Watch freaking out for Friday's weather. The high will be 92 but the dew point will be astronomically near 77 degrees. Add all that at the heat index will be nearing 106 by late afternoon. Saturday not as bad, only 99 before a cold front sweeps by with thunderstorms Saturday night.
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This was a hand held shot from our driveway where a bunch of plants are waiting to be planted. I was just seeing how still I could get with no tripod. You are not seeing the failures LOL
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SO - we have trees downtown. Now, where are the bike racks and benches that we set money aside for. We borrowed a crap load of cash and one of the things promised were trash cans, bike racks and benches Let's not stop half done.
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67% of Republicans believe America sets a good moral example (seriously?) while only 20% of Democrats believe America as a good moral compass (unless that is how you spell the mushroom and I will catch shit again).
In the Obama era it was 44% and 49%
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Don't look now but North Korea is upgrading their nuclear plants. I hope we can give them more concessions to make them stop again. The last ones didn't seem to stick. The President thinks higher of North Korea then Harley-Davidson.
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What ever happened to the iPhone X buzz. I don't hear anybody really going out of their way to praise it. I did not buy one because of the stupid FaceID thing. Yea - because the fingerprint thing is 2000's?
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Had my best round ever at Six Mile Creek. sadly the last 4 holes I got lazy/tired and had issues off the tee. Still shot a 96 (45, 51). Happy yet sad. and THAT is what golf is all about. No matter how good you shoot . . it's always disappointing.
It takes 45 minutes to get from Columbus to UW Hospital/Clinics. I got there and checked in and they asked "do you know where to go" I said "no" and they said "it's simple - past the coffee, down the hall on your left" simple right?
So I walk past the coffee shop and I see nothing that looks close to hearing or audio or anything else. I walk around looking and I see nothing. I stop at some cancer place and they say - simple . up the hall on your right . . . I walk up the hall and see nothing recognizable.
I go into another room and ask - OH - THIS is it - The Otolaryngologists clinic - HOW COULD I MISS THAT!!
Anyway - I didn't think I had an issue but my mom complained that her hearing was good but everybody else mumbled a lot. I had noticed that loud bars all my 30 year old friends had no issues but MAN I could only hear half the words and on TV we would turn on the captions because it seem that sometimes actors just mumbled their lines. Kiefer Sutherland was one of them.
SO - why not get it checked every 4 decades.
Bottom line. I'm fine. The high middle range such as a woman's voices is a little soft but I can make that work for me.
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Just a weird photo I took.
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In other news - The trees are being planted downtown. A windmill I have been chasing for 10 years all the way back to being on the Main Street Committee is finally coming to fruition.
Alpha - with awesome cool car in background
Beta
Wetting Wilma - already named by citizens
Of course the complaints are rolling in. "Now we have to duck branches" "It's going to tear up the sidewalk in 40 years" (a real comment) and what about the sewers pipes.
Now businesses will be lined up waiting to open store fronts. Of course the tree next to The Cage will last 2 weeks but . . . . hey. it's a start. I can feel the fresh air already standing next to them.
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The price for a POUND of cannabis in Colorado is below $1000 for the first time. In 2015 a pound was $2,007. Prices continue to fall.
I saw on the news Coors is looking to buy Cannabis from Canada to infuse into their beer. The news said Wisconsin was one place they were thinking about brewing it. WHAT? Do they know Wisconsin ass backwards when it comes to cannabis?
Yesterday Epidiolex became the first cannabis drug approved by the Food and Drug people to treat epilepsy.
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There are some places in Utah where you can vote by mail. There was a 7% increase in votes from younger people.
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Ever since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and the GOP decided they no longer were worthy of saving , 135,000 residents have moved to Florida, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts .
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There are 350 woman running for office that are Democrats and 118 woman running for the GOP. Meanwhile the number of woman in Congress that are Democrats has steadily grown the last 20 years, the number of Republican woman in Congress . . . . no real change. All older while males.
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TURN : Washington's Spies. EXCELLENT 40 episode docudrama about the Revolutionary war. I'm on to the last 10 episodes. Benedict Arnold just defected (and failed)
A true story about the Culper gang. All but the woman has been identified. She was the actual leader but historians still have not figured WHO she was.
https://youtu.be/udtna7djtsg
A MUST see TV on Netflix.
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Be careful this afternoon/evening. A slight chance for some sever storms - probably closer to the border but there is some flooding potential as this VERY slow moving system could stall with torrential rain in some spots
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doesn't it seem weird that the right is so worried about socialism as they install a fascist government?
1. Disdain for Human Rights
2. Identification of scapegoats as a unifying Cause
3. Rampant Sexism
4. Control and disdain of Mass Media
5. Obsession with National Security
6. Religion and Government intertwined
7. Corporate Power is Protected above individual power
8. Labor Power is surpressed
9. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts
10. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
11. Rampant cronyism and corruption
12. Fraudulent Elections
Hearing test day - WHAT? I can't remember the last time I had a hearing test . . Junior high perhaps? Gotta go all the way to UW Hospital for the sound prove room. I hope I pass.
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Chillin out on the last weekend of our patio which seems to attract mosquitoes. 10+ years ago Elwood and I planted 13 cotoneasters which seemed like a good idea at the time but with the yearly Jap beetle issues and they have gottin so big and wind blocking mosquitoes love it.
So what are we doing? tearing out 12 cotoneasters (one didn't make it) an entire butterfly garden and putting 52 new plants and shrubs/small trees in. Well - I'm not doing it. It would take me an entire summer. A few of teh new plants will have to go elsewhere as one area is already under construction. Before and after photos are a plan.
The problem with flowers photographs - it's just so dang easy to take a pretty flower photo.
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The NYTimes has an article about Wisconsin and our failing economy now with Trumps trade war REALLY hurting our state. The possibility of dumping milk in the fields as no one is buying our cheese overseas and now Harley Davidson moving some of the operations to the UK as it's too expensive to build bikes in Wisconsin ($3000 per bike raise in price).
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HEY - looking for a fun and different movie to watch? DJ and I watched Thor :Ragnarok and she is NOT a super hero movie person. Both of us loved it!! I have gottin so bored with super hero movies. 1/2 hour of plot and 1.5 hours of a CGI fight scene.
This one is VERY entertaining the entire movie. It's funny, has a real plot that lasts the entire movie. SADLY - it's not HD, No Dolby Atmos sigh!! disappointing - But it's a fun ride for the whole family.
https://youtu.be/ue80QwXMRHg
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TREES - in Melbourn the city planted a CRAP load of trees, I mean a LOT. City officials came up with a way for residents to report tree issues via email. Each tree is assigned a number or and email address and if there is an issue you can email that a certain trees is in harms way.
PROBLEM - residents are emailing the trees directly.
My dearest Ulmus, As I was leaving St. Mary’s College today I was struck, not by a branch, but by your radiant beauty. You must get these messages all the time. You’re such an attractive tree.
Dear 1037148, You deserve to be known by more than a number. I love you. Always and forever.
I suggest with the trees being planted downtown soon we should have a small plaque with an email address and a tree name (I would supply both) so people can complain, compliment or report issues.
Stupid? Brilliant? I'll be the nexus of operations. just putting it out there. PLUS - free press! I bet Madison Newspapers would love a feel good article from a small town.
Just putting it out there for reactions.
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My brother's son competing in the - First Elite level Spartan Race which led to an OCR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP qualifying time.
SADLY a broken wrist canceled his plans to compete in the OCR. Seems wrists are an important thing.
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In a new poll by PEW Research
81 percent of black respondents said President Trump has not too much or no respect at all for people like them. Other subgroups where majorities believe the president does not have respect for them include women (57 percent), Hispanic people (67 percent), women aged 18 to 49 (62 percent), people aged 18 to 29 (57 percent) men and women age 50 or higher (51 percent), Catholics (53 percent) and black protestants (81 percent).
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After today's day off the Brewers play 21 games in the next 20 days. Got a double header with Pittsburgh (their one and only rain out so far).
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Here is a good one that I ALWAYS SEE - ever go clothes shopping and see a shirt but not one is YOUR size?
The average waist of an average American woman is 37.3 inches for a woman over 20 years old. A latest mindless study at The Mall of America of ALL jeans the average waste size was 30 inches.
