"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd." - Bertrand Russell

I didn't post last night because...I had nothing to say.

I will post very briefly tonight because I have a meeting in town soon and...
I have nothing to say.
But tonight I'll say it.

I'm working a little each day on the truck's frame, taking pieces off and wire brushing all the surface rust. That will prepare it for painting with a special rust encapsulator that neutralizes any remaining rust and prevents more from forming. Plus, it will look pretty much like it did coming out of the factory. Today I took off the front brake lines and the shock absorbers and cleaned those areas. Slow going, but ideal when I have an hour or two and need a diversion.

If the reports are to be believed the feds can read my license plate from space, thanks to the latest in satellite technology. It seems like they should be able to find a big plane even if it is in the ocean.

On Mike & Mike this morning Greenberg and Schlereth (Golic is on vacation) got into a discussion about using public restrooms. Greenberg is something of a germaphobe and won't use a public restroom that doesn't look spotless. He'd sooner mess his pants. And he uses those paper covers for the seat. Schlereth said if the seat is wet he'll wipe it off with toilet paper before he sits down. (Greenberg almost threw up.)
I'm like Schlereth, and age is a factor. Options diminish as age advances. Trust me on this one.
Where are you on the continuum?

Tomorrow the President will sign an executive order extending overtime rules to employees who are currently exempt because they're labeled management by their employers. The new rules will require that about 10 million affected workers - restaurant manages, shift supervisors, and the like - be paid at a higher rate when they work more than 40 hours a week. The President says this is part of his effort to reduce the income gap between those at the top of the ladder and the rest of us.

That presumes that money currently going to highly paid executives will instead go to the workers covered by his executive order. Pardon me for my cynicism, but I don't see that happening. I can't imagine the top tier of McDonalds execs are going to give up some of their salary so a shift manager in Tacoma can get time-and-a-half when he works over 40 hours per week. It seems far more likely the price of a Big Mac will go up five cents.

So I guess it narrows the gap by slightly increasing the wages of that shift manager...unless the company institutes new rules that limit her to no more than 40 hours. But the guys at the top re just like the rest of us; they don't like giving up what they have, and usually think they should get more.

But it's OK, 'cause I don't eat at McDonalds.