Today's Tids Issue
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Egging and Candy:
One
of a child’s early first loves is Halloween. It’s one
of those times that a kid always seems to look forward to – the planning of costumes,
the thrill of walking among goblins and witches on the cool October night; the
sweet rewards. Then, all of a sudden, they grow older, figuring there are other
things in life; that dressing up maybe isn’t that cool anymore. But, oddly, as
they grow beyond the teens and wade through the ups and downs; the loves and
loves lost; big boy and big girl life; they also seem to drift back to one of the
pure joys of innocent youth, dressing up in costumes, making believe. Halloween
is the child within that never leaves.
Except,
for some adults who go to great lengths to avoid those masked urchins at any
cost. Maybe Bah Humbug was also about Halloween.
If
the Tids editors had all the political answers, they’d
be giving you a thorough analysis of the upcoming elections. But while there
are statistics galore, the reporting of it has been cloudy. You’ve heard it all
from the ominous Blue Wave to, not so fast, the Red tide is coming. It doesn’t
appear now that the Dems will not overrun the Repubs in for congress, but they
should win what they need to assume leadership on committees. Currently experts
are saying the Dems will win 25-40 seats (They need 23). That’s cloudy at best.
The Senate should also remain with the
GOP, which is far more important than holding the Exec office. But, honestly, I
have no confidence in this new helter-skelter political climate. It’s just too
crazy; too many “experts” with a horse in the race.
Scaredy
Pants, Department:
You know how you read that a lot of people are
actually afraid of clowns. Well, frankly, I’m more frighten of today’s comedians.
The
Question:
Name the 11 so-called creepiest real-life jobs, and
which one do you think on average pays best?
The
Headlines:
--Stocks Strong At Mid-Morning On Last Trading Day
Of Volatile October; New Job Growth Of 227K Jobs; Highest In 8 Months.
--Trump New Drug Program Could Have Prices
Plummeting.
--Tariffs Wiping Away $1 Billion In Dairy Farmer
Profits.
--GOP Senators Implore Trump To Cut Off Nuke Talks
With Saudis.
--DoJ Charges 10 Chinese Intelligence Officers And Hackers
With Stealing US Aviation Secrets.
--Spending for Halloween Spookery Expected To Top $9
Billion, Up From 2017.
--11 Dead After Violent Storms Roar Through Italy.
--Facebook Losing Users In Europe; Big Social
Entwiner Company Makes Profit Objective Against Lower Revenue.
Yeah,
championships are important and sometimes memorable, but often
lost in the excitement of moments is the achievements of delightful iconic
teams that never won it. For instance, here was no better, more exciting teams
than the Red Sox of the forties and fifties, except possibly the Brooklyn Dodgers
of the same era. They were both filled with players who caught the imagination of
Americans – Williams and Robinson, Doerr and Reese, DiMaggio and Snyder. Cleveland
of that time was iconic too, as was Saint Louis, but those two won it all. I’ve
fallen in love with teams like KC and Detroit and even the Baltimore Orioles.
Not like my Red Sox or Dodgers earlier, but just because they sparkled on the
field all summer long; they played great ball. This happens everywhere throughout life where
too often we are caught up in the prize, instead of day in and day out excellence
and accomplishment.
I
listen to the car radio with such frequency that my ear
Hertz.
The
Jack-in-the-Box Society:
Here’s a little tale sent into Tids Central by a
wily reader that has some relevancy today. At a wedding, the minister asked the
usual Question, “Does anyone have reason to object to the joining of the bride
and groom in holy matrimony?” At that point a young, attractive woman holding a
baby stood up at the rear of the church and started walking slowly up the aisle.
The congregation gasped. The groom’s jaw dropped, and stared in shock at the nearing
woman. The bride dropped her bouquet and ran in tears from the church. The Groom’s
mother fainted the Brides father’s fists balled and his face reddened. General
chaos erupted among relatives of each side. The minister remained calm, and
quietly asked the woman why she had come forward. She looked around at the
mayhem and then uttered sincerely at the minister. “I just wanted you to know
we couldn’t hear you in the back”.
Sounds
little bit like our rush to judgment society.
As
the say on Wall Street, if you can escape October with
minor wounds, you may live to fight through Christmas. Actually, they don’t say
that on WS, I just made it up. Makes me feel good.
I
don’t know if your towns have them but we have these
so-called “Restaurant Weeks” where all restaurants offer the same prices for
three course dinners. The problem is that I rarely order appetizers or dessert,
so the special week prices are typically more than I would spend normally. But,
if you care, it is actually a way to test wickedly expensive restaurants.
Did
you hear what the ghost said to the bartender, “I’m here
for the boos.”
Sometimes,
these computer updates mess up my organized life. But, nothing
was like the Apple WatchOS 4.1 update which caused the watch to stop ticking, altogether.
Holy time machine, Batman.
I
never had a problem with my Timex.
Actually,
I’m sitting here watching the Red Sox victory parade before screaming millions
in downtown Boston. Yes, championships are exciting, too.
Song
of the day: Demons are a ghouls best friend.
The
Answer
#1 is Coroner at $49.7K. #2 is Mortician ($46K)
followed by Phlebotomist (31K), Butcher (31K), Cemetery Manager (46K), Grave
digger (31K), Taxidermist (36K), Forensic Scientist (%54K), Hazardous Waste Shipper
(42K), Exterminator (35.5K) and Sewage Plant Operators ($42K). Hey, the forgot the
highest paid of all – Political strategists.
The
big special in Italian restaurants this Halloween is
Fettucine Afraid-O
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