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August, 2023

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Welcome to August.


This month's epistle is filled with bits and bobs. Stuff you need and stuff that will, hopefully make you smile. Some poetry, a quiz or two, some snark and yet one more opportunity to get $500 of free fuel before fall sets in.


It's August. Enjoy the last days of summer and know that we really appreciate you reading and playing along with us.

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”


- Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.

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Our Cool Blue Period

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The Pony Express is History

We mention that because, of late, we’ve noticed a distinct slowing of our mail deliveries. Might be the weather but more likely it is the overall impact of mail delivery across the state and the country.


Things that took two days to get to us – like contracts or payments – well they now take 7-12 (working) days. Or worse.


So, we’d heartily propose the following. Make your next payments – via Auto Pay - on your MyDaniels page.


Use your Visa, Mastercard or Discover card, or, if you prefer, an EFT direct from your bank. This way we have a timely and secure process that helps you garner all those “miles” or “points” or “vacation vilas” and we reduce our dependence on an overworked postal system. 


Please consider this the gentlest of nudges.


Remember you get an automatic $10 credit when you sign up for Auto Pay – so that’s another solid reason to make the switch from using the mail to the modum. (oh, there’s also the additional .66c each time you mail – yep, prices went up again!)

Quiz #1

They Were Love Birds

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No – they’re not my grandparents. But you do know them. And their son. Oh the adventures he had. So, who are they?


Tell us here and you may win that Amazon gift card which can be used today or tomorrow – but ya know, not in the past.

Eat. More. Fruit.

You know you should. Everyone tells you, “you gotta eat more fruit.” Here are a few reasons why.

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Take The Daniels Energy Challenge

GET $500 in FREE FUEL*

5 Reasons to Call Now!

Inflation is still running at 6%

Home Heating Oil Prices Are Still Higher Than 2021

Natural Gas Prices up 11.5%

Energy Kinetics System 2000 Can Save You up to 40%!

Finance With 10% Down* - 0.99% apr - 10Years*

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The Energy Kinetics System 2000 Challenge

Here's an actual customer example.

Customer Uses average of 1,000 gallons (Sept-May)

For 2023-24 Avg Cost: $3.69 per gal. = $3,690

EK2K cuts usage by 35%= 350 gallons

That's Savings of $1,291.50 in Year 1

REPLACE the numbers with YOUR usage.

See how much you can save this year!


Get 0.99% apr - 10Yr. Financing*

Buy Now & Get $500 FREE FUEL*

Plus EK2K Offers

Whisper Quite Operation

Virtually Unlimited Hot Water

Made in the USA

Available for Oil or Propane

CALL NOW

860.813.9122

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*You need to purchase a new Energy Kinetics System 2000 by August 31, 2023 in order to receive the $500 fuel offer. Your account will be credited for $500 after the installation of a new system is completed and paid in full. 0.99% for 120 months through EnergizeCT. Size of down payment necessary for financing rate – 10-20% - is dependent on zip code and size of home. Limitations apply. Customer example is for illustration only. Your savings may be higher or lower. See Daniels representative for complete details. CT License S1-385517 HOD#19 / Daniels Propane. LLC: CT License S1-302857

Gotta Eat

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Spaghetti & Clams with Cherry Tomatoes



Keep it simple. Fresh clams, fresh tomatoes, and our friend garlic. C’mon doesn’t get better than that

Ingredients:

Spaghettoni ¾ lb (320 g)

Clams 2 lbs (1 kg)

Cherry tomatoes 1 lb (400 g)

Extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp (20 g)

Garlic 2 cloves

Fresh chili pepper ½

Parsley to taste

Fine salt to taste


Prep:


  1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the spaghetti until just al dente, then drain the pasta well.
  2. Meanwhile, in a large, deep skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the minced garlic and crushed red pepper and sliced tomatoes and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add the clams and water, cover, and simmer until the clams open - 5 to 8 minutes. Discard any clams that don't open.
  3. Add the spaghetti and the chopped parsley to the clams in the skillet and season with pepper. Toss over moderately high heat just until the spaghetti absorbs some of the juices, about 1 minute. Transfer the spaghetti and clams to shallow bowls and serve right away.


Quiz #2

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Jacques Jouet was the first to notice this. In the first few pages of the Tintin adventure The Secret of the Unicorn, as Tintin visits the Vossenplein antique market in Brussels, Snowy the dog keeps scratching himself. Why?


Think you know? Tell us here and you may be the proud winner of an Amazon gift card! 


Last month Angela M was one of 62 who correctly identified Saul Steinberg as the one line artist, while Mary Jo M correctly identified Spider Rock in Chelly Canyon in AZ


But our favorite quiz was the word quiz solved by only 14 players. Fred T got the answer which was Manslaughter

We Couldn’t Not…

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Ya know…considering all the hype!

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Mad About Mad Honey

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When bees feed on the pollen of rhododendron flowers, the resulting honey can pack a hallucinogenic punch. It’s called mad honey, and it has a slightly bitter taste and a reddish color.


More notably, a few types of rhododendrons, among them Rhododendron luteumand Rhododendron ponticum, contain grayanotoxin, which can cause dramatic physiological reactions in humans and animals. Depending on how much a person consumes, reactions can range from hallucinations and a slower heartbeat to temporary paralysis and unconsciousness.


There have been no modern deaths recorded from eating mad honey. But as rhododendrons flourish at high altitudes, and as the bees often nest on sheer cliffs, gathering the honey may be more dangerous than consuming it. In Nepal, honey hunters make dangerous vertical climbs—while enduring stings from enormous bees—to harvest mad honey. 



But eating the honey can be an unpleasant venture too. In 69 B.C., it was recorded that Pompey the Great’s army fell victim to a literal honeytrap in the same region. Local forces placed honey along the marching route, and then swooped in to massacre the intoxicated soldiers.

 

Mad honey has non-culinary uses too. Turkey and Nepal, the epicenters of mad honey production, have traditionally cultivated the honey as medicine. Today, it’s touted as relieving hypertension, providing a burst of energy, and being a sweet substitute for Viagra.

 

As a result, mad honey ranks among the most expensive honeys in the world. It sells for $60-80 a pound on the black markets of some Asian countries, several of which have very strict anti-drug laws.


Dripping? What Dripping!

(aka: Out Damn Spot)

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OK so 20+ years ago you put in a shiny new oil tank in the basement. It’s served you so well. Until you spotted the spot. It’s a nasty spot. TIme's up for that old oil tank. Not to get to Shakespearean on you but it may be time to “shuffle off its mortal coil.”


We’ve got three great choices:

The Granby “Ecoguard” Tank

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The Roth Tank

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The Superior Tank

All three will give you 25+ years of peace of mind, can be installed in one day by Daniels trained professionals and all provide leak protection. So if you hear a bit of dripping in the basement or see a spot that isn’t supposed to be there – 

give us a call at

860.813.9122

August Photography

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Robert Doisneau, “La douche a Braizeau”. 1949.

(aka: a good cold summer bath)

The Original Man From Nantucket

There Once Was A Man From Nantucket

early published version appeared in 1902 in the Princeton Tiger written by Prof. Dayton Voorhees - in case you ever wondered...

 

There once was a man from Nantucket

Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

    But his daughter, named Nan,

    Ran away with a man

And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

 

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,

The man and the girl with the bucket;

    And he said to the man,

    He was welcome to Nan,

But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.

For Counterbalance…

An August Thought From Buddha

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Loud

are the small streams

The vast ocean is

silent

-Buddha

Best Link Ever

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http://www.mistakenorders.com/en/home.html


How Much Does It Hurt?

1. Vermeer

I feel a little twinge now and then.

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2. Da Vinci

I can grin and bear it.

3. Whistler

I just want to sit here.

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4. Rembrant

I've been better.

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5. Durer

Yes I'm in pain. I wouldn't be here otherwise.

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6. Van Gogh

Can't talk...

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7. Picasso

Something is very wrong with me.

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8. Courbet

Morphene!

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9. Munch

AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

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10. Dali

Not. Even. Human. Any. More.

Leave 'em Laughing

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