You Dirt People Don’t Know What
is Good for You
Since you can’t be trusted to vote for the proper
candidates, we need to insure your vote doesn’t matter. Really, it is for your
own good! We know better.
Grass Greener Elsewhere?
The Mary Jane sellers in Colorado are hurting. Lots of
reasons as detailed in this article. Burdensome regulation and high taxes hurts
all business endeavors.
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No Fool Like an Old Fool
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Probable Search and Rescue Call Out
Office
of Emergency Management, San Juan County Colorado
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Issued:
Jun 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Special Avalanche Advisory
A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect for Colorado’s
high country through Sunday, June 9. Several large and destructive wet
avalanches occurred on Wednesday. With near-record temperatures on Thursday,
June 6, and Friday, June 7, more large wet avalanches are expected. Change your
travel plans to avoid steep slopes if surface crusts become unsupportable and
you sink into wet, unconsolidated snow or you hear collapsing sounds. These are
not normal conditions for early June. Adjust your objectives accordingly.
Via Colorado Avalanche Information Center - CAIC
Adventures in Taste
One personal change with age is less enjoyment of taste.
When reading of LL’s descriptions of burritos and tacos, or K de T’s discussing
drinks, the interest is there but relating isn’t. Never a gourmet, today food
is more like fuel. Add missing teeth to add to the problem.
Circa 1965, we G.I.s drank 4 DM a liter cognac. Someone
once gave me a taste of 5 star cognac. Shrug. Peasant.
Each night I wash down 1500mg Acetaminophen with a gin
and tonic plus a splash of generic lime juice. My gin comes off the bottom
shelf, usually around $14-16 a large bottle. On the top shelf the same size
runs $45-60 a bottle.
Do I suffer any angst being cheap? Hell no!
Water Walking
One City facility offers a “lazy river” feature. Hourglass shaped and 3’ deep, the current is
fairly strong. Since the first of the month I’ve been using it most days and
the results are encouraging. I’m walking better and my knee pain has lessened.
Poor Banner hates being alone in the apartment and it is
now too hot for him to stay in the car (where he is quite content). Two
neighbor ladies take turns hosting him for an hour or so. He cowboys up and
manfully tolerate staying with them. The
ladies assure me they don’t spoil him.
War on Coal – Wyoming Focus
I like this lady and appreciate her suggestion Boulder,
CO show the way to a carbon free world.
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Abused Dog
My oldest son needed a good ass chewing. I used the cell
phone. Banner was lying on his day bed nearby. When I went to feed him
breakfast he was afraid to come to his bowl. It took several minutes of
petting, a short walk, and treats before he realized he wasn’t the one in
trouble and became his normal happy state.
Back story. My oldest, 51, has always been autistic. He
is fairly high functioning. For several years he has had a cell phone I pay for
with unlimited minutes (which he uses, and uses, and uses). May 12th,
due to a change of credit cards used to pay the account, his phone was off for
six whole hours. Since then he has sent me one to three emails a day about the
%#%$%^&* phone. During this time I
have explained, over and over, the problem is solved and is not likely to
reoccur. So he starts off my Sunday morning with a email saving he is worried
about June 12th and his phone not working.
I called him and ripped him a new asshole. Autistic or
not, when his behavior becomes disrespectful, he relishes pissing and moaning,
and using Dad as a punching bag, he needs reminding just who he is
communicating with. Poor Banner got caught in the blast.
Hail Hell
This is becoming one of the worst Springs in recent years
for destructive storms along the Front Range and the High Plains. Last week DIA
got hit. Sunday the hail repair specialists had their tents set up in the
rental car lots. Sisty tells me Manheim Auto Auction, about eight miles SSE of
FIA, has some 4,200 vehicles with hail damage.
Car dealers have two basic choices. Pay through the nose
for hail insurance, or gamble. Vehicles with hail damage claims get “salvage”
titles. The others? Think many nefarious ways to fix them and sell them without
disclosing the damage.
One dealer I know bought them cheap and sold them cheap.
All sales, cash. The buyers went to their own financial institutions, got
loans, and came back with the cash. AS IS……
Pro Tip: When shopping wear clothes you don’t mind
getting dirty. Invest in a cheap mirror with a handle. Bring a flashlight. Always,
always wiggle under the dash and use the flashlight and mirror to look for mud and/or
water marks. I’ve seen “flood cars” so detailed all traces were gone. The inside
of the dash can only be cleaned by removing it. Then, since you are already
dirty, look under the vehicle for intact exhaust systems and rust.
Truck frames should be looked at closely. Some have C frame
and some have boxed frames. Toyotas with box frames are especially prone to
rusting from the inside out. Frames nicely coated are, to me, a red flag. Any
sign of rust or fresh undercoating is a signal to have an independent mechanic
put the truck on a lift and closely examine it, at your expense. If the seller
refuses, walk away.
Veterans Administration
Sorry about these. Maybe someday I'll learn how to remove pictures posted in the wrong place.
6/10 had my annual VA physician visit. I think it is mainly
to prove I’m still alive. It must have gone well as I now have an appointment
next year.
BP 120/80 Oxygen 92%. Is that too shabby for someone who
will turn 80 next month? What is satisfying is I’ve outlived most of my
enemies.
Some prescription medicines are all I rely on from the
VA. That saves me about $800 a year.
As always, YMMV
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