This is working exactly as it was intended, since the whole program was designed by insurance and big business.

There is no way for the average person to be adequately insured. There is always a loophole to be exploited by insurance companies to refuse coverage for care that is a money loser for the insurance companies.

Our system is rigged, it is sick, there is no way to fix it when the people writing the laws are craven and greedy. Wait, is craven and greedy the same thing?

That’s great info, stratocruiser. My neighborhood is going to enjoy knowing. I admit the shingles are not black but darkish green, so yeah, about the same. Her poor tenants. I used to take care of the building, but I quit. And not a minute too soon, sounds like. Lots of leaky pipes going on, and THAT I would not have enjoyed having to deal with.

I’ve spent plenty of this last week on roofs, and I am Really Glad I won’t be spending much of this week up there. All the coolers are done, one Old Kula still leaking a little, so I may have to give up on her, but keeping my fingers crossed she will make it one more summer. The new ones are just not very good quality, what a surprise. So keeping the old ones going is a big deal.

I gotta run, love the garden talk tonight. Suz, I hope I will get to see you this summer, I am really on a tear to get to Seattle and Portland, if nothing else for my 60s road tour.

spockpo, I have one of those Iceburg rose bushes, just got it last year I think, and it has at least 2 buds on it I noticed yesterday. I am mad for medium orange roses. I keep looking for the perfect one. My neighbor has some lilac colored roses, lovely.

Our farmer’s market opened in my neighborhood today, but I did not have time to go. It really is one of my favorite days of the week, Saturday, when it is in season. Just a couple of blocks from my house.

I ran out of time to get potting soil today. But I found some at LM’s, so all good. A friend gave me a jade plant that is so top heavy I need to put it in a bigger pot, but I wanted to get the right soil for it since it looks so spectacular now. It fell over last night, and I had to prop it up against the wall until I get the soil to transplant it.

I am afraid I am not too good with houseplants.

Hola Suz, and all llners. I drove to LM’s today, it was a beautiful drive, the valley green, the sky blue. Of course the valley green will be brown soon enough, the drought is terrible.

My garden is coming along, the roses doing well, a little bit of fruit, and lilies coming up. I had a very few iris, one of my faves, but my yard is no longer ideal for those. I finally planted tomatoes and sprouted some basil seeds, hoping those will all flourish when I am on the road here and there in the next month.

I find it interesting that Bradley Manning is considered by anyone to be a “celebrity.” Wow. I mean, he Should Be Celebrated for his bravery and moral compass, but “celebrity?” Hmm.

Thank you again, Kevin.

Well done, Kevin. You have got it down, and thank goodness. Of course you earned your stripes, and now they know you are not doing a fool’s errand.

Thank you for all you do here. Much appreciated.

Nighters, Suz, sweet dreams.

Once I was using some kind of caulk, I think with silicon in it, and I found that mineral oil would clean it up. Silicon is soooo hard to clean up, and that mineral oil just wiped it away. I don’t know if it has any impact on the seal or life of the caulk, but wow.

The traffic looks light, but also there are not many traffic signals in China, at least when I was there.

I have a friend who uses Dawn for everything, sometimes if you soak the stain overnight just with the liquid soap and then wash in warm water, that will get out a lot of stuff. Not everything, but it is worth a try. Also sometimes teh google has good ideas. I was able to get ink stains out of my bedspread using hairspray and a lot of elbow grease, I was amazed.

A trick with saliva I learned working in a sewing shop is that if you prick your finger and it bleeds on your sewing, saliva will get the blood out.

Well, like all deadlines in my experience, I always hope to have enough time to finish everything like I want, but then there is never quite enough time, and the all nighters are truly behind me. So that is where the rub comes.