Not Me!

You might ask, “Who will pay for the forgiving of the student loans?” My reply, at least for the most part, Not me! I’m living off Social Security and a little savings. The last 4 years, I have not spent so much as one dollar on income tax. Naturally, there are other taxes I pay, as in the grocery store and restaurants, but I really don’t think that will pay for many of the books, let alone tuitions.

Moreover, I am not long for this world. Another few months and I’ll be 77. For those who don’t know, that means the Lord will call me home most any minute. I have already lived a lot longer than I thought I would. These words are those of a man who had a quadruple by-pass.

So, who will pay? Well, let’s look at the facts. It has added billions to the national debt. Who has any idea of how many millions that will add to the interest on the national debt. Now let me see. It just might be all those college grads who pay for it, when they are in their 50s and 60s and are pulling in their million dollar pay checks. Given the rate of inflation, when they reach their 50s they will start looking at a cost of living of right around a million a year to just to scrape by.

Biden’s Campaign Scared?

I don’t know. However Trump has one rally in the Bronx and suddenly ads start showing up on TV and radio. That’s only the half of it. They have also activated the media.

Maybe it’s just that they don’t want to take any chances. They are just that afraid of losing to the Orange man, again.

Heights, Public Speaking

I have no idea what scares me the most. However, I have somewhat overcome speaking in public as I spent 7 years teaching electronics for the military. Still, you get me outside electronics and my knees shake.

By the way, anyone who has a fear of heights should be well aware that they will have to manage those fears in the Marines as I did, more than once. I’m not real proud of it. If I hadn’t jumped, they would have pushed me and that’s worse.

Daily writing prompt
What fears have you overcome and how?

Define Religion

Not a fan of even the word religion. I am a Christian. That is to say, I have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Religion is for people who like to follow rituals. Many times, God has scolded the Israelite people for mindlessly following rituals, for being religious while leaving God out of it.

When Jesus set up His church, He left but two rituals, baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Even so, people have made this into a ritual and they leave Jesus out of it. Many of those who go through the ritual have no relation with God. They do not love Jesus nor do they desire to do his his will.

They call themselves religious but they love not his children, but rather kill them before they are born. Some would go so far as to kill them after they are born. They look at God’s children as an inconvenience to be gotten rid of as a wart or something cancerous. However, many show up on Sunday and chant the words without even considering them.

Old Joe calls himself a Catholic, but he has intentionally said and done things that result in the deaths of thousands. Truth be told, I don’t think the man has any relationship with Jesus. He might call himself Catholic but I can’t see any proof of him being a Christian.

Such can be said of many. They have their faith in their church, their religion and or their preacher. When they see Jesus face-to-face, they will realize they should have had their faith in Jesus. Only, it will be too late. Some with have decades to accept Jesus as their Savior. They will have no excuse. There is simply no religion that will save them and it will be too late for any extensions or revisions of their remarks.

Daily writing prompt
Do you practice religion?

Puzzle Solution

The words ‘and’ and ‘or’ are almost always conjunctions. However, in the sentence “It was and I said not or,” they are both nouns. The one speaking is saying he used the word, ‘and,’ rather than the word ‘or.’

For instance, if I tell a person to move a table and a chair and later realize that one the chair has been moved, I might say I told you to move the table and chair, not the table or chair.

Still, you’re right. It is a dumb sentence that will only like be used as a puzzle.

It Was And I Said, Not Or.

The above sentence is a little difficult, but it is completely, grammatically correct. You could of course ignore it. On the other hand, you could have some fun with it.

I might mention that a few have figured it out immediately. I would like to say I am among them, but I’m not. My father had to explain it to me 3 times.

I Don’t Do Surveys

I generally receive 2 or 3 calls a year wanting me to take a survey. Many years ago I jumped at the chance to let my opinion be known. Then, I guess about 20 years ago, I decided to put a stop to that.

I have three reasons. Now let me see. How is it that you spell neusance? (It took me 3 times before the spell checker accepted it) As I said, they call me 2 or 3 times a year and always at a bad time.

Secondly, they love to put words in my mouth. That is to say, they word their questions in such a way so that they get the answers they want instead of what I think.

Finally, sometimes they expect a yes no reply when yes or no is not accurate. The best example is the question asked me, are you in favor of immigration?

It was a stupid question and the woman who wrote the survey knew it. I found out three days later that I was not the only one upset with the question. Yet she made it clear that she thought it was a good question. It told me a lot more about her than what she found out about me. It was obvious she wanted me to say something I was totally against, regardless of which way I replied.

It is an advantage of my blog. Anyone who wants to know what I think need only read my my posts. I pretty well put it out there for all to read on just about all subjects.

As for the immigration thing: Anyone going through all the laws and doing it legally should be welcomed as long as they are willing to put their former flag aside and completely give their allegiance to their new country, as in their vow. If they spend 4 years in any military branch, it should be almost automatic. Finally, and certainly, they need to follow our laws, not the laws and or customs from whence they came. Those who don’t like our laws can return to their native country at any time.

Personally, I think coming into this country illegally should be a felony and those who break that law should be punished before they are returned. A year or two of that and illegal immigration would greatly be reduced.

Migration Frustration

Passwords are going to be the death of me yet. Two or three days ago, I bought an all-in-one Dell computer. I had to. My laptop was getting really slow and it seemed I was always having to update it. The computer is great. The migration was enough to make me want to pull out what hair I have left.

I guess, in a way, the all-in-one is similar to a laptop, just bigger and a great deal heavier. Well, I don’t guess anyone has put a battery in one, yet anyway.

Let me first say a little about the hardware. One slick thing is the camera. It slides down into the computer when not in use. Not only is it a little cleaner looking but the camera absolutely cannot be used when inside its little Hidie hole. It says a lot about security, and it begs the question, why didn’t someone think of that a whole lot sooner?

My laptop takes roughly 2 minutes after it’s turned on to do any real work. The new computer is ready to go in about 3 or 4 seconds. Try to convince me that wasn’t surprising the first time I turned it on. I use MS office 7.0. It pops right up there without any hesitation. It’s ready to go much quicker than I am. I don’t like the newer versions, or at least the one I used for about 10 minutes. Removed them immediately after. I suppose, after a while, I’ll try them again, but I’ll not be in any hurry.

The camera comes with a flash and takes very good pictures. The problem is that no one wants to see photos of me. I guess the one thing that surprised me most were the speakers. I have no idea how they did it but they really put some high-quality speakers in there. It’s not just that it sounds good, but it is easy to distinguish one instrument from another. Most speakers, unless they are very expensive, let the sounds from the clarinet combine with violin so that a band or orchestra has just one sound. With this system, each instrument could be easily distinguished from the other. And, by the way, I had to turn the volume down about half-way. Did not expect that.

Now, as for the migration. Just for the sake of helping anyone else fixing to go through the same thing, might I suggest one thing that will save everyone a lot of pain. Before starting the migration, make dead sure you know all your passwords. In fact, if I were to do it again, I would change them all to the same thing before starting. Normally, that is a bad idea, but it is only temporary, and it will save a lot of time. Once you have everything migrated and working, go back and change the passwords again. Indeed, it might be a good time to change passwords. They do suggest we change them regularly.

At any rate, after 3 days, I have most of the migration done. There is one more thing to set-up but after all the frustration, I might as well just say forget it.

On the other hand, that is sort of the problem, I mean, I just keep forgetting it, the passwords I mean.