10 Uncomfortable Problems in the United States-- Part 2: Guns, Kids and Women

5.  The U.S. has refused to ratify some widely accepted international treaties.

4.  American guns kill a lot of kids...A Lot.

3,  The well-being of kids in the United States is declining.

2.  American Freedom of the Press isn't as free as most think.

1.  Equal rights for women have yet to fully manifest.

--RoadGuns

DID YOU KNOW:  Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:  L.A..   Well, I sure wouldn't want to write that down on the envelope.  I'll stick with L.A., thank you very much.

10 Uncomfortable Facts About the U.S.A.-- Part 1: Debt and Health Care

From the November 23, 2019, Listverse  by Jonathan  H. Kantor.

Again, go to the source to read what he said about each one.

10.  Most Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt.

9.  Homelessness and wealth distribution is a serious problem.

8.  The United States has a crumbling infrastructure.

7.  The United States has the largest prisoner population in the world.

6.  The country's health care system is a nightmare.

I'm Agreeing.  --RoadProblems

DID YOU KNOW:  The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramiscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.    Really?

No More Boating For Us-- Part 3: Our First Boat in 1985

Only one problem remaining with getting a boat.  In order to go boating one must know hoe to tie knots.  I have never been good at knots-- ever.  I never got past Tenderfoot in Boy Scouts because to be Second Class, you had to pass a knots test.  That just never happened.

The owner of the Puppet Bar, Joe Gates, with great difficulty, taught me how to tie one knot which would suffice to tie the boat up at docks.  After about a month of practice I "mastered" it.  Now, we can get a boat.  I STILL know how to tie that knot.  Thanks, Joe.

And, get a boat we did.  It was used.1979 Imperial and we bought it in 1985.  I forget how much we paid for it.  It was a 17-foot gold flake on top and white modified tri-hull and did we ever use it and have a good time on it that year.  We went out every day, even on the weekends when the Chain of Lakes is really crowded.  That is, we went out during the summer when I wasn't deejaying, and I did that a lot.

We paid for it with deejay money (as we did for the lot where we're at now and to have the basement finished with our Margaritaville bar.

Had I not started deejaying, I doubt that we would ever have had a boat.

Anyway, that was the first boat.

--RoadDog

What's with Blogspot?

Yesterday, I wasn't able to log into my other two blogs, and I'm still not able to do so this morning.

I'm still getting this one and Cooter's History Thing. I can't get into my travel blog, RoadDog's Roadlog Blog and Civil War blog, Saw the Elephant.

Hopefully I will be soon.

I can't even get into blogspot directly. It says unavailable.

In the Meantime. --RoadDog


EVER WONDER...Why we don't ever see headlines reading, "Psychic Wins Lottery?"