I was in Junior High attending a school dance and hanging out with friends. We were noticing parents dropping their children when I spotted a really pretty girl and what appeared to be her grandparents waving goodbye. They said "have a good time" and told her what time they would return to pick her up.
Since I didn't know the girl, I asked my friend if he knew her. His answer was yes, she's in his homeroom class and her parents were really strict. Wondering, I asked "Is that why the grandparents dropped her off?" My friend said those ARE her parents. He also knew the girl was self conscious about it. She was very embarrassed when they came to the first patent teacher meeting and all the other kids had younger parents.
I had a friend in the same position. He was an only child who came along late in the marriage. His father was already retired when he was in Junior High.
Somewhere along the way, I heard the phrase Fuddy Duddy Daddy that described a really old father to a young son. That saying stuck with me.
A coworker who is 20 years younger than me once called me 'Gramps' and I replied "Are you talking to me?" It's funny, as he relies on me to do some computerized design drawings... because he can't. The sad part is his father passed away last week. He was in a nursing home with advanced stage Alzheimer's and contacted COVID-19. Either way, his fathers days were numbered.
Over the years, I've been asked why I didn't have children of my own...
Simple answer... I didn't want to be a Fuddy Duddy Daddy!
Having tested positive for COVID-19 last week, Rudy Giuliani was admitted to the hospital. It was reported he was 'feeling fine' and four days later he was released... just like Chris Christie, just like Donald Trump.
I shouldn't find it odd that political celebrities have access to medicines and treatments (experimental or otherwise) that the general public cannot get.
In the news this morning Giuliani was interviewed having said' he experienced “serious symptoms” before he was given experimental drugs that weren't available to others in the same quantities. During the interview, he also said that he received the same "cocktail" of medications that Trump did when he contracted the virus.'
The story goes on to read 'According to the New York Times, ????officials at the FDA have raised concerns privately that people with connections to the White House seem to be obtaining access to the antibody treatment before it has reached anyone else as well.'
It's pretty easy to play-down a virus when you are part of the inner circle.
No specific order, but I started playing guitar in the 1960's with memories of Chet Atkins playing a Gretch. He had several different models. Big, clunky usually orange with gold plated hardware. Some had a single cutaway and some double. Very iconic!
Expensive and only one guitarist in the neighborhood had one!
Earlier this year I purchased a 2020 model car. A few days ago while going through CD's I decided to bring one along and play it while on the way to work.
Small problem... the car doesn't have a CD player!
It does have a USB port and will play MP3's. As a plus, it will play videos on the 7" display as long as the car is in park. When shifted out of park the video closes and only music can be heard.
The next step is using Windows Media Player and rip the music to the hard drive then download to a memory stick. Doing so captures the album, artist and song title on the list.
I've been able to put a bunch of CD's on to one stick which is more convenient that having CD cases in the car!
Modern solution to an old problem.
The funniest thing I've heard all week was a Tweet from former news anchor Dan Rather:
Dan Rather: Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone’s going around saying “pardon me.”
A Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) monitors the pressure in a cars tires and should it drop below a certain safe point, an icon on the dashboard will light up. This is a warning should a tire take a nail and lose air as driving on a flat can destroy a tire, especially the ones with a low profile.
Temperature changes will make air expand and contract and 2 cold mornings in South Florida (below 50F) made the warning light come on. A few minutes of driving and the tires warmed up increasing the pressure and the warning light went off.
The pressure is probably at the low reading so I'll top off with more air later today.
Yeah... we're positive about this!
For months, I was putting off having dental work because of coronavirus. It's near the end of the calendar year and I'll lose out on benefits if I don't get some work done. I've got a chipped molar that I can feel the nerve if I chew really hard on that side. It wasn't the pain/discomfort that troubled me it was knowing if I procrastinated too long, I'd be looking at a root canal treatment and a crown.
I booked an appointment last week and this morning they did the preparation for a crown.
There are a few different types of crown material. The most common are, gold, porcelain, PFM (porcelain fused-to-metal), Zirconia. My dentist recommended the Zirconia because it's stronger than porcelain and they don't need to remove as much original tooth to have the crown the same size as the adjacent teeth.
Hit me up! I warned the dentist I'm ultra-sensitive so she used a little more anesthetic than usual. Everyone I know says word Novocain but I think dentists use Lidocaine. Maybe it was watered-down as it required 5 shots and waiting 30 minutes to 'numb me out' and that wasn't 100%
I've always said "The only pain you should feel from a dentist is the bill when services are rendered."
Anyway, it's nearly 3 hours from the last shot and the sensation is returning to my face and lips.
The thing I like about this dental clinic is they make a form fitted casting of the tooth prior to the treatment, so the temporary filling feels like a real tooth. Work I had done from 3 other dentists used a plastic-like substance that was hand molded over the area until it hardened. Just a blob that didn't look or feel like a tooth.
In 3 weeks I go back for the final. Yeah, I waited a long time to get numb.
I see in the news that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have purchased a $30 million plot of land in Indian Creek formerly owned by Julio Inglesias.
That's about 90 minutes from Mar-a-Lago by car... longer by jet ski.
The Utah Department of Public Safety department helicopter was helping Utah Division of Wildlife Resource and spotted a tall metallic monolith in a remote area of the Utah desert.
Photos and videos of the object went viral and it was described to be something like the monolith from the science fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, less the monkeys.
It's not known how it got there, who did it, how deep in the earth it's erected. It appears to have been man-made from stainless steel sheets that were riveted in the corners.
Today, in the news, it's reported the monolith is gone and only a flat plate that marked the location remains.
The Utah Monolith
After learning that Trump has raised $170 million since the election, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has a nickname for the president: Uncle Scam
The story ran in The New York Times and stated much of the money was raised within a week after the election for Trump who has peddled baseless claims about election fraud in an effort to undermine public trust in the results..
What a scam. We already discussed the longer Trump holds out the better off he is financially. Apparently, those who are giving donations either didn't read the fine print or don't care how the fundraising money gets used.
Squattergate, day 29.
A female volunteer who feeds big cats at Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue in Tampa Florida was bitten and seriously injured Thursday morning. The 69 year old volunteer was feeding a 3-year old male tiger when she noticed the animal was not in his usual location (first mistake) and the gate had been clipped shut. She reached in to unclip it (second mistake) when the tiger grabbed her arm and nearly tore it off at the shoulder.
Baskin, who is the founder and CEO of the Rescue made a statement:
“This is our universal signal NOT to open a gate without assistance. It is against our protocols for anyone to stick any part of their body into a cage with a cat in it.”
The volunteer was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Bleeding and her arm broken in 3 places. Surgery was scheduled later in the day.
It's a terrible thing to have happened and the volunteer is very lucky to be alive as she could have been mauled in the blink of an eye.
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