A Question

So, I got asked a question, since  I had claimed to know the Mama's and Papa's for several years.
Well, yes, I did.
And it was no big deal.
I doubt I ever even mentioned it to my girlfriend!
She was completely lost when it came to pop culture and music!

So, were TMATP's heavy drug users?
Yes.
Though I NEVER saw them take or use anything.
I never saw John or Michelle Philips straight.
Same would be true of Cass Elliot.
Though she could at least function.
And Denny was a hard one to tell.
He probable was off on a toot, like the others.
But he hid it well.

As for the incest issue.
Nope never saw or heard a peep on the subject.
And yes John would have been dead meat if I had!
I have always had my doubts about MacKenzie's tales.

And yes the group got to spend some time in lockup.
Usually just one or two at a time.
Except for the misbehavior in Jamaica.
Where they got charged with "Lowerng the Moral Values"!!!!!
Yeah, when I was in Ocho Rios, Jamaica - I found and oldtime whom filled me in for a cold Lucky Strike Beer.

So, it bummed me out to have to concentrate on their negative aspects.
I like happy stories and thoughts.....

Microsoft Games

So Sunday morning as I lay in bed, I had an epiphany!

Now mouse was not working on my rebuilt PC, nor was the keyboard bufffer!
I labored invain believing this.
I tried everything I knew to address all of the causes for these two errors.
And mind you, it could take three hours just to test one possibility!
But I have no liofe so what else am I going to do?

What I remembered,
Was that MicroSquish likes to play games with their customers.
One reason I so violently dislike any MicroSquish-ish!

Okay, disabled mouse driver ... possible.
Disabled keyboard buffer ... possible.
Now to figure out how they did it!

It took a few hours to see that they had sabotaged Windows 7, because they want everyone on Windows 10 and its Nanny controls!

So, as it is.
I reloaded Windows 7, which forced a reload of all updates to Win7.
Six hours later, I have a Windows 10 machine.
It took another hour to get the keyboard buffer to work correctly and the mouse was just a
reboot or two.

And it works!
Praise the Loard!
No new PC needed!

Would love to tell  you more but I have months of internet surfing to make up for!
!!!!!!!!!

Musical Saturday Morning

I mentioned having a memory the other day:

We had relocated to the Denver area in 1971.
Well, anywhere was better than violence drenched South Carolina!

On my block were some typical teenagers.
John was my closest friend.
His  goal in life was to become a lawyer so as to keep his older brother  out of prison.
No one thought that older brother had  any other future.
 And we were right!

One day I was riding my bike home when I recognized a stranger tossing a football around.
I stopped and introduced myself to Denny of the Mamas and the Papas!

Across time I got to meet the other members of the group.
At least 3 or  4 times a year.
Except for Cass Elliot whom was to aloof to talk to a teenage geek.
It was weird but so was I!
Good times.
  
ro Elliot

Memory Items

Having no memory is so frustrating at times!

I can find myself humming a tune and think, "hmm I ought to post that!".
Of course you would need to remember the title or lyrics to figure it all out.
And, with no memory, well that ain't gonna happen!
But as with this Saturday's post, it took two days but I got it!

It just takes time, far more than it should!
Just like using this damaged PC ..... everything is frustratingly slow.
And has to be typed sometimes for 25 minutes just to geta word spelled correctly.
And my Swiss Aunt insists that my spelling is always correct.
The  trials of having an Aunt whom is a school teacher!


All war protests songs.
Yeah, Kris was and remains anti-war!
But that does not mean I am a total ..... as many have found,
get in my face - expect a poor reaction!

Luckily, it has been years since 'felt they needed to try it.
When you are 6'3" and 180,
with lots of trophies,
You scare most teenagers straight just by wishing them a good morning!

Only once did I have to resort to violence,
that I can remember in the recent past.
A little move that captures a person's nose is quite effective,
if you have strong fingers.

They suddenly calm down and get very quiet,
cause it does hurt.
But it is only pressure - no damage!
And I always felt sorry for victim.

I thought playing with my coins might help the memory,
but I found plenty of coins I have NO memory of,
and I am pretty sure their purchase dates to 2018!
(((((and fleetingly I had a memory from 2014, and then it is gone ..... sigh)))))

Well, time for some shreddies!

Puzzles

I have been focing myself to work through word puzzles.
It is something I can do to  try and force at least my English back to mind.
Those first ones were darn hard!
But they  have gotten easier.

Though, they leave me quit exhausted.
All that thinking!
Yeah, one tired brain ....

Musical Saturday Morning

Satisfying Day

What a great day!a

Up to a gorgeous spring day!
Dressed, ate, made a bologna sandwich - since there are no open places to eat at any longer.
And caught a cab to the post office.

Got my missing aka stolen knife set by the post office!, registered with the postal inspectors.
They get snarly when insist on Federal investigation.
Sorry but that is the law!
Then called the shipper and reported it to them
Guess I was just one of many thefts.

Then off to the coin store to see what is new.
Got  some great gift ideas for the kids.
Then ate my sandwich in a sunbeam.
:)

At the wound care center, I got lots of good news.
The  regrowth of the front of the foot is basically over.
And the heel is down to one inch left to regrow!
So I was graduated to collagen coverings for the wound areas.
This should wrap this episode up quickly.

Then more sunbeams!

A conference on stem cell regrowth,
Starring ... my foot!
Yeah, they were impressed!
Lots of discussion of how to make the regrowth faster!


Yeah, a great day!

Yawn!

Three days with NO sleep!
No idea as to why.
Just no rest for my body.

Working on my taxes,
Have to get them in ...
But, his office is up two flights of  stairs!

and of course, i just love taxes ...

Over Reaction

So our worthless Governor put his foot in it again.
You would think that people are desperate to catch this disease.
Please, please, let me get to play a victim!

 So, here in King County, everything is shut down!
Need to eat out?
Too bad.
Want to exercise or swim?
Too bad.
Want to go shopping?
Too bad!
Want to do ANYTHING in public?
Too bad!

Youngest daughter somehow got wind of this
and did a big shopping for us.
Just missing toilet paper now!

Musical Saturday Morning

On ROKU, is simply thousands of shows to watch!

I sort of recalled the Hollies, mostly because I became embroiled in a family war within the group......

In 1967,NATO dictated that father had to evaluate one of the new transferees from England - and since they had a teenage son, I was ordered to become his friend.

The day went weirdly, the son was a bit of a psycho - he was convinced that a group called the Hollies had stolen one of their hits from him!
Yeah, British rock groups regularly troll 7th grade Germans for hit songs!
And I walked away from the kid and his hang ups!

A decade later, I am visiting with Mark Lindsey, of the Raiders fame, just my usual Thursday night diversion, when a news item popped up.
The kid I had pegged as troubled, was now 21 and had filed suit against the Hollies, EMI Music, and his parents!
Long story, short - he won!

The court agreed, the song was stolen!

Well, I was stunned!
He had been telling the truth the whole time!

And on the Hollies program there was NO mention of any tune called Bus Stop!
Nor Long Cool Woman!  Two of their bigger hits!

Interesting.

Corona

Yeah, Washington has gone into paranoia over the Corona-virus!
As has the world it seems.
Travel restrictions,
Internment camps,
Business closures by the Federal  Government!

And all in the name of a disease with a poorer showing than SARS had!

On the other hand,
My one remaining Cousin in Switzerland died from complications.
sigh

Poor Europe!
Looks like 2020 will be a disease sponsored global recession!

Exam

Thanks to the presence of Medicare in my life,
I get to have a governmental medical examination quarterly.
sigh

So my left foot got its exam today!

The doctor was from PuertoRico.
Super smart and impressively ill.
She had a migraine.
I felt very sorry for her.
My youngest daughter gets migraines so bad that she can barely just lay still in bed!
Punctuated by massive amounts of vomiting.
Yeah, blondes can really turn green!

All she had for reference was the original photographs taken back on December first.
And she puzzled over the  foot and the photos for about 15 minutes.
Finally she cleared her throat and quietly commented,
"This was simply nothing less than a miracle!"

She had never seen the results of a stem cell regrowth!
And yeah regrowing nerves may hurt like all tarnation!
But, it is impressive to see a foot where there was none 90 days ago!

So, only two holes to fill in and I can walk again!

Cars

In Washington State, if you have open heart surgery, you are condemned to having people run you around for six months!ot
Six months of having to bum rides for everything!
Doctors, hospital, wound care, six times a week!
sigh

 Not that it really matters,

I really am not ready to drive, yet.
But mother is stuck in the middle of nowhere with no one to assist her!
And though I would like to help her, there is just no way.
sigh0as upgraded to the new Dodge offering -
797 horsepowered 2020 model
More at home at a raceway
Not in suburbia

Sigh

Okay, my computer is not restorable!
Dang it!

It is replacement time.
I can limp along for now, but in the short term - I gotta find something.
sigh

Try Again

I tell ya, recovering - or trying to recover my computer system has shown itself to be a major pain!

Sometimes it works .....
Other times, not so much!

Too bad it doesn't pay ... this could be a full time job!

So, we will se if this posts or not ....
Prevailing history says, nope!