Another city, another circus

Earl Sinclair, that's the guy!  I remember thinking of Sinclair Oil and their dinosaur logo. Coincidence?  I think not...don't some folks on the east coast (Brooklyn, maybe) pronounce oil as "erl?"

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There is a fuzzy memory of a fish scaler; was it curved with a bunch of toothy bits along the edge?  We usually fished for the local panfish; bluegill, perch, crappie, and what was called a sunfish.  Bait was typically earthworms, using a cane pole.  Good times.

Nowadays when I have a serious fish craving I hop on the Montrose bus and go to Hagen's Fish Market, a little west of Central.  They have this smoked rainbow trout from Canadian streams that is awesome.  Hagen's is the kind of place that will smoke any fish you bring in if you've had a good day on the waters.  Nice that places like that are still around.

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Is fb referring to FaceBook?  I haven't noticed any additional ads since posting here, but I don't book the face.

That doesn't look like a lot of equipment to me, just the minimal stuff required to maintain a bit of land in that neck of the woods.  The log splitter must be a treat to use and much less likely to cause an injury. Plus, you have a hydraulic gizmo which can be handy for other things.

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Fifty years sound about right for the last time I skitched.  Never used buses, though.  Always used cars on the side streets; you'd just crouch down by the trunk, grab a hold of the big chrome bumper and the driver never saw you.  But the best shoes for skitching had leather soles, which were also the worst for traipsing through the snow.  And the snow had to be *just* right...perfect conditions were rare.  It was the kind of thing you did maybe once a season, just to do it.  Knew a fella that broke a tooth on the back of a Yellow Cab, so it wasn't without some risk.

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And so the DNC festivities begin tonight. I don't know what to make of the WikiLeaks emails and how they screwed Bernie.  Then there's the chatter about the Russians being behind the leaks in an effort to boost CarrotTop.   

There's a fun website I found that tells you which candidate matches your own views. You answer a bunch of questions, about a whole lot of issues, and it gives you a match.  Pretty slick, I think. You can also indicate how important the issues are for you.

Yes, it's another rabbit hole but it covers other countries, too.  The answers you give for the US survey can tell you what party in Germany you should support, if you were living in Germany, of course.

What I really appreciate is they way the issues are explained, with links for further information.  And if none of the answers really work, you can add your own.  There are only two guys running the site and they claim no political affiliation or sponsors.  Looks legit, but what do I know?

The site is here: www.isidewith.com

Apparently my best match is the Green Party and the worst match is Republican.