April 26, 2009
Jim sent me this:
At the Yankee game today. Someone has to sit in the first row!
My response to Jim:
True Jim, but I preferred to watch (the night before) with Carl and Liza from the Audi Club in left field.
Liza had great front row seats over the W.B. Mason sign too.
And from above the broadcasters booth we saw where Jim sat.
Later, dinner and drinks at a private roof top club.
My Jedi outerwear.
Behind us is the building that was struck by an airplane during WWII.
Mom had to flee down the stairs - a few years before her glorious birth of me!
Great fun to respond to your old college buddy like this!
Mudgy the Moose with Andrew
Cruise Ship docked in Bermuda
Joanne and Pam there.
Here's where we installed a new septic system this week.
And only seven work hours later, it's ready for inspection
On the lighter side,
More engineering today:
Alarm clock video
Dubai Metro in the Financial Crisis
An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when government takes all the reward away; no one will try or want to succeed. It could NOT be any simpler than that... |
In case things get a little tough during the next few months we Texans have a
plan...
Maybe you don't know it, but Texas is the only state with a legal right to
secede from the Union . (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of
1848.)
We Texans love all y ' all Americans, but we'll probably have to take action
since Barack Obama won the election and is now the President of the U.S.A.
We ' all miss ya' all though.
Here is what can happen:
1. Barack Hussein Obama, after becoming the President of the United States ,
begins to try and create a socialist country, then Texas announces that it is
going to secede from the Union .
2. George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic of Texas .. You might
not think that he talks too pretty, but we haven ' t had another terrorist
attack and the economy was fine until the effects of the Democrats lowering
the qualifications for home loans came to roost.
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston , Texas . We will control the space industry.
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States .
3. Defense Industry--we have over 65% of it. The term "Don ' t mess with Texas
," will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for
the next 300 years. What will the other states do? Gee, we don ' t know. Why
not ask Obama?
5. Natural Gas - again, we have all we need and it ' s too bad about those
Northern States. John K erry and Al Gore will just have to figure out a way to
keep them warm...
6. Computer Industry - we lead the nation in producing computer chips and
communications equipment - small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell
Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel,
Applied Materials, Ball Misconduct, Dallas Semiconductor, Nortel, Alcatel,
etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Medical Care - We have the research centers for cancer research, the best
burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large
health centers. The Houston Medical Center alone employs over 65,000 people.
8. We have enough colleges to keep educating and making smarter citizens:
University of Texas , Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas Christian, Rice, SMU,
University of Dallas , University of Houston , Baylor, UNT ( University of
North Texas ), Texas Women ' s University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South
anyway.
9. We have an intelligent and energetic work force and it isn ' t restricted
by a bunch of unions. Here in Texas , we are a Right to Work State and,
therefore, it ' s every man and woman for themselves. We just go out and get
the job done. And if we don ' t like the way one company operates, we get a
job somewhere else.
10. We have essential control of the paper, plastics, and insurance
industries, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard, the Texas
Air National Guard, and several military bases. We don ' t have an Army, but
since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can
raise an Army in 24 hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we
can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over the
Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types
of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let ' s not forget seafood from the Gulf.
Also, everybody down here knows how to cook ' em so that they taste good. We
don ' t need any food.
13. Three of the ten largest cities in the United States , and twenty-three of
the 100 largest cities in the United States are located in Texas . And Texas
also has more land than California , New York , New Jersey , Connecticut ,
Delaware , Hawaii , Massachusetts , Maryland , Rhode Island , and Vermont
combined.
14. Trade: Three of the ten largest ports in the United States are located in
Texas .
15. We also manufacture cars down here, but we don ' t need to. You see,
nothing rusts in Texas so our vehicles stay beautiful and run well for
decades.
This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in
good shape. There isn ' t a thing out there that we need and don ' t have.
Now to the rest of you folks in the United States under President Obama: Since
you won ' t have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama
will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United
States will have to walk or ride bikes.
You won ' t have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite
communications.
You won ' t have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has
predicted global warming, you won ' t need the gas as long as you survive the
2000 years it will take to get enough heat out of Global Warming.
In other words, the rest of ya ' ll in the USA are screwed!
Signed, The People of Texas
P.S. This is not a threatening letter - just a note to give you something to
think about!
Sleep well tonight ' cause the eyes of Texas are on YOU!!
One Nation Under God!!
' 'Life ' s tough...it ' s even tougher if you're stupid. ' '
-- John Wayne
Pirate Response
Grilling
Jump roping video
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Our energy task force in town had a tour of this energy efficient LEED Platinum house:
240 Energy Saving tips
http://dailyhomerenotips.com/energy-conservation/
Pete