Happy Friday to all the wonderful citizens in the City of Claycord.
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Pick One:
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A) Hawaiian Guava Cake
B) Mexican Guava Cake
C) YUCK
cannot pick any as I have never had either. Thank you for allowing me to waste your time with a nonanswer, as is my wont…. I do like your questions @S, just can’t answer this one.
@S
A) Hawaiian
I haven’t heard of either, had to look them up and decided that the Hawaiian looked tastier. (Congrats on being first again). 🙂
“B”
seems less sweet to me, so I can eat more…..
Well….
Maybe that’s not a good thing>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
🙂
A little humor…
https://oldnfo.org/2023/10/05/a-little-humor-49/
“10. If you’re sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, “Did you bring the money?””
Priceless!
Cowellian’s first.
It’s starting to feel like fall.
Who decided it was a good idea to put a Starbucks drive thru in the intersection treat/clayton road?? I swear it gets suuper busy and sometimes the line even blocks the road and intersection. 🤦🤦🤦🤦
MG,
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When this Starbucks was first proposed in August of 2014 many of us posted comments right here on Claycord about the traffic problems this location would cause. I wish I was able to find the Claycord article in the archives so I could post a link.
If only they’d read Claycord,
they would have known what would go wrong . . . . . .
I’d be surprised if you couldn’t retrieve that from the Wayback Machine: https://archive.org/web/
Wait until Dutch Bros. Coffee drive thru opens on Clayton Road.
Interesting because today when I drove by the Martinez Dutch Bros I noticed it has calmed down a bit. For weeks there was a long line going in but today going downtown about 10 AM there was one car in the line and returning from downtown around 12 PM only a few cars. Maybe the novelty has warn off and will have normal traffic from now on.
First!!!!
I win!
RunDog is a Champion!
Book report: Whipping Star, Frank Herbert,1969. Bit sadistic antics in parts of this one. This has at least one familiar name and type of alien so it may be part of a mini series. This one is mostly how language can be confusing to both the human and the alien. Very little connection between them, their words, or the way they use them yet understanding content and connection is vital. The in’s and out’s of this one can be a bit mind twisting.
glutton alert…
I have personally eaten about 3 bags worth of candy corn and those mallow pumpkins. all this while trying to lose weight.
On a related note: I am digging all the houses with Halloween decorations. Still will have to hit the area in Discovery Bay (Powell) Dr. J had mentioned. working on my own. Trying to get an Axworthy ghost going. Been unsuccessful the last 2 years. How is this for talking about “whatever?”
@Original G
Can totally relate to #9 and #18, and laughed out loud at #13. Good stuff!
Vote:
1. No taxes of any kind for 1 year.
2. Free gas for one year.
3. Free ammo for one year.
4. Free groceries for one year.
5. No GEICO commercials for one year.
Scientific literacy is the single most important survival skill we possess.
Three out of the four finest marksmen I know personally are women. There’s something there.
Rock is dead. I can’t tell you when it died, but I’ve been poking it with a stick for a while now and it’s starting to smell.
I honestly don’t give a sh*t what happened to Jimmy Hoffa.
I used to carry on about hating disco while secretly loving it.
I don’t want to be mean and hurt anyone’s feelings, but Metallica is terrible. A garage band with exceptional PR. And I wouldn’t clean my toilet with their OEM whiskey.
Joan Jett sucks too…damn it’s good to get all this out.
Any and all performers named “ Lil” anything, sucks.
Remember when all the teenagers were gonna die from vaping? Whatever happened to that?
I was a slow convert, but I’m close to having all ceramic blade knives.
I haven’t seen a truly stray dog in two years at least.
Look for and read ‘ The Three Body Problem’ by Cixin Liu. The first of an outstanding trilogy.
I keep mowing my neighbors front lawn because he says his dad has his lawnmower. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a lawnmower. Or a dad. Whatever. He thinks he’s getting over but he’s twice my weight and half my age.
I keep wondering why guys show up at the range in camouflage. But I keep it to myself.
Prediction. In five years there will only be two pharmacies left, CVS and Rite-Aid. Amazon will buy one, and WalMart, the other.
I still don’t know what bath salts were. Or are. Angel Dust for millennials I guess.
They just sentenced the guy who went after the Queen with a crossbow. Something delightfully medieval I kinda wish he’d gotten away with just for the devastating irony. Better if it was a long bow though. Monarchy, even when strictly symbolic is gross. But an American can be forgiven for that stance.
Unpopular take…I didn’t find ‘Breaking Bad’ compelling or Walter White the least bit intimidating. Though there was a 16 year old girl in ‘Game of Thrones’ that terrified me. 🤷
I’ve never eaten alligator.
Except for 12ga and .22 I haven’t bought retail ammunition in 10 years now. Roll your own, says Atticus.
I don’t like watches, never have. Only jewelry I ever wore were dog tags and a wedding band. Both institutions long in my rear view mirror.
What if we find out it was farts that caused all cancer?
I’m not going to suddenly decide I care about women’s soccer just so I can spew my stunted politics. This time. 😎
It’s supposed to be cathartic to split firewood. It’s okay, but digging a deep hole to me is always more satisfying. Plus you never know when you might need a deep, easy to fill in hole.
I don’t care how gnarled and painful my hands eventually get, I refuse to wear Velcro shoes as a matter of principle.
Okay so when does the testosterone go away exactly? I’m waiting. and not patiently. I’m gonna lean into it hard though.
I at the same time envy, and feel sorry for deeply religious people. I may not be a good person, 🤷
Robert Mitchum was vastly underrated. See ‘Night of the Hunter’.
I’m not washing or rinsing out my garbage. If it’s reasonably clean, into the recycling bin, if not I just toss it. A man’s just gotta take a stance now and then. 😝
I have never miscounted , exaggerated or lied on my taxes. I’ve paid all I owe and probably more. Just for the record. Bastids .
Tazo Green Tea. Green tips or Zen.Maybe some honey and lemon. Not those squeeze bottles, a real lemon.
Grizzly bears kill and eat several people a year in North America. Guess how many people get eaten by tigers in India every year? I don’t actually know, but it’s a lot. I mean more than you’d think would be reasonable in 2023. That’s kinda cool.
We all ( well I did) made fun of somebody’s border wall a few years back. No one laughing now.
Trying to learn Mandarin is effing hard. I can’t do it it. Seriously , it’s not if I worked a little harder Id get it, I can’t do it. My mouth can’t make those sounds. Luckily I’ll be long dead before it becomes an issue/requirement.
Coming up with a nutritional satisfying meal every single night is becoming a chore.
On weekends there’s always a line at the local pot store. Literally the only place I ever see a line.
Guy disappeared while swimming up near Point Reyes after other folks saw a large shark. Article said he was an expert water sportsman with years of experience. Really? Expert? Swimming dressed in a seal suit at Point Reyes in September? Sure …expert.
You can spend a fortune on very fine Swiss or German rifle scopes. And if you have the money, great. It’s fine glass. But I buy Nikon. Unfortunately they stopped making rifle scopes a few years ago but there’s a strong secondary market. I buy them up and so should you. ProStaff or Monarch. Make a tight littlex48 spotting scope I’m getting real fond of too. Doesn’t come with a stand or a hard case though.
I’ve (I’d) never bashed a guys skull in with a Stihl Heavy Duty spade shovel. But if was to do such a thing, I know who I’d do it to. It’s my Brooklyn birth I suspect. Forgive me Lord.
Wake me up when kale doesn’t taste like feet.
The very first time I used a microwave, my palms got sweaty.
A very well made, finely built rifle is as close to art as any Monet, Manet, or Rembrandt.
I don’t get thong underwear. Neither the allure, nor the comfort. Or lack there of. I’ve even tried wearing them backwards. 😝
I want to go check if Abe Vigoda is actually dead. But I’m scared he might not be. That would freak me out.
I wonder who holds the record for having the most diseases. Or held the record I suppose.
If there’s one bad cop for every twenty good ones, that’s still a bad ratio.
If you join the Navy and can’t swim, they won’t teach you. Suck it up buttercup.
If you join the Rangers and can’t run, they will teach you. And they want you to do a bunch of hard stuff while you’re running. 🤷
The first stick shift I ever drove was a deuce and a half. If you know what that is, God bless. If you’ve ever done endless donuts in German mud with one, truly, God has smiled upon you.
I went into my bank after work and recognized no one. Kinda weird.
I mean what if the world was really flat. You could go right to the edge. Be kinda cool. I wish I believed dumb stuff sometimes.
I’m one open head wound away from watching my first Fast and Furious movie. Fingers crossed 🤞.
The conveyer belts at my local Riley’s were so dirty and gross I finally had to say something . I said it in German, so it made not have had any effect.
Speaking of Raleys I found a good cheap French red. Beaujolais-Villages Louis Jadot 2021. Pretty sure it was less than $20. Bet Safeway has it.
Go Orioles!
tldr.
I agree. I’m gonna skip it too.
The best post I’ve seen here in years. Thank you for the entertainment.
Thank you. An appreciative audience is worth their weight in printer ink.
@ATTICUS THRAXX~
As always, …. I enjoy what you share, … 🙂
🤗
No taxes for one year. Very high property taxes make me as nervous as a cat on 1-5. Post Season baseball rocks, and so does Atticus!
Delightful imagery KD. Look at the road teams making it interesting in the NL. ⚾️
64 Charlie. ha ha ha. did it all mainly a 5 Ton. Wild Chicken, Graf.
Grafenwohr I’ll always remember as a place where I was probably the most miserable but had the most fun. Funny how that works. Thank you for your service DD. 🫡 🇺🇸
For all of your work involved in your comment, you deserve maximum thumbs up!
Thanks bud. It ain’t work, it’s therapy. I had to stop myself in fear The Mayor wouldn’t post anything longer.
😂 I deserved that! Thoroughly enjoy your fascinating contributions. That one took self examination to an art form. I’m impressed. The shovel part scares me though!
No worries RUNDOG. I have absolutely no problem being called on my nonsense. It’s all 1s and 0s after all. 👊
“Coming up with a nutritional satisfying meal every single night is becoming a chore.”
At the risk of being “bashed …(in the) skull … with a Stihl Heavy Duty spade shovel …” may I suggest maybe it’s time for Ensure. Boost is better and Atkins Protein Shake tastes best.
And Metallica are local!
“Coming up with a nutritional satisfying meal every single Maybe it’s time for Ensure. Boost is better and Atkins Protein Shake is best.
I would never strike a Claycordian Dog, But there’s this one guy. And this one shovel. I keep Ensure in the fridge for hangovers, but it ain’t food bud. Until the end I guess.
Well … you could settle two of these if you’d find a girlfriend who likes to cook. 🤔
John Mellencamp said it best:
https://youtu.be/qp3xE0Q6oZo?feature=shared
You making an offer Dog? DM me. 😝
😂 I deserved that! Thoroughly enjoy your fascinating contributions. That one took self examination to an art form. I’m impressed. The shovel part scares me though!
Well done, S!
We had more players this week.
I’d like to thank my Manager, my Agent, Cowellian and all Claycordians; and most of all, my loving family…..
🙂
It’s full busy weekend of events for those of us in the Sierra. Today in Carson City is the Halloween Wine Walk with a costume contest, Vintage Market at Due Sorrella and a fabulous gallery showing at Artsy Fartsy Gallery.
Today and tomorrow in Virginia City are the annual Outhouse Races. It is a fun crazy event that should be on everyone’s bucket list
Today in Gardnerville is a fall festival with coffin races
In Reno is the Fall Festival and Pumpkin Throw.
And finally at Palisades Tahoe is the Made in Tahoe Festival today and tomorrow.
Definitely something for everyone happening in this fabulous region
Anything fun or interesting going on in Claycord?
Expected getting older would have an effect on creative humor.
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2023/10/heh_7.html
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This one is brilliant.
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2023/10/mean-but-funny.html
Not sure if this has been posted prior, but Lima’s the restaurant on Todos Santos Plaza is being sued for their Thursday night Ladies night. There is a gofundme page if you’re interested, to contribute to their legal fees
@Jeanne
What happened?
This is the copy from their GoFundMe page:
Recently we were sued for discrimination alleging that all patrons who do not identify as female, including men, non-binary individuals and transgender men, were required to pay full price for their alcoholic beverages while patrons who identify as female were given 50% off their alcoholic beverages and now we are facing a difficult hardship in having to pay for the lawsuit and attorney’s fees.
@Jeanne
Thanks for the explanation. I couldn’t find it anywhere.
Oh Boy! My California Climate Credit was a whopping $36.17….
Know the approximate is $40-$70.
I feel I am owed at least $3.83 of my tax dollar back.
🙂
PG&E bill? It said one was coming but they are often late in putting the bills out but will give the next amount in the email. Not impressed. In the past I did well enough that the next amount was actually 0. Probably others here had that too. I feel I’m being punished for existing.
Live in hope
Die in despair
🙂
Concord PD is whack. Guy checking cars in Newhall Park Saturday morning. Call non EM line. PD shows up 45 minutes later. Go to get gas after soccer, and guy I see drop shopping cart full of toilet paper he just stole from Safeway on denkinger onto clayton rd. I call non EM line again voicing frustration. They don’t care. What are police for if they aren’t going to respond? I back the blue but come on. California laws gotta stop protecting criminals so the PD can do their jobs. This guy is always riding around on a bike stealing other bikes or things or if cars. How do I share photo?
Same guy both times
Did the Blue Angels fly over Contra Costa County about 6:15 pm this evening ? I heard the loud sound of jets and saw 3 together. Anyone know what that was?
I caught a glimpse of one, didn’t look sleek like a Blue Angel, more like an F-35, stubby and odd-looking, heading south over DVC. Anybody know what it was? It wasn’t using its transponder.
It was not the Blue Angels but probably the Air Force’s version of them. But from the picture I saw elsewhere it was the same kind of jet that went flying by on Weds when I stepped outside in the evening. After that I looked it up and indeed the Air Force has it’s own flying precision team that does promo appearances. The plane on Weds was probably flying out of Travis.
My wife and I were just watching the news of missiles flying around Israel when two jets went over our house at a low elevation. Unbelievably loud. I jumped out of my chair and got a glimpse of them leaving. They were not blue angels. Scared the heck out of both of us. We recovered. Then they came back going the other way.
I heard and saw one lone jet on Saturday night. I agree didn’t look like one of the Blue Angels (have gone into San Francisco several times to see them), but seems reasonable to assume it was part of Fleet Week.
During the Notre Dame-Louisville game today, I discovered I was pronouncing Louisville incorrectly…..apparently, the correct pronunciation is “Luavul”.
S: How do you pronounce the Capital of Kentucky; Lewis-ville or Luavul?
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CYN: “Luavul” !
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S: That’s funny; I pronounce it “Frankfort:…..
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Baddabing……
🙂
another of my fav jokes……………
Come on S, you are easily amused.
Ah… the simple things in life
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a thumbs up to you……….
I, too, am easily amused, and I use that joke on a regular basis with out-of-town guests.
Here is one you have probably heard before also.
Railroad Crossing cars, spell that without any Rs
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THAT
@S
Lucky for you I’m a good sport. 🙂
How can you pick ripe Apples not using humans ?
Robotic Apple Harvester
Machine vision, tethered drones, etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/comments/173botn/robotic_apple_harvester/
Wow! Flying Blue Braceros!
An they don’t have to worry about picking up their paycheck from Juan Corona.
Fines against PGE mean nothing other than raising our rates. The only thing that will make a difference is if the money comes from the upper echelon of employees, executives and shareholders.
Does anyone know what is being built on the square on East Street between Willow Pass and Concord Ave? Looks pretty huge!!
@Curious
Just another big apartment complex.
Pee Wee Herman…. dead at 70.
“Awww too bad!” is thumbs down.
“Good Riddance” is thumbs up.
Pee Wee: “Awww too bad!”
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Paul Rubens: “Good Riddance”
Remember these ?
‘Nostalgic Essentials: Things In Every ’80s And ’90s Parent’s Home’
https://tinyurl.com/mry826r6
Former Gold Medal winner and first ballot American Baddass Hall of Fame inductee is in a real bad way, on a respirator. She really lifted the nation in 1984, maybe we can give her a lift now.
http://spot.fund/5lcp3sc
You might want to hold off on dishing out your funds.
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/olympians/mary-lou-retton-net-worth/
She’s worth about 8 million.
Jimmy maybe celebrity click bait sites aren’t a reliable source of information? She’s broke, has no insurance and on a respirator. And an American champion. From when being an American and a champion meant something. Keep your money in your pocket sir, as I bite my tongue from further comment.
Thanks, Atticus. Generosity is commendable, and so was her performance in 1984.
It’s more a debt I owe than generosity KD, but you’re sweet. She gave everything she had for our country and I was taught and taught hard, don’t leave anyone behind. 🫡🇺🇸
Anyone, help if you can. https://www.spotfund.com/story/a2e0582c-e62f-4e5b-a586-18349014f761/donate
M 1.7 Earthquake – 1 mi SE of Pacheco, CA
Time 2023-10-11 13:21:18
https://tinyurl.com/2ku3mvkh
Still have an old computer and dot matrix printer ?
Eye of the Tiger
https://tinyurl.com/msw656ve
Is there a threat at pine hollow middle school tomorrow Friday the 13 ?
Is there school Friday?
There was nothing on the news tonight.
M 2.0 Earthquake – 1 mi SE of Pacheco, CA
Time 2023-10-13 05:08:44
https://tinyurl.com/4aunj7ax