Buggy Discussion

 I sat and pondered over this 'joke'....the B-B folks put out.....saying the horse/buggy would be California-complaint.

I eventually came to the mindset....upon  delivery, the California folks....within five years....would have 20-pages of mandates and safety-code.....making it a problem to license or tag the buggy.

I also think that they would mandate...some bigger horses would be noted as 1.5-HP....while ponies would be classified .5 or .7 HP.

Seatbelts required?  Yeah....more than likely.

Protection from flipping over?  Probably mandated.

Mandated rest after 10 miles of pulling a buggy?  Probably.

If you got rid of cars, and buggies.....just having bikes....would they stop the mandating?  I doubt it.....there's likely to be 1,000 pages of bike mandates eventually.

The Gov't Shutdown Threat Looms

 I remember my first gov't shutdown threat....fall of 1978.   I was young and naive.

The 'Sarge' explained this in detail....taking about eight minutes.  Basically, we wouldn't  be paid....that was the blunt part to me.

I had in my checking account...probably about $1,300 at the time.  The Air Force was going to provide a roof-over-my-head (the barracks) and chow (2-star but adequate).

All the way from 1978 to 2012....I worried about this....probably about 15 times.

Toward the end....2011....I was prepared and was going to take off for 3 weeks as they intended to stay shut-down for a month.  Then my boss shocked me....saying I was a 'necessary-gog-in-the-wheel'.....they required me to keep working.

This time?  I expect the shut-down to occur, and last a minimum of four to six weeks.