Today's Tids Issue 4,468
Lighthearted:
I’m feeling a little giddy this morning.
You know, the NFL just hours away. I loved playing football and I love watching
it. I often think, they look three times bigger than I, but maybe with a little
exercise I could still survive. It’s really all about heart and determination.
Oh well, I’m just a dreamer. I still remember the first time I saw stars after being
kicked in the head. I think I was eleven. Maybe that’s where incohesiveness comes
from. Isn’t it ironic that the griddiness comes upon soft and rich green grass.
Just like a scene from an impressionist in France. How can they be so tough
just playing a game in a pastoral setting on a cool fall day, just like every other
kid did on fields of yore. Ah, there’s something about football which is just embedded
in my soul. It won’t go away, and I don’t want it to. Sorry this morning for
being such a rambling wreck! When you love something you just get a little
gibberish.
Just in case you are interested,
Starbucks sees no signs of an economic downturn. Coffee lovers are always up,
and a little fidgety.
Yesterday I spent an hour or so
going from supermarket to supermarket stocking up on Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi,
taking advantage of the traditional Labor Day sales. Happily lining up bottles
and eight-packs in my garage, I was set for a month or more. Then last night,
ABC News heralded a feature saying that what looked suspiciously like Diet Coke
or Pepsi can shorten your life. Egads. My life is already short. Then they proceeded
to report on a report that hedged every utterance with nary a firm conclusion
on the horizon. It was, it turned out, just another hyperbolic scare tactic probably
produced by fruit juice manufacturers.
The Question:
What, according to National Restaurant news, is the fastest
growing restaurant chain in America? Bonus: As the Nascar season winds
down, who are the top ten drivers on the Monster Energy Cup Championship Series?
The Headlines:
--Hong Kong Chief Carrie Lam Says She Will Withdraw Controversial
Extradition Bill; Asia Stocks Up; US Expected To Follow; Starbucks Drops After
Weaker Forecast.
--Bahamas Devasted; Higher Body Counts Expected to
Come; Can’t Rebuild, Must Restart; Freeport Int Airport 6 feet Under Water.
--Walmart To Stop Selling Handgun And High Volume
Weapon Ammo; To Bar Carrying Weapons In Stores Where Carrying Is Legal; NRA
Slam s Company Reacting To Multiple Deaths In Their Aisles.
--San Fran Brands The NRA As A Terrorist Organization.
--PM Boris Johnson Expels 21 Tory Ministers Who
Shifted To Other Side To Voted Against Him In Topsy-Turvy Brexit Mess.
--Florida Being Battered by High Winds, Seething
Ocean And Heavy Rain; Dorian Sets Sights On Landfall In Carolinas.
--Michigan Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes.
--Buttigieg Releases Cheapest Of Dem’s Trillion
Dollar Climate Programs; Harris Intro’s her $11 Trill Plan.
--Dallas Finally Signs Holdout Running Back Ezekiel
Elliott To Highest Contract In RB History.
Get ready.
The Tids NFL Pickers are sharpening their pencils as we speak. Tomorrow is the
opening of the 2019 season, and there are good games on tap across the five-day
opener.
I can’t see any sane
reason for not banning smart phones in classrooms. Or for that matter, in
hallways.
Does anybody really
take anything done in San Francisco seriously? Maybe it should be called InSane
Francisco
When you live in the city,
it’s hard to tell if an early morning Beep, beep, beep is a backing up truck or
your alarm clock. Yikes…sanitation engineers are ruling my life schedule.
Or has the phone
become just another Emotional Support Animal. untouchable by logic.
Bed, Bath and Beyond
to stop selling electric toasters that may inadvertently end up in tubs.
A reader writes to point out
that the Obama’s just bought a $14,000,000 Home on Martha’s’ Vineyard. Community
organizing must be paying better these days. Social work can pay off if you get
on the right career track.
When asked why he invented the dictionary,
Noah Webster always said he had been meaning to. That’s a stretch. But, not as bad
as what the skydiver said as his final pun, Aw Chute.
Is the English
population still for Brexit?
My new overused phrase
of late in these daily columns is “Topsy-Turvy”. It just seems to describe everything.
If you are into “Sin”,
the best stocks to buy and hold are Atria, Phillip Morris, Cronos and Canopy.
Can stockholders be sued for DUI, death resulting? Somebody will try.
Did you read where a vegan
in Australia sued her next-door neighbor to for cooking fish and shrimp on the
barbie? She said wafting aromas made her uncomfortable. I’d be uncomfortable
looking a a plate of gloppy green while neighbors were actually enjoying a good
meal.
I’ve never been a great fan
of Martha’s Vineyard, compared to many other New England islands. Now that is
all Democrats, I just sail around it.
The Answer:
The fastest growing chain is a Seattle company
called MOD Pizza, Yes, it is a Pizza chain. Supposedly, according to the article
I read, company is unique because it allows customers to build their own pizza
using many ingredients and options. It also says it announced as big news a national
delivery hookup with DoorDash. Now, I’m now that behind the times, but I’m thinking,
all pizza shops allow you to build your own pizza from many choices. And as far
as I can see even small local shops have delivery. So, what’s with tie-ins to
DoorDash, UberEats and GrubHub? Just a new way of doing the same old thing. Bonus: As you may now the Nascar Monster
Energy Cup Playoff series begins on September 15, and only 16 drivers qualify. Tops
are Kyle Bush, Logano, Hamlin, Truex, Keselowski, Kurt Bush, Elliott, Larson,
Blaney, Jones, Bowman, Byron, Almirola, Bowyer and Newman. Eric Jones, a good
young driver, had been hanging on the cutline until he won a big one last
weekend. Kyle Bush racing for Joe Gibbs won the regular season championship.
The reigning Series Cup champ Joey Logano, who finished second to Bush, runs for
Roger Penske. Gibbs is Toyota and Penske is Ford. Players on the bubble have
one more chance in the final regular season race at the Old Brickyard in
Indianapolis.
BTW, Spell-Check
needs a transfusion so it can understand all of these blended new words Like GrubHub
et. al.
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the following is the Tids theme song;
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