Took a nite off

Kray kray day, didn’t make it to Da’s until near 1830,,,

Sis is seeing why I dropped stuff in her lap. ROFL Not funny, but funny. Shits more than a little SNAFU for those of us that are from ‘Up-Nort’. Yes, there is still Yankee in me, probably never gonna get rid of all of it seein’ how I was Yank until mid 40’s. But I did have some So’thern raising as well.

BUT dammit man,,, when it comes to documentation, Can’t we get a little better in the description department? Seriously,,, some of these property deeds could describe a spiral down a hillside in Tibet!!!!
“From double white oak to sweetgum on creekbank” TOTALLY NOT KIDDING!!!

sigh

We lost an ICON over the week. Not much of a Chuck Norris fan, but he was a staple from my childhood on. From the 70’s action movies through the 80’s continuations and 90’s There was Chuck.

I’ma bettin’ that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are starting to hear that tapping on the door since hearing about Chuck,,,

Maybe not,,,, Keith probably bypassed that event long ago: Death thinks he’s already been collected or something,,,, LOL

Somethin’ that hit me yesterday while boring holes (a quite boring job,,,,) Nothing is changing except the money,,, the lies and corruption are still with us, not one person has been indicted and likely never will be. Even the ‘List’, full of evidence and names numbers times places,,,, Crickets from on high,,,(well, not crickets, but protests that ‘its not that important,,,’ )

Nothing is gonna change until it all comes apart and people realize that THEY are the source, not the “leadership” or “Governments” of the world.

BY CONSENT,,,

but consent can be passive, even with ignorance (how many people around you can explain anything credible about reasons for Governance? I’ll wait while you figure it out,,,,)

Yah,,,,a bare handful if that many in a count of 100000 peeps can give moderate to defined answers. Most are spewing garbage they were taught (badly) or guessing, if not outright blowing the question off as meaningless.

But in someways, thats even better,,, It shows that we really do NOT need to be ‘Governed’, and that most people can get through the day without needing a chaperone.(though,,,If things go sideways, many of those without chaperone will likely die through Darwin events. Our current society is geared to support,,, take away that support and people get sorta nutzoid and the stoopid will shine quite brightly for a brief moment.) there are always exceptions, the only problem being, that we have allowed our DUTIES to be taken over by others, and now expect that those duties will be done corrrectly and justly.

Um, no,,, It doesn’t quite work like that, do it? There was a time when a criminal could expect to be pillaried at the least end of justice, and HUNG on the hard end of same. Or even beheaded. There was time when individual squabbles would be settled by ‘Gentlemans duel’ (and there are even records of Ladies having their version.) with rules to how such were handled, written by societal norms, NOT GOVERNMENT.

Ah,,, but here I go again,, the surly curmudgeon, whistful for ‘the old days’, that were and weren’t as good as I recall. Yes, doubled up memories,,,, I do recall when the Medical Industry TRIED to fix people up, not maintain illnesses. I do recall when FOOD was actually GOOD and GOOD FOR YOU. (with all things in moderation, but thats timeless advice) I recall when automakers actually made CARS, not 2 owner junkbuckets slated for the scrap yards in 7 years (and designed so that NO ONE can work on them without specialty tools that have to be model exact.) So yes,, I do see the good in the past.

But there is good on this end too. The fact that information flows so freely that we can see the corruption of the Governments and Bankers and Corporations. Maybe we feel helpless in dealing with it (They are quite large afterall and very much into selfpreservation. They may not be individuals, but individuals created them, and that survival instinct is ingrained at creation.)

And, the whole JIT delivery system that has evolved since the 80’s,,, Computer systems streamlining everything (but making it so corruption can grow as well) and making our world just a bit smaller every passing year. For example: early 90’s,,, had an Aussie GF in So-Cal. She was denied re-up on her student Visa and had to return home. The Phone bill between us was near $1000 for the first month after her return. We both decided that a long distance relationship was not gonna work like that. 10 years later, emails became ‘the norm’ and said communications became so cheap as to nearly FREE.25 years now, and Long Distance Phone calls are non-existant, only country to country calls get added billing and even there, those are being rapidly replaced by “Facetime” “Zoom calls” and other internet based communications.

The world shrinks more and more, Ideas grow in fertile minds world wide and communication makes collaberation easier. IDEAS are taking off.

The downside, The creative streaks we had when everyone was downtrodden are weak and pitiful. Listen to ‘popular music’ out now as an example of how ‘simple’ minds have become.

At least we have 3D printing now. ROFL (thats acutally a good thing and one I need to delve into more for metal casting and the like. faster cleaner mold designs .)

The world moves on, the last generation gets the dregs of the one prior, and entropy reveals itself in the strangest of ways. Yet we stand on the shoulders of Giants. Giants that made our world possible. Its a double edged sword of ideas flying though me head today, spurred by thoughts of a ICON leaving this realm for the next. God Speed Chuck!

LLLLL!

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