Sure, we will get to “the financials” in a moment, but I think the bigger story is a lot more complicated from the systems perspective than a few hit-and-run headlines.
The Oasis Problem
I have no idea how far you “domain walk” potential futures, but such lines of inquiry are especially useful on days when “Peace is at Hand!” are writ large in the rubber-stamp media. We tend toward a deeper review.
Our focus this week is on how ancient templates – governing human conduct around oasis water sources – may be scaling up – to the international-player level. Because behind the headlines, if you’ve followed, there is a “soft admission” that there are two cornerstones to regional evolution out in Dry Gulch: oil and water.
So far, only minor desal plant damage has blown up out of the regional conflict. But, it’s worth a few minutes to consider what “proper oasis conduct” is.
Around the old oasis systems, water was not treated like just another commodity. It was survival law. In many Middle Eastern tribal and oasis settings, the first claim was usually drinking water for people, then water for animals, and only after that came irrigation, gardens, and commercial use. That does not mean everyone loved everyone else. It means the desert made a hard bargain: deny a man or his animals water today, and tomorrow the whole region may be in feud.
The practical arrangements were often handled by custom rather than by modern paperwork. A tribe, clan, family, or village might control a well, spring, falaj, or qanat, but access was regulated by elders, water masters, local sheikhs, or inherited usage rights. Irrigation water was commonly divided by turns: so many hours, so many nights, or so many openings of the sluice. The flow itself became the clock. In some systems, sundials, stars, or fixed local measures were used to decide whose field got water and when.
When scarcity hit, the protocols tightened. Strangers, caravans, and even rivals might still be allowed enough water for thirst and animals, because that was both custom and self-preservation. But lingering, watering large herds, or taking irrigation water could require permission, payment, alliance, escort, or negotiation. In other words, oasis water was shared enough to prevent immediate death, but rationed hard enough to preserve ownership, honor, and future survival. When those customs failed, the next protocol was feud.
Scale that up and the oasis is no longer a spring in the sand. It is Hormuz, desalination, tanker insurance, aquifers, ports, and who gets to keep the pumps running when the shooting stops. If it all blows up? Then you’d be looking at one of the largest and (potentially) most lethal forced migrations in world history.
Water control is power. Iran just proved it.
Two Unsolved Problems Before Friday
President Trump is at the G7 today, and he’s planning to attend the advertised Friday signing. Live updates: US-Iran war, Trump and Tehran reach agreement as G7 summit starts | CNN
The deal may solve the shooting schedule before it solves the oasis protocol. In old oasis practice, you could let a rival drink without letting him control the well. That is the exact regional problem: oil routes, desalination plants, ports, pipelines, aquifers, and Hormuz access are not just “economic issues.” They are the modern equivalent of who gets to draw water, when, under whose authority, and with what enforcement.
Already, we are seeing skepticism about the plan – which doesn’t key on nukes. Israelis denounce Trump’s deal with Iran – The Washington Post and Obama slams Trump Iran deal saying it is ‘doubtful’ it improves on his own agreement. Not just Israel, or democrats that don’t want Trump putting on the “peacemaker” mantle ahead of mid-terms. You know this “Oasis problem” will weigh on every single water-dependent state and emirate in the region.
PTO (Personal Take-Out) from the “systems view”? We are perhaps being more than a bit paranoid here, but the other “half-problem” is the Ukraine war is still ongoing, as well.
Given that the “seers and prophecy” people have expressed reservations about this period (around Trump’s birthday) we’d be happier with Trump on home soil. “Belief Wave” followers taking markers higher is a likely lock as long as the “edging of the future” remains clean.
Markets Retrace Higher
Early market futures were higher on the “deal” talk in the M.E. But we still can’t be certain which holiday will get to act as the “finishing high water mark.” Your choices are Juneteenth which falls on Friday this week (markets, fedgov, most state offices, will be closed). Then it’s only a couple of weeks to the Fourth. And let’s not forget that in 1929 the high water was kissed going into Labor Day.
Ahead of the Fed Decision Wednesday, we notice that the CME FedWatch Tool was still showing only a 2.3 percent chance of a rate cut. Frankly, we see it the other way. With inflation and PPI coming in hot, the case is there for a rate increase, not a decrease. Plan a Fed decision after lunch Wednesday.
Back in the here and now, the NY Fed Empire State Manufacturing just dropped:
“After posting strong growth last month, business activity increased modestly in New York State in June, according to firms responding to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The headline general business conditions index remained positive but fell fourteen points to 5.7. New orders and shipments both moved higher, and unfilled orders increased. Delivery times continued to lengthen, and supply availability continued to worsen. Employment expanded for a fifth consecutive month, as did the length of the average workweek. The pace of input price and selling price increases remained elevated. Looking ahead, firms maintained a fairly optimistic outlook for business activity.”
That just sealed the deal (for our bet): Rate cut odds are right up there with a long-life Popsicle in hell.
And shortly the Fed will post Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization over here. Leaving us with (other than some mid-morning Housing data) markets likely to work higher, pull back, but higher into the close. (We’re penciling a higher open into tomorrow’s open, too, provided no black swans appear.)
News Compressor
Reader note: I’m making this a simple “scan for the News Compressor headline.” This avoids the news overflow noise and rolls right to change vectors. Got it?
The main thing that changed overnight is that markets got a relief excuse from lower oil and deal talk, but the actionable board did not get simpler: Fed week still carries inflation risk, Ukraine is back in the G7 foreground, Texas has a real rain/flood watch problem rather than a named storm problem, and the cyber patch clock has shortened. In plain English: enjoy the oil-relief bounce if it shows up, but the household/operator checklist is still fuel, weather, patches, and Fed-watch.
Blink Lab News Drill down
Which is where we scan for significant change in the world’s trajectory into the future. Seven things rated useful to know:
Oil relief trade is on, but normalization is not instant. Crude fell hard on the Hormuz-reopening framework, but insurance, shipping, stockpile rebuilding, and verification remain lag points. Confidence: high.
Fed week is now a “hold but listen hard” event. Markets expect the Fed to hold Wednesday, but the risk field has shifted from “cuts soon” toward “inflation still has teeth,” especially with input-price pressure showing in regional manufacturing. Confidence: high.
U.S. industrial data are live in a few minutes. Expect utilization still below long-run norms. Fed G.17 shows total industry utilization around 76.1%, below the long-run average cited in the release context. That argues “not capacity boom,” even if some price pressure is hot. Confidence: medium-high.
Ukraine moved back onto the G7 risk board. Russia’s latest large strike package hit Kyiv/Kharkiv and damaged a major religious/cultural site; Zelenskyy is pushing for more air defense and attempted a Putin-meeting frame around the G7. Confidence: high.
Texas weather is a practical household/operator story here. NHC shows no named Atlantic cyclone, but WPC and regional reports flag excessive-rain risk tied to Gulf moisture/front interaction, especially South/Central Texas and coastal areas. Confidence: high.
Cyber patch tempo is accelerating. CISA’s new posture pushes federal critical-vulnerability remediation toward three-day windows; Microsoft’s June patch load and active-exploit additions make this a “patch now, not someday” week. Confidence: high.
Health risk is not one monster… but crowd disease and measles remain live. CDC measles count remains elevated and outbreak-associated; Reuters says Ebola risk for World Cup importation is very low, while measles/COVID/flu are the more practical mass-gathering concerns. Confidence: high.
Note to Son G2:
Yes – a note to my son George2 with his north of 2,000 jumps, base jumper, instructor and so forth:
12 dead following Missouri skydiving plane crash.
When your number comes up… That story lands differently when your kid has lived half his adult life around parachutes, drop zones, and risk envelopes.
ATR: Timenamics: The OTHER Currency Book Due
I have been proofreading like a mad man (which isn’t a stretch, now, is it?) working on the book. Plans got nailed Sunday to release the first half of the book free for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers. That’s the 17th – two days out.
Provided the world remains on track, the second half should post on the 24th.
Writing and research (along with office cleaning) occupied most of the weekend though I turned on the ham radio for a quick “tune across 20-meters” which was less than inspiring.
A New Ham Radio “Thing”
Here is a useful technique you may wish to try if you’re a “used ham gear eBay addict.”
You know how you will often see a piece of gear that “looks like it will belong in the collection” but you don’t really need it, per se?
It occurred to me that a lot of classic radios get listed but no one grabs the BIN (buy it now) price. Here’s the point: Sunday I spied a Hallicrafters H-44 transmitter (I have two) but having replacement parts from a working radio is always a good thing. So I dropped in an offer – just ahead of the close) with a note to the seller saying something like “I’m not trying to offend you with a low-ball bid, but if you don’t catch a bid into the close – and you don’t want to go through the hassle of relisting and playing more of the waiting game, here’s a standing offer good past the close.”
It worked. And honestly, with a pretty solid psychological basis. In sales, which is one of my core “guru” areas there’s a great “sales method” called the Sandler approach. Here’s how it works.
Bonding & Rapport — get equal business stature; not begging, not pitching.
Up-Front Contract — agree on what the conversation is for, how long it takes, and what happens at the end.
Pain — uncover the real problem, then deepen it: cost, frustration, risk, lost opportunity, personal consequence.
Budget — find whether money/resources exist to fix the pain.
Decision — find who decides, how they decide, and when.
Fulfillment — only now present the solution, directly tied to the pain/budget/decision facts.
Post-Sell — reinforce the decision and prevent buyer’s remorse.
So when I presented my offer to the seller, I explained (let him touch) the pain (PITA) of relisting something that doesn’t sell. In this case, it worked. It’s something to think about, particularly when buying gear from a ham who is “aging out of the hobby”.
I just happen to be fortunate that I’ve got an extra class licensed son who will benefit from my “Radio Museum” idea for a vacation destination.
Which brings us back to the oasis rule: when resources get scarce, pain clarifies decisions.
OK, showers from that rainy patch moving up from the RGV, so let’s go kick Monday’s ass and see you tomorrow for coffee and painkillers.
Write when you get rich,
George@ure.net
see you all some other time . thats enough . insert AI and sheetcoin and yor fake economy firmly . enough is enough . der der der
real world, fake world, and who knows what else, not sure anymore of what is real and what is fiction…
maybe it’s all fiction?
hello?
There be Rabbits..
– https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1300039&post_id=202139865&utm_source=cross-post&utm_campaign=256692&isFreemail=false&r=1kk4yd&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo5NDk5ODAzNywicG9zdF9pZCI6MjAyMTM5ODY1LCJpYXQiOjE3ODE1NDAxNTMsImV4cCI6MTc4NDEzMjE1MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTEzMDAwMzkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.5ywfdi7hNmzl4D6BfOghbEE7tuYV1ucbazCOia46Oqs
Dont forget Ubrbanites, REVENGE is a dish best served COLD .
I think this sums it up quite nicely.
G.A. STEWART: Instead of being able to create our own, individual reality, the social engineers are constructing reality and forcing their vision down every individual throat. By controlling the Mainstream Media, the Alternative Media, the movie and television industries, the radio and music recording industries, fashion and art, right down to the drug commercials that control the molecules and atoms in every human body, the sales pitch of the social engineers is meant to overwhelm individual thoughts, dreams, and intentions.
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2026/06/15/living-disclosure-day/
From what I have heard.. I for one don’t have any concerns over disclosure..If they can travel across space.. and have been around thousands of years..and from what I was told..They appear more as guardians ..ancient stories, modern sightings, military reports — nothing suggests hostility…
If they’ve crossed the stars, they don’t need my fear.
But they might appreciate my humanity….if the unknown ever came to my door, i would like to think id meet it the same way the old stories teach — with calmness, dignity, and hospitality.
And meet them as a human being, not as an enemy.. sit Dow to a cup of coffee on the patio..for a visit..
The fear analogy is simply Hollywood theatrics.. we have a DVD set we call the destroy the world group from earthquakes to tornadoes.. I got a chuckle out of the character tornado tommy lol
re: “Oasis Problem”
feat: Rana Temporaria
Those taking ‘sup of things on the French side of Lake Geneva this week are likely to see examples of Rana Temporaria otherwise known as the [European] Common Frog. Today marks arrival of G7 Summit leaders and those of guest nations to the famous upscale spa resort of Évian-les-Bains (celt/fr: “Water Baths”). It is the birthplace of Napoleon’s celebrated General Dupas who defeated the Russians at Austerlitz in 1805. The early 20th century saw noble stopovers by Kings Edward VII & George V et. al. for taking of waters, and it was a place to be in the 1920’s for the pre-jet setter crowd.
Thhhppppttt!
Yo Jester the Molester,
for the ultimate in everything SPA – Youse got to go to the B2 Hotel in Zurich. Right next door/Adjacent Google Engineering-EU bld complex. Rooftop “bubbler” featured on website front page is the Appetizer, the shebangabang is down in the basement of ancient Brewery that is today -https://www.b2hotel.ch/
I kid youse all not – never seen anything like that Spa. Will go back with better half next time in Europe…should nato survive coming WAR with Mother Russia.
* The Sauna (S) all over that spa are always full(Co-ed), think Spa Peeps understand the value of Heat Shock Proteins produced for overall health maintenance. I like the shocking dips in one of the many pools after each Sauna/Hot Rock station..then on to next series…do that scheisse ALLDAY.
re: B2 or not B2
tbs,
Certainly Lake Geneva and Lake Zurich do share a lakeness of sorts. Did you tour the “007 Room” at the B2? I didn’t realize B2 references boutique and bookmark. Hopefully you had opportunity to peruse some of their 33,000 antiquarian books in the Wine Library curated especially for the welfare of guests.
Bluesky ahead at their following link for what must be a sagan of book lovers in our cosmos:
https://bsky.app/profile/artlovergirl.bsky.social/post/3mofviu7fic2n
re: sanctions – good for business
feat: Chisnau (“[memorial?] springs”?)
Last week the President of the Ukraine took respite at Chisnau while travelling between the E3 in London and the NB8 in Estonia. His Moldavan hosts afforded the President a thrifted wooden chair along with an inexpensive table from which to broadcast his important social media updates via smartphone.
Last Friday the EU leadership issued a press release that a first cluster accession meeting to the EU for Ukraine and Moldova would be held on June 15th. Thus it was perhaps with a mix of shock and surprise that delegates in Luxembourg to the Intergovernmental Conference of the EU witnessed the solitary figure of the President of the Ukraine address them today from an active airport ramp at Chisnau. The scene featured decoration by the presidential jet attended to by ground handling equipment of a Chisnau concern. That ground handler appears to be a subsidiary of a family held company headquartered in Bangladesh.
In a frame interrupted by a thoroughfare featuring miscellaneous utility vehicles on important airport business sat another passenger jet perhaps subsidiary to Ukraine’s alleged current largest airline by revenue, Sky Up. Publicly available information alleges that Sky Up headquartered in Kyiv is owned by a pair of Ukrainian siblings and a UK tour company. The latter is indeed appearing on the public UK government company registration website and notes at least one of the siblings as a company officer.
Sadly a pair B-737s from the Sky Up fleet allegedly ended up being destroyed at Khartoum airport three years ago during an attack by Sudanese rebel forces. As chance would have it, Wikipedia notes a transaction this month will permit a further partial fleet renewal. Allegedly three older model B-737s are to be forwarded to a party in Gambia, Africa who allegedly may have a use for them in Belarus. Possibly as a result, the Seattle Delivery Centre may be able to offer export news pleasing to the MAGA crowd soonly?
George,
Greetings and thanks for great stuff – always. On a sad note, I am friends with a family whose son was part of the skydiving club you mentioned. Tight knit community and it hit hard. Fortunately, our friend’s son made a last minute decision to go jump from a different airport and not with the group, and he is alive, but thoroughly shaken.
Per George II – numbers and probabilities are continuing to move in a direction not in his favor. Perhaps time to have a serious fatherly probability discussion with him about retiring from active jumping. At around a 0.04% (I believe that’s the number) with 2000 jumps he’s at a 50-50 point on the statistical curve give or take.
Keep up the great work. You are on a great track and I love joining domain hopping with lean concepts – results are amazing.
As always, I’ll take a teasing shot at you and thank you for slowing down so much in your retirement…
Driving a Car/POV on the road carries far greater risks of bodily injury/death, than jumping out of perfectly good Airplanes with properly packed Parachute .
“faster, faster, until the thrill of Speed overcomes the Fear of death. – Hunter S. Thompson
-Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas trailer -https://youtu.be/CiTllYeJc48?
-F&L, Bats -https://youtu.be/updoM-EuHrQ?
Lost a Philly Weatherman years ago to a Skydiving accident, Jim Obrien -https://www.inquirer.com/history/jim-obrien-6abc-death-skydiving-20250926.html
They said the last thing that went thru his mind,
..was his Feet….rimshot!
Sugar-Free Diets May Disrupt Gut Microbiome…
https://studyfinds.com/sugar-free-diets-may-disrupt-gut-microbiome/
Yeah, right, give me a break. More bullshit.
I find that hard to believe.
Sucrose is a laboratory chemical. It is what remains when you extract sugar from cane or from sugar beets, then extract all the natural components and micronutrients from the extraction. Anyone who’s hit chronological maturity should remember the TV PSAs which cautioned the public about eating too much sugar…
Lol lol lol.. Now I get that study..I to like real sugar lol lol..
the old true diet is if it tastes good spit it out…lol lol lol
I like meat loaf..its one of my favorite meals.. anyway a television doctor was bragging about this wonderful meatloaf that he swore was not only extremely healthy but delicious.. I eagerly wrote down the recipe…
The Dog wouldn’t even eat it lol lol lol lol
my grandsons fiancee is vegan..strict vegan..I have been experimenting with making a hot dog that is totally vegan but yet tastes good..so far..ehh….
no oat milk for me..I did get them a nut milk machine for xmas..
https://www.amazon.com/KDV-Multifunction-Stainless-Non-Dairy-Beverages/dp/B0GKP251LK/ref=sr_1_1?
Vegetable Protein – bwahahahaahahahahaahahaahahaahahaahahahah
..Is Not Worth Squataa. Zero, BUBKISS, DNE .
We have Vege in Philly – an award winning vegetarian restaurant, that I refuse to eat at..like never, cant pay me.. http://www.unitsuvege.com/
But I do eat at Su Tao, a vegan joint in Malvern.. know ownership well..https://www.sutaocafe.com/
– The 3 pictures shown on site are by Dr. Yan Xin.
They are reversed as they are copies of originals. Dr Yan said he picked up old masters brushes and received the masters’ (Qi) signals from the brushes..like latent NRG.
Anyways the immortal on the left riding the buffalo is Lord Lao – he of the Dao De Ching.
The dude/immortal on the right is Damo/Bhodi Dharma, bad ass who taught martial arts to the ancient Chinese peoples. Great story of an applicant who spent years trying to get into Damo’s training, he persisted for years, until one day in absolute desperation he chopped off his hand and brought it the door of the “temple”. That act of desperation got him in.
Anywhos there are 12 Paintings Dr Yan did. One of the greatest doctors/herbalists, Father of TCM, immortals to ever live – Lord Shennong is one of the 12, and a color copy of which hung over my Sons head board for years when he was young. Son and Daughter were only Caucasians Children to ever train with the International Yan Xin QiGong Association. I was learning old school/traditional Tai- Chi there as well as learning and practicing Dr Yans’ Child Longevity 9 Step QiGong.
We finally got an educational book on tai – Chi…balance and joint … the VA use to have it available but when covid hit they decided to keep the government hired teachers safe they quit it..
There *might* be some truth to this.
The web page offers no details about the “sucrose-free” diet. In particular, it offers no details on how “sucrose-free” was achieved. Were the mice fed fruits that had other sugars? Or were they fed a diet that was identical to the control group, excepting that it had artificial sweeteners replacing the sucrose? I would be completely unsurprised if the latter diet caused problems.
Skydiving ‘lifter’ pilots are notoriously unregulated. A local pilot liked to ‘thrill’ his jumpers with elevator-steep take-offs. His last thrill was a stall spin on takeoff that killed all 10 on board. There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots.
I hear ya there..when I was in the service my barracks was with the SEAL team..great guys .. they would go into some really sketchy areas just for fun..now the navy divers..well they have had a little to much oxygen or some other chemicals cause they are scary at times.. and never go into a bar with them..nope not me..Seals or Rangers yup they are bold but decent and you’ll have a good time..great guys divers nope they push the limits..
Another way to describe it..is there’s a screw loose somewhere lol.. maybe its the danger of the deep water..not sure..I use to joke around with them ..but seen them do some freaky stuff..now seals.. they drove a round really dangerous neighborhoods where no sane man would go wearing cowboy hats in a convertible playing red neck music.. scared me but they let me know your fine just don’t wander away..lol lol lol
We have a good friend here with more than 10000 jumps … he’s an old instructor, lives quietly off grid.
He says “the mind is like a parachute, it only works when it’s open,”
Just thought that might have some relevance.
Stiks
Speaking of skydiving. Here’s a pretty good bungee jumping incident – from Brazil:
BUNGEE JUMP TRAGEDY 21-Year-Old Woman Killed After Bungee Jumping Workers Forgot To Attach Her Safety Rope In Brazil
https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/wshhep512j25K4W6gCAj/21-year-old-woman-killed-after-bungee-jumping-workers-forgot-to-attach-her-safety-rope-in-brazil
I seen a news story where a news announcer was showing how safe it was and jumped before they had anchored the line..now was it a television stunt who know..I won’t do it..ive repelled a few times she I was a spelunking.. ( blue water two is the best rope)still got my carbide lamps and a couple pounds of carbide..got my grandpas carbide railroad engineer lamp to..
No, Bluewater rope is NOT the best rope for rappelling. PMI rope is. PMI is Pigeon Mountain Industries. They manufacture rope for fire departments, climbing, and caving, and they specialize in fire rescue, cave rescue, and mountain rescue.
Bluewater rope was invented by Richard Newell at Georgia Tech in Atlanta in the 1960’s, which was a much better rope than Goldline. Then, he made a softer rope with Bluewater 2. Also, he made Bluewater 3, which 2 and 3 were so soft that our knots, both Prusik and Helical, would slide as we were climbing. Bluewater rope had such soft ropes that it made rappelling go way too fast, even with brake bar racks that regulate and distribute friction. (Don’t even get me started on the stupid figure 8 rappelling devices.)
So, a group of the elite vertical cavers of that time in the mid 1970’s invented PMI rope in the north Georgia region of carpet manufacturing. These individuals were Steve Hudson, Bill Cuddington (the father of vertical caving), Smokey Caldwell, Susan Newell (ex wife of Richard Newell), and Richard Schreiber (married to Susan Newell). In their protest against the issues with Bluewater rope, they invented PMI rope. I was the first distributor.
PMI rope has excellent manufacturing integrity of core and sheath, is tough enough for rappelling but not too stiff, which allows easy knot tying. It comes in different diameters, depending upon how it is used, as loads for individuals on rope greatly differ from loads seen in cave, fire, and mountain rescue situations.
Check out the website for PMI. Besides rope, they also offer a wide variety of gear and hardware used in rescues.
Sadly, all of the original partners have died, except Susan Newell. Steve Hudson’s second wife, (and my friend), Diane, is still living. My very old friend, Buddy Lane has been one of the current owners for some years. Louie McCourley is the current President of PMI. PMI hosts ITRS, the International Technical Rescue Symposium each fall in Colorado and New Mexico.
As for carbide lamps, I own over fifty. Some are antiques and a few are unfired. I used Justrites in the 1970’s, and my late husband used Autolites. There are several books about carbide lights that depict photographs and describe the many types of candle lamps and carbide lights made. I have one carbide lamp that is of gray plastic.
Thanks!
That what I have justrites.. never heard about PMI rope..I think most of the people in the grotto still use bluewater.. thinking back I fought I’d even fit in some of the caverns I was in as a kid.some of the most amazing things I ever seen was underground..one pretty freaky places to..we were in one the guy had a dream and as we went down everything was exactly what he dreamed about..I think I have twenty or so lamps left..I don’t even know if they even sell them anymore..
mammoth cave was really fun….I wish I still had photos that we took..grey plastic..dam.. I never even heard about them..my grandfathers lamp is most definitely antique.. ( old )..oh no that means I’m antique lol..he worked on the railroad I think before WW1.. cute story my dad told me during WW1 the army was sent to his grandpas hometown and during the signing of the treaty he was eating breakfast at his grandpas home.. my mothers family including her dad went back to the very beginning of the country..every time there’s a census when they ask what country are you from..I say America.. then they ask no what country are you from I try to get them to accept fifty percent native American lol they don’t buy it..then I say well does Heinz 57 count..lol lol..
now I’m curious if the fire department here has some..most of the fire trucks built are built about five minutes away from me..when the twin towers fell a bunch of the workers were delivering tricks to new York city..the put on the gear and went to work..my son I law has been to several forest fires in California and other states…until they started testing by the creek they use to test the pampers behind our house.. around here we have super fast response time..under five minutes most of the time..ive seen a lot it takes a lot to surprise me..one thing I know you’ve never seen it all…
I have a lot of different lamps..
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/i24AAeSwzz5pSyGx/s-l500.jpg
I have lamps like that for every room..when I was little my parents had ceiling lights that were carbide.. the reservoir for water and carbide hung on the door by the kitchen and they had a lamp shutter to put them out..sadly when they put electricity in the house..and a bathroom..( it had never been upgraded )they had them removed..ive searched for one ever since I got older..my sister and I would fight over who got to put the carbide in and who got to put the water in..
the first house I had didn’t have plumbing in it..we had a biffy in the back and a tub that hung on the wall outside..kids today don’t have a clue just how nice they have it..
(“Yes – a note to my son George2 with his north of 2,000 jumps, base jumper, instructor and so forth:
12 dead following Missouri skydiving plane crash.
When your number comes up… That story lands differently when your kid has lived half his adult life around parachutes, drop zones, and risk envelopes.”)
that is so sad..my condolences to the families of the fallen….. My brother in law loves jumping as much as G2….kept trying to get me to jump with him..I’m just not that brave..god gave the smart man to design a perfectly fine airplane for me to ride..Its sad to hear about such a tragic accident like that..
I have a hilarious story..way back..when he was getting ready to be deployed ..they gave him leave..never to mention where he was going..( the gulf war later I learned they were in Bagdad the whole time doing tags on the front gate to Saddam Hussein palace..later that was where my brother was station in the palace..)anyway they showed up and my sister was pregnant and he wanted someone to run with him..lol lol lol…well Fat Boy said..sure ill run with you…lol lol..now he was thinking a nearby town twenty miles away..we take off and he’ll I use to run when I was young.. he’s running through ditches and jumping fences.. he’s a Ranger and they do that shit..I’m chugging like an old cow..he turned around he knew I was so stubborn I wasn’t going give up…only because he knew if he didn’t he’d have to carry my fat butt home..lol lol.. after they left I started running and built up a little endurance.. so when they came back through..we actually had a nice run..but we debated on the stars where I discovered..yup if we are lost in the wilderness and it depends on my navigation by the stars..we will never be found..lol lol cause we are lost and probably going in circles..
My brother is the Canadian champion of dark humour. Growing up, even after I had an accident, he would have me in stitches (rim shot).
For my 80th birthday, I decided to do a sky dive. Had to jump tandem with an experienced instructor of course.
I took my brother with me and this is how it went. Hope it gives some laughs.
As we drove into the parking lot, there was a very old rusty single engine 2 seater prop plane with both doors missing sitting on the front lawn. Brother tried to convince me that was our plane.
As we got out of the car, brother looked around and exclaimed “Looks like a good day for a jump. Lots of blue sky and not much blood on the ground.”
There was a back hoe behind the runway digging a hole in the field. Brother exclaimed “Look, they’re digging your grave.
As the instructor was strapping us together in the hanger, I asked him how many jumps he had. He replied “over 500.” Brother commented “probably due for a bad one.”
As I stepped into the plane tightly tethered to the instructor, brother asked him which direction to look when I was in the dive coming down. “West” said the instructor. “Should I look for the brown streak first?.” replied my brother.
In spite of all this, it was an incredible experience opening a door on a plane well above the clouds and jumping out for a 40 second free fall. parachuting to earth and landing without broken legs.
Lol lol lol lol lol lol ….I’m not as brave as you..the guys got me up in the plane once.. I refused to jump..so the pilot to give me a thrill ..did a stall.. I had to scrape my shorts out afterwards…..
my older mini me and his fiancee did a tandem jump.he did a kite thing over the gulf to while skiing..he said when he was up over the water they were just swimming in he could see the huge sharks in the water right where they were swimming..
when in the military there was a beautiful beach sandy clear water..and a no swimming sign..we were new recruits and simply assumed they put that dam sign up to keep it private.. one day I was with the officer of the day doing a run..and I seen these fish..I asked him what kind of fish is that..he said no fish that’s a nesting spot for deadly snakes..tgat why there was a no swimming sign.
A B-52 crashed and killed 8 on 6/15, what happened to parachute safety jumps (not included lol??)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/us/b-52-crash-edwards-california
B-52 had bad accident crashes almost every year, can’t blame it on Merc Retro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
“A B-52 crashed and killed 8 on 6/15, what happened to parachute safety jumps (not included lol??)”
This B-52 never got high enough to use a parachute. It crashed on the runway shortly after lifting off.
Not a ‘lol’ moment in my opinion.
Agreed. 60-0061 had carried the codename “Spirit of Aggieland II” since 2015 in honour of the Texas A&M program.