Although I listened to a fair amount of “easy listening” music through the years and have posted music by Lobo years ago on Music Monday, I don’t recall listening to his 1972 song back in the day.
According to Wikipedia, Kent LaVoie (Lobo) released the “Don’t Expect Me to Be Your Friend” on his “Of a Simple Man” album and it peaked at number 8 in on Billboards Top 100 U.S. It was a number 1 hit on Billboards easy listening chart for 2 weeks.
To be fair, 1972 was before my music listening years, but sounds quite familiar to me these days since it is played on a few of the SiriusXM channels I listen to these days.
On our recent trip to Florida, we saw stronger than usual winds on the beach most of the trip. Unfortunately the excellent BeachBub umbrella broke, although I’m unsure it was due to the stronger wind (but likely).
I’ve written an email to the company just to see if there is a new “frame” part even though it does not look easily replaceable. Suspect I’ll need to at least buy a new frame … but that part is not cheap.
I’ve taken a few measurement to see if perhaps I can make a part that might work to replace the hinged piece and strut (see photo right), but not sure if will be worth it? We have used it a lot and we are very happy with the design to replace the entire umbrella if necessary. Plenty of time before our next trip to decide on what to do, but don’t want to haul it on a plane as it does look as if this part “could” break easily if handled roughly.
Officially this is a “replaced the garbage disposal project” from a week ago, but since I’m still mentally in “vacation-mode,” I’ll archive this post for condo improvements records and include a panaramic photo above from my new phone (I’m relaxed just looking at it).
The old InSinkErator Badger brand disposal was replaced in 2012 (Brenda’s sister Chris tagged it) and I moved it to the kitchen remodel sink in 2018, thinking it was still new enough to keep (purchased that brand for house too). Thankfully it is a well known brand and the update (smaller physical size) model fit the mount perfectly. For $114.41 on Amazon, it made quick weekend repair work affordable and left me time for Sunday afternoon football. 😊
Thanksfully the replacing was much easier to do that reading the instructions. 😊
It has been a challenging week and a half for a few of my more liberal Democrat friends on the social media platform X.com (previously Twitter). I’m unsure if it is anger, disbelief or a way to strike back now that President-Elect Donald Trump won the election. Trump has been rapidly nominating his cabinet (mostly loyalists) and many on the left can’t stomach seeing and hearing about it on social media. I suspect that in frustration, Democrats partially blame Elon Musk (owner of X) and are leaving X just because he is part of the team?
So for now, I’ll tweak this and pretend it belongs on Tech Friday.
In any case, I’m a little sad (but mostly disappointed) to see social acquaintances for now leave the platform and joining a “leftist-friendly” BlueSky. I mentioned to one of them who claims to just be adding BSKY as “another” app, that it will likely be just another echo chamber as I found with a few other platforms in the past when Twitter was being manipulated by those with a leftist political ideology. Time will tell.
After a great visit with Taylor in Florida last week for his planning conference, he’s right back into the hornet’s nest in trying to find the best way to navigate economic growth and housing development in his township. The battle lines are being drawn between fairly large housing developers and builders who are growth focused and residents seeing more homes straining the community resources.
My thoughts are “as a property tax payer” and knowing that property values are forcibly being increased in a couple SW Ohio counties by 40+%. My discussion with Taylor before his Cincinnati WKRC News interview was to give him a little insight from the “property taxpayer perspective” facing huge increases split over the next few years. With hundreds new homes, all services such as fire, schools and roads will be asking for new tax levies … and I doubt any existing resident will be interested in even higher taxes.
Obviously the economy ranks high as to why incumbents were on the losing team when it comes to the November 2024 election. But for me, it’s the same as it was back in 1992 when James Carville said, “It’s the economy, stupid” … although this go around it could be argued that social issues played a big part in outings the Democrat’s VP Kamala Harris for president.
Long before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump became their parties’ nominees, one factor guaranteed Democrats faced an uphill battle to keep the White House: inflation. Since 2021, high prices have been mowing down incumbents everywhere.
In the past five months, the ruling parties of France, the United Kingdom and Japan lost outright or lost their legislative majority. Germany and Canada could be next.
It is a reminder of a lesson largely forgotten during a generation of price stability but obvious from history: Inflation is politically toxic. It corrodes public trust and feeds a sense of disorder.
In the competition between culture and economics as a theory for how people vote, clearly, both matter.
My buddy Jeff decided to make a detour from his business appointment in NYC and drive to the end of Long Island “just” to grab a lobster roll and beer at the Shagwong tavern … because he is a lifetime Jimmy Buffett parrothead. I’m not sure there is a more devoted fan … unless it is Megan. 😊
That said, I did not know what he was talking about when he called on his drive to Montauk, NY … until his hints had me reading the lyrics to the surfing son “Hey, That’s My Wave” on Jimmy Buffett’s “Life On The Flip Side” album.
… Hey, that’s my wave
(I’ll meet you at the Shagwong, we’ll talk about it)
It’s got a rock & roll feel and a Jimmy Buffett sound, of course, but the surf anthem “Hey, That’s My Wave” originally sprang from the mind of Sag Harbor chiropractor, surfer and musician Dr. Glenn Goodman.
The “yellow tape” applied to the table saw sled has bothered me since adding it in 2019 (above left). I’ve never had a problem remembering to keep my hands away from pushing the sled with my hand in the wrong place, but realized not having a guard was foolish (added above right).
So a little curve of wood (reminding me there’s a 10” blade coming through there) and flexed a bit of plexiglas to cover the normal red colored blade might help keep my fingers away. It never hurts to play it safe when it comes to using tools.
Although I listened to a fair amount of “easy listening” music through the years and have posted music by Lobo years ago on Music Monday, I don’t recall listening to his 1972 song back in the day.
