Well, it could be worse, like those on the east coast staring at another "nor'easter" slated to bring up to a foot of SNOW their way. I say never discount dear old Mother Nature.
Our Hoosierland weather for today brings us mostly cloudy skies, temps reaching to around 43 degrees, and windy conditions (which negates today's high temperature nicely).
*** First out of the bedroom is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
MARCH 20 -
---It's National Ag Day
---It's National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
---It's National Proposal Day
---It's National Ravioli Day
---Spring Begins.
*** Next, and since it IS a Tuesday, let's look at ALL the FWPD calls we never heard about for last week, because the media was busy looking for things to pin on our president...
((23,113 - vandalism by gunfire))
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18F027873 03/12/2018 12:13am 113 SHOTS FIRED SOUTHPARK DR & SENATE AV
18F027875 03/12/2018 12:15am 113 SHOTS FIRED SOUTHWAYNE AVE & W RUDISILL BLVD
18F027897 03/12/2018 03:46am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3300 WEBSTER ST FAIRFIELD
18F028707 03/13/2018 11:31pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3700 E WASHINGTON BLVD
18F028759 03/14/2018 04:52am 113 SHOTS FIRED 1600 REED RD
18F029163 03/14/2018 08:46pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 1000 ROCKHILL ST
18F029238 03/15/2018 12:09am 113 SHOTS FIRED COVINGTON RD & MILLBROOK DR
18F029648 03/16/2018 12:00am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2500 E PONTIAC ST
18F030111 03/16/2018 09:13pm 113 SHOTS FIRED BAXTER ST & WEISSER PARK AV
18F030217 03/17/2018 01:32am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3000 W COLISEUM BLVD
18F030245 03/17/2018 03:13am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4400 GAYWOOD DR
18F030568 03/17/2018 10:41pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 BOWSER AV
18F030603 03/18/2018 12:28am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2100 POINT WEST DR
18F030628 03/18/2018 01:25am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4500 PARNELL AV
18F030641 03/18/2018 02:39am 113 SHOTS FIRED 6000 ORCHARD LN
18F030650 03/18/2018 03:24am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3700 TRACE WAY
18F030651 03/18/2018 03:31am 113 SHOTS FIRED 1700 HIGH ST
18F030655 03/18/2018 03:46am 113 SHOTS FIRED HALE AVE & JULIETTE AV
18F030869 03/18/2018 05:48pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 FAIRFIELD AV
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18F027877 03/12/2018 12:19am 23,113 500 E WOODLAND AV
18F027898 03/12/2018 03:46am 23,113 600 E CREIGHTON AV
18F028123 03/12/2018 02:26pm 23,113 800 ANDERSON AV
18F029948 03/16/2018 02:59pm 23,113 1900 GLADSTONE DR
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18F028215 03/12/2018 06:18pm 53 ARMED ROB 500 DAYTON AV
18F029506 03/15/2018 05:03pm 53 ARMED ROB 3200 REED ST
18F030594 03/18/2018 12:03am 53 ARMED ROB ARDMORE AV & COVINGTON RD
18F030973 03/18/2018 10:39pm 53 ARMED ROB 4700 ILLINOIS RD
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18F030902 03/18/2018 07:19pm 58 SHOOTING 2200 RANDALLIA DR
18F027872 03/12/2018 12:08am 58 SHOOTING 5500 PLAZA DR
18F029260 03/15/2018 02:41am 58 SHOOTING 1400 BROADWAY
18F029272 03/15/2018 02:41am 58 SHOOTING 1400 BROADWAY
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18F028766 03/14/2018 05:38am 59 CUTTING/STAB 700 KINNAIRD AV
18F030520 03/17/2018 08:17pm 59 CUTTING/STAB 4400 S HANNA ST
18F030692 03/18/2018 08:17am 59 CUTTING/STAB 2200 RANDALLIA DR
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18F030865 03/18/2018 05:41pm 61 RAPE 2200 LAKE AV
18F030963 03/18/2018 10:08pm 61 RAPE 700 BROADWAY
18F028281 03/12/2018 09:51pm 61 RAPE 7900 W JEFFERSON BLVD
18F028490 03/13/2018 01:26pm 61 RAPE 900 E STATE BLVD
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18F030819 03/18/2018 04:06pm 75 PURSUIT SMITH ST & SENATE AV
18F030898 03/18/2018 07:14pm 75 PURSUIT SIXTH ST & CASS ST
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Plus 20 narcotics calls
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FIREWORKS CALLS - MAR 12 - MAR 1
NONE
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*** Next up, here's the skinny on WHEN the Aunt Millie's bakery (near downtown of course) is slated to shut down:
http://www.wpta21.com/story/37759399/final-day-for-aunt-millies-bakery-in-fort-wayne-will-be-april-12
And they're doing this to consolidate and save money (while losing jobs)...because that always works, right?
*** Next, two school systems are trying to recruit teachers. Here's that story:
http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/03/17/fort-wayne-school-systems-trying-new-ways-to-recruit-teachers-other-staff/
Oh, they're trying NEW ways to recruit...like LYING and saying it's SO great a place to work?
Well, neither of these school systems are FWCS, so they might get some traction there with hirings.
Yeah, that's sure to burst the bubble of those young teachers after they get a few years of "experience" under their belts.
And that's what causes good teachers with decades of experience to leave...a system that doesn't care as much as it should ABOUT the educators, but rather statistical data and school grading. Helluva way to account for oneself.
*** Next up, Jefferson Pointe as been sold. Here's the story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20180319/WEB/180319815
Apparently, this is being done to counter the 20% vacancy rate at the outdoor mall.
Now, I always look at this as a "glass half empty" premise, because when malls start being sold, something is wrong someplace. I;ve yet to see an instance where a mall gets sold and does MUCH better for years after the transaction.
*** Next, time to stop by our "Kitten Corner"...
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| I iz all rammyed -out. |
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| What's the temperature OUTSIDE? |
*** Next up, let's take time to check in with "Midnight and Company"...
I think they figure it's better to be safe than sorry in our neighborhood, and who can blame them?
Knowing the flotsam we have living around us, it's a good fit all around form them and us.
*** Last back to the living room...we got some crazy crap going on in the world.
And, it just seems to get crazier every stinking week.Naturally, those wacky liberals are typically at the top of the totem pole when it comes to crazy.
Then there are the criminal crazies. If it's not child abuse, it's drugs, or homicides, or bombings in cities. We also have our assortment of socially-crazy, like all the illegal immigrants, and protesting students (or adults with childish mentalities)....we all know the type.
You name it.,.we seem to have it, and in greater abundance than any time in our past.
Why we can't just decide to put the lunacy away in the old toy box and attempt to get the hell along eludes me.
It has to be a lot of bad choices being made out there. No other excuse (or reason) for that.
Naturally, with a decline in morality (and bad choice making), did any of us think things would pan out otherwise?
A serious rethinking of the manner in which we all conduct ourselves is in order.
Unless and until we all choose to pursue a saner and productive course, I can't see any end to the idiocy.
I suppose that will make a lot of folks uneasy. I just wish it would make the right people uneasy, instead of the rest of us.
Stay SAFE out there, America.
6 comments:
First question: You show D Mad Jack's chopper post? (LOL)
Chef Boy-ar-Dee? Sorry, I only do Ravs toasted anymore- I saw the light!
FWCS- so you're saying their hiring process makes them the Wal-Mart of education?
JefPt: The exictement and innovation that it started with faded rather quickly. How many overpriced kids clothing stores and nail and junk jewelry joints can you support? A mall these days needs to think outside the box, not climb inside it.
Chris:
---Hey, what can I say?
I'm a sucker for a good "lead in".
---Well, I would forego Chef Boy as well, BUT, the restaurant I used to work at a LONG time ago in Philly is no more, so...
(those were fantastic!)
---I wouldn't give 'em THAT good a rank.
Either Dollar General or maybe even COSTCO...maybe (on a nice day)...LOL.
---Well said.
Glenbrook took a similar path a decade ago...TOO many clothing stores, and they LOST some really GOOD stores (like Suncoast Video, Hallmark, and Reader's World...just to name a few).
If society seems all about DIVERSITY, then by God, let's HAVE more stores that are diverse, and not cookie-cutter copies of one another.
Thanks for swinging by and commenting.
Stay safe (and beware the snow) up there, brother.
Bob G sez:
"Glenbrook took a similar path a decade ago...TOO many clothing stores, and they LOST some really GOOD stores (like Suncoast Video, Hallmark, and Reader's World...just to name a few)."
Bob,you know that Video Stores as such, went bye-bye years ago - although Suncoast Motion Picture Co. was closed as an economic casualty when owner Transworld Entertainment closed 150 stores during the 2009 Great Recession. Hallmark had to pare its size simply because people do not exchange cards like they used to do and Readers World was locally-owned, and like all small bookstores, it went away with the the growth of Amazon.
Great post, Bob G. Love the kitties. I might say they are fat cats. Both in cliche and true form. I love healthy animals! I worry about the fate of malls as well. In Casper, WY, THE mall is about empty. I think it is going to face devastation and will get closed down completely. The rent is too high and the owners will not fix the structural problems. Perhaps a wrecking ball is in order but seems a shame. No more indoor malls...just cold outdoor ones. The one here...pitiful. Not many stores left either.
Gadfly:
---I know the majority of video stores are gone, but Sun coast had lots more than just DVDs. They DID sell DVD sets, and that was a nice and rare find...lots of various genres, as well.
I still miss Reader's World.
And the Hallmark store had those wonderful ornaments every year.
---I think when it comes to retail shopping, we're cutting off our noses to spite our faces.
The Internet comes with it's own problems, and unless those are corrected, that manner of shopping (there) could also take a hit.
Thanks much for stopping by to comment.
Stay safe out there.
Momma Fargo:
---Yeah, I spoil the little buggers (that aren't AS little as they once were)...lol.
---I'd like to think that the age of malls WE knew are not totally gone.
(but I'm not driving to MN to the Mall of America...heh).
---I think everything that goes around, comes back around, and when people get tired of (eventually) rising costs of online shopping, as well as potential hacking from outside, we could see a resurgence.
---In the meantime, it's gonna be a long, hard wait.
You might want to check THIS out (if it doesn't get you depressed):
deadmalls.com/
There's a lot more going under than you realize.
Thanks for rolling up and commenting.
Stay safe down there, dear.
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