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It Was Nice…
The warm weather was nice while it lasted. A few days in the 50(F)s is a welcome change over the freezing 20s we’ve been dealing with for the last couple of months. This is one of the coldest winters I can remember. With it going back below freezing this week, I could complain, but I…
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No Powerball For Me
Damn! I didn’t win the Powerball. I didn’t expect to win it. I just buy tickets when the jackpot is over $200 million and/or I’m at the liquor store buying Fireball Whiskey. That stuff is dangerous good. Oh well. I’ll just continue on with “Plan A”. Plan B (winning the Powerball) would have been more…
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It’s Just Business
Why do people take things so personally? As long as people do not attack me personally, I do not get upset. I only find offense to people’s opinions when they are not based on fact. If someone does not like my books, that is fine. I do not take it personally. I don’t like half…
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One Of These Days…
One of these days, people are going to be in for a rude awakening. We are long overdue for a major catastrophe. When something huge happens, it won’t matter how much money you have or what the laws that govern a nation are. The people with the food, guns, and knowledge will be the ones…
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WTF?
There are many things that can prompt us to go “WTF?”. I bought a pair of side steps for the wife’s car. Made for the vehicle with no drilling, or so the description on the product stated. Those direction sucked. Not only was there a step in the instructions to drill into the car, but…
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It Will Happen
I’ve watched TV shows like Gold Rush and similar shows and have seen excavator and equipment breakdowns that seem to happen all the time. I asked myself if they used crap equipment or just had bad luck. I have a mini-excavator with roughly 65 hours on it, and I had yet to run into any…
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Not Compromising IS Compromising
Today, it seems as though everyone refuses to compromise, but not compromising is compromising. It’s like refusing to make a decision is actually making decision. Everyone has their stances and their lines drawn in the sand. It does not matter if you are a high ranking politician or a 3 year old kid. Everyone has…
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Driving in Snow
So, there are certain rules one should follow when driving in snow. The main rule is to never to do anything quickly: brake, accelerate, and turn. There are obvious rules too like don’t drive to fast. That 70MPH speed limit doesn’t mean a thing when there is three inches of snow over the roads. I…
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Cold Again
When it was -9(F) outside with a -30(F) wind chill, I was outside for three hours straight. I was warm because I was wearing the proper clothes. It made 20(F) feel like late spring when we finally got to that temperature the next day. A couple of days in the 50’s, and I was spoiled. …
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Scary Being A Parent
It is scary being a parent. I know it always has been, but now seems even more so. Maybe it’s because the world is much smaller with everyone being able to publish media. Maybe the worthless people of my generation are now parents. Worthless begets worthless. Kids are cruel. Some of it is intentional while some…