Day: January 14, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Sunday — January 14, 2024

On January 14th, 1526, the Treaty of Madrid was signed by the Habsburg emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain — pictured) and his prisoner Francis I, king of France, who had been captured during the Battle of Pavia in February 1525 and held prisoner until the conclusion of the treaty, when he was allowed to return to France. — On January 14th, 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Second Treaty of Paris, ending the War for Independence. In the document, which was known as the Second Treaty of Paris or the Peace of Paris because the Treaty of Paris …


Winter Plumbing Preparedness – Part 2, by A.F.

(Continued from Part 1.  This concludes the article.) Pex pipe can be installed without regard to any water that is still dripping from the system since it uses mechanical connection methods. Coat the threads of two male adapters of the appropriate size with pipe dope and tightly thread one into each of the female fittings exposed in the previous step. I don’t know if electrolytic effects are of concern between galvanized steel and brass (for PEX substitution) or copper, but I trust pipe dope to be a better deterrent to any possible corrosion effects than Teflon tape. I refuse to …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Jeffrey Epstein’s Full Client List Has An Amazing Correlation With… The Bilderberg Group Roster, The U.S. Congressional Roster, The Fortune 100 CEOs List, and The Malibu Phone Book News Links: The Biggest Names from Jeffrey Epstein’s Unsealed Court Documents. Jeffrey Epstein Client list highlights: Prince Andrew to be evicted from mansion? What UK police say. The Jeffrey Epstein client list does not exist. The Epstein “list,” explained. Wikipedia:  Epstein Files. Jeffrey Epstein list of names: Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson and other unexpected celebrities in the documents. Discredited claims about Clinton, Trump mentioned …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day: 

“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, …