The bloodletting is only the tip of the story. My favorite part was when the island’s government secretly sold out all of its residents and decided to protect the corporation who is putting them in an early grave:

Despite the growing evidence of health effects, compensation remains unlikely. Jersey’s government signed a confidential deal with 3M in 2005, agreeing not to pursue legal claims for £2.6m towards cleanup. Jersey must also assist 3M in defending any future claims.

A source who asked not to be identified said Jersey needed 3M’s permission to proceed with blood tests to avoid corporate backlash. “The state got an agreement to do individual blood tests, but not screening, as that could be the first step towards a possible class action lawsuit.”

Last year I purchased a domain name for our farm business as a place holder knowing I’ll eventually get around to putting together a website when life allows.

Well the domain registration site had a “privitize my infomation” button…which I forgot to check…for the first 12 hours.

EVERY web and app developer from here to Pakistan now has my phone number and I get about 4-6 calls a day asking if I want help developing an app for our website.

I’ve had to block entire area codes with an installed spam blocker just to slow them down and get some small bit of peace back.

Moral of the story, Never forget to hit that privitize button.

I’ll have to give tomatillos a try, thanks for the suggestion.

Also be wary of any spice blends or pre-packaged foods. At least in the US, 99% of manufacturers are too lazy to look for any other flavor beyond onion/garlic. Its a real pain in the butt (lol)

Green onions are another good substitute. Just don’t use the white part and only chop up the green shoots.

Isn’t the range of Bluetooth too short for something like this?

As someone with massive gut issues who also cannot handle onions or garlic I found Bell Peppers to be my newest favorite flavoring for dishes. Once you get the overwhelming taste of garlic/onion out of the way the pepper’s complex flavors start to really shine through.

Also check out the Low FODMAP diet. Onions/Garlic are the main culprits to remove FODMAP from your diet and there are now lots of recipes available out there without them.

Its just turtles all the way down

My suspicion is that the wind suddenly changed direction and caused the two vessels to jibe unexpectedly. If you’ve ever been sailing, an unplanned jibe is very violent and fast, causing the boom to rip from one side of the boat to the other. Unfortunately it is easy to get whacked by the boom in that situation and is extremely dangerous.

Working a little “Overtime” boss.

Ain’t nothin’ ticking with that gear setup

That really is an unimpressive photo. Most of the photos on that list are terrible.

The best place to sit is where you can access an exit:over the wings or close proximity to either the forward exit or the rear exit.

Hippie Hollow? I suppose there are plenty of wrinkles to look at.

18 years old

Not true. Of all the vehicles we own our 2009 Honda Fit is the cheapest and easiest to maintain. Its just a basic model with a 5 speed so there is little to break.

I’ve spent the last 25 years fixing cars and in my opinion, when it comes to turning wrenches,Japanese cars are not any different than American. Its the Germans that go overboard and make life difficult for any repairs.

You never seen a Hawaiian Burrito?

Tasty

Served by one of London’s many underground streams, the water was praised for being “bright, sparkling, and cool, and of an agreeable taste”. These qualities were later found to be derived from decaying organic matter from adjoining graveyards, and the leaching of calcium from the bones of the dead in many new cemeteries in north London through which the stream ran from Hampstead.

Most scabs do

Smotrich told the Middle East Summit – a conference in Jerusalem for US Evangelicals – that Israel must make an “unequivocal … statement to the Arabs and the entire world that a Palestinian state will not be established.”