Recent content by LRS

Pfft. It was a JOKE. Steve88 pulled your leg. Don't be stodgy about it.

At my local community college I expected, and got, an excellent retirement planning seminar provided by representatives of my public employees union and private financial advisors for about the same price that OFO paid for a lousy one. In addition, for free, one of the financial advisors...

Lamb chops, grass fed local lamb only. Marinated lightly in olive oil, with lots of chopped garlic, a splash of soy sauce and a splash of whiskey. Each chop topped with a sprig of rosemary. Grilled over charcoal. Served with grilled flatbread, rice, and assorted grilled vegetables. That's my...

The last time I drove on campus, I witnessed two cars race to a parking spot and crash. Then I watched the drivers get out and start a screaming match. Before it got to fisticuffs, I split. Now I take the bus (free!) and relax on my way to work. I don't have to yell at anyone. I recommend it!

The four of us would be: Wait a minute, Oops!, Damnit, and the baby, Oh no! Not again!

Mmmmm ... salt. I love it on everything. I found a recipe for brined pork roast that I am going to try this week. High blood pressure? Me? Not yet ...

Firedreamer, that's an amazing harvest for a filtered light location! Way to go! We're in the Willamette Valley(Or.), and my peppers and tomatoes have fruit, but they are not ready yet (maybe a couple of weeks out from first harvest.) We've been picking lettuce since the end of May. I chopped...

I prefer deadfall traps and packs of savage hounds to guns. In a doomsday scenario, which this is not, we could fall back on our family farm and grow everything, including wheat and winegrapes. Lamb is the specialty meat in grown on farms around here, and I prefer it to eating rats or even...

I'm growing my vegetables in containers this year. It makes everything sooo much easier. No weeding and just a little watering once a day. I use a light application of fertilizer in water once a week. I am using self-watering containers. The results are great. My in-the-ground gardens were...

We're on the west coast, our son goes to school on the east coast. We pay for two round trip tickets home (Christmas break and a trip home after school is out). No spring break in Mexico, no car, but I pay for his phone on my family plan. DS pays one quarter for his education (a little more...

Stuart Little, a tale of the value of friendship. At the end, Stuard drives off looking for his bird friend ... forever.

"El codo" means a cheapskate in Mexican slang. Why elbow? Quien sabe. I second the People's Guide to Mexico, which has a lot of advice for driving in Mexico. I envy you! Have fun!

Lots of people don't use a crib at all. They dislike keeping children in "cages". They put a mattress on the floor so the baby won't get hurt if it rolls out, and they childproof their house. Not me, I used all the handmedown equipment I could find from my sisters and the goodwill. Why pay a...

This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine. She quit at 62 assuming that her modest pension (cola=2% per annum) and social security (this year's cola=2.4%), augmented by modest savings (she's a simgle woman who did clerical work) combined with a frugal lifestyle, would be sufficient to...

Luckily for the human race, there is more than one way to raise a child. I worked full time when my kids were little, and I have two great kids. Our family life is fantastic. I wanted to keep my job when the children were babies and there was no option for half-time work at that time. We...