I need some assistance.
I believe that the saying;
“Onto every parade, some rain must fall.”
Was created ‘whole cloth’, by me.
I’ve attempted to look it up, and all I can find is Longfellow’s
Rainy Day:
“Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
I also have found the phrase ‘Rain on your parade’.
My lovely bride claims she has heard it before. It’s just too pithy to be my creation…🤨
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“Use it, or lose it”
The demonrats are having vapors over the DOW spending money at the end of the budget year on steak and lobster.
If you get $100 million in your yearly budget, and you only spend $95 million of it. You will lose the excess $5 million. It won’t be used to pay down the debt, it won’t be ‘saved’, it will be given to another agency. The next budget year, you will get $5 million less. Therefore, everyone runs around trying to spend all of the money at the end of the fiscal year.
Here is a story about spending excess DOW money.
MBB, retired from the US Navy as a Captain (O-6).
When he was a Lt Commander (maybe Commander), he was given the command of the EOD unit, Barbers Point HI. This shop was responsible for all torpedoes, and Tomahawk missiles used by the Pacific Fleet.
As part of his command takeover, he had to inspect and inventory everything. While doing this, he came upon a locked warehouse. It was at least 200x100 feet, with a 50 foot ceiling. Once he was able to find...
“Should I be offended?”
We finally got a morning walk in today. Prior to the bad weather here lately we did it every day. We usually walk everyday in Montana.
This morning, an older gentleman stopped me to ask;
“Are you ‘The Dancing Trucker’?”
“No”
“He’s got some moves! You should look him up!”
So I did.
I’m not sure if I should be offended or not.😉🤣😂🤣😂
