstairs (I don't know why) My fiancee at the time didn't want me to go over the bridges to the east side of town for a couple weeks

We had an EEH yesterday at our friends get together. There was only 1 "kid" there. A few high schoolers & young adults. So the 1 kid cleaned up

you mean losing millions betting on baseball? I hope the Dodgers have an out on his contract for moral turpitude

wait till you are 78....that's when the bargaining begins. You will sell your soul at 79.5 I blame my career for my negative outlook. As a dispatcher I tried to have options for whatever could happen. Driver not show up, driver has to go home early, contractor that had to have a garage cleaned because the people are moving in & he takes the lockbox off so we can't get in. Etc. I'm pretty easy going but my first instinct in most situations is how is this thing going to go sideways. The lovely Sara with an H has been helping me w/this

Against my beloved OS Beavers! I'm a bit worried. iiRC NE beat the Caitlins? The Beaver center went out with what looked like a twisted ankle at the end of the 3rd period. She was on the bench later. You will recognize her because she has a Batman mask. She broke her nose in a couple places a couple weeks ago and the mask is fir protection

and sailboats?

say hey to the Friendly Kiwi....Where's the monkey?

1989 but there are many exceptions where it is still in use. Just don't go scraping it up & eating the remains. https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/epa-actions-protect-public-exposure-asbestos#:~:text=1989 Partial Ban on the,These uses remain banned. One of the more common hot spots for asbestos is drywall mud. When I sold my business I started up a asbestos testing business for the new owner. I got certified & he did too. It's shocking how much is still around & in use. I only got certified to help the new owner navigate the process. At the next renewal I let it lapse

That linoleum almost certainly has asbestos. Don't disturb it. Fine to go over the top with it

1) Follow the money 2) go find the strippers

Last couple years we have had a happy hour with the neighborhood. We have 7 houses around a small park. So we invite everyone plus a couple of "alley" neighbors. We have it in the little park. Last year it went 3 or 4 hours. Much hilarity was made.

Literally Business in the front & party in the back