Watching and waiting.

22 Jan 23

15:45 hrs

     Have you had enough of the liquid sunshine? The month is not over and we have already had 16 days of precipitation.  Some days it's been just a misting of a couple of millimeters and other days you would dare to drive off of a hard surface because you would be up to your axles in mud.

23 Jan 23

07:30 hrs

     Back to the grind. 

     And, a Happy Lunar New Year!

     There has been another mass shooting in the Hugh-ess. Are you shocked? I'm not. I haven't checked the stats but they'll probably show that this year is no different than any other. I did see that there are now 120 guns for every 100 citizens in the Hugh-ess. Crazy. Now, here in the Great White North, the Feds are planning on banning certain guns (some types of shotguns and hunting rifles) simply because they are semiautomatic and could be loaded with a magazine that holds more than 5 rounds. Look, I can understand removing rifles, mostly military style of weapons, than can be modified to be selected for automatic fire. I can full appreciate this. There is no need for anyone, outside the police and the military, to own one of these. But, what makes these weapons a military style? I think that it may be a pistol grip type stock, which means that I may be screwed. Back when I first moved to The Peg I bought a semiautomatic hunting rifle and then I had a custom pistol grip stock built and mounted. Beautiful job. 

25 Jan 23

07:00 hrs

     Good Morning Campers, 

     Yesterday was the surviving Sage's birthday. Unfortunately,  neither myself or Li'l Sis were able to get to there for her birthday. However, I saw a lot of well wishes were sent on social media from friends and relatives. I had called her at ODark30 and my Better Half, along with the Couch Monkeys, talked to her before I got home from the salt mine. 

     I'm providing security on another portion of the massive infrastructure project at CFB Lompoc. It's now going into the 4th year of a three year project. I figure it will take another year before all of it is done. Maybe.

     There was yet another mass shooting in the Hugh-ess. Yes, you read that right. And, a recent study indicates that since 20+ years ago almost all of these incidents are carried out by individuals who are directly related to the victims.  Domestic violence and work place disagreements are the two main reasons. I would say that stupidity and the 2nd Ammendment are leading factors as well.

     So, enough of the doom, gloom and sadness. 

     We are gaining daylight Kidlettes. Enough that the solar yard lights at the Wayward Inn are operating again. Which is good, since it's dark when I'm going to work and dark when I head home. I remember when I was in the Peg and not only was it dark before and after work, I was working in a shop that was incased in concrete with no windows. So, if you wanted to see the sun you would have to go outside and with the daytime high averaging around -20C why in the hell would anyone do that?

     It's still the wet season here on the Left Coast. Alot of the ground is fully saturated. Going off of a hard surface is not advised even if you have 4 wheel drive. I watched a large front-end loader slowly sink into the soft soil and was just barely able to walk out of it. Kudos to the operator. I notice that the Golden Horseshoe is getting nailed with another winter storm. Good. Teaches them some tolerance. Many towns and cities use road salt to combat the ice and snow on the roads. In the GTA an average of 150,000 metric tonnes of salt is spread over 5,100 kilometers of roadways. Doing the math, that's about 29.5 tonnes per kilometer. Pretty crazy isn't it?

     The Sr. Loin Fruit has made some inroads into gaining his apprenticeship. A former classmate mentioned my son's name to his boss and a position may be in the offing. Fingers crossed. The Jr. Couch Monkey is still at the best Ramen shop in the Valley and completing his degree. Onward and upward. It would be great, and also a bit sad, if they could both launch by the end of the year. I say sad because, believe it or not, I will miss their presence at the Wayward Inn. I should ask the Sage how she felt when I departed for Basic Training. 

     Well Folkes, that's about it for now. Take care of yourself and in the immortal words of Dr. Sidney Friedman, "Have some fun. Just pull down your pants and slide on the ice!"