You know, it always happens when I am deeply focused on something that a few sentences from the TV destroys my train of thought.
The paradox is then, BAU, business as usual, in conflict with what we know as truth through our own five senses. You with me?
Right, the BAU vision of solution (Again, progress has been redefined in NWO-speak to mean solution, of late, solution is redefined to mean helping hand that helps itself to your and your future generations costs of living this gawdawful lifestyle.) is paraded everywhere as something I will call a time machine. Better yet, a mass return to another time. A time where everything stays the same, but just gets shinier, faster, noisier, hotter, sweatier, stupider, there is no real known citizen pain, everyone has unlimited credit all the time. Pensions will be rightfully distributed, there will be summer school. We can keep watching MTV on our ipods.
This is what the TV insists you grok. Like hell I will, as I tighten the screws in my drafting chair, it falls apart every day, and its no wonder, my companion scored it out of the dumpster - dumped there by someone with very possibly the same problem. These government-approved propaganda spots make me feel sad for all the people who will be duped, again, as they are every time, and you can bet there will be at least enough duped during these sponsor breaks to make TV advertising worthwhile for the desperate. Yes, it was a commercial, over-long, one of those that obviously contracts to broadcast at 5,700 decibels higher than whatever Theater of the Absurd was interrupted - Senator "Bubblelips" Dodd was featured on the right of the screen until it shifts stage left to a young lady assuring the elderly that President Obama has just announced ground breaking legislation to keep them from being foreclosed. That one had a pretty long contract, meaning my drafting chair was easily rescrewed together again at least 45 times.
There is a new one out, its worse. I had to look away from my monitor, deep into a credibility-building rebuttal, only to see Obama making a live speech. Well, right away one naturally goes into an Orson Wells or a Hank Paulson moment, those kinds of "Uh Oh, this is it" moments. Except it wasn't. It slid on bucket loads of lard right into another young lady assuring the elderly they can stay in their homes, carry on with the good life by willing their homes away to this actress's employer's investment partners. The question we should ask ourselves is HOW is it these baloney real estate shylocks are able to imply the cooperation of S.Dodd and P.Obama and make such outrageous promises to Americans? There is only one way, and we know what that one way is.
I don't actually watch TV. Allow me to blame my housemate who must listen to Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann every night, even twice a night. In between the faux governmentally decreed solutions stealthly crafted for the sensitivities of well-meaning cretins and the frail elderly, there are brief, but highly-opinionated quips, all of which floats on gossamer spider webs over to my side of this huge, high-ceilinged room and pours into my ears, unwanted.
Tonight, there "she" was again. When is she going to get it, that she used up her 15 minutes AND used up our clothing allowance, and that she evidences everything she purports to be against every time she
shows her face. Ms. Palin would do herself a favor by keeping a low profile. Obviously in these times however, she is the face of Sauron, and is driven by forces far beyond her control, far beyond the Wasilla Bowling Alley, if there is such a place. I don't know about you, considering the Jesus says to Paul "I can see your house from here" state of industrial, economic and social collapse we're experiencing, but I just can't visualize a President or Prime Minister of any sovereign nation, really any nation, feigning they did not see that live turkey go into the blood splattering slaughter cone and continue doing the smiley face BAU. Let me tell you, she exemplifies the fate of Mordor. You get what you see. Unless... unless she is so completely integrated with her ego and her Representative-Self's lying eyes she has no awareness of the punking she's in for as The Candidate.Sheesh, I wouldn't want to be in any of their shoes for love or money.
The truth is I wouldn't want to be in ANYbody else's shoes anyway. I don't have a Representative self, so what you see is what you get.
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"What you see is what you get"--now, there is a "NO SHIT" moment when it comes to Nina--lol
I had to pick up a roto-tiller the other day--my 10 year old one died--snapped the shaft and of course, you can't get parts for it any more---I will try to fix it, it's on the list--but I did go and get another one at the local amish place--they said their business is good--but only in certain items--chainsaws and log splitters--THAT is our economy--people know and are getting the good stuff while it's still available--
I bought STIHL because they are built well, and I can get parts and fix it myself--When I see something being sold at Home Depot or Lowes, it has been cheapened up to sell for less and I won't go near it--
When our fancy washer and dryer died, the new circuit boards would have been around 300.00 and that's just for the board-can't get just the one part that actually fried-well, I cannibalized them and we went and bought the cheapest w and d we could find--which I can work on like the other ones I kept going that were handed down to us from someone else after 15 years of service--
The clothesline and washboards are in the basement should they be needed--
Had a guy stop by from the gas company--they are running a line down the road to a business and wanted to know if we wanted to tap into the line--less than half the price of propane--which of course, I just sent a check in for 600 gallons pre-buy for the winter---
I'm thinking of getting hooked up to the gas and then getting another carb. for the generator so I can run it off propane--already have 300 gal. tank of gas---helpful when the power was out here for 10 days--saved big bucks in food--ah, decisions, decisions--let it wait till Monday--I'm on break!!!!!
After the change to digital, our hidden living room TV will only play movies, which is fine with me--Mrs. Jj has a TV that works in the bedroom but the picture on it kinda weird(s) me out so I don't watch it either--and I'm not missing a thing--
Kinda surprised that the gas prices are as low as they are--about 2.44 a gal. here--whenever I see they aren't fleecing us (more so than usual) on a holiday weekend, my antenna goes up--is this a way of them saying go ahead and eat cake and drive till you drop--all is well--invest in America the beautiful--check out that stock market!!!!!!!!
Then again, guns and ammo are flying off the shelf--when there is a shelf--most of the "gun nuts" I know have not bought any new toys so it's gotta be the accountant down the way , and the schoolteacher who can smell the manure in the air--and the mob that is putting on their tennis shoes for the long haul--THAT is my indicator of the economy--"They" must know this but all is well, fear not....same bullshit, different day.
Nina--check your email
Jj
I saw it crater Thursday and end the week, cratered. Why is that? Did someone not get what they wanted? Was it the Iraqis shooing out those most movable among the Occupiers? Was it a failure to portray Ahmadinejad as evil nuclear genius? Was it California issuing IOUs? What ever it was, it was not the unveiling. That never blights the numerals on the ticker.
The Fireteacher has a Stilh 250 and says it is the worst of the line - dangerous-tiresome, maybe he will show up today and explain further. He always got Stilhs before, but the 250 is more than disappointing. You didn't get the 250 did you? Jj? Jj?
Tell him I have an MS 660 Magnum--top of the line professional model--now there will be chainsaw envy---lol--just kidding, I have a Husquvarna chain saw--don't even remember what size--similar to the 250 though I think--the rototiller, weed wacker and blower are all Stihl though--
Can't remember the brand name of the generator but it has a Briggs Vanguard engine--8000KW
Chains will make a huge difference as far as what type on your saw--I'm a freak for having my sharpening file at the ready--once the chain gets dull, if you use it too long, you pretty much have to have a pro do the sharpening--I probably do a quick sharpen every time I fill the gas up--
I would assume that the fireteacher knows these things--or you do but a dull chain will be very dangerous with kickbacks etc--also takes forever to cut anything--grrrrrrr.
Jim The Toolman (Jj)
You guys cut through a lot of pine? That's nasty because of the sap--really gums stuff up
I grew up in Maine and my dad ran the last river drive on the Kennebec River from Moosehead Lake. Those of you that have chainsaws I would be glad to give you my advice as I have used them Professionally for years. I like the Husqvarna as they are easy to work on. I have a 372XP, an older 365 and a 55. Stihl is a good saw but here is a little secret. BUY YOUR SAWS AT A LOGGING SUPPLY Company. The Huskys et al sold at Lowes or other places are "low grade consumer models". Keep your saws maintained as per the manual. Keep your chain sharp, Make certain you have the right size files and keep the chain rakers filed accordingly. The owners manual shows how. After lots of heavy use take of the bar and flip it upside down. The chain will eventually cause the chain guide on the bar to spread open and make cutting difficult. You can also fix this "chain guide spread" on the bar with a bastard file. Keeping the air filter clean is important. There also is a fuel filter located insede the gas tanks that may need occasional replacement or cleaning. The fuel filter can be removed with a sturdy piece of wire with a hook fashioned at the end. Just pull it out and use a squirt of starting fluid. You can clean the air filter the same way. If you like at high elevations you might have to adjust the high and low speed jets. Just make sure that the high speed jet is adjusted to the point your saw really sings, than turn it back a whisker until the moter rpm slows up a little and the high pitch sound (scream) starts to garble a little. This extends the motor like. If you are in a very high temp area, 100F or so, one cup of diesel fuel to 5 gallons of gas will allow extended heavy saw (commercial type) operation without blowing the engine. Again If your saw is an asset get it from a profesional saw shop. I use Reds Saw Shop in Greenville, Maine. I only occasionally do business there as professional equipment is unavailable in the Boston area). Or look online for logging supplies. BTW I also suggest appropriate safety gear, especially cutting chaps and boots. Hope this was helpful.
I bow to your knowledge oh wise chain saw one---
sharp and clean, sharp and clean--
another tip--when replacing the internal tank fuel line/filter and you are trying to snake the fuel hose in/out, cut it on the end at a sharp angle so that it looks like the end of a syringe needle--it will go through the small hole much easier and then you can cut it straight across in order to fit to the carb fuel inlet--guy at the local hardware store taught me that one--has saved much frustration---
Guess this gives me the excuse to go and get some chaps--ok, won't go there--I do recommend brush pants made by Carhart--they are a heavier canvas with extra on the knees and thighs--will save you when walking through briers--I've only washed mine once and then air dried--will be putting another pair on the list for storage before the quality starts going down---
good sharing--thanks to anon
Jj
Regarding the saws. Your chain tension is also important. Is you loosen the 2 nuts that hold the side plate and bar to the saw. you need to apply upward pressure and hold it when you tension the chain. This tensioning screw is usually located on the bottom of the bar on the cahnsaw motor body or sometimes on the side plate that the 2 aforementioned nuts are located. tension the chain to the point you can lift the chain up on the middle of the bar about 1/4 inch. keeping the upward pressure on the bar tighten the the nuts. One commenter mentioned that the saw was binding up and this was because of the tension. Also make certain that the chain is matched to the bar WIDTH WISE, Called Pitch. If you go to lowes or walmet etc. you will get say an 18 inch bar that will fit your model. In a lot of cases this is incorrect. I served as a fire Chief in Maine and know a lot of you will begin using wood stoves due to current events. Use only seasoned firewood and make sure your stove and chimney are in good working order. Clean at least twice a year and keep these two things on hand. Toilet paper/ paper towels, ABC fire extinguishers and plenty of Baking Soda. This has saved many homes during a chimney fire (especially in remote areas). Here is what you do. If you have a chimney fire, Close up the wood stove draft vent immediately. Soak a couple of rolls of toilet paper or towels and throw them in the stove. Take regular plastic baggies and fill them with baking soda or ABC extinguisher powder (baggie bombs), climb on the roof, make sure you have good leather gloves on and put the baggies of powder down the chimney. This will A. cool the fire in the stove (soaked TP), and the baggies bombs do the rest without damage to the chimney or stove. Baking soda is good for most chemical and grease fires too. Happy 4th, and thanks for the kudos.
Another thing a lot of folks don't do is burn hot in their wood stoves once a day--especially after tamping down for the night, in the morning, burn that sucker hot for about 15-30 minutes and then tamp it down--you can get a good quality magnetic temp gauge that will attach right on the side of the stove--take it right up to the red zone--but only if your stove and pipe are clean to begin with--this will powder up the creosote and make it much easier to get rid of with wire brushes---
Also, the height of your pipe top should be above the roof line to get a good draw going--we also leave the window near the stove open about 1/8 inch to keep fresh air circulating--when you can feel the cold air on your fingers, you have it open enough--
The Amish do it right too when they design their houses to have 3' x 4' "holes" in the floors above the basement with grates over them--the air just draws up naturally--quite toasty---can't do it in our house with the crawl spaces, etc but would with a chain saw if we had too---
I also learned to always wear gloves when working with a chainsaw--way too easy to rip a knuckle open on those chains---also, with the tension, check it often--it can change pretty easily---if it doesn't feel right--it isn't--stop and check everything!!!
Gee, what's the next subject? lol
Jj
Gee, what's the next subject? lol
Hmmm, I put a post up last night, didn't anyone see it? Or is it a no-comment essay since the One Mind is just as disgusted as I am?
I want to point out the wonderful testosterone-reeking comments coming from commenters who spend enough time on the internet to make them.
only here Nina--only here.......gotta go put on my tool belt and just revel in the testosterone infusion--maybe splash on a little diesel fuel for cologne.......
Gonna have a "Home Improvement" DVD marathon too...maybe get some guns out and make some noise.......and pee off the deck---STANDING UP!!!!!!!!!
Jj
damn, did you notice that......21 years of marriage...I've been domesticated....I said pee, and not piss.........
My head is hung in shame. Time for a John Wayne movie marathon---gotta bring out the big guns...........
Instead of using a chainsaw to cut down a tree, I'm going to use an AK47....
Feelin' better now........
Jj
Don't miss this - Charles Hugh Smith
Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation
The metal and tires on the tractor are beautiful!!!!! Really wild----I'm waiting for it to move right off the page--
Have been reading Charles book you linked to--had to stop after chapter 1 and wrap my head in duct tape to keep it from exploding--
Jj
Nina, Sorry to distract from the conversation. Like your post and may I add (certain links) it will hopefully be useful. http://www.meforum.org/926/at-what-cost-israel-china-ties I also includehttp:www.meforum.org/695/providing-arms And also add Http://greenprophet.com/2009/07/04/10215/israel-china-clean-technology-consulate Finally I finish with http://www.counterpunch.org/maps/html For the record, I believe in Humanity...Some others seem preoccupied with mammon. We can do better. Though a crosscut saw and axe will still do the job. Guess It means a little more effort on our part. Graciously yours, Grandpa
Nina, check out Whatreallyhappened.com, reader e-mail section, or, 123 real change, latest blog comments.
It doesn't matter what it is, my love - so long as we stay glued to it. Michael Jackson's death or Sarah Palin quitting to join some fictional army of God to do battle with the heathen troglodytes who refuse to accept the "truth". Just keep watching.
I recently made the mistake of having my wife buy me a chainsaw! She went to lowe's and bought the cheapest gas saw she could find. So.... 2 months from now, I'll go and buy a good one when this one breaks. I cut 2 weeks worth of oak from the tree in front of my house (cooking only - no need for heat here).
Lesson learned (again) - never send your wife to buy tools. That woman, no matter how wonderful she may be, will never learn that you get what you pay for.
(my word is "ingrat" - hahaha)
How's Dadnerd? I've been swamped - just catching up on things.
With my apologies to the web site owner, I do not mean to take up too much space on your blog. Rahm Emanuels' father, who was an Irgun Terrorist (and a practicing physician in the US), Seems to be pushing for a a fine of $1,000 for those who cannot afford health insurance. I will say that, at least one state already provides a fine for those who do not have health insurance.Those who cannot pay, or seek alternative therapies will be fined $1,000 federal) plus State fines.(double jeopardy). GEE What about MSM reporting on this? Think Jeff Weigand and QUI BONO. The Tobacco Companiesgot off with a slap on the wrist and a HUGE tax writeoff, Newspapers,television and hollywood "madeoff" with a big story, Hollywood "madeoff" with profits from a movie and the INSURANCE industry made Billions on Insurance Claim DENIALS. The pattern repeats.
Hmmm, chain saws in the Bright Forest?
The real testosteroners use whip saws and their smaller relatives. Less noise, no need for fuel and exercise as a bonus.
Some still pour white rum and place tobacco on trees about to be cut in the Jamaican bush, even the chain saw users. Gotta keep those tree spirits from reacting to the slaughter.
Now what to do with all that testosterone without AK 47's and hungry chain saws?
Steve S/turey wandering over from the Bright Forest.
Jj, any word on Dadnerd today?
I'm having a day of constant and necessary distractions, will be around later when things calm down.
Nothing from dad or carole--i sent an email last night with a few more "best wishes" i picked up that people had written here and there--
i'll let you know if and when i hear anything--
Jj
Glad, I came across your site a while back through WRH. SPEAKING OF TRIPS BACK TO NO-WHERE, I came across an article written by a nuclear veteran (Bikini 1956) who submitted an article to common dreams.org some time ago. He had given several very good links in his article. This one stood out. It's a site that a young woman (whose father is a nuclear scientist)in Kiev made describing a motorcycle trip she took to "the ghost city" aka Chernobyl. Lots of pix and good science. Please post if you can. http://www.kidofspeed.com/chapter1.html
Great thread. I've been considering buying a chainsaw...
What does everyone think about the possibility of gasoline becoming unavailable? I suppose it will always be available at some price, but what is the best non-motorized alternative for cutting firewood?
Hope Dadnerd is doing OK...
I really want to leave virtual reality... anyone here read Umberto Eco's classic essay, "Travels in Hyperreality"?
I feel like I'm going crazy... I just want to live on the riverbank. We went fishing on the river on Sunday for my birthday (a day early), where Minnehaha Creek enters the river. My kid enjoyed wading in the cool clear waters of the creek, just feet from the flowing father of waters... which itself is surprisingly clean these days, thanks to some environmental regulations beginning decades ago.
Anyway, I long for release from the drudgery of hyperreality, even if it means tired muscles and callouses from cutting wood.
I'm amazed at the resilience of delusions in the neighbors and others... no stopping it. The garden is doing well, though.. had to put some wire mesh over the kale to keep the birds from pecking it to death. Gardens are oases of life in the city. I wish I could live in my garden, in a tipi. Well, I guess I could, couldn't I?
I no longer care about the "stock market," or any markets beyond Craigslist, which at least is local.
Holding pattern... summer doldrums. My last summer in the city? I hope so... or is that hopium?
The buddhists say that TV is almost all porn; in the sense that it will constantly show you things for you to desire but never achieve. Kill it or use it only for movies.
I've never been brave enough to use a chainsaw. They keep cutting you long after you want them to stop. I use bow saws instead and keep several sizes and extra blades. I'm not cutting firewood for heating either though. Another favorite tool I like to use is the "ditchbank" made by Ames. This is a light billhook that makes short work of berries and shrubs up to 1.5" in diameter. Good for light trimming of felled wood also.
All you fire obsessed types should look up "coppice" and think of ways you could coppice whatever your fuel wood source is. The use of coppiced woodlands is what kept Europe and Britain in wood for fuel and furniture in the 20 centuries since the Romans. Locally japanese elm and siberian elm grow rapidly and appear to form multiple leaders when cut at about four inches in diameter. Leaving the root mass living regrowth is faster and wood is produced in easily handled lengths and diameters.
DIY tip for Nina....
Bamboo skewers or chopsticks yield excellent material for poking into stripped out wood screw holes as shims. Use a piece less than half the diameter of the hole.
Otherwise you have to drill out the holes and plug with a bit of dowel, (pine preferably) glue the dowel in, wait a day, drill new screw holes....
Isn't it nice when things are made right the first time?
Jjjjjjjjjjj
Yes you most assuredly can take a shot of meth.
You can take a shot of H.
I took a shot of STP &c in 1968. Courtesy of Dr Schulgin. Bad move.
Just deliver it to IM area and
preferably avoid IV. Trop vite.
I still prefer smoking meth. My nose isnt
quite in the situation of Michael Jackson's yet.
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