Home sweet home
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Time Lost
I suppose I should begin by apoligizing for not posting on my blog for sometime BUT It seems as though there is a rather long period of time where I was not available to anyone,not even myself. I seem to have memories of a dark and misty night, tall slim silvery creatures, and probes .........oh the cruel probes.
I found myself awakening naked and shivering close to the local swamp and that is all I know. If any of you kind readers have had similair experiences or even a different experience or would want to have a experience please post it here and I will attempt to plagerize it and use it to gain fame and riches for myself. Oh and one other thing...........when I see a dinner plate now I get the most over whelming feeling of being home sick........Please help me I have been out of mashed potatoes for nearly a week.............
I found myself awakening naked and shivering close to the local swamp and that is all I know. If any of you kind readers have had similair experiences or even a different experience or would want to have a experience please post it here and I will attempt to plagerize it and use it to gain fame and riches for myself. Oh and one other thing...........when I see a dinner plate now I get the most over whelming feeling of being home sick........Please help me I have been out of mashed potatoes for nearly a week.............
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Shades Of Mad Magizine
It really dosen't get much funnier than this debacle. This truy happened in Pittsburgh today and even I couldn`t make it up with twice the vivid imagination I am puported to have. A man got into a altercation with his brothers girlfriend. This caused her to attack him brutally with ( if you have small children please ask them to leave) a butter knife. His intial response was to pull out his handy pocket machette and attempt to fend her off. She managed a desperate phone call to her boyfriend who was, fortunately, sitting in a near- by tavern. He finished his beer and went to his ladys rescue and promptly shot his brother. At this point his brother will more than likely recover and live to tell how brutal a weapon a butter knife can be.If Alfred E Newman would of seen this occur I know he would of somehow incorporated it into a episode of Spy v Spy v Spy.
~ Factoid~ All mammals except apes,monkees, birds,and most humans are color blind.
~ Factoid~ All mammals except apes,monkees, birds,and most humans are color blind.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
How Can This Be?
I am jumping up and down mad at what our mamby pamby courts has decided to allow United Airlines to do. A person who has worked for a long time for United and has accreud sufficient time to be able to retire and draw a pension,now, has his life destroyed. To make them a better candidate for bankruptcy our courts have said .....ok lets let them out of this guarenteed debt (the pension plan) so that it will be easier to bail them out of financial trouble. I do agree that there are financial steps that could be taken such as reducing the salarys of their top executives, perhaps reducing the number of flights to certain cities so that the planes are not flying nearly empty, or maybe even reducing the number of seats on the actual aircraft so that someone could actually sit there without feeling crammed in like a freakin sardine.Perhaps people would consider flying to more locations,and perhaps bussines would pick up. Instead they chose to make the cuts in areas that don`t really affect them ......like in other peoples lives. This folks have worked all of their lives and have counted on their pension being irrevokable,which it should be. After all this pension was a benefit that was duly negotiated by both sides and agreed on by both sides. As such it should be untouchable by anyone. It should be sacrosanct.
I used to be in favor of unions and was actually a high ranking officer in my local union. The union became a political action wing and stopped being concerned with the well being of the employees it represented. In my opinion if United Airlines is allowed to disrupt the lives of its former employess, every working person,every union person, anyone who has dealings with third parties managing their futures should go on strike untill every person in this country who has had pensions revoked,benefits altered, and other guarenteed benefits removed should go on strike untill it is resolved. It is time the working class of America ...the very people who elevated our country to its high standards today, has their benefits restored to them. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
~ Factoid # 6~
The rocks on the moon are between 3.6 and 4 million years old.
I used to be in favor of unions and was actually a high ranking officer in my local union. The union became a political action wing and stopped being concerned with the well being of the employees it represented. In my opinion if United Airlines is allowed to disrupt the lives of its former employess, every working person,every union person, anyone who has dealings with third parties managing their futures should go on strike untill every person in this country who has had pensions revoked,benefits altered, and other guarenteed benefits removed should go on strike untill it is resolved. It is time the working class of America ...the very people who elevated our country to its high standards today, has their benefits restored to them. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
~ Factoid # 6~
The rocks on the moon are between 3.6 and 4 million years old.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Happy Mothers Day
I suppose if we all look way down in the bottem of our wallets or purses we would all find a I.O.U. like this one...................
Mom ...I.O.U. for so many things,so many services like,Night Watchman for instance.For lying awake nights,listening for coughs,crys,creaking floorboards and me comming in way too late.You had the eye of a eagle and the roar of a lion. But you always had a heart as big as a house.
I.O.U. for services as a short order cook,a baker,a chef,for being able to make sirloin out of hamburger and turkey out of tuna fish and two strapping boys out of left overs.
I.O.U. for cleaning services,for the daily scrubbing of faces and ears, all that work done by hand all those frequent dustings of a smal boys pants to make sure he lead a spotless life. For washing and ironing no cleaning service could ever do.For drying the tears of childhood, and ironing out the problems of growing up.
I.O.U. for services as a body guard, for protecting me from the terrors of a thunderstorm, or nightmares,and too many green apples.
I.O.U. for medical attention like nursing me through measels, mumps bumps, bruises,spring fever, splinters and lets not forget medical advise like don`t scratch it or it will never heal or don't cross your eys like that or they will stick that way or maybe most important of all make sure you have clean underwear on in case your in a accident.
I.O.U. for vetinary services,for feeding every lost dog I brought home and for healing the pain of puppy love.
I.O.U. for entertainment,it kept the household going through some pretty tough times and for makin believe come true on a very limited budget. And another thing Mom......................
I.O. U. for construction work for building kites,and confidence and hopes and dreams and somehow you made them all soar and touch the sky.Also for cementing a family together so that it would survive the worst kinds of shocks and blows,and also for laying down a good foundation that you can build a life on.
I.O.U for carrying charges like carrying me on your books for things a small boy really needs to have,like maybe that pair of high top boots with the little pocket on them for my jack knife. One thing I will never forget iswhen there were three hungry people, and only two pieces of apple pie, how suddenly you remembered you didn't like apple pie.
Well those are just a few of the.things that are long overdue. The person I owe them to,worked very cheap. She managed to get by by doing without a whole lot of things she needed herself. My I.O.U.'s add up to a whole lot more than I could ever hope to repay, and the nicest part of it all is she would mark it all Paid In Full for four little words........Mom, I Love You.
Mom ...I.O.U. for so many things,so many services like,Night Watchman for instance.For lying awake nights,listening for coughs,crys,creaking floorboards and me comming in way too late.You had the eye of a eagle and the roar of a lion. But you always had a heart as big as a house.
I.O.U. for services as a short order cook,a baker,a chef,for being able to make sirloin out of hamburger and turkey out of tuna fish and two strapping boys out of left overs.
I.O.U. for cleaning services,for the daily scrubbing of faces and ears, all that work done by hand all those frequent dustings of a smal boys pants to make sure he lead a spotless life. For washing and ironing no cleaning service could ever do.For drying the tears of childhood, and ironing out the problems of growing up.
I.O.U. for services as a body guard, for protecting me from the terrors of a thunderstorm, or nightmares,and too many green apples.
I.O.U. for medical attention like nursing me through measels, mumps bumps, bruises,spring fever, splinters and lets not forget medical advise like don`t scratch it or it will never heal or don't cross your eys like that or they will stick that way or maybe most important of all make sure you have clean underwear on in case your in a accident.
I.O.U. for vetinary services,for feeding every lost dog I brought home and for healing the pain of puppy love.
I.O.U. for entertainment,it kept the household going through some pretty tough times and for makin believe come true on a very limited budget. And another thing Mom......................
I.O. U. for construction work for building kites,and confidence and hopes and dreams and somehow you made them all soar and touch the sky.Also for cementing a family together so that it would survive the worst kinds of shocks and blows,and also for laying down a good foundation that you can build a life on.
I.O.U for carrying charges like carrying me on your books for things a small boy really needs to have,like maybe that pair of high top boots with the little pocket on them for my jack knife. One thing I will never forget iswhen there were three hungry people, and only two pieces of apple pie, how suddenly you remembered you didn't like apple pie.
Well those are just a few of the.things that are long overdue. The person I owe them to,worked very cheap. She managed to get by by doing without a whole lot of things she needed herself. My I.O.U.'s add up to a whole lot more than I could ever hope to repay, and the nicest part of it all is she would mark it all Paid In Full for four little words........Mom, I Love You.
Friday, May 06, 2005
And I Thought I Had It Bad.......
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.
Charlie, a grown male chimp and the Bloemfontein Zoo, has been picking up cigarettes thrown to him by visitors and smoking them -- a habit he probably picked up by observing humans, zoo officials told the SAPA news agency on Thursday.
"Baby chimps pick up habits by mimicking adults and we think he started mimicking smokers at his enclosure which probably led to smokers throwing him cigarettes," spokesman Daryl Barnes told SAPA.
Barnes said Charlie was already showing the signs of a true nicotine addict.
"He even acts like a naughty schoolboy by hiding the cigarette when staff approach the area," Barnes said, adding that the zoo was determined to help him quit.
Barnes said the most important thing was that people stop providing Charlie with cigarettes or any other treats, noting the chimp already had three bad teeth because of all the cans of sweet soft drinks that people throw at him.
Charlie is not the only smoking chimpanzee. A zoo in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou reported last year that one of its chimps had taken up smoking and was desperately bumming cigarette butts off visitors.
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This story brings into sharp focus how bad a drug nicotine really is. I am nearly 10 months free from its clutches and by gum I still want one. I must choose daily to not smoke and I am sure that sometime in the future it will become not as prominent in my mind.I just hope that time comes real soon. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
~ Factoid # 5~
The Moon has a sodium atom tail 15,000 miles long that can only be detected by instruments
Charlie, a grown male chimp and the Bloemfontein Zoo, has been picking up cigarettes thrown to him by visitors and smoking them -- a habit he probably picked up by observing humans, zoo officials told the SAPA news agency on Thursday.
"Baby chimps pick up habits by mimicking adults and we think he started mimicking smokers at his enclosure which probably led to smokers throwing him cigarettes," spokesman Daryl Barnes told SAPA.
Barnes said Charlie was already showing the signs of a true nicotine addict.
"He even acts like a naughty schoolboy by hiding the cigarette when staff approach the area," Barnes said, adding that the zoo was determined to help him quit.
Barnes said the most important thing was that people stop providing Charlie with cigarettes or any other treats, noting the chimp already had three bad teeth because of all the cans of sweet soft drinks that people throw at him.
Charlie is not the only smoking chimpanzee. A zoo in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou reported last year that one of its chimps had taken up smoking and was desperately bumming cigarette butts off visitors.
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document.write('© Reuters ' + year.getFullYear() + ". All Rights Reserved." );
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
This story brings into sharp focus how bad a drug nicotine really is. I am nearly 10 months free from its clutches and by gum I still want one. I must choose daily to not smoke and I am sure that sometime in the future it will become not as prominent in my mind.I just hope that time comes real soon. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
~ Factoid # 5~
The Moon has a sodium atom tail 15,000 miles long that can only be detected by instruments
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Never Believe the Press
If the numbers are right comming in from Great Brittan, It seems as though Mr Blair will be enjoying another year as Prime Minister. The word from the press was that the Brittish citizens were opposed to Great Brittans support of the United States in the Gulf War in Iraq.
Our press reported nearly the same attitudes as the Brittish citizens and predicted a huge loss for the incumbents BUT it seems like once more the reality of the situation is very much different than the press hoped it would be.
Congratulations Mr Blair and thanks for having our backs.You know you can count on us if the need ever occurs. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley
~Factoid # 4~
The " RH" factor was named for the rhesus monkeys that was used to research blood types
Our press reported nearly the same attitudes as the Brittish citizens and predicted a huge loss for the incumbents BUT it seems like once more the reality of the situation is very much different than the press hoped it would be.
Congratulations Mr Blair and thanks for having our backs.You know you can count on us if the need ever occurs. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley
~Factoid # 4~
The " RH" factor was named for the rhesus monkeys that was used to research blood types
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
A Challenge
A challenge has been issued from way up north here in Pennsylvania,more specifically it seems to be centered in Clearfield County.
It seems a local tavern named Dennys Beer Barrel claims they have a burger SOOOO big no one can actually eat it.
This burger is purported to weigh about 15 lbs. The meat weighs in at a hefty ten pounds,plus the bun,and 25 slices of cheese,two large onions,three tomatoes,a medium sized jar of pickles, a whole head of iceberg lettuce, and approximately one quart of a mustard,ketchup,mayonaise combination. This tribute to the Earl of Sandwich is said to contain about 30,000 calories (unverified)
There is a challange to any tag team to consume this behemoth burger called the "Beer Barrel Buster Burger" If it can be eaten in less than three hours by any two people you will win $40.00 cash (may substitute Pepto Bismol Coupons) Two Hats and two stretch tee shirts,complete with Dennys Beer Barrel logo.
Being semi -professional in such challenges, I am forbidden from giving it a go, but I would truly love to see someone do this deed. I`m sure it would do my heart good.
~ Factoid # 3 ~
A red blood cell lives for 80 to 120 days while a white blood cell lasts only a average of 13 days.
It seems a local tavern named Dennys Beer Barrel claims they have a burger SOOOO big no one can actually eat it.
This burger is purported to weigh about 15 lbs. The meat weighs in at a hefty ten pounds,plus the bun,and 25 slices of cheese,two large onions,three tomatoes,a medium sized jar of pickles, a whole head of iceberg lettuce, and approximately one quart of a mustard,ketchup,mayonaise combination. This tribute to the Earl of Sandwich is said to contain about 30,000 calories (unverified)
There is a challange to any tag team to consume this behemoth burger called the "Beer Barrel Buster Burger" If it can be eaten in less than three hours by any two people you will win $40.00 cash (may substitute Pepto Bismol Coupons) Two Hats and two stretch tee shirts,complete with Dennys Beer Barrel logo.
Being semi -professional in such challenges, I am forbidden from giving it a go, but I would truly love to see someone do this deed. I`m sure it would do my heart good.
~ Factoid # 3 ~
A red blood cell lives for 80 to 120 days while a white blood cell lasts only a average of 13 days.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Ladys and Gentlemen...........The First Lady
There is a new buzz in D.C............. Laura Bush is extreemly comfortable and competent in front of crowds. She captured many hearts and minds at a roast at the White House and was so good that,in my opinion,ever decides to run for office this is a woman that truly has a chance to make it happen.I think she is smart ,tough,and beautifull and the house on Pennsylvania Ave hasn`t been graced with a woman of this caliber since Jackie Kennedy. It is so nice to feel good about the white house and its residents.
~Factoid # 2 ~
The total ammount of air that both lungs hold when filled to capacity is six liters
~Factoid # 2 ~
The total ammount of air that both lungs hold when filled to capacity is six liters
Monday, May 02, 2005
She is gone............sigh
Well my Princess left to go back home yesterday and it never ceases to amaze me how empty this house and my life is without a childs presence in my home. I have always had children,mine,or someone elses around and I truly miss having those wonderously open minds to mess with. A niece was the best in makin up stories and her little motor mouth never stopped and now that she is gone and grown up on me, her daughter is stepping right up to fill her moms history without even knowing it.She selected about five different kinds of "spices" from the yard (most horticulturists would call them weeds) but to Miss Priss they are spices carefully selected for the pot of Jumbolayla she was cookin for everyone. She even accompianied her stirrings with a occasional phew and a wipe of the brow cause we all know how hard that cookin is.I must say it was a mighty fine scald on that Jumbolayla.
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I think I am going to introduce a new feature on my blog starting today..........A Pointless Piece of Information. Let me know if you all like it and if you do I will try to keep up the effort of findin em HEHEHEHEHEHE
Factoid # 1 The average person breathes about 16 times a minute,960 respirations per hour, 23,040 per day, 161,280 per week, 645,120 per month, and 7,741,440 per year.
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I think I am going to introduce a new feature on my blog starting today..........A Pointless Piece of Information. Let me know if you all like it and if you do I will try to keep up the effort of findin em HEHEHEHEHEHE
Factoid # 1 The average person breathes about 16 times a minute,960 respirations per hour, 23,040 per day, 161,280 per week, 645,120 per month, and 7,741,440 per year.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
I Love My Town
I love my community. Honestly I love livin here. I learn so many things even at my advanced age. Like..........my five year old grandaughter is a lot faster than I am and that when she catches me nakie(getting out of the shower) I look like a "great big naked baby". Hehehehe. I also learned that in times of need a lot of people show up from different areas in your life to help out. I lost my boat docks this last winter due to a bad slice of time when the river was freezing and then it warmed and flooded and the resultant ice flows took them down river somewhere to be fire wood for some fortunate riverman. Bad for me ~ Good for them.
Today was the day to rebuild them and launch them again. All of my sons friends showed up and most everyone actually helped rebuild and launch Some also brougt a meat sacrifice to the webber god who smiled greatfully upon them. When it was done the was a great feast for all to be had and a brand new nice place for me to fish or maybe even swim. It is truly nice to know your neighbors name
Today was the day to rebuild them and launch them again. All of my sons friends showed up and most everyone actually helped rebuild and launch Some also brougt a meat sacrifice to the webber god who smiled greatfully upon them. When it was done the was a great feast for all to be had and a brand new nice place for me to fish or maybe even swim. It is truly nice to know your neighbors name
Friday, April 29, 2005
Thats My Sory & I`m Stickin' To It
Honest your Honor we really was diggin around in the yard and simply found the money. Well why don`t it have dirt on it? I don`t know but we found it while we were diggin in the yard. ..........Yeah thats it. found it......yard.yeah. Well why were you digging in the yard............oh no reason we ah well you see your honor man we are trying to get in shape and we couldn`t afford a gym membership or free weights for home so we decided that we would just dig in the yard and that would build us up. yeah thats right it would build us up see and then we could get a job acting and then we could buy some free weights. Yeah thats right your honor thats our story and we are stickin to it.
Well it seems that while these bums are putting a roof on someones house they simply FOUND the money, trouble is they didn`t find it on their own property. how they got caught is they wanted be on tv and brought the attention on themselves so they made up the story.
Poor bums aint got enough sence to keep their mouths shut and enjoy the money so they deserve to get caught. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
Well it seems that while these bums are putting a roof on someones house they simply FOUND the money, trouble is they didn`t find it on their own property. how they got caught is they wanted be on tv and brought the attention on themselves so they made up the story.
Poor bums aint got enough sence to keep their mouths shut and enjoy the money so they deserve to get caught. At least that is the way I see it here on Arrathorns Alley.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Shades Of Tom Swift
I had a chance to view photos of the new air bus today and it is aboslutely incredible. It has the potential to seat app.800 coach class passengers and if it is really tricked out around 550. It has a first class eaterie, a bar,and even a duty free store. It truly is the day of tom swift and his flying boat.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
By gum I think I fially figured it out. I know I am stupid but I have come by it honestly. I suppose I wanted to think better of my fellow man than he deserves. I was thinking..........why on earth isn`t everyone as greatfull to live in this country as I am? After much thought and postulation I remembered (with the help of the way back machine) how my children wasn't really appreciative of some of the toys that we furnished them. Well........ all right I can understand why the boys didn`t like the deal on the barbies I got at the flea market,but, we did buy them some pretty cool stuff. It was always lying around inviting me to trample them or otherwise render them un-usable. But when they ended up earning some money and buying their own things..... by golley they no longer were strewn about but actually picked up and put away when they were done with them for the day.
~ SO ~
I think that is why most Americans today don`t appreciate the freedoms that they enjoy and it ends up being no big deal if one or two of those rights are taken away or changed or otherwise made to serve someone other than the general populace it was intended to.
I am about to change all of that...........Institute a Draft. commencing at age 18. All must register for this draft. Male or female ....no matter. Are you one of those people who don`t want to serve in the military or perhaps a contentious objector? Not a problem at all. You may serve in hospitals or nursing homes or in our park service or perhaps a volunteer shopper or just a friend sitter. All of our youth should be required to do this for a minimum of two years and in exchange for this service recieve the same benefits that our military recieves. This way their rights will have been earned and simply not just given to a ungratefull lot who will just poo poo them away. Wake up people things are comming down around your ears and you won't do a damn thing about it, or at least that is the way I see it here at Arathorns Alley
~ SO ~
I think that is why most Americans today don`t appreciate the freedoms that they enjoy and it ends up being no big deal if one or two of those rights are taken away or changed or otherwise made to serve someone other than the general populace it was intended to.
I am about to change all of that...........Institute a Draft. commencing at age 18. All must register for this draft. Male or female ....no matter. Are you one of those people who don`t want to serve in the military or perhaps a contentious objector? Not a problem at all. You may serve in hospitals or nursing homes or in our park service or perhaps a volunteer shopper or just a friend sitter. All of our youth should be required to do this for a minimum of two years and in exchange for this service recieve the same benefits that our military recieves. This way their rights will have been earned and simply not just given to a ungratefull lot who will just poo poo them away. Wake up people things are comming down around your ears and you won't do a damn thing about it, or at least that is the way I see it here at Arathorns Alley
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