Evacuation Orders

Well, we're dealing with a wintry mix.  Well, that's not quite right.  Mostly we're dealing with a drizzle.  The temps are borderline freezing, but that 1/10th of an inch of ice has yet to put in an appearance.  This doesn't mean there isn't a glaze on the windshield of my car, there is, but is it 1/10th of an inch thick?  I'll find out later when I go to the store.

Yesterday, retail was slow.  The store didn't make plan last week, but was on track to hit our $$$ goal when I left.  So, mostly it was a lap day.  I did get in my steps, and that's about all I did.  We did cut some indoor/outdoor carpet for a young man who was going to put it in his Jon boat.  I had no idea what kind of boat that was, so after he left I Googled it.  A Jon boat is a flat-bottomed boat with a shallow draft that is used in streams, rivers, ponds and lakes where the water is flat without waves.  The Jon boat doesn't like waves.  Consider this your bit of boat studies for today.

A tech from Berkheimer should be here shortly to evaluate my furnace.  Update coming tomorrow.

And I work with an associate who was born in Lebanon, the country, but who grew up in Kuwait.  His wife owns an apartment in Marrakesh.  Usually once a year they will go there for at least a month.  This year they also took a quick jaunt to Istanbul.  He was surprised that I've never been there.  I kid him about not bringing back souvenirs, and this year he brought one back.  It's pretty and hangs on the wall.  He knows the man who makes these, so if you have any interest in purchasing one, let me know and I'll put you in touch with him.

And thanks to Marco Rubio we now know that we initiated the war with Iran because Netanyahu convinced the Orange Anus that if Israel attacked Iran, that Iran would then attack the United States.  As so many people have already said, Orangie is not the brightest color in the box, nor is he the sharpest tack.  The US government is waring Americans to leave 15 countries in the Middle East. so I guess this means that a trip to Istanbul is off.  But this does go back to what I've said before on Orangie being so easily manipulated.  

And, of course, Orangie did was supposed to about America's servicemen and how terrible it was that we had already lost a few lives in this unnecessary conflict, and after a few moments change the subject to something more near and dear to his heart, his ballroom, the cost of which has now ballooned up to $400 million.

Finally, the videos of both Hillary's and Bill's depositions were released yesterday.  Talk about taking no prisoners!  They both realized the GOP was doing nothing more than kicking dead horses.  The bit where Hillary learns that Brainless Boebert took a picture of her and had it posted on line is simply priceless.  Both Comer and Boebert can be heard babbling in the background as Hillary slices and dices.  Why are Republicans so stupid?

Trump is so Easily Manipulated

 We've got a super mini cold front starting to pass over Central PA.  Today's high will be in the low to mid 30s (F).  That's a lot better than 19 (F).  Tomorrow morning the sky is going to spit of bit of sleet and rain that might be up to 1/10th of an inch thick, and the precipitation will only fall for a few hours.  Then the freezing drizzle will stop and things will begin to warm up.  I can live with this.

Retail yesterday was slow.  We definitely missed our plan last week.  Whispers are circulating that supervisors are going to be moved.  I'm hoping this means that our current supervisor is assigned a new position where she will not adversely effect sales.  The words "qualifying the customer" do not exist in her vocabulary.  Yesterday there were 2 sets of people in the department, a husband and wife were looking at rolled carpet, and a family were looking at vinyl plank flooring.  Both had been greeted.  Both had said they were browsing.  She walked into the department, looked at them, and said, "those are 2 sales."  When I explained that we had already talked to them, she frowned, and repeated, "those are 2 sales."  She will never understand.

And this morning I'm starting my first workout.  It should run around 50 minutes.  I should have more than enough time to finish it and still get ready to go to work.

And this is very important.

I see this morning that the war in the Middle East is expanding.  No surprise there.  Three of our fighter plans were shot down by friendly fire by Kuwait.  This makes me wonder if they are really our allies.  The Orange Anus originally said this was going to run 4 or 5 days.  He's now saying 4 to 5 weeks.  Tell, are those going to be famous last words?  I saw that Netanyahu left Israel for safer ground.  He's another gutless sack of shit.  Whispers are saying that for the past several weeks both Netty and Prince Bubble Brain of Saudi Arabia have been plying Orangie's ears with manipulative praise.  Sadly, this makes more sense to me than the fact that he might have initiated WWIII because of the Epstein Files.  His ego lives for praise.  World leaders know that all they need to do is tell him he's the greatest thing that's every happened to the world and he will drop to his knees faster than a two bit whore.  He lives for the Fool's Gold.  Sadly, many innocent people will have to pay with their lives.