Screwball

It is hard getting old and you find out you can't do things you once did. We don't want to face the truth so we keep trying. It's even tougher on the families who have to deal with this. They are trying to keep them safe for their own good, but they don't want to listen. At some point there are tough decisions that have to be made - taking away the car keys - time to get them into assisted living or a rest home. We will all face these things as we get older and those who have to care for us - if one is lucky enough to have someone care for them. That's if you have all your mental capabilities. For those who are dealing with someone with dementia or similar - it gets a lot more difficult and complicated. One of my bartenders who is 60 has a mom like that. She calls her in the middle of the night scared out of her mind because there is a strange guy in the house - it's her husband. Getting old is no fun for anyone. But it's part of life - and death. Wait until you have conversations with other old people about the various ways to commit suicide because they are going to do it "their way." Jack Kevorkian had a point. When your quality of life becomes bad enough, what's the point?

I know guys that age who do as well. It only takes one opps. Buddy of mine was trimming trees into his late 70s. One day fell. 6 months later he was in a box.

Wall Street knows the numbers. There are other ways to figure them out. This guy touches on it in his article today; BLS Revises Nonfarm Payrolls for 2025 Lower by 1 Million Jobs FTA: A big Wall Street bank analyst makes more money than the CEO's of the companies he covers, or sector. The ARE the smartest guys in the room and have data we don't. They don't get fooled. The rest is up for debate for us serfs. It's been like this since forever.

And the crowd would go wild! 🙂

This is like super cool. JV is the guy with the golden arm. He's back home where it all began. They have to give him the opening day start, they just do. He can clinch the WS down the road a few months later.

When people don't have a means and/or can't afford pain meds, they turn to other things. Eventually this feeds the heroin problem. Black market, cheaper than doctors and proscription meds. Other drugs as well. It's all they have. Sad ****.

There was a documentary on Netflix a few years ago called "The Pharmacist" that is a must watch.

If you are old, like I am, you will hear the horror stories about health and old people (they go together). Getting hooked on opiates is not at all uncommon, and a concern for many my age. And they love to push the stuff. Cha-ching!

This seems nuts, but when you read a bit further; Alphabet Plans Tech’s First 100-Year Bond Since Dot-Com Era - Bloomberg News FTA:

Back 30-40 years ago I suppose, there were a lot of people around here who had ties to the hills of Kentucky, Tennessee, WVA, and beyond. They would go visit family and bring back moonshine. That stuff was like drinking pure alcohol, which it mostly was. Awful rot gut stuff. No wonder the billhillys were a mean bunch. 🙂

Thomas Massie didn't kill himself.

I will add; on the medical benefits of pot. In the last year my DIL was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through 20 weeks of chemo treatments which just knock the living **** out of you. She then had a double mastectomy. Thankfully, she is now cancer free. The only thing that helped her with the pain and nausea was pot. It was the same with one of my best buddies a few years ago after he developed prostrate cancer. He wasn't so lucky. The chemo didn't work, but the pot made him as comfortable as possible before he left us.

Pot is not addictive, period. I quit reading any article on pot when they say that. I don't care what some over educated dickhead sitting in a ivory tower who never smoked a doobie in his life has to say (and probably getting paid to say exactly that). I will go with the dozens upon dozens of test dummies who I know who have smoked the herb for the last 60 years and proven it's not.

Duct tape is one of the greatest inventions - ever.

My mom grew up in the hills of West Virginia, born in 1918. My grampa was into moonshining. As time went on in them thar hills, moonshine and pot were huge cash crops. 🙂 And you didn't want to FAFO with those hillbillies.

Back in 1984 I lived in the country. We were almost off the grid. Only electric. But I had a TV tower when I bought the house, no antenna. So I put one up. No rotor, we were dirt poor. I could aim it toward Detroit and the Tiger games. The wind would move it and I would have to climb 30 foot up this thing and adjust it while my kids yelled at me from the window by the TV - a little more that way, no, too far. I wouldn't trade it for the world. 84... Great year was it not? Had number 3 son born that year (in October no less). His middle name is Allen, after Mr. Trammell.

Another nice things about the cameras; plan your property to cover the 4 corners, then an extra. You can move it around. I named mine - Rover. If I'm out of town for a day to see the kids, I can put the camera somewhere in the house, usually to watch my crazy cat. Not that you can do anything about it, but at least you see it hasn't burnt down.

Don't get on a ladder. 🙂 For those not old enough, once you get to a certain point in life, the first thing you want to think about; how can I do this without getting hurt.

Whoever wrote that article is an idiot.

Mine all run on battery. They record (my choice how long) only when tripped (l can set the sensitivity as well). So when triggered my motion, they kick on for a particular amount of time (like 8 seconds to 30). They work in day or night as they are night vision. All can be powered by a solar panel but I only use one that way - the one on the garage. This one I can also turn to look any direction if I want. The rest are static. It has a setting to go back to "home" after I move it to see something else. I have not touched it in over a year and it's usually at full power, which you can see from the app on the phone or computer. Other than the last 3 weeks in the winter from hell. The others are placed where I just take it inside and charge the battery when needed. Depending on how much activity, the time between charges varies. The one I have pointing at the street in front of the house, and my sidewalk, gets the most exposure, so I have to charge it maybe once a month in the summer. Only takes a couple of hours. They have a built in battery that slips off the camera so easy to do. I love them and have come to feel uncomfortable when one is not working because I'm charging it. They also send a notification to the phone when something triggers it so you know. I live in town and was shocked to see all the animals that go through here. From cats, to rabbits, chipmunks, skunks, possum, raccoons, and even deer. For real fun, put one close to the ground somewhere and sit out a dish with food. Entertainment is off the charts. I caught a cat and a racoon who were not in agreement about who's food it was. Or three deer walking through the back yard. Fun stuff. Also caught a guy one night looking in a vehicle. You can have it trigger an alarm but I don't set it. I can hear the notification on my phone. I designed and made my own mount for the one on the garage, and the other ones I used some 3D printed mounts so the wind doesn't blow them, instead of screws. Works great. I probably have around 500 bucks in everything. Worth every penny, even though we don't have much crime here in Cornhole.

Yea, for sure. I have 5 security cameras. None are ring, all off the cloud, and use internal SD card for storage. I can see them from my computer or phone. I would never own a ring. I don't trust them. Then again, I don't trust too much these days. I have one on the top of my garage that watches my driveway and alley behind the house. It runs on a little solar panel so it is always charged. Well, kind of... It quit working a few days ago. Turns out the winter from hell - with all the snow, ice, and lack of sunshine - didn't keep enough light on the solar panel to keep it charged. This has been a really really ****ty winter. Spit! It froze before it hit the ground.

I didn't care about the game but had it on. Kept forgetting to watch the adds so I missed quite a few. One in particular I remember, I thought was quite creepy. It was a bunch of words on the screen as it changed colors. I kept thinking what the hell is this about. Turns out it was some sort of crypto add. WTF.

Strange, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed into law on this very date in 1996. Exactly 30 years ago by pedo Slick Willy Clinton.

I've heard of FORTRAN but never played with it. I guess at the end of the day we are turning all this into zero's and ones. No? 🙂 It's amazing what the computer has done. To think, in...I don't know...1972... I took typing in high school because there were a bunch of girls in the class. I wasn't alone, and probably one of the best things I ever did. Served me quite well over the years. This kind of stuff fits AI, and we are training it to take our jobs. I'm glad I'm retired. AI is not the answer.

That has to be a tough industry no matter big or small. We are losing the battle around Cornhole and surrounding areas.