Lubed

 Okay, today's the day the temps begin rising.  Low 80's (F) being reached this after equals ceiling fans at level II upstairs - no Central AC.  If the forecasters are correct, we should be topping off near 90 (F) tomorrow.  Still no air, the fans might be spinning at Level I.  On Thursday, I have off, and the temps are supposed to begin their slow crash back into the normal 70-ish (F) range.  Oh, and there's a 64% chance of rain.

Yesterday was meh at the store.  Garden was busy, as expected, as was building materials.  People are doing a lot of home renovations.  The economy is booming.  Isn't that nice.  That doesn't mean we don't get asked stupid questions.  Phone calls.  Stupid people who choose not to look at a computer.  Yesterday a received a call from a woman who asked if we carried something called Fresetia (Sp).  Since I wasn't familiar with it, I asked her to spell it; we have millions of products on our website that are not in the store.  She got irritated:  "I don't know how to spell it!  I don't even know if I'm pronouncing it correctly!"  Yes, she said that.  When I asked what the product was she said, "it's an area rug.  I want to know if you have any in stock.  I want to see it.  I don't want to buy one without looking at it."  So, I told her if she's looking at our website, there will be a notation at the bottom letting her know if we have any in stock."  Her response.  "Well, you're not helping me at all."  And then she hung up.

Oh, and I got some new lube!

It's for the treadmill.  Now you all know.  You need to keep your belt lubricated if you want it to slide smoothly.

And what about that Supreme Court?  Are they going to make a long binding 2nd Amendment decision?  I suspect so.  Making it easy to carry a concealed weapon on the streets is fine for Conservatives.  Me?  I want more accountability, and fewer guns.  At the same time, however, their decisions to throw out Loser #45's elections challenges, as well as their liberal decisions on LGBTQ cases hands Conservatives a roll of burning toilet paper.  In an odd sort of way, they are keeping the country Centrist, spinning around in a circle like a well lubed hub, morselling out wins to the hungry mouths of both Liberals and Conservatives.  Someone once said, "you can't keep all of the people happy all of the time, but you can keep some of the people happy some of the time."  Their treadmill has been well lubed and they seem to be quite satisfied to keep running without moving fully to the left or the right, and in an odd way keeping the country Centrist.