Wisconsin

Well it is odd to travel to a place with 'Con' and Sin' in the name - but that is what I did.
This was a work trip.
I landed at Milwaukee airport on Thursday, worked with the customer for the day and planned to go to the end customer's site in the morning.

I was dropped off at the Grand Geneva Hotel.  It was a really nice hotel. Even better if you have loads of cash to pay for all the extra activities... (it was a resort actually...)

http://www.grandgeneva.com/

I was in the bath room and trying to figure out why I had a remote control in there. Well I pushed the red button and found a TV in the mirror!!

 

Came in handy when getting ready in the morning - watching the news and so on. 

Also:  I did not miss a thing while watching mythbusters...

The site in Michigan was about 8 hours drive away, so thankfully they hired a pilot to take us...

 

The pilot is loading up our stuff in the nose. 

This is a Sessna. Not sure of model number...

 

The flight only took around an hour - so much better than 8 hours drive!

 

 This is the landing strip coming up...

 Landing in MI

Now on the road - we went passed a U-HAUL supporting Ron!

While here apparently Wisconsin had a huge Ron Paul rally!

(which was blacked out by the media as usual). 

Link to 30th March 2012 Ron Paul Rally 

 It was snowing where we were. Quite different to the Atlanta summer weather I came from...

 

After the mission was accomplished I took a look at some mine equipment. 

 This is a scoop. Who knows what sort of crazy machine this hooks to...

 Here are some mining trucks.

This brings me to Clintonville, WI - which has also been in the news recently. Now from my short time in this area I could see that mining was quite popular.

I can only imagine that what is going in in Clintonville is some sort of secret mining operation.
Seems a bit stupid to do a secret mine operation under a town though. Not much of a secret after it has been all over the news...

Check this out - it is a sound recording of one of the 'mysterious booms' :

Link to mysterious boom
.
Sounds like an explosion to me. Like from a quarry (if you have ever heard and felt that).

Well that is the end of the report for now. I am back in Milwaukee and hoping to get some fish and chips in a few moments... :-)

Funny Car

It was getting a little dark and I was just finishing watering my apple trees (with fertiliser) when all of a sudden the ground was shaking from bass. I turn around and see this:

What in the world is that?

Google

Google just asked me to give them my mobile number as extra 'security' logging into my blog. Like my blog needs to be protected with high security!  What is the worst that could happen? Someone logs in and posts something that is not true so the 2 or 3 people who look at it think it is me (or not depending on what is posted) - and then I just log in and delete it and tell the 3 people that it was not me...

Why does google want my mobile number anyway?????

Is it something to do with their new patented 'background' noise target advertising?
Web Link to google spy patent. 

link to actual patent details

Is not the PC mic and camera enough for google - that they want to spy on me through my phone as well?
Link to google PC spying

So - basically - I log in to write a blog post to my family and google wants to bug my phone so they can advertise stuff to me more effectively. Like that is ok!!

I say no google! NO NO NO!   I may have to move my blog...

Coughs

Here is my total knowledge on coughs (from experience). I hope this helps someone else with bad coughs.

After a cold I usually get a cough. A dry cough. This cough can last months and is usually very annoying - not only to me but the people around me.
It usually weakens my back and I end up with back issues. It really takes it out of me.

I went to see a specialist once and it went nowhere.

A local herbalist sold me some Drosera tablets once to help my persistent cough. They were made by Weleda (UK). The bottle read 'Drosera 30' but I am not sure what the 30 means - max strength I think.

http://www.weleda.co.uk/coughs-colds-+amp-hayfever/drosera-30-tablets-125tab/invt/302020/

Here is some info on the plant. Weird plant. Weird that it helps coughs....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera

The tablets helped the cough - stopped in within a week or so (this was a six month cough).

Anyway that was then. I have had coughs since and Drosera does not always work.

The latest cough was cured by the "Neti pot!"

I noticed that when I got hot and bothered the cough would get very bad - like I was going to die.

I looked online for natural cures and they were talking about honey and lemon and gargling with salt... usual stuff. Then one site talked about how sinus blockage can cause a cough. Maybe this was the issue...?

Well - to clear my sinus I used the Neti pot - with the saline solution.
BTW - don't ever use it without the salt! - it feels awful - like when water got in your nose at the swimming pool and it felt really horrible.

After the rinse my cough almost stopped the same day! Awesome!

My cough is back, not sure why - could be the changing weather, but it's not even close to how bad it was. I guess I need another sinus rinse.

Oh - and don't use tap water for sinus rinses. You could die.
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1913862

I used filtered water.


I hope this helps someone - it has only taken years of coughs to reach this point...