Sep 172020
It’s another sick fay here in the CatBox. I need to go back to bed and rest, so I have the strength to deal with grocery delivery when Store to door comes. Diana is coming tomorrow morning to check me out, so if you don’t hear from me, it will mean she said to go to the hospital. JD, would you please cover Sam? Everyone, have a great day.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:20 (average 5:02). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of past protest): DONOVAN – The Universal Soldier
Ah… the memories! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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Cartoon: Word.
Donovan: A great singer.
Oh, No! Tom! I hope that you are in bed and sleeping as I write this. Hope that you start feeling better, and while you’re on the sidelines, take a nap, and rest. Get Well ! Take good, good care, Tom, and sleep & rest easy.
*This just in: “Caputo has gone kaput!” ~ John N. ~
2. “So far dt has said the virus will go away when it gets warmer, and the fires in the west will go away when it gets cooler. What kind of weather do we need for dt to go away?” ~ Tommy M. ~
3. “I have to confess that I did not have exploding trees on my Donald Trump Batsh-ttery Bingo Card.
~ Jeff Tiedrich ~
4. “We can’t have a President that’s mentally lost.” ~ Donald Trump ~
5. “So apparently…according to Trump and his supporters, it seems like Joe Biden has been president these last 3 years – – but only for the failures. Of which, there have, of course, been a lot.” ~ Dan Rather ~
TJI #3 – Did they happen, or did he make them up? There are a lot of eucalyptus along the coast, and they can explode in a fire, but I would have expected to hear of it before he did. Maybe not.
I’m hoping that the trees did not explode, from any of those fires….
I, like you…would have heard or read about the trees, I would think.
“Trump falsely claimed that the California wildfires were fueled by trees that ‘ explode’ …
It’s unclear what he meant.”
*Business Insider
One heck of a bingo card, eh?
Jeff Tiedrich can be counted on to come up with pungent points that also make one laugh. I see him quoted frequently on Democratic Underground. (I hadn’t see this one yet, and it is classic.)
We Aussies know Eucalypt can explode in fires of great heat such as California is experiencing at the moment but it isn’t the cause of fires. Of course not, it is the result of intense fires. The resulting ember storms can spread the fire rapidly but these ember storms occur without trees exploding. The main problem now is that stronger winds than ever before due to climate change take these embers up to 10 km ahead of a fire, something that didn’t happen before. Again, it’s climate change that is responsible for these unprecedented fires in your country and mine.
Perhaps I can help, due to my firefighting background. There are two things that can make a tree explode. If that tree is engulfed rapidly enough in an extremely hot fire, the tree can explode from conversion of it’s water to steam. But spectacular tree explosions come from lightning strikes that vaporize the trees fluids instantly tearing it apart.
Eucalyptus trees just happen to be more vulnerable to exploding than other trees due to the chimical composition of their sap. Sort of as if they carry their own accelerant inside them. I don’t doubt that all trees can explode for exactly the reasi=ons you give.
Yes, you need to be strong for grocery delivery. Mine last week was hard on me, and they didn’t bring about a third of it. We will be watching carefully tomorrow and hoping that we see yoor smiling face. I’ll get Sam as soon as I can.
Cartoon – New possibly – but long predicted. They were never subtle.
BOP – As you’ve so often said, it isn’t the troops who are the problem. It’s the “leaders.”
Cartoon: Viewed and spoken words by so many different cultures.
BOP: Great tune by Donovan.
Sorry to hear that you’re not feeling better. I honestly wish Diana was coming today. Please do call her if you’re able to, to let her know what your status is this morning. I’ll be praying that you’re not going to end up back in the hospital.
Please take care and rest all that you can, Tom.
‘Toon: “If fascism ever comes to america, it will be wrapped in a flag, and holding a bible.”
BOP: Excellent!
Here is something that might brighten up one’s day:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-criminal-case.html
From Jeff Wise’e article to God’s immediate attention.
Hope things turn around for you. Everything’s crossed that I can cross for you.
And be sure to let us know if there’s ANYTHING we can help with, if at a distance.
It makes me sad to hear you’re doing so poorly, my friend. If you don’t end up going into hospital, which I hope you won’t if you rather stay at home, it is about time to ask for help with your groceries.
Take care, dear TomCat, and rest.
Thanks and painful TGIF Hugs to all! 😷