Before going to work today we are giving our minds a much needed break with youtube.com. We have watched Road Runner cartoons, old commercials from the 50's and products from the 50's. We find it settles our minds and increases our positivity when all the world is going crazy.

What do you do to keep positive and take a break from the insanity?

I hug 3 cute dogs and then I go back to the computer to try to save us. Google Ezekiel Emmanuel.

Working on starting an ammo reloading business. There's a BIG demand. All those older people that are having a hard time finding work, this is easy for them. Flex time. Work when they want. Get paid for whatever they produce. This is a recession proof job in high demand. Pays well.

Originally from MI, wish I was still there. Would take a trip to go to an indoor firing range called Pistol Granny's. Cute name!

I do jigsaw puzzles. Only the 300 large piece ones. I am color blind (rare for a female) and it can be difficult. I don't have the patience for mega piece puzzles. Same as I don't have the patience to play chess or Monopoly, which both go on for ages. Quick one and done for me in almost everything.

Dee Ann,

Ammo reloading takes the used shell casings from already fired ammo and loads new rounds into these casings. There's plenty of info available to do this. Basic equipment is not very expensive. You just get the parts (shell casings, powder, primers, bullets, etc) and follow the steps.

buying more guns and ammo is fun. Purchased a few new Holsters. Latest was a Urbancarryholster G3 nice black leather.

@ or 3 times a week go tot he range with my son's. What a fun time. Doesn't seem like it would be but we put names on the targets to LIvEN IT UP... We do a class on the big screen before going and try to take what we've learned to the Armory.

Stories:

A guy had a pet duck..

One morning it did not look alive so being concerned, took it to the vet..

Vet: gee looks dead, but we can do test if you like

Guy: sure

Vet: brings in his dog and cat... they inspect, sniff, nudge it... and no response from the duck

Vet: I'm sorry sir the duck has passed.

Guy: how do you know?

Sometime around 2012, we'd trotted out the old question, "What sort of business do you think our little town could support?" and the answer came back, "Ammo reloading." That was a really intriguing thing-- DH even visited a business that did it about half an hour away from us. Just an old guy and his reloading press. Pull the lever, etc. We never got into it, but it was an intriguing idea. Glad you're able to make something of it, Richard.

Barbara (VA),

I'm curious how you get the spent casings for your ammo reloading business.

You can find spent casings all over. Firing range, flea markets, yard sales, sportmans shows, etc.

I like to go to my property in the country and just spend time there working or doing whatever by myself. Peoples biggest problem is other people. If you were to look at the other end of every problem you will find a human attached or a natural disaster on occasion. I would bet that animals see the same thing. Grins....

However, there are those moments when humans are helpful. I got off track. Not hard for me to do.

The thing that I like most about watching the old movies is paying attention to the old vehicles and houses and the interior of the houses. Sometimes you can catch some really rare vehicles that there were only a few made. If you watch one of the first Shirley Temple movies ( I don't remember which one), at the beginning of the movie you will see a first generation Mack truck and can hear it run. They were chain drive.

The old movies and shows are great relaxers. I also like the Honeymooners.

Who remembers what happens after you hear:

Guess I need to clarify since the group is still stuck in politics...........

Who remembers what happens after you hear on a weekend in the 70s and 80's:

I'm thinking.

I've been cleaning at a food bank...just a bit. I drive the food out too.

Not often, but often enough.

I play with electric bikes.

I make the Youtubes.

This year has been fantastic as far as making progress. No inspections...all postponed. This has allowed me to efficiently improve the shacks. If the authorities could stay away another year that would be divine. Without them interfering I can get so much done.

I've even had free time to pursue stupid ideas - of which I have no shortage.

Bought a sawmill and have really enjoyed it.

Listen to some smooth jazz or classical music.

I am not sure after seeing that video if they were saying "the agony of defeat" or "the agony of the feet, legs, arms and back" Dude is total toast by the time he gets down to the bottom of the hill.

JAC, I'll tell you a secret. I have a family member who's an elected official. They're GOP, too--- but is only GOP because that's what gets elected in their district, not because they hold the values. There's a word for people like that... :P

That's where a lot of this came from. Everyone knows that in DC, there's a lot of posturing for the camera, and a lot of political theatre, but at the end of the day, there's not a lot of difference between the people with an R next to their name or a D next to their name. That's why stuff like the Tea Party happened after 2008, because R's only tolerated their conservative base for the votes, but didn't actually work to promote a conservative agenda, whether it was social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, or whatever.

The best they could give us a few years ago were candidates like McC and Romney, because those were the people who they said so. Even though bathwater was less tepid than the popular support they had as candidates, they got muscled through and deemed as the party's candidates even before the primaries were fully over-- gotta support the nominee! --and went on to lose.

That's why the people were irritated enough in 2016 to allow the party to be hijacked from the outside. They were so sick of professional politicians that they were willing to give the most powerful job in the world to a total outsider, even though we were supposed to have lined up behind Jeb Bush and gone on to let him lose, too. And during the first two years, the GOP didn't do anything to lift a finger to help... and after losing the senate, they continued to be pretty useless. So not only did he have to fight the D's, but he had to fight the R's. And in the meantime, the news cycle for 3 or 4 solid years was Russian collusion, contrasted with "nothing to see here, you're paranoid and hallucinating, we're not even going to spend a day talking about this..."

And that's why everyone who's upset is upset, because we see what's happened. The people were able to elect whoever they felt like. Well, the people can't be trusted, so the votes don't matter... just the counting of the votes. That's what they do in third-world countries... The political theatre isn't just posturing for the cameras, now, but it's disenfranchising millions of voters because we don't think correctly.

If our guy lost honestly, we'd be willing to take it. We don't loot, riot, or burn stuff. We're used to losing, and we get on with our lives, and we show up at the next election. :) But we don't want to lose because "gosh we won't update vote counts for the next 27 hours, this is totally normal".

Apparently to "clean my head" I am getting rid of things left and right. Sold my roll top desk, have my kitchen table and chair up for sale as well as my end tables and tv stand.... I've made like 5 trips to Goodwill and the Salvation Army with the back of my Jeep Compass packed full each time.

Told the man in my house that he better be careful or he would be out the door next :)

I am different and I accept it

The point is :

A. Did you do anything 2 day to make the world better

B. Did you help your fellow man

C. Do you believe what you have done will make a difference

D. Will our blood spent be apprieciated. For the wrong is fought on the battle ground.

E. We all fought? fight for freedom

F .Failure is not a option. Help as needed and step on the dick as required.