Columbus should change it's name to Prairie Ridge. Seriously

The good news is that for the first time since February when The Oaks purchased teh golf course, Kestrel Ridge watered. They went from loosing 400 gallons a minutes from a non-maintained irrigation system that had over 100 leaks to almost fully functional.

It was sure working great when we built our house but went under new ownership and things went downhill. 

The first time the system went on we had water blasting into our kitchen BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM - a pretty big surprise in the middle of the night when I run into the kitchen and get bashed with water.  There was no house there the last time that particular sprinkler went on.  We always liked the normal sound but for the last few years we had not seen them watering at all.

We didn't tell Kestrel about the issue as we had a new yard and got free watering.  We just made sure that appropriate  windows were closed.

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Took this image of dew on Autumn Joy Sedum with a 105mm macro lens

     
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I gotta laugh.  I'm on a Fort Atkinson "What's going On"  facebook page and DJ is on a Sun Prairie "Whats going On" page and I swear they are all the same page.  The same exact complaints on all three,

It's creepy.

McDonald employees being rude and crummy food (yes, everybody complains about the obvious)  The water bill is way too high, when will roads be fixed, what are property taxes for anyway,  why can't we get more businesses downtown and why does our local government not care about bringing business to the community, we need another grocery store, our schools suck.

IT'S THE SAME COMPLAINTS   Columbus is not unique. We think we are but Columbus is basically Anytown USA.

In fact - Columbus should change it's name to Prairie Ridge.  A MUCH better and prettier name then "Columbus".  We would not have the hate "Columbus" brings but their really is no real reason to have "Columbus" be the name we use. 

Why not take the hospitals suggestion and just change our name to Prairie Ridge.  MUCH prettier.  Of course Columbus Water and Light will have to repaint the water tower.

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WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION - PBS

Highly recommended - So many things I learned in this new documentary - The Hog Farm was the security police - I did not know that.   Max Yasger was not a country bumpkin but a very smart strong conservative businessman.   Great, new never seen before videos and images.

https://youtu.be/WEaMka89dM4


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OK OK - I'm not a vitamin freak but did grow up sickly and my mom pumped vitamins into me so I have a shelf full of different bottles with letters on then  E, A, B-Complex Fish Oil and so forth.

With my torn medial meniscus and "great" toe issues I decided, after reading a bunch, to try Glucosamine which "supports healthy joints".   So I purchased a bottle and started taking them, what could go wrong.

Last night we were watching 3 more episodes of Game of Thrones (I think it will be a hit) and realized that this weekend I had basically zero issues with toe OR knee.  Placebo?  Who knows.  I'll finish this bottle and make a game time decision.

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Remember that one cannabis stock I was touting - I hope you also remember it was highly speculative and a long term bet.  It's sucked lately as logistics issues and the firing of the CEO led to a sell off.  But all cannabis stocks have suffered. 

Still a GREAT bet I say - it's not like it's going away. 

The markets as a whole are in a consolidation period with wild swings mostly caused by the Mad King, Expect this to continue and don't get worried on the day to day swings.  ALTHOUGH - I have 45% in conservative income producing stocks.

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Five cities have raised the minimum wage to $15 up from $7.25 New York City, Seattle, the Bay Area, Chicago, and Washington DC.

In New York the city's restaurant industry outperformed the rest of the US in job growth and expansion since it began raising wages in 2013.

Seattle voted to raise minimum wages to $15 an hour back in 2015. The hike had little impact on restaurant closures, but led to higher prices and shorter workdays.  Restaurant jobs in Seattle have been steadily rising since 2015, according to the Federal Reserve.

The rising minimum wage had little to no effect on the restaurant industry in the Bay Area.
Five years ago, Chicago voted to raise minimum wages to $13 by 2019. After increasing wages from $10 to $10.50, the city saw little change in employment.

Weird - the world did not come to an end and restaurants did not close.  The only real thing that happened was employees got more money to spend and help the economy . . . . and themselves.