30′ away,  and not skittish of my moving around.

Could dress out around 90# (conservative estimate)

They ‘know’ they are safe near the houses with hunting season in full mode.

Good thing (for them) I’m not in need.

one pound and half of fluff and buzz,,,

total wrench in the mechinizations of Dio’s world,,,,

Not that I am upset with him, but things had to make some changes to accommadate the little one (still no name,,, 😦   )

Since I didn’t get the wrap up on Selkie done that I was trying to get done (still need to sew up half the cockpit and seal up that section) my plans on taking her for a test run and possible delivery to Brudda B; not happening today,,,  SO’sssss,,,,,     I spend today doing those things, and tomorrow I can take her out, AFTER I get my domestic crud out of the way.

is what it is,,,,    B is in no hurry to have her returned so next week is just as good as this’un.    AND,,, I would like to get him out on the water in her when I take her back, not just to make sure he is happy with the repairs, but to get the blamed foo brudda of mine some WATER THERAPY,,,,   I know he needs it, even if only an hour on fluid surfaces,,,   even a little would do him wonders right now.   (I don’t think he has had more than a couple hours on water all year.   )

Reading up on things down south in the panhandle region,,,   Glad to hear things are ‘sedate’ down there.    Amazing how a group of people, that patrol their AO with weapons on display can make a region peaceful.  

And armed society is a polite society.

Funny how all the BS from the left is coming to the surface, and how all of the things they make fun of ‘rednecks’ for is about the only thing holding shit together in the areas that have been pummeled back into the stoneage (temporarily).   

And I have noted that the Vitriol of  TDS hate has taken a hard upswing the last week.  My Utoob feeds keep popping up with TDS clips, heavily edited for context manipulation, with decidedly skewed wording for headlines.    I can see the ‘spin’ from half a room away,,,  

They are scared.

They are getting desperate.

And the clock is ticking,,,    They know that to cheat at this point (at the level they will be forced to use) will be so obvious,   And they know the optics thus far in just a few short weeks ARE NOT GOOD.

I fully expect something to take place in the next couple of weeks to ‘justify’ suspension of the (s)election cycle.   And I doubt it will be external (Kraine/Russia-Iran/Israel)  Lamestream media keeps ‘hinting’ at some Jihad-ian interference,,, Likely to scare the Normies away from the polling sites,,  And they keep uping the ante on mail in voating,,,(like in S-TN area, which is predominately a red voating area, will likely flip to blue with all the mail in they are pushing,,,)

It’s all Kabuki Theater,,,  

Keep that idea in mind, READ THIS

wake up, PLEASE.      WE have seen it repeatedly over the last couple weeks,   GOVERNMENT gets in the way when shit really needss to get done.  Corruption is rampant in our system and that corruptions gets people killed.    And has anyone seen any other COUNTRIES sending aid to help our people?   ROFLMAO,,, Like you ever will!!!   We bail out the world, but when the shit hits the fan, WE ARE IT, and don’t you dare ever think it will go the other way,,   The historical evidence doesn’t lie.

ALright,,, day light has arrived, time to get bizzy on boats and stuff, so I can float tomorrow,  buzzy-n-fuzzy has finally succumbed to food coma this morning so I have a window where I can do my things (and maybe Zoomies will take over the daycare side when little-un wakes up.)

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Another drop off at the J.O.B.   instant bonding, and getting along well at home.   Even the grumpy Mama is merely growling when little one gets ‘to forward’ with kitteh effections.

Not wanting to revive the Grizzy name,  so working on sumpin different.  But I wouldnt be at all surprised if this is Grizz’s third version,,  kats have 9 lives they say,,,, and the timing is just about right,,,  

Anyhooz, vet appt made for monday, full check up n shots, fingers crossed they dont find any bad news. 

But I find it striking the amount of national coverage being applied to what took place last night in Florida, compared to the what happened a week ago in the Appalachian ridge.

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People had better start waking up that our Lamestream Media putzes have an agenda.

That our ‘Agencies’ have an agenda (and a list of prefered vendors,,,, Says much about what is going on behind the curtain IMO)

Said and it and said it and I say it again.

STOP FEEDING THE BEAST.     Tax revolt.   The machine is scared right now because the wool has been pulled from many eyes.   A simple tax revolt would start the process of flushing the bilge of the muck it has accumulated.   

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LOng day between the J.O.B. and dealing with Da issues.   Nothing serious, just changing carriers for his phone, but he insists on a flip phone: won’t even consider a smart phone option “for reasons”,,,,  Finding one has put over a 100 miles on Buffalo and still no love.   Going the internet route,

but not tonight,,,          Tired, grumpy, and more than myself in the loop in getting things done, with a three hour time difference between us.  

shit can wait till tomorrow, or even muhnday for all I care.    Da doesn’t get many calls and there are many that check in on him daily, physically, so he isn’t out of touch, perse.    (just wish he weren’t so much the luddite,,,  LOL)

I had hoped that I would be able to put the finishing touches on Selkie tonight, but time I came home, it was well after dark and that wasn’t happening (and the temps are falling fast so even if I did something, it would take more time to cure, IF AT ALL.   I have had that happen where I put on some goop in the failing temps and next day, the catalyst had soaked into the wood and that wood was covered in sticky goop that wouldn’t cure.  At least, thats how it seemed to me.   It sure wasn’t curing for whatever reason.)

Glad to hear that BCE weathered out the weather in good order,,, haven’t heard from Mike or Spud or,,,,    I figure they are probably out of power for the time being and will get back in touch as they can.   The storm had abated quite a bit by the time it hit their side of the state, and I know both have weathered far worse.   Fingers crossed that this time is no different.

Anyhooozzz,,,, its late, I’m beat, more than a tad grumpy (hatez dealing with Techy issues without having admin rights.  and then ‘people!’  ick!   very much a non-people person these days.)(for those not in the know, Introverts class beings into ‘safe friend’ and ‘people’.  So if your introverted friend tells you ‘You’re not people’, they aren’t being offensive, they are giving your a HUGE compliment.)

and it doesn’t help that I have a metal splinter in one of my finger joints and can’t wiggle it loose,,, (if you know, you KNOW.)  

more tomorrow, after the light fails and I can get some focus,,, I ain’t at all focused tonight.

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Weather Manipulation,,,,

I can’t say if this is ‘real’ or not.  No way to know, and the things I am reading about it are really just speculative.  Yeah, there is a patent for it on record with the FedGov’s name as owner, but that means nothing really.   People act like patents are records of reality, when it doesn’t work like that.   I could patent anything: it only takes a document stating what the intended purpose and application are for and some idea of how to accomplish it; BAM! you have a patent!   Many companies create patents on literal IDEAS to get a corner on what they feel may be a lucrative market.  That there is such a patent means little to me: It ain’t PROOF is my point.

WHoo-boy though,,,, IF it were real, and they did have the means to direct, steer, enhance or diminish weather patterns,,,

WHY ALL THE DAMNED WARS?  

You have a country that isn’t playing ball the way you want, the CIA has a history of jacking around with leaderships, from the Iranian president before the Ayatollahs, to the 2014 Ukrainian mess that has been shown to be OUR GOV’s idea, and we see where that has all gotten us.  

BUT if you could control the weather, you could give those countries on you ally list good weather so they can grow their own, and if you have one that is bucking the system, give’em a drought and make the fuckers buy your stuff to keep alive.

Do you think, with that sort of power at your beck and call, that you would want ANYONE to know of it?    I mean, we knew the first time we dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, the secret would be out and the race would be on.  Hell, the race was already on at that point, it was just a matter of time before some other country put 2 and 2 together, and duplicated our results, or even improved on them.   NO, I think that there would be much obfuscation going on, to  muddy the waters about what was and wasn’t possible and the usual way to do that would be letting just enough truth out, then smearing those that were getting just a wee bit too close to the whole truth.

Makes me wonder if what we are seeing is that tactic in action?  

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To Mike and BCE in Floriduh, and any others from the Mosquito coast, GOOD LUCK and stay safe.   You have a shit-festivus dropping on your doorstep over the next 48 hours, and I wish you the best of luck and  safe passage to the other side with clear skies and fresh breezes.   May be wreckage and destruction all around you, but if you are upright and breathing when the last drop falls, then you did good.   No one can rebuild if they are at room temperature and horizontal.

I’m back to sewing canvas and achy paws from it.    Want to get this boat done and get the horses emptied so I can move Lyssa on to them.   Seasonal slump (and more than a little is caused by the (s)election disscord; people are holding their cards tight to the chest, holding their breath for what is forthcoming (maybe) in less than 30 days.   

OR, they drop the last card and start WW3 and call the whole thing off.   

gonna be shit for them to be fighting their own people as they try to fight the rest of the world.    Pretty much says it all, no?

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Lots of speculation and ‘conspiracy theory’ runnin’ round about WEATHER MANIPULATION.

OX mentioned in the last set of comments something that I have been dwelling on the last week or so as more and more are spouting talking points about that very subject.

DISCLAIMER: I am no expert on anything,,, I am a jack of all trades that has my hand in so many different skill sets, I can’t say whats what,,,

BUT, I do have critical thinking abilities.

With that said, I am going to pound the salt on this one and hit both sides of the argument, as best I can, and hopefully, others can fill in any blanks I may have missed.   Like I said, both directions: for and against.

First off, the against.   There is a massive amount of energy tied up in weather here on earth.   That (right now even) you can see nearly 200 mph winds in storm that spans half a damned state (millions of acres coverage) that is droppiing rain by inches per hour,,,   Think about that for a minute.  Figure 1000 watts of solar energy per square meter of surface area, that converts to heat(on land) and evaporation (cooling for water)   That is a conversion of energy into another form.   That heat rises, it carries that evaporative stuff high up, where it condenses, releasing some of that energy it was converted with back into the atmo.   And that collects.   There are currents in the air blazing around, water and evaporative form bumping around, lots of electrons getting bumped loose (Ions) building even more energy (static)   

And all of it is as wild as a raging bull after catching a wildfire spark in his nether regions (sorry Ox, Had to use the analogy)  but MUCH MUCH STRONGER.

SO with that thinking in mind, just how much energy is required to manipulate that?   If you have ever been on a river, fast mover, and IN the water, you have some idea of how much energy water can hold, toss in altitude, gravity, electrical impulses, etc,,,,   Again, I ask; just how much energy would be needed to manipulate that wild energy to ‘weaponize’ it?

I can’t say, this is all mind experiments going on from empirical data a JOAT has accumulated over the decades.  

Now, the other side of that coin.

Say we do have some way of creating low or high pressure zones in ATMO.   Not direct weather manipulation, but just heating or cooling a swath of atmo with control.    We do have a certain amount of knowledge about how weather is created by pressure and temp differences (delta T for the math nutz),,,   If one were to make the assumption that there is some method of creating those differences, then it’s not so hard a reach to assume the same people could direct a hurricane, and possibly even strengthen it overland where normally they fizzle.

And as I was writing this, I recalled a story about Nikoli Tesla and his death, and how his apartment was cleared out of all his notes within an hour of his death (that happened elsewhere).   To this day, the general public has little info on half of what that man was working on, and no one has said, (or will I’d bet) just what was in those notes, what directions his research had been taking.   There are stories of things he had done and was doing, but so little HARD information,,,,  heck, I can mention Tesla in public and most people only think of Elon’s Cars,,,   So few know of the man or his ideas that literally power our modern life.

Who can say he hadn’t found a way to create atmospheric disturbances that could affect the weather (and one of the stories I have heard claims just that, ‘as a side effect’.)

So my thinking on this goes both ways.  I am not falling into the conspiracy trap here, but I am staying open minded about things because “Truth is stranger than fiction” and the last 5 years have shown that the conspiracy people are more right than wrong of late.

Maybe Hollywyrd was trying to tell us something in this climate change fueled liberal shit fest,,, (I actually enjoyed the movie but it was a liberal festivus of BS.)

Then again, another side of the coin.   We just entered a Solar Maximum, with large solar storms and lots of sunspot activity, so storms are going to be a bit more energetic than the last few years have been.   Thats one possible answer, and that could be compounded with the hypothetical manipulation thing too.   I am sticking with hypothetical at this stage,,,,,

I just wonder,,,  IF the truth were to ever come to light, ON ANYTHING THAT HAS GONE OVER THE EDGE THE LAST FOUR YEARS, Will anyone ever be held accountable for the death, destruction and treasonous actions we have been witness to (and shuttered if we tried to speak out.)

probably not,,,, and that causes me the greater turmoil.

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But Dio is a happy camper again.

My new Charge controller came in today   and I installed it as soon as I arrived home.   Battery banks MUCH happier!   Those are good numbers considering I ran the bank straight to the panels for a week straight.   The batteries jumped back up pretty quick, and when I ran all the wires and hook ups, the controller went straight to balance mode.

And things are moving forward in Kayak world.   Sewing up Selkie today: started it yesterday, but its slow going.    That fabric doesn’t want to accept a needle as easily since its covered in dry goop.   I get about 6″ along and need a break: these old hands don’t like detailed work that requires force to accomplish.  It’ll be done before the weekend though, and resealed, and then, Dio takes her for a long spin on a lake to make sure I AM SATISFIED with the repair.    Then she can go home to Brudda B.

Also recieved my shipment of new Gelcoat (last had hardened in the can, Guess I didn’t have it closed quite right) and some 2000 grit DA pads.    Lyssa is getting a new hull as soon as I can clear my work stands.   I’ve been hitting that epoxy coating with 60 grit off-n-on all this and last week.  It’s mostly removed,,,    That stuff is quite tough, and I have been finding ‘dips’ in her hull that I musta missed last time we did this.    Thats all right, I figure two coats of Gel on top of what is there and a good session with the fairing board,  those will smooth out even more.   

Short day today at the J.O.B.   thats the only down side to today (and the fact that its muhnday, but hey,,, time won’t stop for little ol me.)  Would really like to get more time on water, but that roof (which wasn’t a leak BTW) and other personally applied obligations kept that from happening.   That whole ‘Gotta adult today’ thing y’know,,,

Avoiding the nets hard today.   I figure things aren’t going to escalate much until around’bout the DST switch.   Better for the PTwB to muck with our minds when we are also off balance by time changes.

Actually, working around the house with old Thrash metal playing on the box,,,   Kittehs don’t like the stuff and give me a bit of peace when its on.   No pestering me for lap/food/rubbin’s,,, they can wait till dark for that stuff while I use the daylight for getting my shit done.   And some of that is getting my mind in gear for KOLD MONTHS.   Been getting kayaky gear in line, but not my mental state.   Was looking at pics of paddling days when the trees were barren.   Those are coming on fast; I see the leaves turning a little more every day.   No hard frosts YET, but

Thinking its gonna be a hard winter, but short.   Chilly through the last of the year, but January is gonna crap on us. then start warming early near the end of Feb.  

Time will tell.  

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