3-13-26 Fri

 W: 305.8                BS: 157

BRR... chill morning.

• Dishes 1
• Dishes 2
• Stock
• Yogurt
• Roast chicken
• Vacuum
• Firewood
• Make bread

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Did you hear about the guy who started chirping after a one night stand? They think he caught a canarial disease.

Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

What do you call a lawyer who can cook? A sue chef.

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2-11-26 Wed

 W: 305.2                BS: 170

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I just put 150 gallon of heating oil in the tank. $538.   

"Darlin, for this valentines day I am giving you your children not freezing to death".

That's a good gift, right?

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Pardon the lack of.. well... anything.  I'm in a non-social mood.  I've been looking at people/  On the whole, not impressive.  Even looking in the mirror fails to impress.

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2-9-26 Mon

 W: 305.6                BS: 162

• Fire & Wood
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Pay a couple  bills
• Cook all the things
• Vacuum 
• Shot
• Chk oil
• Order heating oil (OUCH)
• Water softener
• ?

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2-8-26 Sun

 W: 305.6                    BS: 170

No cold water this morning. Pipe froze. I left the sink dribbling, but someone 'fixed' that for us last night.  Despite *written* directions.  Sigh.

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2-6-26 Fri

 W: 308.4                BS: 162

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2-5-26 Thur

 W: 306.6                    BS: 172

• Sort clothes
• Put clothes away
• Trash
• Fire & Wood
• Vacuum
• Adjust furnace, chk oil
• Install insurance gadgets
• Bake bread
• Taxi
• ?

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To the family chat:

"There is enough wood on the porch for today and maybe tonight.  After that, all the wood is in the pile out front under the snow.   Dress warm, I guess".

I have my long underwear to hand and ready.

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2-4-26 Wed

 W: 304.4                BS: 151

• Dishes 
• Adjust furnace valve
• Laundry 1
• Laundry 2
• Vacuum
• Fire & Wood
• Move wood
• Taxi
• PC
• Shot
• ?

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China fraud make silver fall down, go boom.

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'Yo, fat man!  Why you always postin da memes?'

Because I think they chronicle the times, exactly as cartoons have since media was invented.

2-3-26 Tue

 W: 308.0                    BS: 124

• Dishes
• Vacuum
• Fire & Wood
• Order groceries
• ?

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2-2-26 Mon

 W: 306.8                BS: 139

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2-1-26 Sun

 W:  307.2                    BS: NA

• Fire & Wood
• Trash out
• Dishes
• Coffee & Breakfast
• Vacuum
• Sort clothes
• Meds
• Shot
• PC
• Start sausage?
• ?

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Her entire personality in one image

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1-31-26 Sat

 W: 306.4                BS: 90

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The Whif made us all eye appointments with 'America's Best'.  Since then, for the last two weeks, they have been sending me two or three reminders... A DAY... every day.

Yes, I have now consigned them to the 'Spam Folder of Shame'.  I wonder what the companies intent was in devising that scheme to annoy all their customers so badly?

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1-30-26 Fri

 W: 305.6                BS: 90

• Pickup groceries
• Fire & Wood
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Vacuum
• PC
• Shot
• Cook chicken for meat/stock

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Bowl of chicken noodle weather....

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1-29-26 Thur

 W: 306.4                BS: 134

• Taxi at 9
• Fire & Wood
• Trash out
• Vacuum
• Laundry
• ?

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1-28-26 Wed

 W: 306.0                BS: 60

• Pay bills
• Fire & Wood
• Order groceries
• Move wood
• Get meds
• Vacuum
• Dishes
• Repair wood stove
• Taxi
• Laundry
• ?

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The door to the wood stove just fell off!  Hinge pins finally rusted through.   This ancient stove is worth fixing.  Nothing built today would suit us as well.

There are extreme-temp epoxies out there.  Might be interesting to give one a try. 

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1-26-26 Mon

 W: 307.2                BS: 94

• Dishes
• Laundry?
• Fire & Wood
• Vacuum
• Straighten badger den
• Stare into the white abyss
• ?

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Numbers are interesting.....

 The questioned asked of Grok:

"list the US states along with how many illegal immigrants have been captured in each state the last 12 months. Rank them by numbers caught in each state."

Now, compare the states with riots and violence against the states where ICE is doing law enforcement operations. 

Now.... ask yourself why it happens that way.

Rank	State	Estimated Apprehensions	Notes
1	Texas	1,200,000	Dominant due to multiple border sectors (e.g., Rio Grande Valley: ~450k; El Paso: ~300k; Laredo: ~250k). Highest due to direct border access.
2	Arizona	350,000	Tucson Sector accounts for most (~300k). Significant migrant crossings in desert areas.
3	California	180,000	San Diego Sector primary (~150k). Numbers down from peaks due to enforcement.
4	New Mexico	120,000	El Paso Sector extension; high activity in remote areas like Lordsburg.
5	Florida	45,000	Mostly maritime and interior ICE arrests; some from Gulf Coast smuggling.
6	New York	25,000	Primarily interior encounters via ICE in NYC; asylum seekers bused from border.
7	Illinois	18,000	Chicago-area ICE operations; migrants arriving via bus from Texas.
8	Massachusetts	15,000	Boston and surrounding areas; shelter system overwhelmed by arrivals.
9	Colorado	12,000	Denver interior enforcement; some from border diversions.
10	Washington	10,000	Northern border (Canada) and Seattle ports; low but includes maritime.
11	Georgia	8,000	Atlanta ICE hub; workplace raids and interior arrests.
12	Pennsylvania	7,000	Philadelphia area; some from Northeast smuggling routes.
13	New Jersey	6,500	Near NYC; port and interior enforcement.
14	Michigan	5,000	Detroit border with Canada; vehicle smuggling.
15	North Carolina	4,800	Charlotte and Raleigh; agricultural and construction sector arrests.
16	Virginia	4,500	Northern VA (near DC); ICE operations in suburbs.
17	Maryland	4,200	Baltimore ports; proximity to DC.
18	Ohio	3,800	Cleveland and Columbus; interior enforcement.
19	Tennessee	3,500	Nashville and Memphis; some from Southern routes.
20	Alabama	3,200	Birmingham area; low but includes raids.
21	Louisiana	3,000	New Orleans ports; Gulf Coast activity.
22	South Carolina	2,800	Charleston; minimal border but interior.
23	Indiana	2,500	Indianapolis; manufacturing sector arrests.
24	Missouri	2,300	St. Louis and Kansas City.
25	Kentucky	2,100	Louisville; some trucking smuggling.
26	Oklahoma	1,900	Adjacent to Texas; spillover enforcement.
27	Arkansas	1,700	Little Rock; agricultural areas.
28	Wisconsin	1,500	Milwaukee; low interior numbers.
29	Minnesota	1,400	Northern border with Canada; Minneapolis.
30	Iowa	1,200	Des Moines; meatpacking industry raids.
31	Kansas	1,100	Wichita; agricultural enforcement.
32	Nebraska	1,000	Omaha; similar to Iowa.
33	Connecticut	900	Near NYC; low.
34	Rhode Island	800	Providence; minimal.
35	Delaware	700	Near ports; very low.
36	Oregon	600	Portland; some from California routes.
37	Utah	500	Salt Lake City; interior.
38	Nevada	450	Las Vegas; transit point.
39	Idaho	400	Boise; low border activity.
40	Montana	350	Northern border; remote.
41	North Dakota	300	Northern border; oil fields.
42	South Dakota	250	Sioux Falls; minimal.
43	Wyoming	200	Very low; rural enforcement.
44	West Virginia	150	Minimal interior.
45	Maine	100	Northern border with Canada; lobster industry.
46	New Hampshire	80	Low; near Maine.
47	Vermont	70	Northern border; smallest numbers.
48	Alaska	50	Remote; maritime and ports.
49	Hawaii	30	Isolated; very few.
50	Mississippi	20	Lowest; some Gulf activity but negligible.