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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 25, 2024 15:42:41 GMT -5
A good article that I'll have to read again. Yesterday on FB somebody posted a quote that said conservatives don't care about people. I usually don't reply to such… That’s because conservatives don’t care about people. 🤣😂😁 Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 25, 2024 12:31:23 GMT -5
It is Indy as all get out here. Had a pile of leaves and sand in front of the door this am. The damn wind blew it in faster than I could sweep it out, so much dust in the air you can’t see San Jacinto which is like 15-20 miles from here.
Stagecoach concert is in Indio this weekend, so there will be hoards of people everywhere. Damn those kids on my lawn. We were planning on leaving on Monday, but so will the hoards, so now the plan is to leave Tuesday morning.
Oh, and in Facebook news, received a friend request from one “Lary” who used Lars old picture. Bastids!
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 24, 2024 17:49:21 GMT -5
Well that sucks.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 24, 2024 8:03:48 GMT -5
Dark and dusty in the desert. Air quality and high wind warnings. No bike ride for me today. Got a stripped out screw in my front door latch, gonna try the toothpick/wood glue trick to secure it. Should work, I hope. So, off to Lowe’s in a bit for wood glue. Also a trip to Traders for some snacks. We decided to leave next Monday morning, as soon as our garbage service picks up the trash and recycling from the curb. Need to clear out the fridge as much as possible before we leave. Still catching up on our laundry after Hawaii. And that’s about it from So Cal.
Mike Wordle fail today
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 23, 2024 18:22:16 GMT -5
C. S. Lewis had a good answer to those who ask how they're supposed to love their neighbor when they don't even like him. It's been years so I can only paraphrase: act as if you love your neighbor and eventually you'll find that you actually do. Praxis. Yeah. Way too much work. Much easier just to be the asshole in the gray house. Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 23, 2024 16:55:06 GMT -5
The parents just texted. This morning, as they were heading west on the 10, in the Whitewater/Palm Springs area, the wind was blowing hard and visibility was limited because of blowing dust and sand. People still drive at 75 plus. About100 feet ahead of them a little car got blown out of its lane bounced off the side of a big rig, and took out at least two other cars. Injuries unknown, as everything happened so fast, but the parents made it through unscathed. YMMV but I blame Terry for starting this thread.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 23, 2024 11:07:12 GMT -5
The parent units have left. We are doing a boatload of laundry today and cleaning the house. We have way too much food in the fridge, thanks to the parents, so I have to deal with that as I don’t know when we will return here, with our daughter due in Nov. Just when you think you know what you are doing, life pitches a curve ball.
Hot today here. Truck needs washed, so that will get done.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 22, 2024 7:28:58 GMT -5
Mikey likes it!
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 22, 2024 7:26:29 GMT -5
Morning. Did someone break the Soundhole yesterday? Could not get it to load last night. Well, it’s back now.
So tired yesterday from our red eye, arrived in the desert around noon, unpacked, took a nap and went to bed at 9:00 last night. Feel better today. It’s going to hit 99° here today so I’m going for a short bike ride (10 miles) before it gets too hot. Thinking about leaving for OR tomorrow, or maybe Sunday, to avoid the weekend room rates in Mt Shasta. $89.00 weeknights, and $130.00 weekend nights. It’s not a lot but still…. Need to clean the condo and get it ready for the hot summer months. Need to charge and disconnect the battery from the Vespa. I buy shelf stable gas for it so there are no worries there.
That’s about it from the desert.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 21, 2024 17:08:14 GMT -5
Back home away from home in the desert. It was a smooth 5 hour flight. The trip over took 6.5 hours. The pilots blame it on winds, but I know better, on the way over they had less mice on the treadmills. Anyway, it’s hot in the desert and my truck, which has been sitting for the last two weeks is really dirty. I’ll get it washed tomorrow.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 20, 2024 11:48:03 GMT -5
Sun is coming up on Kauai, just hitting the tops of the little mountain known locally as Puff, the Magic…beautiful, this looks like the nicest day we’ve had so far, and it’s the day we leave. Lots of rain this trip. Red eye tonight, hope I can get some sleep on the plane. Nita’s parents will pick us up tomorrow morning in San Diego, we will find someplace for breakfast, and then head back to the desert. Nita wants to head N on Weds, she is ready to be home. That’s it from Hawaii.
Mike Wordle 1,036 3/6
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 19, 2024 12:50:32 GMT -5
Morning. The sun has made an appearence on Kauai. It’s welcome. I’ll go for a swim in a bit, hit up the Dolphin fish market for a half lb of their Ono salad. Like tuna salad but so so so much better. They call it crack salad. We will start packing up this afternoon. Check out is ar ten tommorrow but our plane doesn’t leave until ten pm at night.
That is all the news from this little corner of the Pacific.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 19, 2024 12:29:17 GMT -5
R Bob, it was a joke. Apparently not a very good one. A oblique reference to getting kicked of the AG forum for mocking their guitar cruise. Mike will try to make. His jokes better in the future.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 22:26:08 GMT -5
Since we seem to be getting the band back together, maybe someone should email Teja and ask for advice about planning a guitar cruise…
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 18:29:54 GMT -5
OMG, Rocker Bob. Hey Keith, how’s it? We are all a lot older. Probably no wiser, but that doesn’t stop us from being opinionated.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 16:46:25 GMT -5
I don’t mean to be critical, but when did Mercedes panel vans become tanks?
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 15:32:23 GMT -5
And I heard from Doc too. We will try to get together in early June. Yay!
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 14:46:10 GMT -5
Raining on Kauai. Sposed to stop by noon. Went to a fabulous dinner last night with our friends from Oregon City at the Hokilau Lanai restaurant. Ono in miso mushroom reduction and lobster Mac nut cream cheese wontons. Spendy but good. Today we are eating in, cereal and salads. Tomorrow we start packing for the trip home. Red eye on Sat from Lihue to San Diego. Get in ar 7 am SD time, which will feel like 4 am to us. That will be the least fun part of this trip. Sunday will be a lost day, but we will survive, probably.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 18, 2024 14:10:46 GMT -5
Sigh.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 17, 2024 17:18:03 GMT -5
Yeah, I’ve been to his house in Shelton. It was a long time ago. He hosted a guitar gathering there, back in the old AG days. Chak Aw was there, Pauline, a bunch of people.
Mike
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