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We are all on cs for some or other rhyme or reason.

Whatever it may be, I sincerely say to all my friends, acquaintances and enemies on cs:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

Wishing you peace, joy, and love this Christmas and always.

May this season be full of light, laughter and love.

May all your (good) wishes come true.

I'm on both sides of the fence when it comes to shoes on or off in the house. It wasn't an issue growing up in the 50's and 60's, I remember tile floors and shoes were optional. In the 70's most of the house had carpet. Vacuumed weekly and shampooed a few times a year. I was known to wear flip-flops or running shoes.

In the 80's I developed toenail fungus and a few treatments of Lamisil (at $200 each) reduced the severity, but never eradicated the fungus. Hint: The podiatrist said it was contacted from the many years I went without shoes.
Somewhere in the 90's I started wearing (light-weight) construction boots as I was a project manager and often I had to be on jobsites. I'd wear them all day, in or out.

One day while in the waiting room to see my doctor, an advertisement for Jublia came on the TV. It's a prescription strength anti-fungal liquid. I told my doctor, got the prescription and it actually worked. So 20+ years of chasing a cure for fungus was gone! I'm more careful about going without shoes, especially in areas of wet grass.

A girlfriend asked why I wore shoes in the house and my answer was simple. "FIRE... everybody out... FIRE!

Most of the people I know leave their shoes at the front door and walk around barefoot.

As a worker in clients houses, many insist my people remove their shoes. I have to remind them it's against OSHA safety regulations. If they were to get injured without safety shoes on, insurance would not cover the claim. I've asked if they want to sign a waiver to accept the cost of medical in the event someone would get hurt and not be wearing proper shoes.
Disposable booties/shoe covers were provided by the company.

Prior to booties becoming readily available, I've gone into clients houses and removed my shoes because they insisted. One family who professed their cleanliness had a dog. When I was done with the minimal visit of measuring and discussing the design, my socks were dirty AND collected dog hairs. Foolishly, I put my shoes on and right after, the bacteria contaminated my shoes that required me to dispose of them.

Fast forward... I come up the stairs, into my apartment, wipe my shoes on the mat, head to my studio and put my bag with job folders on the side table. If I plan to be in for a while, I'll remove my shoes and get into leather slippers.

There's a shoe storage box on the wall by the door that doesn't get used. When I go to my daughter's house they have a pile of shoes at the door and usually family/friends go barefoot or change to slippers as the upstairs rooms are carpeted. I keep my shoes on. If it's an issue, I'll wear booties.



Yahoo ran a story about shoes in the house and the opinions/experiences varied wildly.
The fear factor of lead based paint, bacteria and E. coli was over hyped.





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One of my neighbors has health issues and confined to a wheelchair. She has a long-time boyfriend who owns a condo on the other side of the development, but stays with her like husband and wife. They have the parking spot next to me and often I say hello and make small-talk. I learned she's been transferred to an extended care facility now.

The other neighbor told me she was only renting and that the landlord owns a few units in the development. Less than a week later, I saw some workers moving furniture out. Curious, I stood in the doorway and was invited in by the owners who were doing some minimal cleanup.

We talked about if they were going to rent again and they decided with the great value of property now, they preferred to sell the place 'as is' but, I thought their asking price was a little high. Days later, they were doing some renovation work. They told me they had a buyer, but the bank wouldn't secure the loan. I don't know if the buyer had a credit issue or the adjuster thought the asking price was too high.

It appears they are on Plan B and now doing some renovation. Their handyman constructed a soffit in the bathrooms and removed the old style lighting. Upgraded lighting in the kitchen was also done. New toilets, a mirrored wall was removed and probably glass shower doors were installed. Paint throughout and they are installing laminate flooring this week.

My guess is $15,000 of upgrades will bring them $30,000 more in the selling price and all it takes is a buyer with cash who doesn't want to go through the renovation process and they could move right in!

New life in an old condo...

I got a new (new to me) pc. After watching it collect dust for a week, I finally got the right cord to hook it up, but not in the music room where I want it. When I seen it online, on the picture, it looked like it had modern hdmi outputs on it but when I got it, it wasn't hdmi, I have no idea what they are called along with a old style vga. Problem is, the music room tv don't have a vga input but the tv in the living room do, but I haven't had a vga cord in years and you would be surprised how hard it was for me to come up with one. I need a adaptor to hook the computer to the tv in the music room so I'm just playing with it now in the living room getting it set up and stuff while I wait for the adaptor to come from online.

At least its on and running, even if its not in place yet

Steps need to be finished but most everything is back in place. Missed the music gear :)

I am fking hurting like crazy but happy. The music room is starting to get put back together, painting is nearly done, sound system is put back in place, cables are all ran, hardest part is over with.

Now if I could only find someone to share it with . . . hah

Cheers to a depressing day

Nice day outside, never had much pain, but fking depressed all day. Barely touched any pot which is super strange for me but just wasn't feeling it. Here's to tomorrow

Goodbye my friend. It's been great. We had some good times together. Those sunsets that seemed to last forever. I'll see you next year on the 10th of March. I wish you could be here all year round... but It's out of my hands. I wait for your return.

So my mother suggested giving the music room a facelift. That was perfectly fine with me. Been gutting it out the last 3 days (I have to do it in bite size pieces on account of the pinched nerve in my back). Having commercial sound gear is awesome . . . until its time to unhook and move it lol. Nightmare of cables and cords plus the big heavy amps and speaker cabinets. If I ever replace my gear, it will be smaller and lighter than what I have now (one amp is almost 40 lbs, the subwoofer is almost 80 lbs, too much for someone with back issues). I got it figured out though how to set everything back up that will be a lot more user friendly plus not have a matrix of cables running all over the place randomly as a eyesore.

I'm just glad its not a system from the 70s/80s. To have anything close to the performance of what I got now, it would be a lot bigger and much much heavier, you would need a full size van towing a trailer (and I still wouldn't have the deep low end I got now) so I can't complain looking at it that way lol.

Gonna be alright

I have been noticing a large increase in local funerals by me for the past 6 months or so. I never said anything but I have been paying attention.

Just last night, I overheard a member on my pool team talking to another guy about how people he knows are dying. He said, in the past week, he went to 3 of them.

I am curious. I remember after the vaccine was administered, there had been some reporting on excess deaths. I wonder if they are still monitoring that today?




Stay safe everyone.