Good Fences

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What makes a good neighbor?
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By the way, also, good window shades and maybe a good garage with a good door.

Actually, I shouldn’t make such rash generalized statements. I’ve mostly had good neighbors. Mostly I have not had any problems and they have actually helped a few times. In fact, if it weren’t for my neighbors, the two women ambulance attendants would have never gotten me in the ambulance when I broke my ankle. There is no way they would have been able to lift my 280 pound frame. And, incidentally, it didn’t help my confidence in them that they were busy reading instructions on how to install the air brace and pump it up.

One of my neighbors let us have their 60 pound dog, which helped scare the armed burglar away. I do miss the old dog but she was getting old and had a big bleeding tumor on her shoulder. One of her favorite things was crossing her paws on the arm of the chair and putting her chin on them.

I’ve lived here since the year Elvis died and I have seen a number of neighbors come and go. One night I heard a woman screaming. Once I realized she was out in the street, I went to see what was wrong. It turned out she just lost her, I guess about 7 mo baby. He died in the crib. They had just moved in a few weeks earlier. I never saw the couple again. They moved out a few days later.

I really wish I could have done something for them. I guess they did do something for me. I realized just how thankful I am that my two boys had so few problems, for which I will ever be grateful to the Lord.

The day after the 100 mph winds came through and toppled a couple of trees, keeping me from going to work, the teen next door came over to help and that was really great, considering I was still on crutches from my broken ankle. He didn’t ask if he could help. He just did it. I guess that is the sort of thing that makes a good neighbor too. I did make to work, though I was very late. It was spooky driving home though. No street lights or traffic lights. Really dark, even with the headlights.

Still, that good fence comes in pretty handy from time to time, especially when I can keep my dog from jumping it.

Electric Cars on the Increase

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I stopped by and had a Whopper and I couldn’t help but notice a bunch of Teslas charging up. Guess there were about 7 or 8. Seems to me as if it might benefit Burger King. They are the closest restaurant to the charge stations.

I would guess it might actually get to be something of a community center, both the restaurant and charging stations. I hesitate to say as much but it might even become a meeting place. I can see it now. A good romance author might even base a book on it.

Now, let see. Anyone have any ideas for a title?

Incidentally, maybe other merchants will show up. It might allow the Tesla drivers to buy some flowers or get a haircut while waiting. I might even suggest seeing movie at the theater, but that would be quite a walk. Also, the movie will be a little longer than the charging.

Don’t Look Now!

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As the media leaped on the story of the supposed attack on the hospital it reminded me of something that was common in my youth. People would say, don’t look now, but your slip is showing. Sometimes it was said with good intention. On the other hand, some said it as a tease…while the slip is not showing.

Odd, I haven’t heard it in years now, for either purpose. Nonetheless, it brought to mind the saying with a major revision. To be sure, it is not the slip of the media showing but the bias. In microseconds, they condemn the Israelis for the attack. Then, as the proof comes out that it was a Hamas rocket that hit the hospital, they have to be dragged into publishing the truth.

The truth is that many media outlets have yet to admit that they got it wrong.

Incidentally, as one would expect, Old Joe apparently still doesn’t know, nor does he care. All he wants is to hamper the defense of Israel.

Now, would say that it was a slip, or more likely on purpose. Where is the condemnation for the Hamas for hitting that hospital and then blaming the Israelis. I think their bias is showing…again.

Oh. Incidentally, where is the apology for killing 500 of their own from Hamas? Do you think it will happen? Do you think Hamas cares? Indeed, if it had been an errant Israeli rocket, they would have been thrilled for the gain in publicity.

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During the seventies and eighties I did do some flying, not a whole lot, just enough that it got old. One day when I was waiting in a lobby out front of the ticket counter, I glanced over and saw these symbols. The ceilings were very high and the symbols were quite a distance away.

There were 3 of them. On the left, there was depiction of a woman. Below it was a ladies room. On the right was a depiction of a man. Below it was a men’s room. Then, right in the middle there was a question mark. Below it, well it was an information desk.

I can’t help thinking back over it and the implications. I wonder from time to time if they ever changed it. However, in this day and age, it does have new meaning doesn’t it. I mean we are now in a world where we can’t determine a gender. So, maybe in the future, those who don’t know what they are, they can go to the desk below the question mark. Maybe, after a complete exam, they can provide the info they are after. Perhaps, THEY can point them in the right direction.

Then again, besides the woke, who needs an exam at all.

As a short aside, I wonder just why it is that the US is about the only country so dumb that men and women cannot be determined, even by a Supreme Court justice.

He Just Can’t Help it

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It’s true. The Jews are handling the situation just fine. They are dealing with the terrorists and they are driving them away. They will kill some and they capture some. Who knows, they just might have rescued some of those who were captured.

Then along comes Old Joe. That’s right. He’s got to put his foot in the middle of things. Or is it his nose? Either way, I guess we can’t blame the old man. He just can’t help it. It is genetic. When things are going along smooth, it is in his nature to mess it all up.

After a week of saying that we have Israel’s back, Old Joe is busy putting a knife in their back. He’s telegraphing the message, “Do not kill civilians or else.” “Don’t drop any bombs on civilian targets.” And on it goes. I don’t know exactly what Joe’s cohorts said, but I am sure that Israel got the message. By the way, so did Hamas. It means all they have to do is hide behind the civilians and no one will hurt them. No one will drop any bombs on them and no one shoot at them.

Old Joe is good at telegraphing the message. Everyone and his cousin is well aware of it. He made it very clear to one and all.

Incidentally, it sort of takes away an element from the IDF’s method. They won’t be able to use any bluffs. If the IDF says we are going to shoot you, the Hamas folks will change out of their uniforms and into their civies and dance around as they say, “Na, na… na, naa. You can’t shoot at me. I am a civilian. Your friend your president will not like it.”

I really wish Old Joe would just go back down into his basement. Because he eliminated the bluff, the IDF will more likely have shoot. It is more likely more civilians will be killed. And, when it is all over, it won’t be. Another five or ten years, we will have to go through it all over again.

It seems Old Joe doesn’t know how to save lives. Or maybe he does and doesn’t want to. It just might be that he doesn’t like Israelis. It is certainly the way he and Obama treated them.

At What Point?

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There must be a point, that is to say a line, or in other words, some threshold over which the Arabic peoples might cross where they should be recognized by free people, by free countries and by people who simply have a brain in their heads as terrorists, as killers, or in other words, very bad.

And yes. I just said all that in one sentence. Can you imagine what I might say in two? Incidentally, for some reason, it would seem that they can do as they wish to any extreme and the Hamas would still be the victims in minds of some, that is, assuming they have one.

Right and Wrong

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What principles define how you live?
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Though I frequently fail, I try to do what is wright and avoid doing that which is wrong. It is almost always that the easier, more desirable is wrong. If I realize I have done something wrong, I try to admit it, first to myself and then to others.

On the other hand, our president seems to have it backward. After doing what he knows is wrong, he refuses to admit, certainly not to himself.

The Alternative

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As I drive my Nissan electric car, I do find it enjoyable. The other day, I had turned off the radio and for got about it. I had gone several miles before I realized it. Other than the slight whisper of air coming from the vents, there was no sound at all.

Well, I guess there was a little. You don’t normally notice such things in most cars, but, believe it or not, tires do make noise, especially at higher speeds. There is also the wisp of air going by. I never really paid attention to that sort of thing before.

I did turn my sound system on. I do have an AM/FM radio and a USB drive hooked up. Those folks at Sirius keep trying to get me to subscribe, but they are more of a bother than the noise made by my precious car.

The thing is, before I turned the sound system back on, I drove several miles and listened to the quiet. I guess I could say was listening to the silence, but someone already came up with that idea. The thing is a person really does not know the benefit of silence until they don’t hear it.

However, there is an alternative to the use of any kind of battery to produce electricity. It’s called a fuel cell. Unlike my current electric car, cars that run on fuel cells need not be charged. The have a tank in which you store hydrogen. Some versions also have oxygen tanks. The fuel cells are extremely efficient and they don’t make any noise either.

When I first heard of the idea fuel cells, I was very concerned about the hydrogen. Let’s face it. I don’t think there is anything in this world more volatile than hydrogen. And when it burns, it burns hot and fast. You might even say it explodes.

It would mean that there safety factors would have to be designed into the car. The tank would have to be strong and double lined. If the car was involved in an accident, you would not want it to catch fire. Indeed, perhaps, a reason they have not already gone to fuel cells is the possible hazards.

My first thought was, what if you have a leak. Actually, it would be a problem to the pocket book, but not safety. Hydrogen is the very lightest element. It would float away so fast it would likely not catch fire.

I must admit, the accident problem is a real one. As remote as the chances might be, should the tank somehow get set aflame, it would cause danger for, perhaps hundreds of feet around.

However, these batteries we are using now are pretty dangerous too. Some even suggest charging them some distance from your house. If a car with the lithium batteries were to be involved in an accident, the flames just might be almost as bad as the hydrogen.

I’m not an expert. However, now and then I hear about stuff. A few months ago, a cargo ship caught fire. The ship was carrying electric cars, and from what I understand, the flames were sudden and large. If a car was at fault, it was just sitting there. It was not even in an accident.

By the way, there are two more big benefits with fuel cells and hydrogen. First, the exhaust is water so pure you just might be able to drink it. If I remember right, it just simply drips from a pipe and onto the road. Also, it is plentiful. Though mostly it is combined with oxygen, it is the most available element on this earth. We would not have to go digging big holes in the ground to get it. Moreover, no one nation or person could have any monopoly on it.

Now let me see. What did I do with that deed to that old hydrogen mine have.

Just so We Get This Straight

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I’d like to ask this one question, just to clarify things.

Just how many Israelis attacked Hamas? Oh, that would be zero.

I would like to inquire just how started this war?

May I as how many babies did the Israelis kill prior to the attack? I’m not real sure, but I think that would be zero. The Jews certainly did not cut off the heads of any babies, nor did they intentionally burn any.

Do you suppose someone can tell me, just how many rockets were sent toward Israel before Israel retaliated with just one. My best guess…right around 100, likely a few more.

No one, but no one is responsible for the loss of one life over there in the Middle East other than Hamas. It is as Netanyahu said. “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no more Israel.”

The truth is that it’s not peace that the Hamas want. It’s the Hebrew land…all of it. As the Jews send in troops and weapons into the Gaza strip, it would be wise to remember this.

In very little time there will be those trying to talk Israel into a cease fire. I don’t recall anyone saying any such thing to the Hamas. Does the outrage stop the instant the Jews have killed as many Hamas as the number of Jews killed by Hamas? Is that the way it works?

The death will only stop when Hamas realizes that they will pay a much larger price for their terrorizing than that which they cause on the Jews. I am not sure it will stop then.

Until the world, especially the UN, gets that straight, peace will be nothing more than a five letter word.