Sunday, October 1, 2023

Monday Stuff on the Way to Other Stuff: Back

    We spent most of last week in Las Vegas, doing some appraisal work for a client., then taking a few days off We also, thanks to them, attended a DuPrees concert (with 3 of the original guys!)

We also went to the Carroll Shelby museum, which was great, too. Although I was a bit surprised by just one mention of Ken Miles, and absolutely no reference to the movie "Ford vs. Ferrari." 

A lot of the cars were out on a Shelby Club outing, but we looked at the production area, talked to the guide (who gave us a scoop on Shelby's personal life -- 9 wives, "not counting the ones in Mexico") and gawked at all the racing photos. Did you know that George Lucas helped his friend do some detail/repair work on Shelby autos??


Oh yes, we also slept in, ate at a few buffets, watched a ton of movies and went swimming. But no gambling. Other than more than two hours spent sitting on the plane, belted in because 'the paperwork will be here in 5 minutes,' we had a good time. (Thank you, friends!)

Meanwhile:

A "mysterious golden orb," found in the ocean near Alaska. It's 'biological,' whatever the heck it is. (Scientists are still trying to figure it out.)

Back-to-back cruises -- 51 of them -- because to these Aussies, it's cheaper than a retirement home! (I would enjoy this. The Brick, alas, would not -- he'd hit the gangplank after a month or so.)

The market for Basquiat paintings has tanked.  As in 50% lower, compared to 2022.  I'm not real surprised, quite frankly.)

A major wine collection goes up for auction -- as high as $50 million!

Why was a Golden Retriever found nursing three tiger cubs up in the mountains? 

Life hacks -- weird, but these people say they work.

Stacy London and Clint Kelly are speaking to each other again. (I was a big fan of their show, 'What Not to Wear.')

Strange stories -- stranger plot twists at the end.

Homemade brown sugar. (From a blogger I enjoy very much -- Noncomsumer Advocates.)

The Biden government's plans to stop and/or punish hunting and other outdoor classes is shut down. Thankfully.

Travis King, the soldier who suddenly defected, laughing, into North Korea, is back. Evidently they didn't want him - his record wasn't exactly sterling. (But I'll bet they pumped him for every bit of information possible before they shipped him back.)

An 85-year-old billionaire tells some of his secrets. Actually, they're just common sense.

Do Hunter Biden's minions have a mole in the FBI who keeps them informed?

Spending more money on food, rather than less -- Financial Samurai's take on 'decumulation.'

A 1726 time capsule, found in a Polish church steeple, is opened. 

David McCallum died. I enjoyed his work so much.


Canadian twins got a ton of financial aid for school and their business, because they were Inuit. Oops, maybe they weren't. This particularly ticks me off because Son #1, who is 25% Inuit, doesn't scam, based on his DNA. (He doesn't do it for the Irish and Italian parts of his heritage, either.)

A theater ticket for the night of Lincoln's assassination just sold -- for $262 thousand! (The original tickets for 'dress circle' sold for a total of 75 CENTS.)

   

His last photo, taken not long before his death (Wikimedia Commons)

The 'scariest sound in the world,' the Aztec Death Whistle, is replicated. 

The FBI confiscated a bunch of safety deposit boxes during a raid. Now the contents of some of those boxes, including thousands of coins, have just up and 'disappeared.' Hmmmm...


And just to finish off -- "Check Yourself" by the DuPrees. Very Seventies boogie-boogie.



Have a good week.



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