Mean? That's generous! Three hots and a flop, plus free medical and dental care, clothing, free laundry, entertainment, educational opportunities--that sounds pretty good. Which reminds me, they closed down the old WVa state prison at Moundsville, didn't they? That was quite something to look at. From the outside.
I looked it up on Wikipedia; says it is currently a tourist attraction and training facility. Just think how both those would be enhanced by the residence of a band of world-notorious criminals!
We drove up to San Jose to do some shopping today. As we drove north we saw some smoke in the air, but when we got to San Jose the air quality seemed fine. Just like the satellite photos show, the prevailing winds are from the east and are blowing the smoke out to sea.
I see that my home town, on the north coast, is likely to have its power cut off although winds and temperatures are not predicted to be anything notable. But the power lines come through the mountains to the east, and go through areas that will be subject to very high fire risks. When I was a kid those power lines would go down most every winter because of the storms. It took about three days to get repair crews back there into the mountains without helicopters. When that happened the generators at the lumber mill provided power to the town, but we lived about three miles away. When the power went out, we quickly filled every cooking pot and the bath tub because without electricity the pressure in the water tank would drop to the point that there would be no water from the taps. We always had a supply of candles and matches for light. We had a flashlight or two, but the batteries wouldn't last as long as candles. We had oil for heat and gas for cooking. And the telephone worked when the power was off. So it wasn't any big deal. But with the mill gone, the town won't have power either.
Yep. That’s the basic drill here too. We’d lose power during storms when our kids were little, and we’d turn it into a “Colonial Times experience” thereby satisfying part of our home schooling curriculum. These days it’s usually a matter of an hour or three. However, two years ago this coming week we lost power for 5 days.
Betsy DeVos held in contempt of court by federal judge for taking money from scam victims: report
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/betsy-devos-held-in-contempt-of-court-by-federal-judge-for-taking-money-from-scam-victims-report/
I just want them all to go to jail. Real jail. And stay there forever. Is that mean?
ReplyDeleteMean? That's generous! Three hots and a flop, plus free medical and dental care, clothing, free laundry, entertainment, educational opportunities--that sounds pretty good. Which reminds me, they closed down the old WVa state prison at Moundsville, didn't they? That was quite something to look at. From the outside.
ReplyDeleteClosed the year I came here--1995. Was pretty.
ReplyDeleteI looked it up on Wikipedia; says it is currently a tourist attraction and training facility. Just think how both those would be enhanced by the residence of a band of world-notorious criminals!
DeleteWe drove up to San Jose to do some shopping today. As we drove north we saw some smoke in the air, but when we got to San Jose the air quality seemed fine. Just like the satellite photos show, the prevailing winds are from the east and are blowing the smoke out to sea.
ReplyDeleteI see that my home town, on the north coast, is likely to have its power cut off although winds and temperatures are not predicted to be anything notable. But the power lines come through the mountains to the east, and go through areas that will be subject to very high fire risks. When I was a kid those power lines would go down most every winter because of the storms. It took about three days to get repair crews back there into the mountains without helicopters. When that happened the generators at the lumber mill provided power to the town, but we lived about three miles away. When the power went out, we quickly filled every cooking pot and the bath tub because without electricity the pressure in the water tank would drop to the point that there would be no water from the taps. We always had a supply of candles and matches for light. We had a flashlight or two, but the batteries wouldn't last as long as candles. We had oil for heat and gas for cooking. And the telephone worked when the power was off. So it wasn't any big deal. But with the mill gone, the town won't have power either.
DeleteYep. That’s the basic drill here too. We’d lose power during storms when our kids were little, and we’d turn it into a “Colonial Times experience” thereby satisfying part of our home schooling curriculum.
These days it’s usually a matter of an hour or three. However, two years ago this coming week we lost power for 5 days.
I just chuckle every time I think of Rudy butt-dialing a reporter...twice!!
ReplyDeleteTrump lawyer Rudy Giuliani 'butt dials' NBC reporter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50193767
The story I want to read is about the feds blowing the door off of his safe. But the butt dialing story gives some idea of his general competence.
ReplyDelete