July 1st has always been, to me, the point of ‘it’s all down hill from here’, to that Christmas/New Years holiday season.

Straight into some of the hottest months of the year at that.   August and September are always scorchers in the midwest/south, sometimes even October can be ‘in your face’ with ugh!HOT!,,,

sorry all, I’m purt much tapped on inspiration today.   Been doing juggling acts at work, and then to come home and deal with the juggling act my kids insist on for their entertainments.    (Feeds us!!! plays with us!!!!   We missed you daddy,,, Now play with us some more!!!)   I don’t begrudge the littles one bit, but I do insist that there is some point in my eve that is MINEMINEMINE!!!!   and unfortunately for you, my readers, my mind is a blank slate tonight while I have  ME time.   

I’m holding off on examining what is going on in our GUBberment,,,   There is some evolution taking place, and what it seems like is probably not what it is, I dunno,,, Sketchy shit taking place in those halls,   

BUT, I can say, I have said it, Larken Rose has said it,  Francis has said it a time or twenty.    And still, those of us on that edge are still mind-blown by the mental gymnastics that take place to accept what is obviously not what it says it is.   I made comment last night that I did not want to get the state involved in my issues with Cuz, and if you read Francis’ post, you will understand why ( I would link Larkens stuff as well, but feeling lazy; don’t wanna look up the links.)

I did call animal control today,,, and my hesitency I had was reinforced by the conversation.   Little man syndrome with a badge sort of mentality was what I picked up.   I can already feel the weight of Karmic justice headed my way for even opening this box of worms.  Something ugly is going to happen and Cuz will be at the center of that shit-storm dropped right in my lap.   There are days where I wish the rule of law were kaput,,,,

gonna stop with that thought before I say something.

Yah, I believe in Karma,,, I also believe that we attract what we think.  IE,, If your thoughts are always negative, negative things find you.    I do so try to keep that balance of good/bad,,, but, well, pessimist, right?   yah…

sigh

me needs a vakay in a bad way,,,, Say, a year on the road, with no destinations or agenda,,,

Can’t run from yourself, though so many in this world try to do just that.  I used to, but living on this hillside, I caught up with myself and we figured out a truce and now actually like each other.  sorta.   most days,,,,

its a few of the Non-player characters that surround me that I have issue with,,,

But y’all know that and I’m beating a dead horse with this soapbox,,,

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THAT was the final statement from my BadCuzin when I talked to him tonight.   Vet bill for Cozzie was near $200, and there were more bite marks that I hadn’t found under his fur.   27 total,  

Even the vet stated “these are the marks of a dog in retreat, not on the attack.”   If he had been on the attack, the marks would have been more face and neck oriented.

I took the bill (that I already paid,) to BadCuz and gave him three options.   I told him, I wasn’t worried about the cost,  but if he wanted to reimburse me, I would be willing to be lenient for a bit longer.   OR, He could start finding the dogs he currently has, homes elsewhere.  OR I would start getting the county and law enforcement involved, OR, I start killing mutts.   Choice was his.

His only statement was ‘you do what you gotta do, I ain’t gettin’ rid of no dogs.’.

THIS is going to become a big problem and I worry about my kids.   I don’t see his GF doing any harm to my babies, but HIM???   Oh yeah,,, fucker is a flat sociopath and shows no remorse for shit.  Hurtng an animal wouldn’t disturb his world one little bit.  (that pup with the broken leg for example.  That leg was broken because Cuz ran over the poor thing.  Didn’t care, didn’t bother to do anything for it and refused to take it to a vet, even with his GF begging him to.)

I see the problem is not just the amount of animals he has,, HE is the problem and I knew that from day one.  I reminded dad about the day he (dad) told me that cuz bought that property and was moving in.  My only statement was “Can we move now? ”   I knew this was going to be a downward spiral of craptastic fun.   Between ambulance runs to this point for an overdose on meth, to these frellin’ dogs becoming a menace to other peoples pets (as well as a biological hazard with the number he has amassed through an inbreeding bitch-dog.)  Yeah,,, this shit MUST cease!!!

I know that statement he made was meant as a threat to scare me into inaction.  

He don’t know me too well, do he?  I’m the oddball, the ‘weird one’ in his words.    He has no idea what amount of trouble I can create for him,,,

I was trying to keep that beast in the crate.  

Future developments to be seen, and none will be mentioned or documented on this blog, PERIOD, so Assume that this is the last transmission of evidence.

More later after I cool off a bit.   Time to go ice cold in my thoughts.

Back to the mines today

Vet appointment for Cozzie to get bite wounds looked over and treated.

and the world is unusually quiet right now. (and thats not neccesarily a good thing.)

have some memes

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and its not all that he is saying, but what he doesn’t say.

There is one ‘religion’ that does not fit that bill of Honesty, Love of life, respect,,,

He doesn’t mention any one religion by name,* but by definition he excludes one in particular (and many historically extinct ones)  And any that have done the legwork will know that Islam is a social construct wrapped in the tapestry of religion and has only one goal: domination.   Even the name Islam, which means ‘submit’, follows that goal.  

Like any religion, there are good and bad aspects.  There are some aspects of Sharia that mirror our own legal systems.   Financial rules can be considered good or bad depending on your capitalist bend.(no interest, but they do calculate a fee for loans that is added to the whole,,, early pay-off does not change that amount, unlike in interest based loans.   Simpler for non-accountant types, and maybe more fair to all parties involved (fair meaning, equally screwed.) BUT, there is no room for Religious Freedom anywhere in the Qu’ran.   The names are very caste oriented, and those that pay tithe but not convert are treated only slightly better than a direct infidel and only marginally protected by Sharia.

What isn’t said is sometimes more important that what IS said.   Even the Buddhist side-eye Islam as preached these days.   (Side note, there are vast swaths of Asia under Islamic rule: the break up of India with Pakistan and Bengal are due to religious differences involving Islam.  And Don’t forget, Pakistan has Nukes as does India,,)  and of all the world religions, Islam is the youngest by context and accepted writings.  Still quite medieval, despite its growth over the centuries, and still very war/violence bound.    Peace can be found only in submission, not respect.  It was that fact that turned me away during my investigations of it; the barbarism condoned, and the fact that slavery is still very much an accepted practice in full on Islamic countries.  Oh, you didn’t know that part?   Yeah,, still with us, even in our modern day AI driven media world, while we seek a way off this rock: slavery is still practiced in many countries.  (and rape houses are REAL,,, ladies that think we need to let all immigrants in, without vetting; ya may wanna rethink some things,,,)

I fully agree with Dalai Lama about religous freedom and acceptance, even more so the words he didn’t speak,   The Crusades happened for reason, not just religous competition.

*actuallly he does,   Jainism and Buddhism, but only in stating that they have no ‘creator’ aspect.

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Well, Da did his share and took good care of the babbies; fed em, gave ’em ‘Good boy’ pats, (or in the case of Mama, ‘good Gurl’,,,)  

BUT, I had to make an vet appointment for Cozzie as soon as I got in.   He has an abcess on his chest from those bite wounds.  I guess I didn’t get that one cleaned out enough.

And Guess where I am stopping afterwards?

Yup,, Cousins place.   “Here, pay this or there will be hell to pay,,,,”   And I will be making that call to the Shelter no matter if he pays or not (and I highly doubt he will: He’ll make all sorts of bullshit excuses or accuse me of lying (like what other dogs are going to beat up Cozzie,,, he plays with all the other dogs in the hollar and they don’t end up mutilated.)

Yah,,, A little ticked off.   The Vet appointment isn’t until monday, the best I could get last minute, and that wound may burst before then (thats not a bad thing, just gross as fuck)  BUT, I want him looked over.  Luckily, he had his rabies vaxx a week prior, so that shouldn’t be an issue.  (and Cousins mutts have never had a thing done to them, EVER,,, so they could be carriers of only Dawg knows what.)

Ok,,, about this week: Lessons learned, and I won’t go into all of them as there may be some that would say I am trying to instigate issues in the crew.  NOT, I try to smooth out the issues and get the job done, dammit)   BUT, one lesson learned.  COTTON KILLS,,, Actually,, that is a carryover from Kayaking.   You do not want to kayak in cotton clothing as it can cause issues with Hypothermia..   What I didn’t expect was it can also cause issues with Hyperthermia: You can sweat but it does you no good, because the Cotton doesn’t breath the same way as capelon or some of the other wicking materials available.    The mexican crew that was working along side of us, all had those shirts of wicking material, long sleeved and hooded, and those guys weren’t dying the same way we were.  WIde brimmed hats (hard hats with cloth brim and neck shade attached)   All in bright colors to reflect sunlight.   Wet cotton t’s get darker and absorb MORE sunlight, and don’t keep the flow of sweat away from you.  they just heat up.  I will be correcting the ‘uniform’ before we head back out there again.

Second thing of note: Warm/Hot water does better to cool you down than icewater (unless you pour it over your head)   I knew this from my time in the Marines, in 29stumps, but it was put the wayside:  Its back now.    I recall the muzzies in Kuwait sucking down piping hot coffee during the heat of the day and looking smuggly comfortable while us Jarhead were stewing in our own sweat.  (granted, we were in full battle rattle, to include those damned heavy ass ‘Nam era Flak jackets (this is prior to plates/carriers and the other body armor of worth, which those flak jackets were not.)   I started carrying a black water bottle and drinking from it instead of going for the cold stuff and my sweat levels seemed to go down, and yet I was much more comfortable: still sweating, still stewing in my own juices, but not as miserable. 

Third item,,, It’s time for a damned haircut.   Something a little closer to the scalp and able to breath.  I have thick hair, always have, and yes it holds a lot of sweat when the juices start to flow, but, like that cotton, doesn’t breath so well.    I must’ve dunked my head three or four times a day; one to rinse the sweat out because it was drippinginto my eyes, and two, COOL DOWN THE CRANIUM.

We’ll be back there in another week.  I need to build all the gates we will be installing (3 walks and 4 double drive) and the project company still needs to pour the concrete that will encase all of those poles we set the last three days.  Plus cure time, or at least not green concrete,,,

It’s been a long day.    Zero dark wake up call and move out, on site at dawn, finished what was left and rolled out home.  5 hour drive and its time to chill the F! out. 

and now I have a full weekend ahead of me and not a clue as to what the heck I am going to do.   Pay has been deposited and bills paid already (and still have more than enough for the coming week.  Not as good as I expected, but better than an average week for me.)(to be honest, I had no clue what to expect on pay for this, and thats on me.   It certainly was not on par with my touring days, and that should have been negotiated prior: nobodies fault but mine.   Now I am will need to eat crow on the next one because, “well you accepted it last time“,,  Yeah,,, I’ve been down this road before,,,)

C’est la Vie,,,,

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Harder than projected, lots more rock involved than anticipated.  SO, we are here for another night, and will wrap up tomorrow.  

And it was just as hot as the day  before,,,  

SO far, no one has fallen out.  Been some cases where we forced the potential victim to sit it out and cool down, but no actual drops.   And wanna keep it that way.

We are putting up fence around a track feild, and the feild is situated on a sheet of slate rock that is almost as big as the feild itself, and only a few inches down.  Some places almost a foot, others you can scrape the dirt back and find the stone.

And we had to punch 160 holes in this shit, in this heat,    I was sent to run the auger to speed things up a bit, but our batting average with that was around 40%,,, the rest needed hammered out, or at least enough that we found the other side of the slate and were able to drive the pipe in.    We still have 11 poles to set, and three oif those holes need dug, for reasons out of our control.  Those reasons were eliminated at the end of the day, but we were all pretty bushed at that point.   Hit in the AM when its tolerable, and we can really nail this shit down.  (and our record so far indicates we do more in the first 3 hours than the rest of the day.  This heat is killer.

So, on the world stage, Trump needed to drop a coin the swear Jar,,,LOL.   NYFC is now headed to full Sharia and the fun and games that go hand in hand with that.   I say blow the bridges and tunnels now and mount automated 50’s every 20 yards along the rivers facing that island. No one in, no one out.  They fuckin’ voted for this shit, I say let them live with the consequences of it, and quarantine the whole mess so the contagion can’t spread any further.   But that is about the extent of my information right now.  

Been so danged busy with this project, chasing down the foreman, reading prints, figuring issues and directing crew for certain actions in certain orders (If I had left it to the two senior guys, we would only be halfway done: they dislike splitting the crew up to accomplish more.)  I haven’t had much gumption to look at the world at large.

We had some add ons, that weren’t on the original plans, and I was the go between for Son of Bossman and the Foreman, so that SonOf didn’t need to drive the 6 hours out here for silly bugger games he could handle better from his office at home.    A couple of repairs that weren’t in the original bid as well.    Since we will be returning to finish the second phase of this job (week or two out, Not something I am privy to currently) We can bring back what is needed for those and just bang it out.   The serious hard part is what we are out here dealing with,,, the rest is details

My brain is a little fried tonight, plenty of water, never dehydrated and urine looks good, no dark colors or anything.  BUT, my electrolytes are down, seeing how I was salting the hell out of my food tonight,,,   (learned that in the Marines, “Salt to taste” and there are times where the food would be considered completely inedible by normal people.   Heck, Salt Pork used to taste sweet to me after a month in the desert.)

Anywhooozzzz,,, tomorrow is another zero dark wake up call.  We have been going in before dawn and getting started as soon as it was light enough to see measured marks.   We are in another time zone so sometimes the conversation about when to meet in the parking lot gets rather convoluted and confused. (we have it down now,,,LOL)

And I’m beat, fried, and ready to fall like a felled tree.

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I’m spending a few minutes winding down from that mess I kinds sorta created by being a nice guy.

Took Burnout to Chinese for dinner after we came back to the hotel from the worksite.

NEVER AGAIN.    No decorum, No manners, Left me sitting at the table a couple of times with no clue where he flew off to, first time for 20 minutes, the second for 15,,,

The second time I had paid the bill, and was leaving and here he comes with with a full plate of food (and he hadn’t finished the last one that the waitress had to clear off the table.)

I could see the frustration in the waitresses face, (and she was a cutie to boot)   And that frustration read to me as, “typical fuckin’ American”.   I was embarasssed as F!,,,    

Choose your dinner mates wisely,   and that is one that will never be invited again (and I paid for the both of us since he had already burned through the cash Bossman had passed out just 36 hours ago.   Boys broke as usual.   Sorry, $80 for eating isn’t much compared to usual per diem rates, but this is KY lower cost of living.   I  eat well (Chinese and decent breakfast stuff, not MickeyD’s) and still had over half of that cash and hadn’t dipped into my personal accounts.  

The boy has NO impulse control,

at all.

  

I’ve offered him advice over the last three years, I’ve defended him in situations at work where it may have been better to just let things be, but I have been trying to help him with a hand up, not hand outs (until tonight),   

Yeah,  I forgot all of the above, and I guess I should be grateful that it only cost me the price of one meal and some embarassment with people I won’t see after this job is over.

Lesson learned, Lets see if Dio can retain the memory this time.

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