I'm banking on my backpacking purifiers (I have two with cleanable filters)and easy access to the water in the slough, personally.

I wonder if it is more practical to lay in stock of quality water filters and/or equipment to make a solar still plus chlorine bleach to kill microbes for long term use. And then have only a modicum of bottled water to get you through the period of time it takes to gather sufficient water to get your well/rainwater collection/access to streams or groundwater up and running.

assigning WindSparrow to water duty for the Buffista bunker plan.

Glad it went well, Susan!

Blue/purple hair intrigues me, but I'm afraid of what bleach would do to my already fragile hair. So then I thought about just coloring the bottom inch or two, so that the damage would be contained. Problem is, I don't have a stylist, and I don't know where to go to get it done right.(Probably not the Hair Cuttery) Ah, well, I probably should let it grow out a bit, since I just got it cut.

If you want to come up to Bmore we can hook you up with an awesome stylist who specializes in vibrant colors.

I'm banking on my backpacking purifiers (I have two with cleanable filters)

Which ones do you have?

I wonder if it is more practical to lay in stock of quality water filters and/or equipment to make a solar still plus chlorine bleach to kill microbes for long term use.

I wonder how my parents would react if I started having stuff like this delivered to them. I've wanted to do that with windmill parts for years. My biggest prep so far was laying down a chunk of change to have all the scheduled maintenance done on my car last week. If I can figure out a place to safely store two gas cans I should have a reliable way to get from here to my parents house.

My feet are still cold after this morning's rally, so I think I'm going to go get a pedicure. Maybe without polish, because how long would I have to wait for it to sufficiently dry?

Yesterday I read that the Swedish Bakery (in Chicago) is going to close. It was open for nearly a century - but apparently people don't want quality baked goods?

I'm pretty sure this is where my brother got his wedding cake. And I know that quite a few of my niece's birthday cakes came from there.

So sad.

I have an MSR and a Sweetwater

So Patton Oswalt released the cause of death for his wife. Check it out, Tep. That is not a good combo:

In a statement to The Associated Press, Oswalt revealed the details of a coroner's report received earlier today, which showed that McNamara died from an interaction between a condition that caused blockages in her arteries, and Xanax, Adderall, and the pain medication fentanyl. McNamara was 46.

Seems like Adderall and Fentanyl is a straight up speedball. Uppers and downers at the same time.

I know it sounds like a speedball, but they're actually fine to take together at normal doses. People with ADD need pain control sometimes.

If the doses were too high, or if she was abusing them, that's a whole other kettle of fish. And it sounds like the interaction was not between the drugs and each other, but between the drugs and the medical condition, which is totally a thing.

I feel like that was pharmasplaining. Sorry.

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