NEW KEYBOARD BLUES .....

 That's what I've got ....

So, my computer has been limping along, with a missing Q and a missing T key, and then to top it off, a missing silicone plug from the T key which made it very tough to push.

Now, yes - an on-screen version did pop up, but it takes over half the page on a full setting - and I'm over 60 years old with extremely poor eyesight (more on this in a seperate post) and I learned to touch-type as a teenager, so that just won't do.

I don't type very fast - although I remember a time when I used to just whizz through a conversation my kids were having and nearly keeping up.  Ah, those were the days!

But since I have had to get used to hitting the T key so hard, it going to take me a while to get used to things again ...lol.

But a new era has begun!  

All hail, um. gotta come up with a name ....

All hail, Epsilon!!

Because it's the 5th keyboard this one has had ...

Long may it reigh! and LAST ...

Hopefully this one will keep the keys ... won't start shedding it's skin - my corners always start to peel away for some reason .... and finally - but decidedly the most important - not LOSE POWER!!!

I'll be back with some even sadder news in a moment.

WILL IT OR WON'T IT?

 I miss the winders of my youth ... I really do't know if is beause I am now taller, but we don't seem to get quie as much snow ....

Or if it's because I'm older, but it is either too warm or too cold - either way, it's not conducive for snow production ....

The last really good snow fall I remember is in 2012 in the cities .... at the lake it was in 2022, hubby had to do all the plowing.

But still .... we ... are .... due! And if the NWS is to be believed - this could in fact be the year for it.

Meanwhile .... I found this video on Youtube about the 1967 billzard that hit Chicago .... I remember going out and building a snowman with one older broher, while the other watched theough the window .... he had asthma and Ma was super protective of him.

TO GLOCK OR NOT TO GLOCK, THAT IS THE QUESTION .... kind of ....

 Well - leave it to CA to"fix" a problem .... by making a NEW problem ...

They have decided that Glocks - one of the most popular firearms in America - can NOT be owned in their state.
Not "cannot be used" but rather Cannot be OWNED ...

So - this means most of CA's police officers are now breaking the law ... because most officers prefer the Glock.

Why?

Because it operates smoothly - it is less likely to have issues - it can fire underwater I'm told - they, as I understand it, are ceramic so they tend not to set off scanners .... Air Marshall's love them.

But, don't take my word for it .... here is the latest episode from "Truth Matters" on YouTube ....

So - instead of ARRSTING the people USING the pistols, they have decided it is best to just dump the pistol ...

I'm going to guess - in a few yeas - we will be seeing this go to the Supreme Court ... where, as it stands now, it is likely to be maade into a mute point.

This will be interesting .... I'm guessing Newsom is betting on the next President being a Democratic Sociolist (DSA) and will pack the court with like minded judges ...

ELECTION 2025: VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE, follow up

 So - had I finished watching the full news reports I had I would have included this statement from J. Jones

"Virginians deserve honest leaders who admit when they are wrong and own up to their mistakes.  This was a grave mistake and I will wok every day to prove to the people of Virginia that I will fight for them as Attorney General."

Wow ... so, he's clawing at it .... but he had texted a Republican - not a felow Democrat, a REPUBLICAN - about hus thoughts of killing - or at the very leastt, the DEATHS OF- Sen. Gilbert AAND his family!!

When the story first came out, Jones is saiid to have stated that he stated that the texts were sent because he felt Speaker Gilbert was raising "little facists" ...

And no Democrat has come out and said this is so wrong ... and that he should drop out ... 

There is a claim - from a Republican - that Jones told her, that during the George Floyd riots, that:

"... if more cops got killed maybe they'd stop shooting people" ... now THIS STATEMENT Jones is denying having said it .... and that kind of makes sense, why the heck would he say something like this to a person NOT of his party?

I'm wondering if this was something she had overheard, or caught just a bit of - like when you're in a restaurant, and you hear what's being said at the table next to you .... your not likely to have heard the entire conversation, but chances are it's just enough ...."""

Kind of like the elevator scene on "Fraiser" (NBC) where Daphne and Martin are either coming or going with Eddie (the dog) when someone else gets on, they pretend to be continuing on with a conversation about something  inappropriate - such as Martin having a hollow leg where something is hidden, or a suspicious death or some such thing .... funny, but you know the listener got it wrong ...

I guess we will have to see what happens - say tuned.

WHEN TO WALK AWAY ....

It would have been a long time ago ... in this case, it has to do with THREATENING your opponent ....

You see, the Attorney General's race in Virginia has become that "toxic" ....

Democratic canidate, J. Jones, sent a text .... in Aug. 2022 - so it was 3 yrs ago - which was about then State House Speaker, Todd Gilbert ... the text contained the phrase "3 people, 2 bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and pul pot" (likely I did not hear that last one correctly) and it continued ... "Gilbert gets 2 bullets to the head."

Oh my!

Well, when that came to light - it was explosive - right away, the Republican running against him put out an ad pointing out the tests ....

Wait - he wasn't done yet ... he went on to wish Gilbert's wife could watch as her child died in her arms ...

VILE!!!

The ad then went on to post some 15 different news organizations  - big ones, not tiny online places - such as the Washington Post, and ABC, CBS, FOX affiliates .... 

Jones has come out with a statement:

    "I have reached out to Speaker Gilbert to apologize directly to him, his wife Jennifer, and their children.  I cannot take back what I said; I can only take full accountability and offer my sincere apology"

Now imagine how this would have went if the shoe was on the other foot .... if it had been the Republican who had written those texts .... They would be calling for the guy to drop out right away ...

But - in Virgina, it is my understanding, that the desicion would have been made something like 60 days before voting day - this is only some 30 days away ....

So, he is not dropping out of the race ... in fact, they have stepped it up .... labeling the issue as a "racist tactic" ... what?? Dude, you wished this man dead! 

Let's remember, this is for the office of ATTORNEY GENERAL of Virginia .... this person is supposed to be the best LAWYER in the state .... they are supposed to be upright and outstanding ... and had Jones not written the texts in question, he very welll could have been.

All but for a 10 second pause - likely, he wouldn't have sent it.

 

THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPOSODE 6 .... season finale ....

 This is going to be a had one .... it's the last show of the season!!! OMG - why are British seasons so short???

Well - don't worry .... according to IMDB - or at least a link on their page - the show has been renewed for another season!!!!

In fact - it seems they began filming it in May of 2025 ... so hopefully, next year we will be having more of these types of posts :D

Also - I have learned the name of the female in charge of the police side of things -- Tatika Malibb - very pretty name.

so let's get this started .... but first ....

SPOILER ALERT

As usual, there is a likelihood that I may give away something BIG during this recap of what's happening ....

But I try to be a vague as possible - giving away very little (I think) ....

but I could be wrong .... 

Season 2, Episode 6 (season finale)

Well, it seems I was mistaken last week about my body count - the episode opens with the man groaning under the boat ... 2 people - one guy, one gal - and they find him there, and call for help.

The man beneath the boat was named James Wicken (or wickham, or Wickam,I've no idea really) .... he had only a badly bruised arm.  Wait - a big butted boat falls on him, and he didn't even break a bone???  We work with boats all the time - if they fall, somethings gonna get hurt more than a bruise.

It turns out, if I had been paying attention last episode, that Jack Wickham is the Club Commodore - he runs the boating club (nothing to do with the Murder Club, this is going to get confusing)

He winds up asking Tatika to stop investigating ... to which her eyes say "excuse me?" ... his excuse? Jackie has been through enough.

The Murder Club finds a boat where someone has been sleeping, an obviously abandoned boat ... and it looks like the police were called in to investigate it.

The police find Greg Cooper (the man who was hiding) and arrest him for the murder of Kit Harcort (or Harcorp) .... and the guy is a mess - he freely admits to getting into a fight, but denies he killed him ....

A man goes outside and calls someone on the phone and reports that Greg was just arrested, but he ends with "....they've got nothing on us - so far, so good" .... that sound ominous!!!

Later that day - Judith goes out skinny-dipping in the river as usual, where she thinks about everything they know ....

There's something important about boat members hats - something to do with the number of stripes - so Judith stops by the Boat Club to talk to one of the officials about the club kit ... um, uniform ... and they find one member's hat missing.

Someone, a woman, calls Susie's phone but gets her voicemail - she says she knows who did it and is sending proof now ...

Meanwhile, the Murder Club is meeting at Judith's, where they wait for the engine thief to show up.

it turns out that they simply found enginge thieves - two as a matter of fact .... One of whom is Harry ... 

Oh and the woman who called was Jackie - she's related to Harry (I want to say daughter) ... and the Murder Club find her out cold and call an ambulance.

And this where I have to stop. Or I'll give it all away ...

 BUT. I will say, Tatika does not lose her position after all ... So we can expect her back next season!

A very good season, I wonder how they will work it next year?

  

MARLOW MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPISODE 5

And look - another MURDER takes place .... so let's start this with the obligatory ...

SPOILER ALERT

I may - inadvertantly, or perhaps on purpose - reveal a thing or two ....about what happens, who dies, how they were killed ... etc.  but I will try my best not to give away whom the killer is ...

But this one - like the last two - will likely wrap in in this episode and the next as well.

So let's get to it ....

Season 2, Episode 5

It opens with Judith digging up an escavation site - she was supposed to be retired, but apparently when an ancient sword is found .... she just couldn''t resist!  Well - who could, really.

Suddenly, there are sirens .... and right across the street from the dig, is a murder scene.

The Club gets snooping around and find all sorts of "clues" .... such as an old photograph .... an old story about someone having stolen stuff from the boating club .... and Judith uses a UV light to find spots of oil which lead to where the died man had been found - but the3 suddenly disappeared.

The female lead detective, still haven't figured out her name yet - even though they say it every episdoe, I just can't catch it - Tatanka or something like that. any how - she is expecting to lose her position in the department because the person she was replacing - due to some medical situation - is supposed to be retuning soon .... so she wants to solve this case.

EWWWW - a man is working on a boat - checking the keel (so he's UNDER the boat) when he hears the door to the "garage" (what would you call a place where they work on boats?) and he starts talking to Larry, who he thinks it is - but suddenly ... and this is kind of gross .... the boat is shoved/pushed/falls from it's sawhorses (I have no idea how they would hold it up) and ....

Squishes the guy!!!!!

Like I said .... EWWWWW.

Meanwhile - the Murde Club has set things into place for what Judith has dubbed "Operation Colossium" - of course, Susan and Beck have absolutely no idea what she is talking about.

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Body count: 2

Suspects: none so far, or lots so far ... they haven't really said - although, there is a missing man, which Susan is interested in finding.

LAWSUITS ... from several days ago now ....

 Yup, I'm late - but I just couldn't pass this by ...and it has too much information to transcribe .... so here's the video ... it is NOT MINE .... I'm just saying .... but it's interesting to say the least!