response 51 of 57:

Oct 21 11:49 UTC 2022

Thanks Papa, I'm trying. 

Here's some good information for this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe6GWqpCjw

I love how we are about the hear that the third quarter in row is in 
decline, yet officials are "predicting" a recession in a year. The 
drowning man is predicting that he may get wet in the next month. 

response 53 of 57:

Oct 29 00:12 UTC 2022

1000% chance the diesel fuel runs out shortly after the election is 
stolen.
Government fuel reserves shut off. Pipelines closed. Drilling contracts 
canceled. Refineries shuttered. 

Sabre rattling against China and Russia will translate into no goods, no
 raw materials, no fuel. In the meantime, type "refinery fire" in your 
favorite search engine.  It's almost like this stuff has been
engineered! Remember the food processing plant fires from the summer? It
all must be a coincidence because gosh, the stock market is red hot  and
unemployment is 3.5% ha ha ha If people aren't stacking cans of
vegetables, they are crazy. I was at  the local BJ's warehouse and the
prices were outrageous. I wanted to  grab some loose ends. Coconut oil
used to be $6, now $11. Coffee, rice,  cooking oil, frozen chicken, etc.
all high prices. Plus lots of empty  spaces on the shelves - especially
in the frozen food area. I think  people are catching on.

response 55 of 57:

Oct 29 16:13 UTC 2022

Being a retro video game junkie, I have to reference an excellent 1990
Irem game called "Hammering Harry". Also, Mario used to hammer to smash
barrels. Can't touch this. 

"Pumpkin spice denial" ~ LOL yes!!! Brenda and Karen really have no idea
do they? I think they will be the ones hit hardest by inconvenience. 
Right now the iPhone factory in China with it's 200,000 workers are in
Covid lockdown. Brenda won't get her iphone 14. Maybe she can put a
phone case on her iphone 12 and no one will notice? You can assume Karen
will look at the camera configuration on back and make a quick
judgement.

Brenda and Karen are already upside down in their McMansions and their
husbands Chad and Ken are about to get cut from Deloitte and Goldman
Sachs. 

It's too late in my career to become a tow truck driver but I am
considering it as a plan b. Either that or office clerk at the local
Public Storage units. Need to think ahead! 

I wonder if Karen and Brenda know that cell phone tower backup batteries
only last for 4 hours once the power is cut. Maybe Verizon can send out
diesel generators. Oh wait.

response 57 of 57:

Oct 30 14:49 UTC 2022

Few noticed that the radio on Gilligan's Island was originally a 
Magnavox Celestial FM-97 but later switched to a Packard Bell 8RT2 8 
Transistor AM Radio.

If you wanted to put a radio in your go bag, i would recommend a Sony 
SRF-M70. You can get them on ebay for dirt, dirty cheap. They are 
rugged, waterproof and have digital tuning that you can store. 
Another great radio which is actually my favorite for AM DXing is the 
Sony SRF-39. I had one when they first came out in the late 80's and 
later bought one on ebay circa 2010? The best signal of any handheld 
radio I've ever experienced. Plus you can actually take it apart and 
tweak the AM signal by scooting the wiring on the ferrite bar. A+ sound 
quality too and if you are going to splurge - there's a prison version 
that is see-thru. COOL! (Of course I have one in my stash)

Not exactly "announcement material" but supposedly grex is dying so who 
cares?