Larry S. Thompson

Traktion

I believe I have seen some of his endorsed candidates loose!

05:09 MON 24 AUG 2026 Buona sera!

I appreciate your from-the-heart post. I like your style and I’ve been watching.

They remind me of when I first got into bagpiping, more than 40 years ago. A friend, with me in Atlanta, Georgia, recommended I telephone Mr. Gibb McKenzie, in Birmingham, Alabama, to order my inaugural supplies.

What an uncommon gentleman he was! Attentive, kind, thoughtful, easy-going, efficient, and TRUSTING: he drop-shipped my supplies to me immediately, not waiting for payment, trusting he would get paid, which, of course he did. My check probably crossed his package in the mail.

The shared trust and respect energized our business friendship. I always enjoyed working with him, which I did for years.

Your energy reminds me of his. I’m glad you’re here. I look forward to buying from you!

03:58 SUN 16 AUG 2026 The Osbornes ( and the Compaqs of vaguely similar form that later came to be ) would have been, at least, uncomfortable, if not downright untenable, if pressed into service as, “laptops!”

The more appropriate category name, “portable,” was used in marketing. Many, in my circle, commonly used the sobriquet, “arm stretcher!”

03:42 SUN 16 AUG 2026 I recommend ALL coffee drinkers who find themselves occasionally pressed for time, try, “Java House Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate,” (single serve cups of liquid NOT for Keurig machines because the coffee has already been brewed) available from Amazon, in various flavors with caffeine and at least one flavor of decaf. The ones I’ve tried are remarkably free of bitterness!

It seems you have developed an extraordinarily cynical worldview derived from a lack of understanding and confusion about some of the things you are trying to talk about.

I recommend you would feel better and have more joy in life if you improved your day-to-day understanding of Physics and Austrian Economics.

Here’s wishing you well and hoping that greater joy will soon be yours!

16:46 WED 29 JULY 2026 By way of encouragement, I have always found you to be a wonderful and pleasant human being. However, my opinion is irrelevant to the point I hope to make here:

You have an innate (“yarn-dyed,” if you’ll forgive the pun) God given, right to exist, to occupy your space.

That’s not something ‘earned’ on the cuffs of other people’s opinions about you. It is a free gift from God that none have a legitimate right to diminish or destroy.

Healthy people are, generally speaking, open to meeting you, seeing you, hearing what interests you, and what you’re about. Fundamentally, it is their inclination to want you to be successful, effective, and happy.

I recommend, when feeling intimidated, a deep, slow breath, then diving into the discovery and adventure. Disappointments you may discard; delights you will treasure and nurture.

Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2026, 07:01 Uhr Die Art und Weise, wie Erwachsene Bindungen eingehen, wird stark davon beeinflusst, wie sie während des Heranwachsens – vor allem zwischen der Geburt und dem sechsten Lebensjahr – von ihren Bezugspersonen behandelt wurden.

Dieser Kurzlink sollte Sie zu einem 75-minütigen Interview führen, das Mel Robbins (Folge 130) mit Thais Gibson geführt hat; Gibson ist meiner Einschätzung nach die weltweit führende Expertin für Bindungstheorie.

Ich empfehle Ihnen, den Link erst dann aufzurufen, wenn Sie sich 1 Stunde und 15 Minuten Zeit nehmen können, um die Inhalte aufzunehmen.

Es ist eine unglaublich effiziente und kostenlose Einführung in den Umfang und die Grundlagen der „Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory“!

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Wenn es geklappt hat, werden die ersten Worte, die Sie hören, lauten: „Ich ging in dieses Gespräch mit der Annahme, mein Bindungsstil sei …“

Apa Kabah!

Amen , on learning with others!

“Hooray,” for your UNconference design. This is a VERY attractive setting and event plan! Well done!

Ausgezeichnet!

Yes.

I heartily recommend, “Lemon Eucalyptus!” My daughter spent a week in the woods, with about 30 classmates studying and practicing, “Cobb House” construction. The classmates used an assortment of typical DEET and other common retail repellents. My daughter exclusively used a 30% Lemon Eucalyptus solution (no other active ingredients) and was THE ONLY ONE in the whole class that was TICK FREE ALL WEEK!

Reminiscent of Niven’s, “Kzinti!”

Made me laugh! Thanks!

I’m serious: sure cure for mice: get a number of, “Victor,” (brand) snap traps ( large size for rats vs. small size for mice (e.g., field mice, house mice) ) — the old-fashioned design with the wooden plank base.

With gloved hands so as to not leave your scent on the trap, tie about 12 inches of braided nylon string (mildly melt the cut ends so the strings don’t fray) to each trap, through the staple that serves as the ‘hinge’ for the trip wire. This gives you a way to pick up the sprung, successful traps without even coming close to the dead mouse. OPTIONAL: you can staple (workshop staple gun (e.g., Arrow) NOT a household stapler (e.g., Swingline, Bostic) the far end of the string to any nearby wood in the rare event that the trap doesn’t instantly immobilize the mouse — these snap traps are usually instantly ‘fatal,’ or at least instantly immobilizing. The staple also protects from the violence of the trap being tripped jerking the string into the vicinity of the ‘instantly’ dead mouse. It is not unusual for the expired mouse to bleed — consider that mess as part of where you put the trap or what you place it upon.

Next, tie, with sewing thread, a chunk of, “Snicker,” bar (e.g., one-half of a, “Mini,” size Snicker bar) to the extended end of the treadle ( the flat piece of metal that is intended to hold the bait and communicate its movement to the trip wire ), springing the trap. Next, smear the Snicker chunk, and the thread that is around it, with, “Simply Jiff,” peanut butter. Now you have an irresistible bait combo TIED to the treadle — mice cannot resist it and they can’t steal it — its as close to inevitable as you can get — if they find it, they will trip the trap.

Now, you can go up attic and select places to place the traps. Usually best to place it alongside structures where you think or can imagine the mice are running (the often feel their way along structures).

Once you’ve selected a spot, NOW you can set the trap catching the free end of the trip wire under a protrusion on the treadle, resisting the tension of the snap. Then, VERY gently place the trap, anchoring the far end of the string, should you elect to exercise that option.

You’ll want to check, as quietly and distantly as you can manage, the traps once daily. Replacing successful traps until they stop catching mice. No catches for about a week would suggest you’ve won, you’re done, and you can stand down the traps so as not to leave food out to attract more.

When collecting dead mice, together with their traps (I don’t reuse the traps), I would bag them while in the attic so you are not blowing mouse germs everywhere you walk as you take the rubbish to the trash outside.

As info, I have heard that another reason so many buildings in Egypt are unfinished is that property taxes go WAY UP once it becomes, “FINISHED!”

1922, eh?

I am suffering an identical problem: years ago, Walmart bought the Wrangler brand, at least the part of it that produced my everyday trousers I had been buying for years. Walmart then RADICALLY altered the design, construction, and eviscerated the quality of the materials used to make them — they no longer had strength, durability or the full measure of utility they once had. Walmart clearly approached these changes with NO CLUE why the garment existed in the first place! What they produce and offer for that garment, today, is only marginally better than, what was once, the ubiquitous, black, ‘Mao,’ pyjamas of mainland China.

In desperation, today, the best I’ve been able to find to, fill the role, is Carhartt brand, “Men’s Cargo Work Pants - Relaxed Fit - Rugged Flex(R) Canvas,” (Style #103574) and similar Carhartt styles.

Carhartt actually proves to be MORE durable than what Wrangler used to offer before the Walmart debacle! Carhartt’s weakness is that, contrary to the ethos they want to portray, they seem to have NO IDEA how, ‘real working men,’ are shaped and move, such that, their, “Relaxed Fit,” wears almost as snug as, “skinny jeans!” (I have a reasonable BMI of 22.3, so it’s Carhartt that’s cut too snug, not me being too filled out.) An additional challenge, with Carhartt, is that they are more than twice the price of what Wrangler used to offer, but that’s, at least, understandable as Carhartt quality and durability is SO much better.

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1. And they LOVE whole, unshelled peanuts! 2) They love whole, unshelled peanuts SO much, I’ve seen a Blue Jay perch in a nearby, tall tree, then make sounds (calls) that make a convincing imitation of the, “keer,” of a Red Tailed Hawk! That scares other birds off and the Blue Jay swoops in to snatch an easy peanut snack!

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What I saw when I woke up “this morning!” @catstr

What I saw when I woke up “this morning!”

Sleepy boy (30 SEP 2024). #catstr

2nd attempt to post this photo:

My cat encouraging me to sleep in:

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My cat encouraging me to sleep in.

I remember wax cylinders, carbon paper, how to saddle a horse, and upgrading an 80-strong technical service and sales force to color-display notebooks six months ahead of their competition. While I enjoy emulsion photography and darkroom work I rejoice in the efficiency and economy of digital. A ‘sidewalk astronomer,’ I’ve conducted hundreds, through a deeper appreciation of the beauty and science of objects seen above. On my knees, and in the name of Jesus Christ, I still thank God for the magnificence of His unimaginably vast creation and His love for every single individual one of us. Music, for me, is like breathing – it’s there to live; art is there to love; friends help me see.

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