Today's Tids Issue 6,105
Not that hard:
Talk about wanting something badly... Wimbledon women’s finalist Karolina Muchova is seriously allergic to grass. Think about it.
I always thought Big Pharma was the leading lobbying organization for agriculture.
Elections are sacred to a strong, fair democracy. And there are just too many people messing with the purity of them these days. At least, that's the way it looks on paper. If you undercut the integrity associated with elections, you are moving towards apathy and finally well on your way to chaos.
The Question:
What is the name of the actress who played a diner in When Harry Meets Sally and uttered the classic line, “I'll have what she's having.”
The Headline's:
--South Korea Giant Chip Maker SKHynix Makes Resounding Debut with Wall Street IPO; Raised $28 Billion, Largest Ever for Foreign Stock; Chipmakers Keep Nasdaq Higher.
--Housing Affordability Bull to Become Law without Trump’s Signature.
--WS Technicians Warn of “Hindenburg Omen”; Number of Stocks Hitting New Highs Matched by Stakcs Hitting New lows – investor Crowding into handful of Winners at the Expense of Abandoning Losers; Indicates Loss of Cinfidence in Broader Markets.
--Wildfires in Spain Kill 12; 23 Missing.
--Trump Fires Remaining Commissioner from Independent Election Assistance Commission; No Member's of Commission remain in Months before Net Election.
-- Warsh Names Super Star Business and Economic Cast to Fed Task Force.
The men's final is set. Alexander Zrevev and Jannik Sinner is the match I wanted to see on the great center grass court of Wimbledon. They will bring the glory back home now that their country's World cup teams have been knocked out – Germany and Italy.
I gave up my seat to a blind person in the bus. That is how I lost my job as a bus driver.
The US average home price just hit its highest level ever. Talk about serious inflation. People are feeling the gold beneath their feet and many are probably looking to capitalize and will scramble to hopefully to get involved in bidding wars. But it is fool's gold. You’ll be spending more for less if you downsize to increase your net and you’ll be paying big taxes too. This has led politicians to make Affordable Housing the big campaign promise of the moment. This is a fairy tale. No matter what they call it, “affordable housing will still be subject to the pressures of supply and demand. The Only way affordability can be maintained is by going communist. And nobody would want to live here anyhow. The reality is that there is too much money, and people don't feel squeezed enough by economic concerns so they will pay anything for what they want. when buying anything.
I heard a weird one this morning. A bunch guys were talking about a new hotel being built in town and how it with many complex questions magically slipped through the city approval process. One of the guys went to the town approval meetings, He said that whenever a critical question was asked, the chairman said, “That question is not allowed.” Say what. Did you ever hear of such a thing,? How do they sleep?
According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.
It looks like the West will be really, really hot this weekend. They are talking triple digits as the norm and I have heard numbers as high as 117F. I often write about people who complain about heat in the summer when it is supposed to be hot. But over 110 for a broad stretch of the US is too damn hot for anybody.
I paid my real estate taxes this morning and I came home and took a nap. That’s a heavy load.
No matter where it goes,
No matter how it ends,
This life is so damn good
When you have great friends.
Soccer isn’t so safe as moms would hope. Lots of data is being accumulated that indicates serious microscopic biodegeneration from repeated heading. A soccer ball meeting a head generates up to 500 pounds of force.
The Answer:
Estelle Reiner, the wife of Carl Reiner and Mother of Rob, said the line that everybody remembers. Actually, I never saw the movie so I can’t say I remember the line. I just bring it up so I'll look cool.
The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
