Nice Kitty
A solo female hiker apparently was killed and partially
eaten by a mountain lion near Glen Haven, CO New Years Day. Two lions in the
area were promptly hunted down and killed. There are many news report for those
interested in the details.
Glen Haven is a spot on the road, Highway 14, in a slot
canyon NNW of Fort Collins. DRJIM has family that live in the area.
LL (Virtual Mirage) has explained how mountain lion
devour their prey and it is not a pleasant way to die.
Political Fallout – Colorado
Edition
PDJT vetoed the bipartisan Arkansas Valley Conduit bill.
Why? His explanation.
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This puts two of Colorado’s four Congress critters in a
hard spot. They are not happy. Our Senior Senator, who wants to be Governor, is
pissed because it was “his” bill. A co-sponsorer.
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This project started life in 1962. Lots of money has been
spent over the years with little to show for it. Long story here.
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There is much speculation that PDJT took this action
because of his loathing Emperor Polis. Maybe, but just maybe, the business man
side of him thinks this dog won’t hunt.
Here is a thought. After 63 years of not making this plan
work, perhaps it is time to come up with a plan that will work?
Unhinged Conspiracy Theory
Why Cackles, excuse me, Kamala’s handlers wanted Waltz as
her running mate didn’t make sense to me. Now that the massive fraud uncovered
in Minnesota suggests a pipeline of tax dollars flowing into various
(P)regressive accounts was the motivation.
Boo, Fucking Hoo
ICE arrests in Colorado. An article, from a left leaning
“independent and non partisan; they claim” online newspaper.
Note the emphasis on “human cost” and the number who “had
no convictions”, etc.
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Let us be clear. If you are in this country illegally,
you are a law breaker, period, full stop. Law enforcement is often messy,
innocent bystanders are impacted, and mistakes are made.
One more law enforcement push is needed, IMO, and that is
going after those who employ these illegals. Further, those who facilitated
illegal immigration need to be taken to task.
So, WSF, you heartless bastard, you don’t care the people
here illegally are human beings? Answer: they are not my problem. They had
homes and didn’t want to pay the high personal costs of cleaning their own foul
nests. They come here for what they can get, not what they can contribute. They
keep their way of doing things with little or no regard; disdain even, for our
norms. Yes, there will always be exceptions. Not enough, IMO.
Banner Report
He is living his best life at Sisty’s house as age takes
a toll. He can’t get into the back seat of a car without assistance and his
rear legs are weak. With other people in the house, another dog, and cats he
isn’t lonely and he has unfettered access to a fenced back yard. I miss him but
know I made the best decision for him.
Car Story
If anyone now reading this blog was reading it 15 years
ago, many of these car stories are reruns.
Among the groups I worked with a practical joke was known
as “spinning”. One Saturday morning
Dirty Al spun a complete sales force. I was sitting with my hand an inch from
the phone to grab sales calls when he came up and handed me a newspaper open to
yesterdays winning lottery numbers plus his lottery ticket. “Check my numbers”,
he said. “Check your own fucking numbers”, was my response. He then started
whining about not having his glasses. Finally, to shut him up, I checked. Damn!
For a moment I thought about running out the door with the ticket, but instead
said, “Congratulations Al. Looks like you won $7,000, 000”.
What he did was buy a ticket for the next drawing with
the winning numbers from this drawing.
Chaos erupted. Al milked it for
every moment.
A future story will explain how revenge is a dish best eaten
cold, just saying.
As always, YMMV
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10 comments:
I didn't hang around with the regular salespeople, so I don't know what pranks got pulled, but I saw plenty in the shop areas. Tape a firecracker to an old air cleaner element, and roll it down the aisle a few racks before it went off.
The techs enjoyed pranking salespeople and got me more than once. A favorite was disconnecting the negative cable at the frame.
I was one of a two-man outside sales department and the head of the inside sales department inherited the department and an intense dislike of the other outside guy from his father. I'm gonna call him Tom and the other outside guy Jerry. One day I called Tom and asked if the boss had told him about what Jerry had done yet. No, now what? he asked. Well, I said, he just quit and went to work for Brand X. Mmm, mmm, mmm Tom said and went on to say several other things at length, none of which were very complimentary toward Jerry and eventually he ran out of gas and I asked him, hey Tom, what day is today? And he said, well it's April 1st, why? Five count of silence before Tom said you son-of-a-bitch and slammed the phone down. Turns out the rest of the inside sales department were standing around watching all this and enjoyed the show immensely. Good times.
Well played!
Mountain lions gonna do what they do best... Re the Arkansas Valley Conduit, that's been a 'conduit' alright... right into the Dems pockets.
The AVC is a worthwhile project. It has been horribly mismanaged under both Republicans and Democrats with a side dish of environazis. Colorado's unofficial motto is, "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting".
Mountain lions aren't restricted to the foothills and mountains. Several years ago I had an encounter with one at Barr Lake near Brighton, CO.
You will not be surprised to learn that I then immediately called Jerry so he could get a bang out of it too.
A security camera captured one walking down an alley in Wichita just a few years ago. If there's anything approximating either a mountain or a foothill anywhere close to Wichita, it must be pretty well hid.
Before the West was settled, lions were common on the plains. There are occasional reports in Eastern Colorado.
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