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In between wrangling short musicians, I'm putting together set lists and charts for our upcoming St Pat's Day gig with the folk/rock band. We're thinking about changing our name to "Mad Jack." What do you think?
 
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@jaylach Where did you find those pump freezer bags ?
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This is just the 1 quart bags:

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Here is the whole setup with pump. It isn't the same but is affordable. Actually I DID find Ziplock bags in the past but wasn't about to pay over $50.00 for 20 bags.

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Here is a FoodSaver pump but it is pricy at almost $40.00 due to being electric. It would work with the bags I initially linked.
 
My new spice rack now has its home on a side counter next to my stove.... Sigh, I SO MUCH wish I had a gas stove instead of electric...

Also the alcohol worked great to clean the sharpie marker off the white lids as can be seen from the top white jar. :) Thanks for that awesome advice! Got rid of the coffee maker that was where the spice rack is. We have a table in the apartment lobby that people put stuff they are giving away. Since I haven't used the coffee maker in at least two years, and I believe in 'paying forward', it is now on the freebee table. I DO drink coffee but, usually, only one cup a day so I've just been using instant.

The red thing in the image is a pretty nice Bella electric can opener that I also never use and will end up on the lobby freebee table as I have a large handle KitchenAid manual opener that is actually quicker and I can just throw in my dish washer to clean. Actually I got the Bella opener off the freebee table and it will return there. I just don't need or use the thing so why not put it out to someone that has problems with a manual opener?

Here is the spice rack in its new home. Ya, the green and white container is fiber. I use it in my morning cup of coffee. LOL! It really helps with old folk stuff. :)
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jaylach said:
Had a rather sad experience a bit earlier tonight. There is a guy in my apartments that served in the Marines during some bad times in Honduras. I really don't know how severe but he suffered a head injury and also suffers from PTSD. On top of that he is also a heavy drinker likely, at least partially, due to the PTSD. Tonight I was outside and he came out suffering a crisis level bout of PTSD to the point that his whole body was shaking and he was crying. At one point I had to grab his arm to keep him from falling.

Long story made short I got him somewhat calmed down and convinced him to allow a cop to be called to help and get him to the local hospital from where he will probably be transferred to the Veteran's Admin hospital which is mainly a mental facility.

Now let's talk about the cop.... After it was all said and done I called the police department to report this cop but not in a bad way. The officer was REALLY awesome in how he handled the situation. He treated this man with total kindness and understanding always speaking softly and showing a lot of empathy. I called the police department to log a compliment on this officer's actions, not to complain.

I almost didn't post this but decided to do so more in relation to the cop than the guy with the issue. Cops tend to get a bad rap and there ARE always some bad apples in the bushel but that is true with any profession. My step father was a fireman and I knew just about all the cops in my home town and partied with a lot of them. Yes there are some bad cops but the vast majority are just people that have the guts to take on a job that at any time could cost their life to help and protect a community. So if you get pulled over for speeding or something don't get an attitude with the officer Just smile and say that you will try to do better in the future. After all it was you that messed up, not the cop. Actually you might be surprised at how many times this kind of positive attitude toward the cop will end up with you getting a warning instead of a ticket. ;)

Just don't ever lie to a cop. They are trained to read body language and pretty much know if you are or are not being honest. As an example of this I will offer my own personal experience... Must have been 9-10 years ago but I was pretty toasted and out of smokes. I headed to the local Walgreens to get more smokes and fully intended to take the less than 5-6 minute walk to the store. "Muscle memory" kicked in and I got in my car instead. Another customer in the store saw that I was obviously drunk and called the cops. When I left the store cops were waiting for me. The officer in charge in all this was Corporal Karen Rogers, a really good cop and person. Not really sure if she could have gotten me for a DUI but, at the least, I was open game for a minimum of public intoxication. She let me go saying that she would come back and check and if my car was not still in the parking lot she was going to come and get me. Later I called the police department requesting that she give me a call when she was able as I wanted to ask a question. Something like 30 minutes later she called and I asked her why she let me go. Her response was that she let me off because I didn't try to scam her and was totally honest.
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My brother is a retired police officer. He still works side jobs, but has been retired for several years. It is truly a thankless job. He is VERY glad he is retired now. Police get it from both ends. It's a very difficult job.
 
Definitely seeming to be my lucky week! :) I must have done something to get some good Karma...

First my new free spice rack.
Then I finally found the vacuum freezer bags I've been trying to track down.
Now today another freebee. :) Probably won't normally use them but I think the set of stoneware plates I got today for free are pretty cool.

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My label maker got here today. I have other uses but the first thing will be lid labels for my new spice rack. Going to have to go out and get some 'real' AA batteries though. Rechargeable just won't power something like this as they only put out 1.2 volts instead of 1.5 volts and it takes 4 AA batteries so the rechargeable actually only put out 4.8 volts instead of the wanted 6 volts. I DID scrounge up 4 regular batteries to see if the thing works but they had been sitting in a junk drawer for years and were weak. Got 5 labels out of them though to know that it works. :) Came with 3 types of labels; white paper, white plastic and clear plastic.

Oh, and my vacuum freezer bags got here yesterday and, as expected, work fine. :)
 
Bottled 5 gallons of wine made from aglianica grapes today with my wife. The wine has been aging for 14 months. It gave us 24, 750 ml bottles. Opened a bottle for dinner. It is pretty darn good.
 
Got to go up the hill with the Badgerling and cut a Christmas tree. We usually do it right after Thanksgiving, but I was sickly this year. As usual, the Badgerling and I got far off the trail and had a hard time getting the tree back to the truck. Good fun. :lol:
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This afternoon I had a unique experience, being involved in a music video shoot with a drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, fiddler, highland piper, Native drum group, and me on whistle and vocals. We recorded at the St. Stephen's Misson on the Wind River Reservation. It was an entirely different experience than doing home-made videos on my iphone. Here's a victory pic of the musicians, at the end of a long session. Snacks and interesting conversations followed. :)
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