{"id":7123,"date":"2021-01-06T05:32:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=7123"},"modified":"2021-01-06T00:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T05:52:25","slug":"wed-jan-6-2021-some-stuff-happening-some-stuff-not-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/06\/wed-jan-6-2021-some-stuff-happening-some-stuff-not-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. Jan. 6, 2021 &#8211; some stuff happening.   Some stuff not happening."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Moderate temps, decent weather.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, yesterday and tomorrow, but the national map was calling for rain in Houston.\u00a0\u00a0 I will wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>Spent part of the day yesterday doing auction stuff.\u00a0 Went to my industrial auctioneer and got him to take some more stuff.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be delivering a pickup or two Thursday or Friday.\u00a0 I went and made a mental list of what would fit, and I&#8217;ve got enough stuff for two loads, easy.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m supposed to take a few more bins to my other local auctioneer.\u00a0 I have NO TROUBLE AT ALL filling those bins.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to add some of the Mr Buddy heaters I picked up last year that didn&#8217;t sell.\u00a0 They should do a lot better now than in June.<\/p>\n<p>Spoke to my troublesome neighbor last night.\u00a0 They&#8217;re moving out.\u00a0 He has a conflict with the landlord.\u00a0\u00a0 I get the feeling he has conflicts with people all the time.\u00a0\u00a0 The landlord is a nice guy, but hates the house for emotional reasons, and really doesn&#8217;t want to be a landlord.\u00a0 He should sell it and be free, but he won&#8217;t.\u00a0\u00a0 FWIW, if you remember the weird incident with the &#8216;contractor&#8217; in the front yard and then climbing up onto the roof?\u00a0 The landlord says it wasn&#8217;t his guy.\u00a0 So some stranger was just hanging out in the yard, and then got up on the roof?\u00a0 Yeah, the camera pointed that way just moved to the top of my &#8216;do this next time you are at home long enough&#8217; list.\u00a0 The license plate camera and bluetooth logger are moving up the list too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have anything at all to say about the DC &#8216;meetup&#8217; from a philosophical point of view.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to be busy but will try to check the sites to see what&#8217;s going on throughout the day.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think there is anything good that can come from this.\u00a0 A whole bunch of people are about to get entries in their files, and a bunch will be getting files for the first time.\u00a0 Some others are probably going to need stitches and dental work before this is done.\u00a0 Avoid crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Camo and group maneuvers in the field aren&#8217;t going to be the way forward.\u00a0 Grey men, snipers, arsonists, and most of all <em>partisans<\/em> are probably the way to go if you are inclined toward action.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paris or Ireland, not Red Dawn.\u00a0 And it won&#8217;t be long before someone moving around without a cell phone will get highlighted automatically, and moving around WITH a cell phone will be just stupid.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s wouldn&#8217;t be impossible, but I&#8217;m thinking Bracken&#8217;s idea of one person, one action, and then never again is the only way to do it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not advocating it, just making an observation.\u00a0 You will need to stay aware of what&#8217;s going on around you so you don&#8217;t get stuck in the middle.\u00a0 One way or another, we&#8217;re past the point where this can\u00a0 end without bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, in a\u00a0 sort of &#8216;meta&#8217; way, SUDDENLY the alt-right blogosphere seems to have woken up to the idea that the cops are probably not going to be on the side of light in what comes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hmm.\u00a0 Coulda told &#8217;em that.\u00a0 &#8220;Remember that the people hiding Anne Frank were breaking the law, and the people who turned her in were upholding it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And isn&#8217;t that a cheery way to start the day?<\/p>\n<p>Keep stacking.\u00a0 Really.<\/p>\n<p>nick <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Moderate temps, decent weather.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, yesterday and tomorrow, but the national map was calling for rain in Houston.\u00a0\u00a0 I will wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>Spent part of the day yesterday doing auction stuff.\u00a0 Went to my industrial auctioneer and got him to take some more stuff.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be delivering a pickup or two Thursday or Friday.\u00a0 I went and made a mental list of what would fit, and I&#8217;ve got enough stuff for two loads,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/06\/wed-jan-6-2021-some-stuff-happening-some-stuff-not-happening\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Wed. 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