Driving BS

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Kelsey

Driving is just fine, but I broke any hope of a diet yesterday and today. I had two Egg McMuffins on each day for breakfast. Least awful thing I could find on a menu, and fastest decent meal I think I could have thought of. I also had a Three Musketeers bar on each day around noon. I need to not do that again. I need to go find a salad instead. My goodness!

Anyway, I was frustrated today. The checking account notified me that it was going to relieve me of $35 for not having any money in it. Gee, that helps. And can I also add, AGAIN! It told me that just before noon, and I had only earned about $35 by then. Noice waste of half a workday! “Pissed” is only a summary. And summary is the king of execution bankers deserve for pulling this kind of crap on poor people. It’s not right.

The day was not as profitable as i had hoped it would be. Now I have three days on the trot of long work days ahead, and I only hope to make up for what I was short today. Then again, I was short on energy. It may have had something to do with the candy bar, but when I came home, Missus soon had a wonderful homemade shrimp curry on a plate of rice, and I ate the hell out of that. I mean, man, did I ever devour the plate and a second. Now, that is a lot of rice, so there’s no good coming for me after that. But I needed it. I will have to do better tomorrow, and try to eat healthier. I am just so damn food bored. And delivering for every restaurant in town only to find none of it appeals to me is insane. But alas, here we are.

I had some boredom time today. I really need to bring a word search or cross word along with. I had Uber and DoorDash open and spent an inordinate amount of time waiting for a beep or a ding. I would like to get something done during the dead periods. I think the puzzles would be like watching commercials. Sure, it is watching TV, but is it valuable time spent? I don’t know much of what to do in the car. Writing turns into partial thoughts and distractions. Photography just looks dodgy, though I see a lot of things I would like to shoot pictures of. There is no pub. Ha! What a time THAT would be! “Right boys! I am off to drive a delivery across town, one way or another.”

Well, anyway, today was a bit of a frustrating day. I am fed up with being behind. I am tired of not catching up when I need to. But here I am.

So, I came home more tired than I think I have ever been since starting this endeavor in January. I am still not in any serious pain like before. So that’s great! But I was exhausted because of too much sugar, or lack of food, or over-worked-ness. It makes me worry about tomorrow, and the whole of the next three days, really.

Oh! I must remind myself, I need bottled water, sausages, and half and half and two gallons of milk, tops, tomorrow! Believe it or not, just writing it here will be enough to remind me. Just you wait and watch! Also, I can look this up while I am out.

So, I got an order to Hyrum today. Drove it out there, and the GPS took me down long dirt roads to short-cut over to town again. Holy stupid! I hated that! The guy was laughing at me when I got there. Apparently he was following my progress online. Great!

I showered fresh for tomorrow. Best be on my best dietary behavior! Off to sleep soon enough! Too tired to live anymore of today.

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Driving, and Chainsaw Grinder Justification

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Kelsey

I have not been at the keyboard for a bit because I have been at the wheel instead, delivering food to whomever required. It is a trip driving professionally again. I have got nothing to say about the food. I go to wherever I am required, so it is not centralized. Instead, I can be just about anywhere in town and get a delivery request, then fulfill it. From anywhere, to anywhere. I don’t get a chance to make any friends, and that comes with a certain feeling of loneliness. When throwing out tendrils, it is good to have trust, and there is no such opportunity for that working gig work like this. I mean like, literally not one. So it has come with adjustment.

Yesterday I got an alert for a grocery delivery. I went and picked it up, then went elsewhere to get a drinks order and then deliver it before I went to deliver the groceries. Oh, what a joy! I backed into the driveway wondering how for up I would have to take them. Then I performed every contact method in the app that I could, but the customer would not answer. I knocked and rang the bell as well. Nothing. I tried to contact the help in the app, but that was useless. There is no person to reach, and when there it, it becomes even more useless. There is no good way to resolve this, including taking the stuff back to the store, so I left it all on a side step and took a photo with the app for proof.

All the while I was doing this, I was overshadowed by a flag on a flagpole across the street which was unlike any I had ever seen before. It was s big black flag with lettering that read, “My Neighbor Is A Karen.” That had me nervous! Was I at the Karen’s house? Once I got the picture, I went away to finish the in-app completion of the delivery so I would not be there to get yelled at should I have been getting set-up for a complaint. I can assure you, at $7.50 for the delivery, I was not getting paid enough to deal with the hassles I was facing, much less a Karen, as our society defines it now.

On the other side of things, I am thinking on getting an electric chain sharpener for the chainsaw chains. I am piling up with them, and would save a load of money if I were using the ones I have got rather than buying new ones whenever they are dull. I have tried hand filing, but there comes a point when a person has to admit they are no good at a thing. I am not. I need the consistency of the machine and the speed. I have a 20 inch bar, so the chains are something like 44 inches each. It would be of great help! I also foresee diamond wheels on the tool in the future. Not straight away, because of the cost of the machine. But It will be of help because the profiles of stones change as they are worn, they can shatter. I’d rather not.

Every chain I have ever used over the last ten years is hung on a hook in the shop. I have them all. I have bought maybe two chains a year! I must have a load of them. Either way, there are enough to make it worth doing this. I have a lumber mill, and I go through the chains every summer while using it, and while getting firewood. I could not beat having a few fresh chains along with while doing that. It would be of great help to be able to just throw a new one on while working where I acquire the wood. I could do a lot more to prepare it properly for hauling. Also, I have a kid who is thinking on joining me there to get as much wood as we need to heat both of our houses. He is even considering getting a hauler of his own to bring down, so I can load and bring my tractor to get the wood loaded up in his hauler and make quick work of it. We could do two or three trips a day like that and then pile up enough for us to heat in a couple of days over a weekend. I could also mention that doing all the work manually in the heat is hellish. But doing it with a machine makes it a lot more tolerable. Then he could come by a couple of days in the summer, and we can cut and split logs here at the house. We’d be all set.

So, I am convinced of the need of the grinder to sharpen the chains. I would like to be burning through them. I know how to not dull them too quickly through poor use. But one cannot avoid dulling, and there are things in wood that can make it worse, such as nails and dirt in the crotches and the like. So, it cannot be avoided. It is a link in my work that hampers it when I have a dull chain and I end up having to drive to town and spend money to sort that out. It is enough to have to buy gas and oil! Luckily that actually works out fairly cheap, even with two kinds of oil required for the saw. I only get that every year or two. I imagine with a grinder for the chains, I will use the saw even more. Both saws, actually! Oh wit! All three! I have three! Two gas of different sizes, and a battery operated one. There are different jobs that require different saws. I have a small one for reaching high because it is lighter, and once a branch is in motion, it is better to be able to move your ass. There is the bigger one because getting through wider logs requires power. The electric one is for work that requires quick cuts, since it is much easier to set it down between cuts than a running gas machine. So that is good for parting up smaller branches.

So that’s where I am right now. I regret the price of the grinder. It will pay for itself quickly, especially with the number of chains I have got ready for it. But who need that kind of cost right now? Then again, I do. I need to be able to use those chains and thus use the log splitter and the sawmill. It’s no good fighting with dull chains in those processes. And I am working on the road to pay that cost. But honestly, I could sell a few cords of firewood and pay it back, too. So, there is that! Those would sure cut up a lot easier if there is sharp chains to do it with.

I have got a fresh chain on the saw right now. I have a bunch of damaged tips on the right side of the last chain, and it is cutting left bigtime. So I put a fresh one on and cut a couple of cuts with it. Oh wow! This is the best on I have had in ages. It plowed right through, and it cut straight as can be. The engine did not bog down much, either. It was pretty sweet! And that encouraged me to buy a chain sharpener, too. I actually enjoy cutting when the saw is sharp. It is easier, I can get more done, and I would like to free up that time and produce the wood to do more in the woodshop. I think it will help!

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Dreaming of Quitting the Road

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Kelsey

There is a hole in Logan that the GPS can take a person to, but it is not where a person is meant to go. What is worse, I am programmed to follow the GPS no matter what. I got a delivery today that took me to 750 N Main St. The GPS took me to the border of Millville and Providence where a short stretch of road has three names, one being Main. It is on the border of the two cities, so the two other names run into each other like that. They are both at the 700 block, too, one being North, and one being South. So, the GPS found it as 750 N Main. But the only thing there is a field on the side of the street where the even numbers are supposed to be. On the other side, I was surprised to find a new house labelled 760. So I would assume then the house next to it, fully under construction, would be 750. No house number, anywhere on the house or next to the road or whatever.

I tried phoning the customer and got no answer. I texted and got no reply. Several minutes later I looked to text again and saw a reply which simply read “read directions.” WTF???

I tried Dash support. India. Useless. I gave up and took it back to the restaurant and told them what has happened. Wait. 750 N Main? Smith’s Market? I tried that. It was it. I apologized to the lady profusely, and she sent me a $5.00 tip after.

This was one of several problems that came up today. The power port I plug the phone into stopped working. The sound of the GPS voice stopped coming out all the time, though it did come sometimes. The rear right tire came up as low pressure. I mean, this was by far the worst day of all.

Tomorrow I am going to go to work, on a Monday, a day I normally take off. I am going to earn me enough to buy a big fucking Angus steak from Sam’s Club, and some food for Missus and the kids, too. Then I am going to come home and cook the shit out of it all for supper and pass out. This has been a nightmare of a day. If there is any time aside, I will use it to fill that tire and see what the hell I can do about the power port. Nightmare be done!

Now, the challenge. How to properly cook a two-inch-thick steak.

Oh, and one more thing. The weather will be quite nice for a couple of days this week. I need some time in the workshop for sure!

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The Mourning After

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Kelsey

It is the morning after, and the hangover is being felt. Honestly, I feel terrible this morning. Joints are stiff and sore, and I am still tired, even after a hard night of sleeping. What a party! And all that from a bread taco shell? I do not want to eat that again!

I have been down to the loo and the coffee maker, so I am set for a little longer before I have to get back out from under these wonderful blankets. I wonder what I would have felt like this morning if I would have just drunk myself stupid instead of eating that bread? I mean, a greasy breakfast, and I’d probably be on my feet and feeling good again! I’ll try to rest this off some more, then see what the work day is going to look like. I love that I can earn by driving. I just hate how long it takes me to earn a reasonable amount to get by on.

Alright. Here goes something. I’ll feel rough for the loss of the pain-free feeling I have been having lately. Then I’ll get back to it. And then, hopefully, I will start my day. I just need this to vanish off! Can it go within another hour or two? It’s Sunday morning. I can give it! Oh! My shoulder!

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Driving and Wood

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Kelsey

I went into town and earned money today, but only after dropping Missus and the kids to do a market in Preston this morning. I am disappointed that the app keeps telling my I am not taking photos as I deliver when I am and it says they are uploading. If I am doing everything right, then they are threatening to review my account, how do I prove myself? I have worked for people like this before, who prove they can override me and prove me not doing something I am supposed to when I am. Fraudulent authority. I think what really irks me about this though is that I can remember being told as a kid growing up that there was such a thing as GIGO, and that computers were perfect and did not make mistakes. Well, here we are, with a computer making mistakes and blaming me for them. No GIGO necessary.

Anyway, I earned upwards of $60 today and came back to the Market for a break from it; the work, and the stupidity of the blame game, and on top of it all, fighting with the GPS which has trouble orienting itself while I am still in a parking lot, so I have troubles figuring out which way I need to go out to head off in the right direction.

Missus got me a taco from the Senior Center, where the market was being held. It was such a sweet gesture. I hate to say it was the bread they served it in rather than a shell that then sent my inflammation sky high, and sent me to bed soon after we got home. Holy Hell did it hurt! But what a great reminder of how I used to feel every day for decades, and of how much better I feel nowadays! Working for hours at a time and not feeling pain after it is amazing. I thought that a full day’s work meant it would be naturally followed with so much pain that a second day would be virtually unbearable, and that was just how it was for everyone. I just figured most people bore the pain better than me. But to do days on end with almost no pain at all has me wondering how my life would have been different if I had discovered this sooner?

So I got knocked down this evening, and did not go back to work. It’s lovely that I have no excuses I have to make to anybody. That is one thing I really love about the gig economy. I don’t have to call some asshole and tell them I am feeling awful, then hear them tell me I could be fired and give me a load of bullshit that is only such because people make heartless choices of how to run their companies. I mean, don’t get me wrong. There is no health insurance, no retirement, and no way I could make enough to do well on this money, especially if I had a mortgage or rent to worry about. But at least I don’t have to answer to anyone but the collector of the other bills.

I’ll go in tomorrow. I am aiming to break my record for weekly earnings. At some point I will max out, but for now I would like to make enough to catch up some bills we are behind on, and take some stress off. I say that. Honestly, I feel no stress at all right now. But that is not the kind of stress I mean. I am talking about non emotional stresses.

It is coming up to 9:00PM. I have mitigated the cause of the joint pain as best I can without medication or tablets. I wanted to write. Soon I will put on some woodworking videos on YouTube and hopefully tire back out and drift off, and with any luck, for the night. We will see!

Yesterday our oldest was by with his little family. It was sure good to see them. I had to bugger off to work, so I had to leave him at the log-splitter with his chainsaw. He needed some firewood, so I told him that rather than going to the dump and getting all muddy there, we could cut up some of the sawlogs I have out back, and asked if he could do some rounds for me and then take whatever he needs. He agreed. I hope that was a good deal for him and got him set up well. I just sent him a thank you, since we are on the topic.

Enough for now. I am going to get me some woodworking knowledge. The more I know the netter off I am when I get to the bench.

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Dashing Through Time

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Kelsey

I got together a few of the smaller pieces of scrap from the walnut in the burn bucket in the shop and put them on the lathe. I was thinking of egg cups, but they were too small. I turned them into handles instead that could be used on any future furniture projects, such as a Shaker style candle box or drawer. Then I was reminded later today that one of the small projects I wanted to do at some point is bobbins. I could have turned a couple of those pretty easily. So I am disappointed that I didn’t. Somehow, I think a couple of walnut bobbins would be quite luxurious.

I had to mess about with the DoorDash app quite a bit today to get it to show me Preston. I think what it wants is for me to not just enter the zone physically but actually take a delivery there before it will remember the zone for me. It seemed to earlier today. So, I guess that’s how I solve it going forward. Drive back from Logan after a Sundy delivering and go into Preston and take a delivery, then I can be set up for the week. Otherwise, I have to do it sometime on Monday or Tuesday, whenever I can get into town. Stupid thing will require me to be there to notice any runs, though. So that would be a lot of guesswork. Best to drive up and catch one on the evening when people are fancying something nice before going back to work for the week. It will be a challenge though, because I am tired come that time of a Sunday night, after working the Friday – Sunday weekend.

Missus just called out to tell me that we finally got our first review on the hairpin lace looms on her Etsy shop! Five stars! This is great! A few of them went out and we are looking forward to seeing what people say, and how they are received. This particular review read…

“Fabulous loom, I had one in the past and you cannot find them anymore. Love it.”

Etsy Customer

Well, that’s exciting! She seems to have used them before, so I am happy that she might have experience with them, and she is happy with what I made. That is important to me. I give this customer a five-star review!

I am feeding the llamas and goats in the mornings now. That way I can be free the rest of the day, and work in the shop, or do food deliveries, or both. It is more satisfying than doing it in the evening and usually having to fit it in or forget it. They don’t like it when I forget it. I remain logged into Door Dash now till 8:30PM. That’s another 20 minutes. If it grabs me, then I go. Otherwise, after 8:30 I will start thinking about bed. I like to relax and read a bit or watch news and Late Night or maybe some woodworking related videos before I nod off. These days suit me just fine. I like them. I especially like still being able to do the school runs. That ride home listening to how the kids’ day was is very important to me. And the ride to and getting them psyched up for their day is also such important time.

Time keeps on ticking, to both the near future and the far.

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What Do You Do?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Kelsey

Oh! I am glad you asked!

I am a couple of things. First, I am a husband and a father. Nothing comes before those.

I do delivery on the weekends to help make ends meet. I also catch a photo here and there where I can, while out to do the deliveries and at other times.

I manage a small hold farm with llamas and goats.

I gather loads of wood that would otherwise be sent to waste, and I use it to make furniture using mostly hand tools. What I cannot use from the logs I gather, or any other waste, I make into firewood to heat our home, or yours, if you come buy.

And finally, I am a chandler. I make beeswax candles both with molds, and by hand dipping.

These are my primary occupations.

When required of me, I also assist my wife’s business by making what she needs to sell, so for example, we got started like this with hairpin lace looms. They took off, and we have been selling them since through her Etsy store and at Farmer’s Markets.

Let me show you my first proper piece of furniture. It was a small table with a drawer in the front. I made it following direction in a video course I purchased online. The exciting part of it is that there were no plans or measurements. It was simply freehand, much like earlier furniture would have been in small rural shops across the colonies.

Terribly sorry about the resolution! But this is the table. I am very happy with it, but it does not get much use as it is the only one I have in my collection. I would like to build a few more and sell them. They are not difficult for me to make. I just need the dry wood to work with, and that is going to require putting my mill to work. I am learning on that and trying to get to the point where I produce good wood with no warping or cupping and properly dried with little waste.

Importantly, some of these are some of the tools I made the table with. After general stock preparation, the whole table was built by hand, with hand tools. Even the taper on the legs was done with a hand plane.

The candle stand was made by outlining the star shape and etching the designs with a laser, then cutting out the star shape with the bandsaw. The center was even found on the laser, then, with an egg-beater drill, I put the screw hole in the middle, then fastened down the candle cup. I was able ot make several of these fairly easily.

A birthday candle is fairly quick and easy to hand dip and depending on the length can cost a little or a little more. The labor is the same, but the materials have to be accounted for.

Larger candles are more expensive. This is an example of one I have dipped then straightened as I go, with no weight at the bottom of the wick to hold it there. I rely on my hand to make adjustments as I go to straighten it. It has, I think, a more primitive look to it, and is suitable to someone who wants either that, or the look of a candle made out on the trail. With a weight attached to the end, the candle naturally comes out straighter. There is a little more work involved. But it looks like a candle made in civilization.

And as a final example, I turn you back to the one in the star up above. That is a candle made in a colonial style tin taper mold. They are very consistent. They are all sized the same and are reliable for candlesticks.

Finally, on the topic of candles, this is a handmade candle box filled with beeswax candles. I refuse soy or other candles and use only beeswax because it is natural and seems to have more benefits than ails. The smell is warm and lovely, and the wax in the air attaches to the dust, weighing it down and cleaning the air for you.

I built two Roman workbenches. One for the shop, and one for the front porch. I am modifying the one for the porch so it can do a lot more than the one for the shop. It is meant to provide me a warm place to work over winters, if we still have those in the future. This Roman will serve as a place for grandchildren to come visit Grandpa.

This is the porch bench in progress. It ideally will serve also as a sort of shave horse when it is finished.

I had a container for sourdough starter that lost its lid to breakage before I ever even got the chance to use it. Then my oldest daughter asked to use it, so I made her a lid to go with it. She never has done anything with it since. Snob!

Another project for the lathe and for the walnut wood a neighbor gave me has been to make carver’s mallets. I like this type of mallet, a lot. I keep saying I am making them to sell, but I like them too much to let go of. I need to make some to sell!

Finally, I needed a place to store a few tools out by the sawmill. I thought it would be fun to make it look like a place nobody would want to come snoop around in. The best part it that it would very easily convert into an actual outhouse. I think a plastic bucket to catch waste in under a little bench built on the supports of the bottom shelf, and we would have the necessities should we ever find ourselves without proper disposal. Just dump the bucket way out back when you are done!

Those are some of the things I have made. I will next move on with the skills acquired and make some more of the same, and some things new. I intend to get more complicated as I go with designs, but slowly. When all was said and done, the table was not that hard. A couple more and I will be totally convinced of that. I also will make them of different shapes and sizes, adding to my maker’s skill, and further convincing me how easy it really is. Also, having built the one, I already have ideas on efficiency.

So, this is where the new woodworking season begins. I really look forward to it getting under sail. Then there are also some things to do with the sailboat to get it up and running and in ship shape, which is it not, by far, right now! I could use some teak to really get it set up. Maybe the hand planes will reveal some under the grey wood that is there now. That could save a load of money!

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A Blast of Warm Weather

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Kelsey

Today was a day off, more or less. I did mess with the larger chainsaw and determined that the chain hit something metal, and it blunted the points of the cutters on the right side pretty severely. The left cutters are still sharp, and they cut fine. But on the right side it does not make it through and the bar curves to the left when doing a plunge cut. I also took down the rakers a little too far, giving a good strong kickback. When dropping the cut normally, the thing barely cuts at all. And all this after sharpening the cutters quite a lot. Where it is not cutting on the right, it means the cut is too narrow for the bar, and it jams up, too. I would carry on sharpening it, but the nicks on the cutters are so deep that I will have to shave half of the things down to get past it. I foresee a new chain, again, in the near future so I can get to work on the firewood. I also cleaned out the air filter, and the saw started and ran brilliantly. That old Stihl is being pretty amazing so far, over the last ten years or so I have had it.

I charged the battery on the tractor. I had to do that so I will be able to jump start the truck. I need to jump start the truck so I can go down to the gas station with a fuel can and get fuel for the tractor. But before I do that, I need to update the registration on the truck, as apparently, I missed it back in November. This is getting busy, circular, and expensive. Well, the tractor starts for today.

I did get out to the shop to put the bird’s nest on the lathe and turn the bottom down. Now I don’t have to worry about the lid catching on the object that is inside the bowl. It has a lip inside. I will probably go ahead and try to sell it at the next market. $30?

I started the tractor and left it running a bit while I charged the battery. Not to waste fuel I went ahead with it and put a big log on the log splitter and got it down to firewood. I left it run while I did that, too.

I suspect that if I can get to the machine tomorrow, I will put my laundry in to wash then go up to town to get the registration sorted out on that truck so I can go get diesel. Hopefully while I am up there, the DoorDash app will stick to the Idaho zones, and I will be able to activate dashing while I am in the workshop the rest of this week. Right now, it reset to Utah after I drove up to Preston after working Sunday. That was pretty stupid. I need to do the short dashes in Preston rather than driving 20+ miles to Logan to work. I only do that when I can stay down there for several hours and burn fuel. I need to make a little during the week up in Preston, so I have a little start before heading into the long weekends. I am happy to bust it Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Other days it is shop time with the occasional run as required. I think if I get more active, Preston will, too.

Okay, so this week’s goals are to put some more walnut on the lathe and turn some items to sell at Market. I still need to figure out what to make for the neighbor as a thank you for the wood in the first place. I also want that to sort of remind him that if there is more wood, there are more objects, and maybe he can order what he wants rather than taking random ones as I make them. Either way, I am loving the wood and how it works on the turn. I will have to mess about with it after resawing some, too. I will make a wooden box.

I keep drinking coffee because of a lack of options. This is not good. I mean, it’s fine. But I would like some variety in life! Don’t tell my wife that! I tried a Crystal Light today. I could not drink it without worrying about what the doctor said about the artificial sweetener triggering a hormone in my brain that would cause me to store fat. That man has ruined everything, apart from the fact I do feel so much better than I ever have before.

The weather is warming, and the shop is inviting me to come and start a regimen of sharpening tools and cleaning up for the season, as well as some projects on the smaller side. I have a table and a stool or two in mind. I also still want to build the bedside cabinet that I put off last year till after the cold passed. I can’t tell you how miserable it is in the shop when all the tools are too cold to hold. But with the weather getting into the 40’s, there is nothing to it. That chainsaw revitalization today was a hell of a lot more pleasant than the weeks before today. I even went out without my coat on!

Yeah, I am getting eager to get some tools in my hands and get to work on some wood.

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Supervillain Plot Twist

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Kelsey

A supervillain has become the richest man in the world. He has many endeavors, including one that is reported to have recently had success installing a computer chip in a human brain, giving that person the ability to look things up on the internet with their mind. But that ‘s what the media reported. Really, it happened at the resort of a failed minor villain who’s sole capability was charismatic lying, but it got him elected President of the United States. So, the super villain visited the minor villain at his resort for a bit, drugged him, and installed the chip in his brain, and has been controlling him ever since. The super villain had the President put him in charge of the Department of Government Evisceration and cleaned out the US Treasury while having his little puppet try to get him Greenland so he could build his lair there, because he hates small tropical islands with volcanoes. His ultimate plot is to gut the US Military and have the President destroy the world order, start a war between Europe and Russia, and another between China and Tawain, and ultimately leave him the most powerful entity on Earth after the dust settles.

Of course, I don’t actually believe this stuff, but the mind does travel. This comes out as a movie, I want a large percentage because the plot is so bad, I won’t be able to buy a used car with a small one.

I’m the one that lives in the Disappointment Room.

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Deliveries and Plans

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Kelsey

It was another day of Door Dashing and Uber Eats for me today. I wanted to see if I could break $100 for the day, and I did. I made $541 for the week working on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as a couple of short delivery runs during the week. My mantra for today was hurry, but don’t rush. I get the orders, and I don’t hang about. But I don’t speed (much) while I am driving. I was also having a nice long conversation with my GPS again. She really is nuts.

On my way home I drove all the way up to Preston to get Door Dash to illuminate it on the app so it will show when it is busy there, and I can take orders through the week. Then I drove home and put it on to show Missus what I did, and it switched back to Utah. So now I will have to try again, maybe tomorrow. This is ridiculous. I wish there were a way to do it in the app, but it does itself, and I have to physically drive up there to get it to switch. I’d rather be able to select it in the app, and then see where I want to work, when. But does anything ever work how you want or need it to? Of course not!

Not much else to say about it all. I am keeping at it as Door Dash is promising to upgrade my pay offerings again in about ten deliveries. I’ll be on the highest tier then. As I am up a tier now, I can say I have noticed that it is putting forth better offers to me. I’d be excited to see what it gets to in ten. Off I go to bed for an early morning tomorrow. Up at 5AM. I plan to work in the shop this week. I have a load to do to get ready for Market coming up soon. So here goes the week!

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