Today: Curtain rods.
After going back into an irregular heart beat right after Thanksgiving, and its day-after-day cumulative effect in weighing me down for three weeks of unsuccessful self-cardio-version on the heels of that whole elective surgery recovery for the PREVIOUS 4 weeks, we finally got me into the shop for a booster jump.
That's where they give you some kind of petroleum product that makes you tell the truth, even though later you can't remember what you said - or the descriptors you used - right after they yell, "CLEAR!".
And the only reason they keep you awake - instead of a full on "sweet dreams buddy" - is so you can wake up faster and cost everybody less. Oh - and also, so they can get you to VOLUNTARILY open your mouth wide when they want you to, so they can send the probe down your throat and see if you have any blood clots in your heart chamber before they "ZAP" the little buggers loose and send them careening toward your Brain, you know - Stroke City - right!?
But not if you don't have insurance! Oh No! In THAT case you just go to the ER, and the "Benevolent Medical Industry", widely know to us in the "bidness", as the "BMI", where they'll fix you up right fine - AT no cost to you, like those nasty expenses of having to pay insurance premiums or something. Then those costs are passed on to the REST of us who DO have insurance. It's a pretty sweet system!
Because for some odd-ball reason - maybe genetic programming, we humans can't think that many moves in advance and put those kinds of puzzle pieces together - so NOBODY ever talks about the "elephant in the room", which is the high cost of medical goods and services in the FIRST place, as it relates to OTHER family budget issues - percentage wise, like oh say... 25% for home, 10-20% for retirement savings, 1-50% for food, 1-50% for plastic bottled water, 1-50% for automotive, and 50-300% for out of pocket medical goods and services PLUS premiums. But we don't like Math right? None of us thought we'd ever REALLY use it in life after High School.
So we wail about this, and we whine about that, and continue to deride those who find themselves in a bit of a pickle, as compared to ourselves, and we glorify those who are doing SO much better than ourselves, because we are so proud that there are at least SOME smart humans and EVERYBODY isn't dumbed down like us.
Or perhaps do we fail to consider if we weren't WORKING so hard (on our FaceBook Likes), or believing such stupid stuff, AND had the luxury of having one or more accountants and attorneys at our OWN right hand, maybe we'd all have the time to get enlightened. Hey! It could happen! Yeah I know - I'm dreaming - but maybe our country needs dreamers.
The other day one of my leaders told me the solution is to have more babies. :S
I guess that is so in a couple decades we can improve economy for taking better care of our sick and elderly by generating income - that is to say the ones who don't give up the ghost by then from diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancer and simple malnutrition from our normal diets - not to mention opioids. But have you TAKEN a field trip to the Landfill lately?
Stay Alive! At ALL Costs. While we continue behavior that is killing us. And we watch programs about duck hunting instead of nutritional and exercise concepts!
Then we demand expensive treatment - and pills. How many do YOU take? And what ELSE is in those? Can you say "Manchurian Candidate"? Sure- I knew you could!
All in the name of respect for life. Death with dignity? In our society? No way - Taboo! So we keep everyone plugged in and generating economy. Do you visit those poor old souls sitting around in the elder care facilities? Me either.
So - never can tell! Might not be here tomorrow. Gotta get back onto this baby! Today was curtain rods!
In
Tow-Mater we used a unique curtain rod method beginning about
here.
I liked it, so used a similar method for Lil' Queeny. About the only difference was enlisting clear poly-tubing instead of black automotive vacuum hose.
So here is one rod end at the Galley window.
And the corner rods at the Galley.
Stepping back now. The Galley windows.
The Dinette window. Note the drooping slope of the upper cabinet. I think it was kind of originally installed that way and I didn't try and move it any.
The Bathroom is not going to get a curtain; another idea there. Nor will the truck-cab window. Probably a Velcro attached black-out cover on it, as well as the ceiling vent.
Similar thinking on the bottom edge of the tilted forward-facing cab-over bunk windows.
And at the bed's foot and head.
Your Welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Don't forget your meds!
