The wife and I were driving on a small road that goes from Baptist Desoto Hospital to Airways when I had to slam on my breaks. That’s right. To my surprise there was a gaggle of them walking in single file across the street. They were pretty much equally spaced and not in much of a hurry, about 20 or so geese. (neglected to count them. another reason for the camera)

They didn’t bother going to a crosswalk and they didn’t wait for a walk light. They gave no warning. They simply walked across the street.

I wished I had one of those dashboard cameras. I keep meaning to get one, considering the Memphis drivers down here. I might could have posted it on U-tube or one one of those other things.

After I brought the car to a full stop, I turned to my wife and asked, “Why did the gaggle of geese cross the road?”

She just looked back at me, shrugged and said, “I don’t know. Why?”

If anyone knows, please tell me.

I was napping, as I do too much of these days and I was awoken by someone at the door. When I answered the door, I was still a little groggy and it took me a while to figure out he was trying to sell security cameras.

When I realized it, I explained to him that we are living on Social Security and we are looking for ways to save money, not how to spend it. I went on to explain that I had no money in my little budget to buy security cameras. Then of all things, he asked, “No money at all?”

I said, “Look, let’s get down to basics. The reason you are talking to me is that you are trying to get my money. But you are wasting your time, being as I have none.”

I am sure he would have continued to figuratively hit his head against the wall but I turned and went back in the house. Only then did he leave.

I really don’t much understand him knocking on my door anyway. A quick look at my house will tell you two things. I don’t have much money to go buying things I don’t really need and I certainly don’t need some expensive security system to protect what little I have. As a side note, I have about come to the conclusion that the cameras don’t do much good anyway. It seems every night on the news, I see someone has been robbed and they have some video to prove it. However, beyond that, I don’t see the video doing any good.

At any rate, we never got around to discussing price. I had no need to. No doubt in my mind that the guy was going to tell me that he had a real bargain for me. The problem I’m sure would be that his idea of a real bargain and mine would likely be miles apart. I’m sure that for one of my Social Security checks he could have put together a good security system.

Obviously, the question comes up, how do I eat? I have come accustom to that, you know. Who is going to pay the electric bill? If I don’t pay the water bill, they will turn it off and it will cost me a bundle to get it turned back on.

Okay, we aren’t that bad off. We might have even been able to pay for the security system. Still, I don’t see the point of it. There are dozens of places close by here that have systems as good or nearly as good for half the price. And, as I said, I’m more interested in finding places to save money than finding places to finding places to squander it. If I really want to throw my money away, I may as well buy a lotto ticket or go to one of the near by casinos. At least I can have have fun doing that, or at least that’s what all the TV ads say.

The dems and especially Old Joe keep trying to say that Trump is wanting to set up a dictatorship.

Let’s have a look at the history. Trump during all the time as president worked hard to decentralize power, from the feds to the states, not something a dictator would normally do.

On the other hand, Old Joe has done all he can to centralize power to the feds and, incidentally, the dems. It’s just the sort of thing dictators do. It is exactly what Stalin and Lenin did. It is exactly what Mao did.

Let’s look at it logically. It is difficult to assume a thrown when the leader keeps decentralizing authority.

I guess it was 10 or 12 years ago. I can’t say for sure. I usually took Jackson to I-55 on the way home from work a little after midnight. Sometimes I took Union Ave and I did try other ways. This particular night, well I guess it was about two in the morning, I took Jackson and I was almost to I-55. For those unaware, this is not the greatest neighborhood in Memphis and, of course it was late or early, as you chose to call it.

My headlights picked up something and I couldn’t make it out. I slowed as I approached. My first thought was that it was a blanket. But no. It wasn’t a blanket. It was person, a woman, lying in the middle of the right lane. I know it is a strange place for a siesta.

I couldn’t tell if she was alive or dead. I pulled up short and looked around. I was wondering if someone was waiting for me to stop so they could jump me. I turned on the flashers and pulled out my cell phone. Who was that guy that invented cell phones. I don’t know, but I sure am glad he did.

I called 9-1-1 and explained the situation. I answered a couple of questions. I also said that I probably should stay there as someone might not see her and run over her.

After hanging up, the woman started moving around and she seemed under the influence of something. Well, that was kind of something obvious. I mean she was in the middle of the right lane of the street, just lying there. At first she didn’t even move when I first moved up there but after talking to the police she started moving and finally stood.

When she saw me there, she decided to go around to the passenger door and tried to open it. A few seconds later the officer arrived and he took over after he checked with me. He had the same guess as me… that she was likely very drunk, but it could have been some other drug too. It could have also been her sugar was low or high or something like that.

At any rate, I was glad to hand the problem over to the officer. I waved to him and wished him well.

Well, it’s usually the Memphis drivers you need to watch out for. In this case, It was the sleeper I had to watch for. With the lighting as it was there, with just a very short distraction, that woman could have died that night. For that matter, if I just went around her, someone else could have hit her.

However, I had long learned to stay on alert while going through there. They have a habit of crossing the road there without much notice. I was always afraid some kid would run out in front of me.

I often wonder what happened to the woman, or what her problem was. Even if it was alcohol, I had the suspicion it was something else too. I don’t guess I’ll ever know.

Some might not believe it, but I remember putting 4 cent stamps on letters. I just found out that they are raising the price of a stamp a nickle. That is a penny more than my stamps when I was but a boy.

Now, after all this time, the stamp will be a mere 73 cents, almost three quarters. I’m not even going to try to figure the yearly percentage but I figure it is quite a bit. It does make me wonder if I should forget the whole stock market thing and invest in stamps. I wonder if that’s legal.

Now let’s see. For 100 stamps, that’s 73 dollars, right? Maybe. As I get older, I have more problems wtih math, especially the basic kind.