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Attercliffe posted on Main Page The Lobby Sad news indeed. Cap wrote to me in January, sparking a happy e-mail exchange. He introduced himself as follows:
Just a brief word of thanks for all you do at LDot, but most especially for introducing me to James Delingpole and Christopher Booker and Nigel Farage. I’m a long-term Anglophile, and am deeply in love with Churchill and Dame Thatcher. What She and RR and Lech Walesa and the Pope did!! WOW! And Vaclav Havel right behind!
I do not intend to “go quietly into that dark night.” I intend to slide in to home plate tattered and torn, waving a flag in one hand, and my weapon in the other, screaming FREEEEEEEEEDDDDDOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
What a guy! I'm not good at condolences but I hope his family is reading this and knows how much we admired his spirit and determination.
March 30 at 08:32 EST .
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Thelmalou Attercliffe, thanks so much for sharing that. That is so Kevin! What a card! He will be sorely missed...I couldn't help it...I cried when I found out, even though I know he is with the Lord.
March 30 at 09:20 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Dogs, Cats & Critters ScarletPimpernel posted "Obamacare May Bite You At The Vet’s Office" at http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=726880
It's about to drop below the horizon so I'm putting my response here--it might save someone from having to give up a pet. It'll certainly save you money. By the way, the url below comes from http://www.zzcat.com/CRF/supplies/ , a site I've used for around 10 or 15 years. The site owner, David Jacobson, had a Chronic Renal Failure cat and you can find tons of crucial info by going there and seeing what David has to say. It's worth it just for the photos of his cat, Scooter. (CRF is sometimes called Chronic Renal Insufficiency. )
Reply 16 - Posted by: Attercliffe, 3/13/2013 12:01:56 AM (No. 9221964 )
There are some ways you might be able to save on vet care. For instance, if you have a pet with hyperthyroidism, you know that the tapazole (generic methimazole ) is not cheap. Not all states require vets to give you a prescription to fill at a lower cost elsewhere but vets can be persuaded to do so--find a vet who will. (See http://www.zzcat.com/CRF/supplies/#Refuse ) I use Walgreen's for our cats' prescriptions and use a store prescription card to get an even better deal--it gives me methimazole at less than half the usual price. Ask your vet to write the prescription to enable you to refill when you want (therefore allowing you to stock up before shortages begin occurring ).
I also buy my LRS for fluid administration at Walgreen's--a case of 12 @ 1000cc for less than $30. Go to link above and scroll up for info on online sites and other info re fluids and other CRF supplies.
Winged infusion sets, needles and syringes may be difficult to obtain sometimes. Although South Carolina permits the purchase of such supplies without a prescription, many pharmacies have a policy against it. If you don't want or can't get a prescription for those supplies, you'll find sites which will sell them to you IF your state permits it (like Thrivingpets.com, where you can also buy essential Azodyl or the preferred Renadyl for your CRF pets ).
If you need more info, drop me an e-mail at this anonymizer account: forcer-64139@mypacks.net
March 13 at 00:50 EST .
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Attercliffe Just cruising at David's site and saw this:
Pet Medication Card: This "print it yourself" discount card actually works. It's an offshoot of YourRxCard for prescription discounts. When I presented it recently when picking up a pet prescription at my local GiantFood pharmacy, the price of a bottle of liquid prednisolone dropped from $26 to $16! I've had reports of folks receiving a 50% discount on a case of lactated ringers solution (LRS ) at their local pharmacies. Click here and give it a try. You can look for local pharmacies that accept the Pet Medication Card here.
http://www.yourrxcard.com/pharm_locator.
php
David is a treasure!
I repeat: if your vet has high-priced medications and won't give you a prescription to use outside their practice, find a vet who will! My vet will--if you're in my area, her name is Laura Gerbec and she's with Hanahan Veterinary Clinic: http://www.hanahanvet.com/meetourstaff.h
tm (scroll down a bit ). One of her cats is blind, another is a paraplegic from an auto accident.
March 13 at 01:11 EST .
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Escaped commieny Thanks, I forwarded to a cat rescue lady and I have to check for Molly's Trifexis, they charged me 225.00 for 6 months, I almost fainted. Shiloh is on Heartguard Plus
March 13 at 08:44 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Main Page The Lobby
Re: South Carolina Taxpayer Hacking -- Possible ID Theft has occurred
Checked my bank transactions via phone yesterday and discovered my Social Security check, which has been coming on the third Thursday of every month for five years, is not where it's supposed to be. Strong chance the A's family Social Security numbers have been stolen. Have alerted bank and, luckily, I took out ID protection two weeks ago as offered free by the state (but which, of course, we will all pay for ) and have alerted that company too.
Obviously, if you're a SC taxpayer and receive a Social Security check (or other automatic deposit ), you might want to check and see if it's been deposited this month. A will be notifying his firm's payroll department tomorrow.
November 18 at 10:52 EST .
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Ynaught We got ours. I do hope this is a paperwork foul-up and not identity theft!
November 18 at 16:30 EST .
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Bob913 I had checked my credit rating last year and saw there was for TransUnion, someone in Minnesota using my SSN back in 2003 and also saying I lived in Durham, North Carolina (I have never been there ). It showed up dating from 1-1-89. The other two agencies show nothing. TransUnion also had incorrect phone numbers for me.
November 18 at 17:43 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Main Page The Lobby I like Japanorama's plan to boycott properly identified Democrat supporters. Why should we give our hard-earned money to those who pass it on to Democrat causes? Japanorama lists the following:
Costco
DreamWorks
Facebook
Google
Microsoft
Starbucks
Virgin Group
Yahoo
Would you please add to the list?
And I want to note that Bill Gates and his pals are very strong supporters of the H-1B visa program which permits a minimum of 50,000 temporary (ha! ) immigration visas to tech personnel, including engineers (software, electrical, nuclear, etc. ) and other scientific personnel. We have tens of thousands of tech people who have been laid off and need the jobs going to foreigners who will accept lower pay, and this program should be suspended indefinitely.
Don't tell me they have to be paid the same as their US counterparts. Companies are hiring young grads straight out of college and getting rid of older workers (who make higher salaries ) so they can show the incoming (and older ) H-1Bs are going to be paid just like their American workers.
But, back to the list. . . .
November 9 at 08:45 EST .
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Msliberty1937 I have a friend who's performing his own small non-violent acts of 'guerilla warfare.' I recommend them here. He's not just boycotting companies like some of those above but has cut up his Costco & Starbucks cards, put them in boxes with small tubes of K-Y jelly and mailed them to the owners with the obvious message for their use. The imaginative people who inhabit L.com can come up with equally fun but pointed methods of protest.
I'm dropping Comcast soon as I figure what to replace it with. Any suggestions??
November 9 at 13:03 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Shopper's Beware Caveat Emptor I do apologize--there was a thread in the main section and I didn't get the name of the Ldotter who revealed that frozen veggies (and probably fruit ) are now coming from countries like China. Thank you, whoever you are!
i already know about fresh produce, with much of the out-of-season stuff coming from Mexico, Peru, Chile and Argentina, and the fish from Asian and Latin American countries. But I was shocked to find so much frozen stuff produced abroad, particularly in China.
Publix today:
Publix brand frozen veg: didn't have time to search the whole freezer case but did find that the bags of mixed vegetables (Italian style, etc. ) are marked, variously, USA and Guatemala, USA and China, USA and Mexico.
Green Giant asparagus pieces: China, period.
I stopped by Customer Service and politely mentioned I had looked at the packages of Publix brand frozen vegetables and was stunned to find out that many, if not most, contain produce from, e.g., China, Guatemala and Mexico. I will NOT be buying any product so branded--or with "distributed by DelMonte" on cans and probably boxes too. If the package doesn't soecify country of origin, I won't buy it. The print is, not surprisingly, difficult to read with my old eyes. Damn vanity, I shall take a magnifier next time.
Hmmm. There are getting to be so many products from abroad that I might make up a form with spaces to enter the offending product and country involved. Then I don't have to stand in line, just put it on the counter and leave.
This scares me particularly because, as most of you have heard more than a couple of times, rationing after WWII lasted in the UK until I was 12 years old. That is because Britain imported (and still imports ) a good bit of its food. It was simply impossible to grow various foodstuffs, such as citrus fruits, grapes, avocados and other tropical fruits and so many men had been sent to war, there weren't enough labourers to handle the farm work. Tea and coffee had to be imported too. Nowadays there is importation of every kind of fruit and veg from the EU trading area and beyond. If the EU gets upset enough and holds up shipments (which has happened via the unions ), there would be food problems in the UK.
What if Mexico and China decided to hold up some shipments?
Honestly, I had no idea I'd find so many outsourced veggies.
January 16 at 19:29 EST .
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Rake King Attercliffe: One fact about print size on product country of origin. U.S. Customs states the country of origin must be in the same font size type as the supplying company's address In other words if the importing company is from St. Louis, MO, the origin must show China in the same font size type as St. Louis, Mo.. If you find products not following that rule, report them to the U.S. Customs, Dept of the Treasury.
January 17 at 08:47 EST .
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BirdsNest The only thing we can do is NOT buy the product and tell the store and the manufacturer WHY. Then learn to grow your own food. Process it yourself and then you will know what goes into it. If the bag or can does not list where the product is from, then it is probably US, but you cannot be sure. Lots of fruits are leaving China going to SA, then coming here with SA being listed as country of origin. Buy fruit trees and grow your own. It isn't easy and it isn't cheap or fast, but in a few years it will be yours to enjoy. We have blueberries,apples,figs,blackberries,mulberries,pears(soon ),and pears & apples from the neighbor-all we can pick. We grow our own veggies when God grants us good weather and we can or freeze what we are able. If the food distribution system gets tangled up or stopped for one reason or another, there is about 3-4 days worth of food in any grocery store anywhere. Think about it. Big snowstorm coming, everyone runs to the store for eggs,milk,TP and bread, the shelves are bare and another truck cannot make it to the store for days because of the snow. Our stores get trucks 2X week. In our case if the wind is high, semis cannot cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Neither can the postal trucks. Sometimes it is 3 days before traffic is back to normal. Start looking at buying more in bulk and food saver packing the food for later. Learn to make bread the old fashioned way. Get 6 hens, raise your own eggs. Chickens do quite well on cast offs from your kitchen. Plant a garden. Do it yourself. Ask questions from the LDot group here, we are a diverse group with good people. The Internet is a wealth of information right at your fingertips.
Did I go off topic??
January 17 at 08:55 EST .
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BirdsNest Hey, Rake King, good point! I did not know that. The print they use on juice containers, like apple and cranberry is so small and it is in the sneakiest place! I will check the next time I look at one of those. I do not buy it anymore, too much sugar. My Diabetic NP says if I am going to eat sugar, to eat 1/2 of the actual fruit instead of just the juice, that way at least there is more benefit from the real pulp. We were so surprised that White House brand of apple products also adds fruit from China. Chinese apples are not pretty so they are mostly used in juice. The apples from my tree are not that pretty but they made some kick butt applesauce. And another thing.....strawberries especially dehydrated ones mostly come from China.
January 17 at 09:15 EST .
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Rake King Birdsnest: If a company is caught "routing" products (food or manufacturered goods from one country to another, then marking it only with the last country is ILLEGAL. Both countries should be marked on that product. In the past some very large companies have been fined big fines for that practice.
One company was buying a product sent to Mexico, but made in Taiwan. They removed the Taiwan stickers and placed a "hecho in Mexico" sticker (to get out of duty/tariff not charged as a NAFTA shipping order. They were caught and paid a fine of $250,000.00 and had to pay to have all those products returned to Mexico (5 truckloads ).
January 17 at 11:02 EST .
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Attercliffe Print size: my eyesight is now so bad I need TWO pairs of high mag cheaters to read the phone book--that's why I need to take a magnifying glass--don't want to put on two pairs of glasses at the store!
Dad grew his own food until he was about 83. His back was fine, mine's not. Mr. A does not have the gardening gene. Also, some of us are too old and decrepit to garden and, in our case, the only available ground is hard clay. I do grow tomatoes and bell peppers in big pots and I hope my rhubarb and blueberries survive the cold snaps. The rosemary is flourishing still. I also bought a large bag of assorted seeds for growing sprouts.
We live in the burbs, can't keep chickens, couldn't manage their care if could keep them. Have stashed enough food (including pet food and cat litter ) and water to keep us going for a while. Do know how to bake bread, using a machine these days but could do it by hand with some help. Only thing I can do out there is plant day lilies--all parts are edible!
Just returned from PT/aqua therapy for back--anything could throw it out again, just leaning down to pick up a pen, for instance. Scary. Got a really good therapist now, have full confidence I'll be dancing with Michelle before long--just kidding, sheesh, you guys!
January 17 at 11:34 EST .
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BirdsNest Attercliffe-some folks just cannot manage to work a garden, for various reasons. DH has back issues,but he does manage to get the ground broke up and ready to plant. He helps pick and clean and preserve the produce so that is a big help. Maybe where you live you can take advantage of co-ops selling fresh produce in the summer. We do not have one close by, so we either eat,preserve, or share our overflow with friends. Home grown eggs are the best but if you cannot have chickens then you have to make do. It is a good idea to have food put aside for times of emergency. We have some items that we do not produce ourselves put back. Have you eaten any of the daylilies?? They fascinate me! As for your back, make sure the shoes you wear are good ones and not worn out, I used to throw my back out by wearing bad shoes. Best of luck with PT.
January 19 at 14:50 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Main Page The Lobby
IRENE INFO
For those in the path of Irene
I'll post what I can find. This particular link is especially "For the mid-Atlantic especially the eastern North Carolina/outer banks members." I think you can access without registering (free ) but if not, let me know and I'll cut and paste. The site (Storm2K ) has just begun a thread to post important links, like emergency management and webcams of the coast. It will grow as time goes on.
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=111610&si
d=ec7dcbc379ab5ab13553c9653d64fb11
August 25 at 08:02 EST .
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Bettijo Great information. Thanks.
August 25 at 09:21 EST .
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Tivadoc Thanks for posting. As I just posted on the mother site, I grew up on the CT shore and learned to have a very healthy respect for hurricanes. I wish we had this site and support back in the day. Then it was hunker down and wait till it blew over, praying for minimal damage.
August 25 at 09:53 EST .
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Escaped commieny I worry about tornados. When Charlie came through I sat with a glass of wine in front of the living room windows watching a bad rain storm, then the tornado warnings, I put up the alum shutters and 15 Live Oaks in the back yard looked like pic up stiks, the shingles peeled off and we spent 5 months in the guest room waiting for roofers to replace the tarps. Spent 7 hours waiting at Home Depot for a generator before Frances hit. The worst was picking up the debris and finding snakes under the shingles. First 'cane here in 130 years, learned my lesson and bought a weather radio and ALL supplies.
August 25 at 10:34 EST .
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Attercliffe posted on Politics
An e-mail from Rep. Tom Scott regarding the debt ceiling, sent today.
To my supporters,
I want to thank you for the honor of serving you in Congress.
I believe that the American people made a statement on November 2nd of last year. That statement was quite simply... "enough already." The American people sent this freshman class to Washington to fight for the American dream that they wish to preserve for their children and grandchildren.
They spoke loud and clear telling us to Cut and to Cap spending. And since, as history has taught us, Washington is clearly incapable of reining in spending on its own, we need to mandate it with a Balanced Budget Amendment.
This is exactly what I am fighting for. In order for me to support Speaker Boehner's bill, I need to have assurances that we will mandate spending limits with a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Of course, this bill is still far from perfect because Republicans control only the House. It doesn't cut spending enough, but it cuts spending and it establishes that debt-ceiling increases must be accompanied by equal spending cuts.
It has NO tax increases included. You have heard me say time and again that we can not ask business owners to pay higher taxes and hire more Americans. They can not do both!
This is but one battle of many more to come. We must continue to drastically cut spending and limit the size and scope of our government. We must grow our economy by lowering taxes on business owners and fighting back government over reach, regulation and bureaucracy so that Americans can back to work.
Thank you for your support. It is an honor to serve you!
Tim Scott
July 29 at 15:20 EST .
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Magdalene Good job, Congressman Scott!
July 29 at 17:37 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale Amen and amen to the tenth power.
July 29 at 19:40 EST .
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