Weather Signs

 Looks like it’s going to be one cold bitch of a day on the 20th to welcome our new lord and master to the presidency again. Maybe this time he’ll end our Democracy while he “serves”. I do love the cold reception though. Just sayin’.

Tired of the Fucking Bullshit

 I am so fucking tired of hearing folks repeat debunked bullshit claims that Oregon firefighters were stopped in Sacramento over smog issues. Val, I am so fucking tired of hearing you tell me that you don’t believe anything on the internet when that’s where that bullshit story came from. Learn something and go to Snopes where bullshit is exposed to the light of truth. Just sayin’.

Tired of Having Your Pets Eaten? Move to Northern California Where They Just Get Shot.

 

    Yep, Thumper ended up with a hole in his shoulder but I don't think immigrants were the cause of it. In other news, Nancy purchased this for $20 at a yard sale still in the box that no one could lift. Had to lever that puppy into the car. Took 3 hours to assemble. Now to get the right cut of meat to break it in with. 

Up to $105.80 in Foreign Coins

 That's about 6.5 pounds worth of coinage identified so far from over 50 countries. My spreadsheet is up to 278 different coins as of this moment (I add daily). 

    Found out our fireplace insert isn't up to code and never was. Wonder how that slipped by during the house inspection. Guess they never entered the house or how else could they have missed it. Oh well, it will only cost us 8-9 thousand to set it right and prevent our house from burning down. Just sayin'. 

Survived the 13th

     No bad luck here. Up to nearly $50 in foreign currency so far from my $30 tray of coins. Starting to identify some Asian coins now with the Google search app. First up was a 5 Sen coin from Japan dated 1922. The dates were crazy to figure out on this coin that's only worth about 34 cents. The first items that come up in the search are usually from E-bay and priced outlandishly. One might think that one had found a treasure only to have those expectations dashed via reality. Just sayin'. 

    Still no cigarettes although the urge is still strong at times. Sometimes a doobie chases it away and other times it doesn't and that's when it sucks.

From Days to Months

     The time period pertaining to my cessation of smoking cigarettes has graduated from being described in "days" to "months". In 11 months the time descriptor will switch to years. That is all.   

    Meanwhile, I'm up to over 40 countries as I catalog the foreign coins. Over a pound and a quarter of them are in the database so far with at least several pounds to go. Fascinating stuff.

31 Days Done

     So done with cigarettes. Bought a box of coins and tokens for $30 at an estate sale today. About 8 pounds or so worth of them. I've started to go through them and am astonished at the variety of foreign coins I bought. Might have to start a spreadsheet on them as I look them up. Fascinating stuff. Entertaining for the $$ and I might even break even. Just sayin'.