September 27

Feelings of missing time... (You'll see when you rich 61). I skipped one day, kept writing on 26 without realizing it was 27 and  now it's 28. Moving the stuff here.

2:16 It all started a few years ago when i was curious about something. I wrote a blog post about US budget, not knowing at the time that it will become one of my major objects of study, for Romanian budget that is. But i just saw in the news something that caught my attention for the first time, though it happens every year. The issue of the debt ceiling.

Let me introduce you first to the concept of annual budget. Every year US President is required by law to submit to Congress a budget for federal spending, based or maybe not on federal income (Spending cannot be greater than income, right?). Then Congress details it on numerous commissions and approves the budget and the budget becomes law after being signed again by the President.

From the smaller graph in upper left above one must also realize the difference between contributions to federal budget made by individuals vs contributions made by corporations. First question of course is why spending (outlays) does not equal income (revenue). The difference is called deficit and it represents the sum that government must borrow every year by "increasing the debt ceiling" and for more clarity it is done towards the end of the year because by then the amount becomes more obvious because budget has two parts, Mandatory spending, which are known at the beginning of the year (fixed) and Discretionary spending (variable) which are not (though there are forecasts), and i think i answered my question i had in mind: If everything, income, spending, is "designed" at the beginning of the year and it is voted and signed into law by the President at the beginning of the year, then why every year by this time they realize they don't have the money they voted for?? Cause the part of deficit for Mandatory Spending is known at the beginning of the year and the rest can be forecast more or less precise, i believe by this time there should be adjustments only and less drama (talking about government shutdown etc.).

4:03 I found a better fix for dog poos. I pour borax on them (and then somebody removes them i think to make room for new fresh ones). I went to pick garbage from lawn and plug some holes (building was surrounded by smoke) and pour borax on poos and a number of Japanese women, dressed either as islanders (Japan is made of islands also) or Latinas. As soon as i finished they left in the same time.

8:00 As soon as weather got colder, Robinho_od upstairs is doing loads of laundry a day and pumps the vapor in the basement with the clogged pipe and because it is cold now, water condensates on other side of the floor striped of insulation (has fallen) and the upper part of the floor made of fiberboard facing inside is bulging, with one to two inches in places around the couch and desk.

8:26 Alles klar, herr kommissar? Aprobați mai repede miniștrii lui Cîțu și lăsați-i să-și vadă de treabă până la sfârșitul anului bugetului, ca ei să ne dea PNRR-ul, cândva, pentru ceva proiecte cu borne. Am găsit PNRR-ul, tot ce e concret sunt cei 434 de km the autostradă până în 2026 (când nu se va mai găsi nici măcar vreo amintire din monștrii lui Cîțu), și 500 MW solar și eoliene. 12,7 km de metrou, la 30-50 milioane de euro/km, de 2-3 ori mai mult decât un km de autostradă, din ce am văzut până acum, un km de autostradă în România costă 20 milioane euro (bineînțeles, cel mai scump din lume, în Bulgaria (aceeași UE, același MCV, aceleași vize) au făcut cu 2-3 milioane, dar prin ei înșiși), cu 29 miliarde s-ar putea construi 1450 km autostradă, care de departe este prioritatea cea mai mare. 300 km cale ferată modernizată? Cu 300 milioane de euro (0.3 miliarde) s-ar putea reabilita (recompacta) complet sistemul de căi ferate din România de 10 mii km.

9:36 I took the cardboard cover from the back of the fridge so many times on and off and wiped it from dust with a wet microfiber rag until i damaged it and bought online a new one. However, it is aftermarket, only half thick and has some sort warning instructions printed with an ink that flies when the fan blows through the small holes. When i installed it i saw the compressor is not aligned with the fridge but it "stands out" so you have to bend the cardboard cover to make it fit. Can't take it off completely because of the ultrasound from the capillary tube next to the expansion valve, (hissing, ringing in the ears, the reason is made of cardboard is to absorb those). And i got in trouble again. All day i felt irritation in my eyes, throat, nauseated and sleepless (a new one). I tried with my finger in a corner and saw ink was coming off. I removed it and googled for the composition of ink. Now i remember the day when the mailwoman gave it to me personally, when she came around with her vintage van, at least one week ahead of scheduled delivery time. Got it. Ink is for writing. Ninja humour that is (forgot to say, many times i found pens on the ground next to smoking holes)

Walmart. I bought it from Walmart. It came one week earlier.

11:59 Poc Poru, sau altă fațetă a PNRR?