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AA 12 Step Service... I remember Hauling 20 gallons of water to Cohasset, CA. (Near Chico) - I was the Man with the Van and my Friend's Tenant needed it.

The Entire Town of Cohasset burned in 2024 but the Newspapers report that all 400 people evacuated Safely... Now to be Homeless in Chico...

The tenant was an old lady in AA... The water was for drinking and bathing. and since I Could Do The Work... I Did... EASY!

We met through AA and I did the "Service" and felt happy to be able to serve.

my van in Bidwell Park, Chico, California
I owned a Ford Windstar Cargo Van...
with a free mattress in the back. 
I became a Turtle with my home on my back... 
And I traveled from California thru Nevada to Utah...

Bob Law (Byron) was the Landlord.


photo of Bob Byron Law of Chico, CA
Photo of Bob Law of Cohasset

Mike Jensen "volunteered" me to haul water... and I also took the Lady to the Laundromat... 


photo of Mike Jensen of Chico, CA
Mike Jensen Self Portrait



photo of Gregory Vanderlaan after the Rainbow Gathering in Utah


Liz Merry - Report from Manton, CA

What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours. The Park Fire started in Chico’s Upper Park last Wednesday and raced north, gobbling up towns and 300,000 acres in just a few days. It’s now around 400,000.
I wrote last week’s column Thursday and had a vendor gig in McCloud on Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday. I had planned on leaving home around noon, so submitted the column Friday morning. Then we looked at the fire’s progress and knew I wouldn”t be going to McCloud that day. By late morning, Mr. Standish and I thought it might be prudent to get some things out of Manton. We filled up the Lexus SUV with artwork, wine, and other beloved items, enjoying the luxury of not having to bolt out the door on a moment’s notice with only our Go Bag and doggies.
I delivered that carload to Mr. Standish’s brother Warren’s house west of Red Bluff and brought him back to Manton with me. Warren drove our ancient Subaru, now full of tools, saws, and other implements of destruction, back to his house. I packed the Lexus with all the stuff I needed to set up my booth in McCloud, figuring I would drive up Saturday. Mr. Standish had filled the F-350 and horse trailer with more stuff, making a nice space for Donny One Ball the donkey.
Within a couple of hours, the Evacuation Warning was upgraded to Order and an ominous wall of flame and smoke rapidly approached from the south. Holy cow! Suddenly we were flying around the house, gathering last minute items, filling a cooler with frozen food, not panicking. Then the power went out. Yay.
When everything was ready, we walked Donny over to the horse trailer and he flat out refused to load. No number of carrots and buckets of grain could entice him. He behaved like a toddler throwing a tantrum in a grocery store. Two sheriff’s deputies arrived in the driveway telling us to hurry up, so Donny got to stay home. We suspect he has invited the cattle next door over to party in our absence.
Driving down Manton Rd and Hwy 36 was a surreal experience. I have never seen a fire that huge, hot, and fast moving. I was a wildlands firefighter in my 20s and have lived through many fires in Manton, but I have never seen anything like this.
We got to Warren's with the truck, trailer, and Lexus just as night was falling and the view to the east was apocalyptic. People parked along the west side of the airport on Paskenta Rd, watching in awe and horror.
Swamper and Lucky, our doggies, consider this a huge adventure. Brand new smells and virgin things to pee on. They love their Uncle Warren and have taken to sleeping in his room - king of the castle and all.
As I type this Thursday, all homes in Manton are safe. The fire was stalled at the South Fork of Battle Creek, which is essentially across the street from our house on Hazen Rd. This victory was due to cooler temperatures, a shift in wind direction, terrain, humidity, and the relentless and brilliant work of fire crews and aircraft. We are very grateful.
Thanks to our wonderful Sheriff Kain and his department, we have been able to make quick trips home to check on Donny and the barn kitties. Manton folks on the Tehama side, (we are a joint town - in more ways than one,) can make appointments for short escorted visits to feed and water critters. Going up every other day has been working for us. Donny has been like, “Whaddup? Got any carrots?” Spoiled donkey.
The thunderstorms predicted for this weekend may keep us out of our homes for another couple of days, but we are turning to gratitude instead of frustration. We are safe. Our critters are safe. Our neighbors are safe. Our home is safe. Thank you to everyone who prayed, sent good thoughts, or communed with the Weather Gods or Universe.
North Valley Catholic Social Services has partnered with the California Fire Foundation to distribute Emergency Aid to people impacted by the fire. One $250 debit card per address can be obtained with proof of residency and ID. Call 530-247-3341 or drop by their office at 2400 Washington Ave in Redding. They are working to secure more funding, so following their page on Facebook is a good way to keep up with any new developments.
And speaking of funding, remember how the Adopted Budget allows the county to drain the reserves in order to fill the $18 million budget gap? And remember how Supervisors Candy Carlson and Pati Nolen strongly opposed the idea? “What if there’s a disaster? What will we do?” Supervisors Leach, Moule, and Hansen pshawed that and the budget was adopted. What could possibly happen? Now we know. The final version of the budget won’t be presented for a couple of months. Can’t wait to see what Chief Administrator Hydrick comes up with to make ends meet.
In non-fire related news, Louise Wilkinson’s restraining order hearing was postponed until this coming Monday at 10:30am. I think everyone is hopeful that a resolution can be found before a trial is warranted. That would be a big waste of time and money of which we have neither.
If the county was hoping to make an example of Wilkinson, mission accomplished. If they really consider an 82 year old woman to be a credible threat when our sheriff does not, that’s terribly sad. If they pursue the RO and double down on making it permanent, it will be clear they are trying to silence the criticism of a citizen who has been making the effort to be involved for over 20 years.
So we wait. To go home. For Wilkinson to be free to attend meetings again. For common sense. Fat chance of that.



Then I drove to Oregon and Washington State... where the van's transmission died... and then the engine caught fire... on Highway 5 near Centralia, Washington... I had to take Amtrak Home. The van got smashed at the junkyard recycling center in Vancouver Washington...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/lets-build-solar-powered-desalinization.html
Solar Powered Desalinization Factory converts Seawater into drinking water... Good for making Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks or for Showering, watering plants and livestock...


My Webstore on Zazzle...
https://www.zazzle.com/gregvan


Free Winplot Art for use in your own creations. Pirate at will, Matey It's Fun!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/p/go-ahead-and-pirate-any-of-these-images.html

Read More on My Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/GregoryVanderlaan

Numbers have cultural meanings... For Example 5150 meaning is Danger to self and others. 1,4,9 is the shape of the TMA in the movie 2001... The Big Black Box. This is my list of every number I can think of and what they mean...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/p/for-example-and-its-one-two-three-what.html


a small sample of the list...  0: number invented by Indian Mathematicians.  Brought to the middle east and then Europe by an Arabian named Al Khwarizmi. (Algebra). Handy for expressing BIG numbers like, 1 followed by a hundred zeros – a googol.  A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol zeros. Spelled differently than google.

007: James Bond, a secret agent for her Majesty in England. A Character played in the movies by Sean Connery... and a gazillion other wanna-bees.

half pipe: a skateboard word referring to a part of the skate park made out of a concrete pipe sawed in half... a big concave area remains.

¾ waltz time… 4/4 rock music and folk… 5/4 Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five”

1: The traditional beginning number used when counting. For Example: One for the Money, Two for the show, Three to get ready, now GO CAT GO! But don’t you, step on my Blue Suede Shoes. also: And it's 1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for? Country Joe and the Fish.

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34… Fibonacci sequence… add together any two consecutive numbers to calculate the next term.

1/20/09 date Obama moved into the White House.

1.44 - Size in Megabytes of a Floppy Disk. According to Larry Niven - Science Fiction Author it's the minimum size needed for a Neutron Star.  1.44 times as large as the Sun. "The Chandrasekhar limit ." The currently accepted value of the limit is about 1.39...

1.618 Phi the golden ratio - found often in art and nature

Quicksilver Messenger Service - a San Francisco Trippy Hippy Band that is almost entirely Forgotten... BUT They Were Great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j92RqFP4CM
Have Another Hit of Fresh Air!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBvjXhUSUpU
What You Gonna Do About Me? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_inXx-J3nU
Get Together... Made Famous by The Youngbloods... 

Quicksilver Messenger Service - a San Francisco Trippy Hippy Band that is almost entirely Forgotten...  BUT They Were Great! 
I was lucky enough to See Quicksilver at Winterland, San Francisco with My High School Sweetheart... High on LSD... Sitting in the Balcony, Kissing... The Big Song of the Night was MONA... 

A Friend Named his Son Quicksilver: 

Biff Rose Said:

Gregory Laan writes..
"I don't know anything about your son"
BIFF: He was named after this huge name QUICKSILVER on the side of an 18 wheeler speeding down Hwy 101 to San Jose in a binding rainstorm..we were bound to slow down and get spalsed by this speeding truck and it made a loud noise on the rear windows and Diane the Huntress his MONKK mom said "Oh I know..we'll name the baby Quicksilver"
His main mometn cosmic-wise to me as Musci and Electricity was the day man landed on the Moon Juky 20th 1969..Diane the Monkee Goddess was 7 months pregnant and said "I only went with you to have a kid ...OUCH....I've always had a crush on VaDark Pykes...I mean VanDyke Parks..."
The "OUCH" was cuz Quick quick kicked her from within...and I coulda sworn I heard the voice on the TV nearby say "That's one small step for man and one quick kick for Quicksilver.."...Diane the MONKEE mom's own mother was Myrtle and Myrtle and I had a love affair that manifested in the birth of a song Myrtle's Pies whih I sang on the Smothers Bros Show and which you may hear on youtube.....Myrtle ran a restaurant and I ate free for a year..
..Through Emma Rose age 22 Quicksilver's kid and my grandkid HATE enntered the world...Dine the Monkee Emma's grandmother told the chile "Myrtle hated Biff".....I raise the evel of hate to just call it Monkee Pox...It is permanent as Emma included it in a creative writing essay she submitted when she was a Freshman at the American Univ.....
That happens a lot..I fall in love with my girlfriends' mothers....my next target is Black Ali out in Grass Valley unless her boufriend's taken her back if she's sobered up...ya never know the details till the skeleton is roughed out thru the Facebook Theatre I'm starting to run in the ground of all being....
It's a dicey situation...Black Ali's mom is named DICEY...Black Ali and Dicey were born the same day..July 20th..the day man landed on the Moon......ouch.

and I replied: Thanks! I Never Knew That!
Quicksilver is another name for the Element Mercury... and Is Mined in San Jose (my Home Town) - Near the Almaden Quicksilver mines are some lakes where Swimming is prohibited. My Parents took us there to go swimming and when I pointed to the sign... saying No Swimming... Mom Said "I think that whoever put up that sign was EXAGGERATING the dangers... because... we've been swimming here all of our lives and never got sick once." Mom Trained me to be Skeptical!
Happy Trails album by Quicksilver Messenger Service - gvan42

What about Me - album by Quicksilver Messenger Service - gvan42


Man, that photo (down below) really brings back memories for me. Thanks Terry Finigan for another great post. Sometime in the early Seventies for maybe six months more or less, I lived right on the other side of that famous snag on Hwy 101 north of Trinidad.
I didn’t own a car at the time and hitchhiked back and forth to Humboldt State College, where I worked and went to school. The snag was a landmark for me.
It all started when I was living in Westhaven in a tourist court not far from Pee Wee’s Market. I was living with a woman, Maureen.
Our friend Rooter Russell was staying out in the garage/guest room and someone called him one morning. I went out to tell him there was a call for him wearing my birthday suit, which is what I slept in. When I turned to return to bed, I looked over to the cabin next door and saw the little old lady next door looking at me stark naked. Her jaw dropped and I guess she called the landlord because next thing we knew it we were told to find a new place to live.
It wasn’t easy on short notice but Maureen had an idea. We would buy a teepee. She had heard that you could make teepee poles by splitting a long 2x4 at a slight angle. The whole thing was partially inspired by my interest in Native American culture. I was taking classes on the subject and for some reason it all seemed like a good idea.
And this is where the snag fits in. There was a brand new campground that had just opened up just across and down the road from Patrick’s Point State Park (now known as Sue-Meg State Park). There were cabins you could rent that had been there for awhile. And the owners had done some work on the top of the hill and created a campground with spots for RVs or camping or whatever. We were the whatever.
They had a big bath house with hot showers and toilets and places to shave or whatever. We put the teepee right next to that. There were dedicated electrical plugs and running water for each site, so we had a place to plug in our tv and the stereo and a hot plate for cooking. For heat, (and sometimes cooking) we had an open pit fire in the middle of the room. I imagine I probably smelled like smoke all the time but since I often wore my long hair in twin braids (yes I was guilty of cultural appropriation), it went with my look.
Maureen had a car to get back and forth to town, but we were mostly on different schedules, so as I said, I mostly hitched to town. I was working at the Jolly Giant Cafeteria and cooked breakfast, so I had to get to work pretty early. So most mornings before 6 I would go through the woods right near the snag and go down to Hwy 101 and stick out my thumb.
After a few false starts figuring out the timing, I had a regular schedule and people who lived north of there would start picking me up. There was a Professor who picked me up and we had some good talks and there was a quiet millworker who appreciated that we were both working men.
It was not a bad setup in general, but there was a major snag: mold. Teepees are used by Plains Indian tribes, and not designed for constant wetness of the West Coast. Anything we did not pay enough attention to developed a coating of mold. After a typical winter we basically gave up on the idea. Mold chased us out.
And as luck would have it, the timing was right: a friend had a little Kit trailer for sale cheap, and we found a place to park it (with no rent) in a place where I had friends, a hippie dream called Moonstone. We took the teepee down and moved into the trailer there. A new chapter began.,But that’s a story for another day.
Tree and Truck Trinidad, CA

Here's a student movie made by Ray Manzarek at UCLA... Starring Ray... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDersUJZg

How to Fix the Hewlett Packard Extended Service Plan Malware. Hey HP! What A Horrible Thing To Do To Customers... Automatically Installing MALWARE! SHAME ON YOU.. You Freaking WANKERS!

Free Advice from Long Ago... It Worked for Me Then... Maybe It'll Work for You Now... 

On my Vista Computer, Hewlett Packard tries to sell me an Extended Service Plan for my printer Every Day. Every Freaking Day!

Briefly: I Found the File that was Delivering the Advertisement and Deleted it... 

I deleted the file called
TotalCareSetup.ReminderPillar.Content
and that seems to defeat this advertisement...
it was hidden in C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP TCS

also...

If I Drag the Advertisement Down to the bottom of the screen, the 'Reminder' goes into the Task Bar. I use Auto Hide, so most of the time the Reminder is not visible and the computer is still able to be to used... If I notice that the computer is slow, I right click on the Icon in the Taskbar and click on Close. The reminder stays away for 10 minutes.

And That's Good Enough For Me... Most of the Time... 

That's a Really Good Solution if You are Uncomfortable Deleting Files on the Computer... LIKE: What If This Breaks My Machine?

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This Malware is installed for free when you purchase a Printer from Hewlett Packard. (HP ENVY 7640)

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Break Time!

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Why not watch a fine Youtube Video Instead?
'Let's Work Together' by Canned Heat 
performed in 1970 on The Beat Club TV Show

Together we'll stand
Divided we'll fall
Come on now people
Let's get on the ball
And work together
Come on, come on
Let's work together

You know together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and a man.

(Slide Guitar Riff)

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Another fine Video from the Beat Club is:
'One More Saturday Night' performed by The Grateful Dead.
They use Album Covers as a Light Show. 
Using the Green Screen TV Production Technique.
The Album Covers are AoxomoxoA and Anthem of the Sun.
and the Modulation, The 'Walkup' During the song...
They Play a Chromatic Chord Scale UP and 
All The Dancers Throw their Hands into the Air.
This Specific Video Has the German Lady Introducing The Band IN GERMAN... 

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I AM using Norton 360 and there is a conflict between Norton's Startup Manager and the Windows Task Scheduler... I used Norton 360 to Turn OFF the Application hpwuSchd, restarted the computer, and continued on with my life after wasting a day troubleshooting malware... Deep Sigh...

If you are Not using Norton 360, follow the instructions at:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00875441
They may or may not work... Good Luck!

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History of How I Failed to figure out how to remove this malware...
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I tried declining the offer but it keeps on re-appearing...

I tried remind me later but, of course, it comes back to remind me later.

I tried Yes I want to buy your *$%#%%$*** Service Plan and then a new webpage appears with the details of this Annoying Offer. I can Close that window and the reminder stays away for a few minutes but then it re-appears...

Screenprint of the Disease...

Another Screenprint with More Error Messages...

If I press The Keys on the Keyboard Ctrl, Alt and Del all at the same time, Click on Start Task Manager, I can End the Task called 'Reminder' on the Applications Tab... But That only works temporarily...

Another Solution that Fails:
Advanced Users May... Find your own copy of the malware hpwuschd and move it to the Recycle Bin...
It may be hidden in many different locations...

Mine was in C:\Program Files (x86) ... 
Use the Search Box... Type in hpwu and look for results...
Move the File to the Recycle Bin... 
Do Not Empty the Recycle Bin...
You may want to restore the application later...
In case this Screws Up Your Computer...
Restart The Computer...


Even after doing all this... The Malware Persists...
It's a Tricky One... 


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Here is the recommended fix from HP service department that DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. Some kind of Task Scheduler Window Appears but... I couldn't figure out how to actually make it work... Sadly, following the instructions fails.

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00875441

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4/30/2015 HP Notebook PCs - Registration Reminder Continues to Appear after Action is Completed | HP® Support

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00875441 1/2

This document pertains to HP Notebook PCs with Windows Vista.

The Windows Task Scheduler can be set to automatically start programs or display messages at prearranged times. Programs that display reminder
popup windows may include:

Easy Internet Sign-Up – Sign up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
PC Registration – Register your PC with HP
Extended Service plan – Sign up for an extended warranty
Service plan – Review warranty terms and conditions

There are reported instances where some notebook programs continue to display pop up reminders even after you perform the requested action. In
most of these instances, the program did not remove the Task Scheduler entry and the pop-up message displays each time the Task Scheduler
starts. To stop the pop-up message action from repeating, you must run the Task Scheduler program and manually remove the entry.

To prevent automated tasks from starting multiple times, remove the entry from the Task Scheduler by performing the following actions:
1. Click Start, type Scheduler in the search field, and select Task Scheduler when it appears.
If prompted for permission, click Continue.
2. In the left column, click Task Scheduler Library.
3. In the center column, select the task you want to stop.
4. In the right column, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm deletion.
5. Close the Task Scheduler window.
The task or reminder will no longer begin automatically.
HP Support
Support Home Products Software and Drivers Communities Contact Support
Description
Remove an automatic action from Task Scheduler
Yes No
Was this document helpful? No, Total Failure.

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And Now some pretty pictures to relax my mind... Can't waste too much time on Malware... Got to have some fun! I would rather be reminded of my Camping Trip at the Rainbow Gathering 2014 Near Salt Lake City, Utah

Guided Meditation

relax and enjoy


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This could be useful... What if I scheduled a Task to Email Hewlett Packard and Rant about this problem... and then repeat that task every minute until the end of time? Naw... That would be Evil...

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Now I plan to run MalwareBytes and go read a Good Book... I'm Reading 'Crossfire' by James Patterson... Interesting Plot!

http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_crossFire.php#.VUM4fPlFCpc

Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories—is the marksman a hero or a vigilante?

I can't wait to find out... Will Alex Cross Enforce The Law or will he 'Be Incompetent' and allow the Patriot Sniper to Continue Cleaning Up America?

No Malware Found... No Help Here...

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So I looked at Norton 360 Startup Manager and Found...
hpwuSchd Application... and asked Google... What is this?

http://www.file.net/process/hpwuschd.exe.html
What is HPWuSchd.exe?
The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the HPWuSchd.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application.

The process known as HP Software Update belongs to software Hewlett-Packard hpwuSchd or HP Software Update or hp deskjet (version 5600, 3500) or HP Software by Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com).
Description: HPWuSchd.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. HPWuSchd.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (typically C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\). Known file sizes on Windows 8/7/XP are 49,152 bytes (98% of all occurrences), 27,660 bytes, 122,880 bytes or 25,600 bytes. http://www.file.net/process/hpwuschd.exe.html
The HPWuSchd.exe file is not a Windows system file. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: MACHINE\Run). The program is not visible. You can uninstall this program in the Control Panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 39% dangerous, however you should also read the user reviews.
If you still experience problems with HPWuSchd.exe, you can do the following:
look for help on the www.hp.com website...


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