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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Meh it could be worse, it’s only -12 deg F with the wind chill outside. In around a month it will be seriously cold. A time when we get frost quakes that sound like bombs going off, or when the moisture in trees expand and the sound of the resulting pop is like a gun shot. It’s winter, this is to be expected.
used to live in florida [hated it].
always asked transplants why they moved there.
one friend said [chicago] that he kept snow shovel in vehicle and dug out his coworkers at the end of the day. they sometimes paid him for his good deed.
one dark afternoon as he was clearing other people’s cars he said to himself, ‘self, why am i doing this?’.
when he got home he and wife discussed and moved soonly to the land of no snow.
he got a great job there and she, being an accountant, could find well paid work anywhere.
they loved it and never looked back.
Looks like I may have written the above a little too soon… It is a day later as I write this. The sun is up and the sky is blue. Outside it’s -33C and with the windchill added in the temp is -40C. Yep it’s starting to feel like winter. There’s a snow squall warnings and a cold weather alert in effect. I don’t think I’ll be going anywhere today, it appears to be a time to cocoon.
Yup. Button up and stay warm.
The high in the forecast for the next ten days is 12.
Tell me again why I live in the U.P..