Whenever I speak to a former band mate, my opening line is from the move The Blues Brothers as we are always joking about about putting the band back together.
It's getting harder to make that statement when so many of my musician friends are gone.
Phil... disappeared.
Chuck... hasn't been seen in years.
Harold... murdered.
Bill... died of a heart attack.
Larry... died of lung cancer.
Frank... died of pancreatic cancer.
Bob... died in his sleep.
Billy... drug overdose.
Danny... heart attack.
Paul... retired, not interested.
Jay... undergoing cancer treatments, would attend a jam if possible.
Carlos... full-time job, does studio work and weekend gigs.
Interestingly, I called a cousin who recently moved to South Florida to update him on my brothers kidney transplant and we got to talking about his retirement and that he and his younger brother still play music. I got the invite as they need a bass player because they are getting a band together!
Occasional parties and social events. They don't play Rock & Roll and chances are, I'll need to buy a tuxedo!
The profile reads she's looking for an honest man, no lies. Her photo shows a woman medium height and a guesstimated weight of 145 to 150 pounds. Slim/Slender is her body type selection.
The thought through my head is she's lying or her perception is skewed.
A friend once told me he met a girl who was a "10" I was afraid to ask on which scale he graded her!
A while back, I bought some cashews in a plastic jar with removable lid. when the cashews were gone, I decided to clean and reuse the container. Sometimes, it's for storage of workshop parts, screws, bolts, washers, etc. This time, I decided to use the empty to hold Ginger Snaps. The brand I buy (from the dollar store) come in a bag so I figured it would be easier than clipping the bag each time I wanted a cookie.
The cookies have sugar so I only have 1 or 2 a week and noticed after a month, they aren't as crunchy as when the bag was first opened or when clipped every time I opened. Obviously, it's the air in the container making them stale where I'm unable to close tight like the bag.
As kids, my grandmother baked so well, that neighbors would come to watch her, taking notes as she kept all her secret recipes in her head!
My brother told me she used to work in a bakery and that's where she honed her cooking skills.
As far as her cookies go, when we visited, she would wrap her freshly baked cookies (chocolate chip were her best) in wax paper and aluminum foil for us to bring home.
We weren't concerned about sugar then, so the cookies weren't around long enough to become stale.
Something to note... her secret for soft chocolate chip cookies was substituting orange juice for milk in the recipe.
I noticed the local pharmacy had remove the plastic shields at the registers. None of the grocery store staff are wearing masks. A small percentage of the customers in several stores are making up.
Things appeared to be getting back to normal and now I see the office staff at two physician's office are masking up this month saying some of their patients have tested positive for COVID, or variant.
Working remote and only go to my office when needed keeps me away from the crowd. At least seven friends, coworkers and family have been hit. Some had COVID more than a year ago and describe this round as headaches, sore throat, fever, but all said little or no respiratory issues they experienced before. Some only self-quarantined 3 to 4 days or until they test negative.
I'm planning a trip to see my brother next month and since his kidney transplant, is under visitor restriction. I'll be staying in the guest bedroom at his house.
The flight to see him doesn't have any non-stop flights and the last time I have to use 2 different airlines. My preference is to book the same airline for the entire trip with the connecting flight in a smaller airport with less wait between flights.
I'll bring along some test kits and mask up while on the plane.
As much as I hate to admit it, a world without advertising doesn't spin very well. Products and services everywhere require advertisements for survival. Something on sale in the grocery store sells better when it's advertised, especially when the price is reduced.
Now, when I use my GPS and reach my destination, Google advertises local businesses on my cellphone. Maybe one day I'll actually use one of their suggestions.
I thought that story was debunked and put to rest. Apparently, not. Today, Yahoo! is still talking about it. No, 'he' didn't turn into a 'she' and have two daughters that were conceived via IVF. The ID's and voters registrations posted on social media are a fake. Seriously, fake.
The Michelle Obama transgender conspiracy theory... some have their beliefs.
The photo that made my day is the one of her pregnancy that shows Michelle with SIX fingers. I guess that means, she's not only transgender... but an alien too!
I was going through some YouTube bookmarks and came across a video of guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen doing a tune called Arpeggios from Hell. He has another video describing his signature guitar and how the fretboard features scalloped cuts between the frets that allow for less resistance and much faster play.
It's not a new concept as some Asian stringed instruments dating back a few hundred years have scalloped fretboards, but in the rock music world some of the best (or flashiest) players have them.
The average music listener probably doesn't know or have heard about scalloped fretboards but it's an example of how some guitarists can attain those blistering fast solos!
This is one procedure that people avoid. Doctors often recommend everyone start around the age of 50. I have a cousin who retired to Florida a few years ago. He's in his 70's and has an active lifestyle. Having his very first colonoscopy 2 weeks ago, the biopsy revealed cancer. He's scheduled for an MRI today and said he will probably require surgery.
Don't put off the exam!
Last night, I had a few webpages opened on my browser that I wanted to research in the morning. I put the computer to sleep instead of shutting down like usual. The wake sequence didn't work and I was forced to completely reboot and wait for Windows to do some recovery diagnostics.
The good thing is, I was able to recover the browser pages. After, I cleared the cache file and cookies and restart the browser. Coming to Connecting Singles and checking the new member list (before logging in) showed all new members and not only women as my normal default.
Each page shows 48 new members and there weren't many women joining.
45 men, 3 women on the first page.
44 men, 4 women on the second page.
44 men, 4 women on the third page.
It was night time in North America and I expected to see Europeans joining... that wasn't the case. Guys from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait were the majority of new members.
I only checked the first 3 pages, but if this statistic for the most recent 500 to 600 members is the trend, something isn't right.
1 woman for every 12 men are joining.
It wasn't long ago I blogged 'they don't return' in that, scanning the list of new women joining CS drops off sharply after the 2nd page. They come, they look around, they disappear.
Can you formulate what is happening long-term... ?
My thought is:
Unless CS can advertise in places that will bring men and a lot more women from Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Asia, their chances of survival aren't real good.
My blog on Gag Order was filling with different topics. That said, new day, new blog. This one focuses on Joe Biden. What's happening now and what to expect in 2024.
gonelikethewimd stated attending a recent convention, people are saying they would vote for Trump (that is if he's not convicted) and if he's convicted, they would NOT vote for Biden.
I'm re-posting one of her comments on that blog for relevance to this blog:
gonelikethewimd: I think it is more Biden being so incompetent...He did not help himself when he puts off going to the disasters for so long..Bush the Father paid that price too...for re-election.
People are tired of rising crime...open borders, and rising costs...The person in power always gets the blame.
They see the American Dream of our children doing better than the last generation fading away...
What surprised my son-in-law the most..was most belief Biden committed treason when he was vice-president...
(gone, if it's not okay to quote you, let me know and I'll delete and rewrite the opening lines)
Dash cam or dashcam describes a video camera mounted on the dashboard of your car for the purpose of recording... things. Lots of things. Truckers use them to record their trips in the event of an accident as it will solve disputes of 'he said, she said' when the other persons story differs from yours.
Although not perfect, when needed if a driver's job is at risk or for insurance claims, it could be the deciding factor, especially in bad weather conditions. Lots of times police reports aren't accurate. For example, a truck having a front-end collision and stating the driver was following too closely to the vehicle in front of him, but in reality the vehicle ahead swerved into the lane of the truck striking the truck where the driver had no chance of braking or maneuvering to avoid the accident.
Most of the units I've seen don't actually mount to the dash but have a suction cup that attaches to the inside of the windshield with a wire to the cigarette lighter for power.
Usually it's a forward facing camera with sound. Some units have a wire to a 2nd camera that can be mounted on the rear window (of a car) to record anything from behind.
People often post videos on YouTube and social media of events, like road rage, trucks Rolling Coal, tailgaters, people running red lights causing accidents, etc.
One recent story was a guy involved in a fender bender where he alerted the other guy who struck his car to pull over. Taking a photo of the damage, the other guy using profanity blamed him for the accident, strides right up and takes a swing 'sucker punching' this first guy. Lucky for him it was a glancing blow and not a direct hit to his jaw. All caught on dash cam, he can press charges to police.
Dashcam prices on Amazon range as low as $35 to over $150 for units with night vision, Wi-Fi and record car movement to record activity when your car is parked.
I've been lucky all the years I drove from Miami to Boca Raton 6 days a week, racking up more than 30,000 miles a year and have seen some serious accidents. I've shopped some units and would like to have a self contained battery operated model what doesn't need to be wired into the car battery.
Maybe I'll find the right model and install one!
Indictments-a-plenty with several surrendering this week in the election interference case in Fulton county Georgia. Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in to authorities for booking on Thursday. In Florida, we've got Trump out on bail, his valet Walt Nauta out on bail and recently the property manager Carlos DeOliveira out on bail.
It was stated that legal fees for both Walt and Carlos were being paid by Trump. Both men had difficulty securing an attorney licensed in the state of Florida. I believe there are some issues with conflict of interest with a shared attorney.
Enter Trump employee #4... Yuscil Taveras, who is the IT director at Mar-a-Lago and was the one who was approached to delete security camera footage that showed boxes of classified documents being moved out prior to the search and back after the search.
I believe he shared an attorney with Walt & Carlos. In news on Tuesday, prosecutors say Yuscil changed his testimony after switching lawyers. He now accuses Mr Trump and two aides of "efforts to delete security camera footage", says the filing.
By definition... I'd say he flipped.
Recap. He was asked to delete security video, but he didn't. He lied to investigators but changed his story and implicated the others in their scheme.
What's the possibility the court will be lenient to Yuscil and give him probation instead of jail time?
Walt is in too deep... maybe there's hope for Carlos... that is if he switches lawyers and flips. I'm sure it's weighing heavily on his mind.
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