What nonsense. Peanut Butter is an essential food group, like Vegemite.
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What nonsense. Peanut Butter is an essential food group, like Vegemite.
Growing up in the Midwest, any time snow was in the forecast, all the milk and bread disappeared. I never have understood why, since our snowfalls usually melt in a couple days.Oh, I was smart -- I bought MY water yesterday!However, I'd forgotten to get peanut butter and jelly, always a good thing to have on hand in the event of a power outage. I imagine that the store will restock either later today or tonight and over the next few days. People here are always concerned that in the event of a power outage that the water/sewer system could be affected in some way, hence the need to have bottled water available.
Oh, I forgot to comment earlier about Peanut Butter..... Grew up with it as a kid, loved it, then went through a period where I had a bit too much of it, serious overload, and that eventually really put me off it for some time, but now I'm back to enjoying it on occasion. It's nice on an English muffin with some Je-- oops, er, uh -- Jam for breakfast once in a while. PB has protein in it so it's good for you! Oh, and, yeah, I like Vegemite, too! Granted, that's an acquired taste, but, hey, even though I'm not from "Down Under," I like the stuff! Same for Marmite, which is similar but not quite the same.....
I've recently started collaborating with a Facebook page (22k reach) that does articles on interesting people in the area. For my first assignment, I got to take some portraits of old Bob. Lovely man, with quite the story.
https://www.facebook.com/humansoflaunceston
Bob Headshot by Adam Campbell, on Flickr
https://www.facebook.com/humansoflaunceston
Bob Headshot by Adam Campbell, on Flickr
I have never understood why bread and milk are always among the first things to disappear from store shelves in the wake of an announcement and prediction of a big weather event (snow, hurricane, tornado, whatever)..... Toilet Paper and Kleenex, bottled water, soft drinks, all that I can understand.....and various nonperishable food items, but, yeah, nine times out of ten most weather situations are over fairly promptly and usually even the aftermath (power outage, whatever) isn't all that long-lasting, either. it's that tenth time, though, the BIG ONE, where the power is out for days when suddenly there is a re-evaluation of what should have been in the house to eat and drink rather than what may actually be there, especially if the fridge and freezer are full of perishable items....... The bread goes stale pretty quickly and the milk....well, it's perishable, isn't it?
Jelly for us is what I believe you guys call jello. Nothing like jam.
Nice flower picture. Looks almost like a crystal.
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Fascinating story and picture. Perhaps he should change his name to lucky.I've recently started collaborating with a Facebook page (22k reach) that does articles on interesting people in the area. For my first assignment, I got to take some portraits of old Bob. Lovely man, with quite the story.
https://www.facebook.com/humansoflaunceston
Bob Headshot by Adam Campbell, on Flickr
Sion, Switzerland
I actually use this one as my desktop which I keep relatively clean of icons. Took my MBP to the Apple Store for something and when they turned on the notebook to look at the issue and were greeted with this, the reaction was priceless!
I actually use this one as my desktop which I keep relatively clean of icons. Took my MBP to the Apple Store for something and when they turned on the notebook to look at the issue and were greeted with this, the reaction was priceless!
A mud hen chick and the father. The mother was out of this frame. The adult male is more colorful than the female.
Found this while browsing my photos. Inside a cornfield in June.
[doublepost=1536763531][/doublepost]That same cornfield, with two farmers and two miners standing on either side of a VA Tech soils professor, looking at crop production on reclaimed mined land.
[doublepost=1536763531][/doublepost]That same cornfield, with two farmers and two miners standing on either side of a VA Tech soils professor, looking at crop production on reclaimed mined land.
Same tree, different fungus:
That looks like gore from a horror movie!
I am currently in The Netherlands on a business trip and we have been locked away here at Kasteel Oud Poelgeest. Quite a nice change from the usual office. Not happy about the skewed verticals but taken on an RX100 from a weird angle.
Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
Last year after Hurricane Irma passed through, I was interviewed by the local TV station about sewer issues. It was early AM, still dark, and I was making the coffee on the camping stove on the patio and they were filming. With power out, it shut down the pump station and raw sewage was eruption out the manhole cover on the street in front go my house, then eventually draining into the lake. I made some signs advising what people were driving through, but kids on skateboards still thought was fun. I am at least 3' above the street so didn't really affect me, but houses on the lakeside were essentially level with the street, and while it didn't back flow out of their toilets, it did fill their sewer like where couldn't flush, bath, etc. Discussed it with the news crew and they ended up interviewing me. Apparently they were private pump stations that were never updated and had no backup power...and didn't have enough portable generators for all, so crew rotated available generators, relieving, then building back. While the company took a lot of heat from EPA and others, don't see where they have updated the facilities.Oh, I was smart -- I bought MY water yesterday!
Stay safe.
Monterey Bay, California
Nikon D80, 18-300 VR lens
Nikon D80, 18-300 VR lens
I'm getting a little better with wildlife, but I still have a lot of practicing to do.
Found this lake while hiking solo along the Tioga Pass by Mammoth Lakes in California, it was such a treat to have it all to myself. While hiking down I smelled a very strong pee smell, kind of like the smell of bears in cages, I wondered if the bears in the wild smell the same, but there were no signs of bears anywhere. Does anyone know if bears in the wild have the same strong pee scent?
Fill some empty gallon milk jugs mostly full with water. Leave a little space for expansion. Fill as much of the freezer as you can with them. It’ll help keep the freezer cold and doubles as a source of fresh water if needed. It also helps your freezer (and fridge if you keep some in there) working more efficiently when the power is on. If you need some more space, take one out and set it aside until you have room to put it back in. Voila!
Happy frog loving the rain that refilled it's pond and a slightly soggy photographer
.Thanks for looking,
Ed
Nice specimen.View attachment 780975
Happy frog loving the rain that refilled it's pond and a slightly soggy photographer
Thanks for looking,
Ed
That's kind of what I did..... In addition to putting the freezer pac thingies in the freezer I also put in several small bottles of water, too.
Pretty smart, though my freezer is usually stuffed. I used to freeze a water bottle for my lunchbox instead of using an ice pack. By the end of an 8 hour day in the heat, I had a nice cold bottle of water for the drive home! It is an important distinction though—the more full your fridge is, the more efficient it becomes. You can usually endure a lengthy power outage by simply keeping the fridge pretty full and keeping the door closed as much as possible.