Monthly Archives: August 2023

Let’s Get it Straight, Please

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I was watching a show tonight about Germany and Hitler during WWII. The narrator, who was likely just reading what was in front of him, stated that Hitler killed more than anyone else. Not only is this not true, but it really does make a knowledgeable person doubt the integrity of anything else in the show.

Even before I got to my trusty little computer, I knew that it was radically wrong. I mean, it is not even close.

According to the internet which is always right, one way or the other Lenin killed about 8 million. Moreover, he contributed to many more deaths by chasing Jews into Germany and Poland. Stalin killed his 9 million. Let me add, it is likely far more killed because, well, back in 1917 and 1918 they didn’t really keep an accurate records in Russia. Truth be told, the two so-called communists likely killed about 25% more. Had the US not intervened, the death toll would have been far more from starvation. Word is they threw the farmers off their farms or killed them. Then, with no farmers, they about all died of starvation.

During WWII, the Imperial Japanese Army maimed, raped and pillaged through China and Burma. I would suspect there is no telling how many died during that time. However, the historians say that they killed 3 to 10 million. My guess, closer to 10.

Pol Pot of Cambodia killed an estimated 2 to 2.5 million…in far less time than what it took Hitler. My guess is a few months. Sorry, just going by memory and the news of the day.

After South Vietnam fell, approximately 0.5 to 1.5 million died in just a couple of weeks. I would like to write that it was totally because of Ho Chi Minh, but I can’t. The peace demonstrators in this country had a big part in his aid… I suspect intentionally. I am sure they are proud of themselves for that.

I have saved the worst for last, the one the historians call “The greatest murderer in all history.” Actually, no one else comes close. Mao is attributed somewhere around 40 million people, and, by the way, he did it in far less time than it took Hitler. Moreover, his efforts contributed to the loss of life in Vietnam, Cambodia and Korea.

Now, let me see, just how does the 40 million compare to the 6 million of Hitler. It is easy to see, the media does have a bias. They really don’t like bringing up the atrocities of those calling themselves communists, especially when it is just another way to deceive and form another dictatorship. Russia nor China never did, never will have a communist country. Russia was and is dictatorship and China is to this day some folks on the top dictating to the others what to do, say and think.

I would hope, now that this has been pointed out, you will watch for this thing and give the speaker proper doubt. He is demonstrating just how little he knows and how much he likes a so-called communist dictatorship.

Humacite

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I am adding the above word ( the name of a cooperation) to my spelling dictionary. It is very likely to be seen a lot. I just happened to see a segment on FOX News Sunday that spoke briefly on it. I thought I might have misunderstood it. They are still doing studies on it in the US. In Ukraine, the doctors are already using it to replace arteries damaged by war. And guess what. It’s working and working well.

This is a big step in medicine. When these things are approved, vessels will no longer need to be harvested in other parts of the body for heart bypasses. If it all works out, that is good and it is good. Not only can they leave the vessels in the leg but the arteries they put in will be effectively new. They will likely hold up better and the blood will flow through them better.

In addition, it will allow the replacement of bad arteries in the legs. I don’t know. Maybe the veins too. Just a guess, but they just might be able to replace bad vessels in the neck going to and from the brain. That might help the thinking process.

They have been working on these things for a while now. Where have I been that I never heard about it before.

There is another aspect of it, though I suspect it is a long way away. Just maybe they can make parts of organs using the same methods. Those to first benefit would likely be diabetics, especially type I. If I’m not missing my guess though, they might already be experimenting on it.

Just a Few Notes to my Readers

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One thing that has surprised me when I started this blog is that there are people all over the world that have read my posts and for that I thank you very much. I never imagined that people from India or Africa would want to read what I have written. Actually, I am a little surprised that people in the next county would want to read anything I wrote.

Sorry, sometimes I get a little wordy. Sometimes, that would be a big understatement. I try to stay short and to the point. I guess one reason that the posts are so long is that I am a person who likes to deal in examples. Many times, by the time I am done with the example, I’ve already exceeded my intentional length. On the other hand, I get on this keyboard and I just don’t know when to quit.

At any rate, the main purpose of this post is to thank my many readers. Word Press does provide me with some info on those who read my writing, sort of enough to make me curious. For instance, does that person in China know English or does Word Press provide a translation?

That individual who read one of my posts in Africa… Just what sort of person is he or she? Naturally, I do wonder about how people put up with my grammar mistakes. I really do proof read all my posts, sometimes four or five times. It just is, not only do I write poorly, but I edit even worse.

When I first started out, I was afraid people would find out too much about me. It sort of doesn’t bother me anymore. Among other things, not that many people read what I write. It is difficult to get a good idea of how many read a specific post but I would guess that, maybe in a few cases, it is 150. I don’t know, but I would suspect that what I write is passed on through whatever other means. Maybe I have been quoted a few times too. It’s okay. You need not even credit me. Well, that is the hope anyway. That might mean that, maybe 300 have read something I wrote.

That’s a little disappointing. I had hopes of reaching thousands.

When I first started out, I was given a choice. If I allowed advertisers, it would be free. If I paid a little, then there would not be any ads other than any I might put in. I guess most of you can figure which one I chose. I was afraid that some of the advertisers would object to what I wrote, especially GM. I don’t know if that would have happened. However, now GM has no say so over what I write.

Also, thankfully, Word Press has not sent me any notes about my political views. Then again, that might be subject to change the way things are going. It is very conceivable that they are receiving a little pressure from that woke crowd.

May I Have Two

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Daily writing prompt
What’s your favorite recipe?
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  1. Spaghetti: I’m not like most who like the meat sauce poured over the freshly heated spaghetti. First the spaghetti should be heated as usual. Then the meat sauce should be added. Then it should be simmered for at least 4 hours. It is even better if it then goes the fridge overnight and heated for an hour or two the next day. The meat sauce should contain tomato sauce, ground beef, onions, bell peppers… green and red, and just a little salt. Of course most like pepper too but I’m not keen on hot things. The idea of letting the spaghetti simmer in the sauce is that it permits the taste of the sauce to penetrate the spaghetti. I have never tried it, but the use of a slow cooker might be very good for this. Maybe 12 or 15 hours. I suspect that most find the thought of spaghetti made this way revolting. Well, if you like undone spaghetti with meat sauce poured over it, you will likely be able to get that most anywhere. If you want the taste of the meat sauce penetrating the spaghetti, you will likely have to make it yourself. I don’t know of many restaurants that make it the way I like it.
  2. I don’t know what to call this. You get two boneless chicken breast and bake for a while. Break the breast into pieces about ¾ inches long and put them into a pan. Add one small can of chunk pineapple, a quarter cup brown sugar. Add cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. If you like you can add 1 sliced bell pepper. Simmer until hot. I imagine you could use fresh pineapple but if you do, you will need a little water or fruit juice, maybe lemon. Of course, the longer it simmers, the more the taste of the pineapples and brown sugar will penetrate the chicken. I think you will find that your kids will love it.
    Some will prefer the oven for a while instead of simmering. I’ve had it both ways but I don’t like to heat up the whole kitchen if I don’t have to.

By the way, I could hardly be called a good cook. I am not going to guarantee either recipe. However I do like both recipes and have eaten them many times. Well, unfortunately, the wife does not like onions so, either I do without or add them after cooking.

I don’t get to eat the spaghetti very much these days. It makes my sugar spike like crazy, even more than sugar. Have no idea why. One of greater problems of diabetes. Got to be very careful with food with noodles.

Gold in Them There Hills

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I remember, maybe a dozen years ago, a man on TV with a big bushy beard said, “We are standing over millions of dollars worth of gold. All we need to do is dig it out.”
Perhaps he oversimplified it, but that is about it. People, in order to dig it out can end up spending fortunes and still not recover their investment. In irony, they work against themselves. The more gold that is dug out, the less it is worth… that old law of supply and demand again. The more gold there is, the less it is worth. As it becomes harder to find, the value goes up.
Still, it is an oddity of just how much work a man will go through to avoid working. I mean, it is hard work mining for gold and there are no guarantees. It might cost you a thousand dollars to dig out 700 dollars worth of gold. It can be very discouraging. It can also cause a man and his family to go hungry should they come up short.
Then again, a man may stumble and fall in just the right place to dig up a three thousand dollar nugget. Just not a whole lot of logic to it all.
On the other hand, the guy that sells the machinery to the miner, he makes his money either way. Then there are those people who buy the gold itself. He buys it. Then he sells it again for maybe 5 or 6% more. He will definitely make his fortune. Basically, that is how Rockefeller made his fortune. He let the wild caters risk finding the oil. Then he bought the crude oil, refined it and sold it. He never took a chance and he always made a profit. Every barrel he bought made him a profit.
To be sure, those gold miners need food and supplies. They cannot pick it up off the earth. It all must be paid for and, of course, the suppliers are happy to supply them for a price. That eats into the profit of the miner.
And so it is that a man will give his labor and his life for a little gold. All the while, he will ignore that which is free and far more valuable. Man cannot buy eternal life. But, he can have it free for the asking. All he need do is accept Jesus as his savior and eternal life is his.
It is sort of like the old man said, we are standing in a place where we can have eternal life. However, in this case we cannot work for it. We must not work for it. It is free. If we try to work for it, it corrupts it. We must accept it without trying to earn it. In truth, we do not have the power to earn it.
Mostly, why should we try when it is offered to us free? Jesus did all the work. He paid for it with His blood. What can we add? It is one of the rare things. We acquire it straight from the source. No merchant is involved. No church or store or clergyman can demand a payment. The middleman is totally and completely eliminated. Jesus has paid for it in His blood and He chose to charge nothing in return.
How can any person in his right mind pass up something like that?

Memphis Drivers and Politics

Posted in Elections, Fear, Gambling, law enforcement, Memphis Drivers, Respect, Uncategorized by

If anyone moving into the Desoto County area were to ask me for advice, I’d tell them to watch out for Memphis drivers. You can tell them for the blue auto plates. They are apt to change lanes without warning. If they decide to, they will bypass you in the right lane and jump in front of you, even if there is no room. I am beginning to think it is a sport with them.
Another one of there tricks is to turn in front of you from a parking lot and then decide to do 10-15 miles under the speed limit. Then, of course, when you try to go around them, they go up to 5 to 10 miles over the limit.
The thing that brought this to mind tonight is that one of them just almost customized my almost new car. I was crossing the I-55 bridge going west. One of them came off the offramp and crossed three lanes. Oh he was signalling. It appeared he considered it gave him the right-of-way. I had to really hit the brakes in a hurry to keep from hitting him. Then, of all things, he decided to take his time.
That I-55 and 302 interchange has become somewhat dangerous. I would guess, most likely that guy was headed south to Tunica to give away some money. Makes me ever more happy that we shot down the gambling back a few decades. Invariably, it would have drawn a few more of the likes of this guy.
I mean, I don’t mind those from Memphis coming down here and spending there money. I just wish they would leave their driving habits north of the state line. We don’t need drivng like that anywhere, certainly not here!
There is but one more thing I need to say regarding this. Unfourtunately, many of those Memphis drivers are moving down here south of the state line. I guess, even they don’t like it so much up thre. I mean, it is good in a way. It does drive the value of my little house up. The problem is that they bring their driving habits with them and their politics. They are ruining things for those of us who have moved here to get away from the likes of them.
I mean, we don’t need the democrats ruining things down here the way they ruined things up there. We really don’t need the idea of boys going into girls restrooms or competing in girl’s sports. If they want to live in that kind of environment, they need to turn right back around and go back where they came from, where they will fit right in, where they can play bumper cars like the rest of them.

I’m adding this as an afterthought. I sure wished that before a Memphis driver could get a Mississippi license, they would be required to take a course on safe driving and pass a test to prove they learned it. Maybe it would decrease the movement south, but it would definitely make the roads safer.

Also, I’m beginning to think we need a requirement for forward view cameras on all cars. One of the reasons people change lanes unsafely is because they know if they are rear-ended, the other driver will be assumed to be the one at fault. Cameras would change that. Also, the retrofit cameras are not that expensive. It would save a lot of money in the courts. I mean, who is going to try to convince a jury that they didn’t run the red light when it is on video.

I Am a Tad Bit Smarter Today

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I noticed I had a reader from the country of Benin. I did not know there was a country of Benin. I do now. I spent about an hour looking at the country on the internet. Thank you so much for your visit. I am glad I now know a little about your country.

For those like me who did not know about Benin, it is right next to Nigeria.

Piloting

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I guess I was about 12 when my brother suggested that I might want to become a professional pilot. Sorry. Never grabbed me. Love to watch planes fly, especially the fast ones. Just never had any interest in actually flying for a living, though I have a lot of respect for those who do. Even back then, I knew it took a special skill and a real attention to detail. I have heard those who say that the small aircraft are not that much more difficult than driving a car. Even back then, I knew that wasn’t true. Now even more so.
When I was in the marines, my job was maintenance on navigation and radios. I learned a lot from that job. Having to work on the navigation equipment required me to learn how they work and a little on how to use them. Later, I purchased a MS flight simulator. Again I learned quite a bit about flying. I watched by simulation how to use the navigation equipment and got good at it.
As a side note, I got to see a lot of simulated scenery. It was the one thing that would encourage me to try to fly. When I laid in a course from Seattle to LA one time, I was really awed. Made me wish I could make the flight for real.
I found a statement by the flight simulator remarkable. “All takeoffs are optional. All landings are mandatory.” I must admit it made me laugh. I suspect it is something that every flight student is told in one way or the other pretty much at the beginning.
It is an important point. I suspect any person can be quickly taught how to fly a plane straight and level. A little more training and a person might even be able to pilot a plane from one place to another. In those regards it probably isn’t that much more difficult than a car.
However, before a person can really be considered a pilot, he must be able to get a plane into the air and land it successful. And, again, all landings are mandatory. Eventually, the plane will run out of gas and it will have to come down, one way or the other.
Another thing suggested by the flight simulator is that, when landing, every foot of runway behind you will do you no good. There is an ideal touchdown point. A good pilot will put the plane down close to that point. It will give him plenty of time to bring the plane to a speed slow enough to taxi off the runway and over to the taxi ways.
On the flight simulator, I tried landing a 747. It was fun. I walked away from every landing. However, in each case the simulated 747 was a wreck. You must understand that there are three specific things that make landing a 747 more difficult than the proverbial Cessna. That Cessna likely lands at around 70, perhaps as slow as 60 mph. 747s land at somewhere around 150, about twice as fast. It not only makes it more difficult but everything happens at least twice as fast. Those feet I spoke of earlier go by in the blink of eye.
Jet engines are much more difficult to control. When you change the throttle, it may take 5 or 6 seconds for the engine to settle at the new power. In other words, the pilot must learn to anticipate the engines. My experience with the 747 was that this was the most difficult part. As I approached, I kept having to adjust the throttle. Experienced pilots rarely need to make significant changes.
There is one more thing for sure. Piloting a 747 requires teamwork. It is why they require two citified pilots. Generally, one pilot lands the plane. The other takes care of all the other stuff so as the pilot doesn’t have to take his eyes off the effort to put the plane down safely and smoothly.
Even with two pilots, things happen fast. At the appropriate times, the flaps need to be readjusted, the landing gear needs to be lowered and fine adjustments need to be made to the power. Also adjustments must be made for wind gusts and such.
Contrary to what many think, at least during landing, the throttle controls decent. The nose pitch controls the speed. These are certainly primary controls for landings. However, the ailerons must also be used to control the direction. When wind is involved, then the ruder figures in too.
Then, at just the right time, of course, reverse thrust must be applied or the plane will go off the other end of the runway. That little Cessna doesn’t have reverse thrusters. It is another complication for the 747 pilots.
Over the years, many additions have been added for landing an aircraft. Bottom line, that pilot must be able to land the plane without them. If they fail, the pilot must still land the plane. Remember. The landing is not optional. You cannot call off the landing because some part of the plane stopped working.

As an aside, I tried many times to fly the MS helicopter. I realized quickly that those machines try to crash and it is the pilot’s job to keep them from it. I am not going to try to explain it all. I certainly don’t understand it myself.
However, many years after trying it, I ran into a former friend who was a chopper pilot in the Army and still flies them, or at least he did last time I talked to him. We talked for a while. Then I started to bring up the subject of the MS chopper and he interrupted me. “Don’t worry, I can’t fly it either.”
It told me that the MS chopper was not all that realistic if a very experienced helicopter pilot can’t fly it. Still, I imagine the real ones are very difficult. I don’t think I’m going to try it.

Air Conditioning

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If there is one thing I know about air conditioning is that it will break down the first time the mercury hits 100 degrees. This is especially true for central HVAC units.

Needless to say, it’s going to take 2 days to get someone to get out and look at it.

Then again, those who have lived here long will ask, “So what else is new?”