the crunch is coming.. some will say the economy is artificially being carried by the oil companies lowering gas prices to less than 2;oo per gallon. today i saw gas at 1.99.9 cents a gallon..and it struck me as being the first indicator.. the first in a long line of indicators that things are not what they seem to be.. january is a tough month for everyone, february will be a lot worse.. here farmes grow hay to feed cattle  which they sell all summer long to other cattlemen.. but you dont get good hay in february .. no money after the holidays and other base prices are up and still going up even if gas prices are dropping below two bucks a gallon..jobs are also an indicator.  jobless rates seem to be down..that s  because people arent reporting themselves un employed or under employed, any more. they , like me have quit trying to find work. because of lack of funds, bad health, or no jobs to be had. also whats this bullshit about speaking spanish to get a job... this is america, not mexico.. i speak english, and some other languages i wont talk about, but im not going to learn spanish so i can wash pots and pans for minimum wage... things are so bad here they closed the unemployment office and the closest one is 30 miles away.. what a laugh... me travel 30 miles to apply for a job.. not this american ... im toughing it out making money the old fashioned way.. using my metal detector...

hello to all , another year has passed by and here it is dead center of the cold frozen winter. ive been lazy not
writing in my blog for some time now, but personal writing has become more difficult since i found out  i was going blind. in november. my visual range has dropped considerably, due to diabetes, which i have done real well in keeping my numbers down , but alas the damage was done before i found out i was a diabetic in 2011 . right now everything is a fuzzy gray and i have to strain to read anything , driving at night is out, and soon daytime driving will be nearly impossible... the doctor tells me a corneal transplant is a far shot due to the  thinning out of my retinas ..less than a 20 percent bet if we do it...he says my vision will gradually diminish until all i see is a brown gray blob...great... a one in four chance, if i can raise 25 grand for the surgery.. but i willing to risk it and since mrs bob works at duke eye hospital, we might be able to wrangle surgery at a lower cost for employee discounts..hahahaha.. like thats going to happen.. oh welll. so im stuck with the rock and the hard place.. i need to work on this... praying i find some way out of it.. damned neuropathy has been bothering me as well. numb toes and then my feet catch on fire or so it feels like it.. .. i got nothing but bad luck so far.. and then having someone cutting on my eyes...nerve wracking and scary as hell... im praying for a miracle, but deep down its the most difficult decision personally ill have to make.. see you out on the street, when i start selling pencils or fruit to passers by ....peace and good hunting...