tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post5203135779727592517..comments2023-10-02T01:53:29.451-06:00Comments on Naval Air Cowman: Costs, consequences, trade-offsPrairieAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-51343479695068162792020-10-24T17:39:25.686-06:002020-10-24T17:39:25.686-06:00Excellent! (and just exactly where did the last tw...Excellent! (and just exactly where did the last two days go?...) <br />Good to hear it, and you’re totally welcome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-36574516371457838602020-10-24T16:19:43.142-06:002020-10-24T16:19:43.142-06:00Thanks Mark, and thanks for the update. It's s...Thanks Mark, and thanks for the update. It's so easy for me to think my stuff is all the stuff in the world. I'm so pleased that your wife is on the road to recovery. What a blessing for you guys. I'm sending thoughts and prayers and best wishes.<br /><br />I continue to make good progress with my back and I'm having a ball. It can be a lot of work and sometimes I whine about the pain but compared to so very many people the thought that my position is complaint-worthy is laughable! I will do my best to stay safe and well and I will keep on livin' until they throw my carcass in the incinerator. You folks stay safe and well also.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-74746147128443967472020-10-24T11:23:42.077-06:002020-10-24T11:23:42.077-06:00Hi. Still here and still keeping you and yours in ...Hi. Still here and still keeping you and yours in thoughts and prayers. We were out of town for a couple of months while my wife had major low back surgery, follow up visits and started on the road to recovery. All things considered, your path to wellness sounds like more fun. Her condition is degenerative so her options are limited. Stay safe and well and keep on livin'.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-54235462995943417812020-10-22T05:32:23.997-06:002020-10-22T05:32:23.997-06:00Yes it is, for certain values of okay.
Thanks!Yes it is, for certain values of okay.<br /><br />Thanks!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-19735284823546747352020-10-22T00:05:50.214-06:002020-10-22T00:05:50.214-06:00Hey! Everything OK? (well, relatively speaking, I ...Hey! Everything OK? (well, relatively speaking, I mean...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-76728259288831337532020-10-20T05:25:59.532-06:002020-10-20T05:25:59.532-06:00Ah, that'll be cool! The weather is supposed t...Ah, that'll be cool! The weather is supposed to be nice so I'll likely be out there grinding out some hills. I'll be listening. Maybe we'll hear/see each other for a fleeting moment, maybe not. It's the thought that counts in something like that and I greatly appreciate the gesture!<br /><br />Enjoy your batshit crazy journey! Life is for livin'.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-9621832027040060232020-10-20T05:22:12.085-06:002020-10-20T05:22:12.085-06:00I spent my entire life knowing intellectually abou...I spent my entire life knowing intellectually about such things and thinking I understood them. The actual experience of losing my soulmate is so different than what I thought I understood that it's not even in the same universe. As much as it sucks I think this is the way it's supposed to be. If nothing else it helps me understand how big and vital my love is and how blessed I am to be able to love that woman unconditionally. The treasures are treasures.<br /><br />Thanks Skip.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-47791978048864510432020-10-20T05:16:04.349-06:002020-10-20T05:16:04.349-06:00We're part of a universe where the laws of the...We're part of a universe where the laws of thermodynamics hold sway. To use a poker analogy, you can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game. We're all -- and everything in the universe is -- matter/energy. So every moment is a swirling mass of energy trades, taking concentrated energy, using a bit of it to exist, and giving it back to the universe in a less concentrated form. So even at the most basic level of existence everything has a cost. My I do blather on, don't I?<br /><br />The misunderstanding of reality is always a choice, a conscious decision. As a society I'd have to rate our collective level of disreality "very high." Somebody pass me that joint!<br /><br />Thanks Sarge. My batshit crazy is a new norm and I'm getting comfortable in that place. Which I think is fine so long as I don't get too comfortable...PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-92042283185157948232020-10-19T21:17:55.558-06:002020-10-19T21:17:55.558-06:00BTW, if you hear a car horn on I-80 sometime Wedne...BTW, if you hear a car horn on I-80 sometime Wednesday afternoon, it's me.<br />MB and I are driving with her sister-in-law to Ohio because we're batshit crazy.<br />Then we'll fly home next Monday.<br /><br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-30740459676863147362020-10-19T21:14:44.103-06:002020-10-19T21:14:44.103-06:00I know just what you mean by national treasures.
T...I know just what you mean by national treasures.<br />There are two on top of the bookcase behind me.<br />MB has one or two around here, too.<br />They mean little to anyone else, but we understand.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-83412761113662877912020-10-19T05:50:52.007-06:002020-10-19T05:50:52.007-06:00One man's batshit crazy is another's norma...One man's batshit crazy is another's normal mode of operation. It's all relative.<br /><br />As to the basic rules of economics, you charge what the market will bear, if no one buys it, you lower the price or you find another business. It's pretty simple really, I don't understand why people don't get that. Prolly because they think the gubmint should do everything for them.<br /><br />Everything has a cost, everything.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-89445833040611672212020-10-19T04:24:07.717-06:002020-10-19T04:24:07.717-06:00So that's how the used car thing is done! ;-)
...So that's how the used car thing is done! ;-)<br /><br />It's pretty much impossible to deal with such folks on a human-human basis because they know that you are simply an object and not an actual person. It's a little (lot, really) scary, because they put the psycho in psychopathy. Their numbers seem to be growing as more and more people outsource their minds and souls to the tee-vee/mediatainment metroplex. The seeming increase may be an illusion; could be the numbers are the same but the psychos are less shy about showing their colors in today's societal milieu.<br /><br />Thanks Frank.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-82658060605768561902020-10-18T22:08:28.436-06:002020-10-18T22:08:28.436-06:00"
In this world view, they should get what th..."<br />In this world view, they should get what they want because they want it, and they should be able to keep all their cash, too."<br /><br />In my many years of selling cars and trucks, these were the people that received my extra attention. For most customers who just wanted to buy a car, I wasn't particularly greedy. We could always get more cars; we couldn't always get more customers.<br /><br />For those "special" customers, I extracted every red cent I could get. Those rodeos could last hours and their innate nastiness would be on display. For them alone, I was the stereotypical sleazy car salesman. Done right, they left the lot thinking they won while we, in the back room, exchanged high fives.<br />Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com