#foodstr #canning Got these sugar pumpkins from Home Depot for free. I just started canning these. I'll probably get dozens of quarts. The fist seven are in the pressure canner.

#coffeechain GM/GA, The work doesn't end because it is Saturday. Be well, work hard, love fully, and stack sats.

#coffeechain #birthday I have many daughters. They determined that I need a princess cake for my birthday.

We are far from leading in primary and secondary education metrics. Trump is still a better president than anyone else that was on the ticket in the 2024 election. Education trended downhill since Carter opened the department of education in 1979.

#dogstr I have old cars. I can't bring myself to buy a new car. cheap ones are now like 30K. My Honda has 210K miles and is on it's 4th battery. Yukon and I went to auto parts store to buy a new battery. On the way back, we stopped at Wolf Rock in Mansfield, CT. It's cold and it's now Husky weather. . By the way, the Honda cranks and starts without issue. It looks horrible, but it runs well.

Run-Chicken. I've had it for 3-4 years. I change the batteries once a year.

#asknostr What is your opinion of Christmas music before Thanksgiving.

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Almost every time Air Force One is wheels up, Trump makes a point to talk to the press corp. I've never seen a president make himself so available to the media.

#coffeechain #dogstr Early delivery from a non conventional mailman exites the dogs.

Are you drawing a salary? Do I still pay taxes? Yes to both. the government is not shut, it's dysfunctional.

this is how #diplomacy works. You can't win by hating. You gotta get stuff done. Why don't you roll up your sleeves and work with the duly elected administration? Here are a few Ideas, Call Chuck and tell him to open the government. Thank Trump for finding a statute to reallocate funding for WIC Work with the Administration to expedite help to Jamaica. You will find that #Nostriches / #nostr plebs are thoughtful and critical lot and most are kind. You can't just pander to your base. Any of the above ideas will win votes and influence constituents. Trumps numbers have gone up since the shutdown. The electorate knows that Senate Deomocrats caused the pending EBT crisis. We want results not slogans. Oh, and by the way, the new ballroom is being privately funded and when complete, diplomats will not have to use a porta potty on the south lawn during state events.

Correct if you try to pressure can puree pumpkin because the pressure cooker won't get to the center of mash, but if you cut it into one inch cubes, par boil and fill the jars to the neck and top with water, leaving a one inch head, the pressure is enough to kill botulism in a home canner. There are recipes out there.

As long as he doesn't promise to eat his junk if it doesn't. It will though, likely by the 2030's. I make no wagers.

Yes gerrymandering is a problem. My advice, Show value to your new district. Knock on doors attend events outside your comfort zone. See what your new people need, keep promises and deliver results. Truman beat Dewey in 48 because he kept his nose to the grindstone and defied the odds. I don't know you, but I know what your detractors say. Prove them wrong. Move to the middle. Challenge your own party, like the way Fetterman is moving. We need to unite this country. It takes brave souls from both parties to do this. There is way too much partisanship. Do you have the courage to step away from Schumer/Pelosi stranglehold that is making the Democratic party irrelevant? You need to find your own way. Here is some light reading: https://isps.yale.edu/news/blog/2023/06/partisan-gerrymandering-mostly-cancels-out-at-national-level-study-shows

#foodstr #sustainability We frequently go to Home Depot to train our dogs. Yesterday, they were throwing away sugar pumpkins. Aside from growing your own food, hunting, fishing and foraging, there is an abundance in this country. I question the starvation narrative when corporate behemoths throw away perfectly good food. I will can this windfall and have pumpkin for the next few years. This was just one store and only one cart of food. Scale this across the country and it is an unnecessary immense waste. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

#coffeechain GM Needed a little boost to stack more wood.