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When the going gets tough, the tough goes balls to the walls.

Today is my day off one more day til payday and ill have electric. I got a sewer shut off notice today. In addition, i got a notice of my drivers license suspension in 6 months for delinquent child support/property taxes. I have decided to blow off the gas bill since summer is coming and a furnace isn’t necessary. Im focusing on the bare minimum.

Since i am looking for a new job, my present job will be nonexistant when the furniture department has been liquidated. My store went bankrupt. I need wifi and a license for new employment.

I didn’t grow up to be a salesman or cashier. I grew ip to be an artist. The chips are down. My very reliable associate is assisting me with a method of bathing and i’m hoping he will accompany me to some art galleries to show a sample of my work.

I still dont feel suicidal so all things considered, the sun is shining.

So, I met this friend who has the same curiosity as I. We both had the day off and he invited me on an investigative adventure.

I felt like a overprotected minor chumming with my friend and checking out an adult store.

I am currently reading a book about the Dust Bowl of the early 1930's in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

It's a sad sad story about the "Anglo-Saxon" immigrants who in the late 1880's from Germany, Britain and other places came into the area mentioned above. The U. S. Government under Herbert Hoover removed all the American Indians and the Mexicans that had lived in those areas for centuries and placed them into terrible conditions and localities.

Within 50 years they had overplanted and raped the land with tractors and horse drawn plows so badly that when the drought cycle hit around 1930 it was so devastating that it completely ruined the agriculture in that area. The rainless seasons and high winds built clouds of dust laden with so much top soil from the parched land that some storms contained tons of dust that were the ranchers worst nightmares! And there were many of these dust storms.

The story is extremely sad how the Mexicans and the Indians were mistreated and any Black people wandering through. But when the unexpected drought hit the farmers they were completely at a loss and they suffered completely. They died from dust pneumonia and other dust borne ailments and were practically wiped out by the middle 30's.

One of the characters whose story just about covers the whole book and the family problems tell about how one of the son finishes high school and is the class salutatorian. After he received his diploma he gave it to his Mom and when she asked her son why he replies; "...you are smarter then me"! Or close to that.

Tim Egan is the author and the name of the book is "The Worst Hard Time"! That line really swelled the tears and made my throat sore. I recommend it to all.

Although it’s in the 30’s in my house, it’s the mid 40’s outside with the sun shining. I still have gas so I’ve brewed coffee on the stove and washed 3 pairs of pants and a dress in my bathtub. Hopefully 1 item will be dry by 2pm. I’ll do another load shortly. I feel a little optimistic having something clean to wear to work.

I’ll make some eggs soon and rest until duty calls.

I feel like a pioneer

Sure, there are clued lady mechanics, and race car drivers. Recall that weeny worshiper Amelia Ehrhardt. But in my experience, there is a strong inverse correlation betwen just what women know about such things, and how jealously they guard related imagined perogatives. So, our brilliant graduare twins will need a vehicle for work or more schooling. Mind you, dad buys antique modes of transportation. Touring MC, head turning sports car, solid coastal sail cruisers, and so on. Cheap and do what is expected of them. A joy to maintain. But the girls' mom, Godess bless her, will have none of it. So my default suggestion is to get them hybrid Subaru station wagons---environmentally sound and long lived. Of course, as with most things, dad will pay for most of the bills. Mother dear is listening to the car salesman, lowest of occupations, who avers that while there may be a savings in gas, long term hybrid maintenance is very costly. What?!?! No timing belts, fewer oil and trans services, almost no brake jobs---and lots more. Hopefully, daughters won't be so falsely swayed. But the PC world isn't kind to such valid thinking, based on experience.

I’m so inclined to text my customer back. The idea of buying a full carat diamond for the price of a 3/4 or 1/2 diamond price at my experience is really ticking me off. Sure, they have a budget. It’s not a mystery that a car salesperson works entirely on a commission. You buyers expect me to make nothing so you get what you want fukc all the rest? Please, get over yourselves and buy what you can afford. I’m sick of it and pretty close to saying it to the next jerk. I would rather starve like I already am than cater to your idiotic sense of entitlement.

the uk has announced that it is to ban ,the sale of petrol and diesel cars ,,
now as a regular driver i can see many misgivings with this,
electric cars are ok to pop to the local shops or drop the kids at school ,
but could you imagine the dread of a long trip in one ????
imagine your batteries are low ,,and hey presto there is a powercut ,,,
or you pull at a charging station and there is a queue waiting ,,
and these cars dont recharge that quickly ,yes a quick 30 minute charge will get you on the move but not very far,
so is it a good or bad thing ????

...and I drove up to Nissan dealer in the car we got her for graduation, and her new job. Internship, well paid, at a national lab. Studying how non -random is meoitic chromosome recombination, under environmental influences, in rodent embryotic stem calls. Simple shite, that. These vehicles are amazing for those of us who drive antiques. Visit was for no charge dealer service to update programs for the posterior wieseldink release valves, and the central imposivator coupler. These cars do everything but scratch your nose. Which was my complaint to the service manager, who agreed. Chinese buffet after it all, long evening on the toilet. But over two hours on the road, got to listen to Millennial rock. K and J Pop, and lots more. Can't say I hated it, but can't say I loved this stuff either. Like my first beer---takes getting used to. Now, one thousand are not enough, and one is too many.

I spend a lot of time daydreaming. I can watch a movie but sometimes real life is so beautiful that replaying certain events is much better and happier. After all, the memories are real and mine.

One might argue with me that I have fallen in love. In a sense, perhaps I have. But, I am very aware that I am not his object of such daydreams.

This tennis playing relationship seems to try to develop into something of more substance. My solution is to not respond to his texts as normal. Typically I would jump to attention with minimal time to elapse before my response. I lack self control but I am very mindful of this delicate balance.

My body likes his body and my mind likes his mind. My heart likes him too. Life brings us such wonderful things if we are good to not abuse them.

My car has a front radar used in the safety system for Forward Obstruction Warning (FOW) and Mazda Radar Cruise Control (MRCC) but sometimes the system gives a failure warning. I called Mazda USA and spoke to someone in customer relations who says they have no records of this happening to my model or others.
Last month, I dropped the car off for it's first service and told the service adviser about the failures and showed him photos of the warnings that appeared on the dashboard display.
He did a search and said there's nothing in history of this happening to any other vehicles.

Since they need to put the car to a test drive to try to reproduce the problem, I need to schedule an appointment for them to have the car at lease 2 days and arrange a (free) loaner. While I can make arrangements, I wasn't real sure about them being able to find the trouble. For me it starts while I'm on the highway and it's raining happening about 80% of the time.

I spoke to a friend who used to work at a car dealer and he asked "Did you Google it?"

Pretty simple and I found a few Mazda Tech sites where people post questions and get responses from other car owners. I found EXACTLY what I was looking for. It appears on my model and several others current and dating back a few years. Not a new problem.

At this point, I now have the ammunition I need to get back to the dealer for something that should already know about. Making my point, I'll send the service manager some links that explain the issue, with photos so they can get to the source quickly.

Thanks Google!