Good News, Bad news

[dicksbro]

The bad news would be the cost.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, this could be added to the productivity of another of the US's industries.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is they'd probably want to store it all in a landfill. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, people are finding other ways to deal with messes.

[dicksbro]

You mean like the bad news where our government takes your savings and IRA's?

[txgrneyes]

Good News: I Stopped By
Bad News: Might Be A While Befor I Come Back

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, TGE dropped by.

[dicksbro]

Bad news is that she said it may be a while before she comes back. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, maybe she will encourage other long-lost Pixies to return.

[dicksbro]

The bad news would be if they aren't responsive. :(

[dicksbro]

The good news is that every once in a while, we get a long departed Pixie return for at least a brief visit.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, that is seldom.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that streams sometimes grow into raging rivers.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, a raging river can cause catastrophic flooding.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that if the flooding isn't catastrophic, the moisture can help drought raveged soil by raising it's moisture content.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news, that mosture keeps piling up in the same areas.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that if there any fish waiting to take over the world, that would be a definite encouragement.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, "fish" include sharks.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that there is shark repellent.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, the prospect of food often overcomes repellant.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that living in the midwest there's not too much worry about sharks. Just sayin' ... :D

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, you may still have to wrooy about cows (see the appropriately-titled thread).

[dicksbro]

The good news is that most are fenced in behind barbwire or sturdy fences.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, fences can be broken.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that you could dig a trench around the property (assuming money is no object :shrug: )

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, that trench will fill with water, and become a moat, then you'll get sued by some local busybody for having an "attractive nuisance."

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is you can add some alligators AND the local busybody to your moat. :nod:

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that the government may label your property "wetlands" and confiscate it. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, then you dont' owe any property taxes.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is you might have those alligators as new neighbors.

[dicksbro]

The good news if you're married is that you wife may have the material to make alligator shoes or purses.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, alligator-skin clothing is a thing.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that "things" aren't always bad ... consider the game conventions. :D

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, I still don't get to go to game conventions...still too risky around here.

[dicksbro]

The good news would be if that situation would change for the better.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, there may be other problems on the way.

[dicksbro]

Yeah, like rising gas prices ... along with everything else going up in price.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, rising prices also means more money in people's pockets.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that food banks are doing record business and shelves are not filled because restocking shelves has been hindered by high fuel prices and a lack of drivers. Some are predicting a recession caused in part by excessive borrowing and massive printing of new money being printed driving down the dollars worth. Not to mention ports clogged because of manpower shortages to unload ships.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, there are steps that can be taken to alleviate all of this.

[dicksbro]

One step would be to reduce congressional salaries $1000 for ever billion spent. Call it "Income Re-distribution." :D

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, that would reduce the salaries of hard-working staffers, as well. It's usually the case that the staffers work harder than the Congresscritters anyway.

[dicksbro]

They could always get real jobs producing things for the public good. Heck, there are help-wanted signs all over the place. That's the good news.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, there are already too many PhD's flipping burgers.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that even some major business' (factories or professions looking for skilled help).

[txgrneyes]

The bad new is even some of the small businesses will not recover.


Please tell me some good news........

[gekkogecko]

The good news, this provides an opportunity for some others to start new businesses.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that the pandemic will probably need to fade away before many new businesses risk starting up. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, in general, people really are up to the challenge.

[PantyFanatic]

The bad news is they keep lowering the challenge for the 'general people'.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is irrelevant to the earlier goings on: the s/ff convention I"m up to my neck in running right now is going way better than I had any right to anticipate.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is the number of things that aren't going as well as we wish.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, the number of things is numberless.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is the price of gasoline.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, alternatives to fossil fuels are a real thing.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that we either live in forest of windmills or blinded by the solar collectors on our rooftops or limit travels to 2-300 miles or burn more fossil fuels to recharge batteries. :(

Oh well :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, the US is still a first-world country, and has the capability of a first-world country to turn things around.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that we don't seem to be trying to turn things around.

[gekkogecko]

the good news is, some of us are, despite appearances.

[PantyFanatic]

The bad news is that meaningful first world action involves political action and that's why it stays 'BAD NEWS'.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that PF told the truth ... the bad new is that it is the truth. :spin:

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, political wills can be changed.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that sometimes politicians are caught in believing "they know best" even though that often proves to be a false assumption.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is that it is the political will of more than elitist politicians that counts.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that we're so close to a 50-50 split in the political will. Oh for the days when civil discussions of issues were still possible. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is that it is only through all this chaos that change is possible.

[dicksbro]

The bad news are the words "only through all this chaos." :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, those aren't terrible words.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that while the words aren't terrible, the chaos is.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, like stability, chaos is temporary.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is even temporary can last too long.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, fairy tales last longer.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is, political wills can be changed.
The bad news is the 'fairy tails' last longer when paid 'lobbyists' are the primary words listened too. :banghead:

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, fairy tales, older or modern, contain relevant lessons that can be learned.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that news reporting has often been the opposite. :(

[dicksbro]

The good news is that locally things are looking up.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news news is that looking up may get bird poop in your eye.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that you can always wear glasses to avoid that.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, there's still bird poop on your head.

[dicksbro]

The good news is there's shampoo for just such an emergency.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that some things are hard to get out of the hair, like bubble gum. :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

The good news, there's a better place than your hair, in your head for bubble gum.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that bubble gum can be bad for your teeth.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, brushing your teeth a couple of times a day helps stop that nasty effect.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, if everyone stops chewing gum, how will we fix anything?

[dicksbro]

The good news is there's Super Glue, but, it doesn't replace gum for chewing. :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

I think the bad news is, some people might miss that caveat.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that could also be the good news. (Ah, the peace and quiet :) )

[gekkogecko]

The bad news, the ERs are already full of people who have made bad life choices.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that ER's do help provide emergency treatments when other avenues aren't available.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, ERs are too frequently the only avenue of treatment available.

[dicksbro]

The good news is the increasing available of Prompt Care facilities (at least in our area).

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, we're pretty much running out of health care *and* teaching professionals.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that we're holding our own for now although some doctors have moved out-of-state for personal or professional reasons.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, "holding our own" is not the same as improvement.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is you can't get to good from bad without the first step of "holding our own".

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that costs for available treatments is always going up as well as the cost of the insurances needed to pay them (even Medicare).

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, a single-payer system would increase healthcare availability and lowers costs.

[PantyFanatic]

The bad news is you are right this time GG. But that has a name that causes BIG BUSINESS to froth at the mouth and spew synonyms unpalatable to Americans even though 'socialized' is the way it works but can be clerically administered in a much more profitable manner.

The good news is medical knowledge, technology, and facilities have advanced to such deep degrees that branches of most every study has become it's own specialty. What was 'My Doctor' that made house calls and treated every ailment is kind-a gone. Now 'My Doctor' is our General Practitioner or Primary Care Provider who becomes the report center for the specialist he has referred us too for deeper insight.

Now that I've given both the good news and bad news, you can pick whatever you want next. :rofl:

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that we're expecting another fairly heavy snow (5-7in) after we just got rid of the last one. :(

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, winter with all its snow blasts will soon be over.

[PantyFanatic]

The bad news is that is a premature call at the middle of February.

[dicksbro]

We have 7" of snow from yesterday. The good news is that a neighbor used his snow blower to clear the driveway.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news, next up is a bunch of rain where it's not needed, and a continued drought where the rain is needed.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that we're in the 50's right now!

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, for those who suffer from allergies and asthma, the pollen will soon be returning to the northern hermisphere.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is most all of the snow is gone for the first time this month.

[dicksbro]

Same here. Only the really "big" piles where the plows piled it up still have some remaining. Today will be cold enough that not much more will disappear I'm afraid, but overall we're in pretty good shape.

The bad news is that more snow is predicted for Thursday. :( I'm ready for spring.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, snow melt contributes to spring irrigation.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is that if it melts too fast or the power goes out ... the sump pump may not keep the basement dry.

[gekkogecko]

The good news is, sump pumps really suck.

[dicksbro]

The bad news is if the electricity fails.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is we have straws. :yikes:








:rofl:

[gekkogecko]

The bad news, is we may have to manually operate the pumps.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is you have straws for a backup for your pump. :kisser:

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is where you might have to stick those straws.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that while they are a poor alterative to a sump pump, they are good for letting you have a sip of cold refreshing drinks. :)

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, in the northern hemisphere it's still winter, and that cold drink could end up freezing your jaw off.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that you could drink your cold drink indoors.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, sometimes the snow collapses your roof, and the indoors becomes the outdoors.

[PantyFanatic]

The good news is you now have a summer home. :nod:

[dicksbro]

The bad news is ... I DO????? I didn't know that. :D

[gekkogecko]

The good news, this can mean a fresh start.

[dicksbro]

The bad news a new home also means more real estate taxes. :yikes:

[dicksbro]

The good news is that selling your old home might bring a higher selling price. :)

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, if you sell your home, you ae now homeless, but with a lot of money.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that you'd have a whole year before you had to pay taxes on that money.

[gekkogecko]

The bade news is, you still wouldn't be able to hide your money from the tax collectors.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that once the government has it all ... we won't need to hide it. :yikes:

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, even clowns have to earn enough money to eat.

[dicksbro]

The good news is that if you starve you won't care. :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, there's a lot of shit that goes down before that end point.

[pinkFlames]

The good news is we can flush that shit down the drain and out of our lives.

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, too many people flush their lives along with the shit.