…that I could not be a natural carnivore because early humans only ate fruits and nuts. “And anything they could chase down and kill with a stick,” I added helpfully. “No, not until after the flood.” She explained in her charming Jamaican accent. “Until then, it was forbidden to eat an animal.” “Oh no! You’re advising me based on the bible?” “And what else would I base it on?” she asked. (I love that accent.) I suggested logic and common sense; (the best I could do on short notice). “Oh. Well then.” She said, and considerately continued the interview with no further religious references. Texas. It’s a whole ‘nother place.
Another house guest
Willow:
She fits right in. She can come back any time.
She fits right in. She can come back any time. Mini-me
We sent out the picture of Petey and his mini-me Eddie.
Here is another mini-me picture.
Son-in-law Brian with our youngest grandkid Austin, at Matt and Lindsay’s wedding.
Here is another mini-me picture. Son-in-law Brian with our youngest grandkid Austin, at Matt and Lindsay’s wedding. Cisterns
Another player has joined the game. A person who says he knows what he’s talking about. Karen Mulholland’s Brother Ken. Thank you Karen for referring our question to him. Apparently the standpipes are not so much for shock absorption from changes in flow rate as they are vents to let out trapped air. Ken says: “They are called "standpipes" and are all over California also. They are used primarily as air vents. Concrete lines are very sensitive to being damaged from large air bubbles that get compressed ahead of a surge of water, even at low pressure (gravity fed). The pipeline can literally explode from the force. The shock force created by a moving mass of water compressing a large bubble (as in an empty pipeline that is not totally open on the end or maybe has a low spot somewhere that is filled with water and acts as a blockage) can be enormous. The vents have to be tall enough to accept the pressure needed to maintain the desired flow. For example, a desired line pressure of 10 psi would require a standpipe 28 feet high! Put 11 psi into a pipeline with a shorter standpipe, and it will run over, so they are not very efficient in that regard. They also may contain one or more valves. Sometimes there are multiple valves, and the standpipe is used as a distribution point for multiple independent pipelines.” This explanation has an air of authority to it. It even sounds right. I’m buying it. That is now my story and I’m sticking to it. Thank you Ken. Future I-69 Corridor
That’s what the signs say. Future I-69 Corridor. We see them on the highway north of here. There are two main north-south highways out of South Texas. The puzzling part is that we see the signs on both of the roads north. How can an interstate highway be two places at once? Have they just not made up their minds yet? I had to look it up. Interstate-69 is being built across the U.S. as a trade-route from Canada to Mexico. From the Canada border at Port Huron, Michigan south to the Mexico border in Texas. The strange thing it does in South Texas is to split into three different roads serving three different border crossings at Laredo, Pharr and Brownsville. Three different roads that are all Interstate-69! Who knew?