And I'll never be allowed back into that Walmart.
July 20, 1969 I sat in the TV room in the Dorms for the Upward Bound summer school program @ Arizona Western College and watched Americans land on the moon. It was ... it was ... it was ... WOW!
I volunteered to be sent to the Moon as a colonist. Even did a report on "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" to prove I was somewhat knowledgeable about it. But, it didn't happen and we finally stopped going to the Moon at all. Shit. I would still go. Hell, I'd go on to Mars even if I knew for a fact I wasn't coming back alive. Just as long as I made it there and lived for awhile. (Later in the Navy I volunteered for the New Shuttle Program but wasn't accepted for that one either. Rather than say I was too stupid they went with educational deficiencies.)
Not a lot going on this week. Retired, you know. Mowed the back yard. That's a quarter acre down.
The Dump run. Took the land-plane to the trail around the back of the property.
My blueberry plants have decided to really produce this year so I have to pick blueberries every day or lose them to the birds. And it's still less than a simple $3 bag of frozen blueberry's at the store.
My one lonely grape plant, the plant that I stuck in the raised bed garden so it wouldn't die before I figured out where I wanted to plant it (7 years ago), has what looks to be 200 lbs of grapes hanging on it this year. Last year it produced about 30 lbs.
The tomato's didn't grow worth shit this year. Cucumbers are taking off. Potato's have gone crazy. Not a lot of peas this year. Bummer.
Wx was really nice, really warm, for a few days early in the week but turned out LOTS cooler and cloudier the past 3. Typical summer in Western WaRshington.
My neighbor says he'll sell me his 50ft man-lift for $12k. I'm seriously considering it. I do have a 53ft antenna tower I can't climb anymore...
Had that power outage last Wednesday night/Thursday morning. PUD3 turned the power back on around 0430 (I know because I was awake) and it dropped out only a couple of times early in the day. Getting the NAS up and running takes awhile! Damn.
But, it (the power outage) did get me off my ass and I ordered a Easylonger CPAP battery unit that'll run my CPAP for 23 hours at a time between recharges. Should be here today.
Low-grade headache with occasional flares to "My head hurts" continues. Head pounds when I bend over. No idea why. Starting to be irritating though. Don't take "NSAIDS" cause my kidneys are already damaged enough so Tylenol usually works in high enough doses. This getting old sucks. Ain't for the weak that's for sure.
Date Day last Friday of course. Best day of the week for me. We grabbed burgers at the burger place in Allyn and ate on the waterfront then walked the pier. Heard comments from some young people about the "old people holding hands" but we don't really pay any attention.
And what's life if you can't gross out some young people?