nomadpete

Well there's a job that won't be stolen by A.I.

We see a lot of normal cars and bikes with historic rego. Yeah, it makes me feel old. Worse still my bike, a model which I recall lusting after back when first seen in showrooms, is now on historic rego, same as it's owner. Not 'collectable' like OME's though. I cannot understand the logic behind spending maybe $20k and a thousand hours 'restoring' an old car that was never desirable even when new. But it seems many do. Nostalgia is an expensive thing to keep in the garage.

Wille, you have just described my worst fears. Although I am not alone, that path of losses and degraded quality of life is my worst dread of all. And not just for myself. I feel badly for my wife having to go through that on her own if I lose my marbles. But for now, we take each day - one at a time - and find something positive to offset the gripes - of - the - day. Last night we went out to the local historic theatre (run by volunteers fighting the boredom of ageing). Watched an engaging but forgotten old movie. Today is the first sunny day for weeks. And I have good reason to get out of bed; It's my turn to put croissants in the oven for breakfast.

It's been a long, long time since I could wake up on saturday morning and wonder idly, 'I wonder what I'll do today?'.

Meanwhile, at the site of Kushner's mediterannean island elite mega resort, bulldozers have appeared and are reportedly clearing land. Nobody seems to know who owns them and no plans are known.

That watchdog report revealed that more than half of the publicly identified donors coincidentally got big contracts....... Sixteen of those 27 donors have watched their federal enforcement actions get dropped, scaled back, or suspended...... At the very least, I'd say 'suspicious coincidence'. But nobody is looking closely anyway.

Maybe I'm just a cynic, but.... The very first task that AI should complete successfully is to redesign itself to use far less electricity and no water. If it can't solve that problem, why should we trust it to do anything else?

I'm writing a book. It's all about things I should do. It's called 'Oughtobiography'

My scarey random thought for today.... I just realised that 1972 and 2026 are as far apart as 1972 and 1918....... Pause for mind boggle.

Is this bloke a personal friend? He seems to know you.... Another recent headline:- "Perth man still not going to concede that was a storm"

It's not a circus! It's a carnival. I can't wait to see what happens when the show is over.

Modern day investment strategy - better returns than the stock market? As reported by "The New Republic": " It was always pretty naive to think the ultrarich individuals donating to Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project were doing so out of the goodness of their hearts. A new report from the nonprofit government watchdog Public Citizen has calculated that 14 ballroom donors have raked in more than $50 billion combined in government contracts over the last six months. For reference, that’s more than the GDP of countries such as Iceland and Senegal." https://newrepublic.com/post/211423/donald-trump-ballroom-donors-government-contracts

Not even funny, Nev. Factual, and sadly, believable.

More importantly, will it be gold plated and named after trump?

I read somewhere unreliable (x), that there is a plan afoot to dig a tunnel between Alaska and Russia. Is this for real? It would cost Billions (whether Rubles or USD). How would this Make Amerika Grate Again?