Innauguration Day 2017

Oh yippee...another new administration takes the rudder controls of this wandering and waterlogged ship-of-state.  Trump and his minions are now in control.  I hope it's better than I really think it is.  He seems so very disinterested and politically indesposed to the task at hand.  I worry for the public at large, they bore the weight of the damned campaign and now they will have to live with the result.  So many lies, so many promises and so few details.  He will get a real education of the running of this government, that's for sure.  Almost every interaction will be brand new to Mr. Trump and his executives.  And the media will be there IN SPADES!  They will hang on his every word and publish every tweet for the world to see.  Oh boy, what fun, a tweeting president.  Let'
s see what's up right now. 
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago

January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 8h8 hours ago

It all begins today! I will see you at 11:00 A.M. for the swearing-in. THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES - THE WORK BEGINS!

 Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth - and we will bring back our dreams!

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 taramoriarty ‏@taramoriarty1 41m41 minutes ago

Amazing! Thousands take a stand against @realDonaldTrump #HumanChain across @GGBridge #KTVU

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OK Lute, What's going on!?

Sold my not quite a 2 year old Microsoft Nokia 635 Windows Phone.  Got a 640 for FREE from my Son-In-Law Andy as he has moved up to a Google Pixel android phone.  We are very happy tho as these 640's are a better phone than the 635 was IMHO.

Gout has gotten better over the last few days.  Dr. called after I emailed Kaiser about it and told me to double up on the Allopropol.  Good solution. Worked.

Found an un-named neighbor lolling about my OPEN WiFi connection yesterday so after all these many years of being OPEN (No password) I have slammed the door in their face (with some reluctance).  So I'm romping around dropping the old connection and reconnecting using the new password.

Bought one of the new 2nd generation Echo Dots from Amazon.  Bloody brilliant it is. "Alexa" What's the weather in Des Moines, Iowa? "Snowing and 21 degrees" she says.  Play some Edith Piaf.  Soon Edith is blowing out the speakers in her lovely French!  So cool!

Outside, PG&E (our power company) has dug a fair sized trench in the street in front of our rental next door.  They are changing the pipe that delivers gas to the house...a 6 inch line is the main feed and it's going into a 3/4 inch line that has been in place since hell knows when.  All the lines are covered with a tar-like substance that a worker bee is chipping off with a mallet making loud hollow banging sounds with each swing.  I was informed by PG&E about 2 weeks ago that this project was underway...and it certainly is.  Three trucks are parked adjacent to the opening blocking access to the street completely. Photos coming.