I am sure glad that the price of gasoline is coming down, but I sure wish that the price of diesel would come down more! I use diesel in most of my farm equipment, and the price just doesn’t seem to be dropping very much, or very fast! I seem to remember a time when diesel fuel was cheaper than gasoline, and I don’t know what caused it to increase the way it has. This makes it very difficult for all of the farmers and the long-haul truckers and their companies to make a profit too!
People are not going to be very understanding about how their food prices are going to keep going up when the price of gasoline is going down – they don’t realize that diesel fuel prices are still “up there” and that the cost of transporting their food is going to increase the price they pay for it. Come to think of it, maybe this will be a good thing for farmer’s markets – maybe this will make their prices more competitive with the foods in the stores that were hauled in from hundreds of miles away!
I’m not big on going to church; but I am a spiritual person. I will say that prayer hasn’t helped me much, though. I’ve been getting annoyed at the frequent visits by certain religious groups that come knocking on my door wanting to convert me to their own religions. I don’t feel right pushing my religious beliefs on anyone else, and I really don’t appreciate other people trying to push their beliefs on mine. Don’t get me wrong, the people are polite and passive enough, but just getting up to answer the door to find someone who wants to bear witness to me about their religion is a very aggravating thing. Although not as annoying as the people wearing orange sheets selling carnations at airports used to be! I do wish their religions would alter their ministry methods, I find their methods quite intrusive.
I’ve heard that Japan has announced that it is in a recession. I think that the USA is in one too, and I don’t understand why the “officials” have not admitted to that. Our economy is really horrible and has been for a very long time! Almost every time I meet folks out on the errands that I have to run I hear that someone else that I know has been laid off, or that someone has had to close down their business because the customers just aren’t coming around anymore, or someone else has lost their house to foreclosure. It really is a very difficult time for almost everyone that I know. I think that the community is going to have to open up some more soup kitchens and homeless shelters pretty quickly!
I ran into some friends today at the Tractor Supply Store. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so we decided to have coffee together at the local diner before we all headed home again. We started talking about how tonight was the full moon and swapping stories about how the full moon sometimes effects them or people that they know.
Bob said his wife is a nurse in the local Emergency Room and that they get a lot busier during the full moon than any other time of the month. She said that they get more incidences of violence, saying the people’s tempers flare up more easily. She also claimed that more babies are born during the full moon.
Gary said that his youngest daughter gets a lot crankier than usual during the full moon, and tends to start arguments with her brothers and sisters on full moon days.
I’d heard that the police department has more people scheduled to work during the full moon too, because they have more domestic disturbance calls during the full moon. I don’t know if that’s true or not…. just something I’d heard. I think it’s an interesting idea, that the full moon effects our moods in that way.
Every generation of my family has had its menfolk serve in the military up until this generation. We have a long history of military service, and our family has seen a lot of wars. I want to extend my heartfelt love to all of the menfolk in my family that have served in the military, and extend my sincere gratitude to all military families everywhere for the sacrifices they all make in service of our country. I pray that the service people overseas will return home safe and sound and soon.
Business, General living, Shopping | Todd | 
November 25, 2008 7:58 pm | 
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