Happy Friday to all the wonderful citizens in the City of Claycord.
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Pick One:
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A) Flicks
B) Necco
C) Yuck
Flicks are still around?
Geez…. I haven’t had any of those since I was a kid going to the movies.
If I ever see them again I’d buy a tube.
I don’t even know what a Necco is.
Dr Jelly
Flicks can be found in “nostalgic” candy stores. There was one in Lafayette (not sure if it’s still there) and the same people had a store on the Oakland/Berkeley boarder. Sorry can’t think of the name. Also I found them at the old time candy store in Virginia City. Also during the holidays Cost Plus/World Market carries Flicks, Necco’s and chocolate Necco’s along with other “nostalgic” candies
Flicks
B. I loved Neccos as a kid
A) Flicks. As a kid, I would stuff a handful into my mouth.
C), … neither one floats my boat.
C) Rather have a mouth mint these days.
I don’t know any of these words. So I choose D. Tater Tots.
“B” for me
🙂
Book report: The Dosadi Experiment, Frank Herbert, 1977. An unauthorized experiment using an entire planet. Two species, one of them human. A human agent of the ConSentiency must get past the barrier and find out just what the experiment actually is and maybe save or destroy the planet. Some of the people in this one has appeared in other of Herbert’s books so there is a light tie-in to them. But the story stands alone. Hope you like it.
Cowellian’s first.
This weekend is getting off to a cold, wet start.
“You want a prediction about the weather? You’re asking the wrong Phil. I’m going to give you a prediction about this winter….. It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey and it’s going to last you for the rest of your lives!”
– Phil Connors
OK, let’s do it one more time!
GHEEZE ! (I hope this doesn’t violate copyrights)
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“CoCo County closes Antioch library due to concern over crime
February 16, 2024 / 10:15 PM PST / CBS/Bay City News Service
ANTIOCH — The Antioch Community Library is being closed because crime has made it too dangerous for users and staff, the Contra Costa County Library announced Friday.”
Boy, good thing they gutted their police department over those mean texts….
Gholly! What an embarrassing story for Ahntioch!
Is anyone else, living in Clayton or Concord, having problems with mice this year? I just saw one run across my kitchen floor this morning. Geez! Some of my friends have reported the same.
Yes. Wife saw one scurry on floor and then go under couch. I put trap behind couch that night and woke up to dead mouse in morning. It apparently got in from garage. Put traps in garage and caught a mouse a day for the next 3 days until I found the opening they were getting in from. Took an S.O.S. Steel wool pad and plugged up the opening. Left traps in garage and check everyday but haven’t had a mouse since.
Get a cat, and the mice will pack up and leave.
GUIDO,
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Concord has had a rat infestation for years, but that infestation exploded 7-9 years ago and hasn’t slowed down since. In the last 10 days I’ve caught several young rats that would be the size of a mouse. If you use poison, be sure to get rat poison and not mouse poison.
If a pet eats a poisoned rat better get it to the Vet. If any other wildlife ( birds of prey, raccoon, etc.) eats a poisoned rat, then they could die too from secondary poisoning.
I do not favor poison nor do I appreciate dead, rotting rats in my house or on property.
Use traps or a pellet rifle.
+1 Jelly. 👊
Hard to tell if more people are being pro-poison or just pro-rat, but there is a 3rd solution… use a Catch’emAlive Trap.
Those are great because they don’t harm the animal and if you catch the wrong species you can just set it free…. and if you do catch a rat all you have to do is toss the whole trap into a big bucket of water until the rat drowns.
It isn’t as fast as a snap trap but who cares ? It’s a rat. I’ll stand there and watch the little bubbles come up, no problem.
If you’re one of those namby pambies who can’t even step on a bug you can just drive the rodent 10 miles out into the woods and let it go… sing “Born Free” then wipe away your tears of joy and go home.
Bubba, I of all people can’t speak to what people like or dislike. Clearly. But when I can find a less cruel way to deal with a problem, that’s usually my path. Namby pamby maybe, but damn I sleep well. 🙂
CHP is biting crime in Oakland, meanwhile, Concord, Antioch, PHill, etc. are getting hit.
& the dope fiends ain’t gettin their dope, takin it out on us law abiders….😤💩🌅
Its much more than dope fiends. These are organized gangs.
Found this on one of websites I visit daily.
Gotts ta have humor in your life.
https://bustednuckles.net/cederq-and-guido/
Heating up water for coffee, moved electric kettle on shelf and power light blinks out.
That should NOT happen . . . . .
Reached up to make sure plug was plugged all the way into receptacle, both plug and cord were warm !
Tried plug in and out of receptacle a few times, very little resistance going in and pulls out real easy.
Receptacle is getting changed out tomorrow.
Reminds me of why I divorced my first wife.
I had one who insisted on baking during heat waves. Had to let her go after her third bad annual performance review. Best money I ever spent.
I noticed they were putting up a new Concord Sign and planting new plants in the meadian on Willow Pass Rd when you come off of Hwy 4. I bet a lot of pot holes on the streets could have been filled with the money it cost for the project. the City of Concord needs to look at priorities.
Do any of you ever say “Thank you” to Alexa?
I do it just out of habit… she has some surprising responses from time to time.
I do too. There may be a day of judgment I want to be on the right side of, and anyway practicing good manners is its own thing. This site barely load’s on my old iPad what from all the bloatware.
I’m not worried about judgement day, but there are some really incredible lifelike fully functional female robots being built these days (especially in Japan) and when I eventually decide to buy one I want Alexa to provide me a good reference.
Jelly, You blaze a frontier I don’t have the courage to face. Or the batteries. 🙂
Best not be causing a fuss up on Green Mountain:
https://youtube.com/shorts/TJhwrYBgns8?si=sZ4FsnqkVk-mkFWT
https://youtube.com/shorts/rO1tXSc713E?si=RNjNkxZYyu-YAJN2
https://youtube.com/shorts/1T0SoF8gRFE?si=AkSWwy_BeKEKTCSk