One year ago today: May 2, 2024, it’s not the feature . . .
Five years ago today: May 2, 2020, but he forgot.
Nine years ago today: May 2, 2016, the Fishman.
Random years ago today: May 2, 2001, my favorite bass since.
Okay, I’m grumpy again today. Time to head for Tennessee, methinks. Did Trump just pull the pin on Iran? I quit counting the wars and bombings back in the twenty-teens. What is it with those Iranians, they hate the world, they hate each other, constantly causing some kind of trouble. Why don’t they all go jump off a cliff, which seems to be mostly what their country consists of. Fifty years of their BS is enough.
How about Canada slapping a $300,000 fine on the Amish for crossing the border without using the COVID-19 phone tracker. When the Amish pointed out they don’t use phones, Ottawa slapped a lien on their farms. (The Amish don’t mortgage their farms either, you hosers.) America laughs at another MSM flub, their announcement of great pity that Chicago has canceled it biggest annual celebration, the Cinco de Mayo parade. Their aim was to blame Trump’s tariffs, but it backfired. Everybody know it was illegals who nixed the event by hiding from immigration officials. Ha-ha, now they can’t parade the flags of the countries they are terrified of having to go back to.
Now that I’ve had my coffee quota to cheer up, let’s find some good news. What’s this mail? Did I mention why I hand-address my business mail? Even though I know it pegs me as a fossil, the fact of the matter is I was word processing my mail by 1983, twenty years before the rest of you even touched a computer. The real reason for going back to handwriting is I learned such mail gets handled faster and better, it sparks that “personal attention” element, particularly at banks. Mind you, for most people’s money behavior, this would make little difference.
Later, there are reports of widespread non-payment of wages in China. Trump signs an order that stops funding for NPR and PBS. They had a month’s notice to quit with the anti-Trump rhetoric but they didn’t listen. For exactitude, they are targeting Trump, not the Republicans. And now we shall see how well they survive without NGO money.
Here’s a new product with all good ingredients. I found it looking for real masala spice, of which the Tikka variety is getting expensive and hard to find. This tea mix is complete, you needn’t add anything. Because I like it, chances are it will be discontinued. In another small victory, I finally completed my first navigational plot without using references. I was able to step through the entire process by understanding what had to happen next. This is profoundly different than memorizing the steps. I wonder if others go through this Weltschmerz.
Friday, let’s do some shopping and drop off doggie chow at the real pound. I’m cheered up and I’ll tell why. I repeat that the social media “Gab.com” has meme posters that are regularly hours ahead of trad sources. I’ve taken to glancing at the top postings many mornings, because the reply section is priceless . Quickly I spotted a glitch in the system, a way to make it appear, how can I say this without giving away the game, a way to “enhance” the offerings. What a hoot!
What’s this, a White mother stood up when a black kid tried to steal. The Left went ballistic trying to attack her, but she seems to have become a rallying point, with hundreds of thousands of donation pouring in. Sure, she’s a hooker goes by Shiloh Hendrix, but if she becomes a rallying point, that hardly is going to matter. By 9:00PM she’s at $321,000. This is a serious development for it could encourage people.
The 1990s.
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It was a fun-filled afternoon. I got into Winter Haven for a couple hours, which went surprisingly well since I hit rush hour on the way to the dog pound. Today, we got them the extra special grub, not fillers, flavors, or funny stuff. Made with real beef, best I could do. This left the rest of the day free. So I made chili and hauled out that NOR gate circuit for a real going over.
Spotting this, I walked over to the juke box and slipped in enough to pump-prime the room with some classic country. Sure enough there was great old country music for the rest of the evening. For a brief couple hours, the place was popular for the right reasons again. I pointed this out to Wilford, who was as impressed as I was with the mini-tool box. Did I mention the robot club gifted him a unit? The club was not crowded which meant Wilford and I had time to go over the circuit right there on the counter.
Whell, that’s “well” with the H pronounced, this attracted a lot of attention out of sheer novelty. Turns out the patrons included electricians, carpenters, welders, and a few of the best looking women in the place. Which, as you can imagine, led to even more attention. That NOR gate was the star of the show. That is now possibly the most famous NOR gate in country bar history. Did I tell you the gate almost broke a few hearts?
After being passed around while Wilford and I went over the schematic, I showed him where the grounding wire was in the wrong place on the physical unit. Without another thought, I took my pen knife and ripped the offending wire off the pins. A gasp went up from the crowd. How could I, that was their new first-born. It makes sense if you consider they had never seen anything quite like it before. I had to explain I was fixing it or face unbearable looks of disappointment.
Before I forget, the diagram above was the object of the conversation. There are two circuits that perform the same chore—the output is “off” when either A, B, or A+B are active. That’s the N part of NOR. Long ago I had not learned the apply net effect and the first circuit was build to emulate the diagram. The replacement circuit, using only one transistor, is no the right. This completes my nomination of today’s demo board as the most popular saloon NOR gate in the history of Florida.
Ha-ha, Spain. Their government is blaming the black-outs on “rare atmospheric phenomena” (The wind stopped blowing.) What got my laugh was something else, the article saying the phrase had never been used before. How did they know? Because if failed a Google search. That projects into them saying a failed Google search is proof something does not exist. In which case we know that is something that happens several times a month around here.
ADDENDUM
It turns out the squirrels really don’t need that much to eat. They can get the birdseed, but it is work. Thus, placing a single peanut at each end of the long board the feeders hang from is a win-win. The squirrel finds the peanut and stops. I’ve can watch as they squat on their haunches and make a leisurely mini-feast of each kernel from end-on, as shown in this pirated picture. Favorites are Virginia peanuts, read this peanut link if you don’t know your types.
So I don’t know if the peanut makes them full or lazy, but they don’t bother the feeders after. I’ll continue the experiment since compared to the price of gourmet orange-infused bird seed it (here it comes) costs only peanuts per day.
