Wolves
Still on the wolf kick, WSF?
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Emperor Polis’ husband isn’t pleased.
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51st State
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Steve Forbes outlines why making Canada part of the USA
is a bad idea.
Act Blue
How the money is raised, in part.
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Where the money goes.
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It gets crazy. One pissant Congressional seat.
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Environazi – Colorado Energy
Sector
Death by hundreds of rules and regulations plus lawfare.
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Wyoming Story
Always seems to be Casper. Some scientists think the “super
volcano” lies under Casper and Yellowstone is merely a vent. Could that
influence human behavior?
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Past Useful Service Life
A tendon in my left shoulder recently detached. X-rays reveal
the tendon has become too small, because of age, to be reattached. The
alternative is a ‘reverse shoulder replacement’. Hell no!
Perhaps doing dumb stuff most of my life is to blame.
Example: Bored car salesmen are dangerous. Years ago the dealership
employing me had a spot at the Western Washington Fair. I loathed these goat ropes.
The best you could hope for were some leads. Never did I, or anyone I knew, sell
are car there.
Nearby, the carnival had a bungee jump that was maybe 100’
high. One salesman, who hated my guts, said I was too afraid to do the bungee jump.
After informing him if he would pay for it, I would do it. He rounded up the
cash, and I made the jump. I was sore for a few days. That was dumb.
Oh well, don’t mean shit, 2-3 acetaminophen and drive on.
Overkill?
Doing a spring inventory of the car (jumper cables,
fluids, survival clothing, etc.) I found six flashlights and two unopened bulk
packs of batteries.
Is that too much?
As always, YMMV
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8 comments:
My wife had the reverse shoulder last year. Doing good. Beats the alternative.
My sister recently had it done. At age 80, the medics aren't eager to do any operations. The arms functions with limitations and the pain is down to about 2-3 on the 10 scale.
Ouch! Re the wolves, SSS... And politics/running for 'office' is getting stupid. When $100M gets spent on a congresscritter's race, it makes you wonder 'who' they owe their allegiance to if they get elected...
Exactly
After an episode where three of us were inspecting a machine in an underground tunnel when the main transformer for the entire site blew itself to Martian orbit, plunging us into complete darkness and not one of us had a &^%$#@! flashlight and we had to grope our way out, I'm seldom if ever without at least one flashlight on my person at all times. If in a tunnel, I'll have two. So no, WSF, I don't think that's overkill.
Better to have too many, or none? As to tunnels, not a favorite place for me. Circa 1953, my Dad was the Section Foreman for the Moffat Tunnel. I often got to ride along. Being with my Dad and his crew was great; being in a tunnel, not so much.
Was the tunnel you were in on ground level? Imagine if you had ridden an elevator to lower levels.
Better to have too many. "Two is one and one is none." As to the incident described. Conveyor tunnel under some silos. Not very far underground but long, confined and just wide enough for the conveyor and a person to walk beside it. I've never been very claustrophobic, nor have I ever been concerned about depth underground nor was I panicked when this happened but finger-feeling our way out was a PITA. Much stumbling around and running into each other and head thumping on chutes coming into the conveyor from the side. Thank God for hard hats, and the sense to wear one. We were dumb to not have flashlights. I think that even at home after dark, a small flashlight is mandatory in event of power failure. I have one in my pocket right now and another right here on my desk. Several more stashed around the house. Several small lanterns as well. And there are two flashlights in every vehicle. Overkill? Absolutely! God said "Let there be light" and who am I to argue with Him?
Occasionally I will be at Harbor Freight and will pickup a pack of cheap flashlights and battery powered lanterns. They are stashed all around my apartment. Atop my refrigerator is two oil lamps and two butane lighters.
I don't fear tunnels or being underground, cave or tunnel. I just don't like being in them. If I must, it is a job of work.
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