People are so weird and hard to understand, what in the world could possess someones mind and cause them to murder their spouse then dismember them or to do that to anyone simply boggles the mind. Haven’t these people heard of divorce? Granted divorce can be just as messy, but at least both parties get to live. Can you imagine the time it must have taken to pull all of this poor young woman’s teeth out? Holy Crap! I’m referring to Jenkins/Fiore.

The suicide rate alone in my area has doubled from last year and that’s not counting all the murder suicides that weird people take it upon themselves to rid the world of loved ones or even strangers then take their own lives. It’s one thing if you want to leave this world, but damn it, it’s not your right to take others with you. No wonder I hate watching the news and like to be alone except for Bill of course.

I guess you can’t live your life locked away from people, but we can certainly watch out for violent tendencies and there are usually signs that point to a persons temperament. Most people think these things will never happen to them, but who knows when a person’s mind might snap even mild mannered people that you would never think would even hurt a fly have gone off the deep end and leave you wondering why?

Enough about weird people.

It’s been kind of rainy around our part of the world and we had some high winds the other night that did some damage in some areas. Bill finds it funny that the newest hurrican is named after him, I don’t think I’ve ever had one named after me although I can be pretty windy at times.

This is my second week without having a drink and I feel every ache and pain this poor old body has been trying to deaden. I have always liked to indulge in the cocktail hour, but with events this past year I have over indulged and now my liver hurts so I’m giving it a break.

I always gain weight when I drink and when I stop I lose it. I had one lady a few years back ask me what my secret was for losing weight and I told her I stopped drinking. She seemed so disappointed because I didn’t give her a magic answer because she doesn’t drink so my solution wouldn’t help her.

Last night we babysat Nate and Natalie and Pappy finally got a chance to bond with the newest Granddaughter. She’s so comical and very serious, but we had a very enjoyable 2 hours while their parents had a nice dinner date and time alone. Today we dogsat for Bills’ Son and again tomorrow, the one dog, Otis can be a real pain sometimes.

This is not really a post about anything I just write what I feel like so at a future date I can go back and read where I was or what I might have been doing at some particular point in time. Well, it’s late and my body hurts so I’m going to bed hopefully I wont have a nightmare tonight, dang I miss my cocktail.

The Harley plant in York, PA may be history soon according to our paper, officials are looking at 4 possible new areas in different states they may possibly be moving to. That means over 2,000 more workers will be in the unemployment line. I don’t think I want to debate unions, but in this case I think the unions around here are greedy and not really looking out for it’s members. Yes, workers should have rights and feel like they have a leg to stand on when they go up against management, but you can’t feed your family if you push too hard and run these companies away.

The union did it to Caterpillar in York back in 1996 and now we have the same thing happening to the York Harley plant.That plant is one of the most coveted places to work around here and these union officials and members as far as I’m concerned are fricking idiots. Do I have friends that work there?  Yes I do!  Do I think they are greedy and idiots?  Yes I do!  Will I tell them that to their face?  Only if they ask me what I think about the situation! Will York be a ghost town soon? Many businesses have already shut down and a lot of events that helped our economy no longer take place.

Ed Rendell is even getting rid of PA government employees, he has no fricking budget and can’t even pay them, some have been working without pay for quite a while. Who knows maybe the whole PA state will fold under this Governor. Maybe along with trying to sale the turnpike he’ll negotiate to sell the whole state. That was an attempt at humor by the way. Our country has so much compared to others and we take way too much for granted, especially the Harley union workers right now as far as I’m concerned.

I hope they still have York Bike Week this year, but if they move it may all stop, even bike night in downtown York. This event in September draws bikers from all over and really gives our local economy a boost, the Harley Plant is the big sponsor of this event. We have noticed over the past couple years that it seems to be dwindling, even the parade through town seems to be getting shorter. There was talk about fining people with loud pipes a couple years ago, but I haven’t heard anything lately about that plan.

We have always enjoyed York Bike Night in past years, but it’s no longer the same. Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend, take care and be safe.

I’m thinking about a contest, but apparently that’s as far as I get because I simply don’t know how to get started or what I want to give away. Of course I have lots of ec’s, but I want to figure out something special that people would actually want. I’m not very artsy or crafty so making something wonderful is a bad idea. I have lots of “stuff” that I’ve collected over the years that I could sort through and decide on something that I value. I could donate my time for a beauty session perm, cut, facial, manicure and yes I do have a current Cosmetology licence.

Nope the last one wouldn’t be a good idea because I’m certainly not going to pay for air travel any where any time soon nor could I fly anyone to my home nor would I want to. You might say I’m not a very trusting person when it comes to strangers although Bill does have guns and wouldn’t hesitate to use them. Personally I have met many online friends and I must have been one very lucky and incredibly stupid person to risk going out of state to do so or I just didn’t care if I lived or not or I was too trusting at the time.

What would be a good idea for a contest? I would appreciate any and all input, I have lots of e-books and how to do books that I’ve gotten online many with resell rights, but I don’t know if any of the guest that stop by here would be interested in those. I would prefer ec credits and some of my treasures or so they are to me. Maybe I’ll take some pictures of the things I have in mind and you can let me know what would be appealing.

Of course I would need sponsors and figure out how to get lots of people involved for a chance of winning. Dang that sounds like an awful lot of work maybe I should just keep thinking about it a while longer. At any rate the weekend is almost here again and today is bean day for Bill and my Brother, they do love those pinto beans and cornbread. It’s also hair cutting day for my Brother and Bill so I better get a move on.