What if it Snows?

Was in the greater Denver area on Monday, had a 50 degree temp swing. From 20 at 0700 to 71 at just past noon, then back to 30 at 7 PM.

 

Ya pee on it...


Ummm no picture

 

By golly, I don't remember the last time I corrected an electrical/mechanical issue by simply replacing a fuse. I have a collection of fuses that should be in the Smithsonian.

 

So I'm walking across the rest area parking lot and I happen to look into a car. The young lady was sticking a needle into the crook of her arm. Maybe she's a diabetic?

 

She’s probably the one that was on here saying a trucker walked by her car at 5 am at a rest area and she was sure he was up to no good. Lol. No wonder she was paranoid.

 

Beggars pizza is pretty yummy. Probably going a need a stent after eating a wall of cheese. Chicago sausage is better than most. It's basically some what spicy Italian sausage on a pizza.

 

I can't seem to be able to catch a break. This morning I have a bad Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Thankfully Nurse Ratched was here. She started to do the 5-minute thing and after 5 minutes I was still out of it. She said I was sitting at this PC as she was making my breakfast and started hearing my Dexcom monitor go off. She came running and got me on the floor. Within minutes Keri was calling. She follows me on Dexcom and gets notified when I have an issue. My blood sugar was 42 and dropping. Nurse Ratched finally called for an ambulance and administered Glucagon. I came to with Nurse Ratched on her knees beside me talking to Keri. Several minutes later she let the EMTs in. I declined to go to the ER and by that time I was able to sit back in this chair. Keri is a mess, but there is nothing I can do about it now. My right knee and ankle are so sore I can hardly walk. I also think I chipped another tooth! I told another friend that I was ready to start driving for Swift now! (inside joke between us, not a slam against any Swifties in here)

 

We may be looking at about the same low percentage of home owners. Then again I should reword my version to Land owner. I do not consider people that "own" condos, a place in an "executive community", or Mobiles in parks as home owners cause they do not own the land. They have required monthly payments far in excess of the true cost to maintain the property and pay property taxes. The best thing those folks can do for themselves is "sell" and get some real property. The system has set a high percentage of the people up to fail. What I would like to see is a long term reeducation and raising of goals regarding retirement and Social Security.

I do agree that raising the minimum wage is inflationary. Unfortunately I see it as one of the few functional tools to combat the run away cost of property markets. I say that because I do not see any way for local municipalities to require a high percentage of, for lack of a better number, $100,000 starter homes with property included in the price. It would just not be financially viable.

In my Ideal world scenario I would like to see the federal Minimum wage indexed with inflation. The Federal reserve targets a 2% growth number for GDP. I believe we need to start looking at indexing to that approximate number. OR increase it at the same rate as Social Security Cost of living increases. Should we look at a Federal bump beyond the slow growth I have mentioned? Maybe, I would start negotiations at about a 10% bump which would be less than 1% per year since the last bump. I can be talked down from that percentage. Should we spike the federal min wage to $15 per hour..... F''' No!

The previous paragraph was for Federal Min Wage. State and Local governments need to step up and address their local bad situations of affordable housing verses minimum wage. The state and Local governments need to fix their regional issues.

In my area the local employment agencies have done an effective job of setting minimum wage. The lowest paying temp agency jobs are around $14 per hour for poultry processors and pot groomers. Penskie is staffing up a D.C. up the road and are advertising for a significantly higher rate for order pickers. Mostly because they are in competition with a couple of grocery D.C.s up the road that had already increased base pay to attract workers. The bigger local family run places are suffering from attrition/turnover and lack of applicant pool because they are refusing to address low pay. They have been out of touch with their employee's reality for so long I am not sure they will ever be robust businesses again.

Just my 2 nickles (inflation arggh), use at your own discretion.