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I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Saturday, October 18, 2025

The World is Watching

Good morning world. Outside temps are in the low 50s (F) with a projected high to be in the low 70s (F) with full on sunshine.  Today's going to be a perfect day for a peaceful rally here in Central PA.  The weather will change towards the end of the weekend.  Some forecasts are predicting an inch of rain on Monday.  We need the rain.

Yesterday was a good day when it came to getting things done.  The 2 aquariums were cleaned and I painted more of wainscoting in the bathroom.  I will be finished with that soon.  After that I will move on to bedroom doors and freshen them up.  A few years back, when I was running the paint department, one of associates was from India.  He and I got to talking about, of all things, painting, and I was surprised when he told me that in his culture people rarely repainted rooms.  He told me that if there's a hole, or scratch, or scrap, they will simply patch it and just touch the area up, and I thought their walls must be spotty as hell since time changes everything.

Trainwell is making changes to their app.  Now you'll be able to move your workouts around, change the times, or only do certain exercises.  This is all starting Monday.  I'm wondering, hoping they're not moving to some sort of AI format.  That would probably not be good for the people they hire to be trainers.

My sister told me that my brother in law came home from work on Wednesday and told her he'd retired.  This was rather abrupt.  Originally, he was supposed to work until December, and then go part-time for a while.  He managed dry wall installations, and she'd also told me there wasn't a lot of work and that he'd said "people were just standing around."  That's a wasted payroll expense.  I don't doubt that America's sinking economy is to blame.

And, of course, today is the 2nd No Kings Day.


The world is watching.  A bold statement is being sent the the Conservatives in power, one they simply cannot believe:  No one wants an authoritarian government in America.  I've said this before, these people are delusional.  They truly believe that all they need to do is shout out "shut up, we're in charge," and Americans will simply accept this as true.  These people are idiots.  Not only are they idiots, they are a minority group.  Their small numbers need to be taught a painful lesson.  No matter how badly they want to dictate how we live our lives, they are not in charge.  By voting, Americans hire them for a period of time.  This means they can also be fired.  Because they are incapable of reading the room, the firings are going to commence.  


6 comments:

  1. We're heading out to No Kings now!!
    Resist!

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    1. The day looks to have been amazing! So many great pictures and videos coming in from across the country.

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  2. We had an excellent turnout of almost 400 people here in little ol' Florence, SC..and that was almost all middle class, middle aged (and older) white people. At least a dozen (maybe more) where older white guys who identified as veterans. That may not sound like a big deal, but in this part of the state where so many white people are MAGA, that was HUGE. It's so encouraging!

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    1. It does the heart good to know that there are many, many more of us than we might think sometimes!

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  3. It would be a bit of a shock to find out your spouse had retired "just like that", but then I suppose it's better than finding out he'd quit!! Good for him, I hope he enjoys his retirement!

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    1. My gut feeling is that they left him go because they didn't have the work, since this is not how he had things planned. And I'm fairly certain he'll have very little joy. He's already complaining about there being nothing to do.

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