LOONNNGGGGGGG day today,,,,

Frustrating day,   Must be a muhnday,,,,

BUT, 

It’s now over and I’m home (came home in the dark if that tells ya somethin’) and all ready to head to bed.   Tried playin’ catch up on the news feeds and blogroll, but can’t get my brainium to focus past the yawns,,,,

I haven’t a thing to add to anything today, so I call it good and to you all, a good night.     I’ll try to put something together for the morrow,

till then

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Not much to talk’bout,,,

camping plans laid, kayaking plans to be laid,,, gear in place for both and ready to roll, but, Not.  Just.  Yet,,,,   Soonzzzzzz

Thoughts on the world at large.

Seeing that troll remove itself from the floor will be sweet elixir for certain.   Soonzzzzzz,,,,,

(not soon enough IMO, but I’m (not ordinarily) patient.

Life goes on.    Take the slow times with glee, boredom may be a pain, but boredom sure beats Fighting to Survive.    (then again, we thrive under pressure, and atrophy without it,,, Further thoughts later)

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weather is in transition compared to what we had over the last five days.   That cold that dumped snow on the southern (more southern) states, is creeping back this way and feels nearly spring-like now, compared to the low single digits we had three days in a row.

Went to the lake today,,, didn’t kayak,,, Sheets of ice piled up on the shore where I put in,,   about 5′ wide towards water, very unstable.   Steady breeze of around 5mph off the water that cuts to the bone with cold.   To hell with it.   I need a therapeutic paddle, not a technical one: with all the gear I need to don, its highly technical and thats not prescribed right now.  Besides,,, don’t wanna break my neck slipping on that ice while holding a 65# boat on my shoulders,,,   could probably slide her across the ice to get to the water but still a REAL chance of busting my ass on that stuff, and I don’t wanna damage my drysuit: that’s just bad mojo,,,

Honestly, didn’t do much of nuthin’ today,,, cleaned the house a bit, re-arranged the Buffalo’s back seat (was starting to get out of hand with all the kayak-y gear and those tools too big for the truck box, like my portable bandsaw that I absolutely love (one of those frivolous purchases made because I saw a deal and a half, so chose to jump.  Damned glad I did, as now, the same set up is going for over three hundred vs the hundred and small change I spent.)

Got to thinking a bit more on that “Can you do the work?” thing in a prior post.    One other thing that has always been demanded from (most) of my jobs was ‘Tools’,,, Applying for a welding position, you would ‘test out’, but if you showed up without a hood and other PPE, you were knocked down the ladder of choices.   Not ruled out, but not first dibs either.   Wrenching? you’d better have a decent tool chest ready to roll,,, Didn’t have to be one of these ‘MAximizers’ beasts, that break concrete floors when loaded to the gills, but it had better have the basics and they had better be something other than AutozoneAP or HF junk.  High-end Craftsman stuff would suffice, but get you the stink-eye.   Snap-on, Mac, Cornwell, etc,,, better: showed you were investing in your craft and yourself, and that looks far better than some vague resume entry,,,,   And your age would bear some scrutiny too.  Younger guy? You weren’t expected to have a bay filling tool chest, but it needed to be cared for and FULL.   Older guy? Yeah, you’d be expected to have more,,, and not just tools, but what was between your ears.    Saw more than a few that showed up with a single craftsman chest, minimal tools and less brains, but on the further end of the age spectrum: Always told us “watch closely, this’uns gonna blow up something and soon.”   And for the most part, we weren’t wrong.  Only saw one exception to that and that was due to a divorce and bankruptcy: Dude had the brains, but not the tools.

Where things were really strange was in the entertainment world.   That was a serious meritocratic world.   Wasn’t a whole lot of tools you brought to the fold.   My tool chest was a roadcase that looked like a small suitcase.   Headphones, analyzer mic, AD converter amp, laptop, some adapter cords for the oddball stuff, and that was about it.    The big tools were ALWAYS provided by the company you were working for or that your ‘Group’ hired for the gig.   KNOWLEDGE was king, and ABILITY had to be proven every damned day.    It was more like combat without the bullets: Fuck up and you were going home to start over again.  Take too much time off between gigs, and there was a very real chance you were starting from ground zero again.    Its a small world too: people you had never met would know all about you, if you were good, or bad.   Mediocre never made the cut or left the clubs; only the good ones and the ambitious fast talking bad ones.  (and I met more than acouple of bad ones that worked for pennies and beer to be able to lay claim to ‘touring hack’ hoping for that break into the big leagues.)(yes, I know what all the knobs and buttons do, and yes, it took awhile to learn,,,,ROFL)

((intersting peice of trivial BS for ya: the circuit in an autodarkening welding hood.  Its a compressor circuit, just like what we used in Audio to help control wild levels in sound.   Works exactly the same way with attack and delay and level, with the output being darkening of the lens, instead of compressing the sound.      I found it interesting anyway,,, ))

I’m bored,,, I hate the winter, even though I make the effort to up my information intake,  there are days where the mere thought of sitting and reading kills me.   I wanna be up and doing, not sitting,,,,   And that’s why I went to the lake today,,, situation dictated otherwise for me.  sigh,,,,,

And yah, that boredom is showing HERE,     I have no idea what to talk about.   Could talk about the fact that Hegseth made the cut and is now SecDef.   That Noeme is now the DHS head,,, Still waiting one word for Gabbards post,,, should be soon here.   Wanna see RFKjr make the post too.    THEN we see what is really hiding behind curtain # 3,,,,

But none of that does a danged thing to keep my bones from aching, or my ass from going numb while I provide kat-lap and read till my eyes are oozing out my skull,,,  Wanna DO,,,

SOMETHING,,,,

ANYTHING,,,  

Time, Space, Money,,,, The holy trinity of the modern man,,,, Usually have two of the three, but it takes all three to make the project move forward.   And right now, Money is the weak link,,, Plenty of time, has the space (could use an upgrade, but is what it is) just,,,

not whining,,, just noting.    Ain’t hurtin’ (much) and ain’ta beggin’ either.   But when you have a boat that needs resin and gelcoat to finish; well, that takes money to buy. (Talking about the Kapp and finishing the cockpit overhaul,,,   NO rush to finish, she is just hanging out in drydock until I DO have the goop on hand.   I have plenty of time currently, just,,,,,     Yeah,,, nuff said, right?))

Satyrday, bored, gettin’ late, and I reach to my right and pull another book off the stack,,,

Talk more laters,,,,

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(updated post script,,,,)

I’m not going to go all in and be “Trumps the greatest” like some of the Right-er-er MSM’s are running.  

I’m definitely not going to go all “he’s a NAZI FACIST DICTATOR” either, like many of the leftoid/statist lovin’ types are.

BUT, I have some questions,,,,

Over 200 EO’s in less than a week,,, Gotcha,,, Looks awesome in optics, holding to his promises made on the campaign trail,,,   Not going to go there though, seeing how many of these EO’s are more symbolic than fact.   LIke the EO he ended with “YOU’RE FIRED” talking about four persons in particular, and alluding to thousands of others.   The four mentioned by name? Two for FACT had turned in resignations weeks prior,,,   Symbolic gesture? you know it.

and it seems that many of the EO’s are more in-line to tie up Democrat Party Lawyers in endless appeals over the substance of the EO, than to actually accomplish something,,,   I don’t know for fact that is the case, but it falls inline with Trumps “deal maker” personna.   Tie the legal side of things up so that he can broker better deals in other areas with less flak from the peanut gallery.    Much like his EO to ‘release the info on the JFK assassination’: sounds good until you actually read the words in the EO.    Symbolic gesture, and may or may not fortell some future truth telling on the INtellgence communties part.   I won’t hold my breath.

Things that are bearing fruit: Immigration reversal, bringing back rule of law to the immigration side of things, not catch and release and freebie haven,,,,  

I want to see what starts happening when his appointees start getting involved more.  Marc Rubio did a grand thing with his ‘three rules’ of decisions within STATE,,,   Simple, and right in line with the America First ideology.

Oh,,, And the Gulf of America?   yeah,,, lots of people giving that flak,,, My opinion,,, its a gulf in THE AMERICAN CONTINENTS,, We have South AMERICA,, Central AMERICA, North AMERICA,,, so why shouldn’t it be Gulf of AMERICA seeing how it’s original name came from the Spanish empire when they held most of these lands: Time to bring the name forward    Again, another totally symbolic EO with more emotional spin than factual substance.  Its just a daggum name of a body of water and the only people that truly give a damn are the cartographers that have to ‘update’ the maps. (and if you look at other countries maps, the names of places probably do not reflect the same as what WE Americans call someplace,,,,)

Now,, all that being said, I am HIGHLY impressed that he has been able to ram so much through in such a short span of time.  The man did more in 4 days than we have seen in FOUR STINKING YEARS, and he isn’t backing down any.   There is still a long way to go forward, and more people still to bring in play.  We still have to see what comes from DOGE, and I am seeing more and more Governor races being contested by characters from the America First side of things.  (Ramaswamy going after the Ohio GOv spot,,, Mace(?) going after the SC GOV spot,,,)     I DO SEE A TREND GROWING.    One that Takes back the things that for the last four years were “in your face, whatcha gonna do’bout it” Leftoid bullshit.   (like doing away with 129 genders in ONE FELL SWOOP,,,, Lots of liberal tears over that one and to which I say GROW THE FUCK UP!!!  

We’re done playing that game and are NOT going to pick up your mental issues tab any longer.   Killing the DIE initiative and carrying that back further to the Equal Opportunity crap: 1000% awesome-sauce IMO    

MERIT,,,   Can you do the work,,,   Nothing about color, sex race religion,,,, CAN YOU DO THE WORK????     Hell; I’ve been a tradesman for years and several of my jobs were gained by showing up and doing the job before I was hired.   My time at L&C was gained that way.    I had to mix a full weekend at a festival, for free, as my interview.    Last day of the gig was when I finally met the bossman for real and was able to negotiate my rate,,,,

Had to prove I could weld at several places before I was offered a spot,,,     Same with turnin’ wrench, even with ASE creds,,,,

I think KNOW I prefer that type of hiring practice over a long winded resume and grovelling to HR for a spot, knowing that My skin and gender are weighing in more than my skills.     Maybe with ‘repeal’ of the bullshit, we can get back to hiring people that actually can do the work and move forward again: not be dragged down to a lower level, or worse, watch good companies devolve into garbage due to bad regulations.    Ain’t nuthin’ racial here peeps,,, CAN YOU DO THE WORK????   If no, keep walkin’.   If you REALLY want the job, get the skills: don’t trade your skin color for respect or demand some mental fantasy of yours be accepted as NORMAL and demand special treatment for it.  

Those that can are really getting sick of supporting those that won’t.

All right,,, I think thats enough for the eve,,, its Friday evenin’ and I’m chilling (literally, while waiting for the house to warm back up after getting duped by the weather liars.) with putty-tat in lap, Knob on ice at me elbow, and NO PLANS for the next 48,,,,

Y’all take care and I’ll chatatcha tomorrow,,,

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AND NOW FOR THOSE THAT WANNA ARGUE,,,,,   Ending Birthright citizenship,,,,  As put forward by the EO, I’m all for it.

Before you go ripping my ass over it,,, READ THE TEXT,,,,   It doesn’t end Birthright citizenship across the board, only for those that are born here while the parents are here ILLEGALLY,,,,,      Seriously, this shouldn’t even be a thing to question.   Break the law and you are part of the problem, follow the rules and the rules will support you.   

NOW< that being said, I do have a problem with Universal Suffrage that we currently live under.   Not truly universal as there are age requirements, and some (Felons) not allowed to vote (unless in a deep blue state apparently,,,,)   BUT, I do beleive that franchise should be a bit more restricted.     It can be restricted in a ‘Fair’ ways, as shown by Heinleins Starship troopers,,, Some may find that on the extreme side of things, but there are others.    Own a certain value or better of property, or Ability to perform certain Functions of mental prowess on demand (math is the usual), OR, be able to pass the BASIC NATURALIZATION TEST, which has been shown that 65% of American Citizens currently CAN NOT PASS,,,, Thats a frellin sad statement of our schools and our culture that more than half have no idea how any of this stuff is supposed to work,

and yet they get to VOTE and make decisions…  VOTING is inherently FORCE,    and many see it as a way to get their will in place without risk.    FORCE without conscious thought or morals or solid ethics is little better than caveman politics, no matter how ‘smart’ the voter.\

OK,,, off the soap box,,,, end update

Man,,,, whatta week!!!

48 hours into Trumps (second) Presidency and he (seemingly) has done more in two days than Slo-Jo did in four years.   At least POSITIVE changes,,, Jo did a shit ton of damage in very short order,(and there are one or two of my readers that think current course and speed are NOT GOOD,,, but hey, we all have different perspectives on things.

The PROBLEM is NEWS.    We have soooooo many new sources of opinion and fact, but the real sources remain unchanged.  We are all dependent on the MSM’s for initial coverage.    How many of you know of any one, with the means to be on site and record video and audio of an event, on call, 24/7????   

And then, you have this footage, with bi-partisan but nearly the same mindsets, that others will copy and post their opinions on, in social media sites, like Utoob, or Rumble.    

48 hours and the Chafe is HEAVY in the air.   

SUGGESTION TO UTOOBERS: Stop the bullshit!!!   Don’t title your post as ‘reporter dragged from meeting by SS,’ When the harshest thing that happened was the reporter was told ‘stop interrupting me’ by Trump,,,,    You mislabel your post like that, your opinion means jack shit!!!   Clickbaiters are even worse!!!   Put up a ‘modified’ pic of Peelousey or Screw-em-more to draw in your crowd, but the picture has NOTHING to do with the content,,,,,

I have only so many hours in a day, watching vids takes time, and if I spend 8 minutes of that time and the tag line is bullshit, I WASTED MY TIME…

Its not one ‘side’ or the other.  All the sides are doing this crap, and it makes it real hard to figure out who is legit, who is a deepstate actor, and it doesn’t take long before I say “F! it!” and go erase my history, to reset the algorthm to help clean up the chafe.

Yah, maybe I am oldskool with prefering to READ versus visual stimulus in moving pictures.    I much prefer bloggers and Stackers (substack writers) over other means, and I read MANY from as many ideologies as I can.   Yeah, it takes a minute longer to ‘find’ what you are looking for, but the Chafe is much less, and there is zero ‘clickbait’.  Independent Journalists are a growing trend, while the MSM’s are dying.   Sadly, they will never fully go away: that whole teams in place 24/7 aspect,,,  I can only hope the last four years cover-up and the waking up of the Country (as exposed in current events, and the increasing lawfare against the MSM’s) that they will adjust their stances and stop “Narrating” so much (as if NOT AT ALL,,, just the facts ma’am,,,,)   Used to be that facts were reported and at the end of the show was when OPINION was aired.  Even in the paper versions, the facts as known were shown, and there were ‘editorials’ of opinion, and usually more than one and often of Point/counterpoints: YOU DECIDE,,,,

and yes, even that can be manipulated,,,,   History has many examples of it,,,,,   

SO, we need the MSM’s, but we need the freelance independents MORE, and with the nets, we can,,,

Find those you agree with, and support them: Substack makes contributing to them easy, and there are other methods available. Almost as many as there are means to get to them.  

Back to the J.O.B. today; more laters

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It’s day five of cold weather, cooped up at home, no work, and the mind is starting to wander into strange acloves,,,

(Update: A Guest post over at Sarahs House covers a similar vein to what follows.)

Starting last night, I was wandering into my past and using that hindsight thing to figure ‘where did certain shifts happen?’.    Most all of y’uns that have been here for awhile know how little respect I carry for our Modern Public School Indoctrination System.   And I could go on and on about what changes I think are needed to correct the problems: I won’t, not today (not much anyhow).   Instead, I am going to cover where things went sideways for me, and what I think “REALLY” happened.   

High School, mid 80’s: we were still getting educated for the most part.   YEah, there was some of that indoctrination crap starting, but we still had a hella set of STEM courses, still had Vocational Arts of several sorts ( I took all of the intro’s and excelled at Industrial drawing and Communicating arts (print shop, and why I know about linotype and such.)   BBBuuuuutttttt

Those wasn’t where I wanted my focus.   I was bound and determined for Education and STEM.   I wanted to be a teacher and I wanted to be an engineer (like my granpappy) and either would do me good, but why not both,,,,

The problem arose from this trend THAT I FEEL needs fixed in a MAJOR way.   Coaching and Teaching.    A lot of teachers are also coaches.   Or maybe I should say, a lot of coaches MUST  teach to justify thier existence.   Yah,,, that last seems correct: it definitely lends  validity to what happened to me.   

Gotta step this back a bit.   I was failed in the last year of middle school.   Not because I didn’t have the grades, but because I had skipped ONE CERTAIN CLASS repeatedly.   The reason I was skipping that class was BOREDOM!!!!   History,, (and y’all know how much I adore history these days, so it wasn’t the subject matter,,, it was the coach teacher/teaching method.    

monday: copy notes from board.

Tuesday, Read chapter, study notes

Wednesday; quiz

Thursday; study notes, compare to returned quiz

Friday: test

Upside, no homework

Downside, ZERO LECTURE, ZERO TEACHING  Rote memorization, and no elaboration on WHY this is important.

Ok, failed, Coach told them I couldn’t read (he never admitted that I had aced every single test he gave, even though I had only showed up for mondays and fridays.) so I had to repeat the grade and attend reading class.   

Reading teacher (who was a REAL teacher, not a joke pummeled on the students.) knew the game.   Tested ALL of her incoming students (and this was a very small class, literally in a large broom closet, with only 4 desks able to fit the space) and I  tested out at 3rd year second semester COLLEGE LEVEL reading.     I was only 13 and was reading books like James Clavells SHOGUN and such: mostly Historical and fanstasy stuff, so it wasn’t lack of interest in History,,,  

Reading Teach gave me an option.   Return to History class(Coach was the ONLY history teacher in that school: yeah, that small of a school) or she could teach me speed reading and typing, and I could do some of her work for her (typing up quizes, etc)    Return to that drudgery and torture class? Oh to HELL NO!!!    So I jumped on her offer, and she gave me 2 books a week to read and review, as she was also teaching me to speed read and type.   As the year went on, that list grew to 4+ books a week.

(side note, some of ya may already know, She was the teacher who escaped east Germany in the late 50’s, and her political views were ‘given’ to me by her choices in my course.    Some of them had to stew for many years before they exploded on my psyche, but they NEVER left me.)

SO, fast forward (back to where I started this) to High School.    I was further FUCKED by Coaches in my highschool years.    One Coach was the head counselor.   Another was the Algebra Teacher.  BOTH, (and in hindsight, I think colluded) Killed my STEM efforts.    See, without algebra, you don’t get to pursue the higher maths like Trig, Physics or Calculus.   I was forced out of Algebra within 3 weeks of the start of the year.   I was repeatedly accused of cheating (I sat center row, front seat right in front of the teachers desk,,,) off the football players that surrounded me.   The teacher/coach was the head Football coach.   The Counselor was the Assistant coach.    I was repeatedly accused of cheating off the player that sat BEHIND me, and when I tried to argue my case, there was NO hearing me.   The two NEEDED that player to have passing grades and couldn’t let him fail for any reason, let alone get booted for cheating.

AND y’all wonder why I so hate POLITICS,,,

The head counselor/AsstCoach flat told me that I was ‘Not capable of such higher learning,,, why not focus on management skills and the humanities instead’.   They even told me I had ZERO MECHANICAL APTITUDE, and that my spatial perception (lack of) would hinder me in the higher maths.   

BIG WORDS, Malleable Kid,

And I listened,,,    I wasn’t such a contrarian than (shush Sis,,, what I was at home was not the same as at school,,,,)(additionally, my personal history shows the lie of all his statements…)

It was about then, that what I really wanted to become, more than anything, was a teacher…    I knew even then, that a good teacher can have lifelong influence on a person.  My Reading Teacher showed me that.   Several of my English teachers showed me that.   

And even there, I was steered away,   ‘Middle management would be your best bet as a career,,,,’   Fact being, I HATE managing,,, I can do it, can even be good at it, but I HATE IT.   All the ‘management’ jobs I had, I burned out fast.  Even now, when I am in charge of crews, I burn out and need WEEKS to recover doing the things I do best, McGyver-isms, creating, building repairing: anything BUT dealing with others.

And knowing that now, I can see why I didn’t pursue Teaching as much.     There is more than a little management involved in teaching classes, I might have been able to handle small classes, much like what my reading teacher did, but the larger fuller classes,,,

And that brings me to my present day,,,   I know now, the real point of education: its not to teach subjects, its to teach LEARNING and inspire self education.   Thats much harder to do and probably why so many modern teachers fail at it.    ITs easy to play the ‘memorize this, pass the test, and move on’,,,  But thats not learning.  A friend of mine is a teacher, and I hung out with him and some of his fellow teachers not too long back, and what I gathered was “Pure angst” at dealing with the kids and the system.   NO INSPIRATION WHATSOEVER.   It’s not the kids fault: its all due to the system, lack of discipline (not just at school, but at home as well) and how the system tries to make widgets from individuals.    As in my case, for whatever reason the teacher/counselors decided, they did NOT want me going in the direction I felt a calling for.   It certainly was not my intelligence that held me back,,, (not going to list my IQ since I don’t believe IQ has much to do with anything but a score  to brag about.  And I don’t like braggarts.)   Since then though, I have always been a bit rudderless,,,  Adrift in the sea of life, no direction, no real goals.     I have bounced around as whim and passion dictated with no ‘resounding successes’ to call mine.   Not to say I haven’t been successful: I did become a touring soundguy, in less than 7 years, in an industry that is VERY dog-eat-dog.   I have (or held) certifications all over the spectrum of service industries. 

And I have memories from all of those that can’t be replicated in any other way.   

I’m losing my thread here.

I’m too old to go back and start over, No pursuit of an engineering degree for me.  I could take the time, make the effort and get my teaching certifications, but the only place you need those, really, is in the public sector.   A body could do a private school without the certs,    Those are fewer and further between though.(and very closed off to ‘outsiders’,,,)

OR, I could try to start something of my own.     And that calling is still the siren song in my soul.    Why would I come back here everyday if I weren’t trying to get some idea or concept across, even if vicariously and sideways.   Why would I continue self educating myself in things that have no point in my world (yes, I am still teaching myself the higher maths,,, thanks to Saxon math books and others.  And a huge blessing in Slide-rules, that should NEVER have been removed from the schools, even if they are obsolete in the real world.  More on that in some other post.)   Why?    

Because people need GOALS, and without goals, we become rudderless and drifting, and then we start to fill our worlds with meaningless trivalities and entertainments of no substance: Like video games and Stephen King novels.

I am hoping, and yes, its a thin hope, that (fingers crossed) with the removal of the Department of Education, local standards will open up enough that people like me, WITH PASSION, can start replacing those that are only at it for the benefits, not the kids sake.

And thats my post for the day.  No current events, and no OMB vs The BLOB,,,, Just a little personal history and random wandering thoughts of “What if?’

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Day of four of an involuntary 96 hour shore leave,,,, May turn into five, but fingers crossed that we have enough lined up at the J.O.B. to kick Son of Bossman in the bum and get us back onto it; despite the weather,,,,

Not much done yesterday, other than purt much what ever’one else was doing,,,  Watching, dissecting, half in dread, half in anticipation, more than a dash of hope (in my case) and probably bucket loads of fear in some others,,,,

And the man is NOT a politician,,,,   I have never heard a more deadpan delivery of a speech.   You can always tell when he is reading from the prompters or delivering off the cuff.   His animation goes up in the latter.   NOTE,,, my statement above is no Condemnation,,, its a compliment in reality,,,, We’ve had enough ”Politician” since, well, FOREVER, and any change right now is a bonus.  

Is he a narcissist?   May have a streak running in him, but he is most definitely an extrovert and revels in attention.   He is also a businessman and that showed by his actions yesterday.   Having the signing desk moved to the arena where the post inaugeration specatacle was to take place “So he could get right to work”     Recall when he was Diag’d with the ‘Rona and was isolated at the hospital and STILL WORKING AT HIS JOB?   (in his first iteration of Prez)   The man ain’t Biden his time,,,, (pun intended)

Is Kold,,, While I ain’t exactly happy about the day off, I am understanding of it.   Sure as shit, I do NOT want to be down in that shop, freezin’ my tuckus off, dealing with sub freezing temps in metal needing welded.   Even my welder gets cranky as F! when the temps drop below that freeze mark.   Welding gas will freeze up the regulator when I get going hot and fast: that’s when I gotta take a break and let things thaw out (under heat from a torpedo heater, or it won’t) 

Kids are telling me “Da!!! fix the t-stat please,,, don’ wanna use the box anymore!!!”  They truly do not like ‘poopin’ inside,,,, Fastidious little rats, and I can understand their dislike of ‘shitting where they live’, but there ain’t no fixing the T-stat mamanature has her thumb on right now.   Only drifting through time and space and orbital position can fix that’un.  Lord knows I wish I could kick the clock to run a little faster this time of year,,, Hatez winterz,,,,

Anyhoozzits,,,Sitting here, tappin’away at the keys: did a dive into the EO’s that were signed last night, Business as usual, maybe a little over the top by some peoples thoughts, but he and his crew have been hard at work getting shit in order since November,, this is just the start,,,, the cars are all rolling down that hill now and gaining speed,,, lets see what the ride has in store for us, eh?

As for thoughts of an ‘preplanned economic crash’,,, Sorry, I have been mentioning that since well before the Selection cycle started,,, I said (not going to dig it up, the search function in WP sucks) well before July that ‘if he wins, the likelihood of the treasury pulling some stunt is VERY HIGH’ (paraphrased, but the gits is dead on.)   So, get your house in order, starting last year would have been too late IMO, and be ready, this ride is going to have some seriously rough spots before we get to the finale, and people, people that voted whole-heartedly for Trump, as their saviour, are going to question thier sanity at times.    I know he is no “Shining Knight” but he is a far cry from some weasel worded twatwaffle politico that would sell his mother for a senate seat and all the bennies that includes.

Synapsis of my thoughts.   The gears are still being installed to this machine he is building on.    Soon those gears are going to engage and things will get ‘interesting’ to say the least.   May be that some of those gears get mangled on first engagement.  May be that some of them just spin, doing nothing much at all.

But some of them are going to introduce a LOT of torque into a system and things are going to shift.   THOSE are the ones I am watching for.

anyways, its kold, I need to get more wood in the house for the stove, kittehs are demanding ‘treats’ since they are stuck in here with me, and I have way more reading and researching to do.   (like whats going on with his cabinet picks,,,, seems like they were lost in the storm of yesterday,,,,,)

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