Notices by GentleMan Gef (secularjeffrey@ohai.social)

My masculine energy is cuddling kittens and kissing babies on top of their little heads

I have plenty of food onboard, but I went to a grocery store for other sundries

Then me did make one impulse buy that now me is thankful for

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Penelope, 2, has been carrying on private coded conversations with Vader, now she is cuddling with him watching TV

#DarkCuddles

Who’s up for more B.A.D after midnight?

This guy

At least for a while

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#BigAudioDynamite

Left Crab Paradise about 1 this afternoon and got to Salem by 4, just before dark

I’ll be staying in the camper through Christmas at least

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Got the gas oven burning

Going to cook a frozen pot pie!

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#JazzWithoutBoundaries is getting really funky tonight

#PublicRadio
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Pot pie is almost lava

First timer for 32 minutes at 400 just went off

Going a few more minutes

Been hard to keep the temp accurate

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It’s 51f with rain showers

I like having the door open when possible, especially when I’m smoking

Having the oven on for about an hour was bonus heat

I have a small AC space heater running

That usually keeps it about 60 inside

Gas furnace is available for cold nights or at least getting dressed and making coffee in the morning

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Just closed the door at 9pm and turned on the furnace

At 9:17 it is 70f and warm enough to put my jammies on

I leave the electric heater running but I also have a canine foot warmer

#KingBingo
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Just poked around my new Apple TV app with my first iPhone

Since data availability has been an impedance to video streaming

No TV for two weeks now

Past me downloaded all of #StarTrekTOS and at least one episode of #FireFly

Will have to up my download game once the internet tubes are bigger

S1E1 now on my phone screen!

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TVs back on the menu boys!

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This home smoked cheddar and dilly beans from last summer plus crackers were part of a holiday gift basket from friends

Woke up at midnight hungry for this and was very disappointed when I couldn’t find the tin of sardines I thought I had in the cupboard

Alas, no fishes with my nosh

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@JamesK

Balance has been restored to the universe

Went to a Mexican grocery store yesterday and found myself in the tinned fishes aisle!

Still staying in the camper. Spent the last two nights in Olympia Wa visiting friends and getting my IRA/401K stuff cashed out.

I hate driving on the freeway especially in the rain.

I’m going over to the coast and take 101 down to Lincoln City before heading east to Salem from there.

I’ll find a place to camp about 1/2 way and split the drive in two

Made it from Olympia Wa to Astoria Or via hwy 101

Got to the campground right at dark and paid for a power water hookup site

Power is out throughout the campground due to the big wind storm last night

The camper is self contained and everything that needs to be full is full and everything that needs to be empty is empty

Dry out so enjoying my first campfire of the trip

I am at a state park, and that’s where I usually stay

Private parks can be nice but usually more than the $30-40 USD at the state ones with hookups

The nicest ones won’t allow my 25 yo rig

Saw one private one today that caught my fancy

In the middle of nowhere and it had a pub that was open

Too early in the day for this trip, I still had daylight and miles to go

I bought two bundles of campfire wood on the way down and lit it at 5pm just after dark

About 20 minutes left at 930

I’d burn more if I had it, I don’t have to get up early tomorrow

I can hear coyotes yipping in the forest

Each bundle of wood came with about ten pieces of kindling

I set them aside and used charcoal briquettes and fluid to start the big pieces on fire

Now that the big pieces are mostly gone the kindling is working well to give me another 20-30 minutes

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Yesterday was gale force winds here in Astoria Or, I almost didn’t come this way today

Morning report showed chance of rain but no high wind advisory

Was dry and sunny all day

The Columbia River was flat and no wind on that giant bridge

Now at 1020 51F and I can see stars through some holes in the clouds

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