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McDonalds Has Pulled Milkshakes From The Menu

Over 1000 outlets are affected, and the reason is down to supply-chain disruptions resulting from a dearth of truck drivers. Last thing I'd ever have thought; mikshakes are usually associated with cows rather than truckers.

 

NOLA SOL Again

Multiple New Orleans sewage pumps lost power as Hurricane Ida began to thrash Louisiana Sunday morning, with officials calling for remaining residents to limit their usage of wastewater in homes.

Yeah - unless you have generators down there, you've got no power. The whole grid there's non-functional at present. So they're dealing with more crap than usual.

 

 

Good Stuff From Doug

Double Whammy For New Orleans?

Hospitals in New Orleans are bracing for public health emergencies on two fronts as Hurricane Ida threatens to strike at the same time as Louisiana is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases.

New Orleans is in the midst of a “severe outbreak” with a seven-day average of 220 new infections, according to the city’s Covid-19 dashboard. Across the state, more than 3,400 new cases were confirmed as of Friday, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. At least 2,684 people are hospitalized in Louisiana with Covid-19.

As if Covid wasn't bad enough, it looks as though they'll be dealing with a category 4 hurricane as well. It might be a good time to  bunch it for a few days, until Ida moves on through.

 

food

• 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme

Crook In South Carolina Steals Horse, Hides It In Bedroom

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. — A man in Oconee County is facing charges after authorities say he stole a full-grown horse and then allegedly tried to hide it in a bedroom.

Dispatch was able to contact the suspect's father who was not far away. He later told deputies that the home was his and that his son wasn't supposed to be there.

Upon entering the home, deputies stated in the report that they found signs that the horse may be nearby.

"I immediately observed that there was horse feces in the living room," the responding deputy wrote.

As for the suspect, authorities said he was wanted on additional charges. Other reports provided by the sheriff's office list burglary, petit larceny, trespassing, and at least one case where the suspect was seen throwing a mandolin into a longtime neighbor's pasture.

For the horse theft, he now faces an additional charge of stealing livestock valued at more than $2,000 and less than $10,000.

Who knows? If not for the horse-crap, he might have pulled it off. "Look Dad! I got you a pony!"

 

Once More...

According to their official site, Governor Kate Brown is calling in Oregon National Guard troops to help hospitals dealing with a COVID caseload. It’ll start on August 20th with an initial 500 guard people being sent to over 20 hospitals in the state to help with equipment and testing.

But the Governor is willing to go as far as upwards of 1500 if circumstances call for more manpower.

733 people are in the hospital with COVID as of this morning with 185 of those cases in the ICU.

Yes, hospitals are overloaded again. Seems to be the new normal around here.

I guess that a lot of people just don't get that whole "common-sense" thing.

 

 

Fortunately, I Don't Get Out Much

Federal health officials have been actively looking at whether extra shots for the vaccinated may be needed as early as this fall, reviewing case numbers in the U.S. “almost daily” as well as the situation in other countries such as Israel, where preliminary studies suggest the vaccine’s protection against serious illness dropped among those vaccinated in January.

I'm more of a homebody, these days.

Maybe once a month to the store for dogfood, milk, and the like. In and out quickly; I get most of the other stuff delivered.

 

 

Cool Hack

Little-known battery trick

Your wireless mouse has died and you’re on deadline. Or you kid’s toy stopped working and they’re not happy.

If you’re out of AA batteries, did you know you can use a smaller AAA battery by folding up a small bit of tin foil and inserting it on one of the ends?

It totally works since AA and AAA batteries carry the same amount of voltage.

 

Welp, Cuomo's Out.

New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced his resignation from the office of governor effective in 14 days.

Being a long-time Democratic, I thought he'd get a pass on all of this.