Author Archives: Rich Freggiaro

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. I’ve written before that when someone asks about my hobbies, I usually say cycling, chess and monogamy. I’m trying to be funny, and anyone who has seen me on a bike or playingContinue reading “Ain’t Misbehaving?”

Way back in 1993 I purchased 3 gold coins. I had a cash windfall and decided that was a good investment. I paid $350 each for the 1 ounce coins. Today the price of gold is $4228/ounce, so you might think it was a fantastic investment. Since the IRR function in Excel tells me IContinue reading “All That Glitters”

and you feed him for a day. Provided he ‘self certifies’. The Tuesday club ride officially starts in Lockeford, but most of the riders form the ‘Lodi Express’ which starts early. We leave from Hutchins Square about 45 minutes before the Lockeford start time (10:00 am in December). Last week we were heading east onContinue reading “Give a Man a Fish…”

Not grocery bags. Payment type. I wouldn’t have thought a law like this was necessary… Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Kevan Cramer, R-N.D., introduced the Payment Choice Act of 2025. The bill would require businesses to accept cash and bar them from charging a higher price to those who chose to pay in cash.Continue reading “Paper or Plastic?”

Ever since we lost Luke, people have been asking Diane and I whether we were going to get another dog. We would say probably not. Diane said that we aren’t looking, but if the right dog found us we might consider it. There is a woman who lives close to us who fosters stray dogsContinue reading “Betting on the Underdog”

Sample ballots for our upcoming special election arrived on Brumby Road yesterday. The ballot contains but a single issue: Proposition 50. If you read my blog you know what this is about, but now that we have the ‘official’ ballot language it is time to do some parsing. Let’s start with the ‘fiscal impact’. ItContinue reading “Have I Got a Proposition for You!”

A quick update to my last post. I just got back from taking out the garbage, and I did some counting. At my parent’s house I pull the tote 170 steps up to the Hwy, and then walk back, for a total of 340. On Brumby Road, the tote pull is 150 steps out andContinue reading “Stepping Out…”

California has very complex and complicated laws regarding recycling and trash collection for businesses and residences. But until now those laws have not been enforced on our Brumby Road backwater. And not in ‘Area C’ of San Joaquin County either. For some reason this rural farmland has been exempt, and we were allowed to throwContinue reading “Trash Talk”

Way back in 2006 I purchased a Honda Element. It was a pretty unique vehicle. 4 cylinder engine, 5 speed manual transmission. I bought it because it was a bike box with an engine. Some people liked the looks (including me) and some people thought it looked quirky or funky. Dog people loved them: lotsContinue reading “It’s Elemental”

And so is their drug of choice. From The Great Gatsby: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, has done something to them, makes them just as different as a race of people”. Back in highContinue reading “The Rich Are Different…”