That Awkward Flight Home When You Know Your Wife Wants You Dead

You head of the Georgia mom who is accused of plotting to kill her husband while in the Bahamas?

Couple thoughts. For starters, the court let her out on bond, but she must stay in the Bahamas. Well fuck. That’s the worst punishment they could think of? I kid. I kid. I know. Innocent until proven guilty, right?

Speaking of proven guilty, defense lawyer’s main strategy is to say the only proof they have is a text message and that won’t cut it. And if they win? Goddamn. Wouldn’t that be the most awkward flight home? I’d ask for a seat by the emergency door with parachute in hand. And some no-doze. I ain’t going to sleep with a wife that wanted to kill me nearby.

El Paso Remembers

Today, El Paso remembers the 23 victims of the August 3, 2019 mass shooting with various remembrance ceremonies.

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar provides a few words as well.

News Mashup for August 2, 2023

Voting Fraud

The now former Michigan Attorney General Matthew D. Perno is being charged with “undue possession of a voting machine.” Just goes to show that those who scream the loudest about voting fraud are probably the ones we need to be keeping an eye on for committing actual voting fraud.

The US Credit Rating Downgraded

Meanwhile, the U.S.’s credit rating has been downgraded from a AAA down to a AA+ by Fitch. In other words, we’ve gone from “fuckin’ amazing!” to just “Amazing!” This is a Fuck Around and Find Out scenario playing out here. The rating drop is the Find Out.

The Fuck Around? Let’s play petty games with the debt ceiling. Something our government came up with when they literally ran out of money to spend. I know, let’s change the entire economy to be based off inflation and debt, so we can then borrow against our future economy. Let’s pass bills for agencies and benefits we don’t have the money to fulfill and pass along the financial obligation to national debt. Boom. Done. Passed. But then months or even years later when it comes time to increase that national debt for programs already approved they bring us to the 11th hour and risk not fulfilling our obligations and at times even bringing the government to shut down status. It doesn’t matter which side of the political fence they fall on. Both parties are guilty AF.

You know what? The government, just like the rest of us, has a credit rating. So take your credit rating downgrade and fuck off. Or maybe do something about it. Maybe change the way you do business so that these stand-offs over money that has already been approved doesn’t wreak havoc on our economy and mental well-being of the people’s lives who are affected by the financial uncertainty your actions generate.

Here’s the money quote. The Biden Administration’s official response through their financial arm, Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary, was “I strongly disagree with Fitch Ratings’ decision.” Of course you do, Janet. And just like us, you’re going to piss and moan about how unfair it is. As we say down here in Peasantville, thems the breaks.

More Indictments

Speaking of Fuck Around and Find Out, four more indictments have been leveled against 45 for his role in the January 6 riot. He claims he is being indicted for us. Like he’s Jesus on the goddamn cross or something. And don’t think the irony of a 45-page indictment isn’t lost on me. That’s some premeditated surgical wordsmithing there. Well done Mr. Smith. Well done.

 

RV Mod – Drawer Pin Catch

For those who need a solution for your Lance dinette booth drawers coming open even though you secure that pin in there, here’s your sign. I found it doesn’t matter how tight you get that pin in there, it eventually works its way loose and will let the drawer slide out and into whatever is in its way. I did this back in June of 2022 and it has held up well through 30 camping expeditions since then (today is July 30, 2023) requiring one tighten-up a couple months ago.

Pin catch – prevents booth drawer lock pin from falling out

There is literally a hundred ways one could do this. Choose mine, or make your own similar mod based off this idea.

Each drawer will require a bolt, 3 washers, lock washer, nut, and a 1/2” conduit one hole strap. When it comes to the size of your bolts/nuts/washers, like my wife tells me, size doesn’t matter. Just make sure they can slip into the opening of that 1/2” conduit strap.

In the picture below you’ll find an example of the order in which all hardware will be installed. Picture this as your left-hand side booth drawer, and the pencil is left side outer wall of the booth. Reverse it for the right-hand side.

Hardware order – left side – pencil is the wall

Required tools – screwdriver, wrench or socket, some drill bits based off the size hole you’ll be drilling, and possibly a small hole saw if the area you need to put the securing nut on the inside of the drawer support contains a support bracket. Mine did.

Tools required
Where I had to cut into the support with a hole saw.

See video below to see final product in operation.

Midland MXMC01 Undocumentation – Speaker Select

Midland MXMC01

The Midland MXMC01 is a replacement/upgrade Speaker/mic for your Midland MXT275 or MXT 575 GMRS radio. When you can find it in stock, that is. Been especially hard to try to get one since it came out. Sells out fast. It boasts a much larger display that translates into more human words in the menu system rather than codes. The mic features Automatic Noise Cancellation to filter out unwanted noise when transmitting. And my favorite addition – a real power/volume knob instead of buttons. What’s conspicuously missing from the documentation is any reference to the built-in speaker of the the handheld mic. It does have one and here is how to choose between the mic and radio base speaker.

What it doesn’t have is the same method to change it in the menu system. It is missing from the menu but is still there and can be selected by short-pressing the Lock button and using the Channel up/down buttons to select.

To the bottom right of the active channel number you’ll see the same abbreviations you are accustomed to if you used that feature on the old display:

HF AO = handheld speaker is active/radio base speaker is off.
HO AF = handheld speaker is off/radio base speaker is active.
HO AO = both the handheld and the radio base speaker are active.

No confirmation button to select – wherever you leave it in the menu is where it will stay until you change it.

Click here to view the custom install of my GMRS radio install in my Ram Laramie.