Happy Sunday Nor Cal.

Jim

 

I grabbed the green color net bags without paying attention. The avocado were round. Not teardrop shape. About the size of a baseball. I guess that's what happens when you buy imported avocado. Still, it was a lot less expensive than what California avocado sells for. Tasted the same to me. Maybe a true avocado connoisseur will know the difference. Not I.

 

Maybe they're not Haas avocados? Some other similar variety maybe? The meat looks good.

 

Well as long as they taste the same what difference does it make if they look different?

Jim

 

Good morning Nor Cal Truckers

 

They tasted real good. And cheap. I mushed it up like guacamole. Added a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and fresh crab. I got my first 1/2 dozen crabs yesterday. They were so good.

I am not certain, but they probably are not Hass. The sticker doesn't say Hass. I think, and I'm probably wrong, that Hass is a California avocado. Avocado from anywhere else, could be any variety or hybrid. The retail presentation is "Mexico Avocado".


Good day Tim. How's it going?

 

I'm trying to order some Ye 24 shoes. But I heard that Kanye West lost his sneaker deal. I guess Skechers will be sorry after he wins. They won't be the official shoe of The White House.

 

I think all the whackos should get together and make a new party. if they structure it right, they can get all the extremists from both ends of the spectrum, and leave the spoils to the ones in the middle.

 

It would make for good entertainment. Imagine all the advertising revenue. I would like to see all of the weirdness come to light.

 

Happy Tuesday Nor Cal.

Jim

 

A local market was selling bags of avocado at the discount price of only $5 for 2 net bags. Each bag has 6 large avocado. Large. As big as a big pear. They are from Peru. Picked unripe. Sent into cold storage. Then shipped. Mine were all rock hard. I know that you have to feel a little give, which indicates soft, ripe fruit. Nonetheless, I picked the one with the darkest skin, and cut it open. I was willing to lose $0.42 for the sake of science. I had to see what they looked like on the inside. The seed was small. Reasonable amount of fruit. Color was good. Only problem was that it was still rock hard. Maybe 2 weeks away from being edible. This could be a good avocado.









The headline could have been written in many different ways. The body of the story could have reported other related facts. I don't know if this is sensationalism. Maybe MSN is losing out to TMZ, and now has to report in a tabloid style. Interesting that they reported that Mr. Fierro was with his wife and daughter. That answers the question of, "what was he doing there?" What did I extrapolate from this article? The Colorado Springs PD should recruit drag queens.

 

Hats off to the Vet and Drag Queen for stepping in to save lives.

Where were all those citizens who supposedly pack with a CCW, to take out the shooter ?

I always carried illegally with .44 Colt loaded and out of holster in my car, so I gave up my CCW.
Living 6-years in California's great Emerald Triangle, I felt safer with my pistol unholstered, loaded and Ready.
And yes, still have my Colt Anaconda, and keep it loaded. Just me in Rural America.
Now, did I fire 5 shots or 6 shots, punk ? _ _ _ (Dirty Harry). hahaha

 

That is cool that two people stepped up and took out the active shooter. However, it does say other heroes, so I wonder just how many other heroes there were. Still, it doesn't matter considering the outcome. Long ago when I worked security in Watts/Compton, I carried my brother's 44 magnum revolver illegally. I am glad nothing happened to require its use as I had no firearm permit to carry concealed, or open.

Jim

 

I've been in the worst parts, of some of the worst cities in America. From coast to coast. All by choice. I accepted job assignments which placed me there. I could have said "no", and did other work. I have never had to draw a handgun and shoot somebody in my private life. I believe that it's mostly statistics. What are the odds that an average guy will have to shoot somebody? But I also believe that it's personal decision making. I stay away from corners with drug dealers selling in the open. I don't stand around in groups of gang members. I do not go to entertainment venues where violence is a norm. Yes, some bars, clubs, burger joints, etc, are known gang hangouts and there are always fights and shots fired. It would be like going to a taco truck in East Oakland, in the middle of the night - when you don't have to. We all know the difference between a good neighborhood and a bad neighborhood. By staying out of the bad neighborhoods, you reduce the odds. It's almost like saying if don't want to get a Russian bomb dropped on you, stay out of Ukraine.

But that nightclub shooting was not predictable. It wasn't like a strip club in Compton full of Bloods, and you know that the Crips will come shooting.

But you can't stop living life, for fear of a mass casualty event. It would be like moving far off into the desert, building a bunker, and not having any human contact - for fear of catching Covid. You just have to weigh the odds, and factor yourself into a safer environment. I get my tacos from restaurants that are in safer neighborhoods.

 

The other heroes were people who immediately rendered aide to the wounded, and those who called 911.

That type of tragedy could happen anywhere. As we look at violent shooting sprees, and similar crimes; that it's not the geographical location. These things aren't happening in inner city neighborhoods with high crime rates. Crazy people are shooting other people in churches, in nice communities. The police can't just perform a "sweep", shake down everyone in a particular neighborhood, and get them off the streets for a few hours. It's not pulling over people on Sunset Boulevard or Figueroa, towing cars, and telling all the hookers to go home.