From
Smithsonian:
Construction on a road link in Perth, Scotland, came to an abrupt halt
recently after workers hit upon an unusual archaeological find: a
Pictish stone engraved with a large-nosed, weapon-wielding warrior.
As Alison Campsie reports for
The Scotsman,
archaeologists who were called in to examine the relic believe that it
is around 1,500 years old. The carving shows a figure who appears to be
clad in a cloak and shoes. He clutches a spear in one hand and what
appears to be a club or a staff in the other. The spear is consistent
with weapons used during the mid-first millennium A.D., according to
Campsie.
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Fascinating what people leave behind. In the future blog posts will be as mysterious.
I really can't see the nose and weapon. Can see legs. Cow nice.
ReplyDeleteThe top is the damaged new discovery and does not photograph well. The bottom in my picture with photoshopped enhancements.
ReplyDeleteLast night was interesting. John Marcieri, New West Symphony, Davis Gaines, CLU Women's Chorus, Gay Men's Cohrus of LA. Marcieri was a protege of Bernstein and is touring with a collection of his lesser known (theatrical) but important works in celebration of the anniversary of Bernstein's birth.
ReplyDeleteMy dil sings in a chorus and I got to hear her singing unDer her uke playing and it was wonderful.
Hey Liz come over to the Muddy side. It has a reply function that is missing on this blog. Maybe the dawg can add one?
ReplyDeleteThe interesting daughter just had an MRI that showed her pituitary gland cancer to be gone. Thank Glod for this good result. Heath insurance is eating all her income. Getting cheaper Obamacare is a nightmare. She would have to start working part time to qualify. Partner is working 6 days a week to keep them somewhat solvent. We have to make contributions too. She is the daughter born with a storm cloud over her head and it never lets up.
Is Mary there?
ReplyDeletenPOIC also banned me from muddy for... get this. Not violating retroactive rules against whining. Then I got banned from Reddit for complaining that he was treating me poorly there. Not a recommended social environment.
ReplyDeleteAre you banned in Boston too?
DeleteLiz, No Mary but josap is. She was doing the Camino in Spain but wore out her knee and now just being a tourist.
ReplyDeleteBest
Is that a race?
DeleteI miss Josap.
DeleteBusy few days digging a trench and laying cable for power to my shed-pool house.
ReplyDeleteAll done and working. Back to the big shed and rearrange everything and build a welding table. Work at not having a job. November and still Kali weather. :)
LBD
ReplyDeleteI went to Cow Piley SLO back in the day when they taught us engineering students to use all the machine shop tools. Been thinking of getting a small metal lathe and a welding rig. Maybe maybe not. Don't have any projects for them but would make the shop almost complete.
You want them just to have them, like women with shoes
DeleteOnly greasier.
Trying to decide between a plasma or laser table.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a plasma table? Something to do with cutting stuff?
DeleteYes cutting stuff like up to 1/4 inch steel. The process is the reverse of welding.
DeleteNo opinions on tax bill?
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it doesn't pass.
Found a Clan map of the Picts. The names are very familiar American names. Suggests the Picts never really went away
ReplyDeleteYes, in truth the modern day Scots are mostly Pict. They joined often to fight the romans. Thus hadrian’s wall. After so much intermingling one people.
DeleteBut their nifty engravings aND architecture went away.
DeleteDD and RD, I love my new plasma cutter, I might get a new mig 220V to go with the 110V/140 amp. Next is checking out the old TIG welder, the HF seems to be off. Found a crazy simple dent puller I am replicating. Tack welding rod to a dent, cut it off and use a pop rivet gun with a spacer to pull. I has amazing pulling power, boarder line to much. Finishing a arrow art project, pic when finished.
ReplyDeleteHack of all Trades Master of None! :)
Tax Bill? Reshuffle the deck and probably will lose even with little income anymore.
ReplyDeleteYou want things to stay they are?
ReplyDeleteNo, I want all Americans to share in the Dream and pay taxes. I don't care how little you make and where it comes from. Scale it from 1% to 15% no deductions.
ReplyDeleteOk. Won't happen, of it did th ex loopholes would start again right away.
ReplyDeleteRoofer came out to give an estimate. Yay.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to go with dawg's stone carvings. This one is of dogs and was carved in Arabia.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/science/dogs-rock-art.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Re: Liz and the tax bill
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of the bill is to give the president a "WIN". Back in the day of President Ford, WIN stood for "Wilbur is Naughty". After Wilbur Mills and Fanny Foxy were found in the DC tide pool. Just joking. It stood for Whip Inflation Now.
The bill will give me a small bit of extra money that I won't even notice. WhoRaw!!!
The tax breaks are for corps and other types of businesses. Interesting that the big corps are sitting on piles of money and the economy is doing OK. Seems we are at full employment so what is the big crisis the bill will solve?
It was Whip InfLatin Now.
DeleteBoy, that didn't work .
None.
ReplyDeleteTax bill solely serves to cut a few rungs from the ladder of socioeconomic mobility. The Dawg family is in the crosshairs. DD is correct that the result will be about the possible rather than what is right.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing I like is full deductibility first year for improvements.
ReplyDeleteThe housing “shortage” could be cured with tax policy. Accelerate depreciation and/or establish a penalty for idle dwellings.
ReplyDeleteRe: Housing Shortage.
ReplyDeleteHard to change some of the zoning laws and overcome local resistance to higher density. Aint no way Atherton, Menlo Park or Los Gatos residents will go for "Low Income" housing. Not even sure it would be allowed in East Palo Alto. Back in the day the wrong side of hwy 101 was reserved for the blacks and browns.
I don't see how the tax bill passes. No Dems will vote for it, and the Repubs don't have the votes by themselves.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can tell, the only way it passes is if there is a "deal' to pass something like DACA along with the tax bill.
Trump is always claiming he knows how to deal. Let's see if he does.
Me neither. Oh, what will the rich people do?
DeleteMaking a business deal is different then making a dishonest political deal. No matter what it won't be fair.
ReplyDeleteThe roofer came out!
ReplyDeleteThe price was acceptable.
DeleteThey might be able to start in January!
The guy said roofers are poaching each others' workers. This is over full employment with roofers. He said they are being paid quite well.
The Rich all the way down to the hair cutter at home to the lawn guy who deals in cash. They will find a way around and exploit the system, even flat out cheat. So IMO the honest people lose.
ReplyDeleteSteel roof?
ReplyDeleteWe considered it, but we suspect the salt air wouldn't be kind. Also, it would clash with the style of the house.
DeleteI personally don't much care whether the tax bill passes or not.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can tell, it would be about neutral as far as my own taxes are concerned.
It would be nice to have a simpler tax code where you don't have to keep track of a bunch of deductions, but maybe we can't have nice things. So be it.
Just don't want the really rich to hog even more.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that the roof guys are being paid decently, even if we have to pay a bit more.
ReplyDeleteHeadline says 100 accuse 40 politicians in 20 states.
ReplyDeleteAnd CHARLIE ROSE accused, and does not deny. I liked his interviews and he looked distinguished. Guess that means nothing.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we should start the pariah network? For those. Who have something to say, but can't be trusted sexually.
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton couldn't be trusted with your family dog, but women seem to adore him. Explain yourselves
DeleteRoofers in Brevard make 31k a year. Foreman more. Almost livable here where it's cheap.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning!
ReplyDelete$31K good? $31k/50 weeks/60 hours a week equals $10.33 HR, Then taxes. Not my idea of good with risks involved. My guess cheap import labor drives the wage down. How much free government assistance do they qualify for with a family?
Get a copy of their workman's comp policy. Many don't have any especially with an import crews.
Salt air may be a problem there I didn't consider. Do you see any around?
A few metal roofs. The company has workman's comp. FLordia has no income tax.
ReplyDeleteThey don't wrk 60 hours a week. The guys I saw were all young caucasians. Couldn't work that long in the heat. No import labor I could see, I think their wages will continue to go up. In Palm Beach County it's 34k. Shingle manufacturers are going wild, raising prices like made.
Like mad. They will only hold the estimate 2 weeks. I intend to give them a tip in the end.
ReplyDeleteStan Collender of Forbes has Trump Derangement Syndrome!!!!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/stancollender/2017/11/19/gop-tax-bill-is-the-end-of-all-economic-sanity-in-washington/#61d5d7d777ef
Economic sanity in Washington, DC... puleeeeeze
DeleteI bet they get paid by the square (piece rate) and will work massive hours regardless of heat. Our brothers from the South of the boarder are used to killer heat. IMO
ReplyDeleteSay good bye to Jeep as King.
http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2017/11/20/mahindra-build-small-off-road-roxor-model-new-auburn-hills-plant/882134001/
Don't you understand? I was watching. No Mexicans,could have been some Cubans, who are all Americans by this time. No blacks. The ones we saw looked like german or Irish descendents
ReplyDeleteThey leave about 4.
ReplyDeleteOur roofer says they all poach from each other, not an atmosphere for low wages
ReplyDeleteLooks like according to the BLS Florida is the about the bottom of the pay scale for roofers. Even Nebraska is at $42K. Kali at around $51K and New York at about $63K. So that doesn't sound like a shortage driven labor market. IMO
ReplyDeleteI am Having trouble seeing White roofers and low wages. A roofing company we used in Colorado told us that they could get a crew of white guys but they would charge more and it would take much longer to finish the job.
I should nor believe.my lieing eye
ReplyDeleteA new metal roof on my double-wide cost 10,000.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDilbert posted the link for me. I only have my phone, so doing stuff is tricky for me.
Spain is wonderful. We will be home in about a week.
Cool, it works. I have to sleep now.
ReplyDeleteCool, it works. I have to sleep now.
ReplyDeleteOh, josap, how wonderful. When you finish sleeping tell me all your stuff!
ReplyDeleteI went to writer's Haven
ReplyDeleteAs I do every week. This time the theme was write to music. They played millenial music. Oh man, what have we done to our children? So harsh, so dark, so depressing. Represents a dark future? Was feeling ok, now depressed. No wonder they are killin themselves.
Tis the season for Sanity Clause!
ReplyDeleteWhat I dislike about so much millennial music is the slop. Poor skills and lazy technique.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone. Glad to see you.
ReplyDeleteShort up date, we got to Spain on September 5th, walked half of the Camino de Santiago (250 miles)before my knee completely gave out. Pulled ligaments/tendons. Hurt like hell. Stopped walking in Leon and became tourists. Just over a month walking and the rest wandering by train from place to place. Will leave for home on the 28th. What a long, strange trip it's been. We have had a great time.
250 miles!!! Wow
ReplyDeleteWe're you walking to or from that great pilgrim shrine? Vacation of a lifetime! Sorry you were injured.
Something de Compostelo?
DeleteThe poor hub has food poisoning.
ReplyDeleteCamino de Santiago, the French route.
ReplyDeleteDid your Hubby see a Dr? Dehydration can be very dangerous.
No, but I am feeding him liquids. Camomile tea being the latest.
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ReplyDeleteGood Morning!
ReplyDeleteHi josap!
RD, No elevator music shopping on line. :)
No crowds, or full parking lots, or dealing with exhausted moms driving to the stores.
DeleteI hate shopping.
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DeleteUntil it happened I would not have believed it. I am so encouraged to see longtime posters returning. Thanks all and welcome back.
ReplyDeleteFood poisoning? One of those you know you won’t die but wonder if that is worth it outcomes. Made calamari sticks last night while a temporary bachelor. 1/4 inch strips egg dip then panko less than a minute fried. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteI bought a bunch of “stuff” on 11/11 from AliExpress. Cheap little 2-5 dollar items but being poor and needing nothing that’s the way it works.
ReplyDeletePoor, hah.
DeleteCheap maybe.
Hey! I just bought three new shirts. Not goodwill but from a store. JC Penny. Okay I had a $10 off coupon and they were clearance rack. The Van Husen and two polos were $1.06 total after coupon.
DeleteBefore HCN blew up I loved hearing Jo’s stories of her hardening for the big walk. Great the she got 250 miles in. Sad she couldn’t finish. Everyone should applaud the accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteI did ok. After going over the mountain, it sort of got easier. After the first few weeks, it all got easier because I was in really good shape. 12 miles a day, up and down steep, long hills was easy.
ReplyDeleteOn the Camino, not finishing is not failing. It is hard to explain, it's about walking. You don't know just where or when you will find lunch. No clue where you will sleep. Not sure how many miles you will walk.
But everyone is walking in the same direction. :-)
And going over the mountain was hard.
A bucket list success! Back to AZ for Christmas? I’m helping my mom for two weeks after Thanksgiving. Venice Florida.
ReplyDeleteMight hit 90° F today. Ouch.
ReplyDeleteWe will be home on the 29th. Survive jetlag and figure out Christmas.
ReplyDeleteStill really hot in Phoenix too.
We will be home on the 29th. Survive jetlag and figure out Christmas.
ReplyDeleteStill really hot in Phoenix too.
>Might hit 90° F today.
ReplyDeleteI guess another Santa Ana condition.
The house is fairly cool now.
It probably won't warm up much if it's just hot outside for two days.
Large thermal mass.
Apologies for the dearth of new posts. When I get back to the shed I will fix that. So many mini tasks. Horse d’overs Turkey Day will be puff pastry pinches with shaved almonds, honey and Brie.
ReplyDeleteYum
DeleteHorse d'overs...
DeleteThe Dawghaus has a huge stone fireplace at the core and lots of lathe and plaster. It is rare that we wished we had air conditioning although in winter we turn on the wall heater for a dozen days or so across winter.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cheap house for poor dawg.
DeleteFires completely out??
All Western fires are contained. Cinco can attest to the extreme modestness of the Dawghaus. No basement. No second story. Just a tiny tract home. At least your have air conditioning.
ReplyDeleteThe stone fireplace fills up the entire interior.
DeleteI wouldn't call it tiny. Our house in Pinellas County growing up was about 900 sqft.
DeleteTrailer Hitch? Ducks and runs to dinner. :)
ReplyDeleteDo tell.
DeleteI don’t remember mentioning the trailer hitch adventure from earlier this week.
ReplyDeleteDo tell.
DeleteWe replaced the faded furniture in the living room with a thrift store trio. The old stuff couldn’t even get a nibble on Craigslist for free. Off to the dump with the trailer behind the tires old expedition. A half mile from Home on the way back a funny grinding noise. The ball socket had pulled from the receiver socket. The hitch pin and clevis had both worked loose. Could have been exciting if I didn’t catch it. Since you will ask. Three piece couch love and seat for $175.
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ReplyDeleteDid your wife go with you?
We recently got a reclining leather love seat. I can't stay awake, it is so comfy. Wife picked it out, Cheaper then a race car.
ReplyDeleteMrs Dawg picked the “new” furniture. All I did was catch the hint and say yes. To the dump, actually recycling hub, I got a thumbs up from the Tech for backing up the trailer 150 feet to the perfect spot in one try. I have no idea how the pin worked loose.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a clevis?
ReplyDeleteclev·is
ReplyDeleteˈklevəs/
noun
a U-shaped or forked metal connector within which another part can be fastened by means of a bolt or pin passing through the ends of the connector.
My furniture is all 25 years old bought with hurricane money. It was very high quality expensive and.very comfy. The antiques are more than 100 years old. My mom's bedroom furniture is about 75. We get good quality and expensive and keep it forever
ReplyDeleteThe hub wants to buy cheap furniture. I restrain him.
Cheap and ugly.
DeleteThe “new” living room could easily be 25 years old. Our kids have no attachment to stuff. It probably started with the Cuspers and gap generations but has truly taken hold with the now twenty somethings.
ReplyDeleteThe son wants the dining room set and the silver
ReplyDeleteThe daughter wants an antique table and something else, I forget what.
I want the tool tray from the Fair Ice Co. and the cast iron door stop shaped like a curled kitteh.
ReplyDeleteI recently learned that the Fair Ice Co. is still remembered fondly. My grandfather cut ice from Wachussett pond and sold it all summer.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what my kids want. I bet money works. :)
ReplyDeleteThey ll get money, if we don't spend it all first.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are Gen x, so they like a bit of stuff
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
ReplyDeleteWe will go to the museum today and eat yummy tapas with good wine.
Happy Thanksgiving. Tap in to those tapas.
ReplyDeleteWe are going to a buffet.
For now COFFEE!!
Happy Turkey Day!
ReplyDelete72F possible today, crazy. =:o
Happy Thanksgiving! Heading down South now
ReplyDeleteOff to a restaurant buffet.
ReplyDeleteNow I need to go sleep.
ReplyDeleteMy stomach runneth over.
ReplyDeleteNap time, Extra time for the over eating. :)
ReplyDeleteWake wakey.
ReplyDeleteTime for pie, then movie with the family. ;)
ReplyDeleteSorry to be late to Thanksgiving. Here is my offering:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/rVQqQuOO9yQ
Happy Thanksgiving from Portland!
ReplyDeleteLast year Thanksgiving was in L.A. The day after we flew up here and the day after that found our new home. Nice to be somewhere that actually has real seasons.
Hope all is well with everyone this holiday season!
I like real seasons, except snow. Not too happy about summer heat either. :-)
ReplyDeleteSo you lIke spring and fall!
DeleteHey, you guys, my daughter I law is preggers
TJ, glad.to to see your electrons!
ReplyDeleteGood morning.😀 to every one.
Looked at old post again. Many sex girls, getting to be an Olde dawg. Uncarted territory, banks doing more,different evil, putting foreclosures in subsidiaries. Lots of we are in uncharted waters.
ReplyDeleteWell, we are past that. And we are in politician hell instead. Which is worse?
Sexy. I feel harrassed.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteThe girls are out Black Friday shopping. They report it certainly isn't what it used to be.
In what way.
DeleteGood. The thought of fighting for consumer good Is appalling and boring too, unless you have a particular item in mind and it has been significantly produced in price.
ReplyDeleteThe mall here only had one major store with access with out the mall being open and the rest of the mall doesn't open until regular hours. The other major was JCPenney and they are gone. Mindless shopping for stuff is no loner my thing. Kids do it for me as We have everything.
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