More Erosion on Former Partridge Run Road
Brandon Rhyder – Haggard
I need to get out of the city, drive a country mile
Get back to my roots, before two worlds collide
I want sausage biscuit gravy, sweet tea from a jug
So jump into my pickup truck, and I’ll fire it upWe burn our trash out in the backyard in a barrel
We feed our dogs and cats our table scraps
We get our eggs straight from the hen house, and our water from a well
Dig our onions and our taters from the ground
Yippee yi yo, yippee yi yay, I’m feelin' kind of haggard todayI want to get out on the river, catch a mess of fish
Throw a big ol’ party, that you don’t want to miss
We’ll have washer pits and horseshoes, shine and chocolate pie
'Cause when I’m on the swing with her it makes me almost high
Reminds me of traveling in Western Pennsylvnia, smelling the cow shit, the burnt plastic in the burning barrels, the oil wells, the kerosene and coal smoke from the rural homes. Beautiful, wild country, even if it's been blasted away from the explosions of powder and the coal mining.
Change in Number Arrests for Violent Felonies, by Year
Crime is an issue that is getting a lot of debate this year, with the recent uptick in crime across the state. However, it follows many years of crime decreasing in most counties across New York.
It was pretty darn wet riding down to the dentist 🪥
Absolutely soaked in the 34 degree heavy rain leaving home, but it was too late to call an Uber or catch the bus to the dentist when I left home. I’ve actually never done one of those Uber/Lyft taxi services, so yeah, I wasn’t sure even how to get started. It was quick ride to the dentist in the rain, as when I was leaving to go to dentist, I realized I needed to put my 15-bean soup in the fridge, more grease on the chain after it rusted up after the road salt on Sunday the last time I rode. Made it to the dentist at 8:59 AM just in time, and the ride up to Menands wasn’t super wet or icy. It was kind of a blast riding down Morton Avenue. My jeans are drying out now in the warm office with the fan blowing on them.
New dental hygienist, Paisley that was covering for Hamid was nice, I agreed to see him for the next visit. New guy, but very friendly! Pretty obvious, he had the most rundown office in the whole clinic with paint peeling and obviously worn out equipment. Very through, spent almost 45 minutes, though he got me for with the $27 fluoride treatment scam, but whatever. He had that fluoride rammed in my mouth before I could object, and I feel like he deserved the extra $20 for the compensation for the fluoride or whatever he gets paid when the dental hygienists foist it on you. Next time he won’t get, but he made me feel a bit guilty, in a not mean way, for how stained my teeth where from all the coffee drinking I do.