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Bus Journeys for a Pound
The fairly extortionate bus prices in my area increased recently, which was no great surprise.
I used to pay £6.50 for a 20-25 minute return journey from my village to my daughter's. It's now gone up to £7.10, but a Rhondda Rider ticket (as many rides in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough as you want in a day) has bizarrely remained at the lower cost of £7.
In March of this year, for some unspecified reason, the buses were free for the whole month. It may have been something to do with introducing the new, efficient, electronic payment system. Instead of requesting a specific ticket and paying the driver with cash, or card, we now have a tap on/tap off system for card users - you scan your debit card/phone when embarking and alighting and within three days the cost of your journey(s) are calculated and debited from your account. The trouble is, if you forget to tap off, an amount that could cancel a developing country's deficit is whipped from your coffers without so much as humanitarian award, or a polite round of applause.
Having been forgetful struggling off the bus with groceries, or small children, I have gone back to asking for a specific ticket and paying with cash, two things the public transport company was clearly trying to move beyond.
However, the free buses during the month-long hiatus were well used, despite the inconvenience of long bumpy journeys and buses simply not turning up. Traversing our Valleys terrain by bus is like a cross between a roller coaster and Brands Hatch and if they're running late they take a short cut missing out stops. Also, if the vacancies advertised are anything to go by, they're sometimes too short staffed since Brexit to run the full timetable.
As a consequence of the freebie enthusiasm, the bus company has trialled a £1 per bus ride cost over the school summer break. Very often when I'm paying £7, I have the bus to myself for at least a part of my journey and there are always way more seats that people. Over the summer, the buses have been so packed, passengers fill the aisle as well as the seats. So, one person paying £7 versus 40+ people paying £1.
I don't understand why public transport has priced itself to the point of making a loss. We are under threat of losing our unprofitable buses which could be profitable if they were only affordable for the demographics most likely to use them off peak, or were a cheaper option than driving in the rush hours.
On a less whiny note, I embarked on a bus yesterday morning with a £10 note in my hot, sticky palm, having used up all the pound coins I had on previous journeys. The driver commented that I was going to wipe out all the change he had left, at which point a passenger jumped up, paid for my journey and said, "Pass it on!" with a big smile. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to do just that, in whatever shape, or form that it presents itself. We are endemically community minded here in Wales, but it's nice to have the luxury of being able to act on that will without having to hesitate due to foolishly excessive costs.
I used to pay £6.50 for a 20-25 minute return journey from my village to my daughter's. It's now gone up to £7.10, but a Rhondda Rider ticket (as many rides in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough as you want in a day) has bizarrely remained at the lower cost of £7.
In March of this year, for some unspecified reason, the buses were free for the whole month. It may have been something to do with introducing the new, efficient, electronic payment system. Instead of requesting a specific ticket and paying the driver with cash, or card, we now have a tap on/tap off system for card users - you scan your debit card/phone when embarking and alighting and within three days the cost of your journey(s) are calculated and debited from your account. The trouble is, if you forget to tap off, an amount that could cancel a developing country's deficit is whipped from your coffers without so much as humanitarian award, or a polite round of applause.
Having been forgetful struggling off the bus with groceries, or small children, I have gone back to asking for a specific ticket and paying with cash, two things the public transport company was clearly trying to move beyond.
However, the free buses during the month-long hiatus were well used, despite the inconvenience of long bumpy journeys and buses simply not turning up. Traversing our Valleys terrain by bus is like a cross between a roller coaster and Brands Hatch and if they're running late they take a short cut missing out stops. Also, if the vacancies advertised are anything to go by, they're sometimes too short staffed since Brexit to run the full timetable.
As a consequence of the freebie enthusiasm, the bus company has trialled a £1 per bus ride cost over the school summer break. Very often when I'm paying £7, I have the bus to myself for at least a part of my journey and there are always way more seats that people. Over the summer, the buses have been so packed, passengers fill the aisle as well as the seats. So, one person paying £7 versus 40+ people paying £1.
I don't understand why public transport has priced itself to the point of making a loss. We are under threat of losing our unprofitable buses which could be profitable if they were only affordable for the demographics most likely to use them off peak, or were a cheaper option than driving in the rush hours.
On a less whiny note, I embarked on a bus yesterday morning with a £10 note in my hot, sticky palm, having used up all the pound coins I had on previous journeys. The driver commented that I was going to wipe out all the change he had left, at which point a passenger jumped up, paid for my journey and said, "Pass it on!" with a big smile. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to do just that, in whatever shape, or form that it presents itself. We are endemically community minded here in Wales, but it's nice to have the luxury of being able to act on that will without having to hesitate due to foolishly excessive costs.
EDELWEISS - Vol. I: The ALGORHYTHM - Beginning [II]
EDELWEISS
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- Chapter I:
The ALGORHYTHM
( - )
Beginning
“I know the feeling of being alive. Divisions of glimpses within what is Reality. I have known what means to be dead whilst alive, or to have the impression of living whilst actually dying. I have been acquainted with the feeling of illness in a world in which there is no cure, except Reality. But to embrace such a Reality which surpasses human knowledge, - what price, must be paid, really?! With what price, comes such an insight, so deep that you could not even find whom to share it with, or… if there would be someone, to make an equation like one in a billion?! To what range and to what extent, the radius of circle, could expand, in further developing a spherical ensemble?! So alike, when you reach to a point in which understanding must be acquired in order to survive, but so cruel, so harsh, to realize, finally, that a dot – a simple dot, in time and space, becomes pointless if no meaning, if no reason, for its origin. For either the world is too big enough, either, it becomes smaller and smaller. Like the common saying with “nobody knows the truth because the truth is that nobody knows what truth really is” – but that is merely, an illusion of knowing, for this is particularity of how one perceives the notions. Within all these, Reality was, is and will be the same. One can not deny what’s obvious, without to live with the consequences of its own denial, and so forth, one can see, hear or feel whatever finds suitable, to its own benefit, without being concerned with what’s really going on far of its comfort zone, although will come the time to face everything when less expected, or just dealing with the facts at the right moment of time, in comprehension of Reality and its own role…
The world looks different, in times of being alive. I’m asking myself: does really the parameters of life change the way one feels?! That’s because… there are, at some point, special circumstances, in which one, aware or not, finds it way back. Or, were my personal impressions?!.. No, that can’t be right. I can distinguish, within illusions, from time to time. The little I may know, but that’s enough. I ask, finally: what difference is found in one eye looking to the world, in one ear hearing in what consists the world, in one’s heart in order to perceive within the world?..”
[ … ]
- Shall be continued…
2022 © Th3Mirr0r
EDELWEISS - Vol. I/Chapter I: The ALGORHYTHM
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- Chapter I:
The ALGORHYTHM
( - )
Beginning
“I know the feeling of being alive. Divisions of glimpses within what is Reality. I have known what means to be dead whilst alive, or to have the impression of living whilst actually dying. I have been acquainted with the feeling of illness in a world in which there is no cure, except Reality. But to embrace such a Reality which surpasses human knowledge, - what price, must be paid, really?! With what price, comes such an insight, so deep that you could not even find whom to share it with, or… if there would be someone, to make an equation like one in a billion?! To what range and to what extent, the radius of circle, could expand, in further developing a spherical ensemble?! So alike, when you reach to a point in which understanding must be acquired in order to survive, but so cruel, so harsh, to realize, finally, that a dot – a simple dot, in time and space, becomes pointless if no meaning, if no reason, for its origin. For either the world is too big enough, either, it becomes smaller and smaller. Like the common saying with “nobody knows the truth because the truth is that nobody knows what truth really is” – but that is merely, an illusion of knowing, for this is particularity of how one perceives the notions. Within all these, Reality was, is and will be the same. One can not deny what’s obvious, without to live with the consequences of its own denial, and so forth, one can see, hear or feel whatever finds suitable, to its own benefit, without being concerned with what’s really going on far of its comfort zone, although will come the time to face everything when less expected, or just dealing with the facts at the right moment of time, in comprehension of Reality and its own role…
The world looks different, in times of being alive. I’m asking myself: does really the parameters of life change the way one feels?! That’s because… there are, at some point, special circumstances, in which one, aware or not, finds it way back. Or, were my personal impressions?!.. No, that can’t be right. I can distinguish, within illusions, from time to time. The little I may know, but that’s enough. I ask, finally: what difference is found in one eye looking to the world, in one ear hearing in what consists the world, in one’s heart in order to perceive within the world?..”
[ … ]
- Shall be continued…
2022 © Th3Mirr0r
EDELWEISS - Vol. I/Chapter I: The ALGORHYTHM
I am so stressed, I would like to be kissed for 2 hours straight !
Just read this: I am so stressed, I would like to be kissed for 2 hours straight
and the answers, that was fun to read. Lets see what you write (male and females)
and the answers, that was fun to read. Lets see what you write (male and females)
Fixing a hole where the FEDS got in...
My (older) brother was an avid reader. Me... not so much. I watched TV and listened to music. Actually, my dad started it with records of his era and we where allowed to listen to any music we wanted. Back to my brother... he had a weird sense of humor and often bought MAD Magazine. If you grew up in America, MAD Magazine had a little of everything they thought would be entertaining. Cartoons and sick jokes especially.
I remember they did "Sung to the tune of" parody submissions where they changed the lyrics to something funny. This was a generation before Weird Al Yankovic got started.
I've done a few musical blogs about 'getting the lyrics wrong' to a few songs.
The example was Jimi Hendrix "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky" and some think he sang "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" Another example was Creedence Clearwater Revival's song Bad Mood Rising "There's a bad moon on the right" my brother's college friends would (intentionally) sing "There's a bathroom on the right"
So, essentially we understood the difference in not knowing the lyrics and changing the lyrics a parody.
The past few months have been busy for the judicial system with 4 indictments for 'Trump and friends' and I see Mark Meadows is resisting a surrender, trying to take his case to Federal Court. Rudy Giuliani surrendered and is out on $150,000 bail. It's reported Trump is going to do a telethon or 'Go-Fund-Me' to raise money for Rudy's legal expense.
Yuscil Taveras was Trump's IT computer guy, a key witness in the Mar-a-Lago documents case was requested to delete the part of the incriminating security footage... basically 'fixing a hole' where the feds got in.
That's my idea for a new parody song, sung to the Beatles FIXING A HOLE off the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
He's fixing a hole where the FEDS got in.
'Catchy' melody... I like it!
I remember they did "Sung to the tune of" parody submissions where they changed the lyrics to something funny. This was a generation before Weird Al Yankovic got started.
I've done a few musical blogs about 'getting the lyrics wrong' to a few songs.
The example was Jimi Hendrix "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky" and some think he sang "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" Another example was Creedence Clearwater Revival's song Bad Mood Rising "There's a bad moon on the right" my brother's college friends would (intentionally) sing "There's a bathroom on the right"
So, essentially we understood the difference in not knowing the lyrics and changing the lyrics a parody.
The past few months have been busy for the judicial system with 4 indictments for 'Trump and friends' and I see Mark Meadows is resisting a surrender, trying to take his case to Federal Court. Rudy Giuliani surrendered and is out on $150,000 bail. It's reported Trump is going to do a telethon or 'Go-Fund-Me' to raise money for Rudy's legal expense.
Yuscil Taveras was Trump's IT computer guy, a key witness in the Mar-a-Lago documents case was requested to delete the part of the incriminating security footage... basically 'fixing a hole' where the feds got in.
That's my idea for a new parody song, sung to the Beatles FIXING A HOLE off the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
He's fixing a hole where the FEDS got in.
'Catchy' melody... I like it!
Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.
Wonder if :
A .This is factual.....
B. Was it an accident......
He was purportedly in Africa yesterday.
A .This is factual.....
B. Was it an accident......
He was purportedly in Africa yesterday.
EDELWEISS - Vol. I: The ALGORHYTHM - Beginning [I]
EDELWEISS
***
- Chapter I:
The ALGORHYTHM
( - )
Beginning
“I have my own sins, for which I pay a heavy price. However, with the little of humanity that’s left inside me, I still walk forward on this path of life. My trials, awaits me, with each step moving further. From everything, I’m learning. I am.. indeed, a student of life…
It came the day when I decided to write again, after a long break of about two years. There were times when to ask myself what was the purpose of all I’ve done, along time, through art, oscillating between this ruthless world in which I was born, and the beauteousness of the clouds above, always reminding me of something beyond. Were times in which to see the nothingness of this world, all what is Vanity, truly, a glimpse of it, to have seen it. It is beyond my comprehension, what is really happening, and even my faith, oscillates, being inclined to just go with the flow, to a neverending road to nowhere.. or, better said, to loose myself into a world in which everything what is holy be forgotten, everything what adheres to a belief, to be just a fairytale or a reason of mockery, or.. to just take the same paths on which the entire world seen as a whole walks on – even if that means to go straight to the same cliff, blind folded, deaf and with no humanity left, and just make the step over the cliff; but that would not be easy, as inside me there is always a fight, as watching beyond all these, to have distinguished just my weaknesses, or inability to deal with the fact that truth is Truth – relevant to a cause, while an imagined truth or altered perception is just something particular, upon the orientation of a person in what this world has to offer, or upon what he or she had acquired, along its path, through experiences, or any other factors which intervene, modifying the parameters of its life.
I should leave all these behind. It is time to wake up again, and live, anchored in Reality. It is indeed, something beyond all these. I do not wish to deny what’s obvious: I am alive. There is still, a little of humanity left inside me, and that is something which this world, or these interactions with the world, could not destroy…”
[ … ]
- Shall be continued…
2022 © Th3Mirr0r
EDELWEISS - Vol. I/Chapter I: The ALGORHYTHM
***
- Chapter I:
The ALGORHYTHM
( - )
Beginning
“I have my own sins, for which I pay a heavy price. However, with the little of humanity that’s left inside me, I still walk forward on this path of life. My trials, awaits me, with each step moving further. From everything, I’m learning. I am.. indeed, a student of life…
It came the day when I decided to write again, after a long break of about two years. There were times when to ask myself what was the purpose of all I’ve done, along time, through art, oscillating between this ruthless world in which I was born, and the beauteousness of the clouds above, always reminding me of something beyond. Were times in which to see the nothingness of this world, all what is Vanity, truly, a glimpse of it, to have seen it. It is beyond my comprehension, what is really happening, and even my faith, oscillates, being inclined to just go with the flow, to a neverending road to nowhere.. or, better said, to loose myself into a world in which everything what is holy be forgotten, everything what adheres to a belief, to be just a fairytale or a reason of mockery, or.. to just take the same paths on which the entire world seen as a whole walks on – even if that means to go straight to the same cliff, blind folded, deaf and with no humanity left, and just make the step over the cliff; but that would not be easy, as inside me there is always a fight, as watching beyond all these, to have distinguished just my weaknesses, or inability to deal with the fact that truth is Truth – relevant to a cause, while an imagined truth or altered perception is just something particular, upon the orientation of a person in what this world has to offer, or upon what he or she had acquired, along its path, through experiences, or any other factors which intervene, modifying the parameters of its life.
I should leave all these behind. It is time to wake up again, and live, anchored in Reality. It is indeed, something beyond all these. I do not wish to deny what’s obvious: I am alive. There is still, a little of humanity left inside me, and that is something which this world, or these interactions with the world, could not destroy…”
[ … ]
- Shall be continued…
2022 © Th3Mirr0r
EDELWEISS - Vol. I/Chapter I: The ALGORHYTHM
God know before you know
Many unbelievers think they know better than God the things in life, so they think God is wrong or find reasons to not believe in God.so they are misleaded and deceived from evil.
God know all things before anyone know something.
So don,t be misleaded from evil, but believe and obey God and you will be saved.
So repent of your sins and improve and you will be saved one day.
Repent and improve daily .
God is Good and is Love ,so you need love God with all heart..,and love your neighbours as yourself.
Read bible and pray daily.
God bless.
God know all things before anyone know something.
So don,t be misleaded from evil, but believe and obey God and you will be saved.
So repent of your sins and improve and you will be saved one day.
Repent and improve daily .
God is Good and is Love ,so you need love God with all heart..,and love your neighbours as yourself.
Read bible and pray daily.
God bless.
India's race to the moon...
I just tuned in to see live coverage of The Indian Space Research Organization (IRSO) Chandrayaan-3 craft that has successfully landed on the moon. Congratulations. Last week a Russian attempt failed and their craft crashed.
Live stream going on now...
Live stream going on now...
Your Honor, my client would like to flip...
Indictments-a-plenty with several surrendering this week in the election interference case in Fulton county Georgia. Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in to authorities for booking on Thursday. In Florida, we've got Trump out on bail, his valet Walt Nauta out on bail and recently the property manager Carlos DeOliveira out on bail.
It was stated that legal fees for both Walt and Carlos were being paid by Trump. Both men had difficulty securing an attorney licensed in the state of Florida. I believe there are some issues with conflict of interest with a shared attorney.
Enter Trump employee #4... Yuscil Taveras, who is the IT director at Mar-a-Lago and was the one who was approached to delete security camera footage that showed boxes of classified documents being moved out prior to the search and back after the search.
I believe he shared an attorney with Walt & Carlos. In news on Tuesday, prosecutors say Yuscil changed his testimony after switching lawyers. He now accuses Mr Trump and two aides of "efforts to delete security camera footage", says the filing.
By definition... I'd say he flipped.
Recap. He was asked to delete security video, but he didn't. He lied to investigators but changed his story and implicated the others in their scheme.
What's the possibility the court will be lenient to Yuscil and give him probation instead of jail time?
Walt is in too deep... maybe there's hope for Carlos... that is if he switches lawyers and flips. I'm sure it's weighing heavily on his mind.
It was stated that legal fees for both Walt and Carlos were being paid by Trump. Both men had difficulty securing an attorney licensed in the state of Florida. I believe there are some issues with conflict of interest with a shared attorney.
Enter Trump employee #4... Yuscil Taveras, who is the IT director at Mar-a-Lago and was the one who was approached to delete security camera footage that showed boxes of classified documents being moved out prior to the search and back after the search.
I believe he shared an attorney with Walt & Carlos. In news on Tuesday, prosecutors say Yuscil changed his testimony after switching lawyers. He now accuses Mr Trump and two aides of "efforts to delete security camera footage", says the filing.
By definition... I'd say he flipped.
Recap. He was asked to delete security video, but he didn't. He lied to investigators but changed his story and implicated the others in their scheme.
What's the possibility the court will be lenient to Yuscil and give him probation instead of jail time?
Walt is in too deep... maybe there's hope for Carlos... that is if he switches lawyers and flips. I'm sure it's weighing heavily on his mind.
In the year 2525.
Remember the song? To ad-lib it. Cash is no more. All exchanges are done via apps, chips, etc. Bank are far and few between, mostly on line and only to lend money.
Your income is added to your on-line account. All debts come out of it. You must have a smart phone. The governments have the right to access your account at will. They watch where you shop, what you buy and all you do. Even at the rummage sale.
Some people sneak around and use barter. But, the sheep say they like the convenience. Until they dispute something societal or governmental. Then their account is frozen. Need food..too bad. No money for you sucker.
Sometimes the "banks" run into a glitch. You check your account and it shows zero!
You go on line and question. Chase the menu. Finally, oh..we will check and get back to you in 5 business days.
Do not get a speeding ticket. It will be paid on scene or your account is frozen. Try a protest..same thing.
Well, you say, I can control where and what my kids buy. Yep..and so can big brother control you.
1984 was not a novel..it was a warning.
Your income is added to your on-line account. All debts come out of it. You must have a smart phone. The governments have the right to access your account at will. They watch where you shop, what you buy and all you do. Even at the rummage sale.
Some people sneak around and use barter. But, the sheep say they like the convenience. Until they dispute something societal or governmental. Then their account is frozen. Need food..too bad. No money for you sucker.
Sometimes the "banks" run into a glitch. You check your account and it shows zero!
You go on line and question. Chase the menu. Finally, oh..we will check and get back to you in 5 business days. Do not get a speeding ticket. It will be paid on scene or your account is frozen. Try a protest..same thing.
Well, you say, I can control where and what my kids buy. Yep..and so can big brother control you.
1984 was not a novel..it was a warning.
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