Welp, the elections were surprisingly good. Very good, really. The fact that 47 is furious about the whole thing is a large source of enjoyment for Jim and me.
Things are domestic here. Yesterday we dropped an Amazon return off at Whole Foods. It's a fabulous service, especially since we don't have a printer here to print return labels. At Whole Foods, you show them the QR code from Amazon on your phone, and they take the objects (no packaging required) away, and you're done. I was in the store maybe 2 minutes. Then there was a Walmart pickup of coffee filters and what not. Oddly enough, Walmart branded #4 coffee filters are better than Melitta. Melittas have started to leak grounds, Walmarts' don't do that. Walmart has imposed a $6.99 charge for orders under $35 to bring stuff to your car. One article said it was because people were ordering small items and having people bring them to them. Walmart vehemently denies that the charge is an effort to get money back from the tariffs.
Then it was time to put the new curtains up in the primary bedroom. It was difficult, there was a small area of wall available to get the grommets higher than the valance for the vertical blinds (which we left in place) and not run into the ceiling. The first wall anchor went in fine. The second two hit wood, which meant a trip to the hardware store for wood screws, but no wall anchor needed. I think we're not as smart as we used to be, it took a lot of measuring and figuring heights. And all of it was done working over Jim's head. I just handed him things. It's done. They don't block 100% of the light, but I would say it's about an 85% improvement, which is a lot since that window faces east. Eventually there will be a photo once the ladders are out of the room. The morning sun here feels like you're being x-rayed.
We saw this the other day. It's an interesting bicycle. Look at how much lower the handle bars are than the seat. Generally there is only an inch drop for the handle bars on a mountain bike. Then look at the seat. That looks like a road racing seat, it looks very uncomfortable, especially on trails and rocks. It's an electric bike, the battery is the black section of the down tube. That's a heavy bike, I'm impressed that the owner can life it that high on to the rack. Many e-bikes use ramps to the rack, and a slow speed to get the bike lifted.
Here are a few article head lines from The New Republic. They're amusing to me.
Other than this paltry offering, I have no too much to say about things.
TRS, trump regret syndrome, sweeps the country. I'm smiling.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the elections are very encouraging -- and Trump's anger is the icing on the cake. Though you never know what he'll do when he's angry. He might tear down the West Wing!
ReplyDeleteI would have to be desperate to shop at wallmart, I mean REALLY desperate. I would rather filter my coffee through a tea towel. But good to know that they are better than melitta. The orange turd will meet his maker soon enough it looks like- only his hair spray and make up are gluing him together. His mind has utterly gone-" south caredddd".....the man has stroked out.
ReplyDeleteWith SNAP benefits cut, and IQ45 refusing to budge, he's hurting many of his supporters. We know that unless something affects them directly, they sing his praises, perhaps now it is a funeral dirge.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the curtain rod. We have a worker here in the park we can call on when we need small repairs/installations done. Thanks goodness, as I don't have the patience or the tools to do such things on my own.
That bike looks seriously uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteSince he can't admit he is wrong about anything and blames others things he will probably double down, bad and good news at the same time. Hopefully he will get pummeled even worse at the mid-terms in spite of all his voter suppression and gerrymandering.
It would be interesting to see that bike being ridden. Perhaps he is a giant with very long legs and arms to match.
ReplyDeleteThank you for those links. I had no idea that 99.8% of voting counties skewed left, even in very red counties. That is just awesome. I also really love how vocal democrats have become. I feel like the tide is turning.