Pentax WG-1 Camera Sticky To Touch

Pentax WG-1 Camera Sticky To Touch

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I typically only use my Pentax WG-1 Camera once a year to record a city parade because I am communications support and my radios are my main concern and take up a lot of room on my body.  This year, to proof my gear, I discovered that my Pentax camera felt really sticky to touch.  I tried dish soap but that did not work at all.  I finally tried Sprayway Glass Cleaner and that did work.  I had to shoot the camera about three times and wipe it down with a towel and I had to rub certain parts more than others.  The rubber parts really needed extra spray and rubbing. The camera now feels perfect.  I am really surprised that the camera was not destroyed by spraying it.  The result that the camera survived speaks well of it’s construction.

 

 

Posted October 12, 2019

Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

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For the longest time I have been annoyed with the pajamas I had and I had over five different ones. I put together a short list of features I was looking for on my cell phone to do list application.

No fly
Pockets
Terrific waist band
Draw string

When went to a store that sold men’s pajamas I would check out their selection. At Target I finally found near perfect pajamas made by Hanesbrands. But, by fortunate mistake, they are not pajamas. It seemed someone at Target put a pair in the sleep wear section and that is how I discovered them.  Here is the formal description for the two pair I purchased:

Men’s Soft Touch Jogger Pants – C9 Champion®

Target Search by: 041-06-1693 (seems a bit thicker fabric for cooler weather.)
Target ?Search by: 041-06-1361 (seems a bit thinner fabric for warmer weather.)
My cost was $29.99 each.  September 2019.

Evaluation: The fabric is very soft. The waist band is near perfect for my 32 inch waist with a medium size so the draw string is not needed most of the time. The waist band is wide which improves it’s comfort upon my waist. The draw string is elastic and does not cut into my belly when tightened. The leg fabric is tapered and elastic around the ankles is so tight the fabric does not ride upward when in bed. I love the two front pockets because when I get out of bed, I slide my phone into one of the pockets. There is a zippered rear pocket which I have yet to use. Because these pants are considered jogger pants, I feel quite comfortable going out side to pick up my newspapers in the morning. In bed, these “pajamas” are near perfect for me.  Also, you could wear these pants to the gym or go out jogging.  Women should consider this option too.

Possible Expectations From Attacks On Saudi Arabia

Possible Expectations From Attacks On Saudi Arabia

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Prediction based on past history:

Possible prediction from attacks on the Saudi Arabia oil fields with drones September 14 and 15, 2019:

We should expect that the Untied States to rather quickly get involved in possible attacks against Iran because Saudi Arabia has significant control over the US Congress from the huge payments made to members of Congress and underlying ownership of the US economy. One can easily say that the Saudi Arabia owns a good portion of the US government. Possibly expect United States military to fight and die in the coming months. Iran is not a push over enemy. Iran has significant land mass and military capability as well as secondary hidden assets. Saudi Arabia may expect that the United States to fight this next war to the last American soldier.

Also, why would the United States get involved in a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran?  For what possible reason?  Let these two countries, where the rulers enrich themselves where they suppress freedom and are vastly corrupt, fight each other.

Let us hope that the citizens of both Saudi Arabia and Iran rise up and overthrow their scum sucking political systems and problematic religious influences to form better living standards form of governing that works best for all citizens.

 

Published September 15, 2019
Updated September 18, 2019

Thermo Pro Thermostat TP-55

Thermo Pro Thermostat TP-55

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I have had a ThermoPro Thermostat model TP-55 for quite a while and have been annoyed with it’s readings being obviously off.  I compared it’s readings with diagnostic devices and found that it was giving two degrees too high.  I then downloaded it’s manual and can not find any method to calibrate it’s readings.   I then calibrate the device by attaching a label showing how far the readings are in error.  I just might donate this unit as I despise inaccuracy.

 

 

 

 

 

President Donald Trump Allegedly Hurts The Working Class

President Donald Trump Allegedly Hurts The Working Class

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Trump seems to be hurting the working class in so many different ways. Let us examine some of them.

He and his party recently passed a tax bill that was a smoke and mirror act by claiming it was a universal tax cut but in reality offered tax cuts for the low and middle class while handing huge tax cuts for the very wealthy and corporations.

Trump and his party have called for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to help cut the huge national deficit that Trump and the Republicans created by awarding huge tax cuts to the very rich class. The Republican Party’s philosophy is to avoid social support programs because that party seems to represent big business which is all about profits. The second reason for cutting back social programs is it would help balance the national budget. The results would be that the working class would thus gets hit by two negative results.

Trump keeps going full forward and then a little backward for proposed tariffs which most economists tend to believe hurts an economy. Tariffs can directly hurt the people who have to buy products in the United States that come from China.

We have already seen that the US farmers have suffered greatly. This is because our farmers ship a huge amount of product to China. The amount of farm products China exports to the U.S. is much smaller, 3.1 billion (1), then what it imports from America, 5.6 billion (1). This means our farmers really depend upon the Chines market to buy their products and I mean in a really big way.

Cutting back those shipments to China due to Trump’s tariffs, means U.S. farmers have less product to sell. Many farmers borrow money to plant their crops. They can suffer quickly if their crops do not sell. 
Here are some recent farm business trends (2):

  • Net farm income has fallen.
  • Working capital has decreased.
  • Farm debt has steadily increased.
  • Farm bankruptcies are up.

 

Some of the above farm trends started before Trump came too office but he probably has accelerated the trends since coming into office. Once again, President Trump hurts the working class because he fails to turn around the trends that American farmers currently suffer under.

There is a little truth in trying to reign in China from stealing intellectual property. The better solution is to negotiate with China those issues and find solutions and not quickly institute tariffs. It almost seems that the argument of intellectual property theft is an excuse to institute tariffs.

President Trump, to try to give aid to farmers suffering under his tariff’s.  He has proposed giving financial aid of 12 billion (3) which further increases the national debt. “Projections find that the federal government spends about $1,200 per American on interest” toward the national debt per year. The national debt, end of June 2019, stands at $22.023 trillion dollars (4).

How does the rising national debt get resolved? The answer is to raise your taxes (5), another hurt upon the working class.  This means, once again, the working class gets hosed but later down the road so you will not be smart enough to remember who did it to you or better yet a Democrat president is in office and will be made to look bad for having to solve this problem for us.

This is just another example of Trump’s smoke and mirrors actions to have the working class person having to pay more to support the rich class and hiding who and how they did it to you.

What is the reason to take away from the working lower and middle class and give to the wealthy? The reason is that our political system has been taken over by the extremely wealthy individuals, families and corporations. Donald Trump appears to supports that effort.

 

Sources:

1:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-14/trump-tariffs-to-hurt-u-s-farmers-more-than-china-counterparts

2 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/farm-states-slammed-by-us-china-trade-war-and-immigration-woes.html

3 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/24/facts-about-the-national-debt/

4 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-farmers/trump-wants-12-billion-in-aid-to-us-farmers-suffering-from-trade-war-idUSKBN1KE1YE

5 https://positivemoney.org/how-money-works/advanced/what-about-the-national-debt/

 

Posted August 25, 2019