Opportune time, with the US occupied with Iran and shorter on munitions.

That place in Manchester is about 3 miles from my brother's house. Remote, indeed.

This is great. Link to video

You can. It doesn’t resolve 100/0 upon death but pays out at the odds just prior to death. So it sort of depends on how the death happened. If he were to become visibly more frail over time the odds would increase, this if you bought earlier you’d gain.

Hmmmmmmmmm, if the walls could talk!!!!!!! 555

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/terrapower-gets-ok-to-start-construction-of-its-first-nuclear-plant/ On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming, by a company called TerraPower. That company is most widely recognized as being financially backed by Bill Gates, but it’s attempting to build a radically new reactor, one that is sodium-cooled and incorporates energy storage as part of its design. This doesn’t necessarily mean it will gain approval to operate the reactor, but it’s a critical step for the company. The TerraPower design, which it calls Natrium and has been developed jointly with GE Hitachi, has several novel features. Probably the most notable of these is the use of liquid sodium for cooling and heat transfer. This allows the primary coolant to circulate at far lower pressure, avoiding any of the challenges posed by the high-pressure water or steam used in water-cooled reactors. But it carries the risk that sodium is highly reactive when exposed to air or water. Natrium is also a fast-neutron reactor, which could allow it to consume some isotopes that would otherwise end up as radioactive waste in more traditional reactor designs. The reactor is also relatively small compared to most current nuclear plants (345 megawatts versus roughly 1 gigawatt), and incorporates energy storage. Rather than using the heat extracted by the sodium to boil water, the plant will put the heat into a salt-based storage material that can either be used to generate electricity or stored for later use. This will allow the plant to operate around renewable power, which would otherwise undercut it on price. The storage system will also allow it to temporarily output up to 500 MW of electricity.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-auction-oil-gas-drilling-rights-alaskas-cook-inlet-2026-03-04/ Oil and gas drillers failed to show up at the Trump administration's ​sale of more than 1 million acres (404,686 hectares) in ‌Alaska's Cook Inlet on Wednesday, declining to submit even a single bid. The sale was the first of six Alaska offshore oil and gas auctions mandated through ​2032 by U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill ​Act, which he signed into law last year. Trump has ⁠sought to expand domestic oil and gas resources, including in ​Alaska where production has been in decline for decades. Drilling in ​the Arctic and Alaska is a high-risk endeavor, involving decades of work and billions of dollars of investment. Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had ​planned to read bids via a livestream on the agency's ​website beginning at 10 a.m. Alaska time (1900 GMT). Bids were due a day ‌earlier, ⁠on March 3. Instead, BOEM's sale website was updated to reflect the lack of bids. "At this time, no bids have been received," BOEM wrote. "In accordance with OBBBA, we will continue to hold leasing opportunities ​for Cook Inlet ​so that industry ⁠has a regular, predictable federal leasing schedule that ensures we achieve President Trump's American Energy Dominance ​Agenda."

And miss out on the fascinating detail?

Will wait for final confirmation by watching who will give Trump his gold medal.

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Yeah brain fog I suppose! I did wake up the next day with a cold (still have it) so maybe it was an early symptom.

That’s right.

Yeah, when it first came out - 32 years ago.

@Mik said in Last Bachelor night: Should have let me know. i would have popped over for a pint and hooked you up with the best restaurants! Wife has family there and I worked out of there for a few years so we're quite familiar. Damn, I never even thought of that. If we go again I'll let you know.

Really good recip. fast and easy. Good last night, a lot better today. I did not put the dairy in until each bowl is served. it will last longer in the fridge without it. Quick Fish Chowder With Hot Butter Crackers Ready In 25 min INGREDIENTS Yield: 4 servings FOR THE CHOWDER 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large fennel bulb with some greenstems (about 12 ounces), trimmed and sliced (about 4 cups) 12 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes (2to 3), thinly sliced into rounds 1 large shallot (4 ounces), thinlysliced 4 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced PREPARATION Step 1 Prepare the chowder: Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large potover medium-high heat. Once the butter is foamy, add the fennel,potatoes, shallot and garlic. Season with salt and pepper andcook, stirring occasionally, until the fennel and shallots areslightly translucent and softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Step 2 Add the clam juice and 2 cups water and bring to a boil over highheat. Cover the pot with a lid, adjust the heat to low and simmeruntil the potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Step 3 As easy as it is delicious, this chowder bypasses celery in favor of fennel, which gives the soup a littleanise flavor and some extra heft. The vegetables are thinly sliced and cooked together to help speed upthe cooking process; using a mandoline can accelerate your prep even more. Half-and-half is a lighteroption than heavy cream and helps finish the soup with a little richness. Cod is recommended here (orflounder or halibut, depending on what’s available), but feel free to substitute with shrimp or clams,adjusting cook times as needed. The crushed saltines are flavored with hot paprika, which is a smokysubstitute for the bacon that is usually found in a classic chowder. Kosher salt and freshly groundblack pepper 1 (8-ounce) bottle clam juice 1 pound boneless, skinless cod fillet(or flounder or halibut), cut into 1-inch pieces ¼ cup half-and-half FOR THE CRACKERS 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 ½ teaspoons hot or smokedpaprika Kosher salt 12 to 15 saltine crackers While the soup is simmering, prepare the crackers: Melt 2tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.Swirl in the paprika and turn off the heat. Lightly crush thesaltines into the saucepan in small bite-size pieces and toss tocoat in the seasoned butter. Season with salt and set aside. Step 4 Once the potatoes are tender, stir in the cod and half-and-half,raise the heat to medium, cover and simmer until the cod iscooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Season generously with salt andpepper. Step 5 Divide the chowder among bowls and top with the seasonedcrackers.

Could be a good idea.

My guess andrea-b is some sort of bot or AI something or other. And as far as Shat goes for a guy that can't act he has had a fabulous career as an actor. Good for him.

My guess is that it was windy, and he was afraid of his comb over going up and over! (One time I was in the States, and it was at a sporting event, and the announcer said to "remover your hats" as the national song was played and they brought in the flag.)

@Axtremus said in Beyond the antivaxx stuff MAHA is either banal or fake: The alternative would never! On that I have to agree. He should stick to food additives.