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My family is rather large. We have three adults, four children and two dogs under one roof. We are absolutely flying through trash bags. Maybe 2-3 bags / day for the main can, 1-2 / week for each of the bathrooms. I use the Costco Kirkland brand 13 gallon bags and recently upgraded to a larger can that uses the 33 gallon bags. All of these bags really add up, it’s a ton of plastic and it’s killing my budget.

We live in a single family residential so this may be easier for me to do than say if you live in a large complex or have to run your garbage to the dump all the time yourself. And much to my horror I realized this is a TERRIBLE idea for summer time — more on that later.

What I started doing is walking the kitchen garbage can to the outdoor bin and just dumping it in there. Why do I need to change the liner? I don’t! Just dump the whole thing in there and reuse the bag. It’s pointless to change out the liner when it’s still perfectly usable. The outdoor bin doesn’t need to be clean, it’s a friggin trash can and always smells like death anyways. During the winter I can use a liner for about a week, in the summer time this scheme doesn’t work well. Flys, maggots, horrible smells in the outdoor bin — it’s a no go. Sometimes I spritz the liner with a little bleach water before bringing it inside to keep and smells down.

I don’t know how much I’m saving but it’s a chunk. A box of 200 13 gallon bags is about $22 here, previously I could get a 200 count box to last about 8 months. The 33 gallon bags are a little bit more, however, a box of 90 should last a whole year!

Thanks for reading about my minuscule savings.

My 1967 cutlass has a built 350ci motor and a TH350 transmission. I want to move that motor to my all original 67’ vista cruiser. Vista cruiser currently has the 330 and I believe a stock transmission — not sure what it is. I’m concerned about the driveline fitment for both vehicles since there is a variance in the transmissions.

Will I need to swap the drivelines too or should I leave each driveline in their current vehicle?

Will the 350/TH350 slip into the VC without having to muckle with the driveline and transmission support? How can I measure?

Thanks!

As we draw nearer to 4th of July and firework stands opening up we are going to be celebrating the Fourth of July and deal with random booms for the next eight months.

Every year like clockwork we get loads of people on various social media sites raging about how much they hate fireworks and one of their go to arguments for banning them is “the veterans!”

My question for you veterans is: do they bother you? I’m sure this varies from person to person and their experiences.

What do you think of people who say they’re bad for veterans? Do you find their concerns to be organic and empathetic or are they trying to co-opt your struggles for their own agenda?

I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other. There’s a lot of people we have to share this space rock with. I’m just trying to gain some perspective. I don’t know a lot of veterans and never asked anyone in person.

If you enjoy authentic Mexican food from Taco Bell as much as I do then I’m sure you will love this sauce recipe! I’ve been trying to replicate it for some time now and I think I’ve finally nailed it. This sauce is amazing for just about any dish you want to put it on. You’ll need a blender. You can mess with the proportions a little as needed. And I kind of freestyle my proportions so there aren’t any exact measurements… Without further ado:

Mayonnaise and Sour cream

In roughly equal parts

Add 1/4 part warmed cream cheese

In a frying pan:

Heat up a tablespoon olive oil

Fry two Roma tomatoes

One yellow onion

And about four chile arbol pods

Roast the hell out of them real quick

Toss your cream mix and goodies from the frying pan into a wicked blender

Add a blotch of diced garlic (I use a kind in a squeeze tube)

Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (to taste, but more is better)

Salt

A small glob of barbecue sauce (for the hint of mesquite)

Lime juice

A splash of cooking wine

A splash of soy sauce

Blend the hell out of it. You can eat it immediately but it does get better sitting in the frig for 24+ hours.

If you want to make a home made Taco Bell chicken qusadilla:

Warm up some chicken thighs

Once soft remove from pan and slice them up

Dump out the water and grease

Heat up a couple tablespoons of olive oil

Put chicken back in

Add a packet of McCormicks chicken fajita seasoning

Add two sliced yellow onions

Add a little bit of water

Fry until water is burned off

Butter up a side of a tortilla and throw it in a pan

Add the fajita chicken, the creamy sauce, and then cheese, add second tortilla

Fry both sides

And enjoy!

Alright fellow beavertonians, I know I’m not the only one! What stop light do you predictably hit red greater than 90%? You know, that one stop light that somehow knows you’re coming. No matter the time. It could be 3am, a quick trip to the grocery store, rush hour traffic, it knows you’re comin’….

The one I claim is Cornell & Bethany. East or West bound Cornell, it doesn’t matter, I hit it red every damn time! No matter how much I make haste or how slow I go it’s red for me. I’m so jealous of anyone who hits a green here.