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Surely a fella as good as you as what he does can find new work in that same area, Ed. What about handymanning it for homeowners?

I have been favoring one leg for a while. Don't want to get into a situation I can't handle.

My times for posting also wobble around. That may add to the illusion that I am slacking off. I don't have time for it at the moment, but will be here later.

Up in the morning (sometimes)
Out on the job (maybe)
It sucks like a bitch to grow old

I finally found a use for Don Quixote. Stuck it between the chair side and my hip to keep the heating pad engaged.

Go Home, Don Quixote

Don Quixote`s in the parlor
Stiffly in his armor
He doesn`t want your tea
Says he vainly fought some giants
But has no complaints
"It was a day`s work for me"
I told him, "Crazy little punk
You`re a fool for all that spunk
Why not go home, you`re tired now
That lame old horse is dying
And Sancho Panza`s crying
Please release me from my vow"
Don Quixote Donkeyxote
de la Mancha
Tired of your mantra
Go on home Don Quixote

All the world is a minefield
And you`re going to have to yield
Go along now take to your bed
You don`t know cows from great monsters
Citadels from dumpsters
Your impossible dreams have fled
Dulcinea the simpleton
Has reduced you to a crumb
And your lance has become a crutch
I know you`re a pious man
But you`ve stood your final stand
You`re like a van without a clutch


Don Quixote Donkeyxote
de la Mancha
Tired of your mantra
Go on home Don Quixote


Coincidentally, somebody had just bought themselves a lap top and gave their PC to my sister. She came and gave it to my wife, thus saving us from finding one on Craig's list.

Going to work again today. Got a roof/wall leak as well as trash run and various odds and ends.

I spent most of Sunday with my baby sister. She's around sixty. We went through her childhood and teens and then my own. It was cathartic and necessary, as I had left home just as she began to grow, meaning, we did not really know that much about one another. Many gaps got filled in.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of holiday season, already. Whoosh. So many goblins and elves and Pilgrims, so little time. We're ready for Halloween, in Texas. We've got Ted Cruz.

I encountered a fly, yesterday, that pretty much stuck to me, for a time. It flew in tiny hops, but would not leave my person, until I shook it at the door and escaped inside. Of course, I was a bit dirty and sweaty from working on some roofs.

There was a bullfrog in the pool. It was weakened, somewhat, from being in that kind of water, but I had to chase it with my net before I could scoop it out and into the shrubbery. Last time this happened, the frog kept returning and needed fishing out every day for almost a week.

I think when the muslim world gets suitcase nukes it'll really hit the fan..

You've got this completely ass backwards, Romeo. The US [UK and others too] is simply getting payback for their over half a century of terrorism against most of the countries of the world.

The CIA warned of this many years ago. They said that the things that the US was doing was going to cause 'blowback'. It was as inevitable as rain in England.

Yes, when I heard the news on 9/11/2001 that "hijacked aircraft have been flown into buildings in America", my first thought was "I'm not surprised, it was bound to happen sooner or later"
I mean, America had been propping up Israel with cash and super-duper weaponry for many years so it was inevitable they'd get payback eventually.
Incidentally WHY has America been helping Israel? What has Israel ever done for America?
Don't American taxpayers mind their dollars being given to Israel, thereby making them a terror target as Israel's friend?
Israel is a nuclear power anyway and is therefore well able to look after herself..

Bad weather day. I am in one of few homes with power in this neighborhood. That's because I share the transformer of the subdivision behind me. Fortunately, I have no place to be.

Was looking at a tree near the street. It looks to be about shot. That means I have three sixty foot tall trees to take down. Where is I'm going to get the money only the money fairy knows.

Gremlins and goblins on a2k. Hope they resolve whatever and git.

Edgar said:

Oh yeah, well why do you make garden angels you big softy!

Had to come back with this. This is a US Navy destroyer. Not at all like the one I was on, except they both float and have lots of crew to mop the boat and polish the missiles.


The commander of the U.S. Navy's sleek new guided-missile destroyer, which launched late last week in Maine, has a name to match its space-age look: Captain Kirk.




Captain James Kirk, the prospective commanding officer of USS Zumwalt, will lead the 610-foot vessel, the Navy's largest destroyer and first of three new Zumwalt-class ships "designed for littoral operations and land attack," the Navy said.

Kirk, a native of Bethesda, Md., was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and has served in a variety posts as a "surface warfare officer," according to his online bio. "Ashore, Captain Kirk has served as Executive Assistant to the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs and as an Action Officer on the Joint Staff."

Kirk obtained a master's degrees in national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College and U.S. Army War College, where he undoubtedly heard more than his share of "Star Trek" jokes.

The ship, which was moved from dry dock in Bath, Maine, to a pier on the Kennebec River on Friday, is loaded with new technologies, including "radar reflecting angles, a striking inward-sloping tumblehome hull" and advanced gun system.

The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo R. "Bud" Zumwalt Jr., who served as chief of naval operations from 1970 to 1974.

According to the Navy, construction on the first Zumwalt is "more than 87 percent complete," with remaining work on the hull scheduled to be completed before delivery in late 2014.

So who will serve as Capt. Kirk's "Spock" on the Zumwalt? According to the Navy, it's Cmdr. Jeffrey W. Hickox, who was named prospective executive officer of the ship.

I´m in Trier Germany now, and using this Computer is not easy. Capt <Kirk, heh?

Purty neat.

I go to work at the apartments today. Yesterday's rain totaled over five inches. I bet the grounds are a mess. When I went in Monday the new guy had left the pool in backwash over the weekend. The pump kept working dry, but the pipe coming out on top of the pump had developed a big leak. His helper had tried to force the small filter's basket in without fitting it to the notch and he broke off the strap that holds it in place. They both thought it was acceptable to leave it loose. the pool room is adjacent to the office and they are letting water stay constantly on the floor, spreading beneath the wall plates. Years back, that water would get on the floor by the office sing, until we caulked it good. As it is, a perpetual wet stain is beginning to show at the mail boxes in the outdoor carpet. The lead guy put rye grass seeds and put them in the ground cover too, making it likely the ground crew will weed eat out hundreds of dollars worth of jasmine. With all the rain we are having, the sprinklers were all running on a summer schedule and the same jasmine is drowning. Since I was filling in for one of them on Tuesday, I shut the sprinklers off.

Good grief, eb.

Don't go back without a substantial raise, Ed.

Got there today and a tree had fallen on the fence. So I spent the morning mending fence, thinking of Robert Frost.

Make the most of your daylight savings time, for today it ends.

I will be constructing my table this day, if I do not become distracted overmuch. We are in a rainy season and I will need to protect the wood after I start.

The water from the pool room is still spreading. On Thursday it was near the back wall and yesterday was spreading out to the sidewalk in front of the office. I refuse to be helpful, because the whole point of cutting my hours was to allow them to run the place on their own. I went home early one day, to avoid helping with work orders.

I cut the outer pieces of the table top yesterday. I started late in the day and quit at five thirty. They make a complete hexagon, but it seemed the pieces would hang over the supports by an inch or more too much. One reason I quit then was to avoid doing something rash, like cutting them shorter and then discovering I was wrong. Naturally, this first table will not be cost effective, labor-wise, but any later projects would be easy, as I plan to save some templates, after getting it right.