As I was walking into the station I noticed a police officer parked on the side of the building. He was watching this woman who was smoking a cigarette while pumping her gas. Of course I saw her and thought what a dumb ass. Anyway I go inside and as the cashier gives me my change, I hear somebody screaming. I look out the window and see the woman's arm is on fire. She was swinging her arm and running around like a crazy woman. I run outside and the officer has the lady on the ground already. He was putting the fire out with coffee or something.
Then he proceeded to handcuff her and put her in the back of his car. I thought to myself, "What kind of an idiot smokes while pumping gas?!?! What did she think was going to happen? And being the curious person I am, I asked the officer what he was charging her with?
He looked me dead in the face, and said,
"WAVING A FIREARM!!!!"
bada boom
ok ok - that never happened!
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So I complained the other day about a restaurant that changed their Italian beef sandwich. Mostly it was a bun problem. I contacted them and told them my feelings and the response was "yes, we had to change the buns because the old ones were discontinued".
I then said something on the order of "so you went the cheapest worst possible bun you could find?" Or something slightly more politically correct.
Well, the owner seemed to agree so they are looking for better buns.
For a while in my life I was a professional cook (not chef). My mom was not a great cook and I was a picky eater so I learned to cook the things I liked and then my first wife was a good cook and I learned how to cook from her.
ANYWAY - don't people understand that the bun is part of the meal? It's not just a place holder until you get to the meat part. The Caribou Tavern, one of what I believe the best bar burgers in Madison had their buns discontinued and went with a different bun that totally killed their great burger.
I, of course, "complained and explained". A month later they found similar buns and the place is good to go now. I did this at Kestrel Ridge - typical frozen patty with a hideous HUGE bun. I complained and explained. Have not been back. People are food blind.
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WELL - my experiment with Multifocus contacts was so close to happening. But no. My left, dominate eye failed me. Only 33% of Americans have a left dominate eye and less have a left dominate eye AND are right handed. Most right handed MLB players are left/right like I am. I should have chosen to be a Major League Baseball player. BUT NOOOO, I went the IT route. I'm so stupid.
Anyway, my right eye was perfect but after 3 different tweaks they could not hone in the left eye.
I had a choice. 85% vision for distance and 100% close, 90 distance and 90% close (my numbers when explaining) or 95% distance and 80% close.
OR - what I decided on was 100% distance and 0% close. The price for the multifocus was . . . a LOT. I mean . . A LOT. Let's just say if I purchased a whole year I would get $200 off and insurance would take another $300+ off and they were STILL too expensive for not being 100%.
I put my old lenses on last night to see the difference and OH, so so nice to be totally clear.
Did you know they have transition contacts? Would that be weird? They turn dark in UV.
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And then this happened
I think he was just enjoying the scenery.
This actually happens more often then you think at Kestrel Ridge. Maybe once a week and pretty much in from of everybody who owns a home on the 16th tee.
I suggested well places shrubs. There is no way to get an outhouse to that other side and it would be ugly. There is one 300 yards ahead but that seems to be 300 yards too far. It's REALLY a very easy solution. Plant 2 or 3 cotoneaster shrub's or maybe something pretty and us guys who just can not hold it for 300 yards can go behind the shrubs.
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I've been sad that the new porch/deck does not have an easy hummingbird feeder place. But while Elwood and I was sitting outside last Saturday we had a couple hummingbirds ate from our budding wine and roses weigela.
Ours do not look like this YET as they are less then one year old. The tricky part is the flowers only come on OLD bark so you can't cut them back AND get flowers. I'm happy!
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Saw a news bit about farmers and tariffs, While they are waiting for government handouts (called socialism) they agree tariffs are REALLY hurting. But they also still believe Trump is a brilliant businessman ( who has gone bankrupt 4 times and lost $1 BILLION in a 10 years span) and believe him when he says in one and a half years they will be rolling in cash.
hmmmmmm one and a half years. Isn't that when the election is?
Wait - Trumps economics are working so GREAT right? lets see he promised to bring down the trade deficit - yet right now we are all an all time high. At no time in history has America purchased so much overseas and overseas has purchased so little STRIKE ONE
He promised his supporters he would "COMPLETELY eliminate Federal Debt". yet we are an an ALL TIME HIGH in federal Debt. STRIKE TWO
He promised to boost wages and PROMISED the American family would get a $4000 pay raise per household. Yet adjusted for inflation wages are flat while corporate profits are an an ALL TIME HIGH - with zero trickle down at all. STRIKE THREE
Corporations would invest these profits from tax cuts and "said" trickle down would happen. But Corporations spent these profits buying back shares of companies that helped the rich get richer. STRIKE FOUR
Remember the tax cut for the middle class? Americas will pay MUCH more in taxes by 2027 when all the "freebies" run their course. STRIKE FIVE
Bring back jobs to America? The opposite is actually happening. The trade wars are forcing companies . . like Harley Davidson and Caterpillar to move more operations overseas. STRIKE SIX
OH YEA - Drain the Swamp. How many crooks has he hired and fired in his administration? and all of these lobbyists that everyone hates? They are now in charge of the things they were AGAINST?
STRIKE SEVEN
And on that subject, there are 17 agencies that have no one permanent running them. Just crooks off the street in temporary positions. STRIKE EIGHT
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Sickening!
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