Tuesday
Sangfroid, huh? I don't recall hearing that word before. I must admit I had to look it up and see what it meant. I was reading a story about the 17 year old that took the french nursery hostage, with a description of the teacher of the class having had "great sangfroid".
I probably won't be adding that word to my repertroire, it has a strange sound to it and I don't really ......like it, really.
It WAS an interesting read yesterday after the Federal judge threw out a portion of the health care law, the portion that states that buying the health insurance is mandatory and if you don't, you will be - fined I think it was, no penalized on your tax returns.
The issue is whether congress has the statutory power to force anyone to buy anything. The judge found not. I read the judge's opinion and ruling on the thing - I think it was over 30 pages long. It was an interesting read, I thought anyway. Will his ruling stand? Who knows - if/when it gets to the Supreme court, we'll hear the answer to that - don't hold your breath, not like it's going to happen tomorrow.
IF it does stand, it will basically take the teeth out of the bill, from my perspective anyway, cause' the bill relies on the "fact" that everyone MUST pay into it for it to be able to work.
Lots of other stuff in there, too, but, enough of that. The tenant that likes to do 8 loads of laundry per week certainly was well at it again the last time she was at my house - she comes and goes, no rhyme or reason to it. She had already done her 2 load limit for that week, but continued right on in the wee hours of the morning, doing laundry and thinking I didn't know about it.
There are 2 reasons I DO know about it. First, I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. The laundry room is next to that bathroom and I could hear the machines running. SHE is the ONLY person that does laundry THAT late at night.
Second, my electric usage went up $4 for that day and $3 for the next day - that's above and beyond what it normally would be without her doing all of that.
Sangfroid, huh? I don't recall hearing that word before. I must admit I had to look it up and see what it meant. I was reading a story about the 17 year old that took the french nursery hostage, with a description of the teacher of the class having had "great sangfroid".
I probably won't be adding that word to my repertroire, it has a strange sound to it and I don't really ......like it, really.
It WAS an interesting read yesterday after the Federal judge threw out a portion of the health care law, the portion that states that buying the health insurance is mandatory and if you don't, you will be - fined I think it was, no penalized on your tax returns.
The issue is whether congress has the statutory power to force anyone to buy anything. The judge found not. I read the judge's opinion and ruling on the thing - I think it was over 30 pages long. It was an interesting read, I thought anyway. Will his ruling stand? Who knows - if/when it gets to the Supreme court, we'll hear the answer to that - don't hold your breath, not like it's going to happen tomorrow.
IF it does stand, it will basically take the teeth out of the bill, from my perspective anyway, cause' the bill relies on the "fact" that everyone MUST pay into it for it to be able to work.
Lots of other stuff in there, too, but, enough of that. The tenant that likes to do 8 loads of laundry per week certainly was well at it again the last time she was at my house - she comes and goes, no rhyme or reason to it. She had already done her 2 load limit for that week, but continued right on in the wee hours of the morning, doing laundry and thinking I didn't know about it.
There are 2 reasons I DO know about it. First, I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. The laundry room is next to that bathroom and I could hear the machines running. SHE is the ONLY person that does laundry THAT late at night.
Second, my electric usage went up $4 for that day and $3 for the next day - that's above and beyond what it normally would be without her doing all of that.
Whatever the case, I just noticed the work day is almost here already. I also realized this morning that though I have the front of my house lit up VERY nicely, I have done NOTHING with the inside of my house!! I need a Christmas tree!!
Oh, and my sister-in-law called yesterday. She wanted to know if I am going to show up to my middle brother's for Christmas. My mother put her up to it. I said no, explained the altercation between my brother and I - the fact that I am definitely NOT going to go to HIS house to do what, have a blowup with him dissing me to my face in front of everyone? How many Christmases has that happened in the past? SEVERAL. I would rather stay home, thanks and have a great celebration without me, I don't care to attend that kind of atmosphere, it is only stress, not enjoyment.
I did say to her that she should be looking for a package, coming soon. She knew what that meant. "Is it coming from Nebraska?". Lol, yes, it is. She finally admitted, for the first time in years, that they actually look FORWARD to getting that package delivered to their doorstep. It's Omaha steaks, I came up with that as their present 4 or 5 years ago - they are the "have-everything" type of people that are tough to buy for, but not with that little gem.
Well, gotta git offa here.
G'day.
ben
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Wednesday
Okay, so, my mother attempts to talk me into coming to Christmas party with family. I said no thanks, not if middle bro is there. It was a drawn out argument a month or more ago and the end was, whatever. I mean, she just wants to see us, that's fine, she doesn't have to see us at the same time.
Then I get a call from my sister-in-law. My mother put her up to it. She had no idea that there was anything going on. She wasn't too happy my mother put her up to something without letting her know what's going on. Got into a bit of a discussion about other things, but that story ended the same way: no thanks.
Yesterday, I am going through my email box and find my middle brother has sent me an email. Morbid curiosity caused me to open the thing, otherwise I would have passed on it. He asks in the letter if we would come to Christmas dinner at his house, his son is going to be there and wants to see Caleb.
I've always wondered how people can do that. Act like there's nothing wrong. Politicians obviously can do that with the financial nightmare going on, but in personal relationships, I have no clue.
I've been in this situation before with brothers who thought I was some sort of religious zealot and therefore deserved a good tongue-lashing at either Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations - or both. I have walked out on such before and don't even want to put myself in the position of having to do so again. I didn't start preaching to them, either, I didn't even bring up the subject, THEY did.
So what to do? Write him back and ask some blunt questions. WHY do you want us to come to your house for Christmas? What's going to happen when we get there? Are you going to start s*** again? If so, I can stay home with my doggies, cook a Christmas meal and be as content and happy as a bug in a rug. I have a large end Standing Rib Roast in the freezer, just itching to be taken out, cooked and eaten. And so it will be, just deciding when.
Onto other things. In the last week, I have left my son messages about helping me get the car in to the shop. I am not going to drive the thing over there and then pay $40 to get at taxi home, which was included in those messages.
He never returned the calls. I thought, well, who cares then, leave the car sit and I will do nothing with it. I called him up again, no answer as was the case with the other calls, this time I just let it loose: Since you don't seem to care one way or the other if you have a car to drive, I don't either, the thing is going to sit there and rot, or, I will get it fixed and sell it for whatever I can get out of it.
I dunno, I guess if I have to get rotten about it, I will. He calls back, this time, in about 20 minute's time. Yeah, yeah, I'll help you get it there tomorrow afternoon. Ohhh? Why didn't you return my other calls? He had no answer. I wanted to know. I mean, this is for HIM, not for me. I can drive MY car and it won't bother me one way or the other. He blamed his phone. Another whatever moment.
Limited chance of success in Afghanistan. That's the new reports out. I'll say it again: Let's get the bleep OUT of that country and let them kill themselves. They have been doing it for centuries, why get OUR troops killed along with them? Is this a matter of pride or something? Like, "we're America, we can't lose!". Who CARES. This is a worthless war, imo, it's time to LEAVE. It would be helpful if we had a president who actually had some kind of respect from other nations and who could stand up and put the gauntlet down, but, that's not going to happen with this chap that's in the Oval office.
If the tax cut thing didn't have such serious ramifications, it would be hilarious just watching these politicians mouthing off all over the place. I'm just sorta running around the news. I mean, I don't want my taxes raised, I want the government to live within it's means. It gets enough money, DEAL WITH IT.
Work day is here. Not much to do in the truck routing system. The closer we get to Christmas the more it will slow down. In between Christmas and New Year's is almost always very slow. Yeah, not much fun.
Anyway, I'm outta here.
G'day.
ben
Onto other things. In the last week, I have left my son messages about helping me get the car in to the shop. I am not going to drive the thing over there and then pay $40 to get at taxi home, which was included in those messages.
He never returned the calls. I thought, well, who cares then, leave the car sit and I will do nothing with it. I called him up again, no answer as was the case with the other calls, this time I just let it loose: Since you don't seem to care one way or the other if you have a car to drive, I don't either, the thing is going to sit there and rot, or, I will get it fixed and sell it for whatever I can get out of it.
I dunno, I guess if I have to get rotten about it, I will. He calls back, this time, in about 20 minute's time. Yeah, yeah, I'll help you get it there tomorrow afternoon. Ohhh? Why didn't you return my other calls? He had no answer. I wanted to know. I mean, this is for HIM, not for me. I can drive MY car and it won't bother me one way or the other. He blamed his phone. Another whatever moment.
Limited chance of success in Afghanistan. That's the new reports out. I'll say it again: Let's get the bleep OUT of that country and let them kill themselves. They have been doing it for centuries, why get OUR troops killed along with them? Is this a matter of pride or something? Like, "we're America, we can't lose!". Who CARES. This is a worthless war, imo, it's time to LEAVE. It would be helpful if we had a president who actually had some kind of respect from other nations and who could stand up and put the gauntlet down, but, that's not going to happen with this chap that's in the Oval office.
If the tax cut thing didn't have such serious ramifications, it would be hilarious just watching these politicians mouthing off all over the place. I'm just sorta running around the news. I mean, I don't want my taxes raised, I want the government to live within it's means. It gets enough money, DEAL WITH IT.
Work day is here. Not much to do in the truck routing system. The closer we get to Christmas the more it will slow down. In between Christmas and New Year's is almost always very slow. Yeah, not much fun.
Anyway, I'm outta here.
G'day.
ben
Ben,
When my daughter is here the laundry and water consumption almost double...
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