The Things you see!

23 Jan 21

17:45 hrs

     I had to make a trek to WallyWorld to pick up some items. I've been a bit under the weather lately. Chilled to the bones two days in a row. Chilled so bad that I dragged out my woolen campfire blanket - the one covered in badges - which my Better Half says is as itchy as a camel's scrotum (I'll never ask how she knows that). Anyways, my Lobster had ordered items for pickup as there has been three cases of the Beer Flu reported at WallyWorld and one a Timmies, which one I don't know. I also don't know if it was a customer or a staffer. Since neither places carry out contact tracing lists for customers I'm going with staffers. 

     While waiting for our stuff I saw this lady drag her shopping cart full of stuff out and cram it into her north foreign (Foreign manufacturers who have plants in North America) hatchback and then rolls her cart into the next parking spot rather than push it to the shopping cart corral that is only five parking spots away. Can you say Lazy Bitch?

     I'm already chomping - nee dreaming - about getting Out in the Weeds. K & K run their trail cameras all year and have some fine wildlife photos of elk, cougar and bear. A bear even bit through one of their cameras. That's why mine are in lock boxes and bolted to the trees. The other thing I am wanting to do , and I'm sure I've written this already, is to spend a couple of weeks basking on a sun soaked beach with my Better Half. Of course, we will have to wait until the Beer Flu is under control. I'm thinking next year as this year will be the year when the vaccinations will take place and the world will see how effective it is.

     Our Jr. Loin Fruit has gone to Capital City for the weekend. He's been so wrapped up doing his schooling through Distance Education that he needed to take a break. With masks and plenty of caution he headed south. He'll be back at the end of the weekend. 

     Sunday will be my mom's birthday. We all wish her well.

     I spotted another new apartment building going up in the Valley. Its across the river from us next to the government office. I have no idea where the residents are going to park and there is another building being built just down the road towards the bridge. At this point I have no idea what function will be but what I can say is with three or four new residential buildings all going up in close proximity will have an impact on the traffic in the Valley. If the town fathers believe that the residents will park their vehicles and rely on the horse and buggy mass transit system that is routed through the Valley. 

     My Lobster and I finished watching the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon tv. A great series, three seasons worth and we are hoping there will be more. I just finished watching most of a docu-series called Spycraft on Netflix. Some pretty cool stuff from the early days and the now. I would recommend it. 

     We were supposed to get some snow here in the Valley this weekend. Right now its 3°C and raining but the forecast is for snow to start in the next hour or so. If we do get snow in any substantial amount it would be best to stay off the Valley roads as the vast majority of the driving public do not have winter tires and have no clue on how to drive in true winter conditions. 

     If you thought that the Tangerine  Tyrant was gone from the public eye you are delusional. The Hugh-ess Speaker will be passing the Article of Impeachment - an Act of Incitement of Insurrection - on to the Senate. Supposedly, the Senate trial will take place in February. The Tangerine Tyrant is acting pretty nonchalant about the whole thing. Maybe he thinks that there are a bunch of senators still is his pocket and he won't be convicted. Maybe so but as I've said before the real trials will be with the Southern District of New York. 

Stay tuned.

     One last thing. The Onion phoned us from thirteen and a half time zones away just to say hi. She's taking courses through distance ed from the college in the Valley. She still plans on coming back to Canada to finish her studies but needs a student visa, which hasn't arrived yet. I'm deeply concerned that even if the visa arrives the Beer Flu will prevent her from coming to the Great White North.