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Our insurance keeps going up despite no traffic violations and the only accidents were clearly ruled the fault of other drivers who hit my vehicles. Well, and the trees falling on our vehicles, but that didn't make our rates go up. But because there were floods and other people lost their vehicles and/or had damage, our rates went up. They have a scam going where they request permission to raise rates and the commissioner of insurance is not allowed to take into account the stockpile of $$$ they have in banks.

It's been so hot I don't even remember the weekend. Monday & Tuesday I was sick. Some kind of stomach bug. Tuesday I got ahold of the police juror for my district about getting the sign replaced. I forgot to take the opportunity to tell the guy that putting gravel down on the paved road is only making it worse because the rocks are grinding what is left of the pavement away. I also forgot to mention the situation with the timber companies not digging the ditches back out after filling them in to drive across to cut trees- which is causing road floods.

He seemed nice enough though.

Heard from some friends of mine that they got screwed on a house purchase. Seller didn't tell them the city had condemned the house & has since gotten the hell out of dodge so they can't find the person to get their $ back and undo the sale. City is demanding they have the house torn down at their expense. I suspect someone on city council owns a demo company or has a relative that owns one. That's how things work around here. So they are trying to find someone to sell to who only wants the property & is willing to demo the house. Unfortunately it's in a tiny podunk town even smaller than the one for my zip code (I'm technically not inside any city since I'm in the rural area and don't get any of the city services).

Today I got a call from my friend's gf. One of their kittens died, another was missing and the other 2 were in bad shape. One looked skeletal and near death. Both had no energy and weren't eating or drinking. I took them tot he vet and explained they have no names & I'm not taking them home bc I can't take anymore home. Plus they have the upper respiratory feline herpes crud & I didn't want to bring that home to my kitties. Older cats can survive it but it kills kittens. They both got subcutaneous fluids, antibiotics, worming meds, and eye cream (they have eye infections). Got them some A/D food (which vet said they've nicknamed "almost dead") and she said if it is warmed up for 2 seconds it should be more appealing to them. I told my friend I'd come by to help give meds. The kittens slept on my brother's back & shoulder for about 30min after the vet visit. Friend offered to repay us the $120 (with discount) for them, but I said he can make it up by helping me with some projects instead.

Friend is having a tough time. His gf is not happy with her job and has it in her mind that she can get training to be a nurse. She *hates* needy people, hates waiting on people, can't clean up anything she considers gross, & is not smart enough to pass the training. She can't even wipe eye crud off a kitten. She can barely change her own baby's diaper- and that took 6 months. She's trying to get her GED still but she's already bought scrubs as if she's going to be a nurse. She would HATE being a nurse but won't listen to me. When we arrived to see the kittens, she was on the porch playing on her phone and smoking while the baby was inside screaming. She knew he was crying but was ignoring him. He needed a diaper change. She keeps complaining about him fussing. He wants attention but she doesn't want to play with him. It's like pets. She wants them but doesn't want to take care of them. She is upset that the kittens had to be put inside for their safety. If she could put the baby outside and leave him she probably would. She doesn't even hold him during feedings. She hands him a bottle and walks away. Then she screams at him if he drops it and spills it.

Friend is stressed to the max. His direct supervisor has refused to order any of the parts he needs to repair the arcade machines & he's getting yelled at for not fixing stuff. He keeps explaining he can't fix stuff without parts. And then they tried to pull a fast one by accusing him of stealing arcade machines-- thinking he couldn't access his old e-mail address where they had e-mailed him and instructed him to dispose of the machines. He got in to the old account and fwd the messages to them so they could see it. He also screenshotted them and CCed the higher ups. But he can't physically keep up with the job. He's in pain, he has very little energy, & he's depressed. I'm going to see if I can cheer him up any. He might need medication to help with the depression, but I don't think he'd go seek help on that front.

Meanwhile, his mom came by and dumped another kitten on him. Kitten was attacking his gf's feet and wanting to play with the bigger cats. Cute kitten but super hyper. I had to stop the gf from beating the crap out of the kitten for trying to play with her feet. She's off her meds right now (they won't refill her prescription until she sees the doctor again and old doctor won't see her anymore bc she missed an appointment during an ice storm when roads were closed). Her next appointment is on a day when she is supposed to work & her work won't let her take time off. So she's losing her temper and getting violent again.

It's still raining outside so the cats are in here piled on me. I've got one on the back of my head, two on my chest, two on my leg, and two up against my left side. Still not feeling great. Woke up to a fruit fly climbing in my ear this morning. Got it out, but ear itched for awhile after. Ok, I was wrong about two cats on my leg. One was a dog. LOL. He just moved a bit. Other dog is against my foot. The purring is soothing at least.

Sorry for babbling again.
 
I hope they can figure it out soon, Rusty.

Mom woke me up early because her bedroom doorknob broke from the inside. Something inside stripped so the inner knob would just spin and not move the latch. My brother had gone in there to use her bathroom and was stuck. Knob was 40+ years old but finally gave up the ghost. A couple weeks ago I mentioned we should replace it because it's finish started peeling off and it had a rough texture. She didn't see the need. I had to open the door from the outside. Then I had to drive to the nearest hardware store to get a new cheap knob. Got some Kwikset privacy lock that advertised having Microban. whoopdee doo. I don't know if it was defective or just a crappy design, but they put the escutcheon with the screws on the outside part instead of the inside. So I initially put it on backwards. Couldn't switch the escutcheons. and there was no latch plate either. Didn't care though. I got it put on right, tightened it up, washed the grease off my hands, and came back in here. I woke up too early and it made me nauseous. At least mom wasn't mad that I bought a new screwdriver. I lacked the mental fortitude to go looking for screwdrivers in the house even though I know we probably have over 20 of them. I can never find them when I need them. So I got a new magnetic one for $3 and it worked. Mom actually said it was a good idea. I think she was just happy that I was replacing the knob.

Right arm is really bugging me so I'm going to take some naproxyn and try to nap longer.
 
Highup, if I'd been awake enough I might have considered messing with it. I was fighting to keep the cats out of the room and mom's jacket was hanging on the door & kept swinging in the way. I eventually threw the jacket on the floor.

Rusty, that doesn't sound good.
 
Versions of that this video is a lot more funny if you know
Crap, this guy is and watch his stuff. He's had this young kid in another video and I guess he's making a cameo appearance. He's got a fantastic relationship with not just this kid but his dad...... I mean for his dad to trust him to hang out with his kid for a day. 😁

Crap I don't know what's up with YouTube. 😡
Type in or copy and paste the following:

"Teaching a very young adult over 18 how to fly a plane"
If that doesn't work include the words, whistlin diesel
 
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I'm sorry Rusty, it's just frustrating. Seems like this day and age the medical community seems to know everything. When they don't well, that's when it gets frustrating.
 
The new house that I've been tinkering with has an interesting architectural feature.
The sheetrock has rounded corners yet the base has square corners. Interesting way to deal with it.
 

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Many ways to deal with bullnose corners. I like that look. I don’t think a 3 piece corner has a very rustic look to it so that’s a good fit. It just chaps me when the bullnose corner goes all the way to the floor and they do a 2 piece 90 for the corners.
 
So today I became a victim of climate change..... or something.

Why is it that when your concrete heaves at a saw cut that was filled with elastomeric epoxy not less... and causes your concrete to buckle and shift and makes a bubble in the flooring, it's somehow my problem?

We had historic temperatures a few weeks back and would you believe these showed up right after? weird!

So, alas, I have now fallen prey to the effects of climate change, for shame.


I heard a report today about Vancouver where the sealife/mussels were getting cooked on the rocks killing them. Along with environmental disasters I believe we are destroying earth exponentially
 
But in terms of the long history of the Earth we are actually still in an overarching ice age period - known as the Quaternary glaciation - which has been going for the last 2.6 million years. At the moment, the Earth is just in a slightly warmer period, an interglacial.

There have been at least four other overarching ice ages in the Earth's history, the oldest started about 2,400 million years ago.

The Little Ice Age was a climatic period, lasting from about 1300 to 1750, when worldwide temperatures cooled slightly, leading to extreme weather that, in turn, affected the colonizing ventures of Europeans in America.

The Earth is still warming from that Ice Age

The Earth cooled 0.1 degree, about the same as it has warmed since then.



We're still waiting for the science deniers to explain why this Inter-Glacial Period is colder and has lower sea levels than the previous 8 recorded Inter-Glacial Periods.
 
I heard a report today about Vancouver where the sealife/mussels were getting cooked on the rocks killing them. Along with environmental disasters I believe we are destroying earth exponentially
But if they're getting cooked we won't have to light a fire on the beach and release all that carbon. 😁
 

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