One of the very helpful parts of Merlin, is it will identify birds by listening to their song. Hear a bird singing, but don’t know what it is? Hit ‘Sound ID' and in a few seconds you have it.

Estate sale, auctions and yard sales are also good places to get old cast iron. Although estate sales are usually a bit higher priced.

I looked at thrift store, flea markers and estate sales for a couple of years for a lid to match my almost 100 year old Griswold pan. I finally gave up, and bought one of these.

I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a very bad mood 40 years.

A security system has the control panel inside the house. If someone breaks in, the system already has gone off.

I don’t think you can totally get rid of a clock on the lock screen. But you can make it smaller. Long press on a clear spot on your home screen. Go to Wallpaper and Style. Now press Lock screen. Here you'll find all the controls for the clock.

I updated my Pixel 6 a few hours ago. Seems ok so far. I think the fingerprint reader seems to work better. It hasn't missed yet.

We still have cable TV. One box, with the DVR, is hardwired to the router. The other 2 are wifi connected. The one in our bedroom is literally 2 feet from the router, through a wall. It would constantly loose connection. There was already a small hole through the wall at the baseboard. So I ran an Ethernet cable…

College of the Ozarks is quite a place. If you ever visit SW Missouri, pay it a visit. The Ralph Foster museum is there. Very cool museum.

Amen.

I figured out why I’ve always called them cookie sheets. That’s what my Mom called them. Also, the only cook book I use is a Joy of Cooking she gave me in 1973. Most recipes in it say cookie sheet. Some just say sheet, and others say tin.

I must be old school. To me those are cookie sheets. Maybe a regional thing. But I’ve never heard the term sheet trays.

Oooo. I love oyster mushrooms! One of the easiest to find. Just look around at trees while driving.

“It fell off the truck...uh... conveyer belt."

She has very pretty eyes.

When our son was in HS, the parents of some poor rich kid bought him a Camero as soon as he got his license. He promptly wrecked it. So they bought him a second one. With he also soon wrecked. So the idiot parents bought him a third car. I don’t remember which. But some over powered one. I can’t imagine what his…

Until you hit a light post. Like I did.

Way back in 1974, I had a Datsun pickup. My friends and I used to spend most every weekend on or near the Buffalo River in NW Arkansas. So, this late winter day, I wanted to show my new girlfriend the sites. This time of the year, when things are melting, it’s fun to go there as the huge ice flows are falling off of…

Also estate sales. Great places to get all kinds of tools really cheap.

This sounds like a story that Beth Mole would have written about.