Maybe you've seen the funny internet memes about high egg prices? Like the one where a guy gets on his knees to propose, but instead of a ring, he brings out a dozen precious eggs!
Well, egg prices have finally begun to decline. "We're seeing wholesale prices start to come down," says David Ortega, a food economist at Michigan State University. The wholesale price of a dozen eggs in the midwest market dropped by 58 cents to $3.29 a dozen at the end of January, according to USDA data.
Good evening! Can you believe another week has come and gone? I’m just glad we are done with the real cold for a while and I can turn down the heat and not freeze my butt off walking .
I find it hard to believe the first week of my forties has come and gone. It was such an ordinary week, backgrounds and committee agendas, except for the carrot cake they had for my birthday at the gang meeting. So sweet especially as I’ve cut almost all sugary substances out of my diet.
Mostly cloudy with filtered moon light and 38 degrees at the Delmar for the evening walk. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. . There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ️Temperatures will drop below freezing around 5 am.
TodayI walked ten miles between my morning, evening walks and Bennett Hill and over two miles with my parents dog and then Wally World. I got needles so I can fix the missing button on one of my dress shirts and some more fruits and vegetables. I had plenty of pasta and juice and stuff like that as I’ve really been cutting back with my calorie reduction program, splitting meals into two and freezing to save money and improve health. Over 22,000 steps for the day.
Tonight will be cloudy , with a low of 31 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 30th. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Makes up for being so cold on Saturday. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 12 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1948.
Ended up buying 4 1/2 of bananas at Wally World. I think I may have gone bananas. But they were 53 cents a pound, which isn’t a good excuse for buying them, but I am trying to fit more healthy food into my diet, and bananas are a good snack, along with oranges, which I brought into my office. Most of them were still green too, so they should be good all week. Started a compost container in the kitchen, as I don’t want to be dumping all those rhines in with kitchen burnables — they won’t burn well or at least I’ll want a hot fire before the try to burn them. But I can probably take them out to my parents house for composting if I ask. I know I need to live out in the country and have hogs.
Watched a video about flossing your teeth better. I have to admit I’ve not been good about flossing though I realize it’s not my fault as I doubt I was instructed as a child . While I don’t have soda or candy at home and drink a lot of milk , I’m a bit horrified how many people I went to school with have teeth problems or missing teeth in their forties. Children of Appalachia really don’t get the dental care they need but that’s in a large part how shitty health care is in America. My teeth aren’t perfect – I resisted getting extra braces and skipped dentist visits for a decade after college but they’re generally healthy bar some chips and that one filled cavity.
Been thinking about making an doctors appointment for a physical. While I think I am generally healthy, it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten a good check over. I haven’t had my blood pressure checked in a number of years, weighted or general check up. I guess the value is limited, but there is no cost for the yearly physical and maybe I will find a health issue early before it becomes a problem. In my forties, I’m trying to be healthier, so when I own my own land, I will be able to enjoy it.
Tonight will have a Full Moon. Yeap, you can see it through the clouds. At 7 PM, the moon was in the east (80°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, some 251,652 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 15th. Buckle up for safety!
The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:37 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:06 am in the east-southeast (111°) and last for 3 minutes and 7 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 9 seconds earlier than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 7:47 am with sun in the east-southeast (118°).Tonight will have 13 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 29 seconds over last night.
I gassed up Big Red and gave him a bath. The car wash was only four bucks as somebody left time on the machine which gave me time to pressure wash the under carriage. More big hunks of rust fell off, I need to paint the door it again. Going to spray WD 40 on it for the mean time. I was very low on gas as I hadn’t fueled up since before the Madison County trip so its not that big of deal but it was $85 in fuel. I know yikes, when I’m trying to cut expenses. My next truck will be smaller I think. If I had a farm and had to move cattle – maybe someday – I’ll want a big truck but right now it’s fun but excessively expensive to operate for the things I do.
Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny , with a high of 42 degrees at 10am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. North wind 5 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1991. 10.8 inches of snow fell back in 1978.
In four weeks on March 5 the sun will be setting in the west (263°) at 5:50 pm, which is 35 minutes and 38 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 31 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 41 and 23 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1964.
Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time is in 5 weeks, Last Day of Winter is in 6 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset is in 9 weeks, Average High is 60 is in 10 weeks, Cinco de Mayo is in 3 months, 8 PM Sunset is in 13 weeks, Mothers Day is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️ is in 4 months, Fathers Day is in 18 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year is in 5 months, Dog Days of Summer is in 5 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM is in 23 weeks, Work Like a Dog Day is in 6 months, 6:30 Sunrise is in 31 weeks, Constitution Day is in 32 weeks, October is in 34 weeks, Average High is 65 is in 35 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day is in 10 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise is in 44 weeks and Christmas Eve is in 46 weeks.
I really hate washing out sticky, nasty peanut butter jars for recycling. Much rather just chuck them in fire, like up in camp during the summer month. Can’t wait until I have my own land and can fires all the time.
In these inflationary times, always looking for lower cost ways to pass the time. Walked along Meads Road and out to Five Rivers for a while today.
Walking, bar of course the wear and tear on the boots is free and a good way to see things. No need to hop in a car to drive somewhere when there are scenic views and nice places to walk and explore not far from home. That said by late afternoon it was starting to get a bit chilly with the breeze and the mercury dropping. With the wind, not a lot of wildlife out and about but at least a lot of snow was gone. Cows though were out by the road at Meads Farm.
How to Look Up Any Tax Assessment Record in New York State by Coordinate
I was studying the various data services available and discovered a handy little website put out by the state for public use to find out tax assessment records for all counties in New York State.
SpatialReference = 4326 if you want to use latitude and longitude
Kind of a handy endpoint, for your use. It returns a json string. You can also automate the process by using a GET or POST request. For example to pull the tax record for a point at Cole Hill State Forest and get the data back as a JSON text string.
{"paramName":"ServiceMessage","dataType":"GPString","value":"Match found for entered X:-74.10192 & Y:42.59518."}],"messages":[]}
I found this handy enough, I wrote short PHP script that I can execute as needed to pull up property data and output it into a CSV spreadsheet format for bringing up in OpenOffice Calc. If you enter more then two words, it searches by address, otherwise it uses the first and second parameters as coordinates.
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It was such an ordinary week, backgrounds and committee agendas, except for the carrot 
cake they had for my birthday at the gang meeting. So sweet especially as I’ve cut almost all sugary substances out of my diet.
There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 
. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. 
️Temperatures will drop below freezing around 5 am. 
and then Wally World. I got needles so I can fix the missing button on one of my dress shirts 
and some more fruits and vegetables. I had plenty of pasta and juice 
and stuff like that as I’ve really been cutting back with my calorie reduction program, splitting meals 
into two and freezing to save money 
and improve health. Over 22,000 steps for the day. 
I think I may have gone bananas. 
But they were 53 cents a pound, which isn’t a good excuse for buying them, but I am trying to fit more healthy food into my diet, and bananas are a good snack, along with oranges, 
which I brought into my office. Most of them were still green too, so they should be good all week. Started a compost container in the kitchen, as I don’t want to be dumping all those rhines in with kitchen burnables — they won’t burn well or at least I’ll want a hot fire 
before the try to burn them. But I can probably take them out to my parents house for composting if I ask. I know I need to live out in the country and have hogs. 
I have to admit I’ve not been good about flossing though I realize it’s not my fault as I doubt I was instructed as a child 
. While I don’t have soda or candy 
at home and drink a lot of milk 
, I’m a bit horrified how many people I went to school with have teeth problems or missing teeth in their forties. Children of Appalachia really don’t get the dental care they need but that’s in a large part how shitty health care is in America. My teeth aren’t perfect – I resisted getting extra braces and skipped dentist visits for a decade after college 
but they’re generally healthy bar some chips and that one filled cavity.
While I think I am generally healthy, it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten a good check over. I haven’t had my blood pressure checked in a number of years, weighted or general check up. I guess the value is limited, but there is no cost for the yearly physical and maybe I will find a health issue early before it becomes a problem. In my forties, I’m trying to be healthier, so when I own my own land, I will be able to enjoy it. 
Moon. Yeap, you can see it through the clouds. At 7 PM, the moon was in the east (80°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, some 251,652 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 
At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 15th. Buckle up for safety! 
The golden hour ends at 7:47 am with sun in the east-southeast (118°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 29 seconds over last night.
The car wash was only four bucks as somebody left time on the machine which gave me time to pressure wash the under carriage. More big hunks of rust fell off, I need to paint the door it again. Going to spray WD 40 on it for the mean time. I was very low on gas 
as I hadn’t fueled up since before the Madison County trip so its not that big of deal but it was $85 in fuel. I know yikes, when I’m trying to cut expenses. 
My next truck will be smaller I think. 
If I had a farm and had to move cattle – maybe someday – I’ll want a big truck but right now it’s fun but excessively expensive to operate for the things I do. 
is in 5 weeks, Last Day of Winter 
is in 6 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 
is in 9 weeks, Average High is 60 
is in 10 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 
is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️
is in 4 months, Fathers Day 
is in 18 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 
is in 5 months, Dog Days of Summer 
is in 5 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 
is in 6 months, 6:30 Sunrise 
is in 32 weeks, October 
is in 34 weeks, Average High is 65 
is in 35 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 
is in 10 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise 
is in 44 weeks and Christmas Eve 
is in 46 weeks.
Much rather just chuck them in fire, like up in camp during the summer month. Can’t wait until I have my own land and can fires all the time.
