“I wonder what it would take to spark a revolution, or a coup. The thing with history is that nothing seems likely until after it happens. So if your first reaction is to dismiss this possibility because it’s unlikely, you haven’t studied history. Everything that happens is unlikely.”
— Scott Adams (2007)
Occupation: Meth Cook (POLITICS)
St Louis Post columnist Bill McCellan:
“The Democratic Party holds no statewide offices except lame-duck auditor Nicole Galloway. In rural Missouri, it is more respectable to be a meth cook than a Democrat. Huey Long himself would likely have to change parties to get elected in bright red Missouri.”
Rockabilly singer Narvel Felts (and his band). Taken at radio station KBOA (Kennett,MO) probably in the late 50’s or early 60’s by station announcer/newsman, John Reeder.
Face masks prevent COVID
“The probability of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was 7%, for non-mask wearers, probability was 52%. The Relative Risk of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was 0.13 (95%). Based on these results, we determined that across healthcare and community settings, those who wore masks were less likely to contact COVID-19.”
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.28.22278153v1
When we built our home (30+ years ago) we had to drill a well for water. It’s never been a problem, until this week. Short version: we have to have a new well drilled and, yes, it is insanely expensive.
While browsing the drilling company’s website I learned that the typical household uses 65-95 gallons of water per day, per person.
I’ve done a little reading about Time…
https://www.smays.com/tag/time/
…but this is my favorite time travel story…
https://www.smays.com/tag/time/
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