even more oddities,observations,and ?'s...
This is the third post in a series about oddities, observations and omgs. Plus, there are a few questions posed, some of which seem to have obscure answers.
The week I started writing this post, various events and milestones occurred that are disturbing, historical, or, memorable.
Nancy Pelosi's 82 year old husband was attacked by a hammer wielding nutcase.
The World Series was tied at one game apiece. Game three was scheduled for the night following Halloween night.
Russia wanted to suspend the U.N. brokered grain deal.
Midterm elections were just a week and a couple days away.
Here in Kentucky, the FBI announced it had resumed the search for Crystal Rogers, a mother of five who went missing seven years ago.
Those were just a few of the many headlines of importance during this past election season. It is much to easy to get caught up in political causes and candidates, but, I always want to be aware of other offerings too.
Here are a few more oddities, observations, and ?'s.
While watching Margaret Brennan grill Minnesota Republican Congressman Tom Emmer on Face the Nation last October 30th, I was fascinated by how many two-steps the lawmaker danced while denying he supports intimidation of potential voters at polling places.
We walked in front of a bar on the lakefront in Saugutuck, Michigan called, The Sand Bar Saloon.
I received a survey by text from an organization called, vote.org. I replied STOP. Immediately, I got a text from the same group asking me if I would take a survey explaining why I didn't want to take the original survey.
HUH? What’s up with that?
Can't help but notice the number of times I am told a telephone call is being recorded.... for quality assurance and training purposes. Makes me wonder about the real reason calls are recorded.
Of course...that's the hot two-word phrase for now. It's used by many people multiple times each day. Examples: Thanks a lot for your help. Of course. I appreciate you doing that. Of course. It is almost as mechanical with some people as auto redial. You are a fine person and you are lovely too. Of course.
Who could miss seeing Harry and Meghan? They are a testament to marketing, social media, and, greed.
An acquaintance who bought a new Dodge Ram pickup truck last July told me he has always driven Ford F250s. However, after a six month search, he was unable to locate his vehicle of choice that suited him. He paid $97,000 for his new ride and the salesman in Elizabethtown, Kentucky told him if he wasn't happy with it in 30 days to bring it back...AND... the dealer would return the full purchase price plus 10%.
We drove to Georgetown, Kentucky to catch the beauty of the Fall leaves and wanted to get a sandwich and glass of iced tea. We found the perfect bar. It was called, My Old Kentucky Foam.
Spectrum News featured a segment on plastics, microplastics, and the resultant damage to the environment. The experts reached the same conclusion (teacher/scientist) Rick French had claimed in a July 23, 2020 HUH? What's up with that? post called, It's concerning...
Mr. French in essence said....we have probably come too far to reverse course.
Can't help but notice the popularity of the hit television show, Yellowstone.
Last October, I was driving down a 25 mph neighborhood street when I slowed down to allow an older man walking south in the street to move to the side of the road. He was aided by a walker on his journey. On the opposite side of the street, exactly even with the older man, but, going north was a young couple.
The husband/dad was pushing a baby stroller.
The parallel was amazing. Both men were pushing an instrument that belies their age, and, just like the path of their lives, both men were facing different perspectives while on their stroll as well as in their lives.
Those dreaded political yard signs are now gone. Political races in Kentucky included candidates for Circuit and District Courts, and, Court of Appeals. I couldn't help but observe an abundance of yard signs last November supporting female candidates in each of the three courts.
Eight nominees ran for Circuit Court seats and seven were women. All eight District Courts had only women running, and, both Court of Appeals aspirants were women.
While checking out my morning face in the bathroom mirror one recent Sunday morning, I was lamenting to my wife about how I seemed to have aged a few more years overnight. We laughed about it. A short time later, I wanted to use my iPhone. Face Not Recognized popped up on my Facial Recognition Feature.
What has happened to cash, greenbacks, dinero, buckos? Remember when Cash is King was an actual concept? A sign in a mom and pop type clothing store says, Please use credit, debit cards or Krypto currency.
Regina and I took a trip to see our son and his family in Florida (Jeremy, Nora, Leo, Dallas). While driving on I-24 south of Nashville, I saw a billboard that said:
Y'all, slavery is still legal in our Constitution. End the exception November 8
I did some research (my good friend, Mr. Google) that night in the hotel room and found out the campaign was represented by a group hoping to abolish an amendment in the Tennessee Constitution that allowed slavery as part of a punishment. Happy to say the Amendment passed last November 8th.
A similar amendment failed to pass in Louisiana.
While traveling through Georgia, another billboard caught our attention. It read:
Jesus saves, Liberals spend. Vote them out November 8th.
I don't even know what that means in terms of a political message. Is Jesus being used as a synonym for Republicans? If so, the message is horrendous.
However, we did see a really cool billboard sponsored by Boot Barn in Nashville. It stated:
Shoes are ordinary, Boots are an American icon.
What's in a name? Can't help but notice the misuse of the word estate. We checked out a couple neighborhoods in Florida and Georgia while driving home from the Sunshine State. Each one was called (Something) Estates, or, (Something Something) Estates. The homes were on lots no bigger than a normal suburban yard.
Jeremy took us out into the Gulf where he has 10 stone crab traps. As we headed out of the channel in back of his house to open water, Sea Gulls, Pelicans, Great Heron, and, Cormorants flew above us at some point.
Finally saw Tom Brady play football! I went with my son and two grandsons to see the Tampa Bay Bucs play the L.A. Rams. Brady threw a TD pass with :09 on the clock to win the game.
Ocala, Florida is as picturesque as Lexington, Kentucky. Both have enormous thoroughbred horse farms that are hundreds of acres in size. I liked one particular name of a farm in Ocala that caught my attention, Meadowlands Farm.
No one can possibly watch any TV network or cable news channel and say any choice is offering fair and balanced political reporting. Each outlet plays to the extremists they attract.
The FCC long ago (1985) abandoned it's Fairness Doctrine that required all networks to give opposing viewpoints. The point of the Doctrine was that the governing agency thought the three major networks at the time (1949), ABC, CBS, and, NBC could misuse their licenses to set a biased public agenda.
The frightening aspect of that reality is there isn't any middle of the road perspective presented on television. Each network or cable channel offers stories that will feed into the frenzy without any thought provoking analysis or commentary that attempts to pull together both sides.
100% of the time, all issues have an opposing viewpoint.
Coming up: another job$ somebody's gotta do; another POS; what men talk about at 6am while having coffee at McDonald's, and; another oddities, observations & ?s.
And, finally. Driving through the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee on our return trip from Florida, we decided to stop at one of the few nice hotels available. It was a Holiday Inn Express and appeared to be fairly new. We walked up to the check in desk and a sign taped to the top of the desk stopped us in our tracks. It said:
Ladybug infestation. Stay at your own risk.
Out of curiosity, I asked the desk clerk how many rooms he had rented for the night.
So far, none, he said. Corporate made us put the sign up to deflect any liability.
HUH? What's up with that?
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