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1. This is off topic, so don’t be upset. But I have one comment you may enjoy or not. So much for the problem of Global Warming, seems like “an inconvenient truth” is not nearly so important right now. Might want to get some fossil fuel plants back on-line.

   1. Research really helps get it right: This is from Dallas…https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/17/texas-largely-relies-on-natural-gas-for-power-it-wasnt-ready-for-the-extreme-cold/

      “Failures across Texas’ natural gas operations and supply chains due to extreme temperatures are the most significant cause of the power crisis that has left millions of Texans without heat and electricity during the winter storm sweeping the U.S.

      From frozen natural gas wells to frozen wind turbines, all sources of power generation have faced difficulties during the winter storm. But Texans largely rely on natural gas for power and heat generation, especially during peak usage, experts said.”

      Building more fossil fuel facilities is useless when they are not hardened to extreme temperatures.

      Carry on

2. All About Cast Iron Cookware | Cleaning, Maintenance & Re-Seasoning
   (YouTube Video, 21:37)
   Simple Living Alaska
   Feb 18, 2021
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGJI5GAHssE

3. JWR quoted Terry Pratchett yesterday.

   Here’s another from the same book.

   “Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
   ― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

   Carry on

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