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While reading and doing some hard thinking about something today.I read a post about someones culture and such.About how that particular culture was or is.It proved to me that there are still prejudices in this country today.

One of my older late brothers had enlisted in the Army many years ago during wartime, and during that time frame he had met and wished to marry a young lady but because she didn't wish to move to the states and leave her parents behind they both went their separate ways.I did see a picture some time ago of her sitting on his coffee table of the many times I'd been at his apartment and she was very pretty. I thought to myself on how neat it would've been to have had some possible Japanese nieces and nephews.I would've been such a proud and happy Aunt. But it never happened.

I'm of mixed race myself.My late father who was born Native American had been adopted by a American Indian family when he was a small child cause his own mother who was white had given him up.

When I had learned of my older brother and the lady that he had wished to marry back then and if they obviously would've had any children should I had just had nothing to ever do with them or her even though they would've been my nieces or nephews regardless of their culture which their mother had originally came from?

Yesterday a friend of mine suggested to me that since weekends are boring why didn't we just load ourselves in the vehicle and just go out somewhere.He said that's what his parents used do years ago.So that's what we both did.We got in his vehicle and went.Yes we did distance ourselves from other people.We both do reside on his late mothers property and do our errands together so we saw no need to distance ourselves from each another.

We put the dog in his vehicle that we both share the care of and just drove to a lake somewhere that we hadn't been to in years and went fishing and afterwards and had some lunch.It was the best time I had in some time, yes we did practice our distancing from other people.Caught some fish but they were to small in size to keep so afterwards we went to a drive up window and had some lunch and then drove to another location did some more fishing and then drove home.It was a fun time just doing something in the spur of the moment.I wonder if any of you have ever just got in your vehicle and just went somewhere to blow the stink off so to speak. It felt so good just to be away from our computers,tv and such.

Been there, and done that, on my own, of the latter. Just look at my rides/sails/lifestyle.. Digressing as I go.

So, now we have so called quarter life crises, which some, but certainly not all, may quetsch about, between the ages of 20 and mid 30's. Variously described, poorly, by some effete alt left juniorversity faculty, on the road to nowhere publications, and cheap academic promotion. But at the Vierk Institute, we'll gladly chirp in. Especially when not at all asked to do so. Always at your servicing, folks.

First of all, it seems to present in a restricted group of younger folks. Don't look for it in the offspring of more working class parents. Or in youngsters choosing the trades, or military, over the glory of costly, debt inducing, beer soaked university years. Seems to sprout up more in liberal parenting situations. It is reported to be a deep sense of ennui, often whined about as, "I used to feel locked out (jobs, boy friend, kids), but now I feel locked in (jobs, wifey, kids)." Clearly essentially intracultural, and, social media scrutiny, and the economies, might contribute, in their minds, at least. It can often follow a disappointment at work, or in love, evolving to life in a basement room, or couch, at Mommy's. Worse, when substances are involved, these moves can be from Park Avenue, to park bench. Blinded, are these sad cases, by parents', and other herd expectations. No religion, but all will swear to being deeply spiritual sentient beings.

Well, our behavioral health team, yes, the same folks who gave you the Trump Derangement, and other liberal syndromes, have come up with our own understanding of things. For starters, it doesn't deserve the status of "Syndrome", not to mention "disease/illness". Such nosologic titles only serve to increase, allegedly, the incidence/prevalence of the beast (hey, Epid terms, these). We recall, with Mona Lisa knowing smiles, entities like "multiple personality, p*nis envy and schizophrenogenic mum "disorders. Not to mention every second surviving birth winding up on the autism spectrum.

With such a sophisticated audience here, just naming a few related concepts will stimulate thought and understanding of what's really up. The concept of universal suffering and self love, from our Buddhist friends. Being grateful, grounded and helpful, as in the halls of AA. Good old fashioned independence/individuation struggles, held over from adolescence, where they really belong, from the child psychiatrists. Useless as these wannabe docs usually are. Confusion over success versus happiness, stoked by expectations of perfect lives, from the stoic philosophers. And probably a few more---help us out.

These kids mostly grew up where every one was a winner, where every member of even a loosing team got trophies, and so on. Thanks, muchly, liberal teachers. Who is really surprised? How about, Millennial Snowflake "they didn't make me bank president after a week of work", condition? Can't make any of these rants up, my devoted followers. Even those threatening physical violence, after misunderstanding what's right under their noses. Thank the Goddess we didn't have to face Tojo, the Hun or a Blitz, with these folks in uniform.

8 pm in Spain - so I went to my doorway to join in the clapping. I don't always (busy, or forget) but when I do my neighbour on the left beams at me like her face will split. If she was allowed to hug me she probably would.

Same neighbour has up to now stared at me as if she can't believe el Dios bueno punished her - ¿¿¿por qué??? - by letting an Inglesa move in next door.

The neighbours opposite speak English and have always been friendly and the neighbours on the right don't but we smile and chat until my abominable social Spanish has been plumbed to its depths. Clapping is a small price to pay to complete the magic circle.

I suppose I'm a basic hypocrite, I've often done things not from conviction but because they are polite and grease the wheels of social acceptability. Some examples from around the world, following Jig's lead -

1. Would you burp to compliment the chef, if it was expected
2. Stand back to let the man (or, if you are a man, your host) enter the restaurant before you
3. Put used loo paper in the bin, not into the toilet

Bonus question, what's the oddest polite custom you know

I've been spending a lot of my free time -of which I have quite a large
amount at the moment- messing about with a 3D modelling computer
programme. It also does animation. It isn't simple to use, in fact, it is
quite complicated and would probably require a college course to gain
proficiency. After much persistence I am starting to get to grips with the
basics.

This is a sample of my achievements so far. Providing I can manage to
upload it to the blog.

I put an old house up for sale. Within a week, I had a buyer who was planning to put $50,000 in upgrades prior to moving in. He's in the restaurant business and a few weeks before the closing, due to COVID-19 is out of work. Ignoring the money he has in savings, the bank cannot verify his employment and refuses a mortgage. The deal is off.

The house goes back on the market and again within a week another buyer shows up. This buyer has a stable job and also plans to put a chunk of money into renovations. Just like the other buyer, they paid for a home inspection. Different from the other inspector, this guy comes with video equipment capable of sewer and drain pipe inspections. In most areas he does a more thorough job.

I was there the day of the inspection (intentionally, to my benefit) and met the buyer who came along with the agent. I already know the plan is to completely gut the kitchen and bathroom that share the plumbing wall, remove all the room air conditioner units, tear open a hall closet to install central air conditioning unit, remove all the windows and install insulated impact windows, change the front door to solid panel, close in the car port and make a family room, move the laundry station to the back of the house that requires 60 feet of plumbing. With all those changes, I'm sure the water heater will be replaced with a tankless system.

The inspection report came through this morning and I have to laugh as many of the items that were noted as missing, marginal or failed will be removed/replaced when the new owner does their renovation. One item the inspector tried to make an issue was the lack of attic insulation.

10 years ago, my neighbor had a central air conditioning system installed. After they cut the ceiling and attic space for pipes, they installed 'blow-in' insulation a few inches thick in the top. His electric bill in the summer is over $400 a month. I was running window units in every room and only had the bedroom a/c on at night. My electric bill peaked at $125. He's got insulation and insulated impact windows, I've got no insulation, old style windows, some don't close tightly, and a jalousie front door that on a windy day you can feel a breeze.

Sometimes I feel that having insulation is a non-issue. At least, that's the way it worked out for me.

The official nickname for New Jersey is......The Garden State.

Two weeks ago I planted 10 different types of vegetable or herb seeds
and I also planted blue morning glory seeds.
I'm happy to report, that radishes, spinach and leaf lettuce are up in abundance.
The others - not yet.

The Monday after Easter (1 week ago) I stopped by the grocery store to buy a week's worth of food.
I also do that with a fruit & vegetable market each week.
Apparently, the grocery store was expecting lots of flower sales for Easter and it didn't happen.
So, they had plenty of pots of either tulips (red, red & white tipped, or yellow) and pots of blue hyacinth. The Tulips had 4 or 5 bulbs in each pot and the hyacinths had 3 larger bulbs in each pot.
They were on clearance at 3 pots for $3. I bought 12 pots, 6 of the hyacinths and 6 of the red & white tulips.

When I got home, I walked a pot of hyacinths over to my neighbors across the street and a pot of
hyacinths to my neighbor on my left. The neighbor on my right didn't want any.
I brought one pot of hyacinths inside, and they made the house smell great for the past week.

Today I planted everything I had left. 9 hyacinth bulbs and 24 red & white tipped tulip bulbs.
The bigger hyacinth flower stalks were drooping. So, I had to put them on stem support.
Don't worry. I think they will make it. The tulips are in on either side of my sidewalk leading to the front door. The last 3 bulbs on both sides are hyacinths and I planted the remainder in front of 2 big spruce trees that I have.

Can you dig it ? I certainly did.....33 times today.

Can you think of any?



another question...



Do the "entitled" complain the most?

Mother earth fihts back.

Seems like some kind of Poetic Justice at work here...

Clean Skys Clean water time for each other we are starting to think about making our world green again and what about health insurance for all Maybe this could be a new start for us all.

A 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman received 150 beers from Molson Coors on Monday in response to her viral plea for more beer during the state’s lockdown, a report said.

Reps from the beverage giant delivered 10 15-packs of Coors Light to Olive Veronesi’s Seminole home, news station KDKA reported.

The senior cracked open a can of the suds with the workers still there. “That tastes pretty good,” Veronesi told the network.

Veronesi said she was down to her last 12 beers when a family member snapped a hilarious photo of her holding a Coors Light can and a whiteboard saying, “I need more beer!!”

“I have a beer every night, you know what, beer has vitamins in it, it’s good for you, as long as you don’t overdo it,” she told KDKA on Monday.


Mark Linder, one of the Molson Coors reps, told the outlet he and his coworker “made sure Olive got her beer so she can continue her healthy regimen of a Coors light a day.”