Chest Aches From Climbing On The Roof, But …

Before Star link today:

After Star link today:

Only being up about 15 minutes. Needless to say: I’m Impressed. And so is SWMBO.

For us, the $120/mo is only $40 more than we’re paying now but looks to be completely worth it.

Fuck That’s Fast.

Years ago, a young Navy Pilot was injured while ejecting from his A-4  Skyhawk due to engine failure during a catapult shot from the carrier.

 Due to the heroics of a rescue helicopter crew and the ship’s hospital staff, the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear.

 Since he wasn’t physically impaired, he remained on flight status and eventually became an Admiral. However, during his career, he was always sensitive about his appearance.

 One day, the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Sergeant Major for his personal staff.

 The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview. At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?”

 The Master Chief answered, “Why, yes, Admiral. I couldn’t help but notice that you are missing your starboard ear, so I don’t know whether this impacts your hearing on that side.”

 The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office.

 The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same question answered, “Well yes, Sir, you seem to be short one ear.”

 The Admiral threw him out as well.

 The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major. He was  articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Navy Master Chiefs put together. The Admiral wanted this guy, but went ahead with the same question. “Do you notice anything different about me?”

 To his surprise, the Sergeant Major said, “Yes Sir. You wear contact lenses.”

 The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine. “And how would you know that?” the Admiral asked.

The Sergeant Major replied: “Well, sir, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with only one fuckin’ ear.”



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It Was A Slow Sunday Afternoon. Then, Suddenly, Absolutely Nothing Happened. Need Some Coffee.

Don’t know what to tell you.

New Study: Lifelong Marriage Reduces Risk of Dementia: Probably mostly because SHE won’t give HIM the satisfaction and HE won’t get dementia without her permission. I’ve been married awhile …

“Shattering Records” – Wildfires in 2021 Emitted a Record-Breaking Amount of Carbon Dioxide: And, somehow, it’s all Trumps fault.

How Parents Decide if They Should Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID-19: Try it first on the kids you’re not quite so fond of. If it works …

Revolutionizing Biotechnology: Scientists Create Supercharged Bacteria with Immunity to Viral Infections: Because gain of function on the COVID wasn’t deadly enough.

Physicists Confirm 50-Year-Old Hypothesis About Selfish Behavior: We’d love to share the results with you but it’s Mine. Mine!

Revolutionizing Neuroscience: First-Ever Complete Wiring Map of Insect Brain Neurons: Unfortunately, they used only 2300 Democrats in the study. Offer them more “free” shit to participate. That’ll work.

Made three (3) dump runs with my dump trailer this week; totaling just over 3000 lbs of wallboard taken out of the Father-In-Law Apartment (FILA). Was fairly easy and the dump trailer worked a charm. Saturday’s run I even got through quickly cause I didn’t have to wait in the “unload it yourself” line. I got to use the dump trailer side. Cool. Less than $200 for the three loads.

Hired a young guy and a couple of his friends to tear out the FILA and load the trailer. Best $500 I’ve spent lately! They did good work.

Contacted the Recycle/E-waste place about the butt-ton of old cd/dvd cases I have that I’m looking to get rid of. Nope; not recyclable. I can donate/give them to someone or throw them out in the trash (where they will sit in the ground for 1000+ years). Just seems like they’re made of plastic so they should be able to be remade into other plastic “things.” Melt them down and recast them in a new shape. If I had the means I’d try it here at home. With aluminum cans too. Wonder how much a small furnace would cost?…

My hydroponics experiment in my bathroom is going well. The spinach is doing really well. The lettuce not so much. The tomato plants are taking off and doing so well that I took one and put it in a pot to do the “Kraty(?)” method. Just to experiment. Yeah, I know we’re going into spring in a couple of weeks; but I’m trying to learn this stuff.

Made a kick-butt pork roast in my insta-pot for dinner. Pork was still mostly juicy. SWMBO liked the carrots: which I put a couple spoonfuls of Lemon Curd (jelly), wrap in tin foil, and put on top of the meat when I cook it. Pressure cook for 15 minutes and let depressurize “naturally.” Taters were kind of a bit too mushy though.

Ah well.

Been watching those “shuffle dance” video’s on YouTube. I don’t think I had that much energy when I was that age!

 


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