No Doomer Pron here,,,  Just playing with somethinks,

Give this a watch, take about 7 minutes of your day. (and I preface this with my initial observation of “What sort of SHIT is this one?”)

Now, I can pick apart several arms of his arguments without breaking a sweat: notably, his argument about the Mastodon and using its diet as ‘proof’ of his case.   Not going there in this post (about another 10000 words to make my point and break his.).

What I am curious about is the cycle he points out: the 12000 year cycle, and how it lines up so nicely to Cultural memory around the world (along with some other cultural memories shared on other items, but thats not for this post.)   Most all Cultures of the world mention a “Great Flood” of some sort, the most documented being within the Bible itself and most of us are quite familiar with that story.  

The problem I always had as a kid was ‘If the world flooded, where’d all that water GO?”  (even as a brat, I knew this world was a closed system.)  Well, Floods don’t neccesarily have to cover everything planet wide, just wide enough that the people of that area can’t see anything BUT water for a period of time and blamm0! you have world flood embedded in cultural memory.   40 days and nights would do just about right, and top it off with techtonic shifts (siesmic activity to include remote volcanoes that release tons of ash creating cloud cover and increasing rainfall.) and you have 40 days and 40 nights of DELUGE.    And this could be attributed to THE GODS because people didn’t have our sort of ‘Big Picture’ back then.  (also note this; some are going on and on about this ‘event’ being an extinction level event.  IF that were the case and the 12000 year cycle is ‘close enough’, than no, this is NOT an extinction level event, but it is going to hurt, A LOT,   But there will be survivors and a rebuild.    What I would really like to see is whats under the water currently  in certain places.  Stuff left over from the last event if this is true.)(addendum thought: Its well documented that the ancients watched the stars.  If the continents shifted like that, woudn’t some people somewhere have noted that it seemed like the very heavens had shifted around? (they wouldn’t neccesarily equate the stars movement as them shifting location on the planet.)  Dunno, another weak link in this theory but still solid enough to not dismiss out of hand.)

Here’s the funny part for me: I want to witness this event if the above predictions have any validity. (and I am not saying one way or the other, way above my paygrade and expertise I haven’t claim to.)  I want to witness them because it would ANSWER so many of the daggum questions I keep opening doors on, but never getting anything except deeper down the rabbit hole.   And there are some pretty damned wild theories running amok in the wilds of the internet, I can tell you that much: the alternate history writers haven’t diddly in comparison to some of the hallways I have traveled recently,,,   (read the “the lost book of Enki” if you really want to dive deep in Out There theories based (loosely IMO ) on Symerian tablets and our interpretations of such.)

What I do know.  There are things in this world, that are not readily explained by SCIENCE.  And that is not a stab at Science in anyway…  Its a statement that there just isn’t enough information available to come to a conclusion AT THIS TIME.   Theories are just that, THEORY, and sometimes, the wilder the theory, the closer it gets to the truth.   Don’t bet against them, not yet.   SO, I watch little vids like the above, pick apart the stuff that is obvious to me, store the stuff I can’t pick apart in some file cabinet in the back of the brain, and later, if something else comes along, can add to that file,  combine with other files, or pull the file out and re-file it as “BUNK”.   (the BUNK folder is HUGE!!! but I don’t pitch it because it makes debates much more fun when you can pull out references to cripple the oppositions argument. It also helps when researching the wilder theories when you can reference their points to what you already have in the BUNK folder.  Helps keep your keel level and running true, not diverted by currents, or trendy thinking.)

Another thing I do know: I have personally seen stuff in this world that can only be explained by spiritual intervention.(with the caveat of ‘by our current level of understanding.’)   So I keep an open mind on everything. (except Gore-Bull Warmening,,, And I have my reasons.)   I just wanna know TRUTH, whatever that may be and however ‘out there’ it is.  

My mood has been as gray as the skies today.

Went to lake, and it made me feel even gloomier: thats saying something, probably not a good something,,,

Home now, gonna spend the rest of the day piddlin’ on Buffalo, trying to be productive and improve the mood.  

What’s strange about it; it doesn’t feel ‘internal’, more empathic, like the world is feelin’ the blahs and I’m pickin’ up on it.  Things have been going well for me this week

and maybe thats part of it as well: the “shits goin’ too good, whens the other ball drop?” feeling.  

dunno,

not sure I wanna know; just wanna fix it and make it go away.

more later, and will try to be more upbeat

keep on livin’

wrapped up the week in the best way, ALONE at the shop, doing my real J.O.B.  FABRICATION,,, making the gates,,  One big tall drive gate, and a square tubed gate that we use for our wood fence.   That last,,  Heavy bastaches, but they will never sag like the old wood framed gates

Did more thinking on the subject matter from this mornings post.   BOB, weakening magnetic shields, reversing earth polarity,,,  especially that last,   Something about it aroused a memory of something from physics and I can not recall what exactly,,, only something about a spinning top and how some types will falter and ‘flip’ over.    Maybe someone can illuminate what I am trying to remember here.  

No matter though, I do recall the effect happens FAST.   If related, what we will see will be upon us with little more warning than what we have already concluded.   It may seem like it takes a lifetime to conclude, but in earth terms, a mere eyeblink.   Even so, I would imagine that it will still be fast in human terms as well.  months, not years or decades.  

but the longer lasting effects,,,  Navigation is going to be a complete disaster, especially for those animals that rely on magnetic grids: birds, fish, etc, for finding reproduction grounds.   Compass navigation for us two legged types is going to be FUBAR for quite awhile until the poles settle down.   And thats making the assumption they stay put and don’t do an instantaneous reversal BACK,,,

And thats assuming the field doesn’t grow so weak during the process, that we aren’t cooked alive by Mama-natures Microwave oven, also known as BOB (Big Orange Ball )   I would imagine that getting kicked back a century in tech is going to be the least of our worries at that stage.   Lord knows there is no way the current populations could be sustained on that level of technology.  

(and this last written as if I will be one of the survivors)   Of all the things I worry about the most in the above: the end of the Information Age.   We have so much available to us at the tip of our fingers (literally) currently and ALL of that could dissappear in the blink of an eye.  How many sites are backed up in analog form, not digital?   Think of the space needed.   I know I have terabytes of memory full of documents, books, recordings, music, videos, interviews, etc etc, and that storage unit is smaller than a soft cover novel.   To replicate that in analog form?  I would need to double my house size just for storage of it, with no room for anything else.   (note: I do have a lot of dead tree editions as well.  Especially those items that are older than me by decades; books on machining and other lost arts, things that will be of benefit when things go teats up.  At least those will still ‘work’ as designed.)

and my selections are such a small part of the information that is readily available to us currently.    That I have spent so much time watching Utoob vids the last couple of weeks, digging into strange topics,,,, All of that will be relegated to odd corners of the world,

or lost completely,,,

Think medieval times where the centers of knowledge were tucked away in far off monestaries, and passing that knowledge along was strictly limited to those with the means, or to become cloistered monks.   The rest of the world lived closer to the bone and pig ignorant.   That sort of world scares me: the guy that believes in his heart of hearts that everyone likes being educated as much as I do.  I know such is NOT the case, but that is the one illusion that holds me the tightest: that others wish to know as strongly as I do.

so much information, relegated to faulty memory, potentially warped by such, and eventually lost to time.    Much like other times long past where we have the relics, but no hard information about them and how they were made: just suppositions, educated guesstimates, and wild ass theories of alien intervention.  (and no real proofs for or against )

yeah, that shit scares me.   Knowing that if things break at that level, that this world as we know it will become some myth 4000 years down the line.  And you know the historians will get it wrong.

So tonight I am chilling out, trying to NOT think about such, enjoying the sounds of a lovely woman that utoob AI thought I should hear (and yes, her eyes decided me to give her a listen.)

enjoy.

Keep on livin’

BCE has some input over at his place,,, RTWT, not techy, but thought provoking

Spud sent me this earlier this week.

and I got to thinking some other things.

Remember that movie “2012”?   How the world was coming to an end, and some people in high places knew it and were making inroads on how to survive it, building a series of “Arks” to carry them over the floods?

Yeah, that.   I always had a problem with that.  See, they were the “EeLeeT, donchaknow, they deserved to live!”.  Only, one HUGE problem,,, Those shits may have had the brain power to rule countries, but they had ZERO practical skills past making money and giving orders.   What a foundation to build the world back on, eh?   Seriously a case of ‘Too many chiefs, not enough indians”: also known as “FAIL!”.

Now to completely honest, I watched the above vid, and thought, “well, what can anyone ACTUALLY DO about it?”.   NOTHING,,, Dig a deep ass hole and hope to survive?   Maybe that is what the EeLeeT of our world have planned, but, just like those asshats in that fictional movie of a great flood, They ain’t thinking past the saving ones own ass: pretty much the same way they currently run the world, eh?   Yeah,,,

The other aspect of watching that vid, and I feel that BCE concurs, is “I’m at peace with this”.   If this shit comes down, it won’t be exclusive to one region, ethnic group, or biased in any way.   Equal Oppurtunity destroyer, all around.    Those that make?   Sucks to be us/them, but hey, suddenly, the idea of merit and competency take the lead horse place again.  Those that can, will do, those that can’t, DIE  (or is that DEI now,,, ;-P  )   Nothing personal, just bizzness, and according to BOB, bizzness is good.  

Anywhoooos,,, early post for y’all, gotz to get my hindquarters off to the J.O.B.  and make the shekels to keep MY personal world rolling along until BOB blows the circuits of the world.   I will even have more thoughts on this, you betcha,,,

keep on livin’

Wrapped up day, sent bossman a text with my current hours for the week, parked truck and tallied hours for the rest of the crew to hand off to him tomorrow. (I get paid early due to banking reasons. THEY get paid on friday to make sure the deadbeats show up on friday.)(and in a round’bout way, that they show up on monday too, usually dead broke and asking for an advance,,,,,)

Bossman came out and handed me my check and seemed unperturbed by the amount,,, I guess Son of Bossman wasn’t kidding when he said ‘dad suggested,,,’    Wow,,,

Full work week in, no OT, but who cares, best week I have had in MONTHS,,,  And with the raise, it really showed it.   Relief feelings washed over me, especially while looking at needing to spend nearly a grand on Buffalo here very soon-like.  

Been tossing the ‘posi vs open diff’ thing around,,,, Yeah, it would be nice, especially in winter on this hill, to have a posi-trac rearend in the old beast.   Fact is, the unit is over twice the amount for the repair parts of what I already have/had.  IE: I could repair BOTH diffs with new parts to factory spec for LESS than I would spend on the Posi kit. (((Yes, I am tossing my thoughts out in the spheres where I can see them as well as your seeing them.)))   Second fact of that is: the only issue I had climbing this hill was wore out shoes on the old girl.   Once I put better treads on her, she did just fine, and the 4×4 works, and WILL work better once I have the matching ratio Gears back in her. (3.73 gears VERIFIED, not guessed at.)(the swapped diff is 3.55,,, makes for the front to feel grabby in fourwheel, and probably would do some damage if I had used it where the tires couldn’t slip and slide around.)

AH, but that brings about a dillemma,,,,   Seems my CU is suffering from Diversity,,,    I haven’t been ‘home’ in quite a while, so had no clue what has been going on there.   No, don’t get me wrong, but some types should NOT be hired on just because of color/ethnic/gender reasons.    While I lived up there, yeah, the entire office was staffed by wymenz,,, No issues, they worked thier tails off for the members of the Credit Union.   Well, after the last week, applying for the Credit Extension, then having to ask for updates, to nearly immediately get response, to be told ‘finalizing will take place tomorrow with (some strange fem name) by 11am.’

I carried my phone with me ALL DAMNED DAY, I don’t normally do that when out in the feild.  I keep it in the truck and check my texts regularly (the bosses know that’s the best way to contact me and direct/re-direct as needed)  

Nothing.  

So, tonight I jumped on the website and checked out the personell files and lo-and-behold,,,, Damn Jeana, the staff looks like the dregs of the DMV,,,,

I can see this getting dragged around a bit before I have to contact someone higher up to get the whip cracking in the air,,,,

sorry to say, but this is what happens when businesses are forced or shamed into practicing anything other than COMPETENCY HIRING.   Period,,, Sorry, too many of the “Can’ts” or “Won’ts” just looking for a paycheck and know that ONCE HIRED ON, they can stick like ticks and milk the paychecks.   No one can fire them without risking serious legal issues, and in some cases, such as where Brudda B works, they can’t fire anyone short of said person committing Grand Theft or some other Capitol Offense.  

Dunno know about these days, since I operate in the boonies,,, But back when I was in ‘city’, at least the technical service industry was able to keep competency alive.  Yeah, they were forced to hire the ‘obligatory’ type to keep the heat off them, but that person was usually relegated to Go-pher or some such and not actually making problems worse,,,   There was a reason the last two wrenching jobs I worked, demanded some ASE certs,,, At least you could pass a test was their outlook.   From what I hear now, that is going the wayside because the lawyer fees for discrimination are getting out there.  Just bite the bullet, hope and pray that they can do something, and not get people killed in the process.

My question on that last note: How is demanding certification “Discrimination”?    Anyone can go take those tests: pay a small fee, take the test, and if you pass, (its strictly multiple choice, no written, no essay, and usually under 50 questions per cert.) BAM, you are certified with a certificate to hang on the wall, and a patch for your uniforms.  No one asks color, religion, gender, orientation, nothing,,, just take the damned test and pass,, simple.    I don’t get it.  The lawyers could read a good Heinlein novel and come up with a Stephen King horror novel and convince you of that fact.    I don’t like that shit.   (and why I started studying Rhetoric because that is their weapon,,,)

Seriously, if demanding certification is discrimination, than those being discriminated against have other issues, like VICTIM MENTALITY and they would rather skate on that, than actually accomplish something in this world.

just like TICKS,,,

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one more day of the J.O.B.   one more day before I can go to my church of the two-bladed paddle and get some serious ground and center in.   Looks like another wet weekend upcoming; fine by me, water hiss is just about the perfect frequency to calm my mind and soul.  

more laters,

keep on livin’

Good news, got a payraise, I think I mentioned that yesterday.   Bad news, I got my Credit extension too.  

Why is that Bad news?   Its not like I added more debt on, (YET), They just extended my limit, right?

Yeah,,, but now I need to get the parts for the Buffalo and that means work and that means MORE work to pay the debt BACK DOWN,,,   so, yeah, kinda sorta bad news,,,,

But all in all, its an improvement,,,,

All good: its a much better interest rate than others are offering and thats why I chose that route.   Still a tad high IMO, but certainly NOT the ursurous rates other companies are demanding.   All part of the recovery process from the turmoils I went through in the late Aughts.

And it reminds me of a lesson that I learned; one that sometimes gets forgotten.    ASK!    If you never ask, if you never buy that ticket, if you never extend the question, YOU NEVER GET TO TAKE THE RIDE.  Buy that lottery ticket ‘just ’cause’, ask for that extension of the credit,  ask the girl for that dance,

but’chagotta ask FIRST.  No one is ‘just’ gonna give you that chance (‘cepting maybe the girl, but you’d better be ready to pay that bill.)

ASK.

And sometimes, ya gotta put your foot in the door and risk getting your toes smashed,,,

And with those thoughts in me head, I think, in addition to my ‘good-ish vibes’ about our future, I think there is going to be a great awakening of people to the lessons I just mentioned.   We’re gonna have to ask for, even DEMAND, the changes we need in this country.   Its getting close,,,,

keep on livin’