Please guess the number of States that have a population that in total is smaller than the 4,657,169 people unemployed in the State of California. CA population is 36,961,664 with 12.6% unemployment. This is interesting to me, as I could not get a grip on the size of that population of unemployed - in just one State.
Well, here is the answer according to the population estimates in late 2009 by the government. The total number of States that have a population that is smaller than the number of people unemployed in California is twenty-one. My guess was just 8.
Here they are: AR, CT, DC (NOT A STATE AND WOULD BE NUMBER 22), DE, ID, IO, KS, ME, MS, MT, NE, NM, NV, NH, ND, OK, RI, SD, UT, VT, WV, WY,
To help you see how big the unemployment numbers are, think of California’s unemployed as 1 in 8 do not have a job.
At the round table (seating 8) at a conference or restaurant - at least one of the chairs is empty because of unemployment. For those music lovers, an octet would become a septet, or what ever a seven person group is called. Name 8 relatives, and one of them would be unemployed.
disclaimer:
I used gross population numbers as reported in late 2009. The government has most likely used some other base line for the 12.6% unemployment figures. So allow for the number to be close enough for this blog.
If the details are not accurate, the fault is _______.
(David you guess whose fault.... :)
This is a cab ride only in the sense that the cab driver wouldn't shut up....
If I read between the lines, I couldn't expect to collect a fare for a ride in a rant, so just get out and walk away.
CABBY
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The "Lasts" - A Sign of the Future
Today was the last day I will be first unemployed, without a job, no prospects, no resume', no interview, no appointments, no presentations to make, no catalogs to distribute, no calls to return, no stamps to lick, no complaints to sort through, no more work.
I know, how can all of these items be relative to me?
The helm of the Curves is today up to the new owner.
What is the relevance of the title of this post?
Well, the last payroll has been calculated. The last restlessness at 6 am has occurred. The last commercial utility account has been closed, the credit card processor has drawn it's last, the last commercial transaction line at the bank has been waited in.
I've received the last alarm company call about an alarm and the last bill from the Albuquerque City for alarm response has been paid. The last lead bag placed.
No more BR's, no more webinars, no more projection sheets, no more mis-management by a pathetic owners association, and no more franchiser. No more fighting with job flakes about undeserved unemployment. You get the idea? No more paying city, county, state, fed, employment, unemployment, social security, sales taxes, and inventory taxes. No more surcharges for commercial uses of government facilities, like water, power, trash police and fire department.
Will I miss it? No.
So what will take up my time?
Painting on canvas, board, paper, glass, vinyl, stainless steel mesh and clay.
Drawing and sketching.
Volunteer at some community event or activity once per year or so.
Quick short trips around the country to see long ago friends, relatives and sights and places. Healthier life decisions: Cellared wine, craft beer, aged scotch, whiskey and bourbon. Fine food prepared at home for friends and guests, etc, etc.
Ceramics. Home gardening, house trim in and out painted, trim repaired, Christmas,
blogging, Grand kids, family, friends.
You get the idea.
Please do not call too early tomorrow.
Cab is on blocks for the night. No ride, no fare.
CABBY
I know, how can all of these items be relative to me?
The helm of the Curves is today up to the new owner.
What is the relevance of the title of this post?
Well, the last payroll has been calculated. The last restlessness at 6 am has occurred. The last commercial utility account has been closed, the credit card processor has drawn it's last, the last commercial transaction line at the bank has been waited in.
I've received the last alarm company call about an alarm and the last bill from the Albuquerque City for alarm response has been paid. The last lead bag placed.
No more BR's, no more webinars, no more projection sheets, no more mis-management by a pathetic owners association, and no more franchiser. No more fighting with job flakes about undeserved unemployment. You get the idea? No more paying city, county, state, fed, employment, unemployment, social security, sales taxes, and inventory taxes. No more surcharges for commercial uses of government facilities, like water, power, trash police and fire department.
Will I miss it? No.
So what will take up my time?
Painting on canvas, board, paper, glass, vinyl, stainless steel mesh and clay.
Drawing and sketching.
Volunteer at some community event or activity once per year or so.
Quick short trips around the country to see long ago friends, relatives and sights and places. Healthier life decisions: Cellared wine, craft beer, aged scotch, whiskey and bourbon. Fine food prepared at home for friends and guests, etc, etc.
Ceramics. Home gardening, house trim in and out painted, trim repaired, Christmas,
blogging, Grand kids, family, friends.
You get the idea.
Please do not call too early tomorrow.
Cab is on blocks for the night. No ride, no fare.
CABBY
Saturday, September 26, 2009
What would it be called today, and where is it?
Self-reliance, individualism, inventiveness, pragmatism, mobility and restlessness. These are the characteristics of a people in an era gone, and yet seemingly returning to some of the most amazing stretches of America.
Get out of your rut and take some head clearing time and visit some of the areas of the country where the population is declining to the internationally recognized standard for 'vacant' land as a separate measurement from land of a 'frontier' which is also a recognized measure of land, people, usage, along with population density.
Did you know (I hope to have you care by the end of this post)? that the only population increasing in some stretches of the middle plain states and the high tier Canadian border states of the U. S. is the American Indian and a few species of once threatened birds, and animals.
So what?
Well, if you will recall your history lessons in that little one room school house you are old enough to have attended, or young enough to have been taught about, the Indians were unceremoniously marched down the streets of the towns of the old west and not so old west to reservations as recently as the early 1900's.
So what?
Well, these people are returning to the lands from which they were forced. They are finding ways to live and return to values of importance to them.
So what?
The Indians are returning to what was once the 'Frontier' of the country as it fulfilled its long harsh intent of eminent domain. What the tribes and small groups of Indians are finding again is what a huge share of the airy fairy population claim to desire. They have found the solitude of living with the land and what it offers and do not dwell on attempting to change the land to fit them. They are again teaching those who care and wonder about this unique place we live. They are showing that the land is open to heal itself, and can support 300 thousand of what was nearly an extinct life line - the buffalo. It is too late for the carrier pigeon, the plains wolves, and the many tribes of people who were trampled with the disease and greed of the westward drive to the 'frontier', however it is not too late for you to see what is going on today to recreate a 'frontier' for the country.
It is not too late for you to see the frontier being reborn.
It IS happening in various places across the west and plains.
You will find people who can and do live through their self-reliance, individualism, inventiveness, pragmatism, mobility and restlessness that make-up the characteristics of people who settled the country during the great rush west. The people who stuck to the ground and didn't necessarily drive all the way West to the coastal states are still represented, however they are now able to live so far apart with cars etc, that there are no communities for gathering and marketing.
Lots of authorities consider the Horace Greeley quote; "Go West young man, go West." as the cry of the doom of the Indian people and the era of the frontier.
I for one think that the paper presented to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 by Frederick Jackson to be the grand description of what Horace Greeley was actually saying.
It seems to me, now that much of the plains and west has been recently measured as vacnant and much more as frontier, we can all go west and consider our values and wonder just how much 'stuff' we ought to be collecting on the back fence and walls of our casitas.
How much junk do we get to take with us when we die?
How much do we need to be comfortable and live happy? After all, that we will be able to allow ourselves to live as happy as we can is our biggest fear. Most are unable to create happiness and contentment with what they have.
There is a daily experience that was for thousands of years a non volunteer experience that I'd guess the majority today haven't experienced for possibly years. The peace in a sunset or sunrise. Or even something as simple as experiencing a tomato while standing at the plant and wiping the dust off on your bib overalls as you pull it from the plant and stuff it in your mouth.
Where is the limit to living with the earth and living off of the earth?
At what point in the scheme that allows the Indian as a people to return to live contentedly on the 'frontier' and 'vacant' land where civilization has not been able, do we begin to look for our individual human animal responsibility? What is our real responsibility to the earth and to our fellow inhabitants on earth?
Is it really as simple as to just live as happily as I can while causing as little impact on others as possible so that when I die, there will not be a carbon footprint, monuments and shrines to my having been here? Is it my responsibility to leave here and have someone say of me. "He was happy."
The answer is to listen to your mind chatter less, and listen to the sunrises, sunsets, waterfalls, rainbows, butterflies, buffalo, tall grasses and the birds. Do not forget to smell the roses,also.
No cab fare, as there is no place for me to spend it in a 'vacant' or 'frontier' land as you could find out if you would get out of the rut.
Oh yes, here is a link to what Fredrick Jackson Turner had to say :
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/frontierthesis.html
CABBY
Get out of your rut and take some head clearing time and visit some of the areas of the country where the population is declining to the internationally recognized standard for 'vacant' land as a separate measurement from land of a 'frontier' which is also a recognized measure of land, people, usage, along with population density.
Did you know (I hope to have you care by the end of this post)? that the only population increasing in some stretches of the middle plain states and the high tier Canadian border states of the U. S. is the American Indian and a few species of once threatened birds, and animals.
So what?
Well, if you will recall your history lessons in that little one room school house you are old enough to have attended, or young enough to have been taught about, the Indians were unceremoniously marched down the streets of the towns of the old west and not so old west to reservations as recently as the early 1900's.
So what?
Well, these people are returning to the lands from which they were forced. They are finding ways to live and return to values of importance to them.
So what?
The Indians are returning to what was once the 'Frontier' of the country as it fulfilled its long harsh intent of eminent domain. What the tribes and small groups of Indians are finding again is what a huge share of the airy fairy population claim to desire. They have found the solitude of living with the land and what it offers and do not dwell on attempting to change the land to fit them. They are again teaching those who care and wonder about this unique place we live. They are showing that the land is open to heal itself, and can support 300 thousand of what was nearly an extinct life line - the buffalo. It is too late for the carrier pigeon, the plains wolves, and the many tribes of people who were trampled with the disease and greed of the westward drive to the 'frontier', however it is not too late for you to see what is going on today to recreate a 'frontier' for the country.
It is not too late for you to see the frontier being reborn.
It IS happening in various places across the west and plains.
You will find people who can and do live through their self-reliance, individualism, inventiveness, pragmatism, mobility and restlessness that make-up the characteristics of people who settled the country during the great rush west. The people who stuck to the ground and didn't necessarily drive all the way West to the coastal states are still represented, however they are now able to live so far apart with cars etc, that there are no communities for gathering and marketing.
Lots of authorities consider the Horace Greeley quote; "Go West young man, go West." as the cry of the doom of the Indian people and the era of the frontier.
I for one think that the paper presented to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 by Frederick Jackson to be the grand description of what Horace Greeley was actually saying.
It seems to me, now that much of the plains and west has been recently measured as vacnant and much more as frontier, we can all go west and consider our values and wonder just how much 'stuff' we ought to be collecting on the back fence and walls of our casitas.
How much junk do we get to take with us when we die?
How much do we need to be comfortable and live happy? After all, that we will be able to allow ourselves to live as happy as we can is our biggest fear. Most are unable to create happiness and contentment with what they have.
There is a daily experience that was for thousands of years a non volunteer experience that I'd guess the majority today haven't experienced for possibly years. The peace in a sunset or sunrise. Or even something as simple as experiencing a tomato while standing at the plant and wiping the dust off on your bib overalls as you pull it from the plant and stuff it in your mouth.
Where is the limit to living with the earth and living off of the earth?
At what point in the scheme that allows the Indian as a people to return to live contentedly on the 'frontier' and 'vacant' land where civilization has not been able, do we begin to look for our individual human animal responsibility? What is our real responsibility to the earth and to our fellow inhabitants on earth?
Is it really as simple as to just live as happily as I can while causing as little impact on others as possible so that when I die, there will not be a carbon footprint, monuments and shrines to my having been here? Is it my responsibility to leave here and have someone say of me. "He was happy."
The answer is to listen to your mind chatter less, and listen to the sunrises, sunsets, waterfalls, rainbows, butterflies, buffalo, tall grasses and the birds. Do not forget to smell the roses,also.
No cab fare, as there is no place for me to spend it in a 'vacant' or 'frontier' land as you could find out if you would get out of the rut.
Oh yes, here is a link to what Fredrick Jackson Turner had to say :
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/frontierthesis.html
CABBY
Friday, September 25, 2009
Nothing posted for weeks, and now twice in a few days - go figure.
This is a piece I wrote out long hand while watching and listening to a Charlie Rose bit late one night recently:
Oh, for the days of our military pilots doing "touch and gos" to stay qualified and prepared.
The airspace over our cities occupied by our 'best in the world'; now that was a sense of peace and security.
Attempt to watch them today, and you'll be in a 'forward observers position' which because of the evolution of society would require you to be in a combat zone.
Or should that be evolution of religion instead of evolution of society.
Now then, this posting can go two directions here, the one about religion, or the one I am focused upon.
The religious one seems futile in todays world, so I will stick to my original idea here.
What visible signs of our 'might' are left for us?
Ships in port? Battalions on CONUS (stationed in the continental US). Sailors, soldiers, Coasties and Marines in our airports? Just a small portion of what we were used to seeing before this religious war commenced back in the Clinton days.
These are all we 'see' any more.
Is it because all of the hardware is deployed? What about training? Recovery from the stresses of the action? Families? What about change?
Well, in reading "In Search of America" by Jennings and Brewster, I found in the intro the following which was written mourning the passing of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:
"The Republic will cease to be," offered the eulogist, "when it ceases to remember, to revere, and to imitate the virtues of its founders."
So where are we in relation to what the founders of this Republic expected and wanted?
Since I offer no conclusions and have left this with a question, I will not post a fare for the ride...
CABBY
Oh, for the days of our military pilots doing "touch and gos" to stay qualified and prepared.
The airspace over our cities occupied by our 'best in the world'; now that was a sense of peace and security.
Attempt to watch them today, and you'll be in a 'forward observers position' which because of the evolution of society would require you to be in a combat zone.
Or should that be evolution of religion instead of evolution of society.
Now then, this posting can go two directions here, the one about religion, or the one I am focused upon.
The religious one seems futile in todays world, so I will stick to my original idea here.
What visible signs of our 'might' are left for us?
Ships in port? Battalions on CONUS (stationed in the continental US). Sailors, soldiers, Coasties and Marines in our airports? Just a small portion of what we were used to seeing before this religious war commenced back in the Clinton days.
These are all we 'see' any more.
Is it because all of the hardware is deployed? What about training? Recovery from the stresses of the action? Families? What about change?
Well, in reading "In Search of America" by Jennings and Brewster, I found in the intro the following which was written mourning the passing of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:
"The Republic will cease to be," offered the eulogist, "when it ceases to remember, to revere, and to imitate the virtues of its founders."
So where are we in relation to what the founders of this Republic expected and wanted?
Since I offer no conclusions and have left this with a question, I will not post a fare for the ride...
CABBY
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
6 Years
6 years and a glass of Port with a little triple cream Bree cheese.
A celebration we had! We sat at the kitchen table. We talked of this night 6 years ago. We called our Treasured friend, Rachael for whom we were compelled to leave a message that thanked her for this night, 9 22 03 (six years ago).
Now, back to today.
Curves is still going strong.
We are worn out. We are, at long over 60, beginning to feel the results of the abuse we have heaped upon our bodies and minds over the years. Hopefully by the time we reach the celebration for the 7th year, we will have worked out how to not have the daily requirements of the life we have chosen seem so intrusive and exhausting. Hopefully by the next celebration, we will have figured out how to fulfill our happiness as a steady 24 hour achievement. Hopefully we will be looking back at the 7th year as a gift that springs us to a new level of happiness.
The original plan was to do five years, divide the territory in 1/2 and sell the two pieces. We are at six years I remind you. What happened to the five year mark and that plan?
This is still a possibility, however not likely, due to the present economy.
There are stories to tell that I have written down of tales and experiences and people, however sharing those will have to be a different posting.
What I want you to know is that the door we walked through six years ago, is still open, we can see back through it, however: "There is no going back." The futile struggle that would be required to attempt to go back just makes me tired to consider. I see and hear people all of the time saying and talking like it was easy to go back. It is not easy or possible, so looking forward is the real way to celebrate. We did.
We agreed over the port and cheese that we have no business regrets, and that if it weren't for people we would have no regrets at all. We have had lots of disappointments that do not concern the club, mostly disappointments about people and how easily they seem to give up on themselves.
In this day and age; with the present economy, world level strife, racial and religious prosecution, radicals on the right and left, politicians that are not taking care of our world and domestic best interests, what do we have to look forward toward?
The future is ours to chose for ourselves. We cannot rely on others to get us to the fulfillment of our main purpose in life. This life purpose is often circuitously discussed, however the main purpose (to be as happy as we want to be) is seldom declared aloud. It doesn't sell newspapers! and - most people do not think they can achieve it!
I have stopped the local paper. I do not watch the National, local, nor the world news. I seldom watch live TV, and race through the commercials to enjoy what I record to watch later.
As a result, I find the days are the same length (too damned short), the work necessary for me to complete is the same and that the things (news) that I need to know, I can read daily via a great website called: newseum.org.
Now then, what is this post about?
Know that even though the anniversary of opening the club was for the sixth year, we have more days and years (hopefully) of work to get through to be as happy as we want.
The cab has been parked for the month of August. Reasons are personal. Maybe probably I will explain why next time I post.
A good friend, (does anyone have a bad friend?) told me to blog about why I haven't been blogging. Maybe I will....
Since this post is a celebration announcement, I have waived the fare.
CABBY
A celebration we had! We sat at the kitchen table. We talked of this night 6 years ago. We called our Treasured friend, Rachael for whom we were compelled to leave a message that thanked her for this night, 9 22 03 (six years ago).
Now, back to today.
Curves is still going strong.
We are worn out. We are, at long over 60, beginning to feel the results of the abuse we have heaped upon our bodies and minds over the years. Hopefully by the time we reach the celebration for the 7th year, we will have worked out how to not have the daily requirements of the life we have chosen seem so intrusive and exhausting. Hopefully by the next celebration, we will have figured out how to fulfill our happiness as a steady 24 hour achievement. Hopefully we will be looking back at the 7th year as a gift that springs us to a new level of happiness.
The original plan was to do five years, divide the territory in 1/2 and sell the two pieces. We are at six years I remind you. What happened to the five year mark and that plan?
This is still a possibility, however not likely, due to the present economy.
There are stories to tell that I have written down of tales and experiences and people, however sharing those will have to be a different posting.
What I want you to know is that the door we walked through six years ago, is still open, we can see back through it, however: "There is no going back." The futile struggle that would be required to attempt to go back just makes me tired to consider. I see and hear people all of the time saying and talking like it was easy to go back. It is not easy or possible, so looking forward is the real way to celebrate. We did.
We agreed over the port and cheese that we have no business regrets, and that if it weren't for people we would have no regrets at all. We have had lots of disappointments that do not concern the club, mostly disappointments about people and how easily they seem to give up on themselves.
In this day and age; with the present economy, world level strife, racial and religious prosecution, radicals on the right and left, politicians that are not taking care of our world and domestic best interests, what do we have to look forward toward?
The future is ours to chose for ourselves. We cannot rely on others to get us to the fulfillment of our main purpose in life. This life purpose is often circuitously discussed, however the main purpose (to be as happy as we want to be) is seldom declared aloud. It doesn't sell newspapers! and - most people do not think they can achieve it!
I have stopped the local paper. I do not watch the National, local, nor the world news. I seldom watch live TV, and race through the commercials to enjoy what I record to watch later.
As a result, I find the days are the same length (too damned short), the work necessary for me to complete is the same and that the things (news) that I need to know, I can read daily via a great website called: newseum.org.
Now then, what is this post about?
Know that even though the anniversary of opening the club was for the sixth year, we have more days and years (hopefully) of work to get through to be as happy as we want.
The cab has been parked for the month of August. Reasons are personal. Maybe probably I will explain why next time I post.
A good friend, (does anyone have a bad friend?) told me to blog about why I haven't been blogging. Maybe I will....
Since this post is a celebration announcement, I have waived the fare.
CABBY
Friday, July 31, 2009
Attitudes: A self test
"You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think." CoM
So the old adage: "You are what you think you are" can be supported by a test.
The test:
Get off by yourself.
By yourself:
Think mean nasty and derisive thoughts about either yourself or your closet, or your garage or ??? (not someone else!)
Go on about your day. Notice how the day seems to have a tilted attitude toward the negative.
Now, at about the time limit for your ability to stand the tilted view or when you see the negative as clearly as you want... go off by yourself again.
By yourself:
Mentally reestablish in your mind that this is an experiment to see the effects of your thoughts on yourself.
Quiet your mind chatter enough to wrest control of your thoughts and think of something that is powerfully positive for you. You will know what to think about: personal, pleasant, important, and again not a person.
Go again off into your day and continue to observe the influence of the brain with positive pleasure in the minds' recesses.. (No, do not send your mind out to recess - only the little kids get those).
End of experiment.
Each morning as I awaken, I apply a routine that has mostly allowed me to, as Rhona Barrett used to say: "Think the good thoughts".
I look out the window at the darkness, and imagine the glow of the coming sunrise and say to myself: "Fuckin' A - Dale lives".
As I absorb the wonder of that, (I have had so many friends and family not live as long as I have) I actively smile and inwardly then say to myself: "This is the best day ever".
I then get up and go about a day filled with all of the same stuff as other people. I just burn through the day with this acceptance of what I cannot change, and the mental position to allow me to change the things that I can if need be.
Make sure to clear any negative thought position for this experiment prior to going to sleep.
"Think the good thoughts".
Is it possible that I didn't start the meter? Yes. Too many times in real life, sort of like not knowing how to set up each day with positive ideas.
I hope you enjoyed the free ride (and advise).
CABBY
So the old adage: "You are what you think you are" can be supported by a test.
The test:
Get off by yourself.
By yourself:
Think mean nasty and derisive thoughts about either yourself or your closet, or your garage or ??? (not someone else!)
Go on about your day. Notice how the day seems to have a tilted attitude toward the negative.
Now, at about the time limit for your ability to stand the tilted view or when you see the negative as clearly as you want... go off by yourself again.
By yourself:
Mentally reestablish in your mind that this is an experiment to see the effects of your thoughts on yourself.
Quiet your mind chatter enough to wrest control of your thoughts and think of something that is powerfully positive for you. You will know what to think about: personal, pleasant, important, and again not a person.
Go again off into your day and continue to observe the influence of the brain with positive pleasure in the minds' recesses.. (No, do not send your mind out to recess - only the little kids get those).
End of experiment.
Each morning as I awaken, I apply a routine that has mostly allowed me to, as Rhona Barrett used to say: "Think the good thoughts".
I look out the window at the darkness, and imagine the glow of the coming sunrise and say to myself: "Fuckin' A - Dale lives".
As I absorb the wonder of that, (I have had so many friends and family not live as long as I have) I actively smile and inwardly then say to myself: "This is the best day ever".
I then get up and go about a day filled with all of the same stuff as other people. I just burn through the day with this acceptance of what I cannot change, and the mental position to allow me to change the things that I can if need be.
Make sure to clear any negative thought position for this experiment prior to going to sleep.
"Think the good thoughts".
Is it possible that I didn't start the meter? Yes. Too many times in real life, sort of like not knowing how to set up each day with positive ideas.
I hope you enjoyed the free ride (and advise).
CABBY
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Change and resposibility
I have been thinking about Change and responsibility.
If we were to have another chance at the vote for President last year, would it result in a different outcome? I do not think so, even in hindsight.
If the average American were to go back in time to the election and admit to what they perceived the word “CHANGE” to mean to them, would they step up to Gandhi? Gandhi is quoted as saying;
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
Would each of us accept that our own words describing what we would like changed are our own message to our selves to "be" that change?
If we accept the premise that the “CHANGE” we hoped for would be our own responsibility. If we then accepted the responsibility to effect that change. We would be better off not locking up dope smugglers and releasing on parole serious felons, as one example. Pick your own change here, please.
I have taken on a few changes I hope to see. I anticipate that you will consider what “CHANGE” you will be responsible to see occur by you "being" that change.
Here’s your change, thanks for finally paying it forward, oh sorry, got carried away with ‘responsibility’ and included yet another responsibility - paying it forward.
CABBY
If we were to have another chance at the vote for President last year, would it result in a different outcome? I do not think so, even in hindsight.
If the average American were to go back in time to the election and admit to what they perceived the word “CHANGE” to mean to them, would they step up to Gandhi? Gandhi is quoted as saying;
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
Would each of us accept that our own words describing what we would like changed are our own message to our selves to "be" that change?
If we accept the premise that the “CHANGE” we hoped for would be our own responsibility. If we then accepted the responsibility to effect that change. We would be better off not locking up dope smugglers and releasing on parole serious felons, as one example. Pick your own change here, please.
I have taken on a few changes I hope to see. I anticipate that you will consider what “CHANGE” you will be responsible to see occur by you "being" that change.
Here’s your change, thanks for finally paying it forward, oh sorry, got carried away with ‘responsibility’ and included yet another responsibility - paying it forward.
CABBY
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Birthday
Birthday
A day to remember my mom and dad.
A day to attempt to remember clearly any other single birthday. Seems harder this year to remember anything actually.
A day to consider that I am an exception - to have lived this long. (From a book called "Outliers." by Malcolm Gladwell.)
A day to remember that I am a "Black Swan" a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
and
To enjoy a funny email bd greeting, a song sung on the telephone, cards and a DVD CD of Robert Prechter at the London School of Economics.
and
What would happen if Face Book didn't have birthday reminders?
Would nearly no one send greetings? I just love being the center of attention for a few hours a year. I am at least my center of attention - outrageously!
(Oh by the way; did anyone observe the close visual proximity of Mars and Venus in the NE sky on the 21st? We were overcast at night from the 20th through the 22nd, so i missed it.)
I once celebrated the summer solstice by taking the cab to the Russian River, parking in the parking lot and hiking up the trail to Russian Lake and fishing and camping overnight near the USFS shelter East of the foot of the lake. Spectacular. (and rainy if I recall correctly)
I got back to the cab, to find a note asking me to go to one of the camp sites and to drive someone to Anchorage when I returned to Anchorage if I came back before one of the days of the weekend.
I do not recall taking anyone, so that was what we called a DUD in cab lingo.
Who could imagine getting a DUD out in the edge of the Alaskan wilds about 107 miles from town?
Oh well, life in the 49th state in the '70's.
Have a great day, you can count on me having a great day.
In fact this day, just like every one that follows will be the best day ever. Think about it!
CABBY
A day to remember my mom and dad.
A day to attempt to remember clearly any other single birthday. Seems harder this year to remember anything actually.
A day to consider that I am an exception - to have lived this long. (From a book called "Outliers." by Malcolm Gladwell.)
A day to remember that I am a "Black Swan" a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
and
To enjoy a funny email bd greeting, a song sung on the telephone, cards and a DVD CD of Robert Prechter at the London School of Economics.
and
What would happen if Face Book didn't have birthday reminders?
Would nearly no one send greetings? I just love being the center of attention for a few hours a year. I am at least my center of attention - outrageously!
(Oh by the way; did anyone observe the close visual proximity of Mars and Venus in the NE sky on the 21st? We were overcast at night from the 20th through the 22nd, so i missed it.)
I once celebrated the summer solstice by taking the cab to the Russian River, parking in the parking lot and hiking up the trail to Russian Lake and fishing and camping overnight near the USFS shelter East of the foot of the lake. Spectacular. (and rainy if I recall correctly)
I got back to the cab, to find a note asking me to go to one of the camp sites and to drive someone to Anchorage when I returned to Anchorage if I came back before one of the days of the weekend.
I do not recall taking anyone, so that was what we called a DUD in cab lingo.
Who could imagine getting a DUD out in the edge of the Alaskan wilds about 107 miles from town?
Oh well, life in the 49th state in the '70's.
Have a great day, you can count on me having a great day.
In fact this day, just like every one that follows will be the best day ever. Think about it!
CABBY
Thursday, June 18, 2009
"Down" and what it refers to...
"Down" and what it refers to...
Down is a lot of things:
___________________________
1.) An attitude often resulting from looking at check book balances. (You younger generation may not know what this is, with all of the electronic banking going on.)
1.) My attitude is one of gratitude today when I look at the balance in my checking account. Even though it is steeply declining as the economy and inflation are eating up my money. Compared to a great many others, I am okay right now.
2.) Attitude of someone not seeing all of the possibilities of the moment.
2.) I gave up on being down and narrow minded and locked in to anything I said or took a position about earlier. I see possibilities and responsibilities of more than this change in my agreement with myself now. I see that the new information I can unexpectedly receive if I can just be open to it, is most helpful if accepted without some predeclared attitude.
3.) Something lower than something else.
3.) I have decided that my composters need to be elevated from being 'down there' so that I can maximize their production. I could not think of anything else I wanted to say for # 3. (Elevating them will allow me to recover the liquid fertilizer they produce, which I currently do not utilize.)
4.) From a higher to a lower place.
4.) The reason I have 8 ladders.
5.) Fine soft fluffy feathers.
5.) The real reason for writing this blog.
I am sending my pillow to the maker so it can be refurbished, cleaned and updated. This is what I wanted to say: "Yikes, I am going to miss it. They will have it for about a week plus shipping. I have the best pillow ever. It is small enough. It will wad up and be all wrinkled. It will lay out flat. It is usually cool on my neck when I lay down on it each night. It can muffle sound, absorb perspiration and show where I slobbered last night. I can fold it into half and it is as tall as I ever want it."
"I will be so happy to have it back."
So what does this have to do with taxicabs?
Not sure, except I never saw an adult get in my cab with their pillow to go to the airport for a trip away; only kids were free enough to desire their pillows stay with them. Damn, maybe I can relive my youth?
Cab fare is paid because I want you to think about just this, not struggle with thoughts from the other side of your brain...
CABBY
Down is a lot of things:
___________________________
1.) An attitude often resulting from looking at check book balances. (You younger generation may not know what this is, with all of the electronic banking going on.)
1.) My attitude is one of gratitude today when I look at the balance in my checking account. Even though it is steeply declining as the economy and inflation are eating up my money. Compared to a great many others, I am okay right now.
2.) Attitude of someone not seeing all of the possibilities of the moment.
2.) I gave up on being down and narrow minded and locked in to anything I said or took a position about earlier. I see possibilities and responsibilities of more than this change in my agreement with myself now. I see that the new information I can unexpectedly receive if I can just be open to it, is most helpful if accepted without some predeclared attitude.
3.) Something lower than something else.
3.) I have decided that my composters need to be elevated from being 'down there' so that I can maximize their production. I could not think of anything else I wanted to say for # 3. (Elevating them will allow me to recover the liquid fertilizer they produce, which I currently do not utilize.)
4.) From a higher to a lower place.
4.) The reason I have 8 ladders.
5.) Fine soft fluffy feathers.
5.) The real reason for writing this blog.
I am sending my pillow to the maker so it can be refurbished, cleaned and updated. This is what I wanted to say: "Yikes, I am going to miss it. They will have it for about a week plus shipping. I have the best pillow ever. It is small enough. It will wad up and be all wrinkled. It will lay out flat. It is usually cool on my neck when I lay down on it each night. It can muffle sound, absorb perspiration and show where I slobbered last night. I can fold it into half and it is as tall as I ever want it."
"I will be so happy to have it back."
So what does this have to do with taxicabs?
Not sure, except I never saw an adult get in my cab with their pillow to go to the airport for a trip away; only kids were free enough to desire their pillows stay with them. Damn, maybe I can relive my youth?
Cab fare is paid because I want you to think about just this, not struggle with thoughts from the other side of your brain...
CABBY
Friday, June 12, 2009
Enrollment
Enrollment
America's Heritage Dictionary: (Electronic Pocket)
To enter the name of in a register, record or roll.
The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary: (Pocket book size)
To enter or register on a roll or list. To offer (oneself) for enrolling.
Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary (Library Size - BIG)
To enter in a list, catalog or roll. ENTER, JOIN (enroll in school).
Dale's head: (Large but Empty)
The act of loving and caring enough to go as far as necessary to know I have gone too far to determine what can be learned about another person's willingness to pursue the life they want - and know they can have.
David White: (Quick 'off the top' of his gorgeous head)
"Sharing my life with others"
Today's blog is clearly written for myself.
Sorry I do not mean to bore you.
If we have one thing that is clearly our life's full purpose, then we are shorting all of the other possibilities. I maintain that the purpose of each life is to accomplish what we uniquely can contribute. To do what no other person will be able to do. To make whatever we can of each day, hour, minute, second. To stay in the present.
To realize each and every day that there will be no other day for any other human being EVER like the one we have right now.
So what is the blog message?
Go enroll.
Go share your life with others.
Be who you uniquely are today.
Do not pass up this special one time only opportunity to contribute what you are the only one who can.
Enroll yourself in the life you know is possible.
If you do not know what I am talking about, let's talk. I may not be eloquent, but I do know what this can mean.
Go ENTER your life! The life you know you can have. It will be wildly and rewardingly and satisfyingly better than the life you have now. Enroll yourself in the idea that you can have the life you want. Do not settle.
Choo-Choo!
We have been at a railroad crossing for the Durbin Rocket. A lot more fun than sitting at the railroad crossings down by Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage on a cold dark winter afternoon. Never got hit by a train, however I did have my cab struck by a bus.
No cab fare for being stopped at a rail crossing.
CABBY
America's Heritage Dictionary: (Electronic Pocket)
To enter the name of in a register, record or roll.
The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary: (Pocket book size)
To enter or register on a roll or list. To offer (oneself) for enrolling.
Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary (Library Size - BIG)
To enter in a list, catalog or roll. ENTER, JOIN (enroll in school).
Dale's head: (Large but Empty)
The act of loving and caring enough to go as far as necessary to know I have gone too far to determine what can be learned about another person's willingness to pursue the life they want - and know they can have.
David White: (Quick 'off the top' of his gorgeous head)
"Sharing my life with others"
Today's blog is clearly written for myself.
Sorry I do not mean to bore you.
If we have one thing that is clearly our life's full purpose, then we are shorting all of the other possibilities. I maintain that the purpose of each life is to accomplish what we uniquely can contribute. To do what no other person will be able to do. To make whatever we can of each day, hour, minute, second. To stay in the present.
To realize each and every day that there will be no other day for any other human being EVER like the one we have right now.
So what is the blog message?
Go enroll.
Go share your life with others.
Be who you uniquely are today.
Do not pass up this special one time only opportunity to contribute what you are the only one who can.
Enroll yourself in the life you know is possible.
If you do not know what I am talking about, let's talk. I may not be eloquent, but I do know what this can mean.
Go ENTER your life! The life you know you can have. It will be wildly and rewardingly and satisfyingly better than the life you have now. Enroll yourself in the idea that you can have the life you want. Do not settle.
Choo-Choo!
We have been at a railroad crossing for the Durbin Rocket. A lot more fun than sitting at the railroad crossings down by Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage on a cold dark winter afternoon. Never got hit by a train, however I did have my cab struck by a bus.
No cab fare for being stopped at a rail crossing.
CABBY
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Blog and spam
Blog and Spam
Someone turned my blog in to the blog gods and I was removed from blogging for a while. After a silent trial of emails, I was returned to the ethernet with an 'cause unfounded' verdict.
Such a relief for some to have me silenced for a short time.
I may have something more to say soon, and I am looking forward to saying it.
Just a heads up to the 'culprit.'
I may be silenced for a while, however, I am determined to rant and rave as I can, if not here - then at a new site.
This site has been a hassle from the beginning, and I am once again searching for one that will not be so addled by political correctness.
I will stop with a simple saying that I found at the very beginning of my latest read:
"Enchantment and Exploitation"
William deBuys
"... in an unforgiving environment, small errors yield large consequences."
If that doesn't get your head started, you are eating a different word experience than I am.
Ever get in a taxicab with a thinker?
I had a self proclaimed preacher of some esoteric denomination of his own 'creation' that lighted incense in the backseat of the cab to "cleanse the sins" of what undoubtedly had happened in the cab before he ever sat his sorry ass on the clean seats.
The incense burned only as long as it took me to pull over and toss it into the roadway.
He was beside it in an instant and I was gone about two seconds later.
Whew, I didn't think I would ever get the air cleared out. Smelled like China Town San Francisco for days.
He got a short free ride, and so have you here.
Fare not collected, as it is time to pull over and think of something such as:
"... in an unforgiving environment, small errors yield large consequences."
CABBY
Someone turned my blog in to the blog gods and I was removed from blogging for a while. After a silent trial of emails, I was returned to the ethernet with an 'cause unfounded' verdict.
Such a relief for some to have me silenced for a short time.
I may have something more to say soon, and I am looking forward to saying it.
Just a heads up to the 'culprit.'
I may be silenced for a while, however, I am determined to rant and rave as I can, if not here - then at a new site.
This site has been a hassle from the beginning, and I am once again searching for one that will not be so addled by political correctness.
I will stop with a simple saying that I found at the very beginning of my latest read:
"Enchantment and Exploitation"
William deBuys
"... in an unforgiving environment, small errors yield large consequences."
If that doesn't get your head started, you are eating a different word experience than I am.
Ever get in a taxicab with a thinker?
I had a self proclaimed preacher of some esoteric denomination of his own 'creation' that lighted incense in the backseat of the cab to "cleanse the sins" of what undoubtedly had happened in the cab before he ever sat his sorry ass on the clean seats.
The incense burned only as long as it took me to pull over and toss it into the roadway.
He was beside it in an instant and I was gone about two seconds later.
Whew, I didn't think I would ever get the air cleared out. Smelled like China Town San Francisco for days.
He got a short free ride, and so have you here.
Fare not collected, as it is time to pull over and think of something such as:
"... in an unforgiving environment, small errors yield large consequences."
CABBY
Thursday, May 21, 2009
'Too much' and 'Too little'
'Too much' and 'Too little'
I said last posting that I would talk about: "What are you pretending not to know".
Here it is:
Too much
How can we have too much when we create what we have?
Too many bills?
Too long at work?
Too many 'friends' that only send jokes or chain messages without a personal note?
Too many demands on your time?
Too many chores?
Too many health issues?
Too many mean drivers?
You get the idea.
Change your intent.
Results are measured by successfully carrying out your intent.
Change your intent until you get the results you want.
Too little
See how little you can get along with.
Too little money?
Too little time? (Now there is a common excuse!)
Too little love?
Too little conversation?
Too little enjoyment?
Change your intent.
Results are measured by successfully carrying out your intent.
Change your intent until you get the results you want.
I said last posting that I would talk about: "What are you pretending not to know".
There it is.
Just change your intent, and the results will change. Period.
The best example of this in my cab owner/driver days:
Ted came to work and said it was going to be a slow day, because it was Saturday of the weekend and payday was Tuesday. He asked if he could take the day off.
I replied that if he would just go out with the intent to make a pile of money, he would change the day for himself.
He went out to the airport and picked up a fare that he drove to Fairbanks, and made about $450 for himself. A regular good day was about $130.00 for a day.
You see, it was COLD in Fairbanks and the ice fog was THICK. Airport shut down.
Being a smart cab driver, he went out to the airport in Fairbanks and went into the bar and said to the bar tender that he would drive any two people to Anchorage for individual fares of $150 each. He had a bidding war and collected $200 each from three women.
All in all he grossed about $900 that day for a slow day.
Intent. Opportunity. Fortune. Attitude.
You choose.
Fare is paid for this ride. Ted got so drunk celebrating that night after returning to Anchorage, that he called me about 3:30 a.m.and I took him home in the same cab for free.
He never missed the chanced to drive a shift again.
Oh yeah, I made about $100 for the short shift I drove that night after Ted got back to Anchorage.
Intent.
CABBY
I said last posting that I would talk about: "What are you pretending not to know".
Here it is:
Too much
How can we have too much when we create what we have?
Too many bills?
Too long at work?
Too many 'friends' that only send jokes or chain messages without a personal note?
Too many demands on your time?
Too many chores?
Too many health issues?
Too many mean drivers?
You get the idea.
Change your intent.
Results are measured by successfully carrying out your intent.
Change your intent until you get the results you want.
Too little
See how little you can get along with.
Too little money?
Too little time? (Now there is a common excuse!)
Too little love?
Too little conversation?
Too little enjoyment?
Change your intent.
Results are measured by successfully carrying out your intent.
Change your intent until you get the results you want.
I said last posting that I would talk about: "What are you pretending not to know".
There it is.
Just change your intent, and the results will change. Period.
The best example of this in my cab owner/driver days:
Ted came to work and said it was going to be a slow day, because it was Saturday of the weekend and payday was Tuesday. He asked if he could take the day off.
I replied that if he would just go out with the intent to make a pile of money, he would change the day for himself.
He went out to the airport and picked up a fare that he drove to Fairbanks, and made about $450 for himself. A regular good day was about $130.00 for a day.
You see, it was COLD in Fairbanks and the ice fog was THICK. Airport shut down.
Being a smart cab driver, he went out to the airport in Fairbanks and went into the bar and said to the bar tender that he would drive any two people to Anchorage for individual fares of $150 each. He had a bidding war and collected $200 each from three women.
All in all he grossed about $900 that day for a slow day.
Intent. Opportunity. Fortune. Attitude.
You choose.
Fare is paid for this ride. Ted got so drunk celebrating that night after returning to Anchorage, that he called me about 3:30 a.m.and I took him home in the same cab for free.
He never missed the chanced to drive a shift again.
Oh yeah, I made about $100 for the short shift I drove that night after Ted got back to Anchorage.
Intent.
CABBY
Friday, May 8, 2009
Disagree - Agree - "Nuts." / Nutty
Disagree - Agree - "Nuts."/Nutty
Definitions for this blog:
Disagree
Webster: 1. to differ in opinion; 2.to have an unpleasant effect.
Agree
Webster: CONCEDE (Websters caps not mine)
"Nuts."
In Webster the closest thing is nutty.
Nutty
Webster: mentally unbalanced.
The blog:
Isn't it interesting that people have a shared experience and not agree about what it was?
Friends can be moved to a limbo of limited, selfish, unforgiving, rigid, huffy, blaming, accusing, small minded 'non friend' (NF) status over the stupidest of things.
One person chooses NF; the other is stuck in confusion.
A self chosen limiting view of another person most often is the cause for these NF breakdowns.
I have been on the edge of this kind of bad choice because of what I observe as self centered unbending closed minded smallness way too many times to list.
Why is it that the choice to limit their view has to be the choice; instead of choosing an open dialog an eventual agreement and realization that the event, issue, or occurrence occurred in the past?
The present is now.
All of the hurt feelings, indignation, 'I was wronged' thoughts, the unforgiving occurred in the past. Why do people hang on to that crap?
What is the reward for keeping that alive in your life when it is healthier, easier and more fun to just move forward and laugh at ourselves?
I sometimes become 'mired in' trying to locate the reward for this kind of childish pettiness and negative choice.
I am guilty of some of this. When it is pointed out to me, or when I see it, I just plain say: "Nuts." "I am over that and attempt to repair any damage I can."
I just was confronted with an example where it took me 10 months to get to that point. I thankfully was confronted by the other person, in person. The resulting conversation revealed that I am now 'clear' with them. I have apologized, that has been acknowledged and the air is clear. How hard was that? "Nuts."
I however seem to be stuck with being on the edge of some one else's pettiness and insecurity and their choice to hang onto the past.
Being on the edge in this case really has taught me that:
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen -
There will be something solid on which to stand
or
you will be taught to fly."
Today I am standing firmly on the side of
Let go of "disagree."
I hate not getting to fly! If only there was "agree"?
(The next blog): "What is it you pretend not to know?"
Cab fare was picked up by Rebecca Grace Jones - in 2004
CABBY
Definitions for this blog:
Disagree
Webster: 1. to differ in opinion; 2.to have an unpleasant effect.
Agree
Webster: CONCEDE (Websters caps not mine)
"Nuts."
In Webster the closest thing is nutty.
Nutty
Webster: mentally unbalanced.
The blog:
Isn't it interesting that people have a shared experience and not agree about what it was?
Friends can be moved to a limbo of limited, selfish, unforgiving, rigid, huffy, blaming, accusing, small minded 'non friend' (NF) status over the stupidest of things.
One person chooses NF; the other is stuck in confusion.
A self chosen limiting view of another person most often is the cause for these NF breakdowns.
I have been on the edge of this kind of bad choice because of what I observe as self centered unbending closed minded smallness way too many times to list.
Why is it that the choice to limit their view has to be the choice; instead of choosing an open dialog an eventual agreement and realization that the event, issue, or occurrence occurred in the past?
The present is now.
All of the hurt feelings, indignation, 'I was wronged' thoughts, the unforgiving occurred in the past. Why do people hang on to that crap?
What is the reward for keeping that alive in your life when it is healthier, easier and more fun to just move forward and laugh at ourselves?
I sometimes become 'mired in' trying to locate the reward for this kind of childish pettiness and negative choice.
I am guilty of some of this. When it is pointed out to me, or when I see it, I just plain say: "Nuts." "I am over that and attempt to repair any damage I can."
I just was confronted with an example where it took me 10 months to get to that point. I thankfully was confronted by the other person, in person. The resulting conversation revealed that I am now 'clear' with them. I have apologized, that has been acknowledged and the air is clear. How hard was that? "Nuts."
I however seem to be stuck with being on the edge of some one else's pettiness and insecurity and their choice to hang onto the past.
Being on the edge in this case really has taught me that:
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen -
There will be something solid on which to stand
or
you will be taught to fly."
Today I am standing firmly on the side of
Let go of "disagree."
I hate not getting to fly! If only there was "agree"?
(The next blog): "What is it you pretend not to know?"
Cab fare was picked up by Rebecca Grace Jones - in 2004
CABBY
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Call you - me
Ever think of someone while walking to your gate at the airport?
or
While waiting for your coffee to cool while in Starbucks?
or
While waiting for the car at a fast lube store?
or
While having a craft brew in a local brewery?
or
???
Ever want to hear form someone who hasn't called?
Well, place yourself in their shoes. (See top three lines).
Pick up the phone, or cell, blackberry, iphone, vonage, or even your keyboard and:
"Commence firing!" (Dail the thing!)
Communicate, commit and care.
Just know that I was thinking of you right now, and picked up the keyboard. I used the cell yesterday, and the cell again last night. You know it caused me no pain and cost you no cab fare.
Of course, I am so guilty of all of this that I still have some to call tomorrow...
CABBY
or
While waiting for your coffee to cool while in Starbucks?
or
While waiting for the car at a fast lube store?
or
While having a craft brew in a local brewery?
or
???
Ever want to hear form someone who hasn't called?
Well, place yourself in their shoes. (See top three lines).
Pick up the phone, or cell, blackberry, iphone, vonage, or even your keyboard and:
"Commence firing!" (Dail the thing!)
Communicate, commit and care.
Just know that I was thinking of you right now, and picked up the keyboard. I used the cell yesterday, and the cell again last night. You know it caused me no pain and cost you no cab fare.
Of course, I am so guilty of all of this that I still have some to call tomorrow...
CABBY
Monday, May 4, 2009
Gardening
Work.
Rewards.
Flowers.
Vegetables.
Snails,
Birds,
Fungus,
Drought,
Hail,
Shade.
I love it all.
I look forward to the planting season. I have planted corn, peas, squash all together in a shared plot.
I have some planters (pots) planted, with a few to do still.
I have lawn to nurse through what looks like an underground assault of ???
Trees have been thinned and pruned.
Hedge is ready to fill in after serious pruning.
Roses fed, beds weeded, and all are well watered.
Tomatoes and onions in the ground.
Anticipation of an abundant flower show; food on the vine. (nothing tastes as good)
Pleasant times just watching the development while pinching back, watering, mowing and cleaning.
Bouquets through the house. Yummy to my nose!
Ah, gardening - a satisfying way to plan for the future while staying in the present.
Why did we leave the old family farm?
Weeds are the compost (3 comppost bins) of the growing season through the fall - which comes all too soon.
Maybe I ought to look for a house with a larger place to farm, not garden?
No!
I have it perfectly arranged as it is now.
I can blame the failures on flower beds too shaded, the slugs, the drought, and just let the garden use my spare time.
All without a single seed catalog!
Come on by in a few days, (60+/-) and enjoy a fresh yellow pear tomato or two fresh on the vine. Ever smell a lightly crushed tomato plant leaf. One of the best smells on the planet.
No cab fare for visiting the garden.
CABBY
Rewards.
Flowers.
Vegetables.
Snails,
Birds,
Fungus,
Drought,
Hail,
Shade.
I love it all.
I look forward to the planting season. I have planted corn, peas, squash all together in a shared plot.
I have some planters (pots) planted, with a few to do still.
I have lawn to nurse through what looks like an underground assault of ???
Trees have been thinned and pruned.
Hedge is ready to fill in after serious pruning.
Roses fed, beds weeded, and all are well watered.
Tomatoes and onions in the ground.
Anticipation of an abundant flower show; food on the vine. (nothing tastes as good)
Pleasant times just watching the development while pinching back, watering, mowing and cleaning.
Bouquets through the house. Yummy to my nose!
Ah, gardening - a satisfying way to plan for the future while staying in the present.
Why did we leave the old family farm?
Weeds are the compost (3 comppost bins) of the growing season through the fall - which comes all too soon.
Maybe I ought to look for a house with a larger place to farm, not garden?
No!
I have it perfectly arranged as it is now.
I can blame the failures on flower beds too shaded, the slugs, the drought, and just let the garden use my spare time.
All without a single seed catalog!
Come on by in a few days, (60+/-) and enjoy a fresh yellow pear tomato or two fresh on the vine. Ever smell a lightly crushed tomato plant leaf. One of the best smells on the planet.
No cab fare for visiting the garden.
CABBY
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Swine flu information day-to-day
To learn the latest about swine flu, without all of the "news" hype
visit:
http://www.who.int/en/
I typed in simply who to search and was connected directly with this site.
Again, I have the windows up, and the fan turned off. I am taking no fares, as yet, so I cannot charge a cab fare.
Whew! I better find a car wash and get a shower...
CABBY
visit:
http://www.who.int/en/
I typed in simply who to search and was connected directly with this site.
Again, I have the windows up, and the fan turned off. I am taking no fares, as yet, so I cannot charge a cab fare.
Whew! I better find a car wash and get a shower...
CABBY
Monday, April 27, 2009
Swine flu update of facts
Here is the latest info on swine flu. A FAQ if you are interested.
GENEVA – A swine flu outbreak that appears to have caused fatalities in humans in Mexico and nonfatal cases in the United States prompted the World Health Organization this weekend to urge countries around the world to be alert for suspicious cases of influenza.
WHO chief Margaret Chan says the global body is taking the outbreak very seriously, though comparisons with the 1918 epidemic are premature.
Here are some facts about swine flu:
Q. What is swine flu?
A. Swine flu is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease normally found in pigs. It spreads through tiny particles in the air or by direct contact. According to WHO it tends to infect large numbers of a given pig population, killing between 1 and 4 percent of those affected. Not every animal infected displays symptoms.
Q. Where do outbreaks occur?
A. Swine flu is considered endemic in the United States, and outbreaks in pigs have also been reported elsewhere in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of eastern Asia.
Q. How do humans contract the virus?
A. People usually become infected through contact with pigs, though some cases of LIMITED human-to-human transmission have been reported.
Q. Is it safe to eat pork products?
A. WHO says properly handled and prepared pork products are safe to eat. The swine flu virus dies when cooked at temperatures of 160°F/70°C or higher.
Q. How high is the risk of a pandemic?
A. Since the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and U.S. Were identified, the risk of a pandemic has increased. Health officials worry the swine flu might develop into a form easily spread among humans. To do this, it could combine with a human flu virus or mutate on its own into a transmissible form. Experts worry that the more the virus circulates, the more likely a pandemic strain will emerge. But there is no way to predict when a pandemic strain will develop.
Q. Does a vaccine exist?
A. Pigs in North America are routinely vaccinated for swine flu, but no vaccine exists for humans. In any case, the flu virus evolves quickly, meaning that vaccines are soon obsolete. Health officials say there is no suggestion that the vaccine prepared for seasonal flu will protect against swine flu.
While people who are given the seasonal flu vaccine will probably be not protected against swine flu, it may prevent them from getting the seasonal flu. If they are then infected with swine flu, that reduces the possibility of the two flus mixing in that person to create a potential pandemic strain.
Q. What other treatment is there?
A. The swine flu virus detected in Mexico and the United States appears to respond to treatment with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). In terms of prevention, maintaining good hygiene, for example regular hand-washing and staying a safe distance from those infected, may help.
There is no cab fare, as I am riding around with the fan off and the windows rolled up - alone.
CABBY
GENEVA – A swine flu outbreak that appears to have caused fatalities in humans in Mexico and nonfatal cases in the United States prompted the World Health Organization this weekend to urge countries around the world to be alert for suspicious cases of influenza.
WHO chief Margaret Chan says the global body is taking the outbreak very seriously, though comparisons with the 1918 epidemic are premature.
Here are some facts about swine flu:
Q. What is swine flu?
A. Swine flu is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease normally found in pigs. It spreads through tiny particles in the air or by direct contact. According to WHO it tends to infect large numbers of a given pig population, killing between 1 and 4 percent of those affected. Not every animal infected displays symptoms.
Q. Where do outbreaks occur?
A. Swine flu is considered endemic in the United States, and outbreaks in pigs have also been reported elsewhere in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of eastern Asia.
Q. How do humans contract the virus?
A. People usually become infected through contact with pigs, though some cases of LIMITED human-to-human transmission have been reported.
Q. Is it safe to eat pork products?
A. WHO says properly handled and prepared pork products are safe to eat. The swine flu virus dies when cooked at temperatures of 160°F/70°C or higher.
Q. How high is the risk of a pandemic?
A. Since the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and U.S. Were identified, the risk of a pandemic has increased. Health officials worry the swine flu might develop into a form easily spread among humans. To do this, it could combine with a human flu virus or mutate on its own into a transmissible form. Experts worry that the more the virus circulates, the more likely a pandemic strain will emerge. But there is no way to predict when a pandemic strain will develop.
Q. Does a vaccine exist?
A. Pigs in North America are routinely vaccinated for swine flu, but no vaccine exists for humans. In any case, the flu virus evolves quickly, meaning that vaccines are soon obsolete. Health officials say there is no suggestion that the vaccine prepared for seasonal flu will protect against swine flu.
While people who are given the seasonal flu vaccine will probably be not protected against swine flu, it may prevent them from getting the seasonal flu. If they are then infected with swine flu, that reduces the possibility of the two flus mixing in that person to create a potential pandemic strain.
Q. What other treatment is there?
A. The swine flu virus detected in Mexico and the United States appears to respond to treatment with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). In terms of prevention, maintaining good hygiene, for example regular hand-washing and staying a safe distance from those infected, may help.
There is no cab fare, as I am riding around with the fan off and the windows rolled up - alone.
CABBY
Sunday, April 26, 2009
This scratches the inside of my head
Why can a bank receive billions of dollars without collateral when a citizen has to provide collateral?
Using the same reference to funds:
The US Treasury loaned about $1,000,000 in a week in August 07.
The US Treasury loaned about $400,000,000,000 in a week in October 08
Is there really a separation between borrowing and face value?
Is there a reason I am paying only if I collateralize, and the bank can get money on a few words?
Is it true that the Chinese, Mexican, Russian, Philipine, Japanese, South Korean or you name a government do not have to collateralize?
NUTS.
Just get out of the cab, you are entitled to something for free. No fare, no worry.
CABBY
Using the same reference to funds:
The US Treasury loaned about $1,000,000 in a week in August 07.
The US Treasury loaned about $400,000,000,000 in a week in October 08
Is there really a separation between borrowing and face value?
Is there a reason I am paying only if I collateralize, and the bank can get money on a few words?
Is it true that the Chinese, Mexican, Russian, Philipine, Japanese, South Korean or you name a government do not have to collateralize?
NUTS.
Just get out of the cab, you are entitled to something for free. No fare, no worry.
CABBY
Friday, April 10, 2009
Changing times?
So what did you think of that video from last post? Didn't go there? It isn't too late to copy and paste the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
We need to get 'er done while we can.
Changing times?
Consider getting married vs. not getting married:
In the formative days of our country, marriage was something that people made it a point to do if they were going to live together. Sometimes they had to go to a great deal of trouble to get it done. Why'd they bother? I suspect there was a lot of problem with being a bastard. That is what they used to call children born out of wedlock. There was of course the 'Church" and all of its zeal. Also, there was the commitment.
Today, I hear weekly or more frequently, 'Why get married?'
'Why can't we get married?'
I observe that this question most frequently is related to becoming entitled to some 'benefit' or some such. I understand that there are relationship reasons also. However my observation for all of these years is that there is a financial reason among all of the other reasons.
So why do those who have been denied marriage want it and so many who are able to get married not interested?
Again - 'benefits' are usually in the mix.
The exception I observe to much of this, and I am not saying this is true for all; is that the rich and famous and those who are so unable to 'commit' say 'who needs to be married? Why get married? What purpose does it serve?'
Well, in MHO it is a sign of disrespect to not be married and to be having children. It is a slap in the face to the kids. It is a good thing for parents to be committed enough to suffer through the frights of marriage to raise kids.
That said, I find it deplorable that there are so many people, 'families', that have taken the bastard route for the 'benefits' and not taken the route to having kids that are full family members instead.
Some lawyers, judges, congresswomen and congressmen have created a social disease that makes it 'better' for people to live together and raise children that are bastards.
We can blame ourselves for not demanding that the law and rule makers and enforcers stop doing this to our society.
Hey, let's have an election and get some more of those twisted thinkers in there to see what else they can do wrong.
Be careful the next time you call one of them a bastard, you could just be right.
I once took a congress woman in my cab. She asked me to take her home. She was too drunk to tell me where she lived. She gave me her drivers license to get the address. Now I am not implying that they are all like that, however she is the one I came in contact with and it is like the blindfolded woman touching an elephant... it depends on what part of the elephant she touches, whether she thinks it is a prospective date, or an old orange... The congress woman was an orange for me.
Hope you enjoyed the ride.
The cab fare is charged to the government, they are the only ones besides my brother who have any money these days. I salute my brother. I will not start on the Treasury Department.
CABBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
We need to get 'er done while we can.
Changing times?
Consider getting married vs. not getting married:
In the formative days of our country, marriage was something that people made it a point to do if they were going to live together. Sometimes they had to go to a great deal of trouble to get it done. Why'd they bother? I suspect there was a lot of problem with being a bastard. That is what they used to call children born out of wedlock. There was of course the 'Church" and all of its zeal. Also, there was the commitment.
Today, I hear weekly or more frequently, 'Why get married?'
'Why can't we get married?'
I observe that this question most frequently is related to becoming entitled to some 'benefit' or some such. I understand that there are relationship reasons also. However my observation for all of these years is that there is a financial reason among all of the other reasons.
So why do those who have been denied marriage want it and so many who are able to get married not interested?
Again - 'benefits' are usually in the mix.
The exception I observe to much of this, and I am not saying this is true for all; is that the rich and famous and those who are so unable to 'commit' say 'who needs to be married? Why get married? What purpose does it serve?'
Well, in MHO it is a sign of disrespect to not be married and to be having children. It is a slap in the face to the kids. It is a good thing for parents to be committed enough to suffer through the frights of marriage to raise kids.
That said, I find it deplorable that there are so many people, 'families', that have taken the bastard route for the 'benefits' and not taken the route to having kids that are full family members instead.
Some lawyers, judges, congresswomen and congressmen have created a social disease that makes it 'better' for people to live together and raise children that are bastards.
We can blame ourselves for not demanding that the law and rule makers and enforcers stop doing this to our society.
Hey, let's have an election and get some more of those twisted thinkers in there to see what else they can do wrong.
Be careful the next time you call one of them a bastard, you could just be right.
I once took a congress woman in my cab. She asked me to take her home. She was too drunk to tell me where she lived. She gave me her drivers license to get the address. Now I am not implying that they are all like that, however she is the one I came in contact with and it is like the blindfolded woman touching an elephant... it depends on what part of the elephant she touches, whether she thinks it is a prospective date, or an old orange... The congress woman was an orange for me.
Hope you enjoyed the ride.
The cab fare is charged to the government, they are the only ones besides my brother who have any money these days. I salute my brother. I will not start on the Treasury Department.
CABBY
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Pay attention here! - please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
Give this a try when you think you are someone else.
I am still right here.
What have I become?
dh CABBY
Give this a try when you think you are someone else.
I am still right here.
What have I become?
dh CABBY
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