Saturday, January 25, 2020

Center Pole Thoughts ... "AH-HA"

Words Set # 51(Power)   Honest
adjective
  1. free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere.

(Force)   Legal
adjective

  1. 1.
    of, based on, or concerned with the law.


If I understand the Impeachment correctly, I'm being lead to understand that doing something that is honestly unlawful is not against the law.


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Happy Chinese New Year!  The Lunar Year has begun.

Hiking forward: 

Went to our National Bank and added an account just for Hiking.
The attendant was interested in the story as to why and how we can work this out to keep things separate and safe.
My support team is on the account as well in case I need representation at a bank while I am in the woods.

Since the bank is tied to Wal*Mart, it will make finding a branch a little easier as I do not have a car when walking.
The attendant also printed up a list of ALL the branches in Wal*Mart.  I'll be adding all of the pertinent ones to my trail data.
ATM's don't cost if I get cash there and most likely, my other supplies.
Lost cards can be made on the spot too.

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The pictures show:
1) my tips for the doors are only one roll of a seam off at the ends.
(D-rings are one D-ring size difference at the ends).

2) The Velcro needed to be "sized" from 1" to 1/2" as 1/2 could not be purchased where we went looking.  I had to cut it all and did.


3) The pole pockets and extra D rings that I'm going to sew in places I believe I might need them in an emergency.

4) The pole pockets with a test aluminum pole and how it is layed out on my desk with my coffee after crunches.


5) The pole(s) I'm going to use in my attempt.

I'm presently wrestling with my tarp and doing me best to figure out the curve for the center pole.  
Right now I'm reworking the center point as I was off with my "first" measurement.  I need to get back to: Measure twice, sew once.
Me and the seam ripper have a 1/2 day date with the tarp this morning ...  :(

It will all be "correct" when I am complete.

The poles can be replaced by: 
Amazon, Ebay or direct from Harbor Freight. (links at the bottom)
  
Replacements can appear on the trail and they are a comfort feature, not a necessity.
Goal is to carry as many as I will need to to a X from corner to corner, that way the tarp can be free standing on a tent platform if needed in the White Mountains.
Other wise, when I'm hanging, only one pole will be needed in the center (which is off center right now and will be fixed ... today).

Hmmmmm ....

Glad there is boring TV to listen to while I rip.
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Fake news and the markets:
I watched 4 scheduled news events move the GBPUSD like the wave of a conductors baton.   1-2-3-4.  The events were all placed about 15 min from each other and all happened just before I woke up Friday Morning (late) and missed the party.  They still took my admission price but I missed the event.  It was what I spent the entire day before waiting to happen ...  I'm bummed because of my ignorance and slothful morning yesterday, but I'm pleased that I understood what the market wanted, level by level ... quick cash before the move ... Mine and others ... I'm closer to having what I desire.  :)


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$12.98
Harbor Freight 11'
$7.99 (Can be mailed)

Harbor Freight 33'
$9.49  (In store purchase only)


Links are for my future.
If I make this work out and who knows, it could be a win.
It also could be an epic fail in the woods.  

They are only 3/16" fiberglass poles.
Time will tell.  Enjoy your day, I'll do the same.

~ Kindle

Friday, January 24, 2020

the next thing ... wounds

Words. Set #52 counting down

(Power) Erotic
adjective
  1. relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

(Force) Lustful
adjective
  1. having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.

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I feel every bit of disabled today.
Tarp is ready for seam sealing and pictures.
Fingers tingle and have no feeling at the surface.
Pressure can be felt.  Arms are worked.
Neck relapse ... it must be irritated.

I also was "too tired" to get up early today and I left a few "unprotected" trades on my docket to be auto released ... that did not work well.  

I am licking my trading wounds and getting over the fact that it is not a game.   
I tried to play it like one and it cost me 12% of my account.
Greed does not work.  Never worked well in the past either.
I should have known that but could not seem to help myself.

The market does wild things "30 minutes" before I wake up no matter what time I "think" the market will do wild things.
It does not care that I exist, just if I have money to take or give to it.
I am closer but not close enough .... I must have more to learn.

I also must follow the schedule I set.  Sleep or no sleep.
I had marked the two news "future" 
events that caused the "Rock n Roll" of the market this morning.  They were right on my 5 minute chart.  Like orchestrated, the market did what it was programmed to do  .... I was still sleeping thinking it would all happen about 6 AM and not 4:30 AM.   I was close but evidently, not close enough.

Thanks for following along my semi open book of life.

Dancing on edges.

Peace forward..
~ Kindle

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Music ..... 2 down, 4 to go

Words.  Set #53
(I'm thankful for my word clock to keep me engaged)


(Power)  Carefree

adjective
  1. free from anxiety or responsibility.

(Force)  Frivolous
adjective
  1. not having any serious purpose or value.


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Hiking:  Going thru my phone charging options.
I have:
1)  a 3 charge Battery Power Bank (22400 mAh /82.8 Wh)
2)  a Solar Charger with a 7200 mAh battery as well.
3)  a Jeep hand crank for Samsung Phones (to charge a battery)


These should serve me well.



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R.I.P. Terry Jones.
A talent is immortalized.
"Always look on the bright side of life ..."
~ Eric Idle
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Just heard about Terry J It feels strange that a man of so many talents and such endless enthusiasm, should have faded so gently away... Of his many achievements, for me the greatest gift he gave us all was his direction of 'Life of Brian'. Perfection Two down, four to go

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Continuing with Power vs. Force.
Paraphrasing ...
"Vibrations of 200 or better to make a new healthier life appear."

My 9 months to a year Test:
I will need to put the book to the test while on my hike.
I know there will be "Trail Magic" but I'm going for a brass ring just a little further out of reach than the standard Merry-Go-Round type of prize.

I have some ideas now.   
I needed the TV "Jog" to get me back on track.
Hearing the words, phrases while witnessing the "events" and named places of my youth has "jogged" a place in my mind.

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Rambling on ......
You see, when I was a Kid there were 3 channels and PBS in it's infancy.
6 to 9 channels if you count the Canadian Stations within range of our rotating 150 Mile Roof Top Antenna.   
The wind blows the signal down from the North, don't cha know.  :)

"Cloud Skip" was a term that I was unfamiliar with but I know we took advantage of being so close to the border.  Some days we had more channels and some days we did not.  Not as bad as Jeff Foxworthy talks about in his "The President's on ALL THREE CHANNELS ... we're gonna miss Flipper!" routine.

None the less, some of my friends and family had Short Wave and Long Wave Radios .... I was not interested in Radio Waves back then.  That was for the other geeks.  I liked being outside and not confined to a closet or bedroom with headphones on listening for signals.

But I did live a day of oddness off the South Carolina Coast.
I was working Scullery Duty at the time on the USS Boulder.  

In the Navy:
The cooks owned the new recruits for a spell while we first got our Sea Legs.
Owned is, they had control of our schedules no matter what our vocation was for 6 months.  It was my first Mediterranean Cruise and we had just picked up a full load of Marines and their gear for some beach fun on the other side of the globe.
The ship was heading South to get better seas going across the pond.


Anyway, I was working a normal Saturday Lunch at sea, off the coast of South Carolina ... on the ships speakers that were playing music was a commercial break for an auto dealership in WNY.
Talking later that day with my friend in the Radio Room, I found out that WKBW was a strong signal that day due to cloud skip.

It was a nice break from the Scullery as I could, at least a little while, be home by the MUSIC that was playing. 
The exact station I used to listen to for hours and hours as a kid.

In reality, I was elbows deep in muck and food waste that was not consumed by the person(s) aboard that day. 
It was like a lot of days.  

Filling trash cans of waste food that would be tossed to the fish later "IF" we were over 50 miles away from the shore.

You also get to meet the crew face to face many of the moments.
Some times, a smart ass would toss his entire tray at me in disgust with the food but I was not the one preparing it ... just tossing it to the fish and getting the things ready for the next person to fill and toss too.

I was put in charge of the Scullery as it was noticed that I paid attention to detail.  Detail work was essential if no one was to get sick on board due to my negligence in the detailed cleaning of the room, the cleaning machine and then all the utensils for eating.  


I even fixed the disposal ... it was my "first" real job as an electrician.  Not sure if anyone else wanted to work on it.
Since it benefited me to have it working (and not throw as much over the side in garbage bags), I took the time to remove it and repair it ... after normal hours "with" and it best be fixed by breakfast kind of pressure.

It was still replaced in overhaul but for the time being, a set of bearings and home made gaskets, made my job easier until it could be swapped out properly.
Self motivation or a world of not good it I couldn't fix it.
Worst case .... it could become a drain again, with a non working disposal as it was.

I caught some schitt for not getting permission to work on it;
I learned about "proper" tag out.
I learned how to involve
 the shop to get me parts to repair it;
I learned where the gasket material was stowed on the ship;
I learned how to fix it's leak due to the home made gaskets and having the Chef's boss chew me out for causing a leak in a area that I was responsible to clean 3 times a day anyway ... no logic for that ass chewing, but in the end, I fixed it and made a few acquaintances along the way.  

I quickly learned how NOT to work the Chain Of Command.

Weird things, memories. 

I could almost feel the salt spray from the bow ... watching dolphins lead the ship ... flying fish using the bows wake as a launching pad ... neat schitt to remember and feel.

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A long way to get to:Music and it's effects on .... Kinesiology
noun


  1. the study of the mechanics of body movements.

I am thankful for the memories that get triggered by songs.

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Today's Date  20200123  or  01232020 ???
0-1-2-3

I use the first format for my files so that they always line up by date by name.  

Every Chart Tells A Story.
Staring intently at the GBPUSD for two days now. 
Bulls and Bears battling it out for dominion that never happens.
The market just swings from Hi to Lo and Lo to Hi.
Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly to ????
(Until the World changes it)

Watching it like a machine that has a Ghost Problem.
(From the 8 AM London time opening to the NYC 5 PM closing.)
Looking to flow with the Daily Hi/Lo traffic. 
"Cable Pair" {GBPUSD}
Forums say: STAY AWAY, SHE'S TOO VOLATILE!!!       :)


Ghost Troubleshooting an odd problem:
One that comes and goes and leaves little traces that it was even there ... type of troubleshooting.

From this intense study:  
I have a VERY (potentially) Profitable system.  lol.
I was told by a friend to just write a book and sell it with the IDEA that it is profitable and become rich like a lot of the others. 

I will decide later if there is to be a book ... for who knows.  
Too early to tell.
I have NEH Sayers.  
They keep me humble and on task to prove myself correct.
I like what I see and have ... the edges with great levels to grab profits in the middle space between the Hi/Lo edges.  
I'm comfortable in the most volatile market walking on it's edges ... Peaceful like.

0-1-2-3  Like today.
Row, row, row my boat.  Gently with the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily - this is my retirement dream!  :)

~ Kindle

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Universal ....... Solution Thinking

Words.  Set #54
(Power) Inventive

adjective
  1. (of a person) having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

(Force) Prosaic
adjective
  1. having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

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I got the Roku to think it is in WNY and I watch the evening Buffalo News now for Bills and Sabres highlights and information.
It also gives me up to date weather information as my elderly Mother still resides in that area being taken care of by my siblings.

I also did it to hopefully "JOG" some type of memory.
So far it has.  Channel 4 up there (WIVB - CBS) was a station that my Grandmother and Aunt would watch.  I generally watched ABC Channel 7 WKBW and listened to WKBW AM radio as it always had the clearest signal in the woods.  Weather reports for camping.

Anyway, my grandparents watched CBS more than the others.

Now, I'm hearing the names of the roads and cities, counties and such and that has been interesting.  Memory Jogs of younger days.

The term "Jog" was always a process term for me and equipment.
Jogging Turbines over at 5 degrees per 10 min in cool down,
Jogging "Pneumatic and Hydraulic Dogs" into place,
Jogging a conveyor or crane into a zero position.


Jogging my memories ....

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Solution thinking:  
If I need news, it will find me as I need to add "Fake News" events into my trading platform each day.  Mainly USD and GBP.
Down to the second if I can.

Colbert is my way to get the other Major News as he tends to offer ideas of solution within the jokes.
He does not whine like the other comedians .... or the President for that matter.


Life in general will give me what I need to hear.

The Emergency Weather Radio does it's weekly checks on Wednesdays near 11:00 AM EST.

What's the Buzz - People talk and News Flashes happen at the Grocery Isle Paper and Magazine Rack.
(T. Harv 
Theory that does seem to work well - news will find you.)

Speaking of Theory:
What is Electricity?  I still don't know.
I can make it and control it safely from .5v to 13.8Kv.
I still don't understand how it becomes lightning, fully.
I respect it.


Crude Oil and 30# Natural Gas (at High Volume) to "Magic" at the fingertips of phones and light switches.

Trons and me.  I like them as much as I like Pi.  :)

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"The skillful are not obvious
They appear to be simple-minded
Those who know this know the patterns of the Absolute
To know the patterns is the Subtle Power
The Subtle Power moves all things and has no name"
~ Opening to Power vs. Force



The power of Creation proceeds from the top down and not the bottom up.  My self re-creation will do the same.

Pg 269 (Power vs. Force: internal subject - Kinesiology and Spirit)

Although the subjects mind may not be aware of what's going on, "its" Total Being certainly is, or there would be no consistency to the findings of the study.  
This reminds them of the observations of advance Spiritual Teachers that the devotee has only to discover ... that which it already knows.

Then further in the book, Kinesiology and Healing:
"One must have reached an energy field of 200 in one's development to be healable."

From those two statements I create my personal program of change.
Crunches before Coffee changed my life.
This writing exercise is building on that change and my desire to work with words of 200 vibration or better.
That is why I will succeed.

As Dr. Dyer used to say, 

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."

I'll give it a go.
As I've shared, the V.A. Dr's think I have bouts with PTSD.
I now agree.
Since I choose to avoid labels, I'll just go with that theory and work my way out of it.

I'll take an idea: (Power vs. Force) 

a Search for my Hidden Determinants of my Human Behavior & work with them.

Incorporate it into MY LIFE and my BEING.
See what comes from it.

Some "Keys" I've gathered so far in this process:
1) The "newbie" Dr. at the V.A. handed me the standard "sheets" to fill out from a Therapists Study Guide that the V.A. apparently wanted the "newbie" Dr. to fall in line with.  Since there was a 4 week Universal delay in our meetings, I purchased the Therapists guide and started from where they did to troubleshoot me and I troubleshot myself.  Advanced Troubleshooting, Military Training.

The Key from this adventure was that I'm to become "Accommodating" to myself and others. 
That is the Therapists overall goal with a PTSD patient. 
It said so in the book they use.  I'm glad it found me.


2) A Personal "Key" is WILL, a constantly repeated act of choice.
We all own free will.  How we control it makes the difference.
It is just as easy to do as it is to not do.   Anything.


4 min of Ab Crunches before coffee led to 60 push ups twice a week added in.  The treadmill at first and now all the other machines are a process to get me to walking the trail.
I'm very happy with the progress a little time each day created.

Eating an apple or orange vs a snickers bar ... Salad vs. Whopper ... you get the picture. 
Little disciplines practiced (or not practiced) daily leads to your desired LIFE because of "Free Will".

3) Spiritual Key: Attribute my entire life, ALL OF IT, to Grace.
I was allowed to continue.  I AM allowed to remain until I'm not.
Source Energy and its GRACE. 
It all started from LOVE and will return to LOVE.
With that, all I need to remember is to: Be Kind. 
All else will care for itself.

4) Learning Key:
Revisit things I've studied before to get a new "Ah-Ha!" from it now.  If not ... toss it.
 * - Trading Classes  -
(Great stuff to build a bot from with my indicators.)
 * - Paraliminals: start an everyday routine 
(set up "Walkabouts" for The A.T.)
 * - Novel Idea: NaNoWriMo (November 2020)
(I desire a Viking Helmet)   lol

a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.   (the literary genre represented or exemplified by novels.)
noun: the novel

"the novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms"

I have dreams. 
 ... Say I was to write a Novel. 
Why would one do that?  You might ask.
Be on Colbert?  NYT Best Seller list?  Oprah's List?
Why not all three ... the dream is just as easy to be all 3 as it is to be none.   ;)   I'll leave it there.

Time to go to work ...
~ Kindle

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

The "FIRST" Lesson ... and Fibonacci

Words.  Set # 55 counting down ... Randomly ...

(Power) Gifted

adjective
  1. having exceptional talent or natural ability.

(Force) Lucky

adjective
  1. having, bringing, or resulting from good luck.


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I spent the M.L.K. Day thinking about when it used to be a day off for us State Workers in VA but it was called Lee Jackson Day.  Odd memories.

Today it is Day one of some new history.  Like every other day.



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The M.I.T. Educational Triad

academics, community, and research

Now, they are claiming that this technique is revolutionary and such.
You can read their introduction to the process here on their Committee's web site.  M.I.T.


Now, I'm no Bible Scholar, I am a novice, but Jesus has HIS first teaching lesson listed in Matthew Chapter 4 and 5.  Was not hard to find with an electronic Bible called Google.

The Story: Yep, easy to remember.  The Dude walks away for a long while fasting and thinking.
Comes back after he beats Satan in a 30 day Fiddle match.  Victorious, tired and hungry.
(I'm of course paraphrasing the Bible in my manner of remembering the key points.)

Jesus starts speaking to the crowd and tells them a story with a deep meaning that many never get.
It's called: The Beatitudes.
"Blessed are the meek ...."  Look it up if you need a refresher.

I did some research and found out how to understand it, for "I" too was one who did not get the message the first 45 years of my life. 

So, a few years back, it was revealed to me, in simple words .... the meaning behind each of the powerful triad allegories that are the heart and soul of the Beatitudes.
I just had to write it all out from a audio file to be sure I was getting the point(s) along the path.

(noun
plural noun: allegories
  1. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.)



"The FIRST lesson.  Would that be important or just His dress rehearsal?"
I had to ask myself that question to move forward in believing that there would be a message in the words.
"Why was it taught in puzzle format?"
How many lessons did Jesus teach in puzzle format?   A Lot, if not all, I have found out.

I thought that THE FIRST would be important so I listened and learned.
Jesus uses the Triad method of teaching in this story. 
I heard it retold in the correct context from a teacher named Guy Finley.
He runs: Life of Learning - Center of Spiritual Discovery.
Click the link if you care to purchase to listen for yourself.

Spoiler: the Dude (Mr. Finley) talks fast and with emotion. 
He st-st-udders sometimes too and changes point direction to illustrate. 
Difficult for even me to follow.
I typed it all out in a Word Document. 
Took a few hours of listening to do it but I wanted the data.
Yes, it is INNOVATIVE and so simple it baffles the elite minds.

Here's the gist as I did not type the entire document up, just starting in the audio file from a question:
 "What's the Difference?"

So, Guy is in 1980's someplace, living a life of study.
He's got books stacked there in front of him ...  Spiritual Material, Bible(s), Dictionary & Concordance.

He noticed that by seeing the books on the floor that the only difference between the Bible and the Dictionary was the arrangement of the words.  The Dictionary had all the same words as the Bible yet one was considered HOLY and the other was considered a guide.  Choice is yours to decide which is which.

I have decided that I too was out of order and needed to be put in better order.
I started with the words I was accustomed to use.
As you have seen by following along, the words are helping me help me.

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Here's Guy's words: (From the "12 Steps to Spiritual Rebirth: Commentaries on the Beatitudes")

"What is the difference?
The only difference between this book called the Webster’s Dictionary and the Bible (and all the other books there) is the order of the words, as written. 
One was a dictionary and the other is the Holy Scripture. Both had all the same words.
The dictionary had EVERY word that the Bible had in it.
The dictionary had EVERY word that the Koran had in it and the Concordance and all the other books.

One was a Dictionary and one was what is deemed to be the Holy Scripture.
That is so extraordinary! Look what order brings to the text. 
Look at the POWER of ORDER.

Look at what the ORDER of something does to what is brought into IT.
Because ORDER always serves the intelligence that gives rise to it.
In a flash, I saw a scale of creation.

Here on one hand is a Dictionary, filled with words that human beings have created over the generations.

Here are “HOLY” books who express what they do because ORDER had been given to the words in them by individuals who had direct experience with intelligence.
And when you understand THAT IDEA, you’ll realize a host of things that can’t be taught.
One of the things that is realized that can’t be taught, and that is essential for any human being who “wishes to” take part in a NEW order. 

Because the present order of life on this earth is out of order.
That’s evident. COMPLETELY out of order. 

The NEW ORDER that one wishes to take part in can only be revealed to them by something that lives IN THEM, that has been a part of the OLD ORDER that recognizes the futility in the OLD  
"Because the present order of life on this earth is out of order.
That’s evident. COMPLETELY out of order. "

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I just threw the opening segment in here just to show it is deep.  That is what peaked my interest in the full data of what he had to say.

I know how I believe. 
I believe in Triads for Learning which after 2000+ years is backed by M.I.T. as being innovative.
Yep.  Uh,  Huh.

I only have myself and Source Energy to teach me what I need to know for what I need to do next.
That simple.  ASK.    (Ask, Seek, Knock) and the doors will be opened for you.


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Math and Fibonacci.
Oddly, the world works off of the math of the Fibonacci Sequence.
Or was it that the Sequence explained the REAL?
Yes, the REAL came first, the Math then explained it.

Those that learned this either accept or refute it.
Those that have not learned it, live in the miracle of it as we all do.

I'm incorporating the Fibbing tool simply into my trading system and "VIOLA!"
Like RAGU, it's in there! 
The sequence of 2 forward, 1 back seems to be the norm and not the exception IF the math is done correctly.  Understanding which of the 1 forward and 2 back the market is in is the fun part.

Now for 75% of the time, the computers that use the Fibonacci Sequence as well have the same entry and exit points that I've been profiting from.  I'm starting to flow with the market 75% of the time as now and life is a bit easier for me in my quest and belief that the pattern can be exploited.
Everyone's dream, right?  Maybe I'm different at playing games then.   I know there's a connection.

What IS TRUE has ALWAYS BEEN TRUE and ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE.
It is the foundation of the Universe.

LOVE - falls into that category for me.  It is TRUE and ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE.
LOVE then falls into a LIFE through inspiration and gives guidance. (In Spirit)

A LIFE that has thought and merges with SPIRIT ... by what?
Is it Frequency that makes it happen? 
Both definitions: Wave Length and Amount of Times performed - Communication?.
 (frequency?)

I do go deeper to wonder if Thoughts are Prayers or are Prayers Thoughts at a different frequency than normal, everyday thoughts that go to the furthest reaches of space too?
My best guess is that ALL THOUGHTS are PRAYERS too.   We all Pray without Ceasing and that is why we all get what we ask for.
(or in all honesty, "think about") for.

THOUGHT that CAN come into an individual and begin to direct that individuals thoughts, and give that person a completely different way in which they see their life.   EGO aside.

I'm convinced that I've got a good handle on how and it all works for me. 
I've been on those edges too.  Me and IT.  Like Lt. Dan on the Mast of the Jenny.

I like this side better.  Calmer.  More peaceful like.


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And in closing, I left myself some breadcrumb notes about EGO from Dr. Wayne Dyer from his
 "The Power of Intention" series.


1) Being offended is a weakness of the ego.
 (Advice: Don’t let it bother you.)

2) Let go of the need to win

3) Let go of your need to be right
(“Thank you, I’ll give it some thought – should be my response)

4) Let go of your need to be superior
(Just be better than you used to be – no one is superior to anyone else)

5) Give up the need to have more
 (the mantra of the ego is to have more)

6) Let go of identifying oneself based upon the level of your achievements
 (You are not what you achieved)

7) Let go of identifying oneself based upon of your reputation.
 (You are not what others think of you.)

* Be responsible for your character and your humble relationship to God - all else will fall into place.


Moving Forward to a frequency of 200 or better ... with a RUFF, and a RUFF, and A Royal GROWL!

COURAGE!  We ain't in Kansas anymore Toto.  :)
Much more work to do, much to do.

I best be getting busy, busy, busy doing nothing.
Doing nothing that's the life for me.
Cuz when I'm doing nothing, I'm busy doing something ...
Something that suits me to a "T"

And when I busy, busy doing nothing
I find that I have little time to rest.
Being busy doing nothing, I'm busy doing something
Doing nothing is the something I do BEST!

(Thank you Disney and Christopher Robin)

Just following the W.H. orders ... Be Best!
I'm working on all of this at this moment and doing my best.
It may not be America's Plan, but it's mine.
I'll know if it has worth by the end of 2020.

~Kindle

Monday, January 20, 2020

The Retirement Dream ... It Happened

Words.  Set #56 and going lower.

(Power) Surrendering

verb
gerund or present participle: surrendering
  1. cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.

(Force) Worrying
adjective
  1. causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming.


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Surrender to facts. I am legally disabled.
I have Arthritis.  

It does not like a few days of detail work using my fingers.
I didn't realize I had a restriction until I could barely finish the first pass on the outer hem/seams on this Syl-Nylon Tarp.

This is slowing down my time line.  I should have planned for pain.

Detailed Pins holding it all in place while I sew.
Having to touch each pin 3 times in the process is the issue to get the proper fold held before stitching.


Repetitive, detail work with fingers.  Just not used to it I guess.
Before they could hand out the George Halas Trophy to the NFC champs (San Fran), I had a major part of the hem done and I was showered for sleep.  Goal accomplished.

I also NOW remember now how the fabric has a "twist" to it's own when cut across the grain. Forcing it to go against it's grain in a fold ... not pretty but it's sewn.

Today and the next few days will be adding the strength needed for all the tie down points.

Then I have a few modifications I desire to add prior to sealing up all the edges and ridge line.

Alterations:
I'll be adding a "Tent Lift" pole in the center and clothes lines (or the option to put clothes lines) on each side underneath to go along the full length of the shelter along side my tarp.
Velcro will assist the doors closures while also allowing for setting ventilation & storm options by how the doors can be configured.


Alterations I would have done to a fully assembled tarp anyway.
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Being placed into early retirement due to disability has been humbling.
I can see I'll soon need to set up voice to text as my fingers are telling me to stop this typing activity for now.

I did not expect to end up in retirement this way, it just happened just.

Mountain Hillside.  
Doing what needs be done for this day.
Perfect setup, perfect dream ... for me.

Moving Forward,
~ Kindle

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Playoff Football ... I like to watch.

Words. Set #57 and going to 1.

(Power) Concerned

adjective
  1. worried, troubled, or anxious.

(Force) Judgmental


adjective
  1. of or concerning the use of judgment.

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Singer Golden Touch 750 Antique "Locked up".  She's dead Jim. :(

Now I get to use a known good machine. 
A Sears Kenmore that was loaned to us for a different project.

To make it all so that I could sew, I spent the day making the Antique modified White cabinet that was modified for the Singer now be modified to hold a Kenmore. 
Just a few cuts, a couple of boards and screws .... a different set up.

This machine will be up about 3/4" off the surface but that is better than the 3"+ that it normally is at on a Kitchen Table.  
I will work with it gladly.

Hiking Tarp Project:
Right now I've modified the DIY by adding a Polyester Grosgrain 7/8" Ribbon for added strength on the Center.  I'm working on the center ridge line and most of the hem around the edges while I watch the Playoff games.
Working with Syl-Nylon is interesting.  I'm so thankful for the kit being cut.  Pinning is essential and it has to be done in tedious 1" to 2" stages as the stuff is slick.



  More pictures will follow as this moves forward.

Congrats K.C.!
Now on to see who they play.

Moving Forward.