"There's only one way to have a happy marriage, and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again." - Clint Eastwood

If you've missed it go find and read the story about the Jamaican women's bobsled team. Cool.

Because things got goofed up here early in the week we did our birthday/Valentine's Day dinner last night. We went to Ixtapa, a Mexican (doh) restaurant at the shopping center in Veneta. Very good! Pam had enchiladas and I had a very good steak burrito. It was a bit too pricey for more than a special occasion meal, but we'll go back.

Sally was a mess to and from the coffee shop this morning. She sputtered the whole way to and back and then died as I was backing her into Barnette.
The auto choke on this disaster of a carb didn't work so I converted her to a manual choke, a universal application unit I got off the shelf at the local chain auto parts store. It's too light weight. The cable sleeve has too much flex so the choke isn't getting pushed open. When I push the knob in all that pressure gets eaten up with cable flex.
Somebody told me a long time ago that I should drive up to Junction City and get a kit at the NAPA store there. It's a farm community and they'll sell kits for tractors and other form vehicle. That is, heavier cables. If my fix this morning doesn't do the trick that's the next step.

Oregon started by legalizing medical marijuana and then recreational pot. Late last year they legalized edible pot, marijuana as an ingredient in virtually anything that's edible, from hard candy to baked goods to sodas.
The state loves this because of all the tax money it generates. They tax the growers, the sellers, and the buyers, all heavily. Marijuana has become the legislators' drug of choice.
Now the feds say Oregon produces three times as much weed as can be consumed by its residents, even mixed into apple pies. That has led to a plummet in pot prices (clever alliteration, eh), down 20% per year and that's expected to continue. Too many growers and sellers tried to cash in and the resulting pot bubble has burst.
But what bothers the feds is that the excess is headed across state lines. Idaho is bordered by three states where pot is legal. You can guess the rest.

This state is seriously messed up. They heavily advertise for people to play the state lottery because it funds all kinds of good things and then broadcast public service announcements about the help you can get for your gambling addiction. They legalize pot so they can milk the cash cow and then struggle to deal with the predictable outcomes: stoned drivers, budgets that suddenly won't balance on income that's plummeting, and a quarrel with the feds over an illegal drug that's now being exported to other states creating an additional level of crime and criminals.

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice legalized weed.