Elon-Flix?

 This morning, I noticed Elon came  up....fairly critical of Netflix, and basically saying publicly....he's quitting Netflix.  I've said this about four times.....waiting 6 months, and coming back once again.

Yeah, I'm blunt too....there's a plus-or-two.....but about every week....they do something stupid, or sign up some documentary piece that's BS.

Should Elon start his own program? I'd like to make four suggestions:

1.  First, Elon should get all the rights to Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, and offer them.

2.  Elon needs to do a deal with Turner.....getting all the rights to  broadcast movies from 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.  As well....go to the UK, France, and Italy....getting the  rights to their old stuff.

3.   Start some series around life in the 1890s.....somewhere out on the prairie....four families....some retired sheriff, and some Bonanza-like stuff.

4.  Review Japanese game-shows, and start some American shows with their gimmicks.

Run, or Retire Time?

 Around 1990, nearing  age 32, I decided to get into 'better' shape.  So I started to jog a good bit....starting at 10 miles a week, and within 3 years....nearing 30-plus miles a  week. I wrapped up my four-year tour in Tucson with about 3,100 miles. 

But in the middle of this....I started to have feet problems.   So eventually, I end up at the base clinic, and they sent me to their new 'sports-doctor'.  The base had this problem brewing....hundreds of folks per year....were having knee, hip, back issues.  They were nearing around a dozen folks a year for knee replacement surgery, or serious shoulder surgery. 

So I go over.  Doc wants  to see my jogging shoes....then asks....mileage per week.  I was buying  cheaper shoes.....$65 range, and running them through 300 miles. Nope was the response....you need to buy x-type....$120 value, and figure at best, you have to retire them by 350-to-400 miles.   

Then we got into this long-term problem that the Air Force was having. There were too many folks pushing the fitness thing to a level that they had not expected.  The doc had some number (official) where 7-percent of the base population would be on limited duty or a physical profile....each year. Around 1980....it would have been 1-to-2 percent.

Then the other issue got brought up....the older NCOs/officers had to now maintain some level of fitness/weight-control....so they were pushing themselves to a pro-sports level...at age 40. The doc figured....on a monthly basis....there were a dozen folks pushing age 45 and had issues in meeting fitness standards or had weight issues.

I watched the Secretary of War speech yesterday....to the generals...basically telling them that they have to meet physical and weight standards.  If you asked me for a best guess....probably 50-percent would have a problem in the physical test area, and near 20-percent would have weight issues.  All of his words....for this group....simply meant that their retirement is probably sixty to ninety days away.

Back around 3 years ago....I watched a piece on Russian generals.  Here in the piece...five or six generals....all obviously approaching mid-50s, and all poor physical shape.

My response? If you went to players of the Detroit Tigers, Oakland A's, or Atlanta Braves....wanting them in top physical condition at age 35...they'd retire.  Even if you lessen the standards every four years for age....I just can't see them avoiding injuries or 'pain' at age 40 or 45.

New era approaching....early retirements.