2020, the year of great vision!

Today's Tids Issue 4,552

Optimists and Optometrists:

Happy Recovery Day e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y! It’s a great day to sit back and delight in the laughter and smiles and magnificent food galore. Yup it’s time to dismiss the noise and soften the incoming. Music without words would be good.  Maybe turning off the Tids would be better.

When you think about it, just about everything is based on bias.

For Christmas a tree surgeon got a subscription for Poplar Mechanics.

Why, after a sit back and smile Christmas would anybody want venture out into crowded malls/

The Question:

Millennials are shunning Golf Centric country clubs. That’s just the latest of USA institutions that the younger me-generation is avoiding. This group is in the throes of putting to death many industries and cultural traditions. Name 10 of the latest industries or just plain cultural normality’s being killed by this group.

The Headlines:

--Nasdaq Pops Over 9K For New Record High; Mastercard Data Says Christmas Sales 3-4% Higher Than previous Year; Internet Sales Surged Up 18.8%.

--China, Russia And Iran To Hold Joint Naval Drills.

--Malls Crowded Again For Returns.

--There Is A 50-50 Chace That Cathedral Notre Dame May not be Able To Be Saved and Restored.

--Israel Counterattacks Gaza After Rocket Barrage; Netanyahu Fighting For Political Survival.

--Tulsi Gabbard May Form Third Party In Spoiler Role.

--Biden To Woo Moderate, Dissatisfied Repubs.

--Strong storm Warnings For West, Southwest And Midwest.

Baby puns are childish, but great puns are full groan.

Now, I like Tom Brady a lot, but he looks awful in his TB12 baseball hat. Despite what Gisele thinks.

The stock market is warning on Beyond Meat. It has been a emotional buy buoyed by its status as top IPO, but its maybe well over priced. Profits are projected not to be achieved until 2014, and during that time many huge competitors will arrive including Tyson, Nestle and Conagra; no spring faux chickens, these mammoth food companies. Meanwhile the real meat industry is growing nicely with a $40 billion increase between 2018 and 2019. The faux meat biz is still well below that annual increase. So, we shall see.

Body shops do a bang up business

Another overrated but highly promoted product to this person’s eyes is the Hawaiian rolls. They are very average, and who says that Hawaiians are known for baking, anyhow.

AOC looks like the quintessential South American dictator.

Weathertech is a great marketer of stuff I don’t want.

I see where President Obama has been throwing some roses Elizabeth Warren’s way, which doesn’t surplice me as he is as progressive as any of the Dem left, but just hides it better.

Christmas cards maybe for old fogies, but kids still send love with happy emojis.

The Answer:

Cultural analysts say the millennials have ruined or in the process of ruining these industries and traditions.: Chain Restaurants, Paper Napkins (Buy paper towels - 2 for 1 Usage), Major Hardware stores (Student Payoff instead of home remodeling), Movies, Lunch (Eating healthy snacks at desk), Handshakes (New careers reduce hand strength), vacations (“Work martyrs” – make other workers feel guilty), Hotels, Wine and Relationships (Hookup rather than ball and chain connection.)

Despite all of the negativity apparently spewing from these fingers after the day of Nativity, it was nothing but a positive day. There really isn’t anything better than a good Christmas time. I see nothing but smiles and happiness. And even in this crazy downtown of a city, everything comes to a standstill. Like magic, the silence is awesome.

And all of the human quirks and foibles during this season always give me fresh new material.