Thoughts
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 40
It's that time of year again.... the end that is.....
Whet was accomplished in the past year?....
Looks like a lot of people died, both needlessly and naturally.....
I lost few family members and acquaintances....
I have a place in a particular dead pool and lost again, just trying to figure out who to pick for the next year.... anybody got any ideas?....
My son moved away from the area with the woman he has picked as his own, or she picked him as her own.. not sure which and a little concerned .....
Oil and Hydro have skyrocketed, how do they expect people to just keep paying?
I am looking at a possible move up in the company I work for, with a little trepidation...
I don't like new years resolutions because they just seem to be ripe for the breaking but I do need to make some major changes in my life and damn soon...
Yea, just a random bunch of thoughts this morning and a lot of hhmmm....
Thoughts
Whet was accomplished in the past year?....
Looks like a lot of people died, both needlessly and naturally.....
I lost few family members and acquaintances....
I have a place in a particular dead pool and lost again, just trying to figure out who to pick for the next year.... anybody got any ideas?....
My son moved away from the area with the woman he has picked as his own, or she picked him as her own.. not sure which and a little concerned .....
Oil and Hydro have skyrocketed, how do they expect people to just keep paying?
I am looking at a possible move up in the company I work for, with a little trepidation...
I don't like new years resolutions because they just seem to be ripe for the breaking but I do need to make some major changes in my life and damn soon...
Yea, just a random bunch of thoughts this morning and a lot of hhmmm....
Thoughts
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Last HNT of 05...!!!
As requested, this is my favorite pic so far....
These have supported me no matter what I weigh, no matter what the weather, no matter the footwear.... they just keep on carrying...
Right now I have a plantar's wart on the one and that makes it extremely painful to walk but I have to get where I'm going and can't let a little thing like that stop me.
I put 4 plus miles on these things every single day.... My best friends, I guess.
Happy HNT to everyone else!
Thoughts
These have supported me no matter what I weigh, no matter what the weather, no matter the footwear.... they just keep on carrying...
Right now I have a plantar's wart on the one and that makes it extremely painful to walk but I have to get where I'm going and can't let a little thing like that stop me.
I put 4 plus miles on these things every single day.... My best friends, I guess.
Happy HNT to everyone else!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
The 48 Laws of Power... 23/24
Law 23
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Thoughts
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 39
Hope everyone had a great Christmas....
I find it really hard to explain why I don't really feel anything for Christmas.
People come up to me and ask, "How was your Christmas?"
My answer, "It was a day off work"....
I can remember being so excited about the day and the presents and the season and..... it just isn't there for me anymore...
Sure, I see my kids and get gifts and good food but.... something is missing....
Can you get too old for it?
Can it just turn into another day?
A mere day off from work?
Maybe working the days on both sides of it make it less than a satisfying holiday?
At least I have the 2nd of January off....
I think I need to look for something else that is more satisfying in my life than what I am doing now. I have seen bloggers that are doing the same job hopping but they don't seem any happier either....
Anyway, hhmmm....
Thoughts
I find it really hard to explain why I don't really feel anything for Christmas.
People come up to me and ask, "How was your Christmas?"
My answer, "It was a day off work"....
I can remember being so excited about the day and the presents and the season and..... it just isn't there for me anymore...
Sure, I see my kids and get gifts and good food but.... something is missing....
Can you get too old for it?
Can it just turn into another day?
A mere day off from work?
Maybe working the days on both sides of it make it less than a satisfying holiday?
At least I have the 2nd of January off....
I think I need to look for something else that is more satisfying in my life than what I am doing now. I have seen bloggers that are doing the same job hopping but they don't seem any happier either....
Anyway, hhmmm....
Thoughts
Monday, December 26, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Christmas eve 2005....
It is raining today, gonna rain tonight and tomorrow as well.....
Here is a little reminder of the time of year it is supposed to be....
And...
And here is a sample of today...
Oh well,
It's CHRISTMAS EVE!
1 final sleep to
1 final sleep to
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Thoughts
Friday, December 23, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 38
How about that internal clock we each have......
Here it is almost 5:30 in the freaking morning and I got to be to work for 7.......
It's funny how, as a kid or teenager, there wasn't an alarm clock that could wake me up.
Even after I got married, the only thing I could get to wake my ass out of bed at anytime was the wife.
For the past five plus years, I've been working at the same place and my shift has gone completely around the clock. Since the wife left, so has my dependency on her waking me up, I can get out of bed at what ever hour I choose just by my decision to get up.
My usual day starts at about 6:30. I have to make sure the kid is up and ready to head for school before preparing for my day when I have to leave for work at about 8:30.
I was required to be at work today for new product training at seven and with no assistance from any external source, I am up at twenty minutes to five.
Just FYI, I walk to work which takes about 30 to 40 minutes, just in case anyone was wondering.
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Here it is almost 5:30 in the freaking morning and I got to be to work for 7.......
It's funny how, as a kid or teenager, there wasn't an alarm clock that could wake me up.
Even after I got married, the only thing I could get to wake my ass out of bed at anytime was the wife.
For the past five plus years, I've been working at the same place and my shift has gone completely around the clock. Since the wife left, so has my dependency on her waking me up, I can get out of bed at what ever hour I choose just by my decision to get up.
My usual day starts at about 6:30. I have to make sure the kid is up and ready to head for school before preparing for my day when I have to leave for work at about 8:30.
I was required to be at work today for new product training at seven and with no assistance from any external source, I am up at twenty minutes to five.
Just FYI, I walk to work which takes about 30 to 40 minutes, just in case anyone was wondering.
hhmmm....
Just two, two, two more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Last HNT before Christmas
Here we are at the second last HNT of the year....
This is what happens when ya slip on the ice on yer front step and go down. Yea, I'll survive but man, it really hurt for a little while...
Happy HNT once again!
Only TREE more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 37
How did we let politicians decide what they would be paid?
A local council decided not to give themselves a raise this year but did up the travel expense. This is a good thing, sorta...
It makes you stop and think, when it does come around again for the raise question, are they going to add this as another year"since" the last raise, therefore we deserve it?
Are the politicians really worth the money that they are being paid?
This is like the management system in big corporations but with a slight twist. We get to vote for the people we want in power but I'm not absolutely sure we really have that decision...
I know that of all the years I have voted, only one resulted in the party I wanted in but not the ass they was heading the whole thing. He actually brought shame to the party not to mention the country...
Just a few thoughts to make you go hhmmm....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
A local council decided not to give themselves a raise this year but did up the travel expense. This is a good thing, sorta...
It makes you stop and think, when it does come around again for the raise question, are they going to add this as another year"since" the last raise, therefore we deserve it?
Are the politicians really worth the money that they are being paid?
This is like the management system in big corporations but with a slight twist. We get to vote for the people we want in power but I'm not absolutely sure we really have that decision...
I know that of all the years I have voted, only one resulted in the party I wanted in but not the ass they was heading the whole thing. He actually brought shame to the party not to mention the country...
Just a few thoughts to make you go hhmmm....
hhmmm....
5 sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Monday, December 19, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
The 48 Laws of Power
Law 21
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Thoughts
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Only 7 more sleeps til
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Some random pics and humour...
And just where do I find some of these?
You'll definitely want to teach yer kids to be fast...
This has to be a class "A" number one "redneck" home.,,
One of my favourites, you don't have to feed, pet, walk or clean up after one of these freebies!
And we are down to only 8 sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Friday, December 16, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 36
FedEx...
This courier has a new delivery policy that has to be the dumbest move ever.
They have decided that if everybody has to pay extra for a signature delivery.
essentially, they can throw your package off of the truck anywhere they want and if you didn't pay the extra for the signature requirement, too bad, FedEx is not responsible.
WTF?
I think I just found a way for Hoss to make his pile.
He could hire a taxi to follow the FedEx delivery truck around picking up all of the packages that have been dropped and, look out eBay, new "shipment" for sale.
Not really funny because I already see it happening....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
This courier has a new delivery policy that has to be the dumbest move ever.
They have decided that if everybody has to pay extra for a signature delivery.
essentially, they can throw your package off of the truck anywhere they want and if you didn't pay the extra for the signature requirement, too bad, FedEx is not responsible.
WTF?
I think I just found a way for Hoss to make his pile.
He could hire a taxi to follow the FedEx delivery truck around picking up all of the packages that have been dropped and, look out eBay, new "shipment" for sale.
Not really funny because I already see it happening....
hhmmm....
8 more sleeps before...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Happy HNT !!!!!!
How would ya like to use that meat hook to feed yerself?The middle finger from the last joint to the tip was crushed a lot of years ago.
This is the same hand, when a nurse tried to put an intravenous in, had to try at least four times, twisting and turning, trying to find a vein and had to let a younger, less experienced one actually do it with one poke.
I can also put a walnut between the middle knuckle on the middle finger and index finger, ball my hand into a fist and crush the walnut. Good Christmas trick for the kids...
And guess what.... 9 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 35
School sports...
In most of the sports in the local schools, one team lines up and shakes hands with the other after the game.
In one of the games by one school, the one sets of coaches, rudely ignored the other team.
When was this tradition stopped?
Are we trying to show sportsmanship or that winning is the only acceptable option?
Understand that it is a "sport", a "game"....
Apparently, they are trying to get them ready for the hard life of professional "sports".
Just a stray thought on the subject..
Thoughts
In most of the sports in the local schools, one team lines up and shakes hands with the other after the game.
In one of the games by one school, the one sets of coaches, rudely ignored the other team.
When was this tradition stopped?
Are we trying to show sportsmanship or that winning is the only acceptable option?
Understand that it is a "sport", a "game"....
Apparently, they are trying to get them ready for the hard life of professional "sports".
Just a stray thought on the subject..
And 10 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 34
I don't know about you people but it is getting either too damn cold or I'm getting too damn old.....
This morning we get up to a -22 (that is a little minus sign, below zero cold)
We didn't hit a record which is -25 but man, I got to walk through 2 miles of this damn cold to get to work.
I'm going to have to leave at least a half hour early so I got time to thaw before I can actually start to work.
The other scarey item is paying for the oil to keep my house warm through this weather. It was unaffordable last year and the cost of oil is up now so good luck to all who are either at or below the poverty line or those on a single income, such as me.
Sure it used to be a crap load colder when I was a kid but I WAS A KID, and it didn't mean much to me. Arthritis has made it a lot less bearable not to mention the other ailments of age. And crap, I'm not that old. I feel like I'm 180 but that is a slight exaggeration of my real age of 48.
Oh well, we do what we gotta do.
Supposed to be as cold tomorrow but warming a bit near the end of the week.
Good luck to all today.
Thoughts
This morning we get up to a -22 (that is a little minus sign, below zero cold)
We didn't hit a record which is -25 but man, I got to walk through 2 miles of this damn cold to get to work.
I'm going to have to leave at least a half hour early so I got time to thaw before I can actually start to work.
The other scarey item is paying for the oil to keep my house warm through this weather. It was unaffordable last year and the cost of oil is up now so good luck to all who are either at or below the poverty line or those on a single income, such as me.
Sure it used to be a crap load colder when I was a kid but I WAS A KID, and it didn't mean much to me. Arthritis has made it a lot less bearable not to mention the other ailments of age. And crap, I'm not that old. I feel like I'm 180 but that is a slight exaggeration of my real age of 48.
Oh well, we do what we gotta do.
Supposed to be as cold tomorrow but warming a bit near the end of the week.
Good luck to all today.
Only 11 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Monday, December 12, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Time for another MEME...
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4 and type it here:
Ryan and Jeff. It's a trick. Jeff's kidnapped our son. -...hear the children calling... by Clare
McNally.
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
My computer.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Monty Python's "The Life Of Brian".
4. Without looking guess what time it is?
About 12:30 am (just after midnight).
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
12:18 am.
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The radio station.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About 6:30 pm when I came back from doing my laundry.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
Blogs.
9. What are you wearing?
Jeans and a T-shirt, no shoes or socks.
10. Did you dream last night?
Not that I remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
Whie watching the movie mentioned above.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Pale bule paint on panelling(yuck), print of the Titanic behind me, oil painting of a creek in
front of me and two mirrors to my left.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Depends on your meaning of "Weird".
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Stupid but kills time.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Can't remember, been a year or more.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
The house I'm living in.
17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I can knit and create petite point items.
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you
do?
Kill all of the politicians and criminals so we can start over clean.
19. Do you like to dance?
No.
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
She was our second and named her Marie.
21. Imagine your second child is a boy, what do you call him?
He was first and named him Robert and the third was a boy we named Andrew.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Definitely.
There ya go, feel free to take it fer yer own...
Thoughts
Ryan and Jeff. It's a trick. Jeff's kidnapped our son. -...hear the children calling... by Clare
McNally.
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
My computer.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Monty Python's "The Life Of Brian".
4. Without looking guess what time it is?
About 12:30 am (just after midnight).
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
12:18 am.
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The radio station.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About 6:30 pm when I came back from doing my laundry.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
Blogs.
9. What are you wearing?
Jeans and a T-shirt, no shoes or socks.
10. Did you dream last night?
Not that I remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
Whie watching the movie mentioned above.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Pale bule paint on panelling(yuck), print of the Titanic behind me, oil painting of a creek in
front of me and two mirrors to my left.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Depends on your meaning of "Weird".
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Stupid but kills time.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Can't remember, been a year or more.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
The house I'm living in.
17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I can knit and create petite point items.
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you
do?
Kill all of the politicians and criminals so we can start over clean.
19. Do you like to dance?
No.
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
She was our second and named her Marie.
21. Imagine your second child is a boy, what do you call him?
He was first and named him Robert and the third was a boy we named Andrew.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Definitely.
There ya go, feel free to take it fer yer own...
Thoughts
Saturday, December 10, 2005
A sort of tag....
This was a little project from the one blog I visit occasionally locted at the end of the post...
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Whoa, you said you wouldn't tell a single soul and guess what? Every damn person I meet from that city knows what went down that night!
Did you think you could get away scott free?
Those women thought is was just plain hilarious but me and the rest of the guys.... well let me tell you.....
When we think of that night all we can do is wince and cross our legs.
Who would have thought you could be so cruel and insensitive?
After all I have done for you and you treat me and my buds this way.
What are you going to do next?
I had better not hear anything more about this where I live now.
You remember the guy I hired for your little problem the last time, I can spend a little to protect myself this time....
By the way, you can keep all of that cash you found under the seat, I have the rest that was in the trunk.
Behave yourself, or else.....
Thoughts
http://thecerebraloutpost.blogspot.com/
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Lets see what comes of it..
Thoughts
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Whoa, you said you wouldn't tell a single soul and guess what? Every damn person I meet from that city knows what went down that night!
Did you think you could get away scott free?
Those women thought is was just plain hilarious but me and the rest of the guys.... well let me tell you.....
When we think of that night all we can do is wince and cross our legs.
Who would have thought you could be so cruel and insensitive?
After all I have done for you and you treat me and my buds this way.
What are you going to do next?
I had better not hear anything more about this where I live now.
You remember the guy I hired for your little problem the last time, I can spend a little to protect myself this time....
By the way, you can keep all of that cash you found under the seat, I have the rest that was in the trunk.
Behave yourself, or else.....
Thoughts
http://thecerebraloutpost.blogspot.com/
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Lets see what comes of it..
Thoughts
Things that make you go hhmm.... 33
What is it about CEO's that make them think they have the right to screw with other people?
Is it because they think they are far superior?
How is it, if they are so superior, they can barely understand the technology they have and can barely use.
I made a call to a fellow who was having an issue with a printer. He had an older one that printed the documents he had created, correctly, lo those many years ago, and now that he has purchased a newer one, expects it to work exactly the same.
Of course some modifications have to be made to the documents to work with the newer units and drivers but he can't be made to understand that he has to change with the technology.
The only issue was with documents that were created with two Microsoft products but he outright refused to believe that they could make some adjustments that may work.
His response to my suggestion to seek assistance from Microsoft was to state, "I am the CEO of three companies and all you can offer me is to talk to Microsoft?"
I said, "Yes."
He wanted some adjustments to be made to the printer to work with the program.
Just because he is the "all important, bow to my frickin, better than you" ass, I have to kiss his ass?
Not on your life!
If some of these self important, self righteous, self centered asses were to take some time to learn a little more about the workings of technology that they want and need to use, and quit harassing and berating those that support the products, they might get a whole new insight into the real world.
What the hell am I saying? It will always be "those that have will rule those that don't"
Oh, well, that is the rant for tonight...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Is it because they think they are far superior?
How is it, if they are so superior, they can barely understand the technology they have and can barely use.
I made a call to a fellow who was having an issue with a printer. He had an older one that printed the documents he had created, correctly, lo those many years ago, and now that he has purchased a newer one, expects it to work exactly the same.
Of course some modifications have to be made to the documents to work with the newer units and drivers but he can't be made to understand that he has to change with the technology.
The only issue was with documents that were created with two Microsoft products but he outright refused to believe that they could make some adjustments that may work.
His response to my suggestion to seek assistance from Microsoft was to state, "I am the CEO of three companies and all you can offer me is to talk to Microsoft?"
I said, "Yes."
He wanted some adjustments to be made to the printer to work with the program.
Just because he is the "all important, bow to my frickin, better than you" ass, I have to kiss his ass?
Not on your life!
If some of these self important, self righteous, self centered asses were to take some time to learn a little more about the workings of technology that they want and need to use, and quit harassing and berating those that support the products, they might get a whole new insight into the real world.
What the hell am I saying? It will always be "those that have will rule those that don't"
Oh, well, that is the rant for tonight...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Friday, December 09, 2005
TGIF Humour
Me, a half hour before quitting time friday's...
I am the one...
Looks like an idea for Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night and if you got enough, Sunday too...
Anyway, cheap post but at least it is a post...
Thoughts
Thoughts
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Happy HNT !!!!!!
There it is. Surgery was performed on this thing the first time when I was about 15. From then I have since had three more and the damn thing is totaled inside.
The next time they touch this, they will be replacing both.
If you look real close, you can see the scar running up the one side.
Happy HNT!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 32
Yippee... Got my camera replacement last Friday, not so yippee, it needs to be replaced again... damn.....
It thought it was great that I had my brand new replacement.
The only problem with having it replaced is the fact that I work Monday to Friday, leaving the house around 8:30 in the morning and not back till between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.
I'm one of those walk to work people and the distance is about two miles one way. Yea, I do get my exercise but if I'd had my druthers, I would definitely be driving.
Anyway, with the hours I work, good luck getting or sending anything by courier. Someone has to be available between the hours of 8 and 8. Does this work for me? Yea, right...
Good thing I happen to be on reasonable terms with my ex so she waits for couriers and things on one of her days off which is Thursday.
This is a pic from the camera, not too bad for a broken camera. FYI, this was taken at night without the flash, focus set to infinity and a very unsteady hand.
Oh well, looking forward to HNT anyway....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
It thought it was great that I had my brand new replacement.
The only problem with having it replaced is the fact that I work Monday to Friday, leaving the house around 8:30 in the morning and not back till between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.
I'm one of those walk to work people and the distance is about two miles one way. Yea, I do get my exercise but if I'd had my druthers, I would definitely be driving.
Anyway, with the hours I work, good luck getting or sending anything by courier. Someone has to be available between the hours of 8 and 8. Does this work for me? Yea, right...
Good thing I happen to be on reasonable terms with my ex so she waits for couriers and things on one of her days off which is Thursday.
This is a pic from the camera, not too bad for a broken camera. FYI, this was taken at night without the flash, focus set to infinity and a very unsteady hand.
Oh well, looking forward to HNT anyway....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 31
Global Warming....
There was some sort of meeting on global warming yesterday, sorry, just heard a snippet this morning but the "meteorologist" on the radio said something that I thought had to be just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Ooops, that was a run on sentence wasn't it?
Anyway, the ass on the radio said that the global warming thing was a lot of hooey...
Apparently he may be a little retarded.
He noted that the glaciers etc, have been melting for millions of years.
Just how long has the planet got?
Does he really believe that the ice on this planet will last forever?
Is it possible that the earth will never change?
I can remember, crap, I now sound like the Ol' Man, when we had real snow. We had the first bit of snow here around the first of December. Does anyone else remember when we had real, ass deep, shovel till your heart quits, freeze the snot to your face, cold, winter snows in October?
I remember trips to our cottage for Christmas when you could not see the power lines along the sides of the roads because the snow was deep enough to cover them.
Now we have about three months that could actually be called winter and people are bitching about the cold.
I can remember, last one in this post, I promise, walking to work on a Saturday morning when it was minus thirty five and with the windchill, minus seventy five. It was a nice brisk walk.
These days, more because of my age and ailments, I would be found probably within ten feet of my front door, frozen to death in a three inch high snow bank, if the temp was as low as minus thirty.
Memory, a wonderful thing...
hhmmm.....
Thoughts
There was some sort of meeting on global warming yesterday, sorry, just heard a snippet this morning but the "meteorologist" on the radio said something that I thought had to be just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Ooops, that was a run on sentence wasn't it?
Anyway, the ass on the radio said that the global warming thing was a lot of hooey...
Apparently he may be a little retarded.
He noted that the glaciers etc, have been melting for millions of years.
Just how long has the planet got?
Does he really believe that the ice on this planet will last forever?
Is it possible that the earth will never change?
I can remember, crap, I now sound like the Ol' Man, when we had real snow. We had the first bit of snow here around the first of December. Does anyone else remember when we had real, ass deep, shovel till your heart quits, freeze the snot to your face, cold, winter snows in October?
I remember trips to our cottage for Christmas when you could not see the power lines along the sides of the roads because the snow was deep enough to cover them.
Now we have about three months that could actually be called winter and people are bitching about the cold.
I can remember, last one in this post, I promise, walking to work on a Saturday morning when it was minus thirty five and with the windchill, minus seventy five. It was a nice brisk walk.
These days, more because of my age and ailments, I would be found probably within ten feet of my front door, frozen to death in a three inch high snow bank, if the temp was as low as minus thirty.
Memory, a wonderful thing...
hhmmm.....
Thoughts
Monday, December 05, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 30
I went to see a doctor today, at a local walk-in clinic.
I have a sore spot on my foot, I think it was a sliver I got in July. It had twinged once in a while but no biggy.
Well, it seems it has progressed into a Plantar's Wart.
Damn, this thing is really no fun at all. It has gotten to the point where it appears to be a crater in the bottom of my foot. Yea, it is a little gross but I do take care of my feet. I put anywhere from two to six miles on them, almost every single day.
Anyway, I had suspicions that it in fact was one of these damnable warts but just wanted a confirmation from a medical person. I had already arranged through someone who has been a registered nurse for more years than I have been alive, to get me some silver nitrate sticks which are the perfect medicine(poison) for killing off the virus that causes these warts.
The so-called doctor came in and asked what the problem was. I pointed at my foot as I took my sock off, and said I think this is a plantars wart. He reached over and jammed his thumb right down in the middle of it and says yes.
Now anyone that has had one of these can tell you, nobody has any business jamming anything into the middle of it, much less something the size of a thumb. I, of course, winced and pulled back.
The doctor took no notice stating, "We'll have to take a little off around it, I'll go and get the liquid nitrogen."
WTF? I just wanted a confirmation that it in fact was what I thought it was.
I said, "I have some silver nitrate at home, that is all I'll need."
He said, "That won't do anything!"
I said, "Yes it will, I just wanted to know that it was a plantar's wart so I wouldn't be throwing poison at it needlessly."
To which he replied, "Fine!"
This is the same damn doctor who, when I went to the clinic with a sinus infection about two years ago, tried to make me feel stupid and as if I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
I am forty eight years old and have had enough infections in my time to know when and where the problem was.
hhmmm....
I have a normal family doctor that is pretty much of the same frickin attitude.
I had a problem where, when I got up in the morning, I was three times more tired than when I went to bed the night before. It took more than eight years to finally get the ass to refer me to a sleep clinic.
It turns out I have a severe case of sleep apnea. The usual process for the clinic is to go up the first night so they can test you and then the second night to try out a cpap apparatus.
Within the first hour and a half, my oxygen level had gone down to 65%. Scared the crap out of the girl that was testing me. I now have a cpap unit that cost well over $2000 to keep me alive.
Most of these units run at top end of 9 PSI. Mine runs at 12 PSI
Just how much damage has occurred to my brain as a result of the lack of oxygen over the years?
I'll never know and you can bet that doctor will deny any responsibility.
a crap load more hhmmm....
I'll get into the whole rant another day, this is just the tip of he iceberg on doctors.
Thoughts
I have a sore spot on my foot, I think it was a sliver I got in July. It had twinged once in a while but no biggy.
Well, it seems it has progressed into a Plantar's Wart.
Damn, this thing is really no fun at all. It has gotten to the point where it appears to be a crater in the bottom of my foot. Yea, it is a little gross but I do take care of my feet. I put anywhere from two to six miles on them, almost every single day.
Anyway, I had suspicions that it in fact was one of these damnable warts but just wanted a confirmation from a medical person. I had already arranged through someone who has been a registered nurse for more years than I have been alive, to get me some silver nitrate sticks which are the perfect medicine(poison) for killing off the virus that causes these warts.
The so-called doctor came in and asked what the problem was. I pointed at my foot as I took my sock off, and said I think this is a plantars wart. He reached over and jammed his thumb right down in the middle of it and says yes.
Now anyone that has had one of these can tell you, nobody has any business jamming anything into the middle of it, much less something the size of a thumb. I, of course, winced and pulled back.
The doctor took no notice stating, "We'll have to take a little off around it, I'll go and get the liquid nitrogen."
WTF? I just wanted a confirmation that it in fact was what I thought it was.
I said, "I have some silver nitrate at home, that is all I'll need."
He said, "That won't do anything!"
I said, "Yes it will, I just wanted to know that it was a plantar's wart so I wouldn't be throwing poison at it needlessly."
To which he replied, "Fine!"
This is the same damn doctor who, when I went to the clinic with a sinus infection about two years ago, tried to make me feel stupid and as if I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
I am forty eight years old and have had enough infections in my time to know when and where the problem was.
hhmmm....
I have a normal family doctor that is pretty much of the same frickin attitude.
I had a problem where, when I got up in the morning, I was three times more tired than when I went to bed the night before. It took more than eight years to finally get the ass to refer me to a sleep clinic.
It turns out I have a severe case of sleep apnea. The usual process for the clinic is to go up the first night so they can test you and then the second night to try out a cpap apparatus.
Within the first hour and a half, my oxygen level had gone down to 65%. Scared the crap out of the girl that was testing me. I now have a cpap unit that cost well over $2000 to keep me alive.
Most of these units run at top end of 9 PSI. Mine runs at 12 PSI
Just how much damage has occurred to my brain as a result of the lack of oxygen over the years?
I'll never know and you can bet that doctor will deny any responsibility.
a crap load more hhmmm....
I'll get into the whole rant another day, this is just the tip of he iceberg on doctors.
Thoughts
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 29
This may be a little late as a post but what the heck, I grab what I can when I can.
Fall leaf raking....
How do some people decide that it is time to rake?
Is it the layer of natural fertilizer on the grass that is extremely offensive to the neat, tidy and ordered life of some people?
Is it the need to control something that can't be controlled?
I have a couple of neighbors on this little dead end street on which I live which seem to me to be just a little bit off...
About maybe a tenth of the leaves had fallen from the trees and the one neighbor was out in her front yard running up and down with a 'vacuum" retrieving all of the leaves on her grass.
Now, think about this for a minute, nine tenths of the possible leaves in the trees were still in the trees.....
Not only that, but she vacuumed just her grass leaving a distinct line between her property, the city property and street in front of it and the neighbors yards on either side, including, of course, mine.
Needless to say, not even an hour after she had completed her task, her yard was half covered in leaves once again.
The neighbor on the other side at least tried to mulch theirs into the grass, but the same failure was the result.
The second neighbor was the same person who took great offence in a native hawk feeding on sparrows and rodents in the area that it could catch. She even had the gall to contact animal control to see if they had a way to remove it.
I guess this seems more about control freaks than anything else, although I do have stories about them for future postings to.
For now, hhmmm....
Thoughts
PS: I have my replacement camera so I'm prepared for HNT next week not to mention anything else I can find that would make an interesting post.
Fall leaf raking....
How do some people decide that it is time to rake?
Is it the layer of natural fertilizer on the grass that is extremely offensive to the neat, tidy and ordered life of some people?
Is it the need to control something that can't be controlled?
I have a couple of neighbors on this little dead end street on which I live which seem to me to be just a little bit off...
About maybe a tenth of the leaves had fallen from the trees and the one neighbor was out in her front yard running up and down with a 'vacuum" retrieving all of the leaves on her grass.
Now, think about this for a minute, nine tenths of the possible leaves in the trees were still in the trees.....
Not only that, but she vacuumed just her grass leaving a distinct line between her property, the city property and street in front of it and the neighbors yards on either side, including, of course, mine.
Needless to say, not even an hour after she had completed her task, her yard was half covered in leaves once again.
The neighbor on the other side at least tried to mulch theirs into the grass, but the same failure was the result.
The second neighbor was the same person who took great offence in a native hawk feeding on sparrows and rodents in the area that it could catch. She even had the gall to contact animal control to see if they had a way to remove it.
I guess this seems more about control freaks than anything else, although I do have stories about them for future postings to.
For now, hhmmm....
Thoughts
PS: I have my replacement camera so I'm prepared for HNT next week not to mention anything else I can find that would make an interesting post.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 28
Have you ever stopped to watch people?
A most interesting activity. The people you watch can be ones you know or complete strangers, their activity can still make you wonder.
I watched some people doing laundry a couple of weeks back. This is just something to do while my clothes were in the washer and then the dryer.
I saw three guys that must have been college students although one of them looked to be too old for it. They looked for the biggest washing machine in the place and stuffed pretty much everything they could into it. I have also seen some of the meeker looking people do the same thing.
Most men just take the stuff out of the dryer, throw it in the little laundry cart, wheel it over to the dryer and throw it in.
Others, like myself, separate each piece of clothing so that you don't get spots that haven't dried due to being knotted up in a ball.
Then you get ladies that look at each and every piece of clothing as it goes into the washing machine and again when they put the same items in the dryer, not sure what they may be looking for.
Then you have the people who rush to every washing machine they have that has stopped and grab every dryer they can before anyone else has a chance. God forbid they should have to put an actual full load into one dryer.
Even in the laundromat, you can clearly see the "me, me, mine mine, gimme gimme, I'm the only person that counts" attitude.
This is the attitude that is destroying this world right now. Every single person I know is looking out for number one.
Sure, they may be giving some to others in an attempt to show how good they are or buying their way into "heaven", but in fact, they are just tooting their own horn and making sure the rest of the world knows about it.
I would love to have the world recognize my efforts and everything I have done for others but it is not necessary. It should be enough to know that you did this yourself.
hhmmm....
After writing this, it seems a little disjointed but if you need some clarification, leave a comment. I'd be more than happy to enlighten.
Thoughts
A most interesting activity. The people you watch can be ones you know or complete strangers, their activity can still make you wonder.
I watched some people doing laundry a couple of weeks back. This is just something to do while my clothes were in the washer and then the dryer.
I saw three guys that must have been college students although one of them looked to be too old for it. They looked for the biggest washing machine in the place and stuffed pretty much everything they could into it. I have also seen some of the meeker looking people do the same thing.
Most men just take the stuff out of the dryer, throw it in the little laundry cart, wheel it over to the dryer and throw it in.
Others, like myself, separate each piece of clothing so that you don't get spots that haven't dried due to being knotted up in a ball.
Then you get ladies that look at each and every piece of clothing as it goes into the washing machine and again when they put the same items in the dryer, not sure what they may be looking for.
Then you have the people who rush to every washing machine they have that has stopped and grab every dryer they can before anyone else has a chance. God forbid they should have to put an actual full load into one dryer.
Even in the laundromat, you can clearly see the "me, me, mine mine, gimme gimme, I'm the only person that counts" attitude.
This is the attitude that is destroying this world right now. Every single person I know is looking out for number one.
Sure, they may be giving some to others in an attempt to show how good they are or buying their way into "heaven", but in fact, they are just tooting their own horn and making sure the rest of the world knows about it.
I would love to have the world recognize my efforts and everything I have done for others but it is not necessary. It should be enough to know that you did this yourself.
hhmmm....
After writing this, it seems a little disjointed but if you need some clarification, leave a comment. I'd be more than happy to enlighten.
Thoughts
Thursday, December 01, 2005
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