An update on the car and the bathroom, both are going to cost more money.

Hello Everyone.   I hope all are having a grand day.  We had the car taken to a garage to have it repaired.  The engine did seize but the timing chain did not break as we thought.  Ron asked why the engine locked up and the guy couldn’t tell why yet.  It had the correct amount of oil but the anti-freeze which had been full was way down.   The mechanic seem to think the engine block could have cracked.  Either way it would have to be replaced.  The needs a different engine … but new engines for that car are hard to get and the cost has jumped because they are made in Mexico and tRump’s tariffs are jumping up the price.  The good news is after calling a dozen different places the man was able to find an engine for it that had only 5,000 miles on it.   Basically new.  The car it had been in was totaled so he could get it for us for 2 grand.  Ron told him to go ahead.   He will get back to us with the labor cost.  

On the bathroom well all good plans of …   Ron got the pipes in for the water lines both hot and cold also the shower drain, we got the toilet taken off, the new floor put down which due to the tiles no locking heeded to be glued with corners ones being brad nailed, the toilet replaced with a new seal.   All good.  Ron rechecked his measurements and we even set the shower where he wanted it to check the alignment of the water and drain pipes.   We moved the shower back out and Ron built half the wall going across the two bathrooms and which would be the side wall of the shower.  He installed the vent pipe in the wall.   He ran the electric needed for the exhaust fan through the 2x4s.   

Then life got in the way of it being easy.  This morning we moved the shower in front of where it was to go.  Ron had for some reason made the drain pipe far too high from the floor decided to block the shower up so we could slide it back in place and lower it down over the pipe.  We got it blocked up and several times the blocks fell sideways so we scrambled to keep the shower from doing any damage like braking a water pipe.  Then as he got it back nearly to the wall reality made itself clear. 

The shower did not fit between the wall and the water pipes and the shower drain was off center of the hole in the shower itself.   Ron tried so hard to force it to wedge it in place until I reminded him that if he broke the pipes then the floor would have to be taken up and as it was glued that means all new floor tiles.   So we stopped for the day.   Tomorrow we move the shower out of the way and he will need to move the wall.  I hate to take even a couple inches out of the master bathroom but I guess if we have to do it to make getting both bathrooms done, then we do.   Below are the current pictures.  Best wishes for all and hugs for those that want them.  

Cagle cartoons that may or may not post corectly that I need your help with.

I need the help of people outside of the US.  The cartoons from the Cagle site don’t display for people in some countries.   I have made several cartoon posts from that site that I tried different ways to display them.  I have not gotten feed back on those posts.  So I am going to try a short one with different ways.  The first copies the address of the cartoon, then the second will open it several times to see if that way it will display.  If you have broken links Barry has explained how to fix it or use a VPN, but I would prefer to find a way to post them or simply not post them at all.   Hugs


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Ok that is enough to test.   I know of no other way to post them if the link breaks when it is opened in a country not the US.  I really need to know the ratio of those that see these cartoons and those that have broken links.   If you are an IT specialist like Barry and can give me a suggestion I would value it.  I can’t change the URL on my end, it is what it is both ways I try to post it.   But if the links wont display the cartoons it is not worth my spending house posting them.   The site does have the best drawn and most current ones.  But I spend too many hours making the post as it is to chase after ones that wont show to the readers.   Best wishes to everyone and hugs to those that want them.   

The video is long and I lost interest. But I am trying to find my dance and the new day that Samwise speaks of. I hope you find your dance also. Hugs

The mechanic just left

One of the things that got me down was last Thursday the car died as I was driving home.  The car had been acting up and we were planing to have it checked when Ron got paid.  The car did not give us that time.  I was lucky in that when it died I was able to coast on to a side street that was safer and better than being on the main road.   But there is bad news.  Remember when the Ford dealership told us we would need a new engine for $10 grand, well they were premature but it may come to that.  

What the mechanic told us is that the timing chain broke.  There are three sprockets.  The bad news is it is not just the timing chain that went.  I don’t understand it but because of what the top three sprockets do somehow that made the pistons and values all crash into each other.   That means engine seized.  It is going to be an expensive fix.  

Now for the worse news.  The guy that came and who has fixed our car before can’t fix it.  Because the way they get to the engine is they unbolt it and then raise the body with a car lift.   He doesn’t have one.  So he is looking around to find out who can fix it.  We have no clue as to what it will cost.   So that is one thing getting me down.   Best wishes for everyone and hugs to those that want them.  Hugs

Just an update on the week and my actions.

Hi everyone.  I have a video started to address a lot of what happened.  But I had a horrible week and only wanted to hide from life.  Long story short if I don’t finish the video as so often happen.   At the beginning of the week I talked to my primary care doctor about my childhood in vague terms, the intrusive thoughts that have gotten worse, and the nightmares / yelling out at night.  He admitted he was out of his depth on the issue but would help as much as they could and that they have a therapist on site that works with a psychiatrist and if I would see her she could help me better.  Next week I will call her.   He prescribed a medication to help me but I won’t take it.  It kills your sex drive and ability entirely.  Ron got on it before we knew what it did, and so now he will try to get off it.  For a long time we did not know or understand why his desire and ability just stopped, now we know that it was the medication.  Then Thursday coming home from the allergist the car broke down.  I was lucky I was able to get it safety off the road on to a side street.  Then I dealt with the getting it towed and all that.   Then Friday I saw a podiatrist and found out that there is nothing they can do to help me, another one thing I have to learn to live with.  It was all too much for me.  Today we are finishing the floor in the small bathroom and reseating the toilet which is a horrible hard job for a weakening 70 year old man and a disabled 62 yr old with bone / muscle / nerve problems.  My plan for this weekend is to catch up on all the comments I missed over the week by withdrawing from everything.   Thanks to everyone for being here and to Ali and Randy for all the posts they make.   Hugs

Question on the cartoon / meme pages

Both Barry and Judy recently left comments saying that a lot of the cartoons are not displaying for them.  This is a problem as I take a lot of hours to build these posts.   If I have a cartoon source that won’t display for the viewers I am wasting my time using that source.  When I check the pages the cartoons and links display normally for me.  Let me know if they don’t display for you and what country you are in.   Thanks.  Hugs

Change of plans. Ron’s sugar crashed. But he did pick it all up afterwards

my eye surgery. Thank you everyone to listening / watching. Hugs

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 8-21-2025

 

Ok I have to admit these cartoon posts are becoming like the old cartoon posts I made on Scottiestoybox.  What stared out as 50 cartoon sites became over 150 before I had to end doing it.  It would take 8 to 10 hours to post and people need to understand I only get about 12 hours awake and now less time to be online.  So again what started as a small post taking 2 hours has now become a 6 hour project.  I got up at 7 after a wonderful … with my husband.  Took care of our remaining cat and made myself coffee.   About an hour later when my husband got up I made him coffee.  

I then spent a bit of time watching videos, listening to my husband and having a second cup of coffee.  The entire time I was adding to this post.  Then I went to take my shower which due to the skin condition I have I must shower every day even though I rarely get dirty / sweaty enough to need it.  

The point I am making is there is no shortage of memes / cartoons to post on all the evils of what is happening is endless.  Every website I have saved in this group for opening, which is now up to 70 pages plus every cartoon takes me to ten more.  So if people want these I will keep doing them, but I think I need to shorten how long these get.   

The truth is I went back to cartoons and memes because my eyesight is so bad that it is hard for me to read an article and post it.  It is far easier to click copy and then post for a cartoon or meme.   But unless people want this feed I don’t want to keep doing it.  I will soon go back to doing videos again which I like a lot more.  But again it is what people who come here want to see.  Please let me know.  The truth is I have an issue with being on the computer right now which I will share in a different post.  Hugs

 

 

Lee Judge for 8/19/2025

Andy Marlette for 8/19/2025

 

 

 

Town Square Cartoons

 

 


 

 

 

A man and a woman stand on the porch of a beach house.

“I can’t believe that the summer, and civilization, are almost over.”At least A. I. ain’t comin’ for our jobs.”

Jimmy Margulies for 8/19/2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two toughlooking guys dressed like mobsters walk down the street. One is carrying a baseball bat.

 

At least A. I. ain’t comin’ for our jobs.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Town Square Cartoons

 

 

 

Al Goodwyn for 8/20/2025

 

Chip Bok for 8/20/2025

Jon Russo for 8/19/2025

Tom Stiglich for 8/19/2025

Specktickles for 8/20/2025

Specktickles for 8/19/2025

Specktickles for 8/18/2025

Specktickles for 8/16/2025

Specktickles for 8/13/2025

Mike Smith for 8/19/2025

 

 

I made another goulash with a different recipe. Here is the video

Ok yesterday afternoon I was so tired but after washing dishes Ron asked me to make supper.  He had taken a pound of hamburger out and asked me to make a beef goulash.  I said OK but realized I was going to have to wing it.  I did misspeak a few times and I need to remember when doing a video with a TV or other sound on to stop them or turn them down.  But it does show how bad my intrusive thought problem is that I need constant input from something to keep my mind occupied to keep the thoughts at bay.   I hope you enjoy the video and my recipe as such as it is.  Hugs