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deluxestogie

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There used to be about 35 acres of hilly pasture rising behind my house. Over the last half-dozen years, that has been noisily bull-dozed, trenched, flattened and filled, rinsed and repeated. Now it hosts a sparkling new First Temple of Responders (complete with an ear-splitting siren on a 30 foot pole), and is in the process of completing:
  • four baseball, softball, and multi-purpose fields with lighting (essentially duplicating what the local middle school and high schools already have)
  • a picnic shelter
  • a playground
  • restrooms
  • over 300 parking spaces
  • walking trails
The only problem is that those 35 acres used to be an integral part of my watershed. So now, my property will flood with a mere inch of rainfall. That's progress. What else could they possibly do with $13,000,000?

Bob
 

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Reminiscences of a Bygone Era

Once upon a time, when a business accepted your money for the purchase of an item, they actually provided you with that item. And once upon a time, the US Postal Service actually functioned.

In December of 2024, I ordered a book from Amazon. I timed the order so that it would be delivered to my sister before her birthday in early January. Amazon took my payment. Nearly 3 weeks later, well past my sister's birthday, Amazon informed me that it was not available. They refunded my payment.

The same day (14 January 2025) that I was informed of the non-availability of the item that I had purchased, I ordered the very same book from Thriftbooks.com. That was shipped via USPS by Thriftbooks on January 16...from Phoenix, AZ. That's a 33 hour drive from me.

As of today, 29 January 2025, USPS has already managed to ship the book west from Phoenix (to Nevada), northeast (to Pennsylvania), south to Roanoke, VA (on 26 January)—a mere 30 miles from my home, yet farther south to North Carolina (today), and still has not been able to project a delivery date.

The book will likely arrive...eventually.

It is true that events never unfold in accordance with our expectations, though they may sometimes come close. Our expectations are always based on the past. [As I post this, I hear the mail delivery vehicle drive past my mailbox, without stopping.]

Bob
I just had the same issues from USPS, my package went thru Customs in Queens, NY. It went past me in Pittsburgh Pa, and goes to Indianapolis Indiana, to be sorted back to Pittsburgh, meanwhile on its first pass I70 is maybe 30 miles from my house. Screenshot_20250209-023514.png
 

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Almost Nordic Skiing

My Nordic skis are still resting in the corner of a closet, alongside my Ojibwe snow shoes. And I used my twin, Komperdell trekking poles, instead of my ski poles. But strapping on my knee-high, bright blue gaiters, and cautiously walking out to my mailbox and back, through the snow, felt almost like an adventure. No slips or falls.

Bob
 

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¼-inch ice encases all of my shrubs, and has persisted for over a day. The online map from my local power company says that I have no electricity. Although it is true that my lights have blinked off repeatedly for the past 24 hours, I continue to have electricity (i.e. heat and water). Outside, there are some mighty large tree branches that have fallen. Every self-respecting tree sacrificed something. The map below does not include my home, but the quilt-like color overlays are lovely.

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There are so many outages, that even the outages have outages!

Bob
 
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