Delaware County And The Far Left

A few days ago I had a friend of mine post some Quora post entitled "Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump"?  I clicked on the link and read a plethora of nasty liberal crazy responses, enough to make me write the below response. Read On...

 Facebook wouldn't allow me to respond to your post below, so I had to post a seperate one, Here it is:

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐡 (𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮) 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧,𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞? 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐄𝐀, 𝐀𝐓𝐅, 𝐅𝐁𝐈, 𝐂𝐈𝐀, 𝐁𝐎𝐏, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬". 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭.

𝐀𝐎𝐂? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 "𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥". 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐤 𝐔𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬", 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 , 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚.

𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧;𝐭. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠" 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫, 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐙 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬, "𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠" 𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐌𝐲 "𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 “𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥” 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝) 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡.

Comments are welcome of course.

Cheers... 😎

Blizzard of 2016

Just wanted to thank my Neighbor, Nick for helping me clear off the back driveway & our common front walkway. It was sad to hear that an 88 year old Man died from a heart attack after shoveling his own driveway yesterday. Was he offered help? Probably not. Younger people move in to a neighborhood, and automatically assume that their elderly neighbor is a mean person, unfeeling, uncaring. when in reality, the elderly have much to tell, and are lonely. So get out there and say hello to them.

I also want to thank Mayor Tom Micozzie, The Upper Darby Police Department, The Upper Darby Fire Department, Delco EMT Corps, as well as Ed Truitt and the County of Delaware for their no nonsense handling of this storm.



 Cheers.

UNREAL Estate in Delaware County

The "Real Estate agencies in Delaware County have one thing in common. To SELL. Hey, that's what they are expected to do when you approach them when you want to sell your property. But what most people don't know is that they all conspire with each other in my opinion (I do not have hard proof mind you) to keep the "Market Price" as high as they can, regardless of  how the economy is doing.

I have worked for several of them over the past thirty years, from wiring new townhouses and single homes from the ground up, to  providing safety inspections for a "U and O" "Use + Occupancy" certification. Many times I was told that the "Owner" thought that the price was too high, and what could be done to "Hide" or mask over problems, Being the good honest Electrician I am, I chided them for caving in to their client, and either correcting the problem, or telling them to find someone else.

The last dealing that I had involved a "Friend" (Insert Name Here), back in November. She called me after dinnertime and told me that She needed a GFI replaced in a house that was to be inspected in Clifton Heights Boro the following day. So I went to Home Depot as the supply houses were closed and purchased a White 15 amp, tamper Proof GFCI receptacle and cover plate. Upon entering the house I met a young couple, already living there. They guided me to the kitchen where I tested the GFI receptacle to the right of the sink,

I went down to the basement to shut the power off and found an old Murray "split buss" service panel. Illegal to sell a home with replacing. The owners "Electrician" installed a 100 amp breaker enclosure, and used the existing rotted out service cable (He/She taped it with electrical tape lol) and fed the panel with it. The new owner asked me if it was ok, as it looked like to him that it was unsafe. I told him I wouldn't buy this house unless they knocked the price off $2,000 to replace the whole service. He informed me that they already bought it and the inspector was coming back for the corrections the next day, hence me being there for the GFI. I guess he passed the panel job prior.

what gets me so pig biting mad is that I replaced the GFI, then the selling agent, (Not my "Friend the listing agent) shows up and points out an outlet on the counter hidden by a coffee machine that was to be replaced. Still waiting for my friend to show up (She never did), the agent insist She go to Home Depot and buy another one. so i wait, and wait, and wait. finally She comes back, and i explain what I found with the original GFI. I show Her and the owners the burnt line side "Hot" terminal  on the device. I replace the other receptacle, label the panel, and go home.

My charge from the onset? $75.00 plus materials for my "Friend". Her response at the time over the phone? Ok, just fix it. I;m in a bind here. Well now, it's now December 13th, and She is bitching about the price, telling my wife that that the seller (House Flipping Asshole) thinks I'm gouging him.
Really dude? you ought to be sued by the buyers, as the house is noting but old wiring, cosmetically done over, to appear like it's renovated. That is fraud. A lot more than my bill of  $83.87, completed on 11/03/15. and to make matters worse, several of the local district judges are also Real Estate Agents! Imagine me going into their court to have a judgement in my favor? Not a chance! I want to be payed for the 2 + hours spent on the job. no wonder I am reluctant to deal with Real Estate Agencies!

So, to all of you who are buying or thinking of buying a home or commercial property in Delaware county. Have an independent inspector thoroughly inspect all aspects of it before buying. I have made it a habit of inspecting all places I am called to for any job, just for piece of mind and to let the owners know what to fix for their own. if you live in Clifton Heights Boro, and have any issues concerning complaints about possible code violations,contact cliftoncodes@cliftonheightsboro.com


Cheers.

Hometown Singer - Audra Mclaughlin

Here is Delco's own Audra Mclaughlin.

Happy Woman Crush Wednesday!!!! Guess what..... I got a Girl Crush...... #AprilFools #WCW #GirlCrush #LittleBigTown #VideoClips Little Big Town
Posted by Audra Lynn Mclaughlin on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Social Media, Driving, and Irradiating Yourself

I've been away now from Blogging for quite sometime. I remember when I couldn't get away from the computer, my wife always complaining that it was "Interfering in our Marriage". Since then, we both opened up Facebook accounts, and that is where both of us spend our time.

Fact is, just about everybody is on their "Smart Phones" or tablets.Just take a look around like I did over the weekend. Driving to my favorite "Convenience Store", I spotted no less than seven drivers glued to their phones, five of them women, and four of them actually while driving.

And to think of the EMF that we all our being exposed to.What our CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN are.

At home, I still have my DELL Computer hardwired to our "Wireless" router, Spewing out EMF in the form of waves in the  2.4 GHz, 3.6 GHz, 4.9 GHz, 5 GHz, and 5.9 GHz 6 60 GHz  900 MHz Ranges.  Add to that, all of those "Cell Towers", many disguised as "Trees" or placed inside Church steeples, and you have a plethora of radiation that does who knows what to our bodies. I'm wondering if this Spring I'll see the Honey Bees out and about. 

Hopefully we will see.

Cheers.

Doing It Up In Delaware County

I just had to post the picture below. It was taken tonight on Delmar Rd, where we used to live in the early 90's.  Accross the street was the Bazzar, a place where one could spend all day buying all kinds of things, from a shotgun to a guitar, windows, bluejeans, jewrly, get a haircut, buy a puppy, you name it. Sadly, it was torn down in December of 1993.

Cheers..

The Future of the Delaware County GOP

With the May Primary fast approaching, I am curious to see how our local Republican candidates fare. The Republican candidates are as follows:

For Governor:
Samuel E. Rohrer
Tom Corbett

For Lieutanant Governor:
Steve Johnson
Jean Craige Pepper
Russ Diamond
Chet Beiler
Stephen A. Urban
Daryl Metcalfe
John Kennedy
Billy McCue

United States Senator:
Pat Toomey
K. Peg Luksik

US Representative; (District 7)
Patrick Meehan

State Representative; (District 163)
Nicholas A. Micozzie

Corbett, Toomey, Meehan, and Micozzie I can relate to and am voting for. As far as the Democrats, who knows and who cares? If the Democrats gain control of Delaware County, specifically Upper Darby, you can bet that the township will be annexed into the City of Philadelphia. Don't believe me? Well look it up. The city has swallowed townships like Northern Liberties, Bristol Township, Roxbourough Township, Delaware Township and many more here.


Imagine losing their Police and Fire Departments, Departments of Sanitation, Public Works, and the School District. If you think the township has gone to the dogs now, just wait until November. My advice? Vote Straight Republican in November!

The Dodgers

I'm a Dodger. Not a draft Dodger, or a fan of the Dodgers, but a Dodger. It's spring time here in Delaware County and myself like thousands of other drivers are Dodging all the potholes. Do you think upper Darby and Clifton Heights will ever fix the potholes? Maybe by late fall, they"ll get a round to it.

Cheers.

The Bazaar of All Nations in Clifton Heights Documentary

Glad to see this finally came online. I've been following it on Facebook now for a few months.

By Matt Hasson

Town Talk Correspondent

For three decades, the Bazaar of All Nations was a sprawling retail and entertainment mecca, a familiar place to shop, eat, attend a movie or play miniature golf. The landmark, prototypical shopping mall on Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights closed in 1993 and was later replaced by a Home Depot and sporting goods store.

  But every Delaware Countian remembers The Bazaar. It opened on Nov. 8, 1960, and closed at the end of 1993.

  The Bazaar’s long tenure was not well documented until three young film-makers embarked on a documentary. Co-producers, Delco natives Patrick Manley and Brendan O’Riordan, joined forces with cinematographer/director Melissa Whiteley, of White Lyte Productions in Trenton, N.J.

  The idea was conceived when Manley reflected that there was no real documentation of the Bazaar. He and O’Riordan, members of Monsignor Bonner High School’s Class of 1995, embarked on the project and enlisted Whitley to direct, shoot and edit film footage.

  “The general theme is that if you can’t find it at the Bazaar, you’re not going to find it,” O’Riordan said.

   O’Riordan, a resident of Media, is doing much of the research to drive the documentary.

   “My expertise is being able to retain and recall information,” O’Riordan said. “We’d like this to be the definitive source of information about the Bazaar, all in one place.”

   Gathering facts, photos and first-hand recollections of the Bazaar is a daunting but rewarding task.

  “There are certain touchstone events that occurred in the Bazaar’s 33-year existence,” O’Riordan said. “It’s taking pieces of the interviews and dropping them into place.”

  Manley spoke of the challenge of including a wealth of material in the documentary.
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My wife and I lived at 5309 Delmar Rd directly across from the Bazaar for a few years and watched it being torn down. i videotaped some of the demolition, but have yet to find it. If your on Facebook, you can become a fan of the Bazaar of all Nations and view the video here. I remember the soft pretzels (Bernies), the haircuts as a kid, the sporting goods store (Herman's)? Hell the army/Navy store where I was bought my first parka, and the list goes on and on.

I miss the place, now occupied by The Home Depot and the "new" Acme.

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Snowed

I cannot believe that the roads in Clifton Heights and Upper Darby are still not cleared. Even more disturbing is the sidewalk situation. C'mon guys, get out there and shovel!

The Surge

I have been following a story about a local Deli owned by Mario Civera, my Mothers State Representative in the 164th district, which recently caught fire, allegedly by an electrical problem. The consensus is that Peco, (Exelon) was in some way to blame. As an electrician with almost thirty years experience, I can say that they may be right. But to a point. Seems that there have been many problems with underground transformers exploding in that area over the years, as well as power surges. In Upper Darby Township, there are many homes and businesses that have outdated or inadequate electrical wiring. Residential homes for instance built before 1970 for the most part have no grounding conductor (the mouth of your three prong outlet) connected to it. "Knob and Tube", "Knob and Nail" or "Old style romex" are in almost every home in Drexel Hill. Many homes have no ground rod installed and connected to their electrical service. No lightning arrestor, no "Whole Home" surge protector. Did Civera's Deli have a Surge Protector that may have helped drain off a high voltage surge from a Mal functioning transformer? Probably not. Where I live (Westbrook Park) if I were to remove my cold water and earth ground and rely on the transformer 's neutral my house would probably catch fire. Think I'm kidding? A few years ago my neighbor was renovating his home and called me to come over and find out why every time he used a drill to mix drywall compound, the lights would dim to almost nothing. What I found out is that the plumber removed the cold water ground to his electrical service. Even with a ground rod installed (there is clay under our homes) he had no return path to the transformer. He called Peco, and a technician came over later on that afternoon, checked out the homes electrical service, and told him that the problem was in the meter box. I told the tech that I was a licenced electrician and that the "problem" was in Peco's transformer. He told me he would make note of it, and left. to this day I believe that the transformers "neutral" is not connected. Bottom line? Go to your local hardware store and buy a receptacle tester that shows you an open ground, open neutral, reverse hot and neutral, and correct wiring. Get a local licenced electrician to inspect your home and install 5 items that may save you your home, and more importantly your life : A ground rod A lightning arrestor A "Whole Home" single phase surge protector GFCI receptacles where required Smoke detectors where required Cheers and Go EAGLES!

Shady Scenes in Clifton Heights?

I am quite curious about this so called "Clifton Heights Economic Corp" after reading the below Daily Times piece. Questions surround grant in Clifton Heights By: Dawn Mitchell, Times Correspondent 07/26/2008 CLIFTON HEIGHTS - Residents and some council members questioned the transfer of $825,000 in grant money to the Clifton Heights Economic Corp., a nonprofit entity that council has no control over, at a recent council meeting. "I don't know how we authorized this corporation when we never got papers on this corporation," said Councilman Mario Alpini. A listing for the corporation at nonprofit compendium Guidestar.org could not be found. Council President Anthony Casadei, answering a question from the audience, revealed state Rep. Nicholas Micozzie, R-163, of Upper Darby, "took care of allowing money to go to the corporation," but said he did not know who established the corporation or who is in it.

 According to a document disclosed at the meeting - which one council member insisted each member of council had received during a caucus meeting the previous Thursday - former council president James Salmon is listed as president of the nonprofit. Salmon was running for another term on council last year, but was forced to step down for violating the federal Hatch Act because of his employment with the Department of Defense. Under the act, federal employees cannot hold elected office. Other nonprofit board members include: Clifton Heights Business Association President Rich Angelucci, owner of Full Cycle Ink Jet; Vice President Joe Lombardo, owner of M.F. Williams Funeral Home; and Financial Secretary Russ Jirik, owner of Family Matters Adult Day Care, according to that document. Also on the Clifton Heights Economic Corp. board is retired Clifton Heights police chief Ronald Berry, whose wife, Betsy, is a Clifton Heights council member. He is currently deputy director of the county Juvenile Detention Center in Lima. Angelucci and Jirik each made contributions totaling $300 to Micozzie in 2005 and 2006, while Lombardo has contributed at least $850 to Micozzie and $2,500 to the Delaware County Republican Finance Committee between 2002 and 2006, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

"Ron and Betsy Berry" have also contributed at least $795 to Micozzie since 2000, according to state records. In late June, council voted 5-3 to return $300,000 and $525,000 in grants issued last spring by the Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development. Alpini and fellow council members Robert Penjuke and Harris Resnick opposed the motion. But minutes at the meeting show council instead voted to redirect the funds to the private entity, which was formed June 16. Some council members now allege minutes were interpreted wrong, altered or even deleted.

 The grants were to facilitate the purchase of the adjacent Mac and Sam property and to redevelop borough hall. They were not set to expire until 2010 and 2011, respectively. According to Casadei, criteria specified in the grants were problematic and would have cost taxpayers $7 million to $8 million. Penjuke disagreed in a phone interview Thursday, saying the plan was to purchase property in stages, as money became available. He had anticipated having a community center. "We were originally told it wouldn't cost the borough anything for the revitalization project," said Penjuke. "Micozzie didn't think we had a good enough plan ... that we were not moving fast enough." "Personally, I'm not ready to give up $825,000," said Alpini, who opposed returning the funds since it was first discussed in May. "It's too much money and too hard to get to walk away that quickly." Penjuke also questioned the Clifton Heights Economic Corp.'s handling the borough's money.

 "We have no control over the corporation," he said. "As council, we're going to still be held accountable because we started the ball rolling. I just want to improve things in Clifton Heights and build it back up to a cute little town." Staff Writer Alex Rose contributed to this report. ©DelcoTimes 2008 So who runs it? Who are the officers? Why the secrecy? And why would our local committee people (including my own) authorize the transferring of funds (grants) to them? I do not know Dawn Mitchell but I do know Alex Rose. I am certain that more of this will unfold before November, when me (as in a resident of Clifton Heights)will get to vote.

  Cheers.

Clifton Heights Cooler Caper

Last night someone had the nerve (to put it lightly) to come up on our patio and proceed to steal our cooler that was full of Bud Light Lime and Pepsi. I had just gone to bed a few minutes earlier and my wife and her girlfriend were in the house with the front door wide open. This "Scumbag" did realize that I installed infrared security cameras and tried to hide his face after he spotted it. Our neighbor across the street on the Upper Darby side of Clifton had beer stolen out of his cooler the night before, as did we. To the crook, I have a good feeling of who you are. I want my cooler back plus a full case of Bud Light Lime, a 12 pack of Pepsi, and a Bottle of Tequila Rose. Just put it out on the patio, and I promise I will not do what I have planned for you. Cheers. P.S. I have a much more detailed AVI file on my PC.