Well how was I supposed to know?
Went to Rural King the other day to get mutt food and Equine Pine cat litter. My wife asked me if I could get here 1 flat each of Red Sage and Red Impatiens. I said sure and looked em up so I would know what they looked like.
RK didn’t have the Red Sage but they had the Impatiens, in 3 distinct variations of red. Oh dear, what to do. So I bought 2 of each color, 6 total. Also, I saw small white flowers called Night Dream and I bought 2 of them too.
I got home and she came out to the vehicle to get her posey’s and freeked out. Lemme see if I can describe this.
The flowers themselves are teeny and each is in a small cupcake size plastic container and the containers are grouped in 6 individual flowers. And, there were 4 of the individual containers of 6 in each flat. Apparently my idea of “flat” is diff from what my wife’s is.
She explained she only wanted (2 each) of the 6 packs for each of the Sages and Impatiens. I bought 4 times as many as she wanted. So now she has to find a place to plant all that stuff.
During the 40+ years we have been together we always go to some places in the spring and she buys flowers to plant. I don’t have much interest in such things so when we get there (Rural King type places) she heads to the garden center and I head to the tools/boots/hardware/baby chickens-ducks area and we meet up later on after she’s loaded all the purchases in the vehicle. I never pay much attention to what she buys. On the way home while I’m driving she’ll rattle on about where she’s going to plant such and such, and how she bought 2 more bags of soil, etc., etc., and while I’m paying attention to the road my mind is also thinking about that Husky chainsaw with the 42″ bar or the 48″ LED shop lights and various other things that interest me. I may seem to be in conversation with her by nodding my head now and then, and saying, “Yeah” at the appropriate times, I’m in my own world. I’ve long learned how to fly on auto-pilot. That’s why I bought 4 times as many flowers as she was wanting. The flowers are sitting in the shade on the north porch but she will be workin’ them this weekend. I’ll get out my Stihl chainsaw with 20″ bar and get it all spruced up and ready for summer bidnit.
From over at CW’s place:
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2025/05/critical-information-to-understand.html
Critical Information To Understand Correctly The Reason The Dollar Rules The World
The premise of the 1974 petrodollar agreement was that Saudi Arabia would only sell oil in dollars, which would stimulate demand for greenbacks as a reserve currency.
Here’s Jim explaining the basics to Steve Bannon’s audience:
It’s rare to hear such candor coming from someone who was directly involved in the formation of the petrodollar system.
Needless to say, the petrodollar system was successful and led to a resurgence in the American dollar as the world’s key reserve currency (despite Nixon ditching the gold standard just 3 years earlier).
At this point, Steve Bannon interrupted with an insightful question (paraphrased):
Jim responded that yes, cracks are starting to show in the system, and that’s why Trump was in Saudi Arabia, to seal a “Petrodollar 2.0” agreement. Jim also points out that, at least for now, the amount of oil Saudi Arabia is selling for yuan and other currencies is miniscule compared to dollar-based sales.
Jim proceeds to lay out the purpose of Petrodollar 2.0:
This time around, Trump is using a strictly carrot-based approach. He’s on a charm offensive and looking to build strong, lasting ties with Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East. This is a smart approach and we expect it will bear fruit in the near future.
Had President Trump taken a threatening approach to Saudi Arabia, it almost certainly would have driven the country into China’s waiting arms. And America can’t afford to let that happen.
It’s an excellent interview, and you can watch the entire thing here (free) on Rumble
Perfect description of the male versus female “diversity”. Thanks, Ghost.