That was the writing prompt this morning, and, well, normally, I don’t pay any danged attention to the prompts, but this one,,,,,

Be True to yourself!    That one is the biggest and sometimes the hardest one.   If you can’t be true to YOU, who can you be true to?   But there are times where one lies to oneself, to ease the issues of the day.   Say, you are in a bad marriage, but you keep saying, ‘things will get better if I stick it out’,,,   or you have that shitty job and every morning you say “one more paycheck and I can cut loose”    Its all bullshit, and we tell ourselves these things to ease the passage through our personal hells: but it’s not being true to yourself.  Take the time, assess your situation, if things are tough, that may be the best thing to go through, but if things are killing your soul, think about change and honesty.

Honesty is best, but there are times where silence is better.    I run into this daily.    Being honest with others can sometimes create frictions, and those times are where its best to shut your danged mouth.   Don’t create any bullshit, or try to sugarcoat things, just shut your danged mouth.    Maybe you will earn the status of ‘rude M!F!’ or somesuch, but you will also gain respect for being HONEST when it matters most.   Those with half a braincell will hate you, and those with two will see you with respect.

TEACH!!!   You learn your whole life through; sometimes the hard way, other times vicariously through the hardships of others.    Pass what you know on to the younger, so they can find their own, and potentially better ways.   We live on the shoulders of Giants; lift someone onto yours.

(stealing this one from Peterson)  PET THE KITTEHS!   You need to take the time to relax and settle down.   Take the time to pet the kat, or pupper, play silly pit-pat games with the little murder-mittened fluffball.   Your day is not so damned important as to ignore children, two legged or four: take a minute or three and settle down!

READ, WRITE.   The one ‘technology’ that has set us ahead and beyond any other species on this planet is “FATHER TONGUE”,,, Being able to set our words down in ways that carry them PAST our own times, into the future.   Being able to access the words of people 5000 years gone is our biggest strength.    Don’t be so cocksure of yourself and think that reading and writing are lesser skills.   Read, learn, THINK, then write,,,   everything else is just details.

Never assume you know it ALL.   You don’t, period, end of discussion.   I tell my boys all the time “I don’t know what I’m doing; I’m making this shit up as I go along.” ; I’m not always joking,,,   The more I learn, the more I learn I have to learn.   My knowledge is a mere drop in the bucket of whats out there.   (this is where I get upset with ‘experts’; more times than I care to think about where some expert told me ‘x’, but I proved ‘y’.)

ASK!  ask for help, ask before taking, ask for the things you NEED.   That asking may  be in the form of ‘buying’, but you have to ask, first.   When out in the wilds, ASK; mama-nature will hear you, you just have to open your eyes to see what she offers. You are a child of God, just ask.

This one is not a ‘principle’, but I have found it is good tactic in getting through life.   When you are somewhere you don’t really belong, ACT LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE.   It’s amazing how quickly people will help you when you act as confident as an owner.  Carry yourself with confidence, pitch the voice a bit lower than your normal speaking voice, and PROJECT: people will pay attention.   

more laters,,, kitteh playing with keyboard.

Started off with getting Selkie finished sewn up, and coated the fresh seams in ‘goop’ (after taping off area and any holes inside the cockpit flange).   I then did my running that was needed, picked up a couple new tools, and some other things for the rest of my endeavors today: paint mixing supplies, etc.

Came home and the goop was tacky, but not cured yet.  Took her off the horses, moved her out into the sunlight, figuring, ‘Black boat, sunlight, EASY heat to cure stuff fast.’  (wasn’t wrong)

Then Lyssa on the horses, finished the sanding process, including some touch up areas I needed to be a bit more agressive with, then a wipe down with degreaser, then acetone.  Let dry (takes like 3 seconds, but why race the clock here.)   

Two full coats of gelcoat on the old girl,,, she looks like a danged new boat right now.  As the stuff cures, it gets a little duller, but also smooths out.   Tomorrow, after a full days cure, I will wipe her down with acetone, to get the wax off her and see if she needs a third coat (or fourth for that matter) sanding and polishing after,,,,

And while I was waiting for Gel to cure (first round) I wrapped up getting Selkie wrapped out.   Put the deck lines back in place and secured, Compass back on deck, footboard installed, make sure the seat is still secure (though i never pulled it) and give her insides a good wipe down and blow out with a leaf blower.

She is now on Buffalo, waiting to get wet tomorrow at the lake; test run!!!

No water time today, but what I did do, has put me in an easier state of mind, almost as good as a full day paddling.   ALMOST,,,,   Tomorrow will make up the difference.

And all was done with a kitten riding herd on me!!!   (half tempted to call little’un, GIZMO,    he sure has that look with his oversized ears right now,,,  Still debating it,,, He only responds to tongue clicks so far,,,Will see.)  

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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,,,  

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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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