Daily Archives: June 16, 2020
The Next Miracle Drug . . .
When we were at WalMart the other day, we came across this cherry 327 Chevelle Malibu.
Really, really neat!
The last few days we’ve been catching up on restaurants that we haven’t eaten at since before the Shutdown.
Saturday we had lunch at the nearby Spring Creek BBQ. Jan had the St. Louis Ribs with Beans and Beans,
while I had a Ribs and Cracked Black Pepper Sausage Combo Plate, also with Beans and Beans.
Then today, we had lunch at the Cheddar’s up in Webster. Like many other places, they’re serving a somewhat restricted menu, and of course, our favorites were missing too.
So Jan got the Blackened Catfish with Beans and Carrots,
while I had the Ribs and Chicken Tenders, again with Beans and Carrots.
We may have two new favorites now.
According to the British Health Service, they’ve discovered another dirt-cheap drug to combat advanced cases of the WuFlu virus. It’s called dexamethasone, and it’s an inexpensive, generic corticosteroid used to treat arthritis, blood/ hormone/immune system disorders, allergic reactions, certain skin and eye conditions.
It apparently has little or no effect on mild cases, which are 19 out of every 20 cases. And although it’s described as a miracle cure, it’s not a sure thing. According to the article, For patients on ventilators, it cut the risk of death from 40% to 28%, and for patients needing oxygen, it cut the risk of death from 25% to 20%.
Someone commented on a website that it will only be a cheap, miracle cure until it’s mentioned by President Trump. He might be right.
Another in our Where We Were 3 Years Ago Today series.
These next two day’s blogs were really high on Jan’s Bucket List. She’s always been a big fan of Ree Drummond, of the Pioneer Woman fame. So Jan’s been wanting to visit her Merchantile for a long while now, so our two days in Pawhuska, OK gave her that chance.
June 16, 2017
Worth The Wait In Line . . .
Jan woke up with one of her pretty-much monthly migraines, but with one of her magic pills, and a couple of hours of peace and quiet, she felt good to go.
So about 4pm we headed back west on US60 for Pawhuska and Ree Drummond’s Mercantile to have dinner.
Getting there a little after 4:30, I dropped Jan off with the umbrella so she could get in line while I found a place to park the truck. We noticed everyone in the line was using umbrellas to ward off the sun, which is why we brought ours.
But as it turns out the place has a big stash of umbrellas for everyone to use, as well as fans set up along the sidewalks and a lady handing out free bottles of water.
Great customer service!
When we got in line we were told it would be about 45 minutes, and it was, almost to the minute.
The place is enormous inside, and it needs to be to serve 6 to 15 thousand customers a day. And of course it used to be a big department store back in the day.
We started out with appetizers, sharing a Tomato Soup with Grill Cheese Dippers,
and a order of their Whisky Glazed Carrots.
And even with this first part of our meal, we began to see that every dish is something special
The Tomato Soup was just plain delicious and the Grilled Cheese Dippers were a grilled cheese sandwich made on homemade bread and filled with 3 different cheeses, and then sliced up.
When our waiter set down the carrots the odor of whiskey just wafted over you. And yes, everything in that dish are carrots of one kind or another, even the white and black ones. Again, really delicious.
For her entrée Jan got the Fried Chicken Sandwich and made-in-house potato chips. And the bun was homemade too.
Jan also got a side of the Fancy Mac N Cheese. And we both agreed that it’s the best tasting Mac N Cheese we’ve ever had.
I got the Beef Brisket Reuben, also with homemade bread and potato chips.
The brisket was melt-in-your-mouth good, as well as the entire sandwich. And because we had filled up on the appetizers, we could only eat half our sandwiches, so we had take-home.
After our great meal, Jan of course had to check out the Gift Shop area,
and found several things she just had to have.
Then it was upstairs to the Bakery to get some of Ladd’s (Ree’s husband) favorite Chocolate Pie.
And to Jan’s disappointment, she was told that Ladd had been in just a few minutes before to get him some, and Jan had missed him.
Maybe next time.
Tomorrow’s gong to be a full day. First lunch at Monterey’s Little Mexico, then downtown to check out Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower, Frank Phillips home, an old steam locomotive, and then the Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve.
Then it’s out to the Drummond Ranch to take a tour of the Lodge where Ree’s show is taped. Tomorrow is the last day for being able to visit so we really lucked up.
Then it’s back to The Merc for dinner.
YUMM!
Thought for the Day:
Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.
