Well…it rained her finally and I’m glad I got the lawn mowed this morning before it started…I’ll be picking up the leaves at least once a week now that they are falling steadily…oh, well…that comes with owning a house…I did take the one winter wheel nut I had on the car off today and cleaned it and painted it with 2 coats of the silver so I can paint them all when I get the chrome tomorrow…I did get the top cleaner and dressing today and I’ll have to read the instructions on how to use it before I get started…it’s supposed to make it completely waterproof and I hope it lasts until I die so I don’t have to replace the top…a thought came to me when I was on the run to DD today and enjoying the car…it has no cowl shake at all…compared to every other convertible I’ve owned, it is solid and I can hit a big bump and nothing…my first convert, a 71 Fiat 124 spyder, would shake like a dog when you hit a bump and you could see it in the windshield moving…just like my old Miata…it took me while to figure it out…I did finish the 2nd book out of the haul today and I may have overestimated how much time it will take to read them all…okay, I need to pick another book to read…
It couldn’t happen to a bigger asshole…
Well…I really hope this is the beginning of the end for ole elon…after shutting down his stupid starlink service causing multiple deaths in Ukraine, people across the world are waking up to the fact that having one person owning a vital resource that people’s lives depend on is not a good idea…especially when it is a fascist asshole like musk…after he stabbed Ukraine in the back with approval by the idiot trump, the premier of Poland basically said that musk needs to be really careful with his next move since there are alternatives to his crap and more countries than Poland are now thinking of abandoning it…but these are just words and I won’t applaud until one of them actually does either end starlink or actually charge musk with the war crimes he is committing every day…that would put a little crimp in his meddling in world affairs like him spending over 500 million dollars to try to protect the repubs in the US…now, does anyone else see why taxing these billionaires out of existence needs to happen? I would like to know what states his businesses are chartered in and see if the states can revoke them..or outlaw corporate money in politics like Hawaii has done…he doesn’t know the shitstorm that is coming for him after this betrayal of Ukraine…and it can’t happen to a bigger asshole…geez…
October 15th
Well…the computer did a hard reboot overnight and what a pain…and it looks like there is a new version of firefox running…I just wish they’d leave me alone and just let the computer be…didn’t get out of be til 5:46 this morning and that makes me late for the whole day…so I need to run my ass off to get on the bike by 6:30…okay…need to stop thinking like that…I have nothing to do but mow the lawn today and maybe make a run to DD after that’s done so who cares if it’s done by 10 or 11am? I still need to toast a bagel after I got done here so I’ll have some fuel to get me moving…I did get a few things done yesterday and even after I mow the lawn I have shrub trimming to do along with some tree branches to take down…but that won’t be today since it’s supposed to rain this afternoon…ha,ha…it never rains here…not as sore this morning but I still may take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike since I’m mowing when I’m done…not sure why I’ve hurt so much on the bike but I think it’s just getting used to it again after 16 days off…but it’s been over a week and that should be enough…I do feel the pain from running the string trimmer and doing the weed walk yesterday so I think an ibuprofen will help with that….more later….
Busy but not bad…
Well…it was kind of a busy day today but not too bad…after getting the rides in, I cleaned up and did the grocery run and dropped my ballot off downtown along with hitting the library to take back 4 books…after that I decided to work on the yard some with running the string trimmer and then doing the weed walk since I had lots of little weeds in it…going to mow the lawn without the bag tomorrow morning for the last time and then I’ll be picking up the leaves with the mower from now on until they’re all down…so more work tomorrow morning since it’s supposed to rain in the aft and rain off and on for a couple of days…I did find some chrome paint on amazon and bought a can today so I can paint all the lug nuts in chrome instead of the silver I bought…will leave the 2 coats of silver on them as a primer and just paint over it…I also bought some coconut oil to use in masala since I’m out of it and want to make some next week…okay, want to read some before tv time…
So now elon is attacking Ukraine…
Well…we all know that ole elon is a fascist asshole, and he proved that yesterday by throttling his starlink satellite internet that Ukraine uses to protect itself from putin and his Russian thugs…so now elon is responsible for the 25 Ukrainians killed last night since he took away Ukraine’s ability to intercept Russian drones and missiles….so now I think he is a “enemy combatant” and Ukraine should go after all of his infrastructure for starlink in the world and even ole elon himself…he thinks this is a frickin game so let’s play it with him…he deserves to be attacked for this betrayal and interference with this war and just shows you that billionaires need to be taxed out of existence…no person should have the power to kill an entire country by using his money to do it…I really don’t think he understands what this is going to mean when we win in 3 weeks…his ass is going to be sitting in front of congress for ever and his money isn’t going to help him…take this son of a bitch down…he is a war criminal after all…
October 14th
Well…up and moving at 5:14 this morning and that will help in getting out on the bike by 6am…it stayed over 55 overnight so I can get out in shorts this morning for what looks like the last time with the forecast lows heading down into the 40’s…feel okay this morning if a little worn out but that my normal state so no big deal…coffee should help with that as I pour the first cup down…got only a few things done yesterday and I really don’t have much to do but run errands today…going to drop my ballot off after the grocery run and then around the corner to the library…already working on the 2nd book from the sale and I’m not going to make them last but just read at whatever pace I want…will probably be back at the library by Thanksgiving….I am going to stop at depot after aldis since it is right next to it and just see if they have chrome paint to finish up the leg nuts…but I can live with the silver if I have to…may put another coat on them this morning…I did need to run the string trimmer either today or tomorrow and get the lawn mowed at some point…leaves aren’t really falling yet but when they start it’s like snowfall…have almost 20 bags in the garage to pick them up and I’ll use at least a dozen…okay, need to make some toast and get out on the bike…more later…
Not too busy of a day…
Well… after all the work yesterday, it was nice to take it easier today and just kind of wing it…will be back at it tomorrow with the grocery runs to do but I’m not going out til later since they have the road torn up over on Sternberg and it’s a pain getting through…so I’ll go to the local Meijers and Aldis to avoid the traffic…I did work on the lug nuts for the winter wheels today…hitting them with a wire brush on my drill/driver and then painting them 2 coats with the silver I bought yesterday…they aren’t chrome but they look pretty good since they are not oxidized like they were and look finished so I can live with them…I may look at depot to see if I can get a small can of chrome for the overcoat but it’s not necessary…I wonder how they will fare in the snow over the winter? Can’t be worse than they were…I think I’ll get the string trimmer out for the last time tomorrow and do the fencelines and around the house…might even mow the lawn to keep the grass short so the wind can blow the leaves away…that does work and saves me a lot of work but we haven’t had much wind here lately but I’m sure we’ll get some as the weather changes…was able to go out in a t-shirt and shorts in the dark this morning since it never got under 70 here but that was the last day this year…50’s and 40’s overnight from here on out…I did get my ballot completed today and will drop it off with the library books I’m done with after the grocery run tomorrow…okay, time to start a new book…
Can he be any more of a traitor?
Well…what the hell do you say about a so called president of this country who puts Russia’s needs ahead of the US? To start with, traitor…when idiot boy tries to do a deal with Russia that will mean billions of dollars to putin and will help Russia continue to attack US service people through the missiles and other weapons they are giving Iran, the only thing to call it is treason…and, have you heard anything from the repubs in charge of the congress whose job it is to limit the damage idiot boy can do to this country? Of course not…they are too busy kissing trump’s ass to do their jobs…and what about the amount of diesel the idiot contracted for? Yeah, even if it all showed up here, which it won’t, it would supply the US needs for days only…so this is just another piece of lying bullshit from the idiot and it’s only goal is to help repubs who are trouble in the election in 3 weeks…after all, if idiot boy wanted to do something to lower prices, he wouldn’t go to Russia and pay 50% more than he would have to pay if he just removed the tariffs on Canadian diesel and allowed import of Canada’s supplies…but no, the asshole in chief would rather stab Ukraine in the back to get a pat on the head by his buddy putin no matter how many school children putin murders…everything this asshole does is an impeachable offense and I sure hope the dems will do what they should…geez…
October 13th
Well…I can tell this is going to be a day where I’ll need extra coffee made with how I feel right now…didn’t get up til 5:23 and I am late to get the day started…again…but I do have to remind myself I can’t be late for anything anymore…what does it matter if I get the bike rides done by 8:30 or 9? But I do want to get out in the dark with it almost 70 right now to have the last day in the year of going out in a t-shirt at 6:30 am…have been pretty sore lately but feel a little better this morning so I’ll skip the ibuprofen…my legs are having a hard time adjusting to being back on the bike after 16 days off and I sure hate getting old since I know that’s why I lost my bike fitness so easily…oh, well…I do have to get my ballot filled out so I can drop it off tomorrow and I have to do a grocery list but that is the only work I have to do today after getting a lot done yesterday….it was supposed to rain last night but nothing except about a 5 minute shower late yesterday afternoon so that’s not enough to get the food washed into the ground…but there are more showers for later in the week and I will need to figure out when to mow…okay, need to get the 2nd cup of coffee and a bagel then on the bike…more later…
A busy day til noon…
Well…the day started out as every other day does with two rides…oh, and I went over 6,000 miles for the year today…a little less than I wanted and I’m not really sure how I’ve done so few miles this year…but I did get over my minimum of 6K so anything more is just a bonus…okay, back to the day…after the rides I cleaned the chain and the idlers on the shifter since they were really gunked up…I really don’t think I’ve cleaned the chain this year…at least not with the stainless steel brush I have for it…then I re lubed the chain before I headed out to Menards to get the winter lawn food, leaf bags, and chrome paint for the winter lug nuts…I tried one and it came out really cool and it was a big can for 6 bucks so I’ll be able to repaint them when they flake…then I put the food on the lawn and after that I did a load of laundry…and I was finally done by noon…I’m almost through with the first book from my library haul and it’s pretty cool that I don’t have to rush to get it done before the due date…okay, I’m done for the day…