6 October 2011, Well its been a hot miserable summer since my last posting and the weather in the south still sucks. Regardless of how the loco locals feel, about weather improving. June, July, August, September and the beginings of October the weather effing sucks the life out of you with the heat & humidity. Give me cooler temps and a woodland canopy to hide from the sun under.
End of September found me in Tarpon Springs, Florida, probably for the last time. Not because of any great need to go sight seeing but as I brought my Mother over to see 3 nieces and a nephew and to pick up a few items from her sister's house. The 02 Ford Van made the trip with nary a groan or complaint. My next major trip with the van will be to northern Virginia the end of October to deliver an antique bar to my one cousin from her mother's house and to witness my Aunt's internment with her first husband at Arlinton Cemetery.
However, not all is death, expenses and taxes. I'll be seeing a few folks in NO. VA & DC on Saturday and wishing them well as they participate in the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday. I will not be participating as I had not signed up for nor trained up to run the distance. Not being acclimated to weather conditions in Hells foyer or entry room (and probably never being so) I chose not to sign up or train for the distance and with current weather conditions training for even a half marathon looks to be out of the question. 10 kilometers being about the furthest I may attempt. That and I'll need to get some new running shoes soon as well.
So why does Mississippi Suck? Apart from the brutal weather there aren't any Good German Restaurants or Irish Pubs nearby. The atmosphere in 95+% of the bars are toxic with heavy smoke and the humidity makes the stench even worse. Then like Alabama there is a tax on the poor where food items are taxed. Yepper that is progressive.
Still things could be worse, I could be working outdoors in the sun, heat & humidity for which the Gulf Coast is infamous. If you are to visit the region late October through mid April the weather is decent enough. But late Spring through early fall the weather SUCKS, SUCKS, SUCKS!
Also make sure you've got decent auto insurance coverage while in the south as the Meth heads and many locals won't carry insurance and if you get in an accident the burden becomes yours if you are hit by the local brainiacs, That and the Law doesn't really protect the driver not at fault. Yeah every day I become less and less impressed by these inbred miscreants.
Still supposedly Mississippi is one of the better states to retire to according to finacial planners. So its got that going for it.
Now if the laws would be amended to allow stronger beers to be sold.
Hey what about those Wall St. Protestors? aside from a few I'll wager over 95% of them are doing the right thing and the Moneyed elited blood suckers would have them all jailed regardless of the right to lawfully assemble.
Now if I could just get this damned journal entry to post when I hit the publish button
Thursday, October 6, 2011
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