Oh, God! Why are you reading this?

I swear there's a staff of 10,000 full time experts hired to figure out ways to irk me. And they're quite good at i. I want a just-the-right blanket so I'm cool in summer, but still kind of warm. I was told get an all cotton blanket. So you think go online and order one, but getting one can be a week or two down the line. I want my blankie, tonight.

Tried online to the local stores. They have millions of blankets. I click the filter for "pick up, today". I get all these blankets, they're all "in Stock". How in the hell can you be "In Stock", when you have 0 of 0 IN STOCK??? You check out a blanket, get the right color and size, and click on "In stock, pick up today", and a red window comes up "out of Stock". The blanket cost $99, but there's a discount with this code- down to $60. Then there 's another discount- down to $46. So, if I would have just paid what the 'basket' price, I would have over paid by $53 ??????????
 

Still a little peeved about the "in stock" nonsense. Got a lot to do today. I finished the book about Penn. archeology. What is weird, when you read about Egyptian life a thousand years before the Pyramids, it was identical to Paleoindians. I love reading about the Egyptians- there was no such thing as too drunk, or stoned.
The doe was in the backyard with her fawn. I tried to get pics. The fawn is small, it barely can nurse. The damn thing runs around really fast. Frisky little thing. It runs faster than an adult deer. I've got lots of pics where the fawn just was. The few pics with the fawn in frame, it blends so well with the brush and trees, you wouldn't know that was a fawn.
 
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The other day, I tried to buy a blanket online, so I could pick it and use it. After clicking on "available for pick up, today", and putting codes, my address, etc, credit card numbers, it comes up "out of stock".
I stopped into Kohl's. There on the shelf was the exact blanket in the size and color I wanted, and it was the exact same price as with all the lousy codes.
 

It's chilly outside, and it's raining. I keep thinking about the little fawn in my backyard. It's only a few weeks old, and tiny. It sleeps about ten feet from the end of my yard. I'm used to seeing fawns that are half the size of an adult deer. This thing is the size of a small cat on stilts. And it can run. It's got to be doing 40-50 miles mph. That tiny thing can outrun any horse.
 
STILL trying to get a pic of the fawn. The doe & fawn were in the back yard, but they were always behind a tree, or something.
PET PEEVE # 40,144.
Tried to get pic of the fawn. Most of the time, you look at the phone and the camera comes on. But when you want a quick pic, emails from 3 years ago come up, the 'swipe' doesn't work, the phone locks you so you have to enter the code numbers, and by the time the camera does come on, the deer are gone.
I mowed the lawn yesterday. I'm proud of that. I never wanted a huge strip of grass- a massive green front lawn. I still have over a hundred trees on my lot. Mowing around them is grueling.
And I also found a great thing to do. Back in the 60s I used to blast my stereo. Today, I have an 800 watt amp and 5 Bose 901s. Well, I might as well use it. I love how the base thumps in my chest. An hour of the "greatest of the 60s" makes me ready for the world. BTW it's noon, and my nearest neighbor is about 400 feet away.
 
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I don't want to go into a big deal about my back, but activity irritates the nerves. The pain gets worse over 2-3 days after the activity. Mowing the lawn and bouncing on the tractor.... So today I'm taking it easy - ain't doing a damn thing.
My lot is on a hill that was formed after a glacier melted out millions of tons of rocks. It's the same glacier that formed Cape Cod. Every year the frost pushes up rocks, they get bigger and bigger till they're pushed out of the ground. I got a good crop of rocks coming up. It's hard trying to remember where there's rock hiding in the grass. This year there's a bumper crop.
 
My doc is a part of a "health care system". That means some big hospital network is trying to muscle all the other guys out. Now, when you call in for a script re-order, the "pod" gets the call. Last month the pod screwed up. Today, the voice from the pod didn't sound too promising. Do you ever get the feeling this is the very first day, and the very first call the pod clerk ever worked?
 
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I don't want to go into a big deal about my back, but activity irritates the nerves. The pain gets worse over 2-3 days after the activity. Mowing the lawn and bouncing on the tractor.... So today I'm taking it easy - ain't doing a damn thing.
My lot is on a hill that was formed after a glacier melted out millions of tons of rocks. It's the same glacier that formed Cape Cod. Every year the frost pushes up rocks, they get bigger and bigger till they're pushed out of the ground. I got a good crop of rocks coming up. It's hard trying to remember where there's rock hiding in the grass. This year there's a bumper crop.
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Hell have a u-=pick em up sale on rocks this summer!!!
 
Since I started blasting my stereo with 60s "Golden Oldies", everyday, I'm feeling better. It's the same as when I was a teen, and my parents were not home, but now I have a decent amp. Blasting is not the same as listening. Listening is background music, blasting is walls vibrating. I guess it's a guy thing. Everything seems brighter, when you hear the loud first notes of "MY song". Don't have any near neighbors.
 
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Since I started blasting my stereo with 60s "Golden Oldies", everyday, I'm feeling better. It's the same as when I was a teen, and my parents were not home, but now I have a decent amp. Blasting is not the same as listening. Listening is background music, blasting is walls vibrating. I guess it's a guy thing. Everything seems brighter, when you hear the loud first notes of "MY song". Don't have any near neighbors.
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I'll play the role of your neighbor... YO, FUZZ MAN TURN THAT BLASTED THING DOWN!!!! 🔊📢 🤣
 
No matter where I look, there's stuff I got to do. I got to clean out the shed, wash the car, fix the kitchen cupboard door that won't stay shut, etc., etc. Somehow you figure that since you're not working 8 hours a day anymore, there wouldn't be a screw loose or anything left to be cleaned. Today, I want to clean up all the yearly dead pine branches in my yard. Hopefully, it's supposed to rain. ;)
 
All my life I slept 6 hours a night, and was happy with that. Now, leading a high powered, go-go, stress filled retirement, I started to take naps. Then I had trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep. I've cut out naps. Last night, I went to bed 2AM, ( I'm definitely a 'night' person) got up at 8, feel great. Also, I've been messing around with my diet- really overloading on carbs, screwing up my diabetes. Bad. Bad. Bad. I don't want this to be a "woe is me" ramble. Yet, my back pain level determines most of my day.
BTW, I ranted about coupon codes when ordering stuff. I knew somebody was going to give a site where you get the codes. I have yet to get a true code form any of those sites. Twice this month, I used those find the coupon code sites, and nada. I got "outdated" and "unknown" for all the supposed codes.
 
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There are two fawns running around in the yard. And there's no way to get a pic of them- they are way too fast. It blows my mind that these fawns are so young and so agile.
Still recovering from mowing the lawn. And not taking naps is working out great. Today, I have to tackle cleaning the car windows, it's the sticky residue from all those pine trees and their spores.
I promised myself to cut down on spending. Ain't doing a good job. Something always comes up.
 
My pet, Charlie, is my iPhone. He sleeps next to me, and he's by my side all day long. Each morning while I'm eating breakfast, I feed Charlie electrons through a wire-they make him strong. Thankfully, there's no litter box. He does have 'apps', which are like fleas, once you get them it's hard to get rid of them. When I got Charlie, he was the pick of the litter, iPhone 13; now that he's gotten older, iPhone 16 is the top pet. Right now, Charlie is asleep getting updated, the white apple with the bite in it is on his screen. That's so cute.
 
Yesterday, was one of those hot, muggy summer days. At least my AC was chugging away. About 3, the sky just got black, and you knew it was a summer thunderstorm. It started to rain, more like Niagara Falls than a wispy rain cloud. It rained for about an hour. Then it dawned on that since it's raining, the UPS guy must have left a box on the porch. Yup, nothing smells better than soggy wet cardboard.
 
I have one of those walkers on wheels, that I use in the bathroom. It's old and the seat was falling apart. So I ordered and new one. They sent one and later send another????? Yeah, I'm keeping it.🤫 The cost of shipping it back is more than what I paid for it.
It's supposed to be in the high 80s today. I live on the Pocono Plateau which is 600 feet higher than the valley, so I'm always 6 degrees cooler. It's nice in summer, but hell in winter. Anyway, it's going to be hot and muddy, and I don't do well with that. I'm going to take full advantage of being retired. I'm not doing anything more strenuous than moving this heavy mouse around .And I'm going to enjoy it.
 
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I binge watched the National Geographic's channel programs on Ancient Egypt. I love Ancient Egypt. There isn't anything that Ancient Egyptians were complaining about that someone is online ranting about it, almost 5,000 years later. The "divisions" in the nation, government control and mismanagement, crime, "illegals", "the place is going to hell", unfriendly nations, on and on. The Egyptians had this reputation as having a superior work ethic, an extraordinary religious bent, and being a "nation of thieves".;)
 
I love to sleep in a cold room (66 F, 19.2C) underneath a bunch of blankets. That's hard to do in summer. But I do have AC. I jack up my AC till it's cold enough to get under the blankets. For some reason, I can't sleep with just a sheet over me. I know it's wasteful and kind of dumb, but if I want a good night's sleep I got to do it. My AC goes on in June and gets shut off in late Sept. Of course, I wear a sweater because it's chilly???????
In my defense, I never did claim to be sane, and there's lots of proof I'm not.
 
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I love to sleep in a cold room (66 F, 19.2C) underneath a bunch of blankets. That's hard to do in summer. But I do have AC. I jack up my AC till it's cold enough to get under the blankets. For some reason, I can't sleep with just a sheet over me. I know it's wasteful and kind of dumb, but if I want a good night's sleep I got to do it. My AC goes on in June and gets shut off in late Sept. Of course, I wear a sweater because it's chilly???????
In my defense, I never did claim to be sane, and there's lots of proof I'm not.
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I sleep better also with covers and AC down!
 
I'm a dyed in the wool liberal Democrat, my brother is a crummy Republican/Trump guy. I drive a Hyundai sedan; he drives a Ford pick up. I have electronic car windows, he got the old crank up windows. I've voted in every election. He says that since he lives in "Blue State"- Massachusetts, he's going to be out voted, so why vote. What gets me is that we are brothers, grew up in the same house, went to the same schools, both of us are very partisan, but with different parties.?????????
Older brothers are supposed to play pranks on their kid brothers. He's my heir. He gets everything I own, including that shed I've been cramming with stuff for the last 30 years. :ROFLMAO:
 
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I have one of those walkers on wheels, that I use in the bathroom. It's old and the seat was falling apart. So I ordered and new one.
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Medicare pays in full for new walkers every five years. Everyone I know has one, just in case they ever need one. Why do you pay when you don't have to?
 

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