Drop out with me, just live your life behind your eyes Your own skies, your own tomorrows Don’t you worry now, don’t you worry Whole world’s in too big a hurry
Bike actually has been working pretty good despite the road salt, as long as I keep the chain well oiled up. When it’s cold I did notice some issues with skipping in the top gear, maybe its worn and I’ll probably replace the chain and rear crankset once the road salt is done in April for good riding through the summer and minimize wear on the expensive crank in the front.
Listening tomore Pearl Before Swine this morning evidently. They made the rules and they laid it on us all, don’t you fall ’cause then they’ll own you. I was up at four o’clock mostly because I was awake and wanted to get the beans started boiling down early. Busing it in today because it’s going to get very windy and cold come the evening. Tomorrow is colder but I might ride in tomorrow. I’ll probably walk in the Plaza after work then head home and maybe go to the library to get on the internet.
I was up and while I was working on cooking up breakfast I spent some time making maps for the blog and some writing and also browsing the books I took out from the library at Hoopla. Then I got reading on the interwebs about wokeness. What does that really mean? I have many questions like I have with all things Trumpster. I was early morning but I had lots of coffee and caffeine. Eggs with spinach and onions this morning. Not only is it windy but the bike trail looks very swampy from the melting snow . Those days of riding to work most days a week aren’t far away, and in two weeks I’ll be able to ride both ways with more daylight in the evening.
Got my car insurance bill today, and I was surprised how much my rate has dropped. Down to $504 for six months, which is a big drop compared to the $640 they wanted in autumn, before I agreed the State Farm Anal Probe driver monitoring app on my phone. Probably some of it is the Steer Clear Discount, you know where you install that app on your phone and agree to have your driving moves watched. I sometimes still get dinged but I don’t monitor that app that carefully. They probably notice how few miles I’ve driven this past winter and how most of miles are on rural roads which I am sure helps. I should increase my deductibles, I haven’t done that in years. At times I was a bit annoyed by the app but for the most part I don’t notice it and it doesn’t ding me for using Waze, which I don’t touch it while my vehicle is moving, so I’m happy with that. Maybe I’d feel different I drove every day, but I drive mostly on road trips, and go at a pretty leisurely pace.
I think it would have been a great experiment on how business taxation and regulations impact prices. Successful businesses are not stupid, they are very adept at getting around taxes. Businesses that once imported goods will use less of them. Some costs would inevitably get passed on to consumers but probably less than you would expect. And consumers could choose non imported alternatives over imports – buy different products and just buy less of them.
Second had the tarrifs been successful it would naturally pave the way to a carbon tax. Carbon taxes are a form of tarrifs – only fossil fuel producers pay them. Do some of cost of a carbon tax gets passed on to consumers? Yes, but again less than you would expect. Businesses would find ways to do things with less carbon, and higher fuel prices would encourage energy conservation and reduced motoring in general. Less driving means more lives saved. Plus much cleaner air in the cities.
I generally think consumption is under taxed and investing is over taxed. I would rather see much high taxes on consumption and much lower taxes on investment. People say that’s anti poor people but it’s not. Poor people should be encouraged to invest more and buy less. Nearly everybody has at least something they could cut out of their budgets. Especially imported goods and fossil fuels. Not saying such a change wouldn’t be painful at first but a society that emphasizes less consumption would be good for all. People aren’t stupid and can adapt to change.
I think it would have been a great experiment on how business taxation and regulations impact prices. Successful businesses are not stupid, they are very adept at getting around taxes. Businesses that once imported goods will use less of them. Some costs would inevitably get passed on to consumers but probably less than you would expect. And consumers could choose non imported alternatives over imports – buy different products and just buy less of them.
Second had the tarrifs been successful it would naturally pave the way to a carbon tax. Carbon taxes are a form of tarrifs – only fossil fuel producers pay them. Do some of cost of a carbon tax gets passed on to consumers? Yes, but again less than you would expect. Businesses would find ways to do things with less carbon, and higher fuel prices would encourage energy conservation and reduced motoring in general. Less driving means more lives saved. Plus much cleaner air in the cities.
I generally think consumption is under taxed and investing is over taxed. I would rather see much high taxes on consumption and much lower taxes on investment. People say that’s anti poor people but it’s not. Poor people should be encouraged to invest more and buy less. Nearly everybody has at least something they could cut out of their budgets. Especially imported goods and fossil fuels. Not saying such a change wouldn’t be painful at first but a society that emphasizes less consumption would be good for all. People aren’t stupid and can adapt to change.
It was definitely sloppy riding in, though I made a good choice riding the rail trail rather then the road this morning. The snow was soft but not real hard and bumpy, which is what I don’t like. Had decent traction though speed reductions were needed most of the way in, and the usual 40 minute commute took closer to an hour, because I couldn’t ride as fast as usual. As the question posed by Art and Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance always posits – But was it worth it? Absolutely.
as long as I keep the chain well oiled up. When it’s cold I did notice some issues with skipping in the top gear, maybe its worn and I’ll probably replace the chain and rear crankset once the road salt is done in April for good riding through the summer and minimize wear on the expensive crank in the front.
this morning evidently. They made the rules and they laid it on us all, don’t you fall ’cause then they’ll own you. I was up at four o’clock mostly because I was awake and wanted to get the beans started boiling down early. Busing it in today 
because it’s going to get very windy 
and cold come the evening. Tomorrow is colder but I might ride in tomorrow. I’ll probably walk in the Plaza after work 
then head home and maybe go to the library 
to get on the internet.
up breakfast I spent some time making maps 
for the blog and some writing 
and also browsing the books 
I took out from the library at Hoopla. Then I got reading on the interwebs about wokeness. What does that really mean? 
I have many questions like I have with all things Trumpster. I was early morning but I had lots of coffee 
and caffeine. Eggs with spinach and onions 
this morning. Not only is it windy but the bike 
trail looks very swampy from the melting snow 
. Those days of riding to work most days a week aren’t far away, and in two weeks I’ll be able to ride both ways with more daylight in the evening. 
and I was surprised how much my rate has dropped. Down to $504 for six months, which is a big drop compared to the $640 they wanted in autumn, before I agreed the State Farm Anal Probe driver monitoring app on my phone. Probably some of it is the Steer Clear Discount, you know where you install that app on your phone and agree to have your driving moves watched. I sometimes still get dinged but I don’t monitor that app that carefully. They probably notice how few miles I’ve driven this past winter and how most of miles are on rural roads 
which I am sure helps. I should increase my deductibles, I haven’t done that in years. 
At times I was a bit annoyed by the app but for the most part I don’t notice it and it doesn’t ding me for using Waze, which I don’t touch it while my vehicle is moving, so I’m happy with that. Maybe I’d feel different I drove every day, but I drive mostly on road trips, and go at a pretty leisurely pace.
