In The Year 2525

On the way home this evening the radio played the old song that starts 'in the year 2525'. Part of the lyrics says that every thing you do, think and say is in the pill you took today. I actually enjoy this song and have heard it many, many times. Today it finally dawned on me that they were singing about a liberal utopia.

Still Waiting For "Blood in The Streets" to Show

According to the attorney general, we now have 250,000+ people in Ohio licensed to carry concealed, from a population of about 11.5 million. The stats say that Less than one-half of one percent of all CHLs have ever been revoked for any reason, including death or moving out of state. We sure are a blood thirsty, out of control group.

OOps !!

The first day we spent at the new, little, house we were visited by our one and only neighbor. A very nice widow lady came and introduced herself, interrupting our vine removal work. And then a local police cruiser pulled up. There were 2 cops in the car, just sitting there staring.

So I walked over and introduced myself. They recorded my name and the name of the previous owner, then left. This last weekend, while I was working in the basement, the Boss had police visitors both days. All total, in 3 separate days, we met 5 cops all from the same township police force. And non of them knew ahead of time that the vacant house had new owners. They certainly have very poor reporting practices. At least they were keeping an eye on the place.

After I talked to the first 2, and they left, I remembered that I was carrying. It's easy to forget about the 45 under my shirt when it's been there all day. In Ohio we're required by law to inform any LEO we encounter that we have a license and whether or not we have a weapon. I forgot. OOps!

Mixed Results

Once the new Ohio law reducing the collective bargaining rights of public workers got on the ballot, it was doomed. This state is overflowing with old/ex union workers primarily from the automotive industry. These people support unions, no matter what happens.

I was encouraged to see that the state constitutional amendment was approved. It says that no citizen of the state can be compelled to buy health insurance. That was a state slap on the face of Obamacare. I wish we would strike down the state mandated auto insurance, wearing seat belts and motorcycle helmets. Government, at any level, needs to get out of our lives.

Not Sure I Even Care

I have no idea whether Cain has been guilty of sexual harassment or not. frankly it wouldn't surprise me if at least some of it isn't true. In today's politically correct world it's hard not to offend somebody, at least some time. I also wouldn't be at all surprised if the competition, donkey people, didn't put somebody up to making false claims. After all, some of them are guilty of voter fraud.

And besides, why should this even bother most people? So far he isn't guilty of having sex in the white house with somebody other than his wife.

Stiff & Sore

Saturday I helped the eldest son install some in ground drain pipe, move locations of 2 down spouts and set some posts for a privacy fence.

Then Sunday we were at the new & smaller house pulling vines off the brickwork, the adopted grandson and me. The entire end of the attached garage was covered from ground to roof, and partway around the corners. The Boss spent the afternoon demolishing 6 foot weeds from flower beds.

It seems that most of my spare time, for quite a while will be spent fighting empty house neglect and doing some modifications.

Finally

We closed on our new home this afternoon, finally. The realtor actually said that ours was actually one of the easier ones. It only took 5 weeks. If I was the one handling things from our end, I would've thrown in the towel 2 weeks ago. The Boss is an angel, or at least more interested in the new place than I am.

So now, for a while anyway, we have 2 homes. The larger one is paid for, and the smaller one with a mortgage. Eventually, probably in the spring and after another garage sale, we'll be moving into the smaller house.

After the larger place sells, we'll have a tax issue. How to avoid a spike in income due to the extra money.

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Tomorrow instead of playing paintball, I'll be helping the eldest erect some privacy fence. Then Sunday to the new place. There are some things that home owners insurance insists we do, and then do some preparation work for some things that we want to do before moving.