Retirement Date

This is what you have to look forward too when you retire.

DJ and I decided to go on a date Monday.  First we go to the clinic to get blood work for me (cholesterol) and then flu shots for both of us and then to the Jet Room for breakfast!   What a day to look forward too. DATE MORNING.   THEN we come back and wait for the mail because you never know what is coming.  How exciting is THAT!

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Before I get into my hatred of the FS1 pre game show we had some disappointing home news.

Ever since we completed our basement the toilet has not worked.  Tried everything including the most powerful  power flush toilet.  Finally got a real answer.  It seems the plumbing to the downstairs toilet is slanted BACKWARDS!  The pipe was put in is back pitched 10 years ago meaning we will NEVER get that toilet to work unless we smash 15 feet of concrete beneath our floor and lay new pipe.   sigh  son of a bitch!   

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Then there are the buffoons on FS1 who seem to hate the Brewers and their "gimmicks".  All 4 said the Brewers could not win because they do not use their pitching staff in a traditional manner.  YES - they actually said that.

They all predicted the Brewers lose game one because you cannot win on gimmicks in the playoffs.

BUT WAIT!!  Then Alex Rodriguez actually said after the game that "the Rockies are in the drivers seat because the Brewers cannot possibly win". Their bullpen is spent already.

WHAT?  So the Rockie starter went 5 innings and they used 6 pitchers. The Brewers also used 6 pitchers but their "opener" only went 3 innings . . . and thus our bullpen is tired?  Those 2 innings are the key to failure?

I decided to never listing to the idiots that replaced Rich Eisen on AM 1310 a few months ago  because all they did was complain about analytics and how Council was misusing the bullpen and the Brewers could NEVER sustain it for the next 100 games - ummmmmmmm  They did.  It's a very deep bullpen.

Add to the fact that all those guys that pitched last night CAN pitch today because tomorrow is a day off.  It actually works out pretty well with so many days off in the playoffs.

Now today is like a Sunday for baseball fans.  Four games starting at about 1:00 and going to midnight?  It's heaven.

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The REAL jobs number

2.2% Unemployed, want a job, actively looking
50.1% are employed full time
10.3% employed part time
2.0% unemployed want a job, not looking
35.3% unemployed - don't want a job

The latest numbers were VERY disappointing - the estimate was 185,000 new jobs and the number came in at 134,000 new jobs. However hourly wages increased as the job market tightened.  There are not enough workers to go around.

So if you hear a politician talk JOBS JOBS JOBS - NO - there are jobs - we need PEOPLE.

One CEO said that in order to hire new people those people have to quit the job they already have which is meaning having to raise wages which will spike inflation.

We got an email from Steinhaufels (sp?), that furniture store saying they are doing all they can to combat the tariffs by filling their warehouses to the brim before the price for furniture goes up and the major soda companies are raising prices for Coke and Pepsi because aluminum is costing more.

Here comes inflation.

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If you are looking for a fun book to read about coffee - purchase a little $10 book called

 The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone

it's not a deep thought, all inclusive coffee book but more of an intro to coffee and what it is and how

it came to be.

"An illustrated guide to the essential rules for enjoying coffee both at home and in cafes, including tips on storing and serving coffee, coffee growing, roasting and brewing, plus facts, lore, and popular culture from around the globe." 


Its a fun little book.

Maybe since it's illegal to grow cannabis I'll just grow a coffea plant, harvest the fruit, take out the beans, use natural process (as opposed to washing) and roast the beans for one cup of coffee and wait until next year for another cup.   hmmmmm

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WEATHER - OK OK - maybe not FIVE inches of rain in the next 6 days . Maybe 2.5 inches.  Expect some sort of rain in 9 of the next 10 days. YUCK

Should get back into the mid 70s Monday and Tuesday and then back to the 50s .

Showers and mid 50s this weekend and then NEXT weekend cooler and rain.  Nothing to look forward too. Sorry