thanks for hanging out with me last night. i realize things were sluggish - but i think it's because the system was overwhelmed. i had to try a different approach to get back on, but it worked out well. next time it'll be the VP debate, which is a week from today, i believe!
and i think i finally bought a car. a used Defender (i don't believe there's any other kind)
very excited - this is the first car i've purchased in 18 years.
Chris @GGsister2 gifted me the Giadzy sauce for my bday, so the meatballs basically made themselves. 😂 What’s something someone bought you that inspired a great meal—or a spectacular kitchen fail?
P.S. it's not my birthday. I just took a while to use my sister's birthday gift.
Congratulations to @Frenchi. Your question was chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@frenchi Name something you wish had a remote control but doesn't?
Congratulation to @Steve-allen. . Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Steve-Allen
What person did you realize that you totally misjudged after meeting them?
What is something stupid you did as a teenager that still scares you when you think about it?
“Rule Followers”
Rule Followers!
I follow rules for the most part.
I’ve been known to cross against the light when there was no traffic.
Although I’m with a group that would wait 20 minutes for a ‘walk’ sign, regardless of traffic.
We pulled into the old Agency Parking lot.
I received the command “find a shady spot with a table!”
I complied, the closest spot to it was a handicap spot.
We have a placard, but it wasn’t easily accessible.
“We need to move or get our permit.”
“No, there’s at least 100 spots, 10
of which are handicap. We are fine. If a park ranger wants to write us a ticket, I’ll move.”
My lovely mother in law went to sit in the car while we walked the little tour path.
She couldn’t stand it, she had to dig out the placard and put it on the dash.
Afternoon Gutter Gang. The day is done for me. Well at least the working part of the day. Now's time to catch Greg! from last night and chill with an early Happy Hour before digging into some Chinese take-out for dinner. I like it when it all comes together.
Well, I have a song dedication to the PM of Australia here on tap. Thanks to one of our friends from Down Under, PG (only her initials, not her rating) @PerthGurl , reminded us earlier today of the controversy surrounding Albanese of Australia for remarks he made seemingly comparing melons to the Japanese PM's breasts. Well, a fine song with great lyrics from Stephen Lynch will celebrate the thing, well, the things, that are on Albanese's mind. This is "Hallelujah"
“The French”
Explorers and trappers indiscriminately used and popularized the name "Nez Percé" for the Nimíipuu and nearby Chinook. The name translates as "pierced nose", but only the Chinook used that form of body modification.
The Nez Perce NHP, is made up of 38 sites located in WA, ID, and MT, which are located in their former tribal range.
We stopped for a quick picnic snack at one of the Nez Perce sites along the Clearwater River (in a river bottom). It was the location of an Indian Agency. There is also an old cemetery here.
We drove past the cutoff for the ‘Palouse’, the eastern Oregon and Washington grasslands. The Nez Perce created and bred a special breed of horses there.
They are known as the Appaloosa.
Pictures: Nez Perce Agency location. You can see the ‘Dry’ wheat fields above the River Bottom.
