The price of gasoline stays low. It almost makes me want to buy a Suburban or Ford Excursion even though they only get 15 mpg.
I thought Christmas was a time when people “ran up their credit cards” and then had to deal with payments in January. That doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m hearing about Grasshoppers buying 65 inch smart HDTV’s, new couches, new love seats, new recliners and new refrigerators. What the hell? What did I miss?
I was watching an old TV series “Winds of War” from 1991. It takes place before and during World War II. One of the classic cars driven by a rich government official was a 1940 white Lincoln convertible. Beautiful. The design was ahead of it’s time. It might not fit in my garage.
I see that the Super Bowl will be played under the scandal of “deflated balls”. New England is supposed to have let the air out of 11 footballs used during a cold, raining day. A soft football apparently is easier to hold, throw and catch. Really? Sh– like this has been happening in sports since time began. NBA basketball teams have been charged with loosening rims on the home team baskets so that the ball would not bounce so violently. Some NBA teams were accused of using tight nets so the ball would not fall through quickly allowing the home team to get back and defend. Baseball teams have “doctored” the baseball with hair gel, spit, and vaseline to create an unpredictable flight of a pitch. Pine tar has been rubbed on baseball bats to create a better grip. Even NFL football players used “stick-em” gel and occasionally other illegal crap for hands to better grip on balls thrown to them. Now getting back to “deflated footballs”. I hope they find the perpatrators of the dastardly deed of “deflation”. NFL football is a high integrity game and there is no room for “soft balls”. I am shocked.
New medical rules for 2015. Now I just have to find out what they are.
Love,
Dad