Saturday, April 29, 2006
This was in last Tuesday's (4-25-2006)
A Dutchman was explaining the red, white and blue Netherland's flag to an American."Our flag is symbolic of our taxes.
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We get red when we talk about them, white when we get our tax bills, and blue after we pay them."
The American nodded. "It's the same in the USA only we see stars too!"
**From Clean Joke of the Day (link)
Adi Can . . .
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Adi can meet new friends
[you can click on this picture to enlarge them]
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But where is her new friend?
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Easy questions first. What was she doing when she met this new fellow? Why going for a walk with Jim, of course.
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Ok, now where is her newfound friend?
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Why up that tree, that's where.
It's a squirrel!! It's a squirrel!! [Look right in the middle of the picture, on your left side of the trunk.]
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What is that guy doing up in the tree when Adi is on the ground looking up?
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He ran up the tree when Adi was chasing him.
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You see, this is another friend Adi really didn't take to.
[or vice versa]
Friday, April 28, 2006
Who said, "We have two oil men in the White House." "I've never seen an oil man who wanted the price of oil to go down."
Answer:
Why Senator Robert Menendez (D. New Jersey) of course, on the Charlie Rose show Wednesday night.
Per the Houston Chronicle of April 27, 2006, "Menendez proposed a 60-day suspension of the 18.4-cent gasoline tax and 24-cent-a-gallon diesel tax. Revenue lost to the government, as much as $6 billion, would be made up by removing some oil company tax breaks, he said.
Sunrise, Monday morning, ....................................... [Click on pictures to see full size]
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That would be from the window of our Boeing 767 at 12,000 feet elevation.
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Next, a little later we would see the Alps of Italy, France, and Switzerland from that same window.
What is Mrs. Jim doing here?
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Find out in the next blog about our trip, that will be next Friday or earlier.
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**I hadn't reset the clock in my camera. It was seven hours earlier than my camera clock. That made a few of this first picture showing the wrong date.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Who said, "We have two oil men in the White House." "I've never seen an oil man who wanted the price of oil to go down."
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Dad didn't know until this week.
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He has done two dives now in tandem, next he can study up and take an exam to dive solo. I don't think he has signed up for this yet.
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Bachelors just wanna have fun.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
[go read it your self at (link)]
[By BILL HENSEL JR.Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle ]
You had better read pretty fast because right now it has pictures.
If it goes away, go to chron.com and search for 'Ideal X shipping.'
The article boasted: "The shipping container (xx?xx yy?yy in my earlier post, nobody guessed the answer) may be a close second to the Internet in the way it has changed the international economy, and in that way, our lives." ibid.
"The Ideal X left the Port of Newark on April 26, 1956, carrying cargo in 58 shipping containers. It docked at the Port of Houston on May 2." ibid.
Today we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the start of using contains for shipping. This put the longshoremen in a higher income tax bracket if somehow they could keep their jobs. Those remaining became highly specialized.
...............................................Picture courtessy of Shwann's
........................'''Once in a lifetime? Travelblog' (link page 4)
....................... very interesting blog (link to travelblog)
Have you seen a container? They look like very large dumpsters, usually they are brown, a dirty red, or yucky green. Unless we live on a waterway, we generally see them being pulled by semis or two of them loaded on a railroad flatcar.
The Port of Houston handled nearly 1.6 million of them last year. In 1995 it was just over 600,000. Houston is running at full capacity right now, but new construction is expected to handle 15 to 20 percent growth annually.
If you care to visit us, we will take you on an inspection boat ride down the Houston Ship Channel. You can see for yourself how these monsters are transported at sea.
From the earlier version of this post: 'For teasers, it will be about today being something celebrating its 50th anniversary today.' Our Chronicle quoted . . .
For some pictures and mor information on containers see Mat Hines page (link).
If I offended you with yesterday's post, then I apologize. But I won't change. Or change the blog (for now at least).
My Site Meter said I have had 26 'lookers' for that one. Plus only two commenters, so I know people not commenting just 1) didn't want to hurt my feelings to tell me it was in bad taste or 2) other reasons, like my many relatives and friends who aren't bloggers. I'll hear from the latter in private later, my ears might be burning right now.
But it was something I felt I had to do. I'm just plain bad sometimes.
Oh yes, another blogger Googled to find my December 20 article about the six day underwear. How about that. Knew what he/she was looking for too, asked for 'six days underwear three leg holes japanese.' I checked that one out, found out there is a lot of Internet writing/discussion about that. I did my article from memory.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Man falls to his death
when sinkhole opens
in middle of his house
Some theorize the living room sat atop an old mine
The Houston Chronicle
April 24, 2006, 10:49PM (link) **
What happened dear?
(Muffled voice) Help, help, I'm down here!
Don't be silly, we don't have a basement.
Come quick! Call 911!
Oh my gosh!
(Ring, ring, ring)
Hello, 911!
Yes, how can we help you?
My husband just fell into a hole, come quickly!
Easy now, lady. Stay calm.
Where are you now?
I'm in my living room.
Can you see the hole from where you are?
I'm standing beside it.
Ok, lady. Sure. In your living room.
Yes, yes! Right in the middle of the room.
Well, that's better now. Just lay down. We will have a paramedic there right away.
No, no, no. It's my husband who needs help. Bring some strong men, a ladder, and some rope! And anything else you think will help!
I know, I know. I sympathize with you. That sorry bastard. He hasn't hit you, has he. Are you safe now?
No, no, nothing like that. There is an abyss right here, and he fell in it. Come quick!
Hell on earth? That comes often. Does he hallucinate? What did he take?
No, no. He's in danger. I haven't heard from him now for a few minutes.
Good, good. At least you are safe for the time being. I'll send a clergy too, ropes and ladders won't get him out of the hell he is in. Can we have prayer right now while you are waiting?
J...n, J...n, how are you doing down there(!!)?
SILENCE. DEATHLY SILENCE.
Be calm, lady. It is alright now. You are better and he is calmed down. Paramedics and the ambulance are about six minutes away now. Are you still laying down?
MORE SILENCE, DEATHLY SILENCE.
SOBBING, SOBBING.
Honey, stay on the line , it's almost over.
Little did that operator know. What a horrible way to die. Right in the safety of one's home. And so terrifying for the helpless wife who was always there to help.
The article concluded with this:
The Alta (sic, California) area was heavily mined for gold in the late 1800s. A mine collapse is one likely cause of the tragedy, but officials say they can't explain it yet. The area was part of the historic Nary Red Mine, a complex of 16 different gold mining claims that operated from the 1860s to the 1940s.
Labels: 911, Humor(?), The News
Monday, April 24, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
From Isaiah 40, verses 6, 7, and 8
6 A voice was saying, "Cry out!"
Another said, "What should I cry out?"
"All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the LORD blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flowers fade,
but the word of our God remains forever."
