August 2, 2025

Yesteryear
One year ago today: August 2, 2024, Miami & back.
Five years ago today: August 2, 2020, St. Augustine.
Nine years ago today: August 2, 2016, links rent & prices.
Random years ago today: August 2, 2005, an old price list.

           Dead as a doornail, the Homelite mower battery replacement cost is $60. And it is an ordinary battery except it’s 24V so I can’t fake something together. A new mower is just $50 more. Kind of like the decision when your printer quiets and it might not be the ink. Do you waste half the price to find out? Today found me 95% in good shape, so all I have for you is a list of my

activities. These are minor events that rise to the top when nothing else happens, a reminder that this is the very premise of this blog—to record the most significant events each day, whether good or bad.
           I stopped for supplies at the Dollar place, finding this interesting item. It’s laser cut but part of the relief was not burned. I bought it to find the trick. It is two layers, with the cut only in the front piece. It’s not that simple, or it would not interest me. Look closely. The grid is easy, it is attached to the perimeter of the circle. It is those diamond shapes. They are burned only on the edges, so they were not cut away or the area around them would show signs of being burned.

           These could not have been cut out of the single layer sheet, or they would fall out. Yet, they are not cut afterward as we now know the depth of cut is dependent on the consistency of the wood. I bought this to bring home for analysis. One of the first things I noticed was the diamonds that do touch the outer rim are not attached to it, rather very finely sliced to fit.

           Into Winter Haven where I do my private banking and I stopped in Auburndale. Wilford told me of Marcel’s Photography, who may have info on the best slide scanners. When you get there, the sign says “Marshall’s Photography” and it has been shut down since July 23 due to air conditioner problems.

           The $19 fans are comparable in quality to the $29 models sold at Wal*Mart, so I picked up a couple. They test fine and I’m putting a couple in the scooter work area. That gets warm as the last place in the yard with zero tree shade. My ability to put in ten minutes here and there is slowly letting me catch up. I skipped buying a new Korg tuner when my ancient unit started working right again, proceeding straight to pick up some coffee. The recent batchy stuff has me buying smaller cans again. Coffee has special status around here.

           Then banking, where I spent $308.50, it just vanished. My goal was to check on my property taxes, due in a few months (yes, I actually put money away for that) to find I have to start from scratch. Dang! And don’t ask. Then a tank of gas set me back $50 bucks but I did get all my letters mailed. Heavy lifting. Today was so eventless, here’s the work I did establishing the emergency bog roll holder. It’s above the towel rack so nobody can miss it. Letting this run out or even low is a felony around here.

           What’s this? A tube sale coming in. Hang on, and see if this gives us tomorrow off. Yes, it’s a rare Zenith radio amp tube. But it isn’t the amplifier, it is the expensive rectifier. From the “radionic” series, which had special glass tubes. I’ll double-check the shed, that is one expensive puppy. If all goes well, we get a day off and that last tank of gas was just free.
           Here’s a news item, X has banned GabAI after it gave out information of why banks were nationalized in Germany in 1933.

Picture of the day.
Northern entrance to Suez Canal.
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           This morning lasted until two in the afternoon, so I bought a sandwich, which is my food mention for today. You know I mention food because if I don’t, my readership drops, right? Since I was at the Dollar place, I got some extras for the house. Another fake security cam, replete with flashing red LED, for the scooter area, a new plastic bubble level, and a some joist hangers. These are to complete the roof of the red shed lean-to, meant totally for storage. The corner was missing because there used to be a 65-foot tree in the way. Due to that waterpipe that grew into the tree, this means the whole shed network will soon have running water. Not hot water, just running.

           There should be more photos of the goings-on today. There’s that nearly new stapler and the Crate amp, and even the coffee purchase. The excitement around here never lets up. Or at least not the fantastic lengths I go through to bring you proof that everybody has slow days. And even the King has to put his pants on one let at a time. Say, isn’t that a clip of the new security camera blinking in the scooter lean-to?

           Let’s glance at current events. It was a subject in grade school I did not care for. By the sixth grade I knew we were being fed propaganda and it played strongly to the weaker students. It convinced them if they put on an outward veneer of a certain stereotype, it would reward them with a reputation for being good and kind—but the specimens I knew couldn’t fool anyone. I was raised around creeps who were fantastic at putting on a good show for the public. Say, I just defined politics. Let’s take a look.

           Big media takes another huge credibility plunge as they downplay the black attack on the White jazz concert couple. It is quietly understood these fake news outlets were being propped up by USAID back-door money and may all be on the brink of collapse. There is much talk about A.I. turning people into drones and then some smart aleck points out the things that won’t happen to people who don’t watch TV. A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend gets two life sentences. He claimed her unplanned pregnancy had ruined his life. And a Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up while his organs are being harvested. Grisly.
           Two Florida illegals who raped a 7-year-old could get the death penalty. The Supreme Court curb on race-based gerrymandering could be a mortal blow to Democrats. Australia has set up “machete drop boxes” for locals to dispose of their now-banned spears. And Sweeney, the “7” model (who is pushing 30) takes second place behind the Orange Man as the nation’s top libtard-baiter after posting a pistol marksmanship video. America, love it or leave it.

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