Just a note from Millrat

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Monday December 11, 2023 · 5:37 PM PST

2023/12/11 · 17:37

Christmas rat wishes all Kosacks a very merry.

Hello everybody, Millrat here. That could be a rabbit, but rats are cool too.

I re-read my past postings, and boy it's been a long few years since my Dec. 2020 post.

The Army unit my "burning man" son was going to be attached to before he caught fire and couldn't deploy, were ambushed and killed by a rebel group. He dodged a bullet in the most literal sense. I can't even begin to understand the karmic equation of it. He's now scheduled for Guam for the next 3 years. I think that is a bit safer duty station.

Mrs Millrat had her first haircut since the scary time. She has snow white Shirley Temple hair. It's beautiful. She's clear of cancer and absolutely full of piss and vinegar.

I'm still just Millrat and happy as hell things worked out. I worked 6 days a week all through the pandemic and we all made it through. I truly appreciate every kind response I received from this group, many of them brought me to tears.

So as we move towards a new year, let's forget about politics for a bit, and hold those close a bit closer, and make sure to tell them that you love them.

Merry Christmas to all, and may the next year bring the joy I have knowing we all made it through alive in the new year.

Keep making things,

Millrat

AI and the threat to those that make things.

Millrat

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Friday August 25, 2023 · 6:36 PM PDT

2023/08/25 · 18:36

I know, it's a robot. But how does one capture a photo of AI?

Millrat here, I've been making things for over 40 years now. Artificial Intelligence is here. Not so intelligent yet, but moving forward by the day. How will this affect the people that make things? I have no idea, but I have some thoughts as always.

My job entails troubleshooting faults in equipment on the production floor, primarily electrical faults. It involves quite a bit of reflection on previous failures experienced.

I think it will be sometime before algorithms can make that leap. Hopefully I'm not wrong.

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The soon to be CIVIL WAR

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Monday August 14, 2023 · 10:14 AM PDT

2023/08/14 · 10:14

Hello folks. Millrat checking in. The good news is that Mrs Millrat is doing great! Her hair is growing back and it's snow white, kinda sexy on an older gal. July marked 39 years of her putting up with my nonsense.

I'm off work today because that woman is convinced i have any of 17 different cancers, a brain embolism due any day and a walking heart attack. So i have to go to the doctor. Such is marriage.

Anyway, I went into a convenience store nearby this morning and overheard a discussion between 2 bubbas. I walked in to hear that if Trump is convicted, there's gonna be a CIVIL WAR! The tall skinny guy put the 7$ he had into gas for his pickup truck. The large rotund guy claimed that he was part Seminole Indian and they get things Done!

I doubt that either one of these rubes understand what a true civil war would entail. Yet they are being fed this retoric on a daily basis from their enablers.

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Still making things in Florida, and some notes on Ron Desantis.

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Saturday April 08, 2023 · 4:03 PM PDT

2023/04/08 · 16:03

Hiya Kossacks, the Millrats are still in Fl over 10 years now. Mrs. Millrat just finished going through treatment for stage 4 " Lady" cancer. After the chemotherapy and radiation treatments are done, her hair has grown back enough that she looks like one of those Kewpie dolls of days past. I switched to a night shift to make sure she got back and forth. Looks like she has a full recovery in her future.

That said, let's talk about Ron Desantis. If you don't know of him, I'd hazard a guess that you soon will. He has a sycophantic legislature to enable his every goal for starters. Florida law says that to campaign for another office, you have to resign your current office. So Ronnie is hoping that the law will be changed for him. He is running a very thinly veiled shadow campaign disguised as a book tour to convince people he is Trump 2.0.

He is a small petty man wearing platform boots to boost his image and ego. He has instituted book bans, removed a prosecutor for speaking out, and started a war with Disney that gets more personal by the day. He has utterly failed to address the serious problems within his own state. Insurance claims from hurricane Ian go unpaid. As of July, permitless carry is the new gun law, witch should work out well. LGBTQ is the new "Satanic Panic".

These only scratch the surface of the damage this man could do with the power of the Presidency. Of course it is only my opinion. If you have loved ones who think that's he is a fresh alternative to Trump, do some research on the man and try do persuade them differently.

Keep making things,

Millrat

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Turns out Mrs Millrat had cancer.It could be worse.

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Saturday December 03, 2022 · 2:01 PM PST

2022/12/03 · 14:01

The whole drama of my wife's frequent health scares turned into a cancer diagnosis. Sort of explains the red blood cell deficiency. She is getting her final chemo treatment next week and starting her radiation treatments soon after. I've fixed things my whole life, this is where I step back and hope the doctors know better.(that whole science thing again). She's doing well, bald as a kewpie doll, and I'm looking forward to her annoying me for another 40 years. Hug those close to frequently and tell them you love them even more often.

Keep making things.

Millrat

What the hell is going on?

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Sunday June 12, 2022 · 12:26 PM PDT

2022/06/12 · 12:26

Hi folks, Millrat here. What is wrong with this country?

Women will be forbidden to have an abortion, but killing 4th graders is okay, because what????????

Perhaps we should all be required to check our guns, prejudices, and expectations at the door.

Millrat

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Sunday July 25, 2021 · 11:47 AM PDT

2021/07/25 · 11:47

This little guy visits with me every evening lately.

Hello all, Millrat again. I have been a member of this site for some time. Many of you have no idea who I am.

I tried to catch up on my time away from the site today as I'm on day 2 of a rare weekend off.

I read that a Mass. Political figure died of Covid after denial of its severity. What I found troubling were the comments section.

I am fully vaccinated, have been since it was available to me. The other 5 people in my household refuse to take the shot.

I have tried everything I can to allay their anxieties and fears about the vaccine, to no avail.

None of these people are stupid, or part of a cult. I've been with Mrs. Millrat 42 years, she knows I won't lie to her about this, but she still won't listen.

My point is, many in the comment section about the representative in Massachusetts seemed to celebrate her death as some sort of vindication that they are righteous.

I am vaccinated because my family is not. I minimize their exposure to the public by doing all the shopping and work in town.

I don't know why they feel the way they do, but I never celebrate their death.

Walk a mile in their shoes before you celebrate your brilliance.

Keep making things,

Millrat

Covid vaccine

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Tuesday July 20, 2021 · 7:01 PM PDT

2021/07/20 · 19:01

Hi folks, long time, no post.

I recently found out that I live in a household of anti vaccers. Mrs. Millrat chastised me for getting the first shot without asking her of her opinion. After my second shot, she was openly angry.

I tried to explain that I got the shot for the same reason I get a flu shot every year, and why I wear a seat belt when I drive. As the single income earner here, getting sick is not an option for me, we can't afford it.

Wear a mask, wash your hands, and don't touch anything ever again, lol.

Now we have suicide bombers?

Millrat

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Monday December 28, 2020 · 7:50 PM PST

2020/12/28 · 19:50

While we await the true reason for this bombing, which in truth has no good reason. We need to ask what is next.

I've seen several references to a fear of 5G driving the madness. I can't tell you if that was the case, but a guy in his 60's drove an RV packed full of explosives in front of an AT&T building and sat in the car while it blew up.

We have crossed a threshold here. Not one we should celebrate.

My next question is, when will the first IEDS Go off?

2020 Millrat's Christmas

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Thursday December 24, 2020 · 8:33 PM PST

2020/12/24 · 20:33

Merry Christmas all in the year of the big Hurt.

Mrs. Millrat was hospitalized last week for multiple reasons and on Tuesday, my army son, that came home before his year plus deployment to Africa accidentally set himself on fire. Hopefully I can bring him home tomorrow. His future in the military is now up in the air as well.

But with all that, we are still alive and hopeful.

I chose to cling to the positive outcome.

Stay safe, wear a mask, hold those close even closer. And for God's sake, don't lick the stripper pole.

Keep making things, and happy holidays from the Millrat family.

How is this Not sedition?

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Sunday December 13, 2020 · 3:00 PM PST

2020/12/13 · 15:00

Multiple Republicans have signed up to an effort to overthrow the results of the election. How is it that they are not guilty of an open attempt to bypass the law and install their hero con man into office ? They are no longer a political party, more likely a cult. Each and every one of them should be called out for their undemocratic actions and be sanctioned accordingly. The so called Party of Law, is now just the Q-Anon conspiracy party.

2020 continuing be a very bad no good year.

Millrat

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Sunday December 13, 2020 · 12:58 PM PST

2020/12/13 · 12:58

Mrs. Millrat is now on day 4 in the hospital, she got to a point where she couldn't breathe. Not covid though, her hemoglobin levels were a 3rd of what they should be. Iron levels were in the tank as well. The harder she breathed, the less she could absorb oxygen.

Three units of blood later and she is able to breathe almost normally. 4 CAT scans and xrays are inconclusive. Now her hemoglobin levels are dropping again. Worst Year Ever.

Keep making things people, stay safe, and don't lick the subway pole.

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