Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. –HK

Today's Tids Issue 3,624

For friends:

Golf is a lot like life, in that just when you think you are losing it you hit a winner.

One of the greatest things you can do for a friend when writing, is to leave the door open for a punny reply. Every good heart needs a pun release moment.

One of the biggest laughs of the day yesterday was Hillary saying she would pick a VP candidate “I have chemistry with.”

The Question:

What are the top five best selling beer brands in the USA? Bonus:

What President signed the anti sex discrimination edict Title IX into law?

The Headlines:

--Brits At Polls; 46.5 Million Can Vote In What Is Only The 3^rd National Referendum In History; Polls Expected To Close Around 5PM EDT.

--Wall Street Expected To Be Higher As British Vote.

--US Government Orders Embarrassingly Tiny Increase Of SS Retirees Forced Savings Funds Back To Them.

--Ma Reiterates That Counterfeit Goods Are Not Part of Alibaba Business Plan.

--DEMs Gun Harangue In Congress To Lay Political Groundwork For Fall Campaigns.

--Californians Continue To Move Out As Firestorm Moves In Near Neighborhoods.

Doesn’t seem to you that in this new progressive world, more people are crucified for telling the truth than those who are lying?

I’ve been to many cities around the country and Europe, and the one I would least want to be living in is LA.

I have always liked poking around old country barns looking for antiques, cool memories of days of yore. Unfortunately, today most of the old stuff is stuff I still have in my closet…and with the advent of all the cable antique, memorabilia and old stuff shows, the prices are much higher. Barns used to stand for bargains. Actually I still like driving down the country roads that lead to old barns.

Life is far bigger than a momentary relapse.

Bankers have always gotten in the way of the efforts of sales people. Then at the end of the year, they always ask why revenue is down.

I think one of the tings Trump doesn’t quite grasp is that most of what politicians have to offer is selling their souls. And he doesn’t want to pay for it.

It was surprising to see that this Brexit vote was only the third in Britain’s long history. My guess is that when peasants marched against the Lord’s manor the reply was “Off with your heads.” The referendums were less complicated in days gone by, right Robin Hood?

The way the internet is affecting banking, expect to see lots of ornate new “community centers” coming on the market, if you get my drift.

A lot of the so-called news seems to be about people telling the truth being caught by people who don’t want to hear the truth. The main reason is that old fashion communications involving moving lips and open ears has been replaced by Internet devices which are potentially available to the world. Some teachers around here were doing what teachers probably have done for years, talking about kids who annoy them. It was probably safe to do in teachers Lounges, but they did in emails and texts and sure enough, somebody saw them and the highly politicized administrators turned hardworking concerned teachers into public ogres. Hey parents, sometimes your little darling s aren’t.

One of the great American hypocrisies is car companies in post purchase surveys asking for an honest opinion, and then criticizing sales people if they fail to get all “Excellent’s” or “10’s” on a sale of 1-10. So, in every dealership at all levels of luxury and practical I have been involved with, the sales person always says, “If you don’t give me all 10’s I get killed.” It’s the old trophies for everybody routine.

The Answer:

Everybody’s drinking craft beers and imports, right? The top selling beers are Bud Light ($6.1 Bl), Coors Light ($2.4 Bil), Budweiser ($2.1 Bil), Miller Light ($1.96 Bil) and Natural Light ($1 Bil). So while the popular talk is about specialty beers and imports…and anti-Trump, the mass of the population is on another planet. Bonus: It was none other than Dick Nixon who gave us Title IX. It’s amazing what scoundrels can do when they are entrusted with the well-being of an entire country.

This Tids was a little about friendship and truth, and I have to say they go together quite nicely.