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I am so confused..As i am watching a lot of women's say the same thing and at the same time they are doing the same mistake.
If you want to find your self a good man, honest, decent and family oriented, don't take selfies of your self half naked..Its not your boobs or your a** that will define your relationship. Its your character. Your self and who you really are. So, if you want to find for your self a good man, open your eyes not your legs in front of the camera...

When talking about Matadors and what they do, gets some people protesting about animal cruelty. This is a sport that's been going on for...
Let's check.

When did bullfighting first originate?
Yahoo says:
"The first ever recorded bullfight in Pamplona took place on 2 August 1385, paving the way for what would become the world-famous Sanfermines, or ‘running of the bulls’."

Britannica claims it was as early as 1621.

So what's the problem worrying about some angry bulls when this has been going on for so long. Do you think complaining will curb or prohibit the sport?
Doubtful... I'd say.

Anyway, I'm only reminded about bullfighting when something goes wrong.
This week, Andrés Roca Rey, considered one of the best bullfighters in the world, missed his mark by a few feet and was struck by the bull. Thankfully his injuries weren't life threatening.

Twitter link here:


And THAT is a lot of BULL...

I see we have yet another blog about the above....
and truthfully we've heard it all before on previous blogs.

Not that I disagree with any such topics as some are therapeutic for many....
I sympathise with anyone who must live with such conditions
if and when genuine.

But when is anyone ever going to have the balls to blog about the other side of the matter that no-one ever really wants to discuss.

If and when someone ever does, by all means give me a shout.

Hello, I was asked to paint a horse by my mom's ex chief, because she has a son who's born in the year of horse.
I didn't knew an exact date - he was born, so I have made two paintings:

First part: "Summer and Winter:"


Second part: "Spring and Autumn:"


Also I wrote a poem, on Lithuanian (my mother language), English and Russian (Cyrillic) languages:


Thank you for attention

Edwin Zhuck (Edvinas Žiukas)
2020 y., Birstonas, Lithuania

I laid each night and counted your breaths, afraid to sleep, least they ceased.
The days of joy, the long dark nights.
Hopes for more, a week, month or years. Dare I wish, a decade or more?
And then one morn, I sat by you in I.C.U., next to your bed, and watched those breathes slowly go. So soft, so fast, shallower and shallower til your lips trembled and you were gone.
And my heart broke.
My life, my love, my shining knight, 31 years, and now, no more.
20 years your sickness took..and gave. So close, so intimate, so loyal.
We'd never shared a life that close, except when you, me and MS, those 3, made you and me just one.
The day that came, we always knew would be one day.
Yet for all my fears and all my tears, each crisis passed and you stayed mine.
Yet, how unexpected came that final day, that day MS took your breath away.
Now I wake, alone in bed and will that darkness to give me those sweet breaths, that filled my life.
To give sweet kisses upon your face, your bright blues eyes , that loving smile.
How empty now this house, without those breaths to count.

Randy Meisner was the original bassist, singer and co-founder of the EAGLES. He was 77 years old and died due to complications of (COPD) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease.
Randy left the band in 1977 and though he avoided any reunions, he was present for the 1998 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I had an Aunt & Uncle from Philadelphia who pronounced battery as BAAH-tree... To me, it was funny as the BAAH was strongly accented and dragged out a little. Kinda like the sound a sheep would make.

That reminds me of the traveling salesman who came up to a house on a country road. He rang the doorbell and a young boy answered. The salesman said "Hey kid! is your mother at home?" and the boy replied "Yeah, she's in the barn making love to the sheep"
A little shocked to hear this, the salesman took a step back and asked "Isn't that bad for her health?" The boy replied "Naah-ah-ah-ah..."



Batteries are an important topic from A to Z in electronics. they are found in all devices in our modern lives. Over the years the technology has improved greatly. Maybe one day those alkaline cells that advertise a 10 year shelf life won't destroy my smoke alarm and flashlights after 2 years!

The entire aviation hobby has switched over to battery power using lithium polymer (Li-Po) batteries (from gas/alcohol engines) and electric systems give tremendous power for short periods of time. 40 years ago, my model helicopters ran on fuel with 25% nitro-methane, 20% synthetic oil and 55% methanol. Flights with a large tank were 15 minutes then. With electric, we average 6 minute flights.

The good thing is Li-Po batteries can be recharged hundreds of times if properly cared for. Don't over charge them or you risk explosion. Don't fully run down the charge as the bad thing about Li-Po batteries will lose their ability to recharge. Long term storage should be monitored so they have no loss of power when fully charged.
The chemical composition in the makeup of these batteries will break down with misuse and give off gas internally. The sealed battery will swell and not hold a charge. At that point, it's best to send them to a recycle center and replace with new ones.

I usually charge-up the night before a planned day of flying. That's 3 to 4 hours with several chargers running to have 10 batteries ready. The chargers are microprocessor controlled for voltage, amperage, internal resistance and time limit. They stop charging when the voltage reaches 4.20 as it's the maximum safe limit for lithium polymer batteries. Every 15 to 20 minutes I feel each charging battery to be sure none of them get warm while charging. That would indicate a serious internal problem.
I've heard horror stories of people leaving batteries to charge without monitoring the session and they have a fiery explosion. A young girl was charging her cellphone in bed (while sleeping) the phone was between the pillow and mattress and what would normally be a warm battery, became hot enough to burn. She was lucky it didn't ignite a fire.

So, however you pronounce battery, please be careful and not overcharge them.

This is not a short video. Feel free to skip over the first 31 minutes of people getting seated and introductory praises. The question and answer testimony begins around the 31 minute mark of this b0-partisan hearing of the whistle blower protection sub-committee of the US Congress yesterday.

Some interesting revelations crept out in this sequence of 'whistle blower' hearings. The US does have the remnants of crashed space craft of non-human origin. The US does have biologic specimens of the not human occupants. Efforts to understand and reverse engineer recovered components have resulted in injuries, but they continue. Humans have died in circumstances surrounding the, acquisition, research and or concealment of it.

Since we are speaking of new technologies with potential application to Defense, transportation, energy, etc. much of the work is TS SCI code word classified. Compartmentalized information not likely to be shared with America's enemies. This is understandable. This Congressional hearing resulted because some of what these people know potentially has potentially raises safety and ethics concerns which the security classifications prohibit their revealing, therefore they have made whistle blower complaints to their respective IGs and suffered potentially unlawful retaliation for those complaints. Such unlawful retaliation falls under the authority of the US Congress to address. Afterwards some of the Congresspersons involved revealed intention to arrange a closed door version of the hearing in which the questions could not be answered lawfully in an Open Hearing could be lawfully answered in detail.



I regard this as a continuation of the previous (now lost) blog I did in which I posted a link to the US NIO'a unclassified 'Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' in 2021 as Ken_19. A link to that report is again presented here (PDF).

As a kid, I remember people holding signs on the street corners that read Repent - The end Is Near. It's 60 years later and I see less of those signs. Well, except for internet. You see those signs often. It's easier to make an internet post than standing on a street corner holding a sign for hours.

I grew up ignoring different signs and sometimes, partly because of my upbringing.
When my mother told my dad to fill-up on gas, his reply was "It's on E and E means enough!"

There is one 'near the end' thing I cannot ignore and we all have to poop. The worst part is the paperwork at the end... something you cannot avoid. I don't know about you... but it's mandatory for me. So, when I see the end is near, I reach around to the linen cabinet and pull out another roll. Right now, there are 2 left... just in time for weekend shopping as you never want to get caught short after 'the end is near' goes into the danger zone!



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