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There would be less traffic if those that could would use public transportation leaving the road more accessible for those of us that won't use public transportation.

Things getting back on track . Hoping the dark cloud that has been hanging over us has moved on to afflict some other poor souls. Afterall, there are only so many things that can go wrong, right?

Letty, when I transferred the video from my phone to the computer for some reason it wont play. So for now. I can't share it. Too big a file for here anyway. I'd have to upload it to youtube.

STOP THE INSANITY! Last night Sue and I were driving home from the casino. We were getting close to home and had to go over a railroad crossing. A very bumpy railroad crossing. Just after we cleared it we heard a noise come from the back of the Suburban. A chunk of glass fell from the right rear quarter panel into the storage area. Of course I accused Sue of driving too fast over the crossing and the body flex must have broken the glass. Too dark to see much last night but upon further inspection this morning I found what appered to be an impact point. Looks like one of three possiblities. A vandal broke the glass with something at the casino. (An old man was pissed we had taken a handicapped spot before he could get it. He flipped me off but I didn't see it. Sue did.) We have a placard but don't put it up till we're parked.) Someone threw a rock or shot it with a bb gun at the crossing or somewhere else. Sue thinks every trip is like driving a race at Daytona so another driver could have done it on the highway. In any case I brought the Suburban into the glass shop today and should have it back by this evening. It should cost around $325. They told me $306 but not sure if that included sales tax. Tha saga continues.

Speaking of Daytona ..... Florida passed a slower traffic keep right law that will soon be enforced by Highway Patrol. We have an incredible number of left lane huggers that obstruct the flow of traffic. Funny thing is the right lanes often end up being tha passing lanes. Some people get in the left lane and just drive the speed limit. The unmitigated gall. Dont they understand Florida driving? 80 is the new 60/65/70. Many drive at 90 plus. Directionals are optional. No matter how many laws thay pass you can't fix stupid. Not to fo forget. Many that live here don't hablo the inglés. Others need to get a cell phone implant. And yet others should have given up their license years ago. Time to move on. But before I go, to those that keep their Christmas lights up year round .... Merry Christmas.

Getting caught up on pre-cruise chores and going to start packing. Expected temps in the 30-60 range in Alaska so lots of clothes to keep me warm and a pair of gloves. Looking forward to the majestic snow capped mountains, bluer than blue skies, animals and marine life in natural habitats, crisp fresh air and of course viewing the glaciers. We LOVE Alaska. Two weeks on a cruise ship with a casino open for vast amounts of time. Dangerous. Extremely dangerous.

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Goo dafternoon. Marcus, the car was locked, manual transmission 5 speed, left in 1st gear with emergency brake on. Started moving on it's own. No one in the car, no key, ignition off.The office camera caught it on video. Showed the police. No one wants to believe it but it is true and have the video to prove it. I signed the car over to our Porsche mecahnic to do with it what he will. Damage to the hood, the nose, left fender crushed, left front suspension broken and a big dent in the frame. Probably could have repaired it for resale but it would be like throwing good money after bad. Waiting for a call from my insurance company to make sure I can give the car away. Fact is, I already did. Sigrned over the title this morning. I think it will be put back in roadwothy condition. You can do that when you start with a car that cost you nothing. Our loss wil be somebody's gain.

I'm living a bad dream right now. The stars are not aligned and it's been wreaking havoc. Must have had something to do with the eclipse. On Thursday the 928 was parked in front of the nursery with it's for sale signs. On the cameras at 13:13 the 928 started on it's own and drove into the street colliding with a box truck knocking out it's drive shaft and shifting it's rear end. The 928 is totaled. The driver said the car pulled out into him. We were all like "Really?". When we went back and looked at the cameras sure as $#!+ the 928 pulled out and smashed into him. No key. No driver. Just strted and "BAM!". The internet says it could have been a rare solonoid malfuntion. There can be no other reason unless a lizard jumped the cables with it's body. We are just dumbfounded. Dumfounded and out of $10,000 plus we are reponsible for damages. The car was insured for $100,000 liability,. State Farm wants a copy of the vid. Plain as day it started on it's own. Nobody around the car. A buyer showed up with an envelope of cash on Friday for the purchase. Multiple 's right now. I asked the news reported to wait till after I come back from vacation to meet for a story on my son. Still missing. I'm experiencing some anxiety and a touch of depression right now but I am aware and combatting it as this is not my first around with with The vaction is much needed. I need a total disconnect. Oh well. Onward. Take one step forward. Hopefully not two steps back

Paying bills, getting all my paperwork in order for our upcoming vacation. Other tasks await. Weather is breezy but nice. I went through the stuff on my desk and found a bill that was due TODAY. Good thing I looked. My energy has been waning. Wonder what might cause that? Stiff joints, aches and pains abound.

Sue's family gathering went off with nominal hitches. They've headed home. Only 2 people stayed with us for 2 nights. Others opted for hotels. Made for a quieter environment. Put some stuff away today, worked on the nursery lawnmower, worked on the fish pond at home. Put some more stuff away. Fed the critters. Watered plants. I'm done. Recliner here I come.

The guests are trickling into town. Dinner tonight at one of tghe largest malls in Florida, The Dolphin mall. They have plenty of restaurants to choose from so we'll go crash one of them. Just finished most of my chore list for today. Feedin the critters and then I plan on calling it a day. Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you have plans. LOL Tomorrow afternoon we'll have a gathering/memorial here at the house. More than enough seating.

Felling a lot like Cinderfella. Lately I've been thinking I work too damned much. At least it should make for an easy vacation transition in a couple and a half weeks from now. Many related tasks will be caught up. Of course there a couple of new issues that will add to the current workload. Never ending battle.

Yard day in prep for guests. Nothing impresses guests like a nice yard. Tomorrow .... Housekeeping.

The Florida Supreme Court approved the language on the legalization of marijuana for personal use to be on the ballot this November. I hope it passes because when Biden or Trump get an OK for four more years I think Floridians and everyone else in the nation, are gonna need to stay stoned for the next four years. Of course if you really want some Mary Jane it's readily available on the black market anyway.

Pray for our sinners. That's gonna take a whole lot of prayers. I confuse myself sometimes. Whatever happens on this planet is of little consequence as long as you trust and believe in God through His Son. "With the power of soul anything is possible."

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April Fools! Two of them. One released a bible pack and the other celebrates trans people on Easter. And this is the world we live in today. I'm wondering if Jesus was walking the Earth today would he vote for Trump. I'm thinking of a write in vote for Olsteen. Now there's a guy who knows how to raise some money. Praise The Lord.



No shortage of fools around the world. As long as there are humans I don't believe there will ever be peace.

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According to the detective EBT will only release information in a criminal investigation, not a missing persons case. I got a response from a local news outlet and the reporter is interested in doing a story. Things could get complicated since the homeowner of where he was staying doesn't want his house to be on the news. I'll have to get with the reporter aand see what we can work out.

Tried dislodging info about EBT card (food stamps) usage on Sonny-boy from the State of Florida to no avail. Privacy statutes. Plan on writing an email to Help Me Howard, a local TV station problem solver, and considering hiring a P I. Daryl is such a private person that lives off the grid so I hate the idea of hiring someone to find someone that leaves no traces. Plenty of stuff need fixing and I'm trying to get to some of it. .... Starting now. Sue's medical issues abound. Trying to get some of them resolved as well. Sue's sousins coming into town next weel to spread her uncles ashes. We'll have company for 4 days. A full house here and at FIL's. Alaska in about 3 weeks. plenty of pre trip prep mfor that as well. No moss growing on me.

There is nothing like a nice electric riding lawnmower at only 2 1/2 times the price of a gas one. Such a deal. We do have an electric/ battery powered weed eater though.

Went to help Sue for an hour at the nursery this morning. Turned into 6 hours. Go figure.

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Brought to the Suburban to the shop this morning to get the humming noise in the fan box fixed. An hour later the mechanic and his wife dropped it off at the nursery. That was nice of them. Went shpping this morning too. Onward. Chores and tasks await.

Goo mornin.

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I've had many electric cars over the years. Ones with AA AAA C and D batteries.

Family members departed yesterday. Trying to return to normal. The Suburban is home. Going back tomorrow to the shop because when they changed the inside cabin filter some crap must have fallen into the blower housing. Makes a humming noise on high speed. I was going to fix it myself but can't get the damned sockets into the bottom cover back footwell holes to take it off. I'm sure the shop has the right tools for the job. The angle of the floor prevents me from getting good access. Even using a swivel socket extension. Nice start to the day temp wise. Rather warm in the mid day. No rain to speak of.

Got the Suburban back. Whole bunch of new parts plus the engine and transmission. Labor plus the motor and transmission covered for 3 years, 100,000 miles. We should be good to go for awhile on that one. Family in town so there will be some eating out to do.

Where would the world be withour bacon?


Cleaning house today. My maid's outfit seems to be a little tight. My two reamianing sisters and BIL along with a great neice coming to the house tonight. Scrub a dub the tub up next.

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Shelter me Lord underneath your wings .....

The politics of politics. What kind of shed has no storage? Bloodshed. Someone needs to free the slaves. Wait a minute. They already did that. Maybe someday some will realize their freedom.

Dropped off my tax paperwork today. One headache relieved.

Jesus H. Christ. I consider myself functionally literate but this stuff just makes me

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.NSF/lnx/0425501320

And then there is this ......



"NOTE 4:

Information on insured status and work history will be on the SEQY. Information on reading and interpreting the SEQY is found in the POMS at SM 00345.000. For more details on the places and periods of work and non-covered work, see the Detailed Earnings Query (DEQY) (See POMS SM 00344.000). Additionally, the Work History Assistant Tool (WHAT) is also helpful in retrieving DEQY data and displaying it in an easy to read format."



WHAT?

Turn it up and read the lyrics. Back from a time when they actually wrote lyrics. LOL

Marcus, you pay 35%? Damn .... You must make some nice coin.

Off to a cool start here. 61* climbing to mid 70's. Nice. Still putting together my docs for 2023 taxes. Hope to have it done today. Not working on the 91 vert till I take care of some higher priorities. I'm taking a more aggressive position on getting rid of the 3 cars. Stick a fork in me. I'm done with dealing with them anymore.

The 79 928 is on the corner for sale at the nursery. It's a deal but not a steal. The Suburbean is in the shop getting a twofer. Third gear in the tranny went and a lifter in the engine started chattering. It's getting an engine and transmission from Jasper. 3 year 100,000 mile warranty. Can you say ka-ching? My shop gave me a free engine install because they had to remove the tranny anyway. At least there was some good news with the bad. Working on the Vulcan taxes. It's gonna be bad. We won a lot of money last year. Been waiting for some investment paperwork that doesn't seem to want to come. Most of it is small gains and losses. While you guys suffer in the low temps I'm sweating when I go outside at 90* Moderation would be nice.


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Want to nap but too much on my plate. Have to power through. Lot's of dinners out Sue that Sue has planned, judging tomorrow night at the Youth Fair for aspiring young landscapers that present a small plot for judging. Sue has judged that for years with several other people nursery owners and landscapers in the industry. She is a social butterfly. Me? Not so much. More of a lone wolf. Ahhhooooooh!

Another warm busy day. More mechanical issues but I'll save that for another day.

LOL. Sue picked our mattress then complained about it.

What a great Sunday we had. Saw a great concert with ZZ Top as the opener followed by Lynyrd Skynrd. Great show. The casino was kind to both Sue and I . Sue came out ahead several hundred at the card table and I hit a major jackpot for over $1300. First nice win for me this year. Sue has been holding her own and padding my losses.

I have two whining pumps right now. My pond pump and my home well pump. I have one ready to go in and the other I have to pick up. Around $250 each one. The house one lasted 12+ years so I can't complain. If the next one last 12 years I'll be lucky if I'm around to replace it.

Sorry to hear about your friend/associate tee.

Stomach bug showing signs of improvement but still hanging around. The bad thing was that I was just starting to feel good and "BAM!" This $#!+ happened. Regaining my strength daily not as many visits to the throne. The 91 is back home. Appears to be running better. I'm going to clean the engine bay today. While it was in the shop it had a fire in there and the shop ownwer sprayed it with the extinguisher before it did any bad damage. Two injectors gave up the ghost. One sending out a stream of fuel that ignited. Trying to get ahead of everything and only got set back by this stupid stomach bug. Well, it's a new dawn and a new day. Spring forward.

V series Cadillac. CT5V


Things that make you go "Hhhmmmm."

Just got back from the dental hygenist. Good for 3 months and will see the dentist next time for check up. Cut the grass this morning and did some yard furnture rearranging. Guess I'm going to have to have a party soon to put all my yard furniture to use. Thinking of celebrating Sue's 60th birthday since we missed it two years ago due to Covid. Never too late.

Thank you casino offers. Free tickets to Lynard Skynard and ZZ Top Sunday night. Well, they're really not free. They're kinda pre-paid by bets. See them before they're dead.

Probably just a little sawdust in the rear axle hub Marcus.


Not the best weather day, not the worst. I'm getting all the papers together to sell the cars. Stick a fork in me. I'm through. I'll try to get a reasonable amount and I'll field some offers to see what the locals say. I'm not selling high but I'm not gonna take a lowball offer either. I have some market prices for buyers to see and we'll go from there. I'm really thinking instead of a sportscar to go more luxury performance. A seat that feels like an armchair, automatic because we live in the Miami area and I don't want to be shifting all the time, with some serious get up and go that feels happy at 90 mph and a big enough trunk for grocery shopping. Sedan would be fine. Around 3 years old and low mileage so I don't get whacked with the depreciation. Sounds like a plan, maybe.

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Does anybody else feel this country is going to hell in a handbasket? Especially those of the age that have never heard that phrase before.

Hello everyone. I see not too many people had much interest in Tuesday. Messed up weather here. Front with rain making it's way through. Friday and Saturday look promising. Went to my primary doctor yesterday and told me we're all caught up and is giving me a 4 month break. Carotid artery scan and aortal scan came back good. No blockages or potential aneurysm showing up. Of course that doesn't mean much. How many times have you heard of someone dropping and their friends and family say "They just went to the doctor last week.". I was talking to the doc and saying I feel pretty good outside of the arthritis in my knee and back. He responded with "You're going to be 69 this year." He doesn't like to prescribe any hard meds and enphasizes he practices preventive medicine. Because of all the dope fiends in this country nobody that should get meds can get meds.

I would have called it BiPolara Disorder. LOL

I was working in the yard yesterday aand around 05:00 PM the sky just opened up with a large quantity of rain coming down in s short period of time. Sue called me and told me she needed me to bring her Silerado to the Seafood Fest as she didn't have enough room in the box truck for about a dozen citrus trees. I got soaked getting to her pick up and it was surrounded by a puddle that I had to walk through to get in. Fun in Florida. Oh well. What can you do. Sometimes you just have to do what you gotta do. Put a good dent in the back yard clean up yesterday cleaning a number of palm trees and dropping their see pods. Have to get rid of some coconut palm frond today. Really big ones that are over 15 feet long. i cut them up in threes to get rid of them. Getting back to my chores has me regaining some of my strenghth. Tighten up those muscles a bit. Of course I was tight when I woke up but I'm loosening up. Back to the yardwork today. Of course Sue would rather have me working on getting rid of the cars.

Fed the nursey fish and tended the pond. Did a bank run and then treated myself at home to a smoked salmon sandwich with mayo, lettuce and tomato on Martin potato bread, toasted. Pretty damned good if I say so myself. Wait a minute. I just did say so myself. Gonna tend to some chores now. Sue is at Stone Crab and Seafood Fest. I always enjoy a nice, quiet home environment.

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The Rotary Club is sponsoring the Stone Crab and Seafood Festival here in Homestead this weekend. Sue has a spot they give her for decorating the stage with plants. Sue also got two other nurseries to donate some material for an auction that takes place at the end of the festival. I delivered some stuff there this morning for her. Heading to the yard methinks to do some weeding.

Marcus, send me some info on your product and price list. Maybe I'll get Sue some to see how good it works in zone 10. Do you ship?

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