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 Mike,
 
 MD> I eliminated the fix password.  Tried again with no luck.  Not a big
 MD> deal.  You are connecting to me, so all is well.

   Yeah, I can live with that. On the weather front, it'll be dry through
 next Monday, with only isolated thunderstorms expected Tuesday through
 at least Wednesday of next week...but chances may increase toward the
 latter part of next week. At least I wasn't in Guam...they had a category
 4 typhoon with 140 mph winds clip the northern part of the island...there
 likely is widespread damage.
 
   We have elevated fire danger, because of low relative humidity values,
 even though we've had a lot of rain recently. The weather for the holiday
 weekend will be delightful, although heat indexes will ease up into the 
 90s, a reminder that summer is close.
 
   My other concern now is the default on the US debt ceiling next week.
 That would be a disaster for everyone on Social Security, Medicare, and
 Medicaid, including myself. Congress ought to forfeit their pay until
 they get something done...but neither side is giving in. The economy
 would also tank with financial markets, etc. -- and there likely would
 be a civil war/revolt by so many.
 
   The loss of benefits mean no money for food, medical care, utilities,
 or other things...and I likely would have to shut things down in more
 ways than one. If it's going to do that, I'd pray the Rapture Of The
 Church occurs, before the bottom falls out on the world, and this once
 great nation.
 
   I know the price of everything has gone up, but Congress can't keep
 spending like a drunken sailor, with a blank check and open credit card.
 Yet, they'll spend billions on getting re-elected. They should also make
 every bit of that campaign money go to paying the elderly, disabled, and
 veterans. But, they're too cowardly to do that...and there are too many
 who want to turn this country into another Cuba, Venezuela, China, Russia,
 North Korea, and other totalitarian states. 
 
 Daryl
 
... Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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