If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
A dog led cops to my yard.
2AM - I hear a noise at (near) my window (I leave scraps there for critters). I looked with a flashlight expecting a possum, nothing.
3AM - I hear police chatter on a radio at (near) my window. I quickly look out but see nothing. I then look at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office website
"SUICIDAL SUBJECT" near MY house.
I ask: "Can I help?"
One says "Our dog indicates a suicidal suspect went over your fence to the next house. What is your address?"
I told him.
That's all I know.
As I write this I hear the PSCO helicopter nearby. Close then far. Then close again.
May God have mercy.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Black & Decker LM175
made in 2005
My last gas mower was Sears. It finally gave up when I stopped trying to fix the carburetor. I threw away my gas cans (old plastic), already had two 50ft extenstion cords and paid $169 at K-Mart for a new mower. Haven't filled a gas can at the station since. Much safer.
http://www.top5lawnmowers.com/black-decker-electric-mower-lm175-review/
My mower since 2006:
Besides needing regular sharpening (blades hard to find) the on/off switch is worn and requires excessive pressure to keep the motor running. At 6.5 Amp it cuts fine if I don't let the grass get too high. One 50ft cord serves both front and back yard. I only ran over it once.
My last gas mower was Sears. It finally gave up when I stopped trying to fix the carburetor. I threw away my gas cans (old plastic), already had two 50ft extenstion cords and paid $169 at K-Mart for a new mower. Haven't filled a gas can at the station since. Much safer.
http://www.top5lawnmowers.com/black-decker-electric-mower-lm175-review/
My mower since 2006:
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Married 47 years.
The year was 2010.
The KIA Soul Hamsters.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018
This is America
Sabika Sheikh (17 years old) would have returned home to Pakistan when her program ended in June. She was killed in the Texas school shooting May 19, 2018 in Santa Fe.
"Sabika was in the United States on the State Department-sponsored Youth Exchange and Study program, helping to build ties between the United States and her native Pakistan," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement." Sabika's death and that of the other victims is heartbreaking and will be mourned deeply both here in the United States, and in Pakistan."
WATCH: Sabika Sheikh made this video to express her feelings about being accepted into the YES program.
Read the story from Voice of America:
https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-girl-among-dead-in-texas-shooting/4401020.html
Mouctar Diallo came to New York City from Guinea seeking a life “for the better.” Then he entered the bruising world of Sanitation Salvage. On Nov. 7, 2017, Diallo wound up crushed to death under the wheels of a Sanitation Salvage truck. The men he’d been helping lied to the police, saying their dead colleague was a homeless person who had come out of nowhere.
Read the whole story from Voice of America:
https://projects.voanews.com/treated-like-trash/
"Sabika was in the United States on the State Department-sponsored Youth Exchange and Study program, helping to build ties between the United States and her native Pakistan," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement." Sabika's death and that of the other victims is heartbreaking and will be mourned deeply both here in the United States, and in Pakistan."
WATCH: Sabika Sheikh made this video to express her feelings about being accepted into the YES program.
https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-girl-among-dead-in-texas-shooting/4401020.html
This is America...
Mouctar Diallo came to New York City from Guinea seeking a life “for the better.” Then he entered the bruising world of Sanitation Salvage. On Nov. 7, 2017, Diallo wound up crushed to death under the wheels of a Sanitation Salvage truck. The men he’d been helping lied to the police, saying their dead colleague was a homeless person who had come out of nowhere.
It has taken months for his family to find justice.
That's Mouctar on the right.
Read the whole story from Voice of America:
https://projects.voanews.com/treated-like-trash/
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