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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Enjoy the heck out of the time off!

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Excellent. I was just thinking that reading The Best Medicine. Calgon, indeed - thanks for the flashback.

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Be best!

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Enjoy your time off. If you ever want to consider a pinch hitter, I'd be honored to fill in for you. Imagine the massive increase in page hits you will gain from my reiteration of my very unfashionable support of Israel vs. Hamas!

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

What am I supposed to do with $1.75 in Hitler Joe's economic hellscape where eggs are TEN BILLION DOLLARS EACH?

(Which I was thinking about earlier, and, what the hell does the President have to do with inflation in the first place? That's the Fed's fault, isn't it? And we must never point out the record corporate profits accompanying this "inflation"...)

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Oh, and have a relaxed week and here's hoping nothing horrible happens that needs to get covered, even though it's 2024 and that's just Tuesday

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

The local newspaper ran a report today on the results of a survey of local business owners conducted by the local Chamber of Commerce. The survey only got about 19 responses (I know because they ran every single one of them!). And business owners were nearly unanimous that

1.) the Biden economy is not survivable. Apparently we're all dead and just don't know it.

2.) Nobody wants to work anymore, at least they don't want to work for chickenfeed.

3.) the Biden economy is teh suxxor

4.) People have no money, and yet too much money because they don't spend money at the local businesses but do buy shit on line.

5.) Did we mention that the economy sucks? No? Well, it does.

I dealt with most of these same people when I ran the local radio station. They're morons. I remember trying to hire a couple of these business geniuses to do things around the radio station (wiring, plumbing, grounds work, signage, etc. after they'd come on the air can complained that they have no business. Well, here I was with cash in hand! All you need to do is show up and do the work!

Which none of them did. I ended up having to hire companies from across the line in New York because the locals just couldn't be bothered to show up.

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Oof.

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Apr 25·edited Apr 25

Guy at that Trump rally they cancelled on account of rain explained that he drove an hour to get there because he was SO MAD at how he has to work for Uber AND Door Dash AND Instacart just to put food on the table, with all the Bidenflation. Did you know Joe Biden invented the low-wage gig economy? Because I sure didn't. I guess during the magical 2016-2020 time period all those people got good-paying full-time jobs with benefits and I just didn't hear about it.

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Dudes got no imagination. Don't these chuds know that there are people who would pay spending money for OnlyFans content complaining about Dark Brandon's America?

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Great idea! He'd need a set of appropriate workin'-class costumes, welder, coal miner, etc. Maybe he could borrow from the Village People.

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Great minds, my dude...

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Working-class Nero...

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"Harry Potter & the Chamber of Commerce"

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My boss started rumbling about "the economy" this morning because we have no work to do. Which . . . is true but not accurate? I put in a half day because none of the parts I need showed up for any of the three aircraft I'm working on. Same with my co-worker who is also waiting on parts, but decided to milk the one job he can "do something" on today.

And as for "no work to do"? Well . . . I have three aircraft currently in the hangar, two sitting out in storage also waiting for parts, two more that are coming in tomorrow, and a waiting list of install projects that now takes me out past December. And that's just stuff for me. My three co-workers have lists just as long. I'd say the company is doing pretty good despite the Biden economy!

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Donald Trump would be on the phone to your parts suppliers, saying he's gonna come down there and kick some ass if they don't get those parts out to you pronto. He's just that kind of hands-on guy, it's how God made him.

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"Tiny-hands-on guy"

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E. Jean Carroll has entered the chat.

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Enjoy!

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fuck that rebate! don't you deserve a paid vacay? that $1.75 won't buy much blow or many hookers anyway. enjoy! recharge! there's a long home stretch a-comin"!

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Enjoy

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Have an excellent time out. You might as well.

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It's later than you think...

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Here's hoping you and the missus are going someplace where they pamper you!

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You go!

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Ooh, I'm already starting to writhe with gut-twisting withdrawal pangs, but don't mind about me, get some rest, you deserve it.

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Apr 25Liked by Roy Edroso

Enjoy yourself, Roy!

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Make the most of your time off! I'll wait.

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Roy's not here, man.

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OK, no problem. "We will REBID him. . .better. . .stronger. . .faster."

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