04:15 hrs
Good Morning Dear Readers,
I am up and at 'em as my Lobster's alarm was sounding off just over an hour ago. I must have hit some stupid setting when I reset the clock for daylight saving time. You know, you try to do something nice for someone and all you get is two hours less sleep.
I watched an interesting series on Netflix called Hunters. Holocaust survivors and their descendants hunting down Nazis who were purposely brought to the Hugh-ess (this really happened under Operation Paperclip - you can look it up). At the same time the relocated Germans are trying to create the Fourth Reich in the Hugh-ess. Al Pacino stars in a leading role and he does a great job. (I would really like to see Serpico again.) My co-worker, Buster, put me on to another series, The Man in the High Tower. It's a twist on history. Imagine if the Allies did not win WWII because the Nazis had developed their heavy water program first and had nuked the Hugh-ess. Set in the mid-60's the country was divided in half, much like Berlin was, with the Nazis occupying and controlling everything east if the Rockies and the Japanese empire holding everything else to the Left Coast. As with most You-All dystopian movies the Great White North doesn't even enter into it. I've seen three episodes and the screen writers have put a lot of small details that are very necessary to make this believable. It is surprising how many twisted history White Power movies and series on the Idiot Box. That's okay as long as the viewers realize that what they are watching is an authors conception of what could have been and not what should have been. I'm worried that the Tangerine Tyrant's Sycophants are taking these shows in as a template for their view of the world.
10 Mar 20
05:15 hrs
The virus that is sweeping the globe has now infected 110,000 and killed 4,000. In the Old Country, The Olde Boot has told its citizens that travel between towns is no longer allowed unless it's an emergency. Yoi can stay at home or you can go to jail for three months. Here on the Left Coast some schools have temporarily closed if a person has shown to test positive for the virus. And the really weird thing about this new epidemic is that it has caused people to stockpile shit tickets. Now, I have not checked out the symptoms of the virus but maybe diarrhea is one of them and that's the reason reason people are hoarding ass wipe. It's either that or just sheer panic buying.
Here's something... the Jaguar car manufacturer has won the World Car of the Year award for it's all electric vehicle in 2019. The new 2020 IPace model is currently selling for $89,995. I suppose even the Uber wealthy want to be environmentally conscious.
Meanwhile, in the Nation's Capital, my Better Half has been progressing with the selling off the Oma-nator's belonging as there will be no room for all of her stuff at the Wayward Inn. My Lobster has been trying to limit the amount of stuff that is coming but her mom is resistant to the notion of donating the majority of it. It's not that the Oma-nator and her husband were hoarders (well, I thing he had a tinge of the collector gene in him) but people do gather items as time goes by. And, after eight decades of being on this Rock you can expect that one's nest to be fairly well feathered.
11 Mar 20
08:30 hrs
I just spotted a starling. A European starling. A bird species that was brought to this side of the pond in the 19th Century by some clueless Shakespean nerdowells who thought it would be nice to have the birds from home. These little buggers have few enemies and can swarm in the tens of thousands. When it comes to aircraft they can build nests in the tiniest of access holes in just minutes. These nests can and will jam flight controls, actuators and pressure sensors or switches. A documented account of an eradication attempt can be found in So There I was...Tales from the Flight Line.
I hate them.
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