THE CORONA VIRUS SEEMS TO HAVE WRECKED HAVOC ON THE COUNTRY.
So I would like to offer a few thoughts on what is going on.
People are being ask to stay home and that seems to be driving some of them bonkers. Actually, we were told that one young family was in shock. Why? well cause they are home with their children. My wife, who was always home with our children, wondered why this is so much of a problem. My suggestion. Most fathers and mothers go to work at jobs out of the home and the kids go to school and day care. But she said, kids are out of school in the summer. Yes, but they still go to work and the kids still go to day care. They are home with them in the evening for a while and then put them to bed and then in the morning send them to day care for the day etc.
Now, they are not working and the kids are not going to day care and they are clueless on what to do and they are going bonkers. Or in shock.
While I am not in favor of the covid-19 virus going around, I have to chuckle at the eye opening that has come down the pike for so many. Maybe they will be more responsible going forward, or will they soon forget and go back to their same old ways and ignore their families. We will see.
On a more personal note, which I don't usually post here, life for my wife and I hasn't changed all that much. I am on dialysis and so I leave the house every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning to go to the dialysis center for treatment. If we have any shopping to do we do it on those days. Not so different that what we was already doing.
Oh we did occasional make a run into town that we now don't do, like to go out to eat or run to the store for an item that we now do without until we go on a shopping trip on a necessary day out any way.
And I do have an opinion on the businesses that are closed.
1. Walmart and Tractor Supply and Ace Hardware store are allowed to stay open in our area, as well as other big box stores in other areas. So many stores closed down.
So here is the opinion. Any item that can be purchased in a Walmart or any other store that is allowed to remain open, that is also sold in a small business owned store that is required to be closed, that small store should be allowed to remain open with the same distancing requirements that apply to the larger stores. Why enrich the bigger stores and devastate the small business owner when they can practice the same principles of just 20% occupancy and 6 foot distancing that the bigger stores can.
While I believe the virus pandemic is real, I feel that so much that is going on is power plays by the governors of some states, and the one I live in is one of the worst ones for that.'
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
A FEW MORE THOUGHTS
I DON'T INTEND THIS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS POST, BUT IT MAY TURN OUT TO BE JUST THAT. SO, LET'S CONTINUE AND SEE IF THAT IS THE WAY IT TURNS OUT.
1. With the continuation of the covid-19 virus and all that is going on I have a few thoughts about what is going on.
2. Businesses and people are finally getting the message and starting to take this serious. So many didn't for so long.
3. It caught stores kinda by surprise. As things progressed though, they began to manage their stores in a more manageable manner. Using limits on how many shoppers could be in a store at a time; making time in the early morning hours for senior shoppers and those with handicaps etc. Marking social distance lines.
4. People began wearing masks in public, social distancing and no more hugs or shaking hands. People being more conscious of their personal hygiene.
5. While I don't intend this post to get into government things, the governments of the U.S. and most States are aware of what is going on and are doing what they can to alleviate the situation for businesses and individual's and families.
6. Wrap up. When this is over what will be different than it was before. A few thoughts. People will be more aware of others for a while then slip back into old methods. There will be fewer hugs and handshakes for some, more for others. There will be some businesses that will be forever lost and others that will gradually come back. In any case, the business scene sill be forever changed.
People will flock to their church of choice for a while and then as things settle back to a more normal state, they will once again begin to fall away from church and seek out the forest or lakes.
WHILE THIS IS ONLY AN OPINION IT IS THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
1. With the continuation of the covid-19 virus and all that is going on I have a few thoughts about what is going on.
2. Businesses and people are finally getting the message and starting to take this serious. So many didn't for so long.
3. It caught stores kinda by surprise. As things progressed though, they began to manage their stores in a more manageable manner. Using limits on how many shoppers could be in a store at a time; making time in the early morning hours for senior shoppers and those with handicaps etc. Marking social distance lines.
4. People began wearing masks in public, social distancing and no more hugs or shaking hands. People being more conscious of their personal hygiene.
5. While I don't intend this post to get into government things, the governments of the U.S. and most States are aware of what is going on and are doing what they can to alleviate the situation for businesses and individual's and families.
6. Wrap up. When this is over what will be different than it was before. A few thoughts. People will be more aware of others for a while then slip back into old methods. There will be fewer hugs and handshakes for some, more for others. There will be some businesses that will be forever lost and others that will gradually come back. In any case, the business scene sill be forever changed.
People will flock to their church of choice for a while and then as things settle back to a more normal state, they will once again begin to fall away from church and seek out the forest or lakes.
WHILE THIS IS ONLY AN OPINION IT IS THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
AMID ALL THE CHAOS
AMID ALL THE CHAOS CAN WE FIND PEACE?
Well, before I get to the answer for that, I want to comment a bit on what is going on around the world, literally. Some time a few months ago, a virus got it's foothold on someone in China and they then passed one of the feet to someone else and so on and so until eventually the whole world was infected to some degree or another. Panic buying set in and people pushed and shoved to get hold of ( of all things) toilet paper. That resulted in empty shelves and then more panic buying. Eventually the markets got a handle on the chaos and brought a little calm into the storm. Now, shelves are getting a little more stocked. Not much and only with certain items, but still some calm. And so the government got involved. And finally passed a stimulus package to assist the poor and the rich. As always they found a way to get their sticky hands on some tax payer money and then give some of it back to said taxpayers. So, here is what I have determined from my little knowledge of what it taking place. Each individual that makes less than $75,000.00 a year will get $1200.00 and families with children will get an additional $500 per child. This is a one time payment. In addition to that, it is tax free. Also, small businesses will be compensated for having to cut back or close down and large businesses will also be compensated to some degree. Landlords can't evict someone for non payment of rent and financial institutions can't foreclose because of nonpayment of mortgage payments and utility companies can't cut off your utilities and late payments will be waived. OK. That's all well and good, but also included in that stimulus package was something for the pig pen, also known as PORK. And here is what the news has reported. I'll list it with out a lot of the commentary that was in the news article. This package that started out as a 250 page article wound up to be 883 pages. Nancy Pelosi and her team ramped this up to 1,404 pages and 2.5 Trillion dollars. That was eventually cut back to 2.2 Trillion dollars. So, in addition to the stimulus to the people the Senate bill gave $25 million to the John F. Kennedy for the performing arts. The house version upped that to $35 million. The Senate bill gave $75 million to the Corporation for public broadcasting. The house bill upped that to $300 million. $1.2 billion of the house bill requires airlines to purchase expensive "renewable" jet fuel. The Senate bill eliminated this item. The house bill allocated $1.1 billion to the Institute of Museum and Library services. The Senate bill awarded them $200 million. The senate bill gave $400 million to the federal Election Assistance Commission to assist States with "election security grants" This is down from the $4 billion the house bill provided.
This is just a sampling of many of the things that is included in the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill.
During the past three years Republicans and Democrats have helped drain the U.S. Treasury from Left and Right. Our national debt increased from $10 Trillion in 2008 (end of Bush Presidency) to $19.6 Trillion in 2016 ( end of Obama Presidency) to $23.6 Trillion in 2020. The current virus and the aforementioned package plus the loss of tax revenue will drive it even higher. This is just a sampling of the article that came out. There was more.
Now, for the calm in the storm. The Lord is in charge and always has been. He knows what is going on and will take care of this in his own way. We, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have been admonished for decades to be prepared. Get out of debt. Stay out of debt. Have a years supply of the necessities where possible. If we have been following that admonition we have no need to fear, but can like the man in the old story, rest well at night, because we were prepared for the storm. President Nelson, President of the LDS Church, recently ask that members of the world join this past Sunday for a world wide fast to end this virus. We must have faith in the fast and that the Lord will honor that fast if we as a people will turn to Him as He has ask us too.
And so that is the reason I can feel a measure of peace and calm during this current storm and chaos.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Well, before I get to the answer for that, I want to comment a bit on what is going on around the world, literally. Some time a few months ago, a virus got it's foothold on someone in China and they then passed one of the feet to someone else and so on and so until eventually the whole world was infected to some degree or another. Panic buying set in and people pushed and shoved to get hold of ( of all things) toilet paper. That resulted in empty shelves and then more panic buying. Eventually the markets got a handle on the chaos and brought a little calm into the storm. Now, shelves are getting a little more stocked. Not much and only with certain items, but still some calm. And so the government got involved. And finally passed a stimulus package to assist the poor and the rich. As always they found a way to get their sticky hands on some tax payer money and then give some of it back to said taxpayers. So, here is what I have determined from my little knowledge of what it taking place. Each individual that makes less than $75,000.00 a year will get $1200.00 and families with children will get an additional $500 per child. This is a one time payment. In addition to that, it is tax free. Also, small businesses will be compensated for having to cut back or close down and large businesses will also be compensated to some degree. Landlords can't evict someone for non payment of rent and financial institutions can't foreclose because of nonpayment of mortgage payments and utility companies can't cut off your utilities and late payments will be waived. OK. That's all well and good, but also included in that stimulus package was something for the pig pen, also known as PORK. And here is what the news has reported. I'll list it with out a lot of the commentary that was in the news article. This package that started out as a 250 page article wound up to be 883 pages. Nancy Pelosi and her team ramped this up to 1,404 pages and 2.5 Trillion dollars. That was eventually cut back to 2.2 Trillion dollars. So, in addition to the stimulus to the people the Senate bill gave $25 million to the John F. Kennedy for the performing arts. The house version upped that to $35 million. The Senate bill gave $75 million to the Corporation for public broadcasting. The house bill upped that to $300 million. $1.2 billion of the house bill requires airlines to purchase expensive "renewable" jet fuel. The Senate bill eliminated this item. The house bill allocated $1.1 billion to the Institute of Museum and Library services. The Senate bill awarded them $200 million. The senate bill gave $400 million to the federal Election Assistance Commission to assist States with "election security grants" This is down from the $4 billion the house bill provided.
This is just a sampling of many of the things that is included in the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill.
During the past three years Republicans and Democrats have helped drain the U.S. Treasury from Left and Right. Our national debt increased from $10 Trillion in 2008 (end of Bush Presidency) to $19.6 Trillion in 2016 ( end of Obama Presidency) to $23.6 Trillion in 2020. The current virus and the aforementioned package plus the loss of tax revenue will drive it even higher. This is just a sampling of the article that came out. There was more.
Now, for the calm in the storm. The Lord is in charge and always has been. He knows what is going on and will take care of this in his own way. We, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have been admonished for decades to be prepared. Get out of debt. Stay out of debt. Have a years supply of the necessities where possible. If we have been following that admonition we have no need to fear, but can like the man in the old story, rest well at night, because we were prepared for the storm. President Nelson, President of the LDS Church, recently ask that members of the world join this past Sunday for a world wide fast to end this virus. We must have faith in the fast and that the Lord will honor that fast if we as a people will turn to Him as He has ask us too.
And so that is the reason I can feel a measure of peace and calm during this current storm and chaos.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Monday, March 9, 2020
PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE. WE ALL HAVE ONE ON MOST THINGS. HERE IS ONE OF MINE ON A SUBJECT THAT IS MUCH IN THE NEWS, BUT RARELY REPORTED FROM THIS ONE.
Sustainable energy. Or should I say renewable energy. AKA solar and wind. Yep, we have a lot of sun and wind, especially here in the great Southwest. Plenty of sun most days and plenty of wind most every day. So, all we need to do is shut down the coal mines, and get our electricity from nature. Easy. Well, not really. Yes, you can shut down the coal mines. but the more you rely on solar and wind, the more mining and oil drilling that will be needed. Um, no, you may say. Um yes, I will say. And here is why.
The materials that are needed to construct the wind chargers don't just fall from the sky like a sun beam. These materials are made from material mined from the ground. And they use oil and grease to keep them turning in a manner that is needed to generate the electricity that we all have come to depend on. And they have a life expectancy of around 20 years and then they need to be replaced by said materials. And then the discarded materials wind up in a land fill or some thing like that. Maybe cut up to use for something else. Maybe.
And solar. Same thing. Solar panels have to be constructed from something. Again, while the sun can power them, they need material mined from the ground to construct them. And acres and acres and acres of land taken out of production for any thing else to put up these monstrosities called solar farms. And when the solar panel's get bad, they go to a land fill, and the material that then deconstructs in the land fill is not good for the land or water table. And these solar panels and wind chargers takes banks and banks of batteries to hold and then distribute the generated electricity. And where do these batteries go when they go bad? As they will. I haven't heard that topic discussed any where, but it will be in a dumping ground somewhere.And I am not convinced that either of these methods will ever generate enough electricity to power the large cities that dot this land. Not like a coal fired power plant will.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Sustainable energy. Or should I say renewable energy. AKA solar and wind. Yep, we have a lot of sun and wind, especially here in the great Southwest. Plenty of sun most days and plenty of wind most every day. So, all we need to do is shut down the coal mines, and get our electricity from nature. Easy. Well, not really. Yes, you can shut down the coal mines. but the more you rely on solar and wind, the more mining and oil drilling that will be needed. Um, no, you may say. Um yes, I will say. And here is why.
The materials that are needed to construct the wind chargers don't just fall from the sky like a sun beam. These materials are made from material mined from the ground. And they use oil and grease to keep them turning in a manner that is needed to generate the electricity that we all have come to depend on. And they have a life expectancy of around 20 years and then they need to be replaced by said materials. And then the discarded materials wind up in a land fill or some thing like that. Maybe cut up to use for something else. Maybe.
And solar. Same thing. Solar panels have to be constructed from something. Again, while the sun can power them, they need material mined from the ground to construct them. And acres and acres and acres of land taken out of production for any thing else to put up these monstrosities called solar farms. And when the solar panel's get bad, they go to a land fill, and the material that then deconstructs in the land fill is not good for the land or water table. And these solar panels and wind chargers takes banks and banks of batteries to hold and then distribute the generated electricity. And where do these batteries go when they go bad? As they will. I haven't heard that topic discussed any where, but it will be in a dumping ground somewhere.And I am not convinced that either of these methods will ever generate enough electricity to power the large cities that dot this land. Not like a coal fired power plant will.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Monday, February 24, 2020
STORAGE
STORAGE. WE ALL NEED SOME. SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS. SO WE WATCH ADS ON THE TV OR IN THE PAPER IF YOU READ ONE, OR IN MAGAZINES WHERE THEY ADVERTISE ALL THESE NICE STORAGE IDEAS.
However, I am going to address a different kind of storage.
As you travel the highways and byways of this country, do you ever pay attention to the signs and barrels along the road. You know, those signs and barrels that indicate that road work is being done. But no roadwork is in progress and if there was, it has been finished for a while. But the signs and barrels are still in place.
And then one day they are gone, and if you are paying attention, you will realize that they have been picked up and moved to an active road work area. Until that job is finished and they remain in place, until they disappear, for the same reason as mentioned above. So why are they just left in place until the next job comes along.
STORAGE. Yep, storage. It is cheaper to "store" them along the road until the next job is active. That way there is no storage fee or no need for a building or yard to store all those signs and barrels and they don't have to handle them twice or three times. Just once. Pick them up and move them to the new job. Storage problem taken care of.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
However, I am going to address a different kind of storage.
As you travel the highways and byways of this country, do you ever pay attention to the signs and barrels along the road. You know, those signs and barrels that indicate that road work is being done. But no roadwork is in progress and if there was, it has been finished for a while. But the signs and barrels are still in place.
And then one day they are gone, and if you are paying attention, you will realize that they have been picked up and moved to an active road work area. Until that job is finished and they remain in place, until they disappear, for the same reason as mentioned above. So why are they just left in place until the next job comes along.
STORAGE. Yep, storage. It is cheaper to "store" them along the road until the next job is active. That way there is no storage fee or no need for a building or yard to store all those signs and barrels and they don't have to handle them twice or three times. Just once. Pick them up and move them to the new job. Storage problem taken care of.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Monday, February 3, 2020
THOUGHTS FOR A CLOUDY FEBRUARY DAY
JUST TO SET THE STAGE: Today is February 3. Yesterday was the super bowl. I really didn't care and didn't watch it. Yesterday was also ground hog day. As usual they pulled him (her) out of whatever domain it lives in the other 364 days of the year and proclaimed that since it didn't see it's shadow winter was almost over. Or something.
So having set that stage, I will reiterate. I didn't watch the super bowl and didn't care which one of the over paid teams won. Even the losing players were each paid more than the average person makes in a year. Just to run around a football field for a few minutes on a Sunday afternoon. So who cares. OH! millions of people, I guess. But I didn't.
And that silly ground hog. Who ever thought up that having a ground hog predict the weather by pulling it out of a cozy house and holding it up to see if it sees it's shadow is delusional. They have no clue if it sees it's shadow or not. And even if they could tell that, they have no clue what the weather will be according to what ever it may or may not see. But, I guess if someone wants to base their life on the supposedly prediction of a mammal, then come by and I'll sell you some Arizona ocean front property. On another thought, if that mammal is so good at predicting, maybe it can predict who will win the caucus in Iowa tomorrow. Who ever it is, it can't be any worse than it seeing it's shadow and predicting 6 more weeks of winter. I'm not in favor of any of them, but if Warren should win, we will be in for more than a bad winter.
The State of New Mexico had a Republican Governor for 8 years. Now we have a Democrat Governor. In and of itself that is not a bad thing. We have had Democrat Governors in the past and they have done good things. Even Bill Richardson did some good things in his first term in office, but the next term he devastated the State financially. The recent Republican governor said she would not raise taxes and she did not. When the current governor took office the first thing she did was begin to spend the surplus the former governor left the State with. Even though there is a surplus of funds from oil and gas and mining, she had decided to raise the gas tax we have to pay at the pump to triple what it is now. She wants money and lots of it and she is spending like there is no tomorrow. I have never seen the ire that she has raised among the voters with any other politician. Even Obama or Trump. And, she wants to take the guns of law abiding citizens and she is pushing the legislators to pass a legalization of marijuana bill. If we don't get rid of her soon (she's there for three more years) our State is headed down the tubes at a high rate of speed. No pun intended. Or maybe there is.
One final rant. There is a politician in Albuquerque who tries each legislative session to get rid of mining and oil and gas drilling. Even though the State is mostly financed by those companies, he just don't seem to understand. So I will say this about him and about environmentalists.
Much is said about transferring to renewable energy. Getting away from fossil fuel like coal and oil and gas, and going to wind and solar. They fail to realize that the more wind farms there is and the more solar panels there are, the more mining and oil drilling that will be required. Why? Well, the material for these items just don't materialize from thin air. Those products have to come from the earth, and that is done by mining. And the oil to keep the wheels turning comes from the earth. I would hope that the people wold understand this and call the political hacks and the environmentalists to account and make them understand that they just can't eliminate these things. Even electric cars requires batteries and copper wiring that come frmo materials mined from the earth.
OK.. Nuff Said
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
So having set that stage, I will reiterate. I didn't watch the super bowl and didn't care which one of the over paid teams won. Even the losing players were each paid more than the average person makes in a year. Just to run around a football field for a few minutes on a Sunday afternoon. So who cares. OH! millions of people, I guess. But I didn't.
And that silly ground hog. Who ever thought up that having a ground hog predict the weather by pulling it out of a cozy house and holding it up to see if it sees it's shadow is delusional. They have no clue if it sees it's shadow or not. And even if they could tell that, they have no clue what the weather will be according to what ever it may or may not see. But, I guess if someone wants to base their life on the supposedly prediction of a mammal, then come by and I'll sell you some Arizona ocean front property. On another thought, if that mammal is so good at predicting, maybe it can predict who will win the caucus in Iowa tomorrow. Who ever it is, it can't be any worse than it seeing it's shadow and predicting 6 more weeks of winter. I'm not in favor of any of them, but if Warren should win, we will be in for more than a bad winter.
The State of New Mexico had a Republican Governor for 8 years. Now we have a Democrat Governor. In and of itself that is not a bad thing. We have had Democrat Governors in the past and they have done good things. Even Bill Richardson did some good things in his first term in office, but the next term he devastated the State financially. The recent Republican governor said she would not raise taxes and she did not. When the current governor took office the first thing she did was begin to spend the surplus the former governor left the State with. Even though there is a surplus of funds from oil and gas and mining, she had decided to raise the gas tax we have to pay at the pump to triple what it is now. She wants money and lots of it and she is spending like there is no tomorrow. I have never seen the ire that she has raised among the voters with any other politician. Even Obama or Trump. And, she wants to take the guns of law abiding citizens and she is pushing the legislators to pass a legalization of marijuana bill. If we don't get rid of her soon (she's there for three more years) our State is headed down the tubes at a high rate of speed. No pun intended. Or maybe there is.
One final rant. There is a politician in Albuquerque who tries each legislative session to get rid of mining and oil and gas drilling. Even though the State is mostly financed by those companies, he just don't seem to understand. So I will say this about him and about environmentalists.
Much is said about transferring to renewable energy. Getting away from fossil fuel like coal and oil and gas, and going to wind and solar. They fail to realize that the more wind farms there is and the more solar panels there are, the more mining and oil drilling that will be required. Why? Well, the material for these items just don't materialize from thin air. Those products have to come from the earth, and that is done by mining. And the oil to keep the wheels turning comes from the earth. I would hope that the people wold understand this and call the political hacks and the environmentalists to account and make them understand that they just can't eliminate these things. Even electric cars requires batteries and copper wiring that come frmo materials mined from the earth.
OK.. Nuff Said
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Some thought for a cloudy January Day
Have you been watching the impeachment fiasco? I say fiasco because that is the way it appears to me. The house spent weeks interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence and then after a month of sitting on the articles of impeachment, finally sent them to the Senate. Now they want the Senate to include other witnesses and documents for further evidence. Well, nope, you had weeks to do that, you ran the evidence gathering according to your rules, and now you want to run the Senate trial also. According to your rules. Funny it didn't happen that way when Clinton was impeached.
Speaking of Clinton, Hillary that is, she is opening her mouth on the current political scene. While she has much to say about Trump, seems her current fight is with Bernie. I don't care that much for Bernie, but so far he is ignoring Hillary, for the most part. He did say at one point that he don't understand why she is trying to "discuss" the 2016 election. She lost and that is that. Although the House is trying their best to overcome that verdict. They have been trying ever since before Trump was sworn in.
On to another subject. Well, kinda. Also in the news is the upcoming trial of Harvey Weinstein. Now, I know I have been out of the movie loop for a number of years. But if I ever saw a movie that good ol' Harvey was involved in, I have no clue what it was. And I don't really care. Even when I was younger and attending a lot of movies, I really couldn't tell you who the director was. Even then, much less now. Seems some of these "Celebrities" have to get in trouble for some of us to know who they are.
Also, in the Hollywood genre, it seems that Debra Dugan (sp) is in trouble. She is the lady who was hired to do something with the Grammy's coming up. Guess she stepped on someones toes or something cause now she is out, just days before the Grammy's air on the tube.
HO HUM.
Now to the Royals. I don't understand why people are so enamored with them. Actually, we dismissed them sometime around 1776. I see no reason to change that. As for Harry and Megan, Harry has threatened the paparazzi with a law suit if they don't leave him alone. good for him. Hope he does. And I like to use a camera as much as most, but to invade the privacy of a family is just wrong.
And finally, a few weeks ago my wife and I stayed a night in a Hotel. It was a pet friendly Hotel. OK we were assured that we would no be in a room that allowed pets. OK. However, while that seemed to be the case, when we went down the following morning to get a little breakfast before leaving for an appointment, s lady with her dog on a long leash was in the breakfast room getting her food while her dog climbed over the tables and chairs and sniffing every thing, then when we went to the elevator to go up to the room to get our bags, we had to avoid a dog puddle on the floor of the elevator and then when coming down to check out, had to go around a man with two dogs waiting to get on the elevator. Lest you think I dislike dogs, let me assure you that I do not. I was raised with dogs, and my wife and I had dogs most of our married life, up until just a few years ago. But they were out side dogs, and they didn't climb over furniture and pee on the floor when other people were. We will stay at a different hotel the next time.
AND THAT'S THE THOUGHT OF THE DAY FROM THE DITCH BANK
Speaking of Clinton, Hillary that is, she is opening her mouth on the current political scene. While she has much to say about Trump, seems her current fight is with Bernie. I don't care that much for Bernie, but so far he is ignoring Hillary, for the most part. He did say at one point that he don't understand why she is trying to "discuss" the 2016 election. She lost and that is that. Although the House is trying their best to overcome that verdict. They have been trying ever since before Trump was sworn in.
On to another subject. Well, kinda. Also in the news is the upcoming trial of Harvey Weinstein. Now, I know I have been out of the movie loop for a number of years. But if I ever saw a movie that good ol' Harvey was involved in, I have no clue what it was. And I don't really care. Even when I was younger and attending a lot of movies, I really couldn't tell you who the director was. Even then, much less now. Seems some of these "Celebrities" have to get in trouble for some of us to know who they are.
Also, in the Hollywood genre, it seems that Debra Dugan (sp) is in trouble. She is the lady who was hired to do something with the Grammy's coming up. Guess she stepped on someones toes or something cause now she is out, just days before the Grammy's air on the tube.
HO HUM.
Now to the Royals. I don't understand why people are so enamored with them. Actually, we dismissed them sometime around 1776. I see no reason to change that. As for Harry and Megan, Harry has threatened the paparazzi with a law suit if they don't leave him alone. good for him. Hope he does. And I like to use a camera as much as most, but to invade the privacy of a family is just wrong.
And finally, a few weeks ago my wife and I stayed a night in a Hotel. It was a pet friendly Hotel. OK we were assured that we would no be in a room that allowed pets. OK. However, while that seemed to be the case, when we went down the following morning to get a little breakfast before leaving for an appointment, s lady with her dog on a long leash was in the breakfast room getting her food while her dog climbed over the tables and chairs and sniffing every thing, then when we went to the elevator to go up to the room to get our bags, we had to avoid a dog puddle on the floor of the elevator and then when coming down to check out, had to go around a man with two dogs waiting to get on the elevator. Lest you think I dislike dogs, let me assure you that I do not. I was raised with dogs, and my wife and I had dogs most of our married life, up until just a few years ago. But they were out side dogs, and they didn't climb over furniture and pee on the floor when other people were. We will stay at a different hotel the next time.
AND THAT'S THE THOUGHT OF THE DAY FROM THE DITCH BANK
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