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Tag... everything under the Sun...

..the Rock. / Atomic Rooster
...breaking Atoms / main Source
how to dismantle an A - bomb./ U 2.
....color Co-0rdinated code of PoP....} Peak strength. Ed.
... Condensed 21st. Cent. Guide / king Crimson.
.....1a....sword of god / red crayola.
Channel orange / ocean.....Lemon parade / tonic*
...shine On Y. C.D..} pink Floyd blues band.....
S U N./ Cat power....) .time passages../ stewart
.green mind / dinosaur Jr.....Amk. idiot./ Green day.
blue sky mining / midnight oil...
...Out of the blue / system F.
Purple./ Gus Gus.......}..times Up / Living Colour.
..S Y N.} Reading, Writing, Arithmetic / Sundays.
.......gen.9:11...deut.9:11...ps.119..et Cetera.....
A R ] ..vision thing / sisters of Mercy.
..white light from the mouth of infinity / swans.}.}..}

We hupersons have always commented on death. In ancient classical times, here in the West, the philosophers had at it. During the Middle Ages, it was largely the church. Later, as in the Great War, the poets did so, but kept a certain distance from the nitty gritty. Hell, even the cave persons had their cave wall art, with themes of fertility, animal prey, and yes, oh you CS bozos on our great bus, the Grim Reaper.
Heard a new medical sadistic. It would seem that, for the first time, folks choosing to die at home, exceeded the numbers (%?), wanting to die in hospital. Hospice programs are chock full. And in many parts of the world, access to modern treatments, such as these are, is hardly equal.
We all have ideas on this. As with Ebola, and other such Viruses, contamination typically made victims die alone, away from loved ones, although clinicians often tried their best to fill in. In some nursing (care) homes, family gathered about windows.
Of course, as with most families, the good old fashioned love-hate Jones intervenes. Nuff said.
But these numbers are telling. Hospital care can help save some, but treatments aren't exactly state of the art, and can certainly not be a cake walk.
Lots to ponder. Another benefit of the Virus? Any finger/hand painting of intensive care units on the walls and ceilings?

My family of origin is of peasant stock, so from an early age, all were exposed to physical work. So much so, that higher education was somewhat frowned upon. Perhaps a little like "ackin' White", in some Negro cultures. So my Black relatives aver.
But this tendency to know one's place is present in many working class cultures. I recall my time in Norway, Hei Da !, where I learned of a similar cultural attitude, there called Janteloven, or the law of Jante. Not a stranger to bragadoccio, I quickly learned of how such isn't exactly a favored personal style there. Morfar called me the equivalent of " a damn fool". And my Slovak relatives talk of something similar, much more present still in the backwaters of the old country, about Bratislava, but still visible in many elderly, and even a hottie niece or two, in Pennsyltucky.
So when I asked for an estimate for removing the toxic, non PC, VERY non PC , tar on my drive and walkways, here at the Vierk-Gnome mansion, I was shocked to learn that these ran into the thousands of dollars. Only to have to retar things in a decade or so, with this frost heaving Northern climate?
I learned quite early the triple value of self sufficiency. Pride of workmanship, learning from mistakes, and saving money. So I took up, ---pick, shovel and wheel barrel,--- all the tar "black top", using it to shore up a failing berm, far from the veggie garden, later to be covered with loam and flowers. It's all looking great, as instead of toxic, petroleum based tar, I'm putting down God's own dirt, and planting turf, with a few flat stones to walk on, across the new piece of lawn..
My neighbors seem to be of two thoughts on this. The New York/Jersey summer crowd, struggle to hide their deep disdain. There goes the neighborhood again! But the DIY Mainers applaud the efforts. Now I'm faced with the decision to do something similar with the driveway, from which we removed the tar for berms when we built the new garage/rentals. There's only gravel there now, and it'll likely require my learning how to rent and use a small back hoe to level things out and to spread the dirt about. Hand sowing of grass seed is simple enough.
One more benefit is the loss of a pound or two, if working for a few hours in the sun, likely so called immeasurable water loss by the physiologists of the world.
But who doubts all this has more to do with being a cheap piker, than anything else?
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Restaurants are just opening, after months, and we haven't been out to eat for some time, where we discuss the twins, property, health care, etc. Fun and support for the restaurant business. A local patriotic Pub. There's a sign saying, 'We shoot every third liberal. The second one just left.' Nice atmosphere, no?. Most guests have side arms strapped on. No chance of being robbed there. Amerikkka, love it or......

Its about people that have passed on in your life. Their spirit and memories always stay with you. Through having dreams about them or seeing visions of them for that split 2nd. There is an afterlife I truly believe and reincarnation. The soul is reborn into somebody new . U will quite often come across this person and say to yourself u remind me of somebody . Beautiful piece of music.


I learned years ago that Native Americans have visions. Plus see visions regarding their ancestry.

What's yours? I used to collect stamps. I started when I was 10. My mom went to see a lawyer about squeezing some more child support out of my dad and the lawyer asked me if I collect stamps. He showed me a small handful of stamps he tore off his mail I said no. He said too bad I was going to give these to you if you did. I really wanted those stamps cause I thought there might be a few unused ones in there. So I started collecting stamps figuring my mom would take me back to see the lawyer and I would get those stamps. Well, I never saw the guy again. I wound up becoming a stamp collector for most of my adult life and I got very deep into the hobby including attending stamp auctions and stamp shows.

Read this comment on another site in regards to fresh meat.Quote/I stopped buying the pre-wrapped stuff. A couple of times it's been bad after opening. I'd rather pay the extra 20 cents to get the fresher stuff in butcher paper rather than have to drive all the way back to the store to get the refund on the spoiled product./End quote

I got the idea for my bottom post from the article above.


I recall back to when I was a small child and my parents traded our split-level home for a grocery store where my parents opened a meat market and sold fresh meat.They would order sides of beef,pork and cut it up in portions and also sold some salads and such. Back in the day they would let their customers open a charge account and were given a certain time to pay on it/pay it off they chose to do and would be allowed to charge more food just as long as they paid on their previous owed amount.After my father passed on my mother had sold the business and we both had moved into a townhouse.

Said my bit now deal with it...

Music videos have been around for some time now, however, really started making a visual statement (as art) in their own right (apart from the song); probably in the late 1980's. This was when "basic" special effects (generated by computers) came along.

Back then, (if you lived in Australia) you had to watch a show called "Countdown" (top of the pops format -on TV) to see your favorite musicians perform. In Australia, The ABC television station has a music video all night (weekends) TV show called "Rage" . In America it is MTV (or it was in the late eighties). Nowadays; of course, we have most music videos on youtube.

Anyway, you get the idea.

Blog open for each person to post their favorite music video/s.

(please post a maximum of 1 per comment). Comments are sought for each music video - Why do you like it? What makes it special?

To kick things off, I'll post a few of my favs. (there's really too many, to choose from)...

Life is a series of constant choices.

Adam was 50% of the world’s population when he took the first choice. The apple looked juicy and was being offered by the only one naked temptress around.

And the world never got back on the right track again!

With the second easement of restrictions coming into effect today, yet with active Covid19 cases consistently in double digits in the last days, indicating the possibility of the beginnings of a second ’wave’, today could be the date that might be marked in our history books as the day that was a break dealer for the country (Malta).

Of course it all depends on us. All of us, shop owners, retailers, service providers, customers, diners and shoppers.

And how we, ALL OF US behave.

The country is experimenting with a delicate tripod to balance health, wealth and peace. Naturally, there can be neither health nor wealth if peace is only found in RIP.

And in that one, as with the fact that the coronavirus does not distinguish, everyone is equal.

Well, they do say that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, but in this climate, it’s better to tell Adam be aware. act safe and stay safe.

Peace.

thevirgosign