According to the Daily Mail, what you drink shows your character type, e.g.:
I am therefore, according to the above, a confident, psychotic adventurer (yeah, like I have only one favorite drink… pshaw).
Which reminds me: I haven’t had a Pisco Sour in yonks. Excuse me for a few minutes…
You’ve all seen pictures of the falling level of water in Lake Mead, right?
And read reports of skeletal remains being found as the waters recede?
And that all this is because of climate change, via lower rainfalls, snowfalls, etc.?
Well, only the first two are factual. The third is an outright lie. “Climate change” has nothing to do with Lake Mead’s water level dropping, because the main suppliers of water to the lake (rain runoff and snowmelt) have not in fact decreased but remained constant.
And some smart guys have the real answer to the problem. Read all about it here.
And we all know what that means:
So. let’s forget about the weekend past and dive into Teh Funny.
And finally:
And ain’t THAT the truth.
We’ve already looked at her sister, but Constance Bennett was nothing to sneeze at, either:
And she aged pretty nicely, too. Here she is at 55, five years before her death:
Imagine that Great-Uncle Silas died and left you a luxury motorhome — one so big it has storage room underneath for a “spare” car, thus:
You want to take it on a long journey (e.g, around the U.S.A., all over Europe, etc.) but unfortunately Elmer’s largesse ended at the RV, but did include (say) $40,000 to buy a spare which you could use to drive into and around town, or to the grocery store, once parked at a decent RV park or hotel.
The “mini-garage” has dimensions of 190″ (length) 84″ (width) and 60″ (height). (For example, a Kia Rio has dimensions of 160″ x 68″ x 57″.) So it has to be a small car, but not that small.
Which car would you select, and why? (My choice is below the fold.)
For a shortcut to cars’ sizes, use Edmunds — select a car, and scroll down the page to determine your car’s dimensions. Read more
When New Wife first arrived here in Plano and I was giving her a tour of the new apartment, she looked a little taken aback at the extent of my SHTF supplies, as well as my grab ‘n go bags and tubs. While she didn’t say much about it, I got the impression that she thought I was being a little too paranoid about it — after all, we live in Plano, where disaster seldom strikes.
After the flooding of a couple years back, and the recent cold winters, she appreciated those SHTF preps a lot more.
Then two nights back, we watched A Refuge Of Last Resort on BezosTV, which was a personal video account of New Orleans during Katrina. She wasn’t here during that little episode, so I suggested that she watch it with me.
She watched the whole thing in silence. Then, after it finished, she said, “We need more emergency drinking water.”
I don’t have to tell you guys anything about SHTF scenarios, of course, as we’ve discussed this many times in the past. Nevertheless, let this serve as a reminder to check your own SHTF stocks, and add / replace as necessary.
My own takeaway from this man’s story was a little different.
Firstly, FEMA is fucking incompetent — we all know that, of course, but it was the depth of the incompetence (coupled with outright lying) which gave me pause. (Nor, speaking of government agencies, did the New Orleans police come out of this covered in roses.)
Secondly, it is even clearer to me that the more prepared you are, the less you’ll have the need to go to “evacuation centers” or any of that kind of thing. If you are forced to leave your home (predicted flood, fire, hurricane etc.), you’ll be better off hunkering down with friends or family, or in a hotel room off the ground floor, along with all your supplies.
Thirdly, if you are going to hit the road, do it sooner rather than later. Keep your gas tanks as close to full as possible at all times.
I certainly don’t have to remind anyone of the need to be well armed.
And finally: if you do live in a Democrat-run shithole like New Orleans, get out now rather than later.