Monthly Archives: February 2019
Red It Is . . .
Well, the consensus is that Jan should go Red again. Now all I have to do is to convince her. I know our daughter Brandi is on my side, so hopefully we can wear her down.
When we were at Cheddars yesterday I noticed a new menu item, their Texas-Sized Nachos. Now I know everything is bigger in Texas, but this is ridiculous.
21,600 CALORIES? Really?
Well I guess if you split it with 9 friends, it wouldn’t be too bad.
I got my new camera set up this evening after charging the battery overnight.
But I haven’t even taken a photo with it yet. I did format the 128GB SD card, and with the 4K quality (3840 x 2160) resolution I selected, I will be able to store over 23,000 photos at about 8MB each.
I could have set it for 4896×2752, but at 13.5MB each, the photos can be a pain to work with. But at that resolution I would be able to print out a full-size 16” x 20” photo, if needed.
When I unpacked my camera yesterday, I thought that something was missing. The other three Panasonic Lumix had all included a charger module like this.
But not this time. All I got was an AC USB charger and cable, which means that the the battery can only be charged when it’s in the camera. Which means you can’t use the camera when you’re charging the battery, even if you have two batteries to swap out.
So I was happy to see that the spare battery and car charger kit I received today comes with a module like that can be powered by both AC or the 12V car charger.
I was impressed to see that the camera can also be controlled via a smartphone app thru the built-in WiFi. Among other things, you can both take photos and view them on your phone with the app. Very neat!
Looking forward to having a chance to play with it more.
Several of you asked about the new Zoom Scope I ordered and wondered how it worked.
Well, I don’t know yet, since it didn’t ship until this morning, but I’ll let you know.
I took the plunge today and finally ordered a jar of pure 100% Carolina Reaper powder.
As I’ve mentioned before, At over 2.2 million Scoville units, Carolina Reapers are the acknowledged hottest pepper in the world.
There are two other peppers, Pepper X and Dragon’s Breath, that are vying for the new crown, but they haven’t been certified yet. But Pepper X is rumored to be over twice as hot as the Reaper.
So if you hear about me bursting into flames, you’ll know why.
Tomorrow afternoon Jan and I are meeting long-time friend Tricia for breakfast/lunch at our new fav, Snooze. Really looking forward to it.
Thought for the Day:
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You Decide . . .
After a nice morning Jan and I headed out about 2pm for lunch and stuff. And lunch was the Cheddars up in Webster once again.
And as usual Jan got her Key West Chicken and Shrimp with Green Beans and Carrots, while I got the Veggie Plate, with two Green Beans and two Carrots, and also comes with a bowl of soup and one of their Honey Butter Croissants.
I always get their Chicken Tortilla Soup which is really good. Not quite Monterey’s Little Mexico good, but good. However when we met Nick, Terry, and Bev up at the Cheddars in Katy last week, I saw that they didn’t have the Chicken Tortilla soup, but instead had something called Crispy Chicken Tender Noodle Soup, Turns out it was really bad.
It wasn’t a very good Chicken Noodle Soup, i.e. I’ve had better from a can with Campbell’s on it. And the ‘Crispy’ part consisted of some rock-hard nodules like oversized Grape Nuts, but didn’t taste as good.
So when I got my soup today I asked to speak with the manager to put in my vote for them to keep the Chicken Tortilla version. Especially since the corporate website lists the Noodle Soup as the norm.
Turns out that this location is actually a franchise, not corporate, and they can have whatever soup they want. Great!
Next up was a quick stop by Harbor Freight to pick up some Alligator Clip Leads for work, and then it was on to my client’s to pick up my Amazon orders, including my new Panasonic FZ80 that came in.
On that note, yesterday I came across this Extra Battery and Car Charger for the FZ80 and ordered one.
Should be here tomorrow.
Then it was on to the Ace Hardware to pick up some stainless steel bolts, nuts, and washers to redo the windshield wiper mounting on our RV. They don’t make wipers that fit our arms anymore so I’m going improvise something that will work better than the kludge that I’ve been using.
So actually I’m coming up with a new kludge to replace the old kludge. So a better kludge, I guess.
Then it was on over to the WalMart for some supplies before we headed home.
Ok, ya’ll get to decide.
With her recent 50 pound weight loss, I’ve been encouraging Jan to change her look a bit, mostly by switching to darker, slightly redder hair color sort of like this.
She’s reluctant, having been blonde for so long, but she had dark red hair when I met her in 1967, and still was a redhead here in 1975, here with our daughter Brandi at Gulf Shores, AL.
So you decide, and let us know.
Thought for the Day:
Did you ever notice that when you put the 2 words “The” and “IRS” together it spells “Theirs?”
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