{"id":12904,"date":"2023-01-29T22:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12904"},"modified":"2023-01-29T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:12:52","slug":"january-is-ending-with-a-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12904","title":{"rendered":"<b>January is ending with a cold<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sky over Washington is clear making radiation cooling pronounced. It is 28\u00b0F in late afternoon so there should be a sharp drop in temperature after 5 pm when the sun sets. Cold air from the Arctic<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Sunday-Monday-low-Temp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12902\" \/> Region has made its way south over the last couple of days. However, at Calgary the temperature is 2\u00b0F but beginning to rise. Clouds are developing. I&#8217;m doubtful that I will get down to 8\u00b0F \u2013 and will likely be proved wrong.<br \/>\nWeather forecasting technology is not as good as sliced bread.<\/p>\n<p>You have likely heard someone say &#8220;This is the greatest thing since sliced bread.&#8221;  Apparently, the first to say that was comedian Red <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Red-Skelton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12900\" \/>Skelton. He began comedic work at the age of 10 and was on radio in 1937, then TV in 1951.  Then he claimed &#8220;Television is the greatest invention since sliced bread.&#8221; Now, the comedian is mostly forgotten, as has been the inventor of sliced bread. You can look up Red&#8217;s story, but here is a link to sliced bread.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/meet-american-invented-sliced-bread-otto-rohwedder-hawkeye<\/p>\n<p>Home type electric bread slicers cost over $500.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-sliced-bread.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-sliced-bread.jpg 397w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-sliced-bread-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 85vw, 397px\" \/><br \/>\nThere are numerous cutting-board things with side rails. You can get uniform thickness for between $30 to $50 dollars. I could make one with scrap wood. If I counted my time I won&#8217;t bother. I&#8217;m still able to cut uniform slices with a regular serrated knife that I have. Oh well.<\/p>\n<p>Carrot cake is good too and here is a photo of me with the cake from last Saturday&#8217;s party.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WH-Jan23-party-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"611\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12903\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WH-Jan23-party-04.jpg 640w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WH-Jan23-party-04-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> I was the person with the nearest birth day even though it was past and a couple of others were  in the near future.  I only had one candle, seen here in my hand.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron and Phyllis brought party masks from German. These are flat paper with a description \u2013 in German \u2013 on the back. I have no idea what they were about. They had to be tied behind. Cameron&#8217;s appears to fit the best. Likely that is because the masks were wide and he has the largest head. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Party-masks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1132\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12899\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Party-masks.jpg 1132w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Party-masks-300x108.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Party-masks-1024x370.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/28-Party-masks-768x277.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>I did not prepare anything. Phyllis and others prepared the food.<br \/>\nI had sorted my remaining onions from last summer&#8217;s garden. I took half to Phyllis and kept the other half.<br \/>\nI dug the onions six months ago, the 3rd week of July. I cannot keep them as cool as I would like \u2013 me about 68\u00b0; best 45\u00b0, but I do store them in single layers in darkness. Every couple of weeks I use or cut &#038; freeze any that show signs of changing. What I have will last another month. With a cooler temperature I could expect some to last until the middle of March. For cooking, cutting them and freezing works.<\/p>\n<p>I did manage to get several auto-pay accounts, such as the electric bill, converted to a new card.  Each one saves the writing and mailing of a check. In talking to the Power Cooperative, found they did not change our rate for 2023. We are not the lowest in the Nation, but there are only a few lower. With a fully electric house, that&#8217;s nice.<\/p>\n<p>I need to add wood to the stove.<br \/>\nKeeping Track on the<br \/>\nNaneum Fan.<\/p>\n<p>John H.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sky over Washington is clear making radiation cooling pronounced. It is 28\u00b0F in late afternoon so there should be a sharp drop in temperature after 5 pm when the sun sets. Cold air from the Arctic Region has made its way south over the last couple of days. However, at Calgary the temperature is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;<b>January is ending with a cold<\/b>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-3m8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12904"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12909,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12904\/revisions\/12909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}