Tuesday Tidbits...

If you like your days on the SULTRY side, then today will be right up your alley.
(in our alley, we just have the traffic that wants to avoid the po-po).
Our Hoosierland weather will be hot and more humid, with highs in the upper 80s...might even reach 90.
And, I saw on the news last night that the LAST time it was ninety degrees was back in September of last year.
We've gone over 320 days without temps getting above that ninety mark.
So much for global warming, hmm?

Oy, not the warm globe thing AGAIN...

Still, that damn humidity is a bugger - saps the strength out of you real fast, so take the proper precautions if you're out and about for any length of time. Word to the wise time, folks.
With that said, you go and get your favorite morning drink poured and we'll see what's shaking off of the tree today...
*** First out of the orchard is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
July 28 -
---Today is NATIONAL MILK CHOCOLATE DAY.

Well in this weather, that's easy enough to roll with.
I'm sure that CHOCOLATE MILK is acceptable - Hershey's...here I come.
---And, it's BUFFALO SOLDIER'S DAY
(why, yes, that IS the CONFEDERATE FLAG on that picture...sue me!)

History should never forget the contribution the American freemen of African descent made to the military and the old west.
*** And since it's Tuesday once again, it's time to see ALL those police calls that the local media never seems to tell you about...until weeks later.

SHOTS FIRED and ARMED ROBBERIES - 7/20 -7/26
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JULY 20 -
15F093987 22:42:25 113 SHOTS FIRED 5700 FAIRFIELD AVE & PAULDING RD W
15F093971 22:02:13 53 ARMED ROB 1900 TILLMAN RD E
JULY 21 - 
((NO shots fired))
15F094560 23:34:55 53 ARMED ROB 600 GREENLAWN AVE
JULY 22 -
15F095008 20:28:21 113 SHOTS FIRED 3000 OLIVER ST
((NO armed robberies))
JULY 23 -
15F095373 14:59:21 113 SHOTS FIRED 1300 COLERICK ST
15F095608 23:30:26 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 OLD MILL RD
((NO armed robberies))
JULY 24 - 
15F095637 01:08:04 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 DEVONSHIRE DR
15F095666 03:53:03 113 SHOTS FIRED 1100 LEWIS ST E
15F095638 01:09:54 58 SHOOTING 3600 TRACE WAY
((NO asrmed robberies))
JULY 25 - 
15F096205 00:52:57 113 SHOTS FIRED 500 FALLEN TIMBERS TRL
15F096218 01:34:07 113 SHOTS FIRED 6800 HANNA ST S
15F096220 01:35:45 113 SHOTS FIRED 7500 DECATUR RD
15F096259 04:19:17 113 SHOTS FIRED 3000 WASHINGTON BLVD E & WHITE AVE
15F096261 04:19:39 113 SHOTS FIRED 3100 LAKE AVE & HOBSON RD
15F096279 05:39:09 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 LIMA RD
15F096560 18:34:46 113 SHOTS FIRED 1000 HAMILTON AVE
15F096511 16:51:34 53 ARMED ROB 4200 CLINTON ST N
JULY 26 - 
15F097119 21:51:30 113 SHOTS FIRED 1700 WAYNE ST E & ANTHONY BLVD S
15F096776 02:47:52 53 ARMED ROB 1100 MEDICAL PARK DR
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If you're curious as to that "spike" in gunshots on the 25th...well, it WAS a SATURDAY, and the "natives" get a might restless in the ghettohood.

Please press "1" for non-emergencies.

It also takes longer to get through dispatch on weekends, especially when a recorded voice tells you you have a couple calls AHEAD of you.
(such a stupid-ass system that cost the taxpayers too much for crappier service)

And we can't forget the dumbases who STILL have leftover pyrotechnics, can we?
FIREWORKS CALLS - 7/20 - 7/26
JULY 20 -
15F093925 19:17:31 44FW 1000 WESTWIND CT & WESTWIND DR
JULY 21 -
15F094302 14:46:59 44FW 700 HUFFMAN ST
15F094510 21:18:27 44FW 7700 EVANWOOD CT
15F094539 22:13:21 44FW 700 PUTNAM ST & ANDREW ST
JULY 22 -
15F094748 11:54:52 44FW 11100 WESTWIND DR
15F094889 16:09:45 44FW 7600 COUNTRYVIEW DR
JULY 23 -
15F095528 20:23:37 44FW 800 PAULDING RD E
15F095557 21:38:37 44FW 3100 PORTAGE BLVD
JULY 24 -
15F096143 22:21:52 44FW 10800 WESTLAKES DR N
15F096188 23:51:34 44FW 400 BASS ST
JULY 25 -
15F096642 22:07:22 44FW 800 PROSPECT AVE
15F096694 23:28:02 44FW 6400 SUNLAND DR & OAKLEAF DR
JULY 26 -
15F096729 00:23:57 44FW 4600 LIVE OAK BLVD
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Moving on...
*** Next, what to do around the house when the missus is gone...?
Well, there is always some lawn to mow...

And it SMELLS great, too!

(not a bad job...as usual)
Or, some critters to feed...

Keep that food comin';, Bob...

Or watch the cat sleep...

"...ZZZzzzzzzZZZ...."

Now, I won't post pictures of the trash I have to remove from the property...why spoil a good moment, right?
Let's just say that the local litterbugs also never seem to take any time off.

I should pitch this to King Henry...

And, you can usually tell WHAT kind of beer can or bottle will be deposited along the property by the half-page booze ADS in the local paper.
Funny, I didn't know ANY of them could freaking READ?
(maybe someone is reading it TO them...that's gotta be it)
*** Next up, Wifey's Dad is doing better...less pain, and the docs think it has to do with a fractured vertebrae...most likely an older injury that went unattended for too long.

Thanks for ALL the kind words and prayers...Lord knows we can always use them.
Wifey is expected to return tomorrow, and her Dad may have to go into a nursing home, if he can't move about well enough to be on his own...that is still up in the air for now, until he gets better.
*** Next, I've been following all this "whatever" concerning the presidential candidates (on both sides of the aisle), and I will admit to a certain admiration for several that have grown the balls to speak their minds and seek the truth to matters important to this nation and her citizens.

Trump is that wild card you hear about - boisterous as the day is long...never at a loss for something to say, always has SOME answer, and is never afraid to call someone out. Ted Cruz is also filling that bill with his "truth-seeking" adventure with Mitch McConnell.
Ana even Mike Huckabee is getting some of that "righetous indignation": going on now.
As for the dems? Clinton says she's "for the middle class", when she doesn't even know WHAT the middle class is.
She has the audacity to speak to that, when HER ethics are in the crapper, with the hand of Congress on the handle, ready to flush.

Sounds about right.

Sanders is a socialist and therefore not a contender.
The rest of the field on both sides needs a lot of work...
I get bored hearing the "same old" and winding up with a hand full of nothing after these people get elected, and I'm sure you feel the same way.
The two political parties have MORE in comm,on than we once thought...and it shows.
*** Last back to the processing plant...how can it be that hard to speak plain and truthful to others?

Granted, that we ALL have told some very TALL tales in our day, especially as children...and learned the value of NOT telling a fib to one's parents..
That only served to double the punishment,.
I like to think there are levels of deceit, although ALL of it isn't all that good, and will catch up to you eventually..
Some people lie to protect others...a noble enough intent, but a lie is still a lie, right?
Others lie to advance whatever agenda or cause they're chasing at the time, and most times, it's usually got something in it for themselves.
Still more create a lie by saying nothing at all...by "omission".
Some have lied to so many for so long, that's ALL they know.
Here again, we have varying levels of such behavior.

We have those who lie ALL the time, and they're so bad at it, everyone sees right through them (in many cases that is called "transparency"..lol)
Others have lied for so long, and have become quite adept at deceiving others...but sooner or later, they also get found out.
Mark Twain said it best when it comes to being deceitful.
And some might learn from that...they have bad memories.
There is an EASY way out of such things...(for a change).
Just be truthful, even if it ruffles a few feathers...at least no one will be calling you a liar. But always know your FACTS first.
Others will admire you for speaking out an saying what needs to be said, even if they don't like you.
History has proven that much...and has shown us more when it comes to being deceived.
A good lesson...and a proper lesson, hmm?

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.