Pat Riot

@Alpo @Subdeacon Joe @Black Angus McPherson I guess he had heard enough.

Vulcan?

Jimmy and Joey intended to knock over a pizza shop. The shop was closed…

Funny story that I just remembered a little while ago. Back in 2015 I had a flip phone as I had sworn off personal smart phones for good. I got lost in Portland Oregon on my motorcycle and couldn’t figure out where I went wrong. I was heading to a meeting with a contractor at their office. I have pulled over and was trying to get my bearings on a side street when this homeless guy walks up and asks if I needed some help. I told him I was lost and the name of the business I was looking for and he said “Sorry, I’m not familiar with that business or that street name. Let’s look it up on my iPhone.” He whips out his phone and says “Found it! You aren’t too far from there. Here, look at the map.” I looked at it and memorized it. I thanked him and handed him 5 bucks and wished him a nice day. He said “Keep your money. Invest in a smart phone.” and he laughed and walked away. About 2 months later I got myself an iPhone. Had one ever since.

I didn’t know that, but I haven’t had a landline in a long time.

“Num, num, num…”

I have encountered a few of these sovereign citizen types. Some of them were my Dad’s acquaintances and others in, of all places, California and Oregon. I have nothing good to say about them and stay away from them once they show their true nature.

Look at your phone bills. There are fees you pay, mandated by the government, that helps pay for low income and homeless cell phones.

California Plagues…

I learned a new term today. Thought I would share it. Doomscrolling There is also another term called “Doomsurfing” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling A few years back I realized that I drove to and from work listening to talk radio. When I was at work, between work duties, I was constantly looking at news and reading about every bad thing available. There never seemed to be anything in the way of good news. When it came it was quickly overshadowed by something dreadful or despicable. I became sick of it! It affected my attitude. I found myself worrying about things that I could not control. I felt angry and lived in a gray haze of simmering anger. My feelings, angst and anger affected others. Others that I cared about. One day I was listening to yet another story of doom and gloom followed by an endorsement for buying something I never knew I needed or wanted and it hit me. “I am a dupe. I’m buying into their anger and trepidation and they’re profiting on it! Screw them!” I switched stations on the radio. I stopped going directly to news feeds at work and at home on the Internet. I downloaded music apps to listen to on my helmet Bluetooth and I literally quit listening to talk radio, the news and commercial radio. I cancelled my cable subscription and closed myself off from the drama and the BS. Oh, I still looked at news, but I did it on my terms. I have news emails from Epoch Times and 1440. I pick and choose what I want to read or care about. I follow the weather on apps and I pay zero attention to sports. I do follow Congress and the Supreme Court, but I don’t dwell on it. I don’t allow the NRA or any other pro gun or conservative groups manipulate me. Life is too darn short! The reason I am bringing this up? I just wanted to let my Pards know that life is too spectacular, miraculous and wonderful to allow it to be stripped away by people that don’t deserve your attention or your money. Sometimes one just has to say “Enough!” I yield the rest of my time to the good people I appreciate in the Saloon. I gotta go work out. It relieves stress, ya know.

So now these bitter @&$holes have formalized their license plates?

I’m pretty sure that’s not exclusive just to the Marines.

Hmmm…at first I thought that someone took an impromptu first snow event and formalized it to make a buck or gain favor somehow. But then I found this article. https://theblackandwhite.net/63284/feature/snow-day-sno-problem-qa-with-michael-lipin-manager-of-d-c-snowball-fight-association/ It looks like they raise money for charities too. https://secretdc.com/dc-snowball-fight-association/ When we were kids word went around there would be a huge snowball fight in the park near the college. A bunch of us kids went and found that a bunch of college kids put this event on and we literally stood in the snow and picked teams. Then we had one hour to built snow forts and amass ammo (snowballs) We had a blast. It was a lot of fun. This occurred after every big snow for a couple of years until the Dean of the college put a stop to it. There was a rumor that the Dean got pummeled by snowballs on the way to his car and he got mad so he banned snowball throwing on campus and in the parks.