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2026-06-01 12:49:54 UTC

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Came upon a rafter of turkeys while driving in Martinez yesterday. Several of them were strutting, just hanging out in the middle of a 2 way street. Drove into the wrong lane slowly to avoid them. It was early morning, so not much traffic. A common event around here.

2026-05-27 03:31:19 UTC

Grapevines Sold at Napa Costco May Be Infested with Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
If you purchased a grapevine, citrus tree, or other fruit tree at Napa Costco or neighboring Costco locations during April or May, please read
https://www.napacounty.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/846
#Costco #Napa #Solano #Marin #Yolo #Sonoma #Mendocino #gardening

2026-05-20 02:12:53 UTC

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Found a directory by state.
https://mastergardener.extension.org/contact-us/find-a-program/

2026-05-20 01:36:57 UTC

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I forgot to mention many state universities around the country have master gardeners programs that provide local help down to the county level. They hold free events at libraries and farmers markets to help people. And have a wealth of info. UCANR is great for California but other states cover their agricultural zones.
Example: for my county.
https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-contra-costa-county/growing-gardeners-program-master-gardeners

2026-05-14 14:30:52 UTC

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YW. We went a little nuts at the one day sale but we have plants my parents haven’t had access to since they came to the US from India in 1970. In the past she has had drop offs around the bay area. This year she took off a year from the land and just grew from her past seeds in the greenhouse. Hopefully next year they will be more widely available.

2026-05-14 02:53:37 UTC

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In case folks are interested, Kula Nusery has South Asian heritage seeds and some plants leftover from the one day sale but you have to contact via Insta for pickup in Petaluma & Temescal Farmer’s Market Sunday.: https://www.instagram.com/stories/kula.nursery/3896356843643416245
Seeds available here
https://www.kulanursery.com/seed-store

2026-05-14 02:43:12 UTC

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Local nurseries can be a great source as well. Ours holds free in-person seminars. They also have online info. https://sloatgardens.com/learn/
https://youtube.com/@sloatgardencenter

2026-04-27 16:16:46 UTC

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A more recent news story about the new ownership.
https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/money/companies/2023/06/06/sheboygans-ellingers-agatized-bowls-wood-flour-new-owner-local-manufacturing/70252633007/

2026-04-27 16:13:45 UTC

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As a young person I had to go the library (YAY LIBRARIES), to track down the phone number of the company. My only clue was the bottom of the bowl. I had to wait for family gatherings to show the catalog in person to all the aunties to compile the list.
I see now they are actually Ellingers not Ellinger’s.
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2026-04-27 16:07:30 UTC

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Luckily the Indian store in Vacaville had old stock on their shelves and I bought all 4 bowls he had some 4 years ago. Nowadays they are listed on eBay. This one listing has a decal that is probably the same decal my Mom saw when she bought the original bowl from Kmart.
https://ebay.us/m/uxwiYg
It is so crazy how much they go for now. Here is the #120 along with a smaller bowl.
https://ebay.us/m/mFSGFK
https://www.ellingersagatized.com is the official site these days

2026-04-27 16:04:20 UTC

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Aunts had always been asking me where to buy the bowl, so at that time I called them all to see if anyone else wanted to order some more, the more we ordered the lower the shipping cost from Sheboygan, Wisconsin to California. So we ordered a bunch back then, including larger and smaller sizes. Eventually an Indian store in Berkeley, Milan started carrying them, buying them at wholesale from Ellinger’s. So I called them after the fire but their stocks were replaced by plastic copycats.

2026-04-27 16:01:42 UTC

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The humble bowl was super popular amongst Indian immigrants who shopped at Kmart in the 70s. I am sure it was under $5, probably $2 or $3. Eventually the one we had developed a crack after 20 years of hard use. So as a young person I wrote to the company to see about getting a replacement since they had long since disappeared from local stores. Pre-internet/website, they emailed me a catalog, that is when I discovered they had much more to offer.

2026-04-27 15:59:26 UTC

Almost every 2 days I use a #120 Ellinger’s Agatized Wood bowl to knead my dough for roti / chapathi. These bowls survived smoke damage. I tried to buy another for a nephew about a year after the fire as he was starting to cook and that is when I realized that Ellinger’s did not survive the pandemic. The company has since been sold and the new owner maintains an instagram presence. I guess eventually he will start producing again, it seems he is selling older stock still.

2026-02-06 00:52:07 UTC

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That is my go to site. Great for pest management. https://ucanr.edu/topics/pest-management-plant-health

2026-01-08 17:08:50 UTC

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I had no idea those existed.

2026-01-06 00:03:02 UTC

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I would be interested in VOC too. This manual for the hardwired heat alarm has info on placement.
https://digitalassets.resideo.com/damroot/Original/10000/M08-0026-008.pdf
For any battery operated ones I imagine placement would be similar. This product is not hardwired, does require a base station though. The base station pairs with other X-sense devices. So this could be a possibility for homes without hardwiring. There is an app to get notifications on as well.
https://www.x-sense.com/products/x-sense-smart-heat-alarm-xh02-m-with-10-year-sealed-battery

2026-01-05 19:34:00 UTC

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Then I did the stupidest thing ever. Went back into my smoke filled room to get my keys, my phone and yank the PC from the wall. When I stood up from getting the PC the window exploded with fire I could hear the fireman yelling at the doorway, but I kept screaming. I’m coming. I’m coming so he doesn’t risk his life because I know the house in the dark he doesn’t. I was the contractor.

2026-01-05 19:31:09 UTC

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I then walked out into the hallway and before I could even go downstairs and before I saw flames. All I saw was a super thin whisp of black smoke coming upstairs kind of like when you blow out a candle on a cake. This was coming from the fire door leading to the garage. Before I check that part out, I dial 911 from my connected earbuds since I’m a podcast junkie. And then ran around the house waking everybody out telling them to exit the house. Engines were there super fast.

2026-01-05 19:29:56 UTC

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Exactly this. If I were not an early bird and fully alert and awake at 3:45 AM doing online shopping (because shelter in place)in my room above the garage. I probably would have died from smoke. I just felt my room rock. Opened another tab to see if the bad place was posting about earthquake. Checked USGS. Nada. Then heard a series of pops (Now, I assume the one battery that exploded started a chain reaction with other assorted tool batteries).

2026-01-05 17:44:25 UTC

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I have no clue. Someone here will surely know!

2026-01-05 16:06:56 UTC

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Many fires start in the garage like ours. 911 call and fire engines arrived way before they were set off. So folks may want to look for heat sensor alarms or other methods of detection in garages.

2026-01-05 16:06:55 UTC

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The batteries in hardwired provide backup during power outage. From personal experience I can tell you that those damn batteries provided uninterrupted alarms for over a month in our house post fire. There were ones where it was not safe for me to get on a ladder to pull the battery. To this day I dread performing the test after inserting fresh batteries since that sound is a trigger.

2026-01-05 16:01:29 UTC

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The 10 year ones that you now just replace after 10 years are the ones that are not hardwired. For hardwired, interconnected units, you still replace the battery.

2025-10-23 18:26:15 UTC

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I’ll believe it when I see it.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown

2025-10-20 08:58:09 UTC

Snapchat, Duolingo and several banks among major apps down in Amazon internet services outage
#Amazon #AWS #Canva #Duolingo #Fortnite #Life360
#Ring #Roblox #Signal #Snapchat #Zoom #LloydsBank
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt

2025-10-12 01:25:01 UTC

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Old appliances are the best, they actually last. :)

2025-10-12 01:10:35 UTC

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Awesome. We used to use similar. After the fire, our replacement is the Cuisinart Spice & Nut grinder. I like that it has a stainless steel cup. Comes with an inner lid for storage if needed. https://www.cuisinart.com/spice-and-nut-grinder/SG-10.html

2025-09-30 21:52:53 UTC

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You don’t have to be a Costco member to use their pharmacy. Might be worth a call to see if they got it. According to the locator, Costcos in our area have it, but I am #SFBA . There is usually a direct number for the pharmacy on the store location page. https://customerservice.costco.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/796/~/do-i-need-a-membership-to-purchase-prescription-drugs%3F

2025-08-12 23:19:45 UTC

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Gorgeous truck. Having a “solid gold” metallic ‘04 #MiniCooper is both good and bad. Easy to find my car. Bad because all my relatives know where I go around town. My high school dream car was a turquoise MR2 lol.

2025-07-20 21:25:01 UTC

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Or monkeys, this toot refers to a summer movie in theaters right now.

2025-07-19 01:24:46 UTC

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Oh no! I have taken to pouring bulk size laundry detergent into smaller bottles (saved Mrs. Meyers bottles that were staged in our rental model home after our fire). I do this to make it easier for me to dispense and to get family to understand only a small amount is needed. I drew sharpie lines on the small caps to align with correct amounts. People see the big bulk cup, they get carried away. Sharpie Pro markers are less resistant to fading in such cases.

2025-07-03 00:23:28 UTC

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OMG someone has a pic of it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/romleys/2196936050

2025-07-02 22:17:08 UTC

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Was 10¢ a scoop when I was little. The store was called Payless back then. The unique cylindrical ice cream scoop was sold several years ago to the public. My brother had bought one. https://a.co/d/070HxQz

2025-02-12 01:03:29 UTC

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Don’t even think that!

2025-01-28 23:19:57 UTC

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I have made this recipe as cupcakes and sheet cake before so I should say yes! Searching other recipes for Wacky Cake will give you different versions, pans, timing, etc.

2025-01-28 19:40:22 UTC

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In case folks are looking for a chocolate cake, the combo of apple cider vinegar & cocoa work great. Many non vegan folks could not detect this cake is vegan. https://bakingbites.com/2006/01/cooking-school-eggless-chocolate-bundt/

2025-01-17 02:00:26 UTC

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I wish there was a way to know what brands of “fireproof” document boxes survived.

2024-10-26 20:47:15 UTC

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If you have a screw, most Ace hardware stores will have a great display of holes. Recently wanted to replace the cheap aluminum screw that comes inside an Italian piece of cookware with a stainless steel screw so it would not rust with frequent washing. The size turned out to be Metric Stainless Steel M5 x 20 .80 pitch and they had them but at $1.49 each!
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2024-10-01 21:12:08 UTC

Volunteers needed: (1/2) With an unspecified number of people either unaccounted for or for whom loved ones have requested welfare checks, the county has asked volunteers to step forward.
Buncombe County activated a public welfare check request option over the weekend. Friends and family members sent in names and addresses of people in the area who they had not heard from.
#helene #Buncombe #Asheville
https://www.bpr.org/live-updates/live-blog-hurricane-helene-wnc#volunteers-requested-in-buncombe-co-to-go-door-to-door-for-welfare-checks

2024-09-29 21:03:08 UTC

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Also it was said that #Buncombe Press Conferences / #Helene updates will be daily at 10 am & 4 pm for the next few days.

2024-09-18 19:49:28 UTC

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Thanks! Wow! This is my 3rd in 3 years. Waiting to check in RN.

2024-09-18 19:44:39 UTC

Jury Duty (again)… the only masked person so far is me….

2024-08-14 08:17:57 UTC

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From last August:
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2024-08-14 08:07:55 UTC

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https://mastodon.social/@deewani/111268981978533878

2024-08-14 08:06:27 UTC

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I am in California. A produce market will have just the pods, similar to how fresh snow peas are sold, for example. There is a large outdoor produce stand on a farm here that was selling the whole bundle. Usually it is 1 chickpea / garbanzo per pod but sometimes it can be 2. It is a rarity to find them fresh so it is always exciting. I once had a restaurant salad w/fresh ones in the Hamptons. Let me see if I can find my pic.

2024-08-13 23:07:10 UTC

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They taste really yummy fresh and green. Labor intensive to shell them. Local farm stand sometimes sells whole bundles including the leaves and branches. Cook like you would peas but longer.

2023-08-12 22:31:35 UTC

🧵Covid19 Info Master Thread:
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
Symptoms (can vary depending on variant): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
REMINDER: You could be ASYMPTOMATIC!
USA: https://www.covid.gov
California: https://covid19.ca.gov
World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
#coronavirus #SarsCoV2 #covid #pandemic #COVIDisAirborne