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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Roofing woes, and various things.

 That was a weird dream. I would have still been dreaming except I was "awokened? awakened? jerked out of my sleep? by an incoming text.

Roofing guy wanted to know if I was ready to make a move on getting my roof replaced.

Not only no, but hell no. He came to the house to give me a quote in a BMW. Who the hell does that? Wasn't in construction clothes but some kind of office wear. The other two guys looked like they did roofs, and drove up in semi old pickup trucks. And the bmw guy didn't have a tape measure, he used an app on  his phone to get a sky satellite to measure the roof.

That kind of stuff doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

Then I had to call his office to remind him I wanted the quote emailed, about 2 days after he said he would send it.

Then several items in the quote said we will provide this much, but if we find more problems it's gonna cost you more money. And he left out a couple of things.

I don't do business that way. You tell me what you are going to do for how much money, and that's it. And we agreed on that while he was there. I don't want to hear we need more money for this, or this is going to cost extra. Fuck that.

I would do this myself except: I need it done in a timely fashion, and I ain't timely these days. I got up on that roof just to put tar paper over some leaks. Up there about an hour and I thought I was gonna die. I mean I just about didn't make it off, I was so pussified.

And now my right knee is giving me fits. Swells up one day and then goes to normal, and hurts at the most inconvenient time. My left hip gives out while I'm walking and I have to watch out I don't go down.

I tell ya I almost feel like I'm a damn democrat.

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Wheat Cents

 Now that the .gov is no longer minting pennies, what are we gonna do?

Is everything now going to be priced to the nickel? The dime? The ten dollar bill?

A lot of folks, me included, have save pennies over the years, and I guess now would be the time to take them to the bank.

What about wheat cents? I got a bunch of those laying around, some my wife collected, and some my grandmother gave to us. The ones she gave to us gotta be pretty old.

I was looking around and found a website that supposedly has the values for wheat cents.

Here is the link:  Wheat Cents pricing.

Apparently this is the white guy who planted a pipe bomb on Jan. 6th.

 Looks like this guy, brian cole, has been arrested for planting a pipe bomb on Jan. 6th. But now I am thoroughly confused because I thought that last month a white female police officer was identified as the person who did that.

The J6 Pipe Bomber Story Is About to Get Memory-Holed.



Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Me Too

 

Trump Terminates All Biden Autopen Actions

 According to a 2005 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), a president need not personally affix his signature: he may direct a subordinate — or a mechanical device such as an autopen — to sign on his behalf. With the president's authorization, the mode of signature is immaterial.

Well Ho Lee Fuckin Shit.

Judge heads start exploding in 3 2 1.

Better expect a hurricanes worth of federal judges sayin: YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!

Well I agree. A goddamn president CANNOT sign shit unless he does it with his own two evil hands. Jesus how can they not understand this shit?


You can't use an autopen to sign shit! And you can't designate someone else to sign what the goddamn president of the united fuckin states of america is supposed to sign. I don't give a flying fuck if he DID authorize it OR if the goddamn law allows it. If you don't sign your own goddamn self it AIN'T LEGAL!!!

How goddamn hard is it to understand this shit?

Found This Article in My Email.

 “Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom — not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS,” the DHS chief continued. “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.”

This was called a Judicial Watch News Link. I got no idea how they got my email, unless they bought it from somewhere. If they did, wheres my cut?

I hope this lady actually means what she says, it would be good if somebody did.

This is the kind of prank I can totally get behind.

 

This is interesting.

 I hope they do one about where WTF came from.

Sunday, November 30, 2025

We Need More of This

 Nigga Gets Street Style Justice

Apparently this guy has been spitting on white women and he only spent one day in jail.

A couple of youngbloods decided to take matters into their own hands.

It's an interesting video.

Hope blogger doesn't delete this.

Report illegal to ICE, Get a Free Beer. Nice!

 Liberals are Raging After Idaho Bar Offers Free Beer for a Month to Anyone Who Helps ICE Identify and Deport Illegal Aliens

If I was anywhere even close to this place, I would go there and spend a few just to help support this guy.

If any of you readers are in this area go by and let us know about your experience.

Maybe if .gov would implement an incentive program of this nature, we might be free of illegals in just a month or so, maybe even just a couple of weeks.


Anne Murray ~ Snowbird (1970)

I joined the navy in 1970 and by the spring of 72 I was stationed on the USS Enterprise, at that time still labeled as CVAN65. It became CVN65 soon after I got there.
I remember first listening to this song on a jukebox in a little cafe on the end of the pier right by the parking lot. 

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Working When Sick

 I remember those days. Sick time? Uh Uh no way jose. I need that bill money too bad to take off work. If you're sick drink a few hot toddys and hope the chp don't catch you driving to work.

In 1991 my boss, his layabout nephew and me were doing some work at yosemite park on the cafeteria boiler. I was so goddamn sick I couldn't hardly move but I was there, boy, doing what I could. The nephew was also sick but not like me. I think I had quadruple newmonia or something.

The nephew was whining about having to work. Boss said look at him he ain't staying in the room. That made things nice didn't it.

Tuesday Memes

 





Monday, November 24, 2025

Insurance Can Go to Hell

 Don't ever make the mistake I made by ignoring my goddamn insurance company.

Those ignorant fuckers won't renew on a small rental home I have. Because of some non existent tree limbs hanging over the roof.

I submitted pics of the roof showing no tree limbs. They sent out a 3rd party inspector who said tree limbs were hanging over the roof.

Lyin cocksuckers.

I have been calling  trying to get other insurance but a blue million of these fuckers don't supply it for california.

And now I am getting fucking bunch of calls from a call center for a place called Freeway Insurance. I called them ONE time, and now I am getting deluged. 

There is a tree company advertising on the radio about insurance companies canceling because of tree limbs overhanging the roof. He says let  us inspect  your trees.

Pretty bad when a tree company feels the need to advertise like that.

NEVER Use These 11 Gasoline Brands (& 5 That Protect Engine)

I am a little on the fence with this one. The brands of gas this guy mentions I have used most of them at one time or another. And never had an issue. Never heard of Murphy's though. I use Valero in my vehicles, and it meets these so called top tier standards.

What brand of gas do you guys use?

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Mechanic Work

 All I wanted to do was replace the pcv valve and the grommet.

That didn't take long. Only about an hour. I wound up having to use a screwdriver as a chisel and chisel the rubber grommet out.


That thing was hard hard hard.

Then I wanted to replace spark plugs. Uh huh, yeah right. I got one two three four and six replaced. Easy peasy japanesy.


Number five? No bueno. I can't get the damn boot off the damn plug. Got a pair of those knipex pliers and tried it that way. I quit with that cause it looked like I was tearing the boot.

I'm gonna have to wait on my grandson and see if he can pull it off. I have lost a lot of strength in my hands.

Any way it feels like the rough idle is much better so I'm gonna take it back to smog tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed it passes this time.

Fuck hydrocarbons anyway.

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Ever wonder where AC/DC got their name?

 

Pretty Soon You're Gonna Have to Get a 50 Year Loan Just to Repair Your Vehicle

 Yeah, this is pure bullshit. I think the farmers are already going thru this with their damn tractors.

I am not certain, but I think all of the manufactures now already control the flow of information. When you have to buy a subscription just so you can plug your obd2 scanner in and connect to the manufacturer to read the goddamn codes that is pure bullshit.

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Sedition

 Six congress critters are telling the military to defy orders. Isn't that sediton? And President Trump has said that is punishable by death.

He is incorrect in that. Military personnel charged with sedition can be punished by death. But civilians cannot. Civilians can be incarceratedfor 20 years or so.

They are saying military can defy illegal orders. Oh yeah? Tell that to the thousands of servicemembers who got thrown out because they wouldn't take the clot shot! That wasn't legal by any stretch of the imagination.

Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech or organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, established authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in or promotes the interest of sedition.

42 Million

 


Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Oh Jesus H Christ This is Stupid

I live in central california. I did not know about this until my sister from texas asked me about it. 

You wanna talk authoritarian? THIS is authoritarian.

Ole mumdonny in noo yawk city is gonna get dehydrated by this because he will be drooling with anticipation that he can emulate this in nyc.

This country has gone to hell without benefit of a handbasket. Time to start the revolution.

Assembly Bill 435 (AB 435), authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 7, 2025, and became Chapter 434 of the Statutes of 2025. The law amends several sections of the California Vehicle Code to strengthen child passenger safety regulations.

The most significant change introduced by AB 435 is the replacement of the current height-based exemption for front seat riding with a new "5-Step test" to determine if a child is properly restrained by a safety belt. This test, which will take effect on January 1, 2027, requires that a child be sitting all the way back against the auto seat, with knees bending over the edge of the seat, the shoulder belt snugly crossing the center of the chest and shoulder (not the neck), the lap belt as low as possible and touching the thighs, and the child able to maintain this position for the entire trip.

Under the new law, children under 10 years of age will be required to use a booster seat, and children under 13 years of age will not be allowed to sit in the front seat unless they pass the 5-Step test. The bill also clarifies that a child who fails the test must continue to use a booster seat.

The law maintains the existing requirement that children under 8 years old or under 4 feet 9 inches in height must be secured in an appropriate child passenger restraint system. It also preserves the current fine structure for violations: a $20 fine for a first offense and up to $50 for subsequent offenses.

The bill was initially proposed to raise the minimum age for front seat riding to 16 and to eliminate the height requirement entirely, but these provisions were not included in the final version that was enacted. The final law does not require the state to reimburse local agencies for the costs associated with the new requirements.