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Systemic racism blunts the genetic diversity of urban wildlife

Troy Farah – 16h ago.

Troy?

Get some help, you ran full speed off the edge of the cliff dude.

I’m not posting any more of his insanity. If you want to see how far around the bend this psych ward escapee went with this, just click on the link.

H/T to Daryl for sending me the link.

I saw it while I was at work and immediately had the urge to punch someone right in the kisser.

I’m thinking some real pain might wake someone out of their psychosis for a moment.

The Wifely Unit came home from taking care of her Dad after I had been home for about a half an hour.

I was dicking around on the internets and had the headphones on, destroying what little hearing I still have rocking out to some serious heavy metal.

Thus I wasn’t really paying a lot of attention.

I did say Hello Dear as usual but didn’t look up except for a glance.

About 15 minutes later she announces Dinner is ready.

Whut?

That was fast.

Apparently I missed her carrying in some bags with her.

So I mosied into the kitchen to see what we were having.

What the heck?

Meatloaf, 2 kinds of chicken wings and loaded mashed potatoes.

This is most unusual. All of it pr-prepared of course.

As I’m loading up a plate she says to me, “I think it’s time to switch stores”.

Because she has been a DIE HARD WalMart Shopper ever since we hooked up, I naturally assumed she was finally going to switch to the Wally World that is exactly one mile from the house, instead of going to the one 5 miles away like she has been doing.

So I asked if that’s what she meant.

Nope, and here is where you could have knocked me over with a feather, Safeway she says.

?!!!

I never thought I would live to see the day.

I have been trying to get her away from that damn Wally World since the day we got together.

13 years now!

What finally broke the Camel’s back?

Ongoing shortages.

While she was in a Safeway close to her sister’s place, she ran into several things that were readily available there that have been conspicuously missing from BOTH local Wally Worlds for a while now.

Stupid stuff like frozen Potatoes O’Brien, Heat and Eat frozen hamburger patties and several other items she used to get on a fairly regular basis that for some reason Wally World has been unable to stock.

For well over a month.

I’m thinking that my constantly pointing out bare shelves and the moving of products around to hide them didn’t hurt

Double Bonus, the local Safeway Deli sections have a huge selection of hot foods, ready to go.

Hence the “Real” Meatloaf instead of that processed frozen crap that comes in tiny little oval portions and is the same thing as the Salisbury Steak without the gravy she usually buys.

I have been trying to get her to switch to Safeway for years.

You would think that the fact that she has been having to go to one for over a year to get the non caffeinated, sugar free Coke she has to buy for our oldest boy because Wally World hasn’t had any would have been a clue but honest to God, it was the frozen Potatoes O’Brien and those hamburger patties that pushed her over the edge.

Part of it could also have been the hundred dollar coffee machine she bought at Wally World three weeks ago shit the bed already this morning.

Whatever it was, it works for me. Besides that, Safeway has a much higher quality of meat anyway.

Double , triple bonus as far as I’m concerned.

The only down side that I can think of off the top of my head is going to be the lack of The Freaks Of WalMart types I won’t have to be dealing with anymore.

I think I’ll live.

Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes!
A quick Update Courtesy of Phil and Cederq.  I’m OK, Divemedic’s grandson notsomucho.  He’s having some serious medical issues, and that put getting bigcountryexpat.com on the back burner for which I’m happy to wait.  Just wish the kid would get better and prayers for him, as no six year old should -ever- be in a pediatric ICU.  The sit-rep is here: https://areaocho.com/my-granson/

So, as for me and Wifey, we be headed North to Tennessee -again- to meet with the new lawyer.  That’s tomorrow ostensibly after work.  Having to break out the cold weather gear as shorts and t-shirt ain’t gonna cut it, raised in New Hampshire or not, my blood got too damned thin between Iraq and Florida.  Hell, it was 50 degrees here in Tampa this AM… a  mite chilly for me…

Gearing up is a stone bitch too, as we’re in such an outlier situation what with everything teetering and tottering worse than a playground toy.  Bare essentials or ‘heavy loadout’…  decisions decisions… I do know that that at least a week of grub, and water filtration, plus ‘party favors’ are going along.  Better to have than want Aye?

That being said, all the prayers and donations have meant the world to Me and Wifey, and Adriana as well.  We actually get a visitation thankfully while we’re there, as it took some arm twisting by some behind-the-scenes ‘stuff’ that made it possible.  So hopefully good news there, as well as the new lawyer.  Gets me hopeful which as of late has been in short supply.

So More Later I’m The I.R.

BCE

The link to DiveMedic imparts some really bad news about his Grandson.

I will be doing some extra praying for all involved.

That is just heart breaking.