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ParticipantIf I had an apartment or condo I would probably not allow dogs.
ParticipantIn my detached houses every tenant I ever had has had a pet and I don’t have any regrets. Never have owned or managed an apartment. When I rented rooms in my house a guy had a parrot. That became a problem when he was using a space heater 1500W 24/7 for the bird, but when the electric bill came he paid for it.
I don’t like screening people with dogs because everyone thinks their dogs are great, but am not against dogs necessarily. Zero pit bulls, rotweilers etc. and usually not more than one dog . I do screen the dogs before a person even gets an application.
Participant[quote=UCGal][quote=Blogstar]Driving past the local golf courses today had to wonder why and the hell a guy can’t try to make a living washing cars.[/quote]
I don’t disagree with your point… but there is a difference in the water source. Golf courses are using the reclaimed water (purple pipes.) So it’s not coming from the pottable (tap) water sources.
But, I agree, it seems ridiculous that water restrictions don’t effect golf courses.[/quote]
Forgot about the reclaimed water.
It doesn’t appear that detailers have stopped out here.ParticipantDriving past the local golf courses today had to wonder why and the hell a guy can’t try to make a living washing cars.
Participant[quote=UCGal][quote=Blogstar]I used parmesan from Wisconsin today in the pesto, buy it in bulk and it sits in the freezer quite well. It tastes great! Grew the basil, that will definitely pay taxes on my next Oreo shake. I freeze the pesto for winter along with Spaghetti sauce for the kids, made with tomatoes, peppers and onions I grew. There is enough of both to have it every other week with leftovers. Most stay at home parents probably don’t do this stuff but I do.
There are about 75 bottles of frozen watermelon juice in there too, organic all not taxed.
How much could you save making your own Oreo shakes?[/quote]
Hijack alert –
Russ – how are you packaging the pesto and tomato sauce. Are you going through the full canning process? Using zip lock bags?
We have a boatload of tomatoes and a boatload of basil this year. We’ve been trying to keep up with Pesto pizza, pesto pasta, etc… but we want to freeze some too. Same with red sauces – we’ve been making batches 2-3 times a week. More than we can consume – so we’ve been giving sauces to neighbors. But we’d like to set some in for the winter.
Costco has a great deal on ball jars for canning. I looked online for how to can tomato sauces and it looks like, because of the acidity, etc, it’s more involved than typical canning. Not just a hot bath – but a pressure cooker is needed. I’m not ready to buy another appliance. We do have a big/deep steamer pot that we can use for a water bath. Any tips?
Edited to add:
We’ve had great luck doing a blanch and ziplock freeze for other garden veggies like green beans. But I’m new to the canning process. Our sauces have really become awesome this year – and I’d love to be able to have them in the winter.[/quote]Hi UCGAL, I have wondered how much you all might be gardening now.
This pesto is complete, (some people just pulverize and freeze the leaves). It goes into regular zip lock baggies and I kind of roll those and squeeze that air out and then 4 or five of those go into a heavier duty quart freezer bag, so double wrapped. The food processor makes enough for one of these setups per batch. 5 cups leaves, 1 cup cheese , 1 cup nuts, about 1 cup olive oil, 9 teaspoons garlic and salt and pepper to taste. (watch out for salt in cheese from Wisconsin!).
Spaghetti sauce is complete too with meat or vegetarian but all you have to do is heat it up. Just food process tomatoes skin and all and cook the sauce for about an hour with added organic paste from Costco if needed. We put it in half full gallon freezer bags and use loaf pans to give it shape until it freezes solid.
We have a chest freezer and two combos, so canning is not urgent. We have even frozen beets and made borscht later on and shredded zukes and pureed pumpkin for bread in winter, It works great. Sun dried tomatoes freeze nicely too, for that pesto dinner in January or for soups. Ever check the price of sun dried tomatoes?
I bought a canning book and some stuff but so far have only done two huge jars of refrigerator pickles, They last for up to 90 days so with our long growing season you could have pickles half of the year without canning. I would like to do some kimchee type stuff ….seemingly a little more advanced, but it is supposed to be really good for you to eat fermented stuff. I’ll bring some to the next pigg meetup.
ParticipantI used parmesan from Wisconsin today in the pesto, buy it in bulk and it sits in the freezer quite well. It tastes great! Grew the basil, that will definitely pay taxes on my next Oreo shake. I freeze the pesto for winter along with Spaghetti sauce for the kids, made with tomatoes, peppers and onions I grew. There is enough of both to have it every other week with leftovers. Most stay at home parents probably don’t do this stuff but I do.
There are about 75 bottles of frozen watermelon juice in there too, organic all not taxed.
How much could you save making your own Oreo shakes?
ParticipantUsing something that does not meet the criteria but was stocked up in advance is no different than just buying it as you go.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]congrats. I know exactly what you mean.
I once picked up 1000sf of slate off of Craigslist and laid all of it for my dad. I hired someone some to pour the concrete but I did the tiling. It’s satisfying to accomplish something with your bare hands. The worse part was loading everything onto the pickup and unloading. But I did it.
I’m a big fan of incorporating work into exercise. The key to being healthy is to be deliberate to avoid occupational hazards such as breathing dust, too much sun, etc…
that’s why I have a lot of respect for Mexican immigrants who do all the grunt work. I once hired a guy off of Craigslist to do my granite countertops in Vegas. He and his buddies worked under 100F weather to get it all done. I was impressed.
I’m a big believer in not sitting on your ass and doing things around the house. Move non-stop, do physical work, exercise, eat well and you’ll live a long time.[/quote]
The shit work,
When Mexican immigrants do it all their lives , it’s admirable.
When you do it it’s good exercise and healthy and enjoyable, maybe profitable.
When married people with kids do it , it means they have made miserable choices and have screwed up lives. Strange.ParticipantThe trouble with exercise from work is that almost no one does it consistently or consistently hard enough or with good variation for Range of motion, so at best it should be considered cross training.
ParticipantI’ll loan you mi welding machine, Stick welder ,easy as pie, when I built my house I bought the welder and all the materials and built the handrails up to the three porches. It’s very satisfying. Could you imagine entering the property everyday through this priceless gate that you built …it will last longer than you back muscles will. Your kids will be bringing your grandkids through the gate the grandpa built.
Participant[quote=Hobie]HenryPP: Nice read but think about this in respect to the hypocrosity referencing Israel.
Israel purchased the land from Arabs in 1947. Including malaria infested swampland which they drained and constructed homes. Can you fault them for defending it?
Israel certainly believes in the concept of, “opening a can of WhupAss on ya” if you mess with them. Again, can’t say I blame them and actually the US should take a lesson here. ( specifically the nancy boy political environment post WW2 )
And PM Netanyahu sums it up quite well: Silence will be met with silence.[/quote]
Nice words “:silence for silence” , when you are the powerful one.
Participant[quote=svelte][quote=Blogstar]I got kicked off a jury panel for saying I wouldn’t respect laws against possession and use in Marijuana cases . That was about 25 years ago. If more and more people will do that …we have the power.[/quote]
+1[/quote]
Thanks!Participant[quote=spdrun]
I am into speaking my conscience not playing G-d. Great song though.
If I were G-d, the punishment of the putzes involved in this stupidity would involve much less pleasant things than simply losing a case. Using an ill teenager in that way deserves some divine retribution.
Jury nullification is just human justice, not playing G-d. You can speak your conscience to the court, but no one will actually give a fuck, nor will it make a difference in the outcome. Getting on the jury at all costs might be a different story.[/quote]
I’ll take that into consideration next time.
Participant[quote=paramount][quote=svelte]
Oh geez. Let me be more clear for you.Your ANCESTORS were very likely immigrants who were allowed in. But now that you’re here, let’s keep everyone else out, shall we?[/quote]
No, just those who attempt to or have entered illegally.
We no longer have a shortage of human capital.[/quote]
And one day we won’t think of humans in terms of capital.
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