One year ago today: January 24, 2024, Delta goes woke.
Five years ago today: January 24, 2020, that dryer circuit.
Nine years ago today: January 24, 2016, the January ad floods.
Random years ago today: January 24, 2014, “drones are leading edge.”
What’s this? Trump orders government workers back to the office. I have two opinions on that. When I worked, it took nearly a quarter of my take-home pay to operate the vehicle required to commute to work. So work-at-home would have been great, not even counting the 7-1/2 hours a week it took me to drive to work. On the other hand, the government scheme had no method to ensure the workers were even at home, and most of them were not. Some were working second jobs. Watch for mass firings. This, folks, is why there is an air of optimism when Trump is around.
I finally finished watching, “Oh, Brother”. I now know why it never held my interest. I opted to stay put in my nice warm office and look at more Assembler. In the link given last day, do NOT use the simulator. It is not free as advertised. Even the trail version wants your credit card number. The regime in power in England refuses to recognize the Gulf of America. Deportation flights have begun, New York City reports the first five days in 30 years there have been no shooting deaths or injuries.
Do you know what a Taylor column is? When an ocean current passes an underwater obstacle, it starts to curl around it. The spinning of the Earth can cause this to form a vortex that persists for years. Back in the early 2000s, a huge iceberg called A23a was caught in one for the past twenty years. Around 45 miles wide and 35 miles across, about the size of Oahu, it broke free and is floating toward “a British territory”. That would be South Georgia Island , bleak and uninhabited but for fish and seals. A23a calved off an ice shelf in 1986. If it does ground, it is too big for any trapped birds or seals to reach the ocean.
CNN is in trouble again, false information and defamation. They may become the first TV station in history to have more staff than viewers. Trump visited North Carolina and handed his microphone to victims to name the insurance companies that stiffed them. I braved the arctic and went over to look at the neighbor’s porch. This is actually quite an easy fix, but it is going to cost him dearly in lumber if he wants the 2x12” planks replaced. It’s a simple deck and the columns are mostly decoration.
He’s running into the same situation I did many years back. The City won’t issue any handyman licenses and the contractors turn up their noses as such small jobs. I don’t think he’ll find anybody. Cold weather tomorrow will give me a chance to price out an offer. He’s partially lucky it is a simple repair because that lumber is going to cost him.
Putting the “duh”
In Florida.
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By staying on the sunny side of the buildings, an old Montana trick, I have work I can report on. First the damage, one of my precious few remaining 200W filament bulbs is gone. But I heard a rumor Trump will allow them to be sold again, turns out most Americans still prefer them. Next, the leg of the circuit past the new security light quit working. How odd that my circuit tester is giving false readings. I’ll swap the batteries because it is now registering a current in dead wood and old paint cans.
This wood is something superfine and it smells like perfume when cut or drilled. Back then a board was a board and these got thrown into the same pile as the pallet slats. They are short end pieces and the will now get used up without ever knowing what happened to the sides. For all I know they got used for the chicken coop.
Last evening I spreadsheeted the estimate for the neighbor’s porch replacement. It really isn’t that bad, but scabbing over the bad spots would work out to around the same amount in labor. Whoever built it made it to be cut out of standard size planks of lumber, so overall the cost won’t hit him all that badly. Except the final coat of paint which the customer chooses himself, I got him a quote of $146 for lumber and deck screws. Seriously not bad pricing if you look at the photos from this morning. Just don’t wait up for results, it is going to stay arctic all weekend.
ADDENDUM
Here’s a fine example of how Democrats do business. Trump has told all government departments the DEI is no longer acceptable and positions will be filled only on the basis of merit. Instead of obeying as they are supposed to, these slimeballs resort to this sort of donkey. Fortunately, Trump is on to their tricks and this will do them no good. Because Trump will also fire the people who helped them pull this sort of stunt.
