Pasadena is NOT improving, They are getting worse & more CORRUPT , even on New Year's Day , See

Pasadena is NOT improving, They are getting worse &

         more CORRUPT, 

                    even on               New Year's Day 

see

https://pasadenalegal2024.blogspot.com/

Does Stanford have a SLOB epidemic ⁉️

Does Stanford have a SLOB epidemic ⁉️ at Stanford's nicest auditorium he puts his feet up like he's at home in his rat- 🐀 infested living room (not a student, not sure what language he was speaking either)

response to article in Cowboy State Daily

Re story about "Californian in Mini" causing problems in snow on I-80 . The problem I have is pigeon-holing people according to their current "legal residence".

 Many of us were born & raised in 1 place, college elsewhere, temporarily reside here & there, etc. a person with a CA plate could actually by a Wyoming person who for whatever reason has CA residence, or dual residence, etc. by referring to a person as a Californian or Montanan or whatever, is reductionist for the sake of dumbing us all down & even sometimes harmful prejudice. 

Our modern world is much more complex & intricate than it was decades ago when people who were born somewhere stayed there forever. How about "fellow American" ? 

x1000 Prayers for morbidly obese Olga at annual conference, e 3/8/24

Clicker: 1000

Sum: 1000 

Naboj icadooh

"Olga" (not real name) is seriously ill and needs our prayers before she dies of a heart attack due to morbid obesity. Please pray 🙏🙏🙏🙏✝️🙏🙏🙏 for a gentle wakeup call for Olga . God please intervene! Hear our prayers 

Why are some @Stanford students such CHICKENS 🐔🐔🐔 when walking at night?

Why are some @Stanford students such CHICKENS 🐔🐔🐔 when walking at night? Sometimes I'm walking back to my car & some act like they're little red riding hood (even a guy one time) & I'm the wolf 🐺🐺🐺.

I can assure you I'm just as nervous crossing paths with you not b/c ur threatening but because you DON'T have any self confidence. You're like little squirrels 🐿️🐿️🐿️ afraid of anything that moves. Be strong💪💪💪. Stop thinking in terms of "just little special me" 

Take some self-defense 🥋🥊 classes if it will help your confidence, or carry some pepper spray if it makes you feel better. You're NOT little kids anymore. Start growing up. That's what college is about. 

And I can assure you 95 to 99% of people DON'T CARE how special u

THINK u are. 

And to the  Stanford administration: please consider offering classes to help your young students gain confidence when walking alone. Scared students are like scared hikers: they let their imagination get the best of them & 

ruin it for everybody else. 

Fear is contagious and so is courage. What's more beneficial? You're supposed to be helping these kids grow up not just by memorizing and regurgitating,  but also emotionally & physically amongst other things. 

Maybe a lot of these kids grew up in suburbs and the Stanford setting doesn't challenge them enough in terms of "street smarts". Bring some people in to show them how to be tough, or at least ACT TOUGH in the right circumstances rather than thinking of themselves as little lambs 🐑. And how to discern between a real danger versus a nice guy. 

Offer  some lectures showing statistics that most people are NOT predators, NOT even most muscular males. (And that muscular males can be their best protectors, but not if you treat them like predators). 

re respect for those who served 🇺🇲🪖🎖️ (not their adult children who didn't)

I respect veterans and those who serve our country 🇺🇲but not necessarily the adult children of these military 🎖️🪖 persons (that do not serve themselves) who puff themselves up because of their father's service (or mother )

 ( like Megan McCain for example)

If you didn't personally serve your country you don't get the same respect by virtue of being a child of somebody who valiantly served. You get regular respect for being a decent citizen (hopefully)

cc: Bob Kok

The Tree House Solution !

https://treehousesolution.blogspot.com/

https://treehousesolution.blogspot.com/

Dear Bob Ko K (Coke) I love you so much in Christ (Agape) and all the Ko K family .. we've been thru

Dear Bob Ko K (Coke)  I love you so much in Christ (Agape) and all the Ko K (Coke)  family .. we've been thru  so much together as an extended family. Can we not  we show love and kindness and benevolence towards one another ? Can we not be united in Christ as well as an extended family.? Your family has been thru a lot. We love you all. I am not sure how my communication was misinterpreted but it was all intended with love and respect for you and all the Coke family . I pray for reconciliation and peace. I receive kind and respectful dialogue with other family members. Is it only you (singular) that remains antagonistic towards me ? Bob, I love you (agape) in Christ and always will. None of your language or non-loving correspondence will change this to the end. God be with you. May you talk to Jesus Christ and ask for a spirit of reconciliation and kindness and peace in His name. Be filled with the love of the  Holy Spirit Bob. I claim not personal perfection in extending an olive branch . If we all had to be perfect persons before we could preach Christ, the pulpits would be empty. Hear my prayer for you (singular) as well as all of our extended family. 

In Christ Forever

Joy Lender 

12/14/23 Can't recommend "24 roadside service" 👎😡in San Carlos CA (no physical address?)

https://yelp.to/OnKpYRx7xE 

Re "24 roadside service"
San Carlos CA
no physical address?
--
The guy who did the jump start was ok.But the dispatch dude (who is also the owner named Rick) was a jerk to me on phone 👎😡. In addition to insulting me, he answers the phone without announcing who they are ( ie just says "hello" like you're calling a homeowner. So you have to first ask "is this roadside service?") . Needless to say, I asked my roadside to change to a different responder but it was too late. Never again. 
https://yelp.to/OnKpYRx7xE

Memorial Church, Stanford

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2khFoBJr4xG8neeT7 

12/8/23 I've been coming to Stanford Memorial Church ⛪ for many years now, & tonight I attended the sing-along Christian worship ("festival of lessons & carols") which I thought would include the Catholics &  be ecumenical, but it turned out to be mostly composed of  the group led by the black leader from the Sunday 11am progressive service,  which is fine (although I'm not progressive, but conservative). However I would have liked if it had included the Catholics.

 Nonetheless, it started out nice & peaceful -very Christmas-y music . However, around halfway through the service I noticed a lady standing in back of me pacing & then she was kind of wandering around almost like a tourist looking at the walls maybe taking pictures I wasn't sure, & apparently not interested in being here for the service. This is usually frowned upon during a worship service. So I looked back and kind of gave her a hard stare to tell her that she was being bothersome. She apparently didn't care if she was being bothersome,  but she did disappear for a while. 

Then, near the end of the service she reappeared and stood closely behind me. I noticed a few others looking back at her as well as if wondering what she was doing. Stanford students aren't used to being watched by a security guard- you don't get into Stanford by being a bad boy or girl. And you don't need a babysitter. Anyways, I decided to leave a few seconds early because of her creepy presence (yes, some females can be creepy too sometimes) plus I had to get somewhere. 

So I went out the side door & she followed me. At this point, I'm like what the heck is going on? This is turning into harassment. Apparently she didn't even know what was behind the door that I went out, so I don't know what she's doing- like she's pretending to be a security guard or what's going on?! she obviously doesn't know the way things we work around Stanford. Police & security here are usually very low key and cool, NOT suspicious of everybody. 

I think she was kind of African-American, or dark skinned,  but it wasn't obvious exactly her race or ethnicity. She watched me go out the door and looked outside as if she had never seen this side of the church before. So either she was an imposter, or they assigned her to be some kind of attendant even though it was her first time there, which isn't very wise- if she doesn't even know the layout of the church,  & so everything seems suspicious to her. 

There's also a restroom in this hallway . which  would be another practical reason to go through this door & happens periodically during church services. Needless to say,  if this happens again I will make a complaint about her & whoever assigned her to do this, if such is the case.  If you just grab people and ask them to be an attendant or "play security" you need to have give them a little training first, & make sure they have practical skills as well as people skills, and aren't suspicious of everything that moves, or hopefully not just because I'm white at a black-led service. Can you imagine a white person doing this towards a black person? 

Furthermore, my family are big donors to Stanford and they will not be happy to hear about this. None of us here  need to be watched or observed or monitored. I am a very good person & a  good citizen & apparently I've been coming here much longer than this lady who appeared to be here for the first time. And suddenly she's a security guard,  or a wannabee?   That's not the way it works around the Stanford I know. Never has, never will. And at a Christmas service of all things. Good grief. Shame on you 👎.

Don't call me boss

Do you like it when 

SNARKY high school 

dropout clerks call

 you "BOSS" in a

 pseudo- respectful

 manner ⁉️

Menlo Park Hardware

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JV7gpRaH86SHAdaB7 

So I pulled in here I just needed one little wrench to remove the negative battery cable for a moment as I'm traveling. normally I could pull into any Ace hardware across the United States at least back in the good old days and tell them the problem, and they gladly help. However, the person behind the desk was a Latino teenager or young adult and I told him "I don't know for sure what size I need to loosen the battery cable. Can I take this out to my car and check the size and if it works I'll come back and purchase it?" I even offered to leave my driver's license as collateral. He responded glibly "Unfortunately I cannot do that " as if I was some sort of scam artist trying to get a free wrench. So I'm thinking I went up to the wrong cashier. Normally at many Ace hardwares you can find a good old boy who would say "sure no problem", or at least walk out to the car with you. I think those good old boys are here but I just picked the wrong cashier. 

SHAME on Green Library worker 👎😡 @stanford

prayers4 America 🇺🇸 & photos from ALL over USA (@AmeriPrayer1) posted at 4:57 PM on Wed, Oct 25, 2023:

SHAME on Green Library worker 👎😡 @stanford  for NOT allowing me in with digital ID. FYI digital ID
IS now being used in CA in conjunction w/ DMV (pilot program). This is 2023. there's even self-driving cars on the road in the Bay Area. And yet this Stanford worker won't accept digital id to get into the library for a public event ⁉️ is that even Stanford policy or was this worker going ROGUE⁉️💥

https://t.co/5rchW50UzA

https://t.co/dE8Agtcl08
(https://x.com/AmeriPrayer1/status/1717329619723092373?t=wiFoOz948bORI5juFwYYrQ&s=03) 

Furthermore many other states are allowing digital 🆔

"In March 2022, Apple announced AZ as the first state to offer DIGITAL driver's licenses on iPhones thru users' Wallet app. CO, MD, & GA have since joined AZ. Additionally, states like DE, FL, MS, MO, OK, & UT have adopted digital ID systems"

@Stanford FYI:

digital 🆔 is not a thing of the future, it's HERE & NOW . Of all places, u would expect a cutting- edge institution such as Stanford to be up to par with the NEW NORMAL . OR is Stanford losing it's edge ⁉️

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/ca-dmv-wallet/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dmv-mobile-digital-drivers-license-18350598.php

re Cecil H Green Library, Stanford

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EEX8dGqhWj7a3Du99 

I've been to several functions here previously with no problem. However on 10/25/23 I arrived near noon for the "Silicon Valley Talks: Chris Clay, "Unstoppable" presentation in Hohbach Hall. Entering the Green Library I was expecting to go thru the check-in and respectfully told the dude at the entrance my purpose but he insisted I register "using a DL or passport ''.

 I don't normally carry my physical license on me anymore , let alone my passport. But I do have an ONLINE COPY which even police will accept these days. It's on my phone- perfect focus etc. 

Front & back. Passport too.

 But the dude refused to accept it. He insisted I go back to my car and get a physical copy. Since I parked on El Camino to avoid a parking ticket & save a few dollars ( NOT all of us are independently wealthy, & Do have a budget) , this would entail a 20-minute walk to my car & a 20-minute walk back. The presentation is only an hour usually.

 I was quite upset that this fellow was being so stubborn about demanding a physical 🆔. I wonder if this is even actual policy or did he just make a knee-Jerk negative response & then double down on it⁉️ I told him this "isn't the Stanford way" and I'm  a big Stanford supporter in terms of attendance.

 I should have asked to speak with a supervisor rather than trying to hope for common sense from this bossy student worker 👎 (btw, most student workers I've encountered here are great 👍. This one seemed to have a bias against me👎).  

If a super sees this, please rectify this so it doesn't happen again. Virtual identification is just as valid as a physical , even preferred in some places these days . 

Joy Lender

BA BA M.Div

Arrogance at St. Thomas Aquinas Church ,Palo Alto 👎

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gsh8NqYCDGN3iPTQ9 

It's 10/22/23 & the priest still wears a mask ⁉️ that's too superstitious for me. Then the Asian- American guy comes down in the middle of homily counting HOW MANY BODIES are in the pew, pausing deliberately & arrogantly with his little pencil and paper 📜. He could easily count every single person just standing from the back. & He looks like a supremacist . 

Now the priest is making a political homily saying a country shouldn't try to have revenge against their enemies . Obvious anti-israel message. Self-defense is NOT revenge.

 Unfortunately the far- lefty or just simply low-information congregation sits there passively as I walk out shaking my head. This church seems to have gone ROGUE- maybe the diocese Bishop needs to step in and take a look. Shake things up a little bit. It's bad. Really bad 👎. 

99 Cents Only Stores, Sacramento

https://maps.app.goo.gl/LWsR2XCkSs25wby36 

I think they should change 

their name to

 "nothing is 99 cents " anymore. 

But seriously. I got up to the cashier & the cheese that looked like it was 2.99 turned out to be $5 so I said "please take that off" and then she had to call the manager and she said it would take so long I had to go to a different aisle and start my whole order over. 

So I moved over to another aisle in the cashier there an African American female snapped at me and said

 "anytime you take an order 

off it causes the computer to freeze". 

She sounded like she was blaming me as if I should have known that. 

So I said " I was supposed to know that ?" She snapped back "I didn't say that". . I replied " you didn't say that in exact words but you said it in your tone" . Then she accused me of being angry even though I wasn't. I was just going with the flow trying to get in and out.

 I only got angry when she start accusing me of being angry even though I wasn't. she tried to flip it. She was the one being angry.. I was being very compatible and understanding of the situation even though I didn't want to wait in line again.

 I was in a good mood even though this happened and now I end up walking out in a bad mood because she was so angry. 😡👎🏽.  

Shame on her 👎🏽

 

Prayers 🙏 for ( vexatious lady, on left)

How much 💸💲of the 💰BILLIONS💰we are giving to Ukraine GOES INTO one of LYIN Joe biden's bank Accounts⁉️

https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1708733758571229207?t=PRK-CaW2HwAHmdkAD2TGGg&s=19

What percentage💸💲

of the 💰billions💰 in 

military 🪖financial 

assistance we are 

giving to Ukraine

GOES INTO one of  

LYIN Joe biden's 30 

Offshore or Shell

bank Accounts⁉️

Answer poll at 

https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1708733758571229207?t=PRK-CaW2HwAHmdkAD2TGGg&s=19

re Ralphs, Irvine CA on Alton

Thanks for spying on me while I was shopping 🛒 after church at St Neumann ⛪.

 I know you want people to CONFORM to your local expectations but I'm NOT from here and KNOW MUCH MORE about our country and world than any of you small- minded workers at Ralph's who have lived in Irvine all your lives. take a risk and experience the real world 🌎.

And even if I don't fit in to your expectations for local customs, it doesn't mean I am a shoplifter. I can assure you I am NOT A SHOPLIFTER. 

And I shop for specific items using IBOTTA which offers cash back on certain items. That's why I bounce around the store NOT like a local housewife shopping for the husband and 2 kids. 

Try to remember: if something doesn't comply to your local expectations and customs it doesn't make it illegal or wrong. Sometimes it's just unique. And sometimes it's also BETTER.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/H6jAthitpCHqircz9 

re Ray-A-Motive Auto Repair, Bellflower CA 👎😡

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FvLbiuezjYT5zHXk9 

I drove through here as I was driving around town looking for an auto repair cuz my car was clicking and clacking & popping etc. Sounded terrible and I didn't know what it was. I've been to this place before not for a few years. And then I looked and realize how busy it was so I was going to just drive right back out. But this guy walked up and stop me look at me suspiciously and asked me what I wanted.

Obviously if you work at a repair shop you SHOULD HAVE BEEN able to hear my car & know without asking what I needed (or maybe not if you're just an office manager). 

But let me cut to the chase: he seemed like a JERK the way he was talking to me in a condescending manner, like he was some kind of supercilious star or something. Sorry buddy but being an office manager does not make you a star  other than a star in your own eyes. 

 He also started peering in my window like he wanted to see what I had in my car as if he was a cop or something -like he had a right to know what I was carrying with me. 

Fact is, I had my car loaded with stuff because I had been traveling all summer to New York and back. But he apparently disapproved of this as well. I already told him it looked too busy and I was leaving. He had no right to stop me from leaving.

 If he wanted to tell me this was private property I already know that. But during normal business hours it's acceptable to enter private property if the business is open to inquire, do business, look and see how busy it is etc.

 For that matter a grocery store is private property, a gas station is private property etc. I wasn't doing anything illegal. I'm a good citizen. And I was trying to leave, so why was he acting like a jerk and making me stop and tell him what I was doing.

 Simply put, I drove in past the different garage stalls & took the loop around and was heading back out. To treat me like a potential criminal was not warranted 👎🚫. SHAME on you 😡.

 I've been fixing up a nice old vehicle and I've spent a thousand dollars 💰 on repairs in the last month.There's nothing wrong with that. And I pay all my bills & taxes. My tags are current and I have auto insurance fully paid for the year. 

DON'T YOU DARE look down at me dude 👎. You are the one who dropped out of college (or never went) to become an office manager and there's nothing wrong with that but there's something good about finishing the course too, as a lot of us do because we believe it is the right thing to do.

Frankly, It would have been much easier to drop out of college & grad school to become an office manager at an auto repair shop but a lot of us refused to quit. Don't you dare think you are better than me. You judged me negatively first, so I'm judging you back. You started it buddy. Not me.

 I only had honorable intentions as I drove up while you seem to think you're better than others. No you're NOT. You may actually be Worse than the people you are negatively judging. The most famous person in the  history of the world 🌍 once said: "Take the log out of your own eye 👁️ 🌲 first" . Maybe you should listen to him. It's never too late.

#RepentAndBeBaptized 🙏

#AcceptChrist2bSaved ✝️

Joy V 

BA/BA/M.Div

re alleged parking enforcement @ City of Newport Beach - Civic Center

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CLXwH4HbsTJHZApn8 

Who's the greasy long-haired guy who drives around in a city vehicle pretending to be parking enforcement ⁉️ I was in the library parking lot a little past 9 pm and he came along and told me I couldn't park there after 9 o'clock. And threatened me with a ticket. I said "Why aren't there any signs? How can you write a ticket if there are no signs?" 

There's NOT a single sign saying "No parking after 9" nor any other signs showing any time restrictions. Was he just harassing me because he wrongly assumed that I was a transient ⁉️ That's very offensive and unprofessional 👎😡. 

SHAME on this guy. Anyways, this lightweight dude who disrespected me can't hold a candle to my achievements. I continue to achieve and excel. While this college dropout self -proclaimed parking enforcer does his meaningless night route thru Newport Beach and goes home to his Santa Ana apartment to eat Cheetos & sleep all day like a bum 👎. Get a life dude. And get a haircut 💈 too 

-James-

BA/BA/M.Div 

re KRLA, aka 870AM The Answer , So Cal

https://maps.app.goo.gl/aQ8WSv1k9Y9Joo749 

@am870theanswer

@lanewsguy

Larry Marino gives TOO MANY neutral updates on LYIN BIDEN,- & rarely criticism As if he's working for a NON -conservative station.

 And too many milquetoast updates re Trump indictments- that's exactly what the lefties want: repeated reminders of Trump being prosecuted - so that low information voters will think 

he's the "bad guy"

Yo Larry: 870 is conservative radio. You DON'T have to be so politically correct. Listeners tune in to hear

REAL TALK.

Same re the lady who came over from NPR (who does afternoons: hedy lynn herdes )

Ocd Lifeguard Hq, Corona del Mar

I snorkel/swim 🤿 FOR EXERCISE every day from big CDM 🏖️ beach to little CDM & back. I like to snorkel-swim because it makes it more interesting &fun - to see the fish & sea life down below as I swim by. I would think the lifeguards on the beach at little CDM would be familiar with me by now. Same swimsuit & head gear . Same routine etc. 

But every time I arrive at little CDM they radio for the yellow boat to come & make sure I'm ok. Despite NO signs of DISTRESS.This is getting a bit ANNOYING lately. 

Hey lifeguards, please leave me alone. I'm 56-yo & I've been doing this for decades & NEVER needed rescuing.

 I'm pretty sure I will NEVER need help.

 I absolve you of any liability if anything ever happens to me. 

Just relax. Peace out. ✌️

Everything is OK 👌👍😎

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RoRpsKAv8drKC1EC6 

re Rawlins: Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum

Our young female guide was nice but she seemed to be bothered by being included in photographs. We WEREN'T intentionally including her, but sometimes she was standing directly in front of the object we wanted to "remember on

 film" (that's an old euphemism now given everything is digital now).

 Needless to say, if you are a tour guide you must expect you will show up incidentally or intentionally in photographs from time -to- time. If that's too bothersome, with all due respect, find a different job. 

Apart from that, it was Fun. & Interesting. 👍 I wish they would allw you to see what it's like up in one of the guard towers.

And we were the only ones who gave a tip at the end ($5) . 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Jf12KjaBowN5CG8x5 

👎re Dayton Transmission, Casper WY

The big guy doesn't tell you there's a so-called "diagnostic fee" of $50 until AFTER they're done (at which point you could LEGALLY object)...and he cowardly uses the ladies in the office as a shield from you becoming argumentative. 

And the diagnosis is nothing more than read 'check engine' codes, which you can get done for free at O'Reilly's , plus a test drive.

They don't even check the quality of your transmission fluid before their grand conclusion that you need a new transmission 👎 for $3600 👎 

It's like a doctor immediately recommending heart surgery before trying smaller steps first. In my case it looks like fresh transmission fluid might be the solution ( still keeping an eye on it) 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nYuMyZBm1CBWBNvo6 

re Dayton Transmission, Casper WY

https

://maps.app.goo.gl/hvtQWgM3KzvgKQYx6 

Very disappointed ☹️. 

First, despite telling me my transmission was NO GOOD and that it would cost me $3600 for a new one, in the MIDST of telling me this he INSISTED I pay a $50 fee for the diagnosis (ie read the codes which I could do for free at O'Reilly's; & test drive ) . 

A reputable place tells you UP FRONT if there is a so-called "diagnostic fee".  I could have LEGALLY OBJECTED to paying anything at all since they didn't tell me up front but they have their whole FREAKIN FAMILY in the office ready to pounce on you . My feeling is that this place is top-heavy with excessive workers making them DESPERATE for every penny. Beware of a desperate mechanic shop. 

Second, it's looking more and more like all I really needed was some fresh transmission fluid. I'm still in the verification process but that's what it's looking like.

And I was literally on the verge of going to this place he recommended that buys cars and selling it for a low price thinking the repair cost is more than the vehicle is worth. He spoke with such bombastic blustering confidence saying he doubted I would even make it to Shoshoni, let alone Jackson blah blah blah. 

The truth is there were some codes indicating problems with the transmission- that is true- but that's because the transmission fluid was so hot and burned out (in conjunction with the extreme weather 🌡️ heat).

 I even asked to try a transmission fluid change & he scoffed and again said " that might help you get to Shoshoni but that's about it". He seemed fixated on Shoshone. 

Fact is that same night I drove through the night through Shoshone to Thermopolis and there I took care of things. 

Furthermore, during all of this he started acting like an interrogator: when I mentioned the problems first starting in Colby Kansas he said suspiciously 

" I thought you were coming from Laramie.." 

Yes, I was coming from Laramie yesterday, but prior to that I was coming from Denver and prior to Denver I was coming from Kansas City & Colby Kansas is in between.

And prior to Kansas City I was in Pittsburgh and prior to  Pittsburgh I was in Buffalo prior to Buffalo I was in Cleveland etc etc. Did he think I was going to tell him my life story? 

Fact is I've been driving across the country since May from California to New York and now back to CA. But my plan was to stop in Jackson for a few days WHERE I USED TO LIVE on the way back to CA . And no, I am not a Californian. I grew up in Michigan & Iowa and have since lived in Hawaii, Spain,Costa Rica, & California among other places. 

Anyways, instead of selling my car for half of what it's worth or paying for a new transmission for twice what my car is worth, I have been in the process of doing a gradual transmission fluid change & and it seems to be working, for less than $100. 

A good transmission place would have taken a sample of my transmission fluid and seen that it was BURNT and BLACK. And the first thing to try should be a GRADUAL transmission fluid change. I figured that out on my own without any mechanical training. I take out a Quart from the top, and put in a quart from the top. Then I drive & let it mix . And repeat. Until I've replaced about 8 quarts at least.

There's only two reasons why a transmission shop wouldn't suggest this: either 1) they're obtuse , or 2) this isn't very profitable for them ( nonetheless you got to take the good with the bad as a for-profit Enterprise . You can't mislead customers just because you think you can get away with it. That's called dishonesty. And it's illegal to recommend something a customer doesn't really need. 

Saint Augustin's Catholic Church, Des Moines Iowa 6/7/23

Saint Augustin's Catholic Church
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fqgu8zv8bGfMdoANA 

6/7/23 So I had never been here before and I pulled in for the 8 a.m mass. I went to the big parking lot and there were no cars at 750 , only another omnipresent obsessive compulsive lawnmower service who stared at me like I was an ET Martian (undoubtedly having noticed my CA plate). (but born in Iowa).

 I was wondering did I get the time wrong? so I pulled around to the front oval where there were a few cars & some people going in, & parked behind a car & left my car running ( because sometimes it has trouble restarting if I'm starting and stopping too much) - I just wanted to make sure I'd be there for a while before I turned my car off) 

A few seconds later a lady stepped out of the car in front of me- she was dark-haired kind of a mid-eastern complexion - and stared at me suspiciously, a white Iowa- born boy with Dutch heritage. 

Not only did she stare at me suspiciously, I realized a few minutes later that she was HIDING behind her car SPYING on me . It was now around 8:01 am and it was looking like this mass is a little bit too small for my comfort.

 I've been a visitor at small chapel -style masses before and when you're not part of the neighborhood you feel too conspicuous, like a stranger sitting in somebody's family room . So I decided to keep going on since I was passing through to Iowa City. 

So I started pulling out and the mid-eastern lady jumped out from behind her car and was either taking a picture of me or writing down my license plate or both. It was very disturbing. I tried to smile and wave but she had already made a negative judgment about me .

 There would be no convincing her of anything otherwise. So I just kept driving and I hope somebody reads this maybe this lady herself.

 This is not how you treat people in America. Especially at church. And when you come to church you DON'T want to be treated suspiciously. Church is about the LOVE of Christ.❤️✝️🙏🙂

 Not negative suspicion 

SHAME ON YOU LADY 👎😡

John Evangelist

BA BA M.Div

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re Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2fvYZpKeRidu5Zbv7

I'm CONCERNED that there's a slow but sure creep of certain types of people, including some employees, into this Library & they're dishonestly & unethically trying to take over and PUSH OUT the traditional people who have been here for so many years. 

My guess is that in 10 years from now, maybe sooner, this will feel like an inner city library. 

It will no longer feel like a library that you can relax & read & study & get away from all the crazy city angst. Sad. 👎🏽

re O'Reilly Auto Parts, 170 E El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040

There's an African-American employee here who is VERY GOOD at what he does and is helpful and courteous 👍. I ordered a part and paid for it and then I sat and waited for it to arrive.

******

However when I went back in to get the part the African American employee was not by the counter, and some Latino employee ACTED VERY DISTRUSTFUL TOWARDS ME and accused me of NOT having paid for the part yet, when I asked for it. 

He looked at the computer & said "IT SAYS IT'S NOT PAID FOR." Not only was this NOT TRUE but I had the receipt to prove I paid it. He demanded I go get it (from my car outside) and show it to him.

By the time I returned back inside he shoved it into my hands & DIDN'T APOLOGIZE. 👎

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qYjXnvph6hoFopp57 

I like the investigative reporting done by #GatewayPundit but CAN'T STAND their graphic prostate ads,

I like the reporting done by #GatewayPundit but I literally CANNOT STAND to view their website b/c they always have these GRAPHIC PROSTATE ADS, so to avoid the ads I use Opera mini & turn on AD BLOCKER & Extreme Data Saver.

IT'S A SHAME GP SELLS ITSELF OUT IN THIS Regard 👎

Norman F. Feldheym Public Library downtown San Bernardino city library

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q3hqCgGNgJWr5Unh7 

Unfortunately this library has a very strong "Brown Power " atmosphere ( ie Chicano) at the expense of black & white people. Any cross-cultural issues or conflicts will be decided in favor of the Latino . They need some whites working here. 

The brown people automatically assume if you are white here it's because you're down and out. I am a highly successful Christian missionary trying to reach the people of this community. It doesn't help when you have Latinos being condescending towards all others. It feels almost like "brown supremacy" 👎

JVK

BA/BA/M.Div

The Samsung Whistle notification has become the MOST UBIQUITOUS ANNOYING phone alert

The Samsung Whistle notification has become the 

MOST UBIQUITOUS ANNOYING phone alert . 

Have you heard this somewhere?

Listen

https://youtu.be/E_S6QPEgAzM

And those who have it on their phones NEVER turn it down- it's incessant. You have to demand they turn it down. They are either unaware of it being maddening, or they like to aggravate people around them. And it's like a security blanket to them. It's horrible, terrible, annoying, and sickening. 

I'm asking for an act of congress to stop this annoying tone everywhere. 

If you view media on any sort of device you still "watch TV".

I was chatting with the guide before the tour began and we were talking about the China balloon that was shot down... because I had seen it as i was going thru Myrtle Beach... and then for some reason the guide said something like " I don't watch TV anymore". It Felt more like she was VIRTUE SIGNALING. It doesn't matter What you watch whether you watch something on your handheld device or your computer etc. 

Today, " TV " is a quick way to describe whether you have seen something or not On Any Sort Of Electronic Device . So even if you do not have an old black and white or color television in your living room, if you view media on any sort of device you still "watch TV". And that's okay , it's okay . You're Not a bad person

re Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, Savannah Georgia

re Our guide :I'm not 100% sure her name ( it may have started with a J & ended with an E). She was a petite middle -to- elderly age white lady. She kept pulling the sweater across her chest as if she thought somebody was looking at her upper torso. It became so absurd and annoying after a while because she kept doing it so often, almost obsessive compulsive.

 Then she kept apologizing for slavery and racism and at the end confessed her sins to us and seemed to suggest that we were all guilty (since our group was all white.)

 My family & ancestors personally were northern folk and some of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, and died to set slaves free. So I personally do NOT have any white guilt, neither for my own actions, nor for my ancestors. 

Re St. Dominic's New Orleans

I don't mean to be rude but the Catholic church is known and well-regarded for being a "universal church" meaning catholics from Zimbabwe could theoretically walk into a Catholic church in New Orleans and feel right at home. However sometimes some Catholic churches become too " localized" & they treat you like an outsider if you didn't grow up here or you don't live a few blocks away from the parish. I'm afraid that's happened at this church.

 To the priests and to the locals , please remember that this is a church for for all Catholics, NOT just for people who live down the street. If That's what you want , there's a lot of little neighborhood churches you should attend rather than the universal Catholic church. 

In fact it's the visiting Catholics who need a church more than those who live right down the block who are already settled in known by their neighbors  etc. If you hog the church too you're not doing the work of Jesus Christ. 

Unique: This guy's last name is Kok plus X

https://www.lifesitenews.com/author/stephen-kokx/

Re Washington DC parking enforcement SCAM 😡

Then I walked up and down the same block and noticed how many other parking tickets had the 

" failure to display " and there were several. SCAM 😡

Plus they deliberately leave off the instruction to display the paper receipt on your dashboard in order to write a citation to make money.

There's  no other reason. 

Furthermore they already know if you paid or not using their electronic device which is why you include your license plate when you pay at the multimeter space.

The new Wash DC parking enforcement SCAM.

 11:25 AM on Mon, Jan 23, 2023:

The new Wash DC parking enforcement SCAM. Even tho they know with their device if u paid or not, if u DON'T put receipt on dash U get a $50 ticket. Nor do they say anywhere to place the paper receipt on the dash. 

(most modern cities that use electronic devices do not require nor need the paper proof on the dash)

"Failure to display a meter receipt has eclipsed  expired meter violations & is the leading reason for getting a ticket"

https://t.co/ZIxqFnoO5v
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1617559097225650176?t=pZYVNK1EduS2hgOV-rec6A&s=03) 

Re New Dr (Harrison) at Dr Jacqueline Wong's office in Alhambra CA

https://maps.app.goo.gl/WSpC6SwyPDbu1g4k9

The New Dr (Hasanuddin Harrison, MD ) is ok but every time I see him he asks me if I "drink" ( ie alcohol 🍺 🍷) , as if I am a drunk or something. I keep him telling him NO I do NOT drink 🚫. Even when i asked him to send my prescription to Vons pharmacy he said  "Isn't that a liquor store?" And he laughed. 

Say what? Obviously he does NOT know this area very well because anybody who does, knows that Vons is a chain of grocery stores around Southern Cal that  also has a pharmacy inside. Yes, they sell liquor just like almost every other grocery store but that does not make them a liquor store. 

Why would I ask him to send my prescription to a liquor store ? I know of no liquor store that has a pharmacy by the way. For that matter I do NOT go to liquor stores meaning those stores that sell only liquor or mostly just liquor . 

I started coming to see Dr Wong when she was actually at the older office down the street & when I was still a teacher for the LAUSD,  and I was also attending Fuller seminary working on my Masters- in- Divinity, which, like becoming a doctor, also takes a lot of work, dedication, and intelligence. 

I continue to come and go from Southern Cal and maintain an address here as I do mission work and ministry around the country and still even another parts of the world 🌎 ✝️🙏.

Now Dr Wong works in the afternoons only so I just accepted seeing the morning doctor and he seems to be alert and capable but for some reason he has a FALSE IMPRESSION about me and drinking alcohol. Even after my blood test show that I'm in pretty good health.

 The main reason I come to see the doctor is for CHRONIC PAIN in my left side and especially my leg probably related to the cervical spine or lumbar , as well as possible bursitis or arthritis.

 I hope this reaches somebody in the office and maybe they can print it out and hand it to him or show it to him. 

Ask me once if I drink that's reasonable,  but three times with a little bit of an insinuation starts to impugn my character 👎.

 By the way, there's nothing immoral or reckless about a little drinking in moderation. I just choose NOT to drink at this point in my life .

 And also by the way I have doctors in my extended family and I know a little thing or two about  doctor lifestyles and know they're not exactly all Puritans.

 Furthermore I also worked at hospitals around doctors as a chaplain & social worker, so I also have had some eye-opening experience working around doctors. I know the truth about doctors: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

PK

BA/BA/M.Div

#BadAds Stop talking about our poop, penis, prostate & now "pubics". 👎👎👎👎👎👎

Shame on @Gillette & All intrusive sleazy body advertisers  👎. STOP talking about our poop, penis,  prostate & now "pubics". 

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re soul-sapping experience at Burger King DTLA (downtown Los Angeles) on Christmas Day 2022 😟

re soul-sapping experience at Burger King DTLA (downtown Los Angeles) on Christmas Day 2022 😟: 

700 E Cesar Chavez 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CixxfYp9pmL9sCo87

Since the year 2000, I come to LA every year on Xmas Eve 🎁 for the holiday 🎵show at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This year 12/24/22 , although I keep my car well maintained, I was concerned about my starter because on Christmas Eve day every time I stopped and started it got weaker and weaker to restart.

 Normally I would have parked in the parking structure at the concert hall, especially since it's free on  Christmas Eve. 🎄

But I was afraid that it would NOT restart and they might have trouble getting a tow truck inside the structure, so I parked at the nearby Burger King in an almost empty parking lot. Then I went to the concert for a few hours.When I came back to my car, as I feared, it would Not start again. 

So I was stuck there overnight on Christmas Eve and did not want to leave my car alone for fear of it getting broken into, so I had to stay with it all night. 

On Xmas Day  no repair shops are open so I was trying to think about what to do.  I was pretty sure that at least the manager or owner of the Burger King 🍔 would be gracious about it on Christmas day. At least I was close to the Catholic Cathedral and was able to attend the Christmas Mass at 8:00 a.m. and then at 10:00 a.m. as well.  ⛪

But  around 1:00 p.m. here comes a tow truck and he starts telling me I got to get it OUT OF THE LOT NOW or he's going to tow me to impound with all the extra fees and everything. So I go inside to talk to the manager,  and the female manager inside said she did NOT call the tow truck. 

 So I went back outside and the guy is already putting my car up on his tow truck.  I frantically yell " STOP STOP NO " and tell the driver that this manager said she did not call for a tow truck.

So the driver tells me it was the head honcho who called - (a male manager.) I don't know if he called  last night or maybe he called in from his home on Christmas Day,  he was so ANGRY 😡 about it for some reason. 

So this manager was so freaking vexatious about getting my car out of there ON CHRISTMAS DAY he couldn't wait one extra day when every repair shop would be open.

 I had one LAST CHANCE to try to start it before this tow truck driver was going to pull me out of there ( and charge me money 💰),...

So I turned the key 🗝️ & it sluggishly turned over & it was one of those split second moments if it didn't start it wouldn't start, but if it did I was out of there .

And just by a Miracle-  I believe it was a Christmas Miracle (praise the Lord)- the car started and I was able to drive out of there, NO THANKS to the Burger King manager who couldn't wait till the day after Christmas to do business as usual 👎.

And you wonder why there's a homeless problem. A situation like this could have added one extra homeless to the list, rather than alleviate the problem. 

Getting your car towed to impound and paying the fees to get it out of impound  probably now starts around $500 in L.A. And it was totally unnecessary.  It was a holiday- not very busy- the BK manager could have waited until the next business day (Monday December 26th) to  request a tow to remove my vehicle.

But he would NOT have had to do so: 

I have my Own tow service (Better World)  and I would have been towed to a nearby open auto repair shop and everything would have been quickly solved. This really left a bad taste in my mouth towards this BK manager 👎.

I will also send a letter to Burger King corporate just reporting why this was totally unnecessary and a lack of  Christmas or holiday spirit and TOTAL LACK of normal humanitarian compassion 👎.

Jay Vonder

BA/BA/M.Div

A Good Citizen Who Cares About Others

 

Re Redondo Beach library 12/17/22

They have some good new employees here seem like decent people as opposed to some of the older employees been around for so long and they're kind of like locals on their turf. So I'm thankful for the new employees who are nice and honest.

 But I hope to encourage them to crack down on the little bells and whistles that all the phones make. They do become annoying after a while. & some people just don't seem to get it. That's why phones have a silence button. 

One lady snapped at me because I thought her phone was making the noise. I said nicely "Ma'am could you please turn down your phone?" She said "It's not me. & then added "Mind your own efff'n business". I said  "Somebody made it my business  by NOT turning down their phone".

 We have a  right to a certain amount of silence in the library- a pleasant and productive atmosphere. It was the next person to her and she KNEW it. BUT she had to take the opportunity to snap at me and become abusive. Some of these older ladies actually can be abusive the way they treat younger people. 

I don't like to loosely use the b word about anybody but in this case the glove does  fit. 

So then I asked the guy next to her to turn down his phone alerts, that kept going off every minute or two,  because the employees didn't or wouldn't. And he  literally  seemed to NOT know how to silence his phone. Are you kidding me? He had to  fiddle around just to figure out how to turn down his phone. I don't care how old you are anymore- if you use a phone everyday this is as simple as anything else. 

Cmon people:  no matter how old you are, no matter what gender, religion, race creed, color, there's No Excuse for being rude by leaving your phone volume up in places like the library. Show some respect towards others. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 

re Bellflower CA Parking Corruption

https://BellflowerParkingCorruption.blogspot.com/

Re bad experience at BioLife blood plasma donation center

Sometimes it's great, but today I was in the orange section and waited 46 minutes to get jabbed while sitting in the donation chair. 

 Meanwhile people who came in AFTER me in other color areas got jabbed before me 👎. Baley (not real name) was having a bad day. 1st time I've ever encountered her. 

While I waited She walked by me numerous times &  gave me no indication that I even existed. I started wondering if I was invisible. I had a bad feeling about her, that she didn't Like me for some reason even though she's never met me or  seen me before. Not once did I get a reassurance from her or anybody else that they didn't forget me. 

Finally after almost an hour waiting she came over and gave a flippant "sorry about the wait" . Then she did a BAD jab. I seriously have to wonder if it was  intentionally done bad.

 Tebbie (not real name) came over & tried to fix it and asked why the jab was in my "side artery?" ( I think that's what she said, something about the side, indicating to me it wasn't even in the right spot) 

If somebody without morals or ethics  decides they Don't Like You they can mess up your day, ...Or in my case because of a bad jab causing hematoma, now  I CAN'T return for 2 MONTHS, meaning a loss of potential $1000 . I use this income to help others including an elderly parent. 

 Occasionally I encounter people who don't like me at first sight because they assume I'm conservative Christian. And they are right. I am conservative & Christian.  You don't have to like me. But it's unethical (& probably illegal)  to mistreat me in a place like this Because I'm conservative (you could make an argument that an  intentional bad jab is  an "assault") 

I spoke with a "training supervisor" about it and she promised to speak to Baley about it. Will she really ? People must complain to a supervisor if they have a bad experience. This is the only way to get rid of bad apples who RUIN it for everybody. Baley should be fired. 

We are literally "sitting ducks" at their mercy . Just as you expect us to arrive on time and treat employees with respect & dignity,  We must have absolute confidence and trust in their integrity to treat us to the best of their ability. I lost that confidence today 👎. Shame on you Baley. I hope you get fired. 

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Re Women & their Purses 👛 or Handbags at Church

Could the church please post messages and/or preach to the women about NOT bringing their purses with them. Some women consciously or unconsciously use their purses or handbags as status objects. And they will move it to one side or another to show their trust or distrust. This has no place in the church that should feel welcoming. 

And it gets ridiculous at times. I saw a regular parishioner who happens to be very wealthy sit down & watched a woman in the same pew eye him distrustfully and move her purse to the other side of her body. This man has no intention or need to steal her 👛 purse. It's self-serving and self-righteous virtue signaling by the lady, the opposite of why we call ourselves Christians or Catholics. 

This is not a  Jewish synagogue for those who are justified by law, but a church for those justified by grace, faith, & trust, with the help of God & fellow believers. Ladies: if you have trouble trusting others, or men in particular, leave your purse 👛 in the car or on the trunk if you're afraid of a break-in as well. 

As far as I know there has NEVER been a case of purse snatching inside the church and there's a security guard who drives around the parking lot now during the services and all day and I don't even know of any cases of a break-in to a vehicle.  

So if the chances of having your purse 👛 stolen  are almost zero is it  fair to treat every single person,or male,  as a potential  purse snatcher. And sadly to say in some cases the distrust is by ethnic women towards white males born and raised here. That's NOT fair to good American men just because they are white and born in the USA. 

+++++++

re Benton Museum of Art Claremont Colleges- 👎

1st time there: they watch you too much, like you're a potential shoplifter 👎. I visit museums around the country & world & have a website dedicated to art & museums. The best museums have a casual atmosphere even though they have good security. 

There's nothing WORSE than having a person literally follow you from room to room. Use a Freakin Surveillance Camera and sit in a room with big screens to surveil the patrons. 

Otherwise leave them/us alone to enjoy. If 99.9 % of patrons DON'T do anything wrong, seems wrong to watch them as if their potential shoplifters 99%of the time.

 We ALL know the golden rule of museums: Don't Touch Anything Anywhere at Anytime 

88% R DISGUSTED with radio ads. Advertisers R GROSSING us out with indecent graphic

88% R DISGUSTED with radio ads. Advertisers R GROSSING us out with indecent graphic bodily function ads👎😡that u have to TURN OFF around kids.

 FCC needs to intervene.

TAKE PUNITIVE ACTION NOW.

What do u call 📻Stations 

that will do ANYTHING for money ?

https://twitter.com/AmeriPrayer1/status/1592217032510279683?t=xlG0WTBeUl5SfVahE3IjoA&s=19

Re Substack 👎😡

I hear #substack mentioned occasionally, even on 📻 stations so I THOUGHT it might be a cool site to post a document, but then I get this superficial flippant response from somebody calling himself "Tex" w/o telling me what I violated, if anything👎.

This is what made people HATE Twitter & YouTube replace until they started trying to improve at least a little. 

So goodbye & good riddance to Substack . Don't need you. And now I don't like you either.

To the young dude on the computer 💻at Encinitas library

To the young dude on the computer 💻 who I sat down next to: I DIDN'T sit next to you because I wanted to sit next to you,  but because my computer froze and they assigned me to computer #2,  so I had NO choice.

 I didn't think about telling you this because I didn't think it was a big deal but then I noticed you were acting a little weird and then you moved a little bit, then you moved some more. 

Maybe you thought I was gay or something (definitely not),  but there's only ONE reason I sat there:  because they assigned me. I had NO other choice.

I tell you this because I've had that experience myself as well where somebody has sat next to me even though there were plenty of other computers available and I thought it was creepy as well.  So that's the answer anyways in case you ever read this.

re KID WHO STOLE my Flash Drives at LAUSD's Blank High

https://i-was-robbed.blogspot.com/2015/12/re-kid-who-stole-my-flash-drives.html

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#Repent&BeBaptized !                        #acceptChrist2bSaved2day !

Shame on @CityBellflower 😡👎and their corrupt parking citation infrastructure

Shame on @CityBellflower 😡👎and their corrupt parking citation infrastructure & their $57 dollar "PARKING TRAP" on Beach street in front of St Bernard Church.

Drive by sometime if u don't know what I'm talking about. DO YOUR JOB & FIX IT. Ignorance is NOT an excuse.

There's a SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL for freakin "admin law judges" who RUBBER STAMP DENY legitimate parking citation appeals. They DON'T even read the appeal. & around here the citations start at $60.They also won't sign their name. U R SCUM 👎😡

#Bellflower #LosAngelesCounty

A street in front of St Bernard church in @CityBellflower has 10 signs, 10 poles:  

7 say "NO PARKING Sat/Sun"; 

The other 3 say

"NO PARKING Friday."

Normally u put ALL restrictions on the same poles. But here they expect u to walk the ENTIRE STREET & read EACH sign.

So I pull up to the sign that says   "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and today is Friday. I park & go to church & come back & find a $57 citation on my windshield.

So I look at the sign again & it still says  "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and it's still Friday I walk to the next sign & says the same thing & the next sign says the same.

There's 10 signs : seven of which say "no parking Sat/Sun" ; three of which say "no parking Friday" so if you miss one of the three (out of 10) you get a $57 ticket.  

Why don't they put ALL the signs on the same pole like most municipalities do & according to Uniform Code?

Because it's intended to trap people, like a speed trap at the bottom of a hill. Or they added some later in a lazy manner & are too lazy to fix it ? 

The uniform code for parking signage actually requires  the MOST CLARITY POSSIBLE. This is a BIG FAIL at a visitor's expense. Or it's a success if it's intended to be a money maker for Bellflower. 

And why does Bellflower outsource the parking appeals to Tustin, a whole different county, to an alleged judge who rubber stamps a denial of the appeal and won't even sign his/her name ? Maybe because nobody actually reads it ? No actual judge ?

Philip Kok

GRCH homecoming with Rachel 😎👍🙂: I was the happiest guy in the world 🌍

https://random-matters-by-me.blogspot.com/2014/03/homecoming-with-rachel.html

gals in my life: some I cherish, others I regret & try to forget

https://random-matters-by-me.blogspot.com/2014/03/gal-friends-this-is-dedicated-to-some.html

re Safeway Fuel Station Aptos CA

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mkXmKEhkfgR7fupa6

The gas station is great and they got the best gas prices in the area HOWEVER that means sometimes people lining up to get gas which isn't too bad usually in my experience. But every now and then you encounter some A- HOLE like the guy I encountered today.

 He finishes pumping his gas. I'm right behind him. Then he sees another person pumping gas like it's his next door neighbor or somebody he knows and he strikes up a conversation with her while he's still in the gas line, even though he's finished pumping gas. 

I wait an appropriate amount of time but he continues to talk and then he starts to clean out his car and I'm still waiting. 

 Finally I say something- I yell at him "If you're done pumping gas get going -move out. You can clean out your car anywhere -people are waiting. There's three or four cars behind me." And he gets indignant like a little baby- like it's an imposition on him. It's like he's oblivious- he doesn't care about anybody else. This is very very rare actually. He was just so SELF-CENTERED.

 I hope my harsh language and rebuke of him will make him become better in the future but I doubt it. He seemed like he was such a self-centered selfish egotistical person . 

Very distressing to know these kind of dinosaurs still exist. We must continue to REBUKE these types of Cretans until they COMPLY . Do NOT back down. 

It's a FIASCO. will NEVER hike there again 👎"Rancho Palos Verdes traffic, parking issues eased at Del Cerro, but are hikers discouraged?"

It's a FIASCO. will NEVER hike there again 👎"Rancho Palos Verdes traffic, parking issues eased at Del Cerro, but are hikers discouraged?"

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2022/10/05/rancho-palos-verdes-traffic-parking-issues-eased-at-del-cerro-but-are-hikers-discouraged/

Why don't the POOREST OF THE POOR get a stimulus? Petition: "California State Stimulus Check For Those Who Do NOT File Any California Taxes"

Shame on gruesome Newsome 👎😡

Why don't the POOREST OF THE POOR get a stimulus?  Petition: "California State Stimulus Check For Those Who Do NOT File Any California Taxes"

https://chng.it/NwCHZrQQKS

New Poll: would you SUPPORT an ASHLI BABBIT statue in Washington DC

New Poll:

would you SUPPORT an 

 ASHLI BABBIT statue in Washington DC (or somewhere) as a symbol of a PEACEFUL UNARMED Jan6 freedom fighter who became a  victim/MARTYR of a LEFTY fascist corrupt unAmerican government.

RIP ✝️💟🙏 #NeverForget

Vote at 👇

https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1579479575641276416?t=HmDuj6kS1WxwN0bYebKn9A&s=19

Near this location in Winthrop WA I saw a bear 🐻

Near this location

Winthrop R&B Festival

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JGh7zu21v44AgCoA7

As an aside, I saw a big black bear up in a tree 🧸 eating berries on the side of the road . Everybody else was driving too fast trying to get from A to B to even notice it. I couldn't stop when I first spotted it so I did a u turn and just as I got back to it &was stopping to watch it,a motorcycle roared past ,& gunned the engine & scared the living daylights out of the 🐻 bear who went running away.

 Hey folks just slow down a little and enjoy the nature. Stop pretending like you're always in a hurry to get somewhere. 

Re Clinch Park Traverse City MI & " Zen fishing 🎣"

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXprdNp1kZXftF9x6

To the "Michigan man" who felt compelled to inform me that there's no fish to catch here by the beach, I tried to explain to you that I was "killing time" waiting for an event to begin and this was a good excuse to wade in the water & cool off. That's the short answer. Here's the longer answer:

To all Michigan men who pride yourselves on being outdoorsmen & hunter/trappers/fishermen : sometimes it's ok to just chill out even if there's no fish to catch. It doesn't mean I am stupid for fishing here. It just means I am relaxing & getting a little Zen from the art of casting & reeling. 

And once again,I was waiting for an event to begin and wanted to cool off. I hope that me casting a line where there is no fish just for some Zen doesn't cause you too much indignation or make you think I am a "retard". It's ok to " Zen out" once in a while (and it doesn't make me a retard).

Every moment of life does

 NOT have to be "practical". Let's be real: nobody needs to fish for survival anymore. So it's ok to go "Zen fishing" once in a while. 

re FedEx Office Print & Ship Center in Kennewick WA

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The lady working there is great. But there's one chubby guy with dark hair who is a jerk. The lady had to instruct him about how to give proper customer service, he's hard headed 👎 like an adolescent with a smirk. He thinks he's smarter than everybody because he can operate the various technology behind the desk. 

Fed ex office locations are hit & miss. Some R great.  At others you occasionally encounter the supercilious "tech head" who smirks if h thinks he knows more than you (similar to a gear head mechanic).

 In this case the chubby techie whispered something to the lady that was obviously condescending towards me ( I imagine something like "the guy over there doesn't have a clue what he's doing but won't ask for help") . Nobody likes to be whispered about. It's major league creepy 👎 -like something insecure 10-year-old girls do to try to make themselves feel bigger than others. 

Actually I was waiting for an employee who wasn't busy to ask for assistance. It's not that I think I know -it-all but that I travel the country printing the same pamphlets over & over using the same technique or formula, usually at fed ex office. Or occasionally at Office Depot etc. 90% of the time no problems. 

So I did everything according to formula and it failed. I tried every work around . That's when the chubby techie whispered to the lady to help me ( in a colorful manner that caused a bias against me). 

The lady started out in one way but finished nicely although telling me to "Stay on the other side of the counter" wasn't necessary. She became nicer towards the end after she herself had few mistrials printing the project. 

All I ask is to be treated with common dignity & respect that everyone deserves as I try to do likewise towards others. As Jesus would do . 

"Why does it seem like people that drive big pickup trucks are in such a hurry and drive so aggressively and seem so angry?"

My guess about pickup truck drivers in general is that a LOT of them have a need for power and control or maybe even some obsessive compulsive tendencies (OCD) -- meaning they are actually the opposite of being "strong and powerful"-- they are weak and wimpy and fearful and need a big truck to try to make them feel strong. 

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-seem-like-people-that-drive-big-pickup-trucks-are-in-such-a-hurry-and-drive-so-aggressively-and-seem-so-angry

1) " I mean some of them have a legitimate reason to have a pick up truck but I think that the majority of guys who have ginormous trucks are trying to make a political statement. I noticed a lot of trucks with the wheels sticking out which I think looks retarded and giant exhaust pipes for blowing black smoke in the face of other drivers cars which is not only inconsiderate but makes them look like assholes. … It's called Coal rolling. But that is what they want, they want to look like assholes and they want to say fuck you and fuck the environment. Also they think that they are Impressing women but really that is not true at all.

2) "Because many of them are [assholes?}. I sort of answered this in another question some time back. The other question asked if hazardous or aggressive drivers could be identified by the type of vehicle that they drive.

Pickup drivers are the Jekyll and Hyde amongst the many personalities and behaviors behind a steering wheel. When I am driving a heavy truck commercially, pickup drivers are usually my friends. They are far more likely than anyone else on the road to give me a break and yield to my signaled or implied intentions.

When I am driving my own pickup, a basic mid-sized two-wheel drive vehicle of unassuming appearance, other pickup drivers are neutral around me. They do not bother with me. In my compact crossover, however, one might think that the Incredible Hulk was behind the wheel of that jacked-up 4x4 monster truck wannabe.

There is no reason for my driving behavior to be any different in my compact car as compared to when driving my pickup. So why does it seem, to me, like there are only Incredible Hulk types driving large pickups?

I can guess that the pickup driver easily sees past me, over the top of my car. When I have a tailgater, I double my following distance, if possible, regardless of what I am driving. I do this to ensure that I can execute an emergency stop without getting rear-ended. Looking over the top of my car, Hulk may assume that the distance in front of me means that I am driving too slowly.

This triggers Hulk's learned behavior that says, when things do not suit you, you should go into a rage and punish everyone who is the perceived cause of your rage. The irony is that my increased following distance gives Hulk a place to go when traffic finally allows him to move his mega-mechanical beast around me.

What most amuses me about angry or aggressive drivers, in any vehicle, is the lack of gain for the pain that they put themselves and those around through while driving. As often as not, when I manage to get a Hulk safely in front of me, I'll see him again in a few miles. He will be waiting not far from me at the same stoplight and intersection where I am waiting. He may have regained much of his natural color but the primer is fresh and ready to set off another explosion if things do not go his way again.

Safe and calm driving to you."

Re Maple 🍁 Pass Trail, North Cascades NP , WA 🏔️

I enjoyed counter clockwise but going DOWN the steep part has a different wear & tear on the feet & toes & knees & joints. Nice side trail to Lake Ann but you will see plenty of it from above if u don't want the extra mile. Met a NICE FRIENDLY GAL 👧with a dog 🐕at the top. Its always great to meet friendly people who aren't afraid of interacting. 

There were a few grouchy ones in passing as well. And one gal thinking if she said hello I might interpret it wrongly like this is 1950 or something. Fear has NO place on the trail. The fearful vibe kills the experience. And  I don't mind passing in silence but could do WITHOUT the fearful or angry vibe. And the know- it -all vibe. 

Near the top I asked one lady if the trail goes "up that way" pointing to a spot where people were standing -trying to get an idea of the loop direction. She scoffed "it's a loop...it goes down" (she didn't say idiot but it was dripping off her not so nice lips).

 I said "I know it's a loop" (I didn't say "u blankety blank") ... (YES I did research this trail. Consulted many hiking blogs etc before arrival as I do with all hikes including my recent hikes to Cascade Pass, Yellow Aster, & Chain- of -Lakes; as well as Storm King, WagonWheel, Hurricane Ridge & Switchback at Olympic NP a few weeks ago, among others "...but which WAY does the loop go from here.." she seemed so upset by my question .. I just kept going. Maybe she was mentally ill.

Anyways the loop DID IN FACT GO UP to where I was pointing and then goes down. It was a very simple YES or NO question... Not sure why it caused this lady so much stress. She had just come that way a few moments prior

 (later I realized the cross around my neck sometimes causes certain types of people to experience irrational anger & false negative stereotypes of Christians. Yes, Christians DO read & use their minds including me, including the study of Greek & Hebrew & BA/BA/M.Div). We're NOT all backwater hillbillies & we don't confuse faith with luck. In fact the Christians I know read & study much more than so-called secular "scientific" people ( & the ones who messes up the COVID response so horribly) .Thank God people aren't wearing masks on the trail anymore. Those were the worst of times. Talk about superstitious 👎.

Down a ways nice view of BOTH Lake Ann AND Rainy Lake simultaneousy  & a waterfall 👍. Now the steep toe-stubbing section...finally the paved trail. Back to car 🚗. On the road again. 

Enjoy the hike. And commit at least one act of random kindness along the way 💥💯🌄🎁. It WON'T hurt u 😁☺️😊 #JesusSaves 

re St. James Cathedral Seattle

Lets face it: too many people are going to church for the wrong reasons: namely to be seen as "good people" and "virtue signaling" ... Its mainly for middle class homeowners ...when the TRUTH is that you are sinners who should be repenting. 

If you are a homeowner you need to check yourself: are you ' justified by faith' or 'justified by home ownership' ? How do you really truly self identity ?

Also re the people handing out bulletins on Sunday morning. What are your real intentions ? How come i NEVER see u at daily mass ?

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