Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

[malthaussen]

Rather, I have had to move from Philly to The-Middle-of-Nowhere, Kentucky, and have been offline for the past couple of months. After many alarums and excursions, my computer is now up and running and connected to the 'Net, so now you *will* have Malthaussen to kick around again. ***ouch, ouch***

-- Mal

[Borchkins]

1. Stand still so I can kick. . .

Welcome back!

[Squinch]

2. .

[CincyDem]

3. That's gotta be a tough move...

...but it's hard to tell exactly where you are since all of KY is the "middle of nowhere".



Welcome to flyover country.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Welcome home, my dear malthaussen!

You have been missed.



Drop by the photo group and check out my eclipse photo.

[malthaussen]

11. Excellent, as always.

Didn't get so dark, here. My sister was hoping to see stars, but no dice.

-- Mal

[juxtaposed]

5. i want my money back for the damn flowers i bought

[malthaussen]

7. Let' see... were you the one who sent the skunk cabbage?

-- Mal

[Tanuki]

6. Some rich and famous people are taking day trips to Kentucky

on private government planes nowadays, sporting Hermes scarves and Birkin bags, so it must be "the place to be." Was your "nowhere" destination in the path of totality?

[malthaussen]

8. 97% or thereabouts.

It actually didn't get very dark at all.

-- Mal

[panader0]

9. I'm one of those people who like the middle of nowhere

better than the big city. At least you have internet.
When I bought my 40 acres 39 years ago, I had no neighbors for miles.
I had the only mailbox on my street. Now I have many neighbors and
an entire bank of mailboxes. Even so, I still have privacy.

[malthaussen]

10. But no pizza, cheesesteaks, etc...

... and, we have to do all our grocery shopping at Walmart, which aside from the hospital is the major employer around here.

And unexpectedly, the water is horrible. I just got over a bout of revenge from Mr Montezuma...

-- Mal

[panader0]

12. I have my own well, and the water tastes great,

but is high in calcium and lime. For coffee that's fine because it's filtered.
But I try not to drink too much of it plain. I'm scared of kidney stones.
A whole house filter from the well would be great, but they're not cheap.