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At the end of February, I pulled an early retirement. It was time for a break from a job that was 50-55 hours a week and if a mistake slipped through a crack the owner was first to come tell me about it, especially if there was an audience.
Not having time to process an order for one of his friends who wanted a free buffet cabinet but couldn't finalize the color & design carried the same weight as something more important like missing a few custom bathroom cabinets on a house with 8 rooms. It didn't matter if my department had 2 people on vacation and one was out sick. It was always my fault and I got tired of hearing "There is no excuse for your mistakes"

So I pulled the plug. The good thing is I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. Less stress? Some of my ex-associates call me asking for things that can be found in emails, job folder, shop drawings, but I respond with the answers. Even when I'm gone they need my help.

Now that I have some control over my schedule, I've been on a 24/7 summer vacation just like the time I was 17 and my parents went out of town leaving me grocery money!
Actually, a similar time was after a hurricane. I was listed as part of the emergency team ham radio operators for 2 meter communications to pass messages helping people in need. Tools, generator, gas, chain saw, boots and a hard head hat.

Naps 3 times a day, breakfast at 5pm and dinner at 2am. It's great. Internet research marathons until 5am. I was able to restring a guitar that I avoided for a year, so I'm making progress. The best part is my partner is doing much the same as me. Her family and friends on the other side of the world have a 13 hour time difference. Now they can chat for hours at a time!
No problem, we're running this thing 24/7...

Looking for something to do that would help the community, I considered buying a sewing machine and making face masks. Not the 1 or 2-layer cloth ones so many have tried. I found instructions for using thick polyester HEPA air filters that are available at Home Depot.

Hmmm... decisions.

Okay....another thing...lol This one not so funny actually.

Back in the day, there was a gentleman in his 80's who had told me about the mark of the beast. He told me 20+ years ago, we will not be able to buy or sell without taking the number. Once you take the number, he goes on to say, you in essence are accepting Satan as your god. I am not exactly sure how he concluded this.

As a side note: I suppose it can be figured out. He had a Bible out and then he had another book out. He kept on telling me and my ex-gf, any question you have about life, the answer for it is in the Bible....it had to be reference through this book and then in the Bible. He said, any word you use...this book will tell you how many times it was used in the Bible and where. He said with that information, you could answer questions. I remember I mentioned this in a blog before and somebody told me what book that was. But, I don't know how to exactly use it or interpret it.

But...anyway...back to the point of my blog.

I was just listening to the news with Mr. Anderson Coop.., and he was talking to a doctor/scientist...or something...I a not sure what her title was. But, they were both agreeing among themselves that, yes...we do need contact tracing..in order to prevent a pandemic like this in the future.

How would that happen...contact tracing? Well, they hinted at monitoring people through the GPS in their phones. But, what if a person does not have their phone on them all of the time, or they don't own a phone? Hmmm... I know with 5G, connection issues are much less of a problem. Like today, I have many areas where I don't get signal with my phone. I am assuming 5G will solve that. I wonder if a nice and cute little implant might not solve the "contact tracing" issues?

Isn't it something....today....as we are living right at this second....many of us are unable to buy and sell.


Maybe String is on to something.

So, while in this isolation state that most of us are sharing, have you had any epiphanies? Any newly discovered purpose for your life? Any thoughts you feel are worth sharing? Anything you think may be meaningful to anyone else?

Me....I just got back into playing Spades. :)


...been thinking though.

Happy isolation all...stay safe.

It just occurred to me when I had given somebody dear to me a bunch of excess dolls I had recently acquired for a business transaction.

This person dear to be has been struggling financially pretty much all of her life.

She calls me today, all excited. Hey...I just sold one of those dolls...well, she goes on to explain, actually just the clothes off it for over $100.00. She says, I will give you half. I tell her, no,no no, rack up the dollars. In fact, I have some more dolls I am bringing over today. She was very happy.

Here is what occurred to me:

Do people who have excessive greed inhibit the ability for others to achieve happiness?

Think about that for a moment.

This virus situation actually kinda makes this prevalent.

People are living paycheck to paycheck...many with no excess money to actually take a break from the hustle and bustle they have been thrown into with capitalism.

Yet....these extremely wealthy people are passing on their extreme wealth to their next of kin...and their businesses are keeping people financially on their knees.

Now, we can fool ourselves into believing that money cannot buy you happiness...but it sure makes the "pursuit of happiness" more possible. (at least in a capitalistic world)


Happy Wednesday all.

yes yes no questions allowed but seriously, how confined are you in your area?

Tuesday I had to do an emergency trip as a passenger with my dog and it required applying for authorisation for 2 people in a car. The authorisation had to be printed off for presentation on request. I then sat in the back seat on the far side with the dog in gloves and mask. Me and driver, I mean. Not the dog.

Just wondered how that compared to what most people would have to go through to get a sick dog to a vet - if anything. The fine if we hadn't got the authorisation would have been around 1000 euros and potentially being turned back.

Would really help if any comments included country or even province / state. It could be interesting.

I was once swimming in the sea on holiday; not very far out and my feet could still touch the floor. I noticed something moving from the corner of my eye, and when I turned my head to look I saw a narrow black object cutting through the water and coming towards me. I have never moved so fast in all my life, and was greatly relieved to get safely to the beach. As I looked back towards the sea there was no longer any sign of whatever I saw, and no one else seemed to have seen it at all. I was sure it had been a shark.

I knew there weren’t supposed to be sharks in these waters, but that didn’t prevent me from thinking that I had almost had a close encounter with one. I did some research later which confirmed that there had never been sharks spotted in the area, and certainly never an attack by one. In the end I had to concede to myself that I had probably been mistaken, and that what I had seen -or thought I had seen- was no more than a clump of seaweed or a piece of driftwood. Even so, whenever I return to Skegness, I cannot bring myself to go back into the sea.

Go out side and people are doing their daily exercises around the river or getting out of the house.
Even though our city hasnt been directly affected by the virus yet.

17 cases with negative results I believe in whanganui area.

I mean I have a cold but it comes and goes like the wind. All it takes for me is a nice hot cup of lemon and or sitting out in the sun for a bit to warm up my back.I have a low immunity at the moment. so catching a cold for me comes easily.

Just sharing my little experience of the whole situation. Im a game freak introvert. So isolation comes naturally for me lol.

I recall actually pontificating to others, how obesity was, excepting in very rare genetic syndromes, a matter of self control. If fat, you are a slob, just deal with it. Knowledge of the adaptive relationships between the hormones secreted by our different types of fat cells, the leptins, and the adiponectins (sp), and others, and how these relate to our brains (HPA circuits, etc.),---now tell a much more nuanced story. Think healthy Suomos. But I digress.

Science is often more confirming, than discovering. Many religious traditions long recognized the benefits of fasting. It really can help to live longer and healthier lives. Listen to the yogis. Of course this should be combined with other life style shtick. Listen to grand mom.

Now, as I examine my reasons for blogging here, I find that it follows the narcissism of seeing myself in print. And what KEEPS me here, also has to do with seeing the reactions to what I rant about. It's about dopamine driven compulsions, short loop pavlovian reinforcement, among a few other factors, such as flirting with the hotties.

So, let's see if there are any benefits of fasting as to CS blogging intervals. Still can use this outstanding site to sniff continuously about the world. Finding the ideal woman. Oxymoron supreme? But let's just see. And learn. Tootles.

An awareness of my need to find a means of displaying useful information in such a way as to keep it beyond the bounds of forgetfulness came upon me a while back. A timetable of refuse collection days would be a good example of such information. It took a surprising length of time for me to come up with the solution of fridge magnets.

Some people collect fridge magnets from the places they visit on holiday, but I never go anywhere. Others like “humorous” ones that express their personality, even when it would be better left unexpressed. They don’t seem to make fridge magnets that express my personality, and I wouldn’t want anybody to see them if they did. Besides, I don’t like that sort of thing; it’s no better than T-shirts with slogans printed on them.

When I looked on-line I was disappointed to find that nobody sells fridge magnets that are just magnets. The ones I reluctantly settled for are meant to look like little hands performing the thumbs up gesture, although you would have to study them for some time before that became apparent. I prefer them not to be studied at all.

What’s that I hear you say, “they are only effing fridge magnets, for God’s sake, what’s the big deal?” But it is a big deal, and it’s not just fridge magnets. Everywhere you look they are trying to sell you “fun” items to cheer up your home. I don’t want a cheerful home, and I don’t want anyone brainwashing me into thinking things are fun. And if I were looking for fun I would be hoping for more than a magnet that looks like an arse.

Anyway, I have to admit that my fridge magnets did do the job they were intended for, and for that reason alone I felt obliged to give them a five-star review on Amazon.

Since I had to go out to get some postage stamps and such I took a drive out to a nature park that's rarely ever used and nothing had really changed out there that much.I saw a blue feathered male duck and saw some wild flowers which were in bloom along the pathway and most of what's usually not flooded was flooded.It was a nice walk and all.Thank goodness it wasn't as busy like the other park I had stopped at the other day.By the time I had arrived back at the trailblazer I was tired but it was a good tired.Stopped at a gas station and then headed home.