Ye gads my 1990 caravan has reached a milestone today.
It was back in August 1996 when I bought my 1990 caravan which is now officially 29 years old. Currently it has 155,646 miles on it. I put some repairs into it but it's still cheaper then if I bought another vehicle. This past March I spent $3,300 on body work painting and fixing rusted areas on the fenders plus peeling hood paint. Since mechanically it's a sound running machine I see no need for another.
I'm not a high mileage driver. I don't have a need for all these new crazy features with today's vehicles. It's also became like a friend to me. As far as I'm concerned it takes me where I need to go. No point in dropping some $15,000 or more just to get around. It has more cargo room then today's models. Insurance is a hellva lot cheaper too. This is especially important when retired like me trying to live on social security with a limited amount of savings.
Some my find it hard to believe but most of my personal time is not spent on politics. It's just that it is an easy subject to fill my blog up with. I know I said this before but I have to stop focusing some much of my time on this subject here on this blog.
When I visit other sites I know how it turns me off when others post their opinions which don't agree with mine. I stop following them. Hence I really do need to do less of this kind of stuff.
So yeah I'll try and have yet another go at postings which hold my greater interests. Things like entertainment and humor. Let's see how it goes.
Stay Tuned.. No Promises :-)
News Of The Day
Two neighbors got their second ticket ($50) for parking on the street during sweeping day.
Babysitting Stepdaughters cat while she and twin granddaughters visit Ocean City, NJ. Neediest cat in the world. Love it to death but ye gads!.
Couldn't wait till warm weather to open the windows. Now that's it's hot they're closed again. Can't wait till fall's cooler days.
For anyone wishing to decide on a candidate these debates will do nothing for them. Let me explain how these usually work.
Most of them are proven simple courtroom tactics. For example every lawyer will try distracting the jury away from the facts. They do this in several ways. One way is to appeal to their emotions. Another is to try and tarnish their opponents character. Still another to make a false accusation. After the other side objects, the judge he/she will tell the jury to disregard. Of course they never will. Unlike courtrooms the debate responses are constrained by a timer making it impossible to fully respond. These are the three key elements employed in every debate.
Since these goofballs decided to attack each other rather then go after the incumbent president they've handed him a present. One which no doubt conservatives will exploit in campaign advertisements. Dopes!
Nobody should have agreed to them till early next year. We're over a half a year away from the primaries. By January at least half will drop out making it less of a media sideshow. Hell voters can't remember what candidates said last week little alone six months before. By the time this bunch is done flapping their gums most people will be either become pissed off or too exhausted to even listen.
In the first place debates this early are a bad idea. However if candidates insist on doing them here's the way they should have been done. (1) They shouldn't allow the commentators to drag them into a fight with one another. Instead candidates should respectively point out how their plans may be better. (2) Should save their criticisms for their final opponent after the primaries. (3) Most importantly we're all fed up with a bunch of false promises they couldn't possibly achieve.
We're up to our ears with these wannabe's playing the blame game. Enough with the trash talking. I, for one, am not looking for another self interested pied piper but rather someone who has a genuine interest in transforming this country into what our forefathers intended it to be.
Please Take 10 Minutes To Watch This Video
My impression of this video is we are continually walking a fine line between those too far right or left. Each election is as important as any of the others. There are no guarantees. Which direction voters take in 2020 will decide our fate. What say you?
"Harold Prince, one of the most successful and celebrated theater director-producers of the 20th century, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at the age of 91. In this interview with "Sunday Morning" host Charles Osgood (originally broadcast on October 2, 1994), Prince talks about his career, including such hits as "The Phantom of the Opera," and reimagining the landmark 1927 Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II musical "Show Boat" for a new era."
I've enjoyed each ad every one of these landmark musicals. I doubt Broadway will ever see the likes of him again.
THE GRIO- Twitter users pointed out that 8 out of 10 states with the lowest poverty levels in the United States are blue states, while 8 out of 9 states with the highest level of poverty across this great land of ours are red states, according to CENSUS DATA.
