Trump??????
Trump???? Trump???? People you have got to be kidding... Trump???? Really? Get some brains... Trump????
How about we get really stupid and have a Trump / Palin ticket?
Trump????
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Things I would rather have than a million dollars.
There are a lot of things I would rather have than a million dollars. Two million dollars jumps to mind for a start.
If I were to wish for wealth I would rather wish for a dollar every time I called one of the cats, dogs or horses by the wrong name. If I wanted to double my money I would wish for a dollar every time my wife did the same thing. I could do well financially if I had a dollar for every time I arrived at a destination and couldn't remember why I traveled there to begin with. I could also do well if I had a dollar for every time I completely lost my train of thought in mid sentence. What was I saying? Oh, yeah... I would like to have a dollar for every time that I misspell the same handful of simple words. I can easily type out “claustrophobia”. Why do I have so danged much trouble with “occasion”? I consistently try to spell it with one “c” and two “s”. I do on “occasion” have a bout of “claustrophobia”.
I would like to have a dollar for each time a car runs the stop sign at the “T” intersection that tees near the entry of our barnyard. Likewise I would like a dollar for every time that a passerby tosses their litter in my yard or along the mile of road ditches along our farm we try to keep clean.
Here is a side branch for you. If our government could collect a dollar for each spam email we would not have a national debt...
Chat later.
There are a lot of things I would rather have than a million dollars. Two million dollars jumps to mind for a start.
If I were to wish for wealth I would rather wish for a dollar every time I called one of the cats, dogs or horses by the wrong name. If I wanted to double my money I would wish for a dollar every time my wife did the same thing. I could do well financially if I had a dollar for every time I arrived at a destination and couldn't remember why I traveled there to begin with. I could also do well if I had a dollar for every time I completely lost my train of thought in mid sentence. What was I saying? Oh, yeah... I would like to have a dollar for every time that I misspell the same handful of simple words. I can easily type out “claustrophobia”. Why do I have so danged much trouble with “occasion”? I consistently try to spell it with one “c” and two “s”. I do on “occasion” have a bout of “claustrophobia”.
I would like to have a dollar for each time a car runs the stop sign at the “T” intersection that tees near the entry of our barnyard. Likewise I would like a dollar for every time that a passerby tosses their litter in my yard or along the mile of road ditches along our farm we try to keep clean.
Here is a side branch for you. If our government could collect a dollar for each spam email we would not have a national debt...
Chat later.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
The green thing.
I can't give proper credit for this item since it came in an email unidentified.
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags
weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained,
"We didn't have the green thing back in my day.
That's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day. Back then, they
returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The
store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled,
using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But they didn't have the green thing back her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator in
every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn't
climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks. But
she's right.
They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the
throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts "wind and solar power" really did dry the clothes.
Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always
brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right,
They didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every room. And
the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a screen the size of
the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because
they didn't have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged
a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
But they didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the
lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right,
They didn't have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a
plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled pens with
ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor
instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But, they didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their bikes to school or
rode the school bus, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to
power a dozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized gadget to
receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to
find the nearest pizza joint. But that lady is right;
They didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Chat later
I can't give proper credit for this item since it came in an email unidentified.
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags
weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained,
"We didn't have the green thing back in my day.
That's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day. Back then, they
returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The
store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled,
using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But they didn't have the green thing back her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator in
every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn't
climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks. But
she's right.
They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the
throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts "wind and solar power" really did dry the clothes.
Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always
brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right,
They didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every room. And
the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a screen the size of
the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because
they didn't have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged
a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
But they didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the
lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right,
They didn't have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a
plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled pens with
ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor
instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But, they didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their bikes to school or
rode the school bus, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to
power a dozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized gadget to
receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to
find the nearest pizza joint. But that lady is right;
They didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Chat later
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