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Oops. Did I say "closet?" I meant "retirement." I retired in 2016 to pursue my hobbies of gunsmithing, machine shop fun, and welding, but since the current administration declared war on our own economy, I can no longer afford my hobbies! Bummer. I can't afford retirement, either.
A few weeks ago a local tribe called to ask me to apply for a job, in this case Manager of Generation. They have a large facility that is entirely off-grid and dependent upon three diesel generators. Thanks to a recent grant, they have been able to build a solar photovoltaic generating station coupled with a Tesla battery system. We are about to embark upon the adventure of integrating the new source into the existing microgrid. Since the first of May, I've been working on this project on a time and mileage basis, and so far, they have paid the bill in a timely manner. Today I got a call to negotiate a salary, and we settled on an acceptable figure, so I'm off and running a power company again! I've missed it... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger,
Your story has familiar ring.
Enjoy but don't get too deep to keep stress away.
Like the supper table, when you have had enough push the plate away.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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If that pun was intentional, you need to hold still. We're going to have to hurt you now  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Congratulations! 
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Light On!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Congratulations on your coming out...of retirement that is.
It's a shame the economy is such that you have to but it's good that you want to.
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine for those I can not!
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Well, I discovered that you can't really retire until your kids retired. I am still doing IT/Prog. for SNL's business.
>64
User: Technical term used by developers. See idiot.
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Congrats! Now when you are restarting the level you will need a new girl as well!
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If you make it look too easy, and you enjoy yourself too much, they'll start taking you for granted. You're still not immune to "office" politics. But enjoy it; if and while it lasts. Nothing stays the same.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: Nothing stays the same.
Not even cold November rain?
Jeremy Falcon
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No. It turns to snow.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Roger Wright wrote: Oops. Did I say "closet?" I meant "retirement." I retired in 2016 to pursue my hobbies of gunsmithing, machine shop fun, and welding, but since the current administration declared war on our own economy, I can no longer afford my hobbies! Bummer. I can't afford retirement, either.
Ha ha. I knew there was a reason I liked you. You're not the only one that has to come out of retirement these days.
Roger Wright wrote: Today I got a call to negotiate a salary, and we settled on an acceptable figure, so I'm off and running a power company again! I've missed it..
Congrats man. There have actually been studies that suggest not taking life too easy in the golden years helps extend your life span. That's always a plus.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've got a psychologist friend who retired at 65. When he started thinking about drinking again (he's been sober for a long time), he decided to go back to work part-time. He works 3-4 hours 3 days a week, making enough money to keep himself in bicycle gear (he rides a $5K carbon fiber roadie). He's told me more than once, quit your day job if you want, but find something useful to do with your time.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: find something useful to do with your time.
Amen brother. Life is energy, which is motion. Stagnation causes all sorts of issues. If you don't have something to wake up for... soon you won't be waking up. Real talk.
Jeremy Falcon
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Congratulations !
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Thanks, Bill!
Today I had to do the official stuff - paperwork, pee test, etc. I passed everything, apparently, since they didn't arrest me. I also got to meet the Chief of Police, so I asked him about carrying a firearm on the Reservation. Technically, US Indian Reservations are both Federal property, and sovereign nations. The law says that guns aren't allowed on Federal lands, even though the 2nd amendment says otherwise. His answer was interesting. If you're a tribal member, because you live inside of Arizona you can carry openly. If you're White, you can't.
I thought that was an interesting bit of trivia to add to my vast collection...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Basically on a native american reservation the law is upheld by them unless it violates federal law. State law has nothing to do with it unless they want to allow it. So if you murder someone or fail to live up to a contract then the reservation holds. If you commit foreign espionage then it goes to the feds.
And you absolutely definitely do not want to get involved in child custody cases.
Following has a section on reservation laws for guns.
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://handgunlaw.us/documents/tribal_law_ccw.pdf[^]
But absolutely best recommendation, just like a foreign country do your best not to annoy the locals in any way.
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Gun laws are always interesting - no two jurisdictions do things the same way. Here in AZ, if you enter a business with a "No Firearms" sign on the door, you have committed a crime. But in NV, the sign has no meaning until an employee asks you to leave and you refuse. Then you are trespassing. In AZ, if you have a permit, you can enter a bar with a firearm, but you can't order alcohol. In NV, you can carry in the bar and drink, so long as you are not legally drunk. A little consistency would be nice, but so boring! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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According to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 7:
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.
This is certainly not the only article that looks "somewhat strange" when set up against actual practices, and even sometimes the literal laws, of quite a few Western countries.
(And for you non-Europeans: We have an alternate set of European universal human rights which are quite similar to the UN version, with an additional provision: "except if a democratic nation denies you these universal, inalienable rights". So we may criticize other nations for not honoring human rights, even if you cannot demand these rights for ourselves.)
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jschell wrote: And you absolutely definitely do not want to get involved in child custody cases.
I am fascinated by the Zuni Children’s Code, Title IX of the Zuni Tribal Code[^]: If it is necessary to remove a child from his parents, according to §9-2-2, "All placement decisions should support the child’s affiliation with Pueblo or Indian culture". It goes on to list a 5-level prioritized list to guide who should take care of the child.
A similar list for who can adopt a Zuni child is found in §9-11-1.
The Zuni Children's code has a few other notable rights:
§9-2-3 B.6: A minor shall be given the opportunity to engage in physical exercise for at least one hour every day.
§9-2-3 B.2: a minor shall be allowed to wear his hair as he chooses (I guess that this comes as a response to white man's schools trying to eradicate the native culture, in which forceful haircutting of native boys to give them a 'white' hairstyle was a well known element).
The Zuni Children's code was 'Final-Approved April 2006'; that is 17 years ago, but I saw drafts several years earlier; these ideas were well established more than 20 years ago. Even today, the Norwegian Child Protective Services (and I would guess in the majority of Western cultures) show no trace of wanting the child to remain in contact with his relatives and their culture; it is more like the opposite: The child is 'protected' by having all his roots torn off. There are some proposals nowadays to give Norwegian children the right to an hour of daily physical exercise, but it is still just an informal proposal, not integrated in any proposed children's code. We might hope to get there maybe 25 years after Zuni children earned this right.
If you get involved in child custody cases with the goal of 'saving' a child from the 'savages' by providing a safe, 'white' environment for him, then you are definitely in conflict with the Zuni Children's Code. I am quite sure that the Zuni are not the only ones having seen how whites have hurt native culture by taking native kids into white custody, and do not want that practice to continue.
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That cool girl from Brazil has checked out at 83. Her recording of The Girl from Ipanema with Stan Getz is just unforgettable.
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"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Agreed. Sad for us oldies to see familiar names leave us. Saw Stan Getz in concert about a hundred years ago.
>64
User: Technical term used by developers. See idiot.
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I saw Getz live in Stockholm, 1989. Great gig. When the boats in the harbour just behind the scene heard his final tone, they honked back, and an improvised "conversation" energed!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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