Thursday 09/18/2025
Down in two senses, I had no scheduled commitments, and I was feeling rather depressed for some of the day. I started by walking up to Town & Country, mainly to buy some bread at Trader Joe’s. I sent a couple of cogent emails on various topics.
At 10:30 there was a sponsored presentation on electric vehicles in the auditorium. I was kinda interested so I went. The presenters from from Evucation, a non-profit promoting EV use. They did a nice job, making the case that the lifetime cost of EV was somewhat less than the lifetime cost of a gas-powered car, and contributes less to carbon load. But about half way through I was realizing more and more that I will never buy another car of any kind. Fred Forester is enough vehicle to get me and Joanne to the end of driving years. So why was I sitting here listening, and I got up and left.
I don’t know if it was that train of thought, or just that I had no scheduled things to do, or something else, but the rest of the day I had a case of whats-the-use-itis. Hopefully that will improve because I have a date to talk to Joanne on the phone at 8pm. Should cheer me up.
Oh, interesting thing. Among people I know here at CH, there are three different sons or daughters that are moving their families out of the USA. One daughter, with husband and children is moving to Mexico. Another person’s son and family are relocating to Portugal. And another son and family are moving to France. Is this a sign of a trend? Or coincidence?
Also at lunch, Elvira, our COO, wandered into the dining room and sat down at the table I was at and had her lunch while chatting with us. Although a naturalized US citizen, she is originally from the Ukraine, and has friends who live in Russia. The conversation turned to politics, and she commented that among her Russian friends, there is a feeling that “you know, all empires come to an end, and they think this is happening to the United States.”
Codgerville 