People Blowing Smoke

I cut a person from my reading list for posting dishonest nonsense. He was maintaining that Americans in the 1990's were running into bomb shelters when they saw low flying planes. His point was that the US was terrible and in danger from the Soviets during the Reagan Administration.

His bone-headed friends, mostly to pander to him, were posting 'duck and cover" cartoons from the 1960's and agreeing that bomb shelters still existed some places in the 1990's. As if that proved his point.

So many foolish, ignorant, dishonest people here on Live Journal.

One sad, but interesting note, is that a Russian was one other who disagreed with the facts and tenor of the post. He knows history and had an honest understanding of the 1990's.

Sunday

It's hard to get current temperatures with the common weather websites. They usually display the temperature of an hour ago. In the afternoon, I like to wait until it's begun to cool down, and then walk the dogs. I guess the best solution would be a personal weather station. The new ones connect via a Wi-Fi signal. Sprinkler controllers are the same. You program them from a pc, and the signals are all transmitted wirelessly.

It's also difficult to find watch batteries. The cross references are difficult to use, and when you find a compatible battery, local stores don't stock it, and it takes a week to get. I guess a watch battery is a low margin thing. I'm starting by getting a battery for an old 1990's Casio G-Shock watch. It's collectible now, and mine has been sitting with a dead battery for years. I'm also buying some tack putty that supposedly will allow me unscrew the backs of some metal watches that also need batteries.

An interesting note: There are avid collectors now for the very early digital watches. Do you remember the first ones with red LCDs?