Damn, you are old.🌫 [sarcasm]

Was talking on the phone with my HS buddy Joe. He's going to stop by for a couple days on his way back from visiting his brother in Myrtle Beach. He was talking about our days in A-school in Great Lakes, IL... I was there 2 months ahead, but we had a few months of overlap and apparently we hung out a few times that I do not recall. 🌫

Yes, 1950'ish Chevrolet pickups.

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I represent that but ya don't have to be old to like old cars and trucks. Before I bought the '65 Corvette I had a '41 Ford truck for about 5 years. Of course the only thing that was '41 was the body. Everything else was modern EFI V8 and total modern drivetrain. Modern vehicles have little style and all look the same.

From the Honestly podcast by Bari Weisse. December 8th episode titled Why Half of Americab Babies are Born to Unmarried Mothers, Bari talks with an economist who put a bunch of data together, sharing it while being honest about what she is seeing- while trying to insure she doesn't stigmitize anybody (good luck).

In the category you could call "Duh", kids who are raised by two parent homes have more success than those raised by a single parent.

Asian American groups, across all income groups do best by percentage. They have the highest rates of marriage and two parent households.

She tracked % by race. Here is how it breaks down.

Asian 88% of kids are being raised by two parents.
White kids 77%.
Hispanic 62%
Black 38%

She's been hammered by critics publicly, while some of those same people are privately telling her they agree with the overall direction of the book, while warning her she was going to get crucified for being a racist. Appreciate her courage.

If the numbers and analysis are accurate, the truth can hurt.

Then the FBI's Uniform Crime Report must be pretty painful. It shows 52% of all homicides in this country are committed by black males... who make up about 7% of the population.

Wonder if there is a correlation? 🤔

If the numbers and analysis are accurate, the truth can hurt.

+1

But, we were married for a little more than 7 years before we had a tree big enough to really decorate. Prior to that we only had short trees 'cause we lived in a small apartment and the kids were young and crawling around.

Can't wait till we get rid of our 7' fake tree and get a shorter one.

Britton Hill is the highest natural point in the state of Florida, United States, with a summit elevation of 345 feet (105 meters) above mean sea level. Britton Hill is the lowest state highpoint in the United States.

Yeah... this place is flat as a planed board. Rhode Island has hills, but IIRC 800 feet or so is the highest.

De Portola Road in Temecula by the old house rises more than that from bottom to top. Winds through the back side of wine country.

I am 115' above sea level.

LOTS of hills and such southwest of here.

There is also Sugar Loaf Mountain near here at 312'. Biggest peak in the state about 200' above ground-level. Noticeably cooler and breezy at the top on hot days when the air is saturated and stagnant. So steep, I could not ride my bicycle up it when I was riding 35-45 miles per week.

Need to take a car trip there again. It's only about 20 miles from here in the country/agricultural land.

Here in north central MA we have Mount Wachusett (just a tall hill for mountain folks). 2,000 over sea level. On a clear day, at the summit your can see (they say) 5 different states: MA, NH, VT CT and RI. I believe the first two but the others I question (need better eyes or sate lines painted out for me). I do know, on a clear day, that you can see Boston since I witnessed it and saw some of the taller buildings on the horizon from the top of the mountain.

They have a nice central MA snow ski thing going on at Wachusset. Summit Elevation: 2006 ft, Vertical Drop: 1000 ft, 27 trails, 8 lifts They do a lot of snow making when the weather is right. I think they only have half of the trails open right now since it's been a rather mild winter so far.

New Orleans is 2 feet BELOW sea level….


“ Why does New Orleans flood so much?”

I heard it was Bush's fault... 😟

Maybe that's where CROS is. We should send Drafter and Frank's associates to dredge the rivers and stuff.

Next you'll be telling us the USA spent billons of taxpayer dollars building it back in the same below sea level sinkhole.

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"…….or that the crooked politicians had the money necessary to rebuild the levees around New Orleans BEFORE Katrina but chose to pocket it…

Excellent point. 😣 😣 😣

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