The Story of Lori

[ChrissyRyan]

Hi One and All

I think I have a role to ply here somehow.

Hugs
Sarah B

You crack me up. 

Here too, the job is not finished until the paperwork is done.

[Sarah B]

Hi Chrissy

You crack me up.

Same here ROFL and coughing and sputtering as well.

Here too, the job is not finished until the paperwork is done.

Right, because the last thing you want is a mess left behind."

Hugs
Sarah B
@ChrissyRyan

[ChrissyRyan]

Yes, please do not leave a mess behind Sarah.

[davina61]

You must be flushed with your shopping, okay this is going down the pan now.

[Emma1017]

Wow, I can't believe I missed so many toilet paper puns. I am still flush from laughing so hard....

During COVID I bought a bidet.  It saved toilet paper and was easier than sitting in the sink if the store ran out of paper.

[ChrissyRyan]

Bidets are good, you should have a safely placed and close by electrical outlet for the bidet.

If you have a flexible metal water inlet tube with standard fittings that would also make installation easier.  Save the original toilet seat if you want to take the bidet with you when you leave your apt. or house, as the bidets I have seen come with a new seat.  Or be prepared to buy a new seat later after your bidet is removed.  Or leave the bidet there I suppose; but, they can get pricey. 

[ChrissyRyan]

Wow, I can't believe I missed so many toilet paper puns. I am still flush from laughing so hard....

During COVID I bought a bidet.  It saved toilet paper and was easier than sitting in the sink if the store ran out of paper.

@Emma1017



Holy S***!   Sitting in the sink!   Oh my!

[Lori Dee]

@Emma1017



Holy S***!   Sitting in the sink!   Oh my!

Hopefully not the kitchen sink. 

[ChrissyRyan]

Hopefully not the kitchen sink. 

And not her computer's heat sink.

[Sephirah]

What did I just wander in on. LOL. This is why I love your blog, Lori. Every time I come here it's like... a soap opera, lol.

Reading through the posts since my last log in... oh god... no, not like "Log" in...

Damn it, you've got me doing it now. In the UK, back during Covid, there was the great toilet paper apocalypse. It was both funny and scary at the same time. And proof that humanity is always only 2 steps away from Andrex.

[Lori Dee]

What did I just wander in on. LOL. This is why I love your blog, Lori. Every time I come here it's like... a soap opera, lol.

Yes indeed. Transitioning can be quite an adventure. From gold panning to TP and hot dogs and washing your butt in the sink. Come on over to Lori's Place, we have it all!

Oh, and BTW I watched Session 9. Oh yeah, that's a good one. You should watch Split. Similar scenario but really creepy. 

[Sephirah]

Oh, and BTW I watched Session 9. Oh yeah, that's a good one. You should watch Split. Similar scenario but really creepy. 

Will check it out, Lori. I am glad you liked it! <3

[Lori Dee]

The electric company tries to tell us that electricity is more energy efficient. The contractors who built my apartment building installed all electric appliances, including heat and air conditioning.

It is currently -8F outside and my furnace has been running all night trying to keep up. The thermostat is set at 77F and it is 70F according to the thermostat, a tabletop thermometer, and my Galileo thermometer near the window. For the past two months, my electric bill has increased by $20 per month and I am not running any rock tumblers.

Not very efficient. Maybe in the southern climates, but not in the northern midwest.

BTW, the electric company's generators are running on natural gas.

Give me a gas furnace any time.

I think today will be a good day for fuzzy socks and flannel PJs all day.

[ChrissyRyan]

The electric company tries to tell us that electricity is more energy efficient. The contractors who built my apartment building installed all electric appliances, including heat and air conditioning.

It is currently -8F outside and my furnace has been running all night trying to keep up. The thermostat is set at 77F and it is 70F according to the thermostat, a tabletop thermometer, and my Galileo thermometer near the window. For the past two months, my electric bill has increased by $20 per month and I am not running any rock tumblers.

Not very efficient. Maybe in the southern climates, but not in the northern midwest.

BTW, the electric company's generators are running on natural gas.

Give me a gas furnace any time.

I think today will be a good day for fuzzy socks and flannel PJs all day.

Gas heat can feel warm.  Electric heat pump output not so much.  You may be paying a fair price for your electric though it is more in total than in the warmer months.  Heating degree days likely have increased for you.

Natural gas prices tend to increase when the weather causes a greater need for it too.

Some communities seem to use more radiant heat than others, some more geothermal heat than others, and some more natural gas than others. 

[ChrissyRyan]

. . .

I think today will be a good day for fuzzy socks and flannel PJs all day.

For sure it is a keep warm day.

[Lori Dee]

Part of the issue here is the geology of the Black Hills. There are places where the bedrock is too shallow to properly bury utilities like gas, water, power lines, etc.

Power, phone, and internet lines can be run above ground. Water and gas need to be buried deep enough to prevent damage. Especially water that must be buried below the frost line to keep it from freezing in winter. So the only utilities coming into this building are electricity, phone/cable/internet, and water/sewer. On the surface, that looks like a good idea. But when the power goes out, everything goes down from heating/cooling to security cameras and outside door access, as well as cooking appliances and the water heater for the whole building (42 apartments).

As a survivalist, I keep a propane stove and heater on hand with several small bottles of propane. So I have heat, can boil water and cook my food. But I can't take care of the 41 other families, some of whom have several children.

PPPP->PPP
(Piss-Poor Prior Planning leads to Pitiful Peak Performance)

[ChrissyRyan]

Part of the issue here is the geology of the Black Hills. There are places where the bedrock is too shallow to properly bury utilities like gas, water, power lines, etc.

Power, phone, and internet lines can be run above ground. Water and gas need to be buried deep enough to prevent damage. Especially water that must be buried below the frost line to keep it from freezing in winter. So the only utilities coming into this building are electricity, phone/cable/internet, and water/sewer. On the surface, that looks like a good idea. But when the power goes out, everything goes down from heating/cooling to security cameras and outside door access, as well as cooking appliances and the water heater for the whole building (42 apartments).

As a survivalist, I keep a propane stove and heater on hand with several small bottles of propane. So I have heat, can boil water and cook my food. But I can't take care of the 41 other families, some of whom have several children.

PPPP->PPP
(Piss-Poor Prior Planning leads to Pitiful Peak Performance)

I have heard of PP but not PPPP or PPP.

I get your point.

[ChrissyRyan]

I have heard of PP but not PPPP or PPP.

I get your point.


No starting toilet humor now. . . PP

[Lori Dee]

There are many things that a President does not have the power or authority to do.
For those of us who were not born yet, Hitler took power over Germany by implementing the Emergency Powers Act.

Trump is planning to issue dozens of executive actions — more than 100 just on Day 1, at least in his own telling — within his first week in office ...

Conservative groups have spent the last four years exploring the bounds of executive power and looking for avenues Trump could take on a wide array of policies should he return to the White House. ...

Miller, in the Sunday briefing with GOP lawmakers, confirmed elements of a long-planned sweeping suite of immigration actions, including Trump invoking a national emergency at the border as a way to unlock funding from the Defense Department for the administration's use.

Trump will declare a national emergency related to energy as part of a significant number of actions targeting domestic energy production and the industries ...

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/politics/trump-day-one-executive-actions/index.html

And then there is Trump will sign executive orders rescinding federal government diversity, equity and inclusion policies, Miller told the lawmakers, as well as actions to remove specific gender-related executive orders put in place by Biden.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/politics/trump-executive-orders-lawmakers-day-1/index.html

I will be paying close attention to TV news coverage tomorrow.

[Lori Dee]

I listened very carefully to speeches and conversations broadcast on TV today. Keep in mind that I believe Trump views himself as a dictator and will behave as such. His flurry of Executive Orders today, signed within hours of his being sworn in as President, ignores current law, Supreme Court decisions, and anything contrary to his agenda.

I listened for clues about what his plans might be. He talked about making every country pay the U.S. for goods and services, instead of the other way around. He sees the U.S. becoming the industrial and financial center of the world. Look at some of the non-government VIPs that attended the inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and the heads of Apple and TikTok.

Also of interest (to me) was his comments about Greenland. He wants Greenland and said that Denmark doesn't want it. Maybe he is proposing a deal, or maybe he thinks Denmark would not fight for it if the U.S. just invaded and took it over. He said we need Greenland because of all the Chinese and Russian ships in that area and it is a matter of National Security. Then in the same conversation jokingly said something about making Canada the 51st State.

He is already working to close the southern border by declaring it a National Emergency. He will use that authority for funding to use the U.S. military (including the National Guard) to defend the border.

Look at any map of North America. If Greenland and Canada became U.S. states or territories, The U.S. would control half of the entire Western Hemisphere.

He talked about the Panama Canal and said we gave it to Panama, but it is run by China, so we will take it back. Panama said the canal belongs to them and they will not give it back.

Will Trump plan to invade Panama and take not just the canal but the whole country? The Panama Canal is the only East-West passage between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. If we controlled that, we could generate revenue by charging other countries for passage, and even deny them access.

That would also present a firm military foothold should he decide he wants Central America too. By then, the oil in Venezuela might be too tempting to pass up.

It probably won't happen. The United Nations would never allow it. They would scold him with strong words.

Hitler didn't get away with taking over country after country, so Trump won't either.