Categories Bleg

Meat Grinder Bleg

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So….Husband and I have been debating getting a meat grinder.  The dogs are fed almost entirely raw, and it would be cheaper if we could do any meat grinding ourselves instead of buying it pre-ground (they get lots thats not ground, but you know….).  Plus we could grind our own hamburger for ourselves….Did some looking around, my local Tractor Supply has one for less than $50 (their site’s wonky today so I can’t link), lots and lots more for varying sums more than that.  But neither of us has ever really used one before, so…..

What we NEED:
a grinder that will grind beef, chicken, and possibly sundry other meats

What we think we’d LIKE:
a grinder that will not only do the above mentioned meats, but also light bones (ie chicken bones, rabbit, maybe turkey)

What we’re not sure on:
hand powered vs electrical.  As much as I’d like to stay with hand powered I’m less than confident that I have the hand strength to manage it should an extended grinding be needed, but then I’ve never used one to try either.  But electrical things always seem to break down….

We’d like to keep it under the $100 mark, but thats not set in stone, cost is an issue though.

Thoughts?  Things to watch out for?  Suggestions?

Categories Links

Links

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Not sure they’ll get away with it, but I’m tempted to donate a dollar to help.

Sending out bogus court papers doesn’t generally end well.  Trust me.

Ok, the Superman undies are cute, but even I coulda told you not to strip search the kid without his parents’ permission.

OMG, Mickey Mouse is in the school!!!  LOCKDOWN!!!


How not to make your customers feel welcome.

I coulda told you this.  The next time I go in for a sinus infection I’m bringing a copy of this article….

And PROOF!!! Electric cars polute more than gas cars.

Categories Online Idiots

Email Spam

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I mentioned a while back that I try to go through the Spam folder once a week or so to make sure that nothing important got caught in there.  In that post I talked about the fake AARP offers…..

Well, I’m a little behind on my Spam folder, so how about we take a look at what I’m getting today:

Hey, AT&T wants me to buy a smart phone from them, but hey, the email is “microwave at whitegloveaudience.com”  how weird….

Match.com is trying to get me to sign up, except THEIR email is “innovativeoptimum at whitegloveaudience.com” ….


Orchard Bank wants me to get a credit card from them, from an email: “continental at whitegloveaudience.com”  



(I’m sensing a trend here….)


Hey, Overstock wants to me know about a sale…..from “logicalretrieve at whitegloveaudience.com” 


(hmmmmmmm)


Get a NEW CELL PHONE PLAN from an unnamed company with the email: “mostnamed at whitegloveaudience.com”

Hey, Lasik knows I have to wear glasses!!! (“assessment at whitegloveaudience.com”)

Hey, another AT&T add, at least this one used a different email host: “info at superiormanagementconsultant.com” 

Hey, I was thinking I needed a new dentist: “leisurevirtue at whitegloveaudience.com” 

WhiteGloveAudience also apparently does Christian Mingle, Affordable Healthcare rates, Golf Fuel, and probly a bunch more but I got tired of clicking on spam.  When I looked at the actual links that clicking would have taken me too, well, I won’t post them, but some of the titles were rather, um, adult looking, and the one “unsubscribe” I clicked on to see where it took me redirected to what sure LOOKED like an unsubscribe link….at a redirected address…..(no I did not put my email in it, though I’m tempted to put my boss’s in just to see what happens). 

The joys of digging through the spam bin….. 

Categories Apollo, Dog

Apollo is seriously upset about something

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I have no idea what either.

Took him out to go pee, and he started sniffing something on the ground, scent trail of some kind (not unusual, between neighbor dogs, coyotes and possibly foxes, not to mention other wildlife this is pretty normal).  He peed on it a couple times, but kept getting more and more agitated, till he finally dragged me back to the house, in the door, and proceeded to check every window and door he has access too.  He’s now switching back and forth between front and back windows searching for whatever it is….

Categories Nothing Much

Starbucks

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My closest Starbucks is in a Barnes and Nobles, so although the receipt does say B&N I promise it was a Starbucks counter.

And of course I was at a book store so I had to buy a book…..and was reminded of WHY I stopped buying books at my local B&N (besides the damage to my bank account….) was because their sci-fi/fantasy section has been cut by over half and it totally sucks now.

And yes, I paid cash.  Guess that makes me a terrorist.

Edited: almost forgot, no protestors, but I got out of my car to realize that I was parked between a minivan with a “Pass National Healthcare NOW” sticker, and a Subaru with an “Obama ’08” sticker….

Categories Nothing Much

This is what happens….

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….when I forget to bring my own bandaids to the doctors office with me.  You’d think that by this point in my life that would be ingrained…..this is the inside of my right elbow after having blood drawn and a bandaid left on it for about 3 hours:

BTW, the picture doesn’t do it justice, one of my co-workers caught me inspecting it and demanded to know what I’d gotten into that I was allergic too.  All that kinda pink was really BRIGHT RED, and burned like hell too  (I really am that pale though, sorry).  Thankfully the worst of the burning/itching went away after about a half hour or so, so I could pull back down my sleeve, cause our office is fricking COLD.

Categories Rants

To various “news” sites

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including at least one listed on the GunBlogBlackList.

If, when I first load your page, the screen is taken over by an ad of some kind, I am NOT going to continue onto your page.  I don’t care if if the “ad” is a survey cause you want to know how to improve.  It DOES NOT MATTER.  Not only am I NOT going to read anything further on your page today, there is a better than average likely hood that I won’t do so later for a very long time.

Oh, and ads that suddenly scroll across my screen while I’m reading annoy me almost as much.  Doesn’t matter what the ad is for, or why.

Edited to add:  To the companies who think the above mentioned ad type is a good way to get your product/name out, I have been known to use those ads as a good way to populate my “do not buy” list.  Just sayin……