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Half-mast...

As I traveled around my city today I noticed many flags being flown at half-mast in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001.
At the time I was working from home as a salesman for a kitchen company. My daughter phoned to tell me to turn on the TV to see the news.
20 years ago and life just flew by...

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Slower traffic keep right...

The signs are on the highway. Now that I'm doing half the miles as I did when I lived in Miami, I still enjoy a drive on a few roads in south Florida.
This was the case on Sunday when I drove to Miami Beach to drop off samples to a customer, catch a few model helicopter flights with friends, get a haircut, visit my daughter and grocery shop. I logged in more than 150 miles.
The 2 main roads were I-95 and I-595 that each have 5 lanes.
Speed limit on both is 65mph.

Yesterday I was in the middle lane for most of my travels and at times doing 80-85mph.
But... that doesn't matter how much I exceed the limit as cars fly past me on both sides. What pisses me off is when they swerve around and cut in front of me from both sides so aggressively the 2 cars almost collide.

It's not like I'm doing 50 being tailgated and in the wrong lane, but I find that I have to prepare well ahead of my exit as cars that normally merge to the right into the deceleration lane. Often I see drivers who are willing to drive on the right shoulder, cut in front the car making an exit, then skate across 2 lanes to get back into the flow of traffic.

I did have a theory that worked for a while... Stay in the left lane and limit the number of morons to only the right side. I did have one try to sideswipe me on the left as he squeezed into the safety zone.

Slower traffic keep right...
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Pair of diddles... Charile Watts

I watched a rare interview from 1993 of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts who died this week at the age of 80. Initially, Charlie was a graphic artist (who did some record sleeves for the Stones) interested in jazz and became friends with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones.

Charlie had played rhythm & blues in clubs around London before becoming a Rolling Stone in 1963 when asked to join the band. That gig lasted 58 years and he performed every concert and played on every album!

It must have been difficult for Charlie as he was very shy and avoided interviews and media coverage with the only exception for his love of fashion and owning some 200 bespoke (custom) suits.

Mentioned in the interview, Charlie was self-taught and learned by listening to records of other drummers. Pair of diddles... is a funny takeoff for a basic drumming rudiment called PARADIDDLE consisting of four even strokes played in the order left-right-left-left or right-left-right-right.

He died in a hospital and had undergone some earlier unspecified emergency procedure. No other details to his death had been provided.

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Livin' in a polygag and givin' off spock...

It's difficult getting the lyrics 100% on some songs. I blogged about this before.
An old song came on the radio today that needs clarification.
It's Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

You may have heard it... what sounds like:
"I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark, we're livin' in a polygag and givin' off spock"
Is really:
"I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark, we're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks"



Yeah...

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Bonnie turned 70 this year!
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Doomsday Preppers...

I was channel surfing yesterday and came across a show about people who take extreme measures to prepare for doomsday. The family on the episode had a garage filled with food and items to sustain themselves for months. The husband bought a large military surplus truck designed to travel on rough terrain. They went on a field trip where the man reveals a cavern with a steel door where they planned to live. They descended down by ladder and had plans to stay there in the event of some Apocalypse/world-ending catastrophe.

I see there was a landing with stairs down to the entrance. Hope he doesn't encounter 5 days of rain or the entrance will flood and they could be swimming inside that cavern!

Anyway, I went to YouTube to see if I could find that episode and to my surprise all kinds of 'prepper' videos showed up. Survival bunkers, living off the grid instructions, combat training, weapons needed, emergency food and medicine stockpile, protective gear, batteries, gas & generators, solar power, bicycle generators.

Some of the statistics say only 1% of the population will survive an Apocalypse.

When I hear the word prepper, I usually think of pepper... as in Dr. Pepper.
"Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?"

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All of you...

In the South, all of you has been replaced with Y'all.
This happened long before the time of the Civil War.
Everyone is included when you say Y'all.
But... (there's always a but) if Y'all isn't enough, you can make it plural and say Y'all's as in "I needs to knows what Y'all's want for the barbecue on Saturday"
Yeah, all of you!
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Maitland?

Maitland oh Maitland where is your Ward?

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What if?

I've been doing 'what if' scenarios as long as I can remember.
For example... What if the boss realized his lazy son wasn't qualified for the position he put him in and hired someone who actually worked for a living!

What if Led Zeppelin actually lost their copyright infringement suit?

What if The Monkees had real talent?

What if Jimi Hendrix hadn't overdosed on barbiturates?

What if Biden took 85% of the votes would Trump be able to contest that?

What if a CIA agent on his death bed confessed that 911 was an inside job?

What if Elvis was actually pumping gas at a station in Lansing, Michigan?

What if I stayed in the school symphony (instead of joining a rock band) and received a music scholarship?

What if I would have kept my brother's 1957 BMW Isetta and had it fully restored?
(They bring as much as $45,000 now)
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What if I drove a new BMW, would women notice me?

What if I rented my Miami house (and not sold it) would I lose my eviction rights to an unemployed tenant due to COVID?

What if Nikola Tesla didn't allow Thomas Edison to take advantage of him and his inventions?

What if Bent got Jim banned and had no one to chase around to feed his obsession?

What if the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter Kobe Bryant was killed in had a collision detection system? (something found on $500 drones)

What if Whitney Houston didn't have cocaine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), alprazolam (Xanax), cannabis, and cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) in her body when she took a bath?

What if Stevie Ray Vaughan acted on a hunch about the nightmare he had one day before his death?

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The age of Aquarium...

Calculating the volume of a tank 84" long x 36" deep x 48" high = 145,152 cubic inches.
That's roughly 628 gallons. Use 1" thick acrylic mounted on a 2 x 2 welded metal frame 36" high braced every 16 inches. Wrap it with access doors on 3 sides to allow storage and changing of the filtration system.

I'm contracted to do a decorative wood surround for a salt water aquarium.
The actual design/concept is pretty easy with a few flip doors and removable panels.
All the seams have to be overlapped so light doesn't transmit through the panels in the canopy that houses strips of high intensity LED lighting.

Everything has to be sealed as the humidity will be high and the salt will be corrosive.
My choice would be a catalyzed paint and primer system.
My fear is the toxicity as some paints though considered dry will give out VOC's (Volatile organic compounds) for many weeks after the application.
I brought this up to the project manager who awarded the work to my company.

The suggestion is to use low VOC water based primer and paint and get everyone (manager, architect, aquarium fabricator, client) to give their blessing and keep my company from any liability should a few thousand in exotic fish perish.

Build early, paint early, let it fully dry before installation.

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It appears your wish hasn't been granted...

On the 9th of January Moderator wrote a blog "Posting of political Blogs and Forums" in it he stated "So we've decided it would be best to concentrate on more positive categories for discussion, and to no longer allow posting of threads and blogs about Politics and Covid issues.
This is to let you know that, for now, we will be removing any that are posted."

The Moderator profile hasn't been online since and the direction of the blogs have actually taken a turn.



https://www.connectingsingles.com/blog_115076_1/posting_of_political_blogs_and_forums.htm
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I'll be meeting Fred this weekend...

There is a destructive nature about Fred. He comes and goes rather quickly and expected to leave the place a mess. Lots of people will be watching Fred, literally tracking his whereabouts as he plans to visit South Florida come this weekend.
It's depressing to think about the whole thing, but that is the outlook for now. Currently Fred has passed over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and is kissing the eastern point of Cuba.

I've got the path of Fred right here:

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If you haven't guessed by now, Fred is a storm.
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Got Milk?

Got Milk? was part of a 1993 American advertising campaign to encourage the consumption of milk. It worked as many American adults consume milk. However, many non-Americans say that only babies and young children should be drinking milk.

I drink milk. Not every day... When I do, it's usually Organic 2% or Lactose free 2% and recently a grass fed variety. In my refrigerator are other milk substitutes, Soy Milk, Almond Milk and a new favorite: Oat Milk. The drawback to the oat milk is it's high caloric content. Something like 130 calories per serving, where Soy Milk is around 30 calories.

"Got Milk" ads were retired many years ago:

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/milk-ads-retired-20-years-milk-moustaches-article-1.1701064
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