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A brief review of the elections

Posted on November 8, 2020November 10, 2020 By admin

It’s been a hell of a ride!

First there was the whole #stopthecount thing. But only in some states (where he is winning) but not others (where he’s trailing). Except that advisors told Drumpf that this would cost him the election there and then, so the counting continued.

Then there was Greta Thunberg’s revenge tweet that was a year in the making.

Then there was the whole “if they only count the legal votes, I win” delusion – where in Drumpfland the only legal votes are for him, and anything else is illegal and shouldn’t count. Except that this is not how democracy works, and some of the saner republicans start pointing this out.

Then the some media channels actually cut him off mid-rant because they couldn’t deal with the lies anymore and CNN’s Anderson Cooper said, on live TV, a quote that I hope will forever be associated with the Drumpf presidency.

Then even Fox News declared Biden president-elect, and the #maga mob lost it – turning on Foz news like a pack of hunting dogs and declaring it anathema, and mainstream media-ish. Drumpf supposedly contacted Rupert Murdoch directly to complain about the coverage. So sad.

And now Drumpf, showing his standard colours, refuses to concede and is threatening to unleash the dogs of War, er litigation, come Monday and sue everyone and everything in sight. But so far, no substantive evidence has been presented, some lawsuits have already been dismissed and the experts seem to say that this will not be a repeat of 2000/Florida because the results of several states would need to be reversed – the legal standing of such challenges being shaky and dubious. Still, who the fuck knows what will happen.

The electoral college is supposed to vote on Dec 14th. Let’s see if we can survive this coming week without bloodshed… And this is only in the last 3 days!

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A jigging we will go

Posted on November 3, 2020 By admin

 

Next step in knife making project plan: build filing jig while waiting for the last of the tools/materials to get delivered.

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Doing our best in covid times

Posted on October 31, 2020November 3, 2020 By admin

Every year since we’ve moved into the building, Katy has organised something for Halloween. This year, we tried our best but with the latest directives from the OFSP, it wouldn’t have been possible or safe to have the giant gathering like we had last year. Even then, Katy has been fretting over what could be done. In the end, she made just shy of 100 little baggies and hung them up in the trees in the park – and still she worries if it’s going to be OK. This is why I love my wife. She’s nuts, but she cares.

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Final product, that’s a wrap!

Posted on October 26, 2020November 3, 2020 By admin

Mine is the orange one, Colin’s is green. I made a lanyard, he burned the end in. We’re both satisfied with the results :)

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First steps in the workshop direction

Posted on October 24, 2020 By admin

Colin and I found a good starting point to make a solid workbench for our knife-making endeavours. We had to schlep it from the city center all the way up to his house. Bitch was heavy!! But heavy means solid, and with a bit of judicious prevention, it’ll be reused as a proper garden table once plan B comes to fruition. We had to clear out half his garage to get it in place, but that was a good thing done too. Next steps, tools and steel!

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10k booyah!!

Posted on October 24, 2020October 25, 2020 By admin

Ran my first 10k! The first 5k was half run, half, quarter pootle, quarter walk because Katy’s knee was playing up, so when she headed home I decided to run the trail for another 5k. With minimal effort, k could already shave about 8-10 minutes from my time, but it’s a start and I’ll take it!!

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Good advice in these difficult times

Posted on October 18, 2020October 19, 2020 By admin

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Christmas display

Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 By admin

The Schilliger Xmas display was cute but a bit subdued compared to previous years. Given how shite 2020 has been, it’s a bit hard to work up a full heas of seasonal cheery steam. We’ve decided to push back our flight to the UK from December to next July, in the hopes that things will have improved by then and we won’t need to quarantine on both ends. We’ll be here for Swissmas. Pray that we don’t kill each other. Ho ho oy.

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The new normal

Posted on October 17, 2020October 19, 2020 By admin

When even the statues need a mask in crowded spaces.

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So what are *you* doing this weekend?

Posted on October 17, 2020October 19, 2020 By admin

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In the second scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised a story is written concerning one day when the apprentice Clodpool, in a rebellious mood, approached Wen and spake thusly: "Master, what is the difference between a humanistic, monastic system of belief in which wisdom is sought by means of an apparently nonsensical system of questions and answers, and a lot of mystic gibberish made up on the spur of the moment?" Wen considered this for some time, and at last said: "A fish!" And Clodpool went away, satisfied.
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