I know, I know, Hard to follow that rule sometimes.
Short story, Lithium Ion Batteries SUCK!!!!!
Puter's down for a few days while I wait for the new battery to show. Will post more about my thoughts on batteries, the economy and how Li-Ion batteries make as much sense are our current 'leaders'. Back in a few days. Assuming that my luck holds, that is.
Oh, forgot, may be getting some "stimulus" at work. (you can read that as "downsizing" or so rumors have it right now.)Won't know for certain until Tuesday afternoon at our quarterly drivers meeting. Wish me luck.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Are you still carrying her?
There were two Buddhist monks walking along a path towards a shrine; one a master the other a student. They came to swollen stream and met a beautiful woman traveling, unable to cross the stream. Without thinking about it, the master picked the woman up in his arms and carried her to the other side.
For miles they traveled, the student becoming more and more agitated as time went by.
Finally, he blurted out "I can't believe a great master of the art would break such modesty by touching a beautiful woman so casually."
To which the master replies " I set her down at the stream; Are you still carrying her?"
I had a visitor on my site yesterday. Not a new one but I believe this is the first time he actually commented. Either way. Peter, You're right; we have our differences, we are individuals, it can't be helped. The reason am posting directly instead of in my comments is I want everyone to see this. I don't know if you are what I have claimed in other posts and comments on other sites. I don't KNOW if you are playing "Jenkins" as an alter-ego or what not. I have had my reasons to believe so, but that is all water under the bridge and to be honest, I don't give a damn anymore. If you are, that's your business. If you aren't, My Apologies for the accusations. I am setting this down now and don't want it to go any further.
There is so much going on in the world and I see so many different manifestations of it happening in people all around me. As I posted yesterday, something is building. Because of that tension, I am trying to keep as much of my world on a neutral heading as possible. Gonna have to have the ability to roll with the wind when it blows. It also means, holding zero grudges. There will be a time and a place for grudges, now is not it.
When I first started blogging, there was a tension. NOW, there is quite a bit more and in more areas. It is not all political either. What ever is coming is going to happen just like the slipping of tectonic plates: Sudden with a huge, quick release of energy. That energy could be harnessed by the right people to do good, or ill. It really all depends upon how steadfast certain persons are when things are all going wrong. It also depends on those that are trying (and succeeding) to building that pressure. There is definitely the hand of man in this buildup. As they say, don't let a crisis go to waste. Sometimes, what is not said is more important that what IS said. They never mentioned WHAT crisis nor did they mention if they were trying to create one. Well, there is one coming and they will be ready for it, no matter how 'ineffective' they appear.
I will be in Cincy for a couple of days visiting the brood. I may post while there, or not, dunno. I need some granbehbie time to cheer me up. (and she is word spilling now so it should be noisy and fun. LOL)
For miles they traveled, the student becoming more and more agitated as time went by.
Finally, he blurted out "I can't believe a great master of the art would break such modesty by touching a beautiful woman so casually."
To which the master replies " I set her down at the stream; Are you still carrying her?"
I had a visitor on my site yesterday. Not a new one but I believe this is the first time he actually commented. Either way. Peter, You're right; we have our differences, we are individuals, it can't be helped. The reason am posting directly instead of in my comments is I want everyone to see this. I don't know if you are what I have claimed in other posts and comments on other sites. I don't KNOW if you are playing "Jenkins" as an alter-ego or what not. I have had my reasons to believe so, but that is all water under the bridge and to be honest, I don't give a damn anymore. If you are, that's your business. If you aren't, My Apologies for the accusations. I am setting this down now and don't want it to go any further.
There is so much going on in the world and I see so many different manifestations of it happening in people all around me. As I posted yesterday, something is building. Because of that tension, I am trying to keep as much of my world on a neutral heading as possible. Gonna have to have the ability to roll with the wind when it blows. It also means, holding zero grudges. There will be a time and a place for grudges, now is not it.
When I first started blogging, there was a tension. NOW, there is quite a bit more and in more areas. It is not all political either. What ever is coming is going to happen just like the slipping of tectonic plates: Sudden with a huge, quick release of energy. That energy could be harnessed by the right people to do good, or ill. It really all depends upon how steadfast certain persons are when things are all going wrong. It also depends on those that are trying (and succeeding) to building that pressure. There is definitely the hand of man in this buildup. As they say, don't let a crisis go to waste. Sometimes, what is not said is more important that what IS said. They never mentioned WHAT crisis nor did they mention if they were trying to create one. Well, there is one coming and they will be ready for it, no matter how 'ineffective' they appear.
I will be in Cincy for a couple of days visiting the brood. I may post while there, or not, dunno. I need some granbehbie time to cheer me up. (and she is word spilling now so it should be noisy and fun. LOL)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Darker times ahead, and it ain't real light now.
I had a post all typed out ready to post today. Upon re-read, I dropped it right into the round file. The reason why follows.
I am watching the blogs and seeing darkness invade so many people. Granted there isn't a whole lot we can look forward to at present, but I am seeing something much more, ,, insidious, taking place. It seems that everyone, worldwide, are starting to feel this dread, desperation, blue funk, what have you. It is starting to invade personal relationships, both local and distant. It is really starting to show that something MUCH bigger is in the works and while I have no idea "what" that something is; it is starting to show a very real presence. I don't believe it is entirely human in design either. I get the impression from wordings in conversations that this is something much more natural. (or spiritual, hard to separate the two sometimes. At least in my world it is.)
Clif High has made comment about these things. I have read the HPH reports and there are aspects I see in fruition, others, not so much. While I don't take these things as Gospel, any information, no matter how obscure or vague, is a plus when times are so in flux. (that whole think-tank rule, no idea left behind.) And right now, there is a lot of information in those reports that is starting to make sense as time goes by. Too much sense.
No more doom and gloom though. Not today. Just be aware that any 'conflicts' you may experience are probably reflections of the gloom that others are feeling. Slow down, think about it, talk about it, and definitely, don't take it personal until you know for fact that it was personal.
I wish I had more light-hearted writing today but things being as they are, I just ain't feelin it. Maybe tomorrow.
I am watching the blogs and seeing darkness invade so many people. Granted there isn't a whole lot we can look forward to at present, but I am seeing something much more, ,, insidious, taking place. It seems that everyone, worldwide, are starting to feel this dread, desperation, blue funk, what have you. It is starting to invade personal relationships, both local and distant. It is really starting to show that something MUCH bigger is in the works and while I have no idea "what" that something is; it is starting to show a very real presence. I don't believe it is entirely human in design either. I get the impression from wordings in conversations that this is something much more natural. (or spiritual, hard to separate the two sometimes. At least in my world it is.)
Clif High has made comment about these things. I have read the HPH reports and there are aspects I see in fruition, others, not so much. While I don't take these things as Gospel, any information, no matter how obscure or vague, is a plus when times are so in flux. (that whole think-tank rule, no idea left behind.) And right now, there is a lot of information in those reports that is starting to make sense as time goes by. Too much sense.
No more doom and gloom though. Not today. Just be aware that any 'conflicts' you may experience are probably reflections of the gloom that others are feeling. Slow down, think about it, talk about it, and definitely, don't take it personal until you know for fact that it was personal.
I wish I had more light-hearted writing today but things being as they are, I just ain't feelin it. Maybe tomorrow.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
It's for the children.
As most that read my crap will attest, I am an education advocate. Not that I agree or approve of our current public education system; I do push hard for self education and in the cases of lil'uns, homeschooling.
Here is just another example of WHY. (While I haven't personal experience in Memphis schools, my understanding is that its pretty bad when it does work. Seeing the current history of schooling standards, I haven't any doubt.)
It's all about the children, right?
NOT.
It's all about that almighty fucking dollar, and has been for a LONG time. Dewey, that Satan inspired socialist of the early 1900's had much to do with how perverted and corrupt our current scheme is. And Scheme it is. There is not one legitimate purpose of our current system other than indoctrination into a socialist society. Our testing scores in relation to some (supposed) "Third World" countries is atrocious. The fact that our current system was truly established to educate (just enough) future factory workers of the industrial revolution, indicates that the system was designed with political intent SPECIFICALLY. And you can see it in some of the early textbooks of that time. Where stated intent is to provide information for the technician, BUT NEVER THE FOUNDATION of said technology.
If you understand nothing but one key concept, then you haven't the foundations for rational thoughts, NO MATTER HOW INTELLIGENT YOU ARE. Our founders were NOT keyed and trained pigeons, they were quite educated in a variety of subjects. Not all were even formally educated at all except through church founded educations. The classic education of the time, The Trivium and the Quadrivium didn't make it so you would be able to be a carriage maker or cooper-smith, or even a blacksmith. Nope, but they gave you the foundation that you could LEARN those skills quickly, without having to have formal training OR CERTIFICATION.(another of my pet-peeves.) Those classic education techniques were what led to the likes of Issac Newton, Bernoulli, Tesla, etc. They gave you the foundations to understand the world around you, question it, figure out if your questions had merit, and come up with new orders if they didn't.
Does our education system do that? Or does it teach you to 'go along to get along' and 'don't question your betters(masters)'
Personally I say the latter. Good thing I had parents and grandparents that were better educated than that, that were able to instill in me a sense of curiosity and pessimism.
Now, this doesn't apply to private schools (in general) or Catholic schools. The first should be taken on a case by case basis. The latter still use the older techniques (even though I still don't abide the forced religion part of it. Different subject but relevant to this point)and still offer courses that others have long abandoned due to fashion. (Latin etch)
But those schools are not PUBLIC by any means. If my father had been Catholic, I am certain that I would have attended one. He wasn't and the point is moot. None of that fixes what we currently have.
(((((Just for fun: For a test of your knowledge, current and historical Read this. See if you catch the twists.
When you are done, read this and see what you missed. Won't lie, I missed a good share.))))))
And yet again, I find myself saying the same damned thing. Let the shit fail so we can rebuild. It is too big to kill, it has to devour itself or become consumed by its own poison.
That applies to our education system (a part of the next one) Our Governments (State all the way up to Federal) Our economy, and in some ways, our pride.
Yes, I said 'our pride'. Our pride is what lead us here, and our pride is what holds us here. IN MY OPINION. Until we fess up, AS A NATION, that we are fucked into a stalemate of stupidity, we are never going to be able to move forward. This country needs to re-find its backbone and start using that and not some inflated pride that is based upon history only. Yes, history is important but if you can't back up that history with solid flesh in the present, you are just another history lesson on the books. (and part of me feels that is all this country is now, just like Rome and Persia and the Ottoman Empire. History lessons)
Here is just another example of WHY. (While I haven't personal experience in Memphis schools, my understanding is that its pretty bad when it does work. Seeing the current history of schooling standards, I haven't any doubt.)
It's all about the children, right?
NOT.
It's all about that almighty fucking dollar, and has been for a LONG time. Dewey, that Satan inspired socialist of the early 1900's had much to do with how perverted and corrupt our current scheme is. And Scheme it is. There is not one legitimate purpose of our current system other than indoctrination into a socialist society. Our testing scores in relation to some (supposed) "Third World" countries is atrocious. The fact that our current system was truly established to educate (just enough) future factory workers of the industrial revolution, indicates that the system was designed with political intent SPECIFICALLY. And you can see it in some of the early textbooks of that time. Where stated intent is to provide information for the technician, BUT NEVER THE FOUNDATION of said technology.
If you understand nothing but one key concept, then you haven't the foundations for rational thoughts, NO MATTER HOW INTELLIGENT YOU ARE. Our founders were NOT keyed and trained pigeons, they were quite educated in a variety of subjects. Not all were even formally educated at all except through church founded educations. The classic education of the time, The Trivium and the Quadrivium didn't make it so you would be able to be a carriage maker or cooper-smith, or even a blacksmith. Nope, but they gave you the foundation that you could LEARN those skills quickly, without having to have formal training OR CERTIFICATION.(another of my pet-peeves.) Those classic education techniques were what led to the likes of Issac Newton, Bernoulli, Tesla, etc. They gave you the foundations to understand the world around you, question it, figure out if your questions had merit, and come up with new orders if they didn't.
Does our education system do that? Or does it teach you to 'go along to get along' and 'don't question your betters(masters)'
Personally I say the latter. Good thing I had parents and grandparents that were better educated than that, that were able to instill in me a sense of curiosity and pessimism.
Now, this doesn't apply to private schools (in general) or Catholic schools. The first should be taken on a case by case basis. The latter still use the older techniques (even though I still don't abide the forced religion part of it. Different subject but relevant to this point)and still offer courses that others have long abandoned due to fashion. (Latin etch)
But those schools are not PUBLIC by any means. If my father had been Catholic, I am certain that I would have attended one. He wasn't and the point is moot. None of that fixes what we currently have.
(((((Just for fun: For a test of your knowledge, current and historical Read this. See if you catch the twists.
When you are done, read this and see what you missed. Won't lie, I missed a good share.))))))
And yet again, I find myself saying the same damned thing. Let the shit fail so we can rebuild. It is too big to kill, it has to devour itself or become consumed by its own poison.
That applies to our education system (a part of the next one) Our Governments (State all the way up to Federal) Our economy, and in some ways, our pride.
Yes, I said 'our pride'. Our pride is what lead us here, and our pride is what holds us here. IN MY OPINION. Until we fess up, AS A NATION, that we are fucked into a stalemate of stupidity, we are never going to be able to move forward. This country needs to re-find its backbone and start using that and not some inflated pride that is based upon history only. Yes, history is important but if you can't back up that history with solid flesh in the present, you are just another history lesson on the books. (and part of me feels that is all this country is now, just like Rome and Persia and the Ottoman Empire. History lessons)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
extension of yesterdays post.
Once again, the socialist hacks of the great depression and beyond had a good hand in the indoctrination of those that I live near and among. My commentary from yesterday was induced by a growing feeling of angst that is taking place among the dependent class. (I can't look at them as anything else) They KNOW that something isn't right in the world (maybe it was the 2 years worth of NO COLA in the 'pension', Dunnofushure.) Throw in O'boy saying "not sure we will be able to send out the August 3rd checks" and you have a recipe for "TAX THE RICH!" from the Dependent Party.(to cover ALL of the parties). (8.13.11? We wonder, No?) THAT is what spurred my reaction yesterday. All overheard while sipping on my coffee and trying not to spew. It took an intense act of will power to not strangle one of the louder mouths.
O'boy isn't stupid, not by any measure or metric use to determine such things. Nope, this guy is smart: TOO smart in some ways. Deluded for certain, but not even slightly stupid.(and I say deluded simply due to the fact that he is convinced Socialism is a good thing) Oh no, This guy is slick like greased pigs in a mud pit. Try and catch him at the game and the media will scowl and try to paint you as some child-molesting, satan loving, Fearmongering hate machine.
The tipping point is past, now its just that slippery slope of no return. And it would seem that O' just keeps throwing more oil on said slope, to give us a little more momentum.
Why lie, I am to the point of cheering him on at this point. I can't see any other solution than for the whole mess to break. None. Granted, if O has his way about it, we are all going to be fighting for our lives and property, but the alternatives are not much better and more often worse.
All you have to do anymore is read the headlines to get a feel for where we are as a nation. The theft rates rising and theft of highly risky materials at that. The media won't paint ANY picture of the homeless situation but call around the local governments and you WILL find out just how bad it is getting. Jobless rates are just flat sickening for a country that WAS "the Manufacturing Mogul" following WWII. Then try and find one area that hasn't sent at least 50% of its product manufacture overseas. You won't find it. Not unless its something simple like the Weber Grill(tm). Even John Deere gets a lot of their electronic components from overseas.
Nope, not one bit concerned about those that are 'gonna go hungry' next month if the checks don't roll out.
But they will roll out.
There is no doubt in my mind. They may be a couple of days late, but roll they will. Right along with those printing presses. Right along with the raise that congress will give itself 'for averting a national disaster'.
Why? Because no matter how well the system has been manipulated, TPTB are not yet ready to grab the brass ring. They are getting close: closer every day. But they are not there yet; and they know it. They most definitely are not ready for a massive upheaval of pissed of dependents howling in rage about bribe money. That would be a catalyst to a genie they really couldn't put back in the bottle.
But while O and his minions play with the Mercury Fulminate, I continue pounding sand, packing earth, setting posts, and tilling crap soil with good soil, in preparation for when there is not 'a city up the road with what we don't have local'. I can't stop what is coming, and I sure as hell can't educate those around me to what is right in their damned faces. Denial is a hard wall for a teacher/doctor to beat through. I refuse to try now. They won't learn until its too late, then when they come for what I have worked so hard to accomplish "because its only fair", well, Me and the legacy of John Moses Browning will have a different lesson to teach.
O'boy isn't stupid, not by any measure or metric use to determine such things. Nope, this guy is smart: TOO smart in some ways. Deluded for certain, but not even slightly stupid.(and I say deluded simply due to the fact that he is convinced Socialism is a good thing) Oh no, This guy is slick like greased pigs in a mud pit. Try and catch him at the game and the media will scowl and try to paint you as some child-molesting, satan loving, Fearmongering hate machine.
The tipping point is past, now its just that slippery slope of no return. And it would seem that O' just keeps throwing more oil on said slope, to give us a little more momentum.
Why lie, I am to the point of cheering him on at this point. I can't see any other solution than for the whole mess to break. None. Granted, if O has his way about it, we are all going to be fighting for our lives and property, but the alternatives are not much better and more often worse.
All you have to do anymore is read the headlines to get a feel for where we are as a nation. The theft rates rising and theft of highly risky materials at that. The media won't paint ANY picture of the homeless situation but call around the local governments and you WILL find out just how bad it is getting. Jobless rates are just flat sickening for a country that WAS "the Manufacturing Mogul" following WWII. Then try and find one area that hasn't sent at least 50% of its product manufacture overseas. You won't find it. Not unless its something simple like the Weber Grill(tm). Even John Deere gets a lot of their electronic components from overseas.
Nope, not one bit concerned about those that are 'gonna go hungry' next month if the checks don't roll out.
But they will roll out.
There is no doubt in my mind. They may be a couple of days late, but roll they will. Right along with those printing presses. Right along with the raise that congress will give itself 'for averting a national disaster'.
Why? Because no matter how well the system has been manipulated, TPTB are not yet ready to grab the brass ring. They are getting close: closer every day. But they are not there yet; and they know it. They most definitely are not ready for a massive upheaval of pissed of dependents howling in rage about bribe money. That would be a catalyst to a genie they really couldn't put back in the bottle.
But while O and his minions play with the Mercury Fulminate, I continue pounding sand, packing earth, setting posts, and tilling crap soil with good soil, in preparation for when there is not 'a city up the road with what we don't have local'. I can't stop what is coming, and I sure as hell can't educate those around me to what is right in their damned faces. Denial is a hard wall for a teacher/doctor to beat through. I refuse to try now. They won't learn until its too late, then when they come for what I have worked so hard to accomplish "because its only fair", well, Me and the legacy of John Moses Browning will have a different lesson to teach.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Just sick of ignorance
I haven't had much to say lately due to the levels of idiocy that abound around me. I have been reading the blogs of those that 'get it' more for a sanity standard than for insight.
It really amazes me how few people understand eventhe vaguest portion of our economy. Few realize just how much a trillion anything is. Even fewer realize just how far down the rabbit hole this country has fallen.
It exasperates me beyond words.
All I can say about it is: "Let the fuckin mess fail, please.". I feel for you if you are dependent upon public assistance, I really do; but I wont shed a tear for your delimma when it all falls apart. The information is there IF you are willing to look for it. Lack of planning on your part is not my fault and I will refuse to assist your demise through extensions to your further dependence. If you desire further travesities in the media, call your rep and plead for more money. It will only bring about the fall that much faster.
Will have more to say later when I have a real keyboard, not the touch screen on thos damned phone.
It really amazes me how few people understand eventhe vaguest portion of our economy. Few realize just how much a trillion anything is. Even fewer realize just how far down the rabbit hole this country has fallen.
It exasperates me beyond words.
All I can say about it is: "Let the fuckin mess fail, please.". I feel for you if you are dependent upon public assistance, I really do; but I wont shed a tear for your delimma when it all falls apart. The information is there IF you are willing to look for it. Lack of planning on your part is not my fault and I will refuse to assist your demise through extensions to your further dependence. If you desire further travesities in the media, call your rep and plead for more money. It will only bring about the fall that much faster.
Will have more to say later when I have a real keyboard, not the touch screen on thos damned phone.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Noise, chips, and a hole
Nothing to add to the fray of distraction called "debt ceiling" other than the fact that Timmy G-boy will get his new credit card, The Critters on the hill will then vote themselves another raise, and of course that check that Grandma gets will only by 2 loaves of bread instead of three like last month, , , ,
Yeah, not much to add to that.
SO to lighten the mood, hot flying metal for y'all to enjoy.
Here is the first pass on the block. I have only cut .005" and you can see that I don't have much more to bring the surface to true. WOOT!, I did good. LOL
And here, after about 2 hours of meticulous and tedious 'back n forth' with the traversing screw, I have a hole bored out to 1.850". (I don't have a powered TS on my lathe, all hand crank.) To say my boring bar is a little peeved at me would be an understatement. (its not meant for holes of this size and chirped a squawked the whole time. )
Still a lot to go and as I mentioned yesterday, several more pieces to cast. (and patterns to make for said casting. All of which hinged upon my getting this far.)
Moving forward, which is far better than I can say about other things. Best to let that lie for now. Far to close to a blow up if I dwell on it right now.(guess I do still care some, eh?)
Yeah, not much to add to that.
SO to lighten the mood, hot flying metal for y'all to enjoy.
Here is the first pass on the block. I have only cut .005" and you can see that I don't have much more to bring the surface to true. WOOT!, I did good. LOL
And here, after about 2 hours of meticulous and tedious 'back n forth' with the traversing screw, I have a hole bored out to 1.850". (I don't have a powered TS on my lathe, all hand crank.) To say my boring bar is a little peeved at me would be an understatement. (its not meant for holes of this size and chirped a squawked the whole time. )
Still a lot to go and as I mentioned yesterday, several more pieces to cast. (and patterns to make for said casting. All of which hinged upon my getting this far.)
Moving forward, which is far better than I can say about other things. Best to let that lie for now. Far to close to a blow up if I dwell on it right now.(guess I do still care some, eh?)
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