Monthly Archives: February 2024

Seems the Worst Part of Aging

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Every day, twice a day, my wife and I go through a ritual. She takes her pills and I take mine. She’s younger so her handfull is smaller than mine.

Over the years, I’ve heard a told a number of jokes about geanies, those mythical, magical beings that come out of lanterns. Right now, I’m thinking how nice it would be to have one make it so my wife and I don’t need medicines.

Just saw the doctor the other day. We both need more vitimin D. Just why is that. I take a multivitiman, a vitimin D tablet and I drink milk. Guess I’ll be taking shots next.

Well, at least both of us are doing well with our diabetis. No one knows how much I’d just like to stop taking the pills and just put myself in the hands of God. The problem is it would be worse. I’d have a paralyzing stroke and I would be stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of my life. Someone would have to take care of me like a baby the rest of my life, maybe eating baby food.

I guess I shouldn’t complain. There are people worse off than me. I guess I should remember that, even while I’m tossing a handfull of pills down my throat.

Yes, It is the Obvious Future for Electric

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If more and more electric vehicles are purchased, it is obvious less gas powered cars will be driven.

If there are less gas cars on the road, obviously, there will be less road taxes collected.

It is obvious that state and federal govs will be in search of more revenues, especially for road maintanence and construction, especially as one must consider all the additional weight of the batteries.

I really hope someone has considered all this, and the load on the powergrids. Though my hopes are that they are prepareing, my experience tells me that they have no such plans, yet. That just might mean we will all need to drive around carrying generators while avoiding too much load on bridges.

A New Word on EVs

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Actually not all that new. Caught it on the news yesturday. An extra fee of $100 / yr on EVs to replace taxes not paid on gas. This would be doubled in 3 years.

Actually, I do understand, I do. Those taxes collected on gas are to build and maintain roads and highways. Those of us currently driving EVs get to drive on the byways free.

There are a couple of quibbles with it though. I have had my Nissan for about 4 months and I have but 2000 miles on it. I am retired. If I had continued driving my old car, I don’t think I would have paid that much in road tax in a year.

Moreover, much of what is collected in taxes with gas does not all go for roads. Some goes to airports, buses and other special projects. It’s kinda like that lottery they started in NY strictly for education, which now is used for everything but education. Now they again have their hands out so they can run and maintain their schools.

At one time, someone suggested a surcharge based on odometer each year, fast and easily collected with car tags. Hopefully, we can count on our government to use the tax money efficiently. Then too, I have hopes of living to 120.

Bob Marley?

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I’m leaning back, watching the news and sudenly there is a segment that came up on Bob Marley, which brings up the question, just who is this guy that he should rate a 5 minute segment.

Then, after a short time, it became clear to me. It’s not about him. It is about a movie about him. In other words, it was a 5 minute ad pretending to be news.

Don’t much care for trickery like that. When I tune in to see the news, not pretend news. I kind of like to see important things, not important things to the CBS board.

For anyone intrested, I will not watch the movie. I will discourage others from watching it. Of course, CBS has a bigger megaphone, so I doubt I’ll make a measurable difference. As they say, though, it’s the effort that counts.

At least info-mercials are honest in their representation

2 Days Straight

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Does make me wonder. Last night we went to a fast food place. they had, I guess, 8 favors of fountain drinks. They ran out of Diet Coke. Strange. No one seemed to care.

Well, they had diet Dr. Pepper. Can’t stand Dr. Pepper in any way shape or form. Never could. I guess it is a conspiricy to make me drink tea. You suppose the Engish are behind it. Tea’s OK, but I paid for a soft drink, not tea. I am diabetic. All the other flavors have sugar. I settled for unsweat tea. However, be sure, I will ask next time when I go to that place before I order. If they are out of Diet Coke, I will first go to a nearby store before completing my order… or leave.

My question, why always Diet Coke. 7 other flavors they can run out of. Somehow, they must have something against the likes of me. 2nd time this happened in this restaurant in just a few months.

Today we went to a nice big restaurant for a celabration. We wanted steaks, each of us. We were prepared to pay about $40 each. For us, that’s a lot for us.

They asked us what we wanted to drink. I told them Diet Coke. You guessed it. No Diet Coke. However, this time they outdid it. They had no soft drinks at all.

After a short time, the two of us had a good meal at Chilli’s. Incidentally, we paid less and we had all the Diet Coke we wanted.

I guess I need to start carrying my own emergency supply. I’m sure they won’t mind at all.

S. O. P. of Course

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Sell swim suits all winter.

Sell coats all summer.

Must work good that way. Walmart’s making a ton of money. I guess other stores do too.

My question, what does one do if they are in dire need of a coat in winter, as me right now. What do I do if I would really like to take a dip in the summer as is customary.

I do get it. To make a profit, they do need to order ahead, or is it behind. At any rate, would it be agin the law stock a few things in phase with the seasons for those of us who purchase clothes when we need them instead of 6 months after.

Surviving?

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It would appear that our requirements for surviving have new priorities. When I awoke, I opened my little flip phone. Quickly I had an update on time and date. In addition, I realized it was Thursday, time to put out the trash.

While I was outside, I decided to take a couple of pictures. Soon after retuning, I received a text message. I could have done without that reminder for my dentist appointment. No. really I could have. I have a reminder on my phone. It will provide me with an audible alarm the day before.

I figure that we now have a new priority to survive. I have listed but a few things that makes my cell phone an important part of our lives.

Am I wrong? I mean what would happen without our cell phones. How can I do my math. I no longer have any other form of calculator. If if want to find the sum, I just pull out my trusty phone. Who needs to settle for 2 or even 3 places for pi anymore. I can make my scientific calculations to 8 places, maybe more. I can’t remember.

So, as the doomsday preper prepares, he might want to pack away a cell phone and a spare. It might be handy to figure out where he is… that is if the GPS system survives. Who knows, it might even come in handy for keeping in contact with others.

In a Small Sense, I guess

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I know that light I’m aproaching will turn red before I get there. It’s difficult to deny years of experiece. You know. When that big 4×4 pickup next to me starts begins forcing his way in front of me, it never surprises me.

When I was in the Marines and a bad rumor circulates, I know it is true. On the other hand, I was never surprised when the good rumors never came true.

As far as believing in fate or destiny as a thing or force, nope. There is certainly no destiny that has a face or persnality. To be sure, when a certain set of cercumstances fall in place, it would only stand to reason something generally follows.

I have a saying, when I drop something, I am apt to say, gravity worked again. It would certainly surprise me if the object remained in mid-air.

I do believe God does exist and that He does take a personal interest in all of us, in me and this world. He is not fate or destiny. However, from the formation of the earth, He knew me. He knew every decision I would ever make. Whenever and wherever He chooses, He intervenes.

For instance, in the case of that obiect I drop, He knew I would drop it. If He chose he could stop me from droping it. Generally, He does not interfere with gravity but he can. In fact He has.

From time to time, I wish He would intervene in that man’s plans to pull over in my lane. On the other hand He just might have a lesson for me. It still gives my wife a fright when he tries to make his big pickup occupy the same space as my car.

If such a thing happened, it would be bad driving, not fate, not destiny.

As a side note, I do like the musical, “Kismet” which is, I think Arab for fate. Just cause I like the show, doesn’t mean I believe in it. Mostly I like the music. I did from the first I heard it. I especially enjoy the song Stranger in Paradise. I’ll never tire of it.

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Measles Outbreak

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Before the mid 1960s measles outbreaks were common. 2 or more million died every year world wide. To most, it was a very irritating rash. To others it was devistating.

Moreover, to catch it, one only breathe while in the room with someone who has it. It is one of the most infectious diseases known to mankind.

In the past few decades, it has been on the decline. In the US, the vaccine had the disease virtually eliminated. Now, I note on the news that there is a major outbreak. Oddly, they seem to be having difficulty figuring why or where it has come from.

Let me give you a hint. Millions have been crossing our border. No one has been screenning them. We have no idea how many had measles… mumps, whooping cough, polio or any of those other horrible little monsterous viruses. Do you suppose anyone has a clue as to how many brought the China virus with them from Mexico.

Those little virus things are really good at hitch hiking. It is why immigrants were isolated for a while before they were permitted to actually enter our country in early 1900s. Back then, we actually had some intelligece on such matters. Now, not so much. Now the diseased bring those little hitch hikers with the help of the dems.

So, if your child has come down with measles, or for that matter, mumps, small pox or any of those other horrid diseases, you might want to thank the dems. President Trump did have those coming across the border to a trickle.

The dems and the rinos did not like that. The rinos were already complaining that they were having to pay higher wages. The dems were angry that they would have to give up future voters.

And so it is, for lower wages and future power, your child must endure the suffering of measles and or many other dreaded diseases. (Just so you know… they don’t care.)

If your child suffered, or possibly died from one of those hitch hickers, was the open border worth it. Do you really want the borders left open. Are you really in favor of letting those micro-hitckers into the states so they can spread and cause grief to others.