Interesting study

on City folk in UK helping strangers or not

Another Important Memory of Youth

 In high school I noticed that a lot of girls tended to say the same sorts of things in response to similar situations. Here's something that almost always got the desired response. I'd be real close to a lass - on a date or a visit. We'd be alone. And then when the mood was right I'd say something to her which she would hear as, "I need you." She'd pull back, get a little up tight and say, " I don't want that type of relationship.I don't want to be needed." 

Then I'd say, "Oh but all I did was to accidently tap you with my right knee then I was just pointing out that I kneed you. My apologies." 

An Early Joke

Here's a joke I made up in the fifth grade.

A general was preparing for a tank battle and needed more men to sit up top with an opened hatch manning a machine gun. They called that position the "hatches." All the hatches were killed in the prior battle and so he asked the seargent if he thought they could fill all the empty slots with volunteers. The seargent guaranteed the general that the troops under his command were all brave and patriotic and there would be no trouble getting volunteers. When it came time for the battle the general asked where all the hatches were. The seargent told him that no one volunteered and that the ones he'd ordered to come had all run away. The general was furious and said to the seargent, "Don't count your hatches before they chicken!"

Pay Pal Help - two experiences

Had to call Pay Pal so Katrinka could get into her PayPal account. They wanted to send an SMS to her phone number which was her phone number in US 7 years ago. She tried calling and it didn't work. I tried another method, selected can't access account in voice response to question and was told that would expedited the call and sure nuff, a real person answered in a few minutes. She ws most helpful. Said the number had to be in the US. Bad - for an international online biz. Others we've used accept our Indonesian phone numbers so we can receive SMSs. Anyway, the woman was most helpful and also suggested we use a friend or relatie's phone number in case they want to get hold of us though why not just email? I hope they don't start wanting to send those numbers SMSs to verify who we are before we enter our accounts. I told the PayPal help person that I ccan't access my personal account, (as opposed to the Cuke Archives PayPal account via Pacific Zen Inst.) So she looked into it and said there's a limitation and she'd connect me to the Limitation team and that they'd hlp me clear that up. So for I don't know - a couple of hours I've been listening to a non-stop recording with vital PayPal fino on an endless loop. I've found it soothing and find I can listen to it while I work. It's past time to sleep though. I think I'll leave it on. It's not costing anything as I have unlimitied time for US calls with my Skype Account. Leave it on and go to sleep and see if it's still going when I wake up. Good night. - DC

A Song on my mind

Melodies as Lovers - created at Green Gulch in the spring of 1986. Recorded in the fall of that year.

From Boat of Dreams

Documentary Bios

Every once in a while I see a documentary bio and I frequently get a boost from them. Just saw one called Quincy about the great music producer/band leader/musician/composer etc Quincy Jones. What a dynamo. Aside from getting a hit off his great energy and focus and drive, I am reminded to remain physically active, stay in the shape - some sort of shape. He used to be strong and fit and do yoga but he's been so focused on his work that through the years he let all that drop and now in his eighties he's in bad shape. Alive and still working yes and that's good but, as I saw his one-thing-after-another life it reminded me of mine and the main take-away I got from the film was don't neglect the bod. Keep things in balance.

Nate Silver post 1st debate piece from 538

 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trumps-chances-are-dwindling-that-could-make-him-dangerous/