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Spittoon...

My asthma is like the tides in the ocean... high on some days and low on others. Normally, I'll go with only a puff or two of Albuterol (rescue) inhaler. If I'm around someone with really strong perfume, I'll need another 'hit' to keep things rolling.
A few months ago I had a tough time after getting into a rental car. It was sprayed and prepped minutes earlier. I had to wait for the car as nothing else (to my liking) was available. The chemicals they use are toxic and within a few days my asthma medicine wasn't working. I was coughing up green chunks and went to the doctor because it turned into a respiratory infection.
I know, TMI, but every morning when I got up and showered, it would loosen 'stuff' in my lungs and I would go through a coughing session. This happened a few times a day, especially when exercising in my morning walks.
I use lots of paper cups and after a drink, I'll keep the empty cup... just in case and it's often used as a spittoon.

barf

Ya gotta do what you've gotta do...

I see that cuspidor is the Portuguese word for spittoon. May be I'll use that as it has a nicer sound...

CS blog number 71,200.
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Electric SUV's...

I had dinner at a sports bar tonight with TV screens wrapping around the building. Several satellite stations were in the lineup and when they went to commercial break, the viewer was pounded mostly with Pizza, battery operated ear washer and electric SUV's.
Lexus has a whole fleet as well as Cadillac.

Back home and I Googled electric SUV's and found a few companies I've never heard of before (like Fisker) and all the major manufacturers offering at least one electric model.

Complain all you want about purchase price, finding a place to charge, exploding batteries, limited range and a few other negatives

Domino's Pizza is advertising electric delivery vehicles that are good for the planet. Who cares? That doesn't fix the taste of crappy pizza... having it delivered in an electric car doesn't make it better!

Like it or not, with all the negative aspects, electric cars are here to stay.
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I didn't follow that train thingy...

I sidestepped the blogs here about a train derailment in Ohio and it appears those blogs disappeared in the night. But, there are news stories daily about this and here's what I found so far... 44 had instituted safety regulations and 45 rolled back regulations. While the National Transportation Safety Board is examining the causes/reasons for the derailment, fingers are being pointed in different directions.
This issue has become political and Republicans are blaming the 46th administration for not showing up and 44 has become their hero as he shows up for the publicity stunt/photo opp with bottles of water branded with his name. Other than rallying the troops for reelection, I'm unsure what power or authority he actually has as an ex-president, if any to help the people of Ohio.


Lots of links about this:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-water-delivered-donald-himself-215048052.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rolled-back-rail-regulations-170307037.html

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-rolled-back-rail-020631337.html


As usual, the reader comments tell some important opinions about the situation:

speakeasy said:
"Trump was and is part of the problem and now he wants to throw the blame on Biden. He received 70 percent of those peoples vote, now this is part of what happens when you go all out on deregulations with no safeguards. Now they are crying."

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-ohio-train-derail-response-221358702.html


https://www.yahoo.com/news/buttigieg-standing-near-ohio-derailment-185244954.html


“Buttigieg should’ve been here already,” Trump told reporters as he handed out MAGA hats after speaking alongside Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). Trump also said Biden should “get over here.”

45 has been super busy this week calling out anyone who doesn't support him. He's feuding with Fox News for their support of Ron DeSantis, who actually hasn't announced a run for the 2024 presidential election. But that's tied into their realization his claims of fraud in the 2020 election are unfounded.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-fox-news-rino/2023/02/21/id/1109581/


In other news, The Georgia Grand Jury have released their findings to the 2020 election and possible and indictments may be forthcoming.
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85 year old woman gets taken-down by an alligator...

I read the news the other day about a woman who lost her life by an alligator near her house in Fort Pierce, Florida. Photos were posted of the Florida Wildlife Commission taking the creature away.
The followup story shows surveillance video of the event. Well, most of it.
She was walking her dog along the sloped edge to a pond when the alligator came directly toward them. The dog was on a leash behind the woman. When the gator went for the dog, he ran forward putting the alligator at the feet of the woman.
A neighbor was an eyewitness and called 911 stating the alligator had already submerged the woman into the water.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. "Serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida."

...and chatillion who lives in Florida said "I know BS when I read it. Because, incidents with alligators happen a few times a year"





Story link:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/moments-fatal-florida-gator-attack-183316920.html

The story mentions the alligator was killed and the dog survived.
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The death of Mr. Chen...

When I started working in Boca Raton, my coworkers would frequent a Chinese restaurant named Hunan Palace. Through the years it must have been owned by different people but, it was a mainstay as the winter months had people standing outside waiting to get a seat.
Dingy, crowded, booths, a menu with numbers to order by. Lunch for $6 and a dollar more if you made substitutions.

COVID hit and the business suffered. As people started going back, the place was totally renovated. The huge aquarium in the middle was gone and the booths were taken out and replaced with tables. The floor was changed to ceramic tiles.
It must be hard keeping a good chef as the food was great one month and not-so-great the next. The one good thing about Chinese restaurants is they're never closed on American Holidays. Thanksgiving and Christmas were their 2 best days.

I haven't gone to eat there in more than I can remember and a friend complained to the owner about the variances in quality. That must have been happening too often and the name removed from the front of the place indicated a kiss of death.

Driving by last night, I see a banner across the old signage for a new business of buffet style Indian Cuisine. It's been a while for me to have food in Indian style, so I'll have to pay my respects to the late Mr. Chen and see new foods are being cooked in my neighborhood.
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Train Wreck...

The Ohio derailment last week had me thinking of what it takes to coordinate a multi-billion dollar operation of trains, tracks and linked control systems. My guess it's as stressful as being in the hot-seat of an an Air Traffic Controller.

This scenario may have happened at one point in time:

A young woman who recently graduated college applied to the east coast railway for the system track controller position of their new fully automated computerized system.
The person doing the interview said her college transcript was great and that she scored very high on their aptitude test including all the required computer skills.

When asked why she was applying for such a position, her response was 3 generations of her family had been employed by the railroad system and she wanted to keep up the tradition.
"Excellent" said the interviewer.

We are nearly finished with your interview, but I want to say the position you have applied for is very stressful. We want to be absolutely sure you can think clearly in critical moments of a life-or-death situation. I've got one final question.
"Okay" said the woman.
"If two trains were approaching each other at a high rate of speed, but they were on the same track, what would you do?"
She answered "Simple, I would activate the system override and switch them to separate tracks"
"And if the computer system didn't respond?" the interviewer asked.
"I'd radio down to switching watchman to switch the tracks manually." Said the woman.
"Okay" said the interviewer "What if the watchman didn't reply?"

The woman responded with "Hmmm, I'd call my uncle Roy."
"Your uncle Roy?" the interviewer asked.
"Yes" the woman responded "My uncle Roy"
"What could your uncle Roy possibly do?" said the interviewer.
"Nothing" said the woman "But after 47 years of workin' on the railroad, he ain't never seen a crash like the one that's gonna happen today!"
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Kenya...

I wrote a blog early this morning that more than 70 new female profiles listed from Kenya were created in a 6 hour period. The blog disappeared and so did the 70 profiles.
I checked now and counted more than 14 new ones in 3 hours.
Hackers or a busy matchmaker using CS as the portal isn't important to me. I just highlighted the unusual activity. Obviously, someone is pumping CS with women from Kenya.
Having seen this on another site, they actually removed that country from membership or location. Famous for romance scammers, the same went for Nigeria and Ghana.
Those countries weren't available as places for new members.
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You look a lot like...

I haven't seen her in a while and recall she made a few forum posts. I'm talking about a woman on CS who's only photo looks like actress Liza Minelli wearing a black hat.
From time-to-time, I've encountered lots of people who resemble actors, actresses or famous people. Sometimes, they hire out a body doubles in movies and... as decoys for the real actor/actress trying to escape the paparazzi.

As a teenage musician, my friends said I resembled folk singer Arlo Guthrie. At the time, I didn't know who he was, but coincidentally, I wore a hat similar to his. Arlo is 5 years older than me and performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. He was famous, I wasn't.

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The drummer in my band called me Arlo and often it annoyed me.

Tonight, I received a message from a woman who's profile states she's 75 from New York. Her profile has a phone number encrypted between some text so as to not be noticed if administration is reviewing profiles for personal numbers and email addresses.

Oddly, she said she's not a paid member and that I need to get back to her on another platform. For the record, I'm not a paid member either ~~~

That's 3 profiles I've seen this weekend claiming to 'not be a paid member'

Another (small) detail about the profile is the photos are of Actress Erin Murphy, who as a child, played the part of Tabitha in the TV sitcom Bewitched. The real-life Erin is 58.

Yeah scammer, you look a lot like Erin.
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New York street smart...

I worked with a guy who had lots of common sense but barely made it through high-school. It wasn't that he couldn't do the work, his mind was elsewhere. Friendly, strong personality, very likeable. He grew up in different parts of New York state and moved to South Florida more than 30 years ago. Anyone could hear his accent and know he hailed from 'Up North'

Forgetaboutit... may have been his favorite saying.
He did say things that I found funny and probably the best one I heard was when he pronounced moot point. It came out sounding like mute point. But, he may have thought it really was mute point.

I should have asked him.
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Dog fires rifle and kills man...

I'm not sure how the 2nd amendment plays out for dogs, but owner negligence definitely comes to mind. Two men on a weekend hunting trip in Kansas when the fatality occurred.
Joseph Austin Smith was the passenger in a truck. in the backseat was the driver's rifle, hunting gear and his dog. The dog steps on the rifle and it discharges striking Smith in the back.
Sheriff's arrived, start CPR but it was too late. Smith died at the scene.

I read 2 stories about this tragedy, but neither gave the name of the driver. Probably a good thing as I'd wager when the gun safety advocates catch hold of this story, he'll be wishing he was dead.

All sorts of reasons why, but the owner/driver didn't follow the most basic rule of owning a gun.

Dog fires rifle and kills man. While it may sound funny... it's far from it.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/dog-steps-rifle-backseat-truck-145705129.html

https://news.yahoo.com/hunter-killed-dog-steps-rifle-223200856.html
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This is knot what I had in mind...

Last night I was watching some exotic wood creations on YouTube that went into some specialized woodworking tools. This morning, YouTube served up some videos about knot tying.
It must be a blue morning as I blogged about a blue dog sculpture and I'm associating the knots with my brother and my dad's old Bluejacket's Manual.

My dad was in the US Navy and came home with lots of cool things from his travels.
After moving to Miami, we opened his duffle bag to find some utensils for camping, hats, scarves and the manual. My brother was a fishing enthusiast and studied the chapter on knot making. It fascinated him. I really wasn't too interested, but learned to tie a few knots for fishing line and remember at a barbecue party tying some short ropes to make a longer one used for securing canvas as a windbreaker.

Let's not waste any time on the knots.



The Bluejacket's Manual

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I don't recall what edition it was and it's probably 80 years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if my brother still has that old book!
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Balloon Dog...

A female art collector at a contemporary art fair in Miami accidentally shattered a $42,000 sculpture by artist Jeff Koons. Witnesses at the annual Art Wynwood event said a woman tapped a blue version of Koons' iconic "Balloon Dog" with her finger, causing it to topple over and break.
That may not be the whole story as it was reported, a representative for the gallery hosting the porcelain artwork said the woman unintentionally kicked the pedestal where the sculpture was placed.

The size of the Balloon Dog was approximately 15" x 18" x 6" or 40cm x 48cm x 16cm and from a news link, Koons' balloon figures are some of the most expensive contemporary art pieces sold by a living artist. Balloon Dog (Orange) from his 1994-2000 series sold for $58.4 million six years ago.

Hopefully, the sculpture was insured. No reports on what happened to the woman who broke it and if she will face criminal charges, as it's standard practice for art galleries to warn visitors not to touch the displays.


Link:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/woman-shatters-iconic-jeff-koons-190045740.html


Reader comments:
Jack " This has been a bad couple of weeks for balloons. Even porcelain ones."

Kdawg "...and this one didn't require a $400K sidewinder missile to bring it down!"

sharon "Looks like something that can easily be made in China for about ten bucks"

bob "Don't get me wrong, the piece is beautiful. But $42,000 dollars? Sorry, I can make an actual balloon animal with metallic balloons for $5.37 cents, it can fall of a pedestal and not break, and not make me broke. While I can consider what he does "art", I can not understand spending that much money on what essentially is a ceramic."

william "Let's put the fragile breakable 42k art piece on a small tall skinny platform within everyone's reach.........what's the worst that could happen?"

j "So they have a $42,000 sculpture and they just balance it on a small podium with no way to secure it and no glass over it? Seems to me it is more likely a $30 sculpture insured for $42,000 so they could make easy money when someone has an accident."

Blue "It’s a $10 knickknack at best. If it had any value, it would have been in a display case."

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