Today's Tids Issue 5,282
Earplugging for health:
“Reply-to-all" emails can drive you crazy. But that is just another cumbersome aspect of the society in which we now live.
The hyperbole coming from the side that is for the Supreme Court keeping college affirmative action in place is disturbingly inaccurate. On the other hand, judging groups by traditional historical stereotypes is disturbing too.
My mother was so surprised when I told her I was born again. She said she didn’t feel a thing!
At the end of the week, we are officially at the halfway mark of this year 2023, and guess what... there has not been a recession. Even with the incredible changes going on wrought by the digital economy, covid induced sluggishness and more, the US economy proves once again that it is resilient as hell. That, and the fact that regardless of how most of us are pinching pennies, there still is tons of money stowed away ready for spending and investing.
The Question:
Today in 1898 a hearty sailor brought his ship ashore here after being the first person to circumnavigate the globe single handed. Who was he?
The Headlines:
--Markets Opening Positive Territory.
--CNN Airs Tape of DT Openly Discussing Classified Files in His Possession.
--Russia Drops Charges Against Those Who Took Part in Mutiny.
--Flights Cancelled as Storms Close Airports.
My father is allergic to cotton. He has pills he can take, but he can’t get them out of the bottle.
Speaking of disturbing, here’s what happens when a mega newspaper empire takes over your local Daily, in this case, the Newport Daily News. In today's digital offering with four headlined stories, one of them is why the Houstin Astros may not make the MLB playoffs. Huh? And the paper keeps on begging me not to let my subscription lapse.
Around here it looks like Happy Farmers Week... with rain just about every day. I like happy farmers because it pushes out the time til when somebody will propose an amusement park in lush country hillsides.
There are a lot of really funny “Blond” jokes floating around, but I'm smart enough never to repeat them in the Tids.
The NHL looks like a rough and tumble sports league, but it is the only league that annually honors sportsmanship with the much-coveted Lady Byng Trophy.
Cities and states are always looking for more money, often with devious little plans designed to surreptitiously reach deeper into regular people’s pockets. But the government has gotten expensive as opposed to the old days (Before Public Employee Unions) when officials tended to look out for the people's money. There a was atie when it was always said, if you want to make a lot of money go itot the private sector; if you want security get on the public payroll. No more, as Gov officials are routinely paid in substantial six figure numbers. But that doesn't mean we are getting better officials; we are just getting slicker hacks who know how to play the system better.
One of the clues coming out of the Russia/Wagner confrontation is that Russia threatened to harm the families of Wagner soldiers. Not quite the honorable negotiation.
Some men say they don’t wear their wedding band because it cuts off circulation. Well, that’s the point, isn’t it?
I knew I was getting old when I went to an auction and three people bid on me.
The Answer:
He was Joshua Slocum and he set sail from Halifax Nova Scotia. You may never have heard of him and more than likely don’t care, but you might find reading his very well-known book very interesting.
Did you hear the one about the nurse who was chewed out by the doctor because she was absent without gauze?
Fairness is giving everybody a chance to succeed on their own.
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