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All that for a Cat? Meow.
Anyone hurt me cats would go full blown John Wick on them!
LOL, good one even though I hate cats.
Hey. At least he’s not reliant on the bus. Usually.
If Washington DC were a truck.
I could fix it up to be a great truck,like the country will take a lot of effort and bleeding at times!
I wanted a windowless 4WD van so badly once.
Then I repented…..
If Washington DC were a truck, there would still be more payments
Had a Datsun pickup much like that in the 80’s. Red truck with fenders held on with yellow duct tape. Wife refused to be seen near it, let alone in it.
Hmmmmm…..”Wife refused to be seen near it, let alone in it.”
Seems that truck had a lot of useful qualities!
Sincerely,
The government and MSM will do their utmost to immunize us against this dangerous variant.
True. Just yesterday they arrested the informants who spilled the Beans on Joe & Hunters illegal business affairs.
One for Y.A.J.
Epic Suds!
Ahh. Thas’ for U 2, James. UR not forgotten.
here’s another short cat vid…16 secs…about the limit I can handle of the rap garbage used. … best kept muted.
Originally, there was a letter “C” at the beginning of the term ‘crap music’…
but it was silent and it’s listeners were mostly illiterate, so in print it eventually morph into “rap”.
They might as well combine so-called Country music with rap and call it Crap music.
A catloaf, popular in Lombardy region in Italy.
Well it’s here, and this week F.F. just kinda crept on me.
(Glad it did…)
Okay, general question to all the FF regulars. I know lots of you are retired, so please explain why on earth you are up at 7AM to post here?? Since I retired, my typical rising time is about 9:30-10AM. Nothing going on in the world before then that I need to see.
I wake up at odd hours sometimes and if I can’t doze back off, I get up, get moving, and do something; anything around the house, regardless of the hour. Sometimes just to stretch the muscles, as that helps ward off some aches and pains, if done on a regular basis.
In younger years, when I had to hear the alarm clock go off to start a work day,
that sleep loss concern caused anxiety, on the fear I’d hit the wall mid-day on the job. Diet played a role in that, as well.
After eating a meal, I often get drowzy, and I eat rather healthy.
The beauty of retirement from my viewpoint is, not being a slave to alarm clock or the time of day, and relief from morning daily obligations anymore.
Another bonus is to take a nap at home, anytime, if the drowzies hit.
If that causes erratic sleep patterns during the night, it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. I’m blessed to be able to do that in my mid 60’s.
As for restless night time sleep, another possible cause if saturating the brain with web browsing in the hours before bed time. Guilty as suggested.
Dreams are all over the board, too, and rarely make sense. No rhyme or reason.
I don’t worry too much about it. Quite content, in almost any personal situation I find myself in, after walking away from corporate toxicity and greed, and having the freedom to work when I want, on whatever I want, or
occupy my time with physical activities I enjoy.
If laziness starts creeping in, I try to find some kind of improvement to do around the house. The list never ends of those kinds of opportunities.
If nothing else, going through all the stuff I’ve accumulated through the years, to purge / donate / sell / give away things that may hold some value for someone that could use it more than me.
I can see why some retirees die shortly after they quit a career of working.
I still like working, but on a less demanding schedule.
And admittedly, the danger of becoming a lethargic couch potato is not good.
Motion is lotion. Use it or lose it applies. To our brain, our muscles and our bones. Lungs, too. Fresh air is crucial.
Like mark, I’ve become a fan of periodic saunas or steam rooms, to sweat out
any potential toxins ingested via breathing polluted air, drinking liquids with hidden or unknown chemical additives, eating food with similar, or taking any pharmaceuticals, even if they help a condition.
I read somewhere that our perspiratory system and respiratory systems are critical, for the volume of waste elimination from the body. Moreso that our digestive system’s lower intestine, and our kidney blood filtering miracles that deposit liquid waste into increasingly weaker bladders and prostates as men age.
It was supposed to get easier, or so I thought. Still; happier now.
With age comes experience.
One doesn’t grow old by doing repetitive, foolish, or neglectful things.
Nowadays, it’s been proven that a healthy diet intake and regular exercise, along with fulfilling activities and social life will keep you out of the Doctor’s offices, both physical and mental, and keep you out of the hospital except those with chronic conditions, sometimes not always their own fault.
Some folks get dealt a shitty hand. Play it the best way you know how, I suggest.
Them’s my 2 cents.
I wake up at 8:10 am mountain like clockwork.
I have some coffee, do my bidness, have some more coffe, back to my bidness,
then around 10 or 10:30, I shitpost here for about 2 hous, then I head to the easel.
Late in the afternoon when everbody else id done, I throw some art on.
I’ve never heard of an artist retiring, we just don’t make as much art as we used to.
Now wait a minute. THE SCIENCE has reached a consensus that throwing soup on priceless art cuts down on global warming because . . . er . . . because THE SCIENCE says so! So there.
Is this the ‘national security threat’ ???
This is actual CIA footage of a “russian space nuke”
“Souping is a scientifically valid way to sequester morons in jail.
It was a “run by souping” with a high capacity soup can….the type banned in Cali-formed-ya.
Looks like someone photoshopped in the demonic and creepy smile and face of mark zuckerberg
Ugh. Pretty sloppy here, Skippy. Fail.
Hmm, testicles?
Bruce would probably take her jugs, if they could swap w each other.
The CIA assassinated the Kennedys.
The Western economy is one giant Ponzi scheme.
Epstein was the face of a CIA/Mossad operation that to this day blackmails Western politicians to do their bidding.
Justin Trudeau doesn’t have a dick, and he’s Castro’s son.
The Democrats brazenly stole the 2020 and 2022 elections and are setting up to repeat the crime this year.
Biolabs in Ukraine were specialists in creating pandemics.
The covid pandemic was a means to siphon power and trillions of dollars from the workers to the parasite class and to control any blowback.
The USA, with help from Norway and the UK, blew up Nord Stream. Germany’s sackless leaders just let it happen.
One of the few signs that Western humour still exists is Friday Fail.
Can’t argue with that , all true!
Report over at the daily mail that the US and China are working with bird flu viruses in gain of function research to make bird flu’s far more transmissible and deadly. Research taking place in China, Scotland and in the U.S. state of Georgia.
I’d love to drive this through downtown Ottawa at noontime when billions of useless bureaucrats are strolling to lunch after wasting my taxes fucking up my country all morning.
That’s not true or they wouldn’t have insisted we get the covid shots . . . wait.
You pay into it all your life, they earn interest on it and raid it whenever they want, then they tax you when you want it back while not even nearly paying you what you put into it. Another scam brought to you by your government.
AND, giving back some of what they stole from you and your employer with massively depreciated currency.
They don’t raid the “Social Security Trust Fund.” From the beginning, the Social Security Administration is required by law to buy a special Treasury Bond with any funds left over after expenditures. Therefore, by design, the money paid into Social Security by today’s “investors” are used to pay previous “investors.” That is the very definition of a Ponzi scheme. “A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investors.” If any of us tried what the US government is doing they would put us in jail.
And ALL Pozi schemes fail.
I hope to get a tiny fraction of what was stolen from me before the inevitable cave in.
Yes, because you eventually run out of new investors.
Then how come they never run out of welfare or want to reform it?
Sorry, we are not “owed” Social Security.
From: https://www.cato.org/commentary/there-right-social-security
“Ephram Nestor was a Bulgarian immigrant who came to the United States in 1918 and paid Social Security taxes from 1936, the year the system began operating, until he retired in 1955. A year after he retired, Nestor was deported for having been a member of the Communist Party in the 1930s. In 1954 Congress had passed a law saying that any person deported from the United States should lose his Social Security benefits. Accordingly, Nestor’s $55.60 per month Social Security checks were stopped. Nestor sued, claiming that because he had paid Social Security taxes, he had a right to Social Security benefits.
The Supreme Court disagreed, saying “To engraft upon the Social Security system a concept of ‘accrued property rights’ would deprive it of the flexibility and boldness in adjustment to ever changing conditions which it demands.” The Court went on to say, “It is apparent that the non‐contractual interest of an employee covered by the [Social Security] Act cannot be soundly analogized to that of the holder of an annuity, whose right to benefits is bottomed on his contractual premium payments.”
The Court’s decision was not surprising. In an earlier case, Helvering v. Davis (1937), the Court had ruled that Social Security was not a contributory insurance program, saying, “The proceeds of both the employee and employer taxes are to be paid into the Treasury like any other internal revenue generally, and are not earmarked in any way.”
In other words, Social Security is not an insurance program at all. It is simply a payroll tax on one side and a welfare program on the other. Your Social Security benefits are always subject to the whim of 535 politicians in Washington. Congress has cut Social Security benefits in the past and is likely to do so in the future. In fact, given Social Security’s financial crisis, benefit cuts are almost inevitable. Several proposals to cut benefits, from increasing the retirement age to means testing, are already being debated.”
In summary, We’re going to steal this from you and your employer, you can’t do shit about it and we might give some pack to you, someday.
“Lockbox.”
I took mine as soon as I could at 62. I never understand people that say they are going to wait more years so they can get a couple hundred more a month. The government does that cause they hope and constantly try to have you die before then. The amount of money you get taking it early adds up quickly and surpasses the little extra you may get a month if you wait. Never wait on money from the government. They may decide not to give it to you at all.
I haven’t checked in a while, but when I researched Social Security for some college papers 20 years ago there were about 6 workers for each person drawing SS. Projections were there would be 2 workers for every person drawing SS by something like 2040. When I read that I realized SS was not sustainable and the generations working at that time would probably refuse to pay in.
Needless to say, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to supplement my retirement income (if I’m even able to retire).
Edit for spelling.
I’ve done the same, and haven’t regretted it a bit.
Since began 2 years ago, I’ve seen 2 COLA bumps the last 2 January’s,
for a reasonably modest raise. My logic was, with as much as they took from my gross earnings in 5 years of labor and wages, I’m going to try and milk some of it back for as long as possible, starting as early as possible, because they way these idiots print, and refuse to cut spending,
I believe we are throttling full steam ahead toward a cliff and over it,
plunging into hyperinflation, ultimately.
Nice thing about drawing SS benefit checks, you can still work a PT job and earn up to almost 20k, before the Feds penalize you and demand some of the SS funds back. So, combined with a frugal mindset, the income has been enough to not have to yet tap into self funded IRA, and SEP account holdings, or liquify other assets to pay the bills.
A 401k was liquidated and rolled over into a more stable preservation of principal, at the sacrifice of growth in the fund.
If the gov gets desperate and goes after bank savings, 401k funds of private citizens, then the end of social order will be closer, and blood will run thicker in the streets, with hyperinflation causing all kinds of mayhem. That scenario doesn’t seem too far down the road, speculating with all the dark storm clouds on the horizon. I’m concentrating on simple pleasures, living within my means, but finding more fun and relaxation, instead of working harder to chase more taxable income.
I figure to get as much enjoyment as possible, as soon as possible, since
we have no idea how much more freedom and financial independence will be allowed, and not stolen away by uncontrollable, greedy thieves.
Since when does the government give a fuck about saving money?
No worries,will have me crew on it pronto!
The ducks were just trying to create a textured concrete surface that was more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than a blank surface. Duck art matters and they weren’t going to duck their responsibilities.
That’s big goose nkit on little pond Friday Fail.
That pothole is now a protected wetland. It is forbidden to ever fix it.
The old people keeled over when they were given a mandatory covid shot, and the women and children are being trafficked by Mexican drug cartels and their CIA cohorts.
Have explosives on hand for folks with guns who ARE NOT your friends.
There’s one single, solitary White kid on the right – how’d he get in there?
Exactly. I spent three decades as a consultant evaluating public policies, a field I was trained for at a top US grad school (when that meant something), and, being retired, I was able to spend hundreds of hours educating myself about covid. Still, practically all my friends and family dismissed my views on the public policy responses to covid, because, in their view, the government and corporate media would never lie about something so important.
I know the feeling well! my friends circle diminished almost entirely.
Friends who had been highly critical of Government on other subjects, just couldn’t believe that they would lie over covid. Critical thinking just disappeared, everything focused on their own survival and safety. Not being vaxxed I became a danger to them and no amount of persuasion on my part changed anything.
Bingo!
SCIENCE…is never “settled.”
Psy-ence.
and if it hasn’t affected them yet, it must not be true.
They are so brain washed they cannot comprehend or accept the levels of evil and corruption that surround and manipulate them and most don’t want to know
I don’t really indulge in these. Too damn sweet, but M&C’s after dinner are a weakness.
h/t Woodsterman
Yup, too sweet. I like mainlining Cinnabons.
glazed cinnamon bear claws and apple fritter doughnuts
will elicit a Home Simpson ‘Mmmmm’ from me, BP.
Possibly my favorite this week so far…
Well, it would appear that we certainly didn’t win the war!
My hilarious dad used to say, “Good thing we won whe war else
everyone would be driving German and Jap cars.”
the Germans just came over to America for the Fourth Reich and kept up on their crimes against humanity.
see and research Operation Paperclip
Anon,
You obviously swallowed the propaganda.
Yep, I used that one a few times.
Couldn’t tell if it got a smile or not…
You didn’t…..
(Get a smile)
Yes, some in diff generations just aren’t the same types of people.
I’m not sure whether she’s wearing fake eyes or mirrors.
Not a fail here. An example of good karma that came around, eventually.
shit. Double dip.
Chocolate chip.
HERE is the example of good karma coming back around, albeit delayed a few years, with fascinating synchronicity, to borrow a phrase from a fren, similar
to divine timing, sometimes postponed a while, but worth it’s wait in gold.
See what I did there?
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Hmmmmm……..,
It’s gonna backfire, coyote.
Bad rifle position Wiley
But? Funny meme!
Guaranteed that ‘yote has a lung hole from that very rife.
I thought I could get 30% off if I shopped naked. Instead I got 30 days (and lots of horrified screams).
Lucky you. If I went shopping naked, I’d be followed by a mob who couldn’t stop pointing and laughing.
Two things a ‘lady’ never does in the bedroom. Point and laugh.
Where us ShwWhoShallNotBeNamesd??? I miss her point of view… ‘down boy’…..
And the greatest evil ever created by man.
That is the secret sauce, SoH
Then when the dishwasher started leaking she couldn’t turn it off until after it overflowed.
…prematurely
FF Poll of the Week
Do you favour cutting off Ivy League graduates from any positions of power?
Yes = thumb up
No = thumb down
Secondary poll:
Do you favor cutting pieces off of Ivy League grads.
YES I do = up
I am an Ivy League grad = down
Just 89% of them.
I don’t party much since I quit drinking.
Same thing with hanging out the vaxxed
Their cage is a “smart” phone.
Or you can politely reply, “Thanks but fuck off.”
“Can I bring bacon?”
Cute.
You should be honest and tell her the truth.
At this stage of the game, I’d leave it. Happy wife; happy life.
How the immune system is built.
How to tenderize beef.
Fond memories of my 4-H and FFA days. Cattle rule!
Guess I’ll be hearing from the poultry and porcine lobby, now.
It’s a fact. After sex, females want to snuggle.
Good boy!
Or, engaged (left) and married.
An EMT’s rebuttal bumper sticker,
on the back of an ambulance, perhaps, to proud parents?
Interestingly, the most intelligent kids I met during my brief stint in High School were the ones doing drugs. A majority of the school’s “honor society” were regular users…
and it is the academicians and intelligentsia that brought us socialism. I see a pattern here.
Yeah, but they were the C students.
Intelligent and educated are 2 completely different concepts.
Like that book,
“How to appear indoctrinated enough to avoid the re-education camps”
In college, some of the best at Organic Chemistry were actually applying it for fun and profit.
They were motivated.
Well, reality IS for those that can’t handle drugs. Did I get that right?
Sure did, bro.
There’s nothing quite like seeing a man firing at you with an AK ripped in half by your 50 at 500 meters out.
The rush is nothing any drug can give you.
seen outside of Kamaltoes house?
I wuz going to wait until her mug got dropped somewhere on FF to post this,
but couldn’t wait for that to happen. I have work to do.
So, with Kamala in mind, the following meme fits.
Why I decided to forego brushing my teeth last night.
Closer to the mark would be replacing the sand with a huge heap of bullshit.
They all should have buttplugs in as well.
Those holes required actual work…so I call BS.
Ahhh, a proper home school curriculum
Here in Norway the answer would be “All I can afford.”
Norwegian your whole life, or an expat, Student? Curious.
Well…
. . . I’ve spent 1/3 of my life each in Norway, USA & UK.
Not an ideal situation – at this point no matter which of those countries I’m in, I’m not considered native. But my heart belonged to Norway all my life. When it was time to decide where to spend the rest of my days it was a simple choice – though it’s not worked out quite as well as it would’ve had I moved back home about 10 years sooner.
And that’s all I’ll divulge on-line in one go for now.
I appreciate the response, pupil. Always good to hear someone’s take from the front lines.
Be well over there. & stay in touch, bud.
Good job with content these last few weeks.
Rave on.
Taxing isn’t it !
I learned what a rhombus was in elementary school and never, ever heard the term ever again until today…
To be honest I always thought a rhombus was a room you played in or a robotic vacuum cleaner.
Or the parallelogram of fuck off.
Thats how I enforce social distancing…