Was never so happy to get poor again. Went to town this morning, bummed an envelope from D&L, stopped at the post office and paid much money for a skinny little money order, which I then put in the envelope and handed to the counter lady. Does that seem right to you? Hopefully that seed will grow into a pretty new revolver sometime next month.
Meanwhile, though, I did have enough left to gorge on fuel…
Man, I was out of everything, too. Had to empty one of those gas cans into the Jeep just to get home, and I was pleasantly surprised to make it to D&L’s in the first place. Between Thursday’s travails and then ferrying stuff to the gate for Landlady on Saturday, I went through two weeks’ ration in three days and expected the engine to flame out on the road. Landlady, of course, having a little class, knew we were spending a commodity I couldn’t replace and slipped me a bill. The other thing…not so much.
Also, you know what nobody ever thinks about? Few things in life are as annoying as somebody who doesn’t get that you must not keep a person with a pay-as-you-go phone on the phone for 45 minutes at a time – which happened twice on Thursday. Finally had to just cut him off, because I was down to almost nothing and the Tracfone is for essential communication – that is, essential to me. Hurts bad enough to drop $20 for a little cardboard card, but it really burns my ass when somebody else calls me and casually talks it all away. Most of my friends have sense enough to text, or at least to know that ratchetjawing is not appreciated.
While on the subject of things that annoy me…
Thought I might celebrate the gun deal with a pot of really good spaghetti sauce, which requires a pound of hamburger. But noooo – the local store’s reefer broke down again. This store must really be on the edge of drying up and blowing away. This has gone on for years. They did have some packages in the cooler where they keep the cheese, marked “reduced item :)” It had a sell-by date five days away, but did not look or smell like anything you’d ever want to eat. This being the only food store within 35 miles, I genuinely hope the government food inspectors continue to avoid the place because damn…between compliance and closure, I’m pretty sure they’ll be forced to pick the second thing.
Money orders have worked for me . . . so far. Interestingly, it was the USPS that drove me from personal checks to money orders. The only time I’ve experienced “lost” mail was a couple containing checks for this or the other. This revealed to me that it was cheaper to “stop” a money order than a personal check . . . by a significant difference. And of course so far I’ve not experienced a “lost” money order.
Geeze . . . you don’t suppose . . .
Nah, couldn’t be.
😉
I’ve cooked (or dried) and eaten meat that was a bit on the gray side and smelled funny. Never made me sick, and with seasoning and spices I didn’t notice anything off about it once it was cooked (or dried). Your mileage may vary.
I tried cooking slightly rotten meat one time in the belief that cooking would somehow render the meat edible. Nope! It simply doesn’t work that way.
I’ve never been sicker than the night I ignored what my sense of smell and taste was trying to tell me. Never again, I don’t need meat that badly.
Have you ever tried making hamburger ‘rocks’ ? Basically slowly fried pulverized hamburger meat which fat has been poured off top, then a little water slowly put in pan and simmered until fat is removed from meat as much as possible. Pour off liquid, pat dry and dry the meat in sun / low humidity until completely dried out. Looks a bit like small gravel, hence the name I guess. Keeps for quite a while – might be useful living off the beaten path.
Thinking of that “hamburger rock”, for better or worse my brain just minted the term “jerky burger”.
You ought to put these EZ Pour replacement gas can spouts on your wish list for one of your benefactors to get for you:
http://ezpourspout.com/ez-pour-products/all-products/fuel-jug-spout/
Just this last summer I finally bought the last kit I needed to upgrade all my cans. What a difference. All you need is a drill and a spade bit for installing the vents. They’ll go right on that flat spot behind the handle where the manufacturer used to put them.
re: the ezpourspout…I love their disclaimer about the states where you’re not allowed to buy it, but you *can* buy the “water” spout instead:-P.
Hee – I saw that.
Now I want to know if there’s a workable way to send you meat….
Randomscrub: I eat a lot of canned meat. 🙂
Anon at 431: had some for breakfast. Pretty tasteless without fat but ‘twixt drying and vacuum packing, it should store quite a while. With some hot sauce and a potato ‘n other stuff, it’s not bad.