Donnie and the Teleprompter

 We're up to Wednesday and the nice weather's supposed to hold until sometime this afternoon, when thunderstorms are supposed to arrive.  Thunder boomers are expected to be a nuisance both today and tomorrow, however the temps are predicted to stay warm.  Warm is fine.

Much ended up being accomplished yesterday, that doesn't happen to always be the case.  You know the adage about the best laid plans?  Yesterday they were successful.  A section of my hardwood floor where a large splinter had come out years ago was patched.  The living room tank was cleaned.  Dishes were done.  Rooms were cleaned.

The only disappointment was that the sofa I dismantled and carried out to the curb is still sitting there.  I will call the township office later this morning and complain.  

I also, finally, got back to working on The Body in History late in the afternoon.  One of the things I did was research which word was better taberna or taverna, one is Italian and one is Greek.  Can you guess which is which?  This doesn't mean that I'm finished working on the audio version of The Body on the Lawn.  Later this morning I will need to increase the Kbps to 192.  Apparently that's the magic number Audible requires for the audio book to be played on a large variety of devices.

Last night's dinner was Chicken Cacciatore, it was delicious.  I made enough so I have 4 more meals sitting in the refrigerator.

Early yesterday morning Donnie Dementia posted a video to his Truth Social account promising a "unified Reich" once he gets elected.  Of course, it was taken down shortly after being posted, however, he'd already accomplished what he wanted to do: send a message to those far right fascist groups who want total control.  Do not think this was not his intention.  Something you should realize, Trump hates America because it rejected him in 2020.  This is why he lies about winning.  And, why he lies about voter fraud.  Losing makes him a failure, one thing his feeble mind cannot accept.  To be successful, he will do whatever he feels is necessary, which means turning to the far right, the Christian Nationalists, and American Nazis.  He doesn't care if he manages to initiate a civil war; everything is on the table in order for him to prove himself successful.  Lucky for us he has a lot of serious problems, including dementia.  He will never debate Biden because he needs a teleprompter to keep his speeches somewhat sane.  It has become a necessity for him, without it, he's status as a loser is on full display.

Clueless in Mechanicsburg

Yesterday, as I was working the paint desk, a young man came up (early twenties) with a quart can of Gel Stain and asked if we carried the product in gallon cans.  I told him we don't since it's mostly used for smaller projects.  He turned and left and I followed him to see if I could provide further assistance.  He joined a woman about his age and an older one, who seemed to be her mother, and told them it only came in quarts.  I asked what their project was and the young woman said they were going to be staining her hardwood floors.  Since I, myself, have actually refinished the hardwood floors in my house I started to talk to them and... the mother shut me down.  "I've done this before, I know what I'm doing," she said.  I wanted to ask her if she knew most people used Gel Stain for fiberglass and steel doors since it's too thick to run, but didn't.  I did bring up the process of sanding down the floors and... got shot down again.  However, I did learn that the young woman was planning on doing 4 rooms, and that they had just finished tearing up the carpet.

Too thick too run

And they were there to buy stain?  I was allowed to bring up the subject of finishes, briefly.  Most people put down a couple coats of polyurethane on freshly stained hardwood floors, and polys have an amber tint.  And the older woman said, "it's not going to make any difference, she's wants a dark stain."  And I knew she had no idea what she was talking about.  Perhaps she'd seen a show on HGTV, or read something, somewhere, or had maybe even paid someone to do one of the floors in her home.  But she knew absolutely nothing about floor refinishing.  When they left the department to go check out, all they had in their cart were 3 gallons of Dark Walnut stain, and 5 cheap chip brushes that are virtually useless because they shed so much.  There is a good possibility that stain will end up being returned because the only thing that woman was an authority on, was being clueless in Mechanicsburg.