I had a cell phone for years. Way back in the 80's when they were really big and heavy. We use to call them bricks back than. Than from about 2004 - 2006 we went without cell phones. Got some pretty strange looks those 2 years. Than we went back to cell phones with a vengeance I must say. We now have 3 cell phones. One for me, another for my wife and my daughter has the 3rd. Under the desk is a pay to use phone for our Grandson when we go on trips. We've dumped our land line completely.
Back than the big thing was how at some point everyone would be using cell phones. No need for land lines. Well 20 years later and it looks like the predictions are coming true. Its fun to watch things actually happen.
That was boring. I started this back on 1-29 but kept getting interrupted by friends and family. You know how hard it is to think when IM's pop up on your screen? Seemed like every other sentence I'd get "hey, how do you do.........." or something. So now I keep the IM thingy off till I'm ready to talk.
Big Super Bowl weekend. I don't even know who is playing or worse who is doing half time! I don't do sports. Way back in my dark distant pass I remember being sent off to some summer camp type thing for disabled kids. Bunch of us broken kids running crawling drooling away having fun. Actually the only thing I really remember about that was Boxing. Seems that someone had this idea that if they pick up the gimp, carry him/her toward the other gimp being carried than they could slug it out. How stupid can you get? Shoot let me go I'll pull off the stupid artificial limbs and rip the other kids head off. Who needs to be carried?
As a kid I was very strong. One arm did it all. My mother was hitting me with a coat hanger one time ( like that really hurt ) so I took it away from her. Another time we were wrestling with my father when I rapped my arm around both of his lower legs, lifted him off the ground than simply fell over. Goliath was down!!! I bet that thin carpet was not a very soft landing. Like I said I was strong.
Later in life my daughter used my arm as a "jungle gym" She would run full steam into my arm and do cartwheels while holding on. This would go on for hours it would seem like.
Of course, today many battles and cartwheels later, it hurts just to pick up my arm. Oh well, even Hercules fell at some point............
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
You know I don't think our elected officials, the folks that are suppose to represent us have ever been stimulated by artificial means. Lets look at the economic stimulus proposal. If your gross income falls between $75,000.00 to $150,000 than you can expect a tax rebate check between $600 to $1200 dollars and $300 more per child in household.
OK here is the analogy: If you have a vibrator ( battery operated ) and you place it on top of your head, your scalp gets all tingly. In essence you have been stimulated. Now place that vibrator somewhere else................Well I won't go into that in detail my Mother reads this stuff. Anyways put it somewhere else and you really get stimulated!
Back to our elected officials. They plan to stimulate the scalp of the country. The folks who really don't need a rebate. As for those of us, the other 2/3 of the country who do not make $75,000 a year, the actual loins of the country won't get stimulated at all. How will this help our economy I've got to wonder. After all its hard to be productive if ya can't get it up! Oops, sorry Mom.
UPDATE: By the total lack of response to my plea for help on the Suburban, ( not even a single " geez I'd like to help but I just spent my last change at Starbucks". ) The possibility of getting out of the house has slipped back to dismal.
So, from my prison in the desert............Have a nice day.
OK here is the analogy: If you have a vibrator ( battery operated ) and you place it on top of your head, your scalp gets all tingly. In essence you have been stimulated. Now place that vibrator somewhere else................Well I won't go into that in detail my Mother reads this stuff. Anyways put it somewhere else and you really get stimulated!
Back to our elected officials. They plan to stimulate the scalp of the country. The folks who really don't need a rebate. As for those of us, the other 2/3 of the country who do not make $75,000 a year, the actual loins of the country won't get stimulated at all. How will this help our economy I've got to wonder. After all its hard to be productive if ya can't get it up! Oops, sorry Mom.
UPDATE: By the total lack of response to my plea for help on the Suburban, ( not even a single " geez I'd like to help but I just spent my last change at Starbucks". ) The possibility of getting out of the house has slipped back to dismal.
So, from my prison in the desert............Have a nice day.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Couple really quick comments here:
Anonymous posted: something about memories and oh I can't remember. Anyways, I presume anonymous is a family member although I don't remember my mother ever yelling "Anonymous, wait till your father gets home"!!! Must of been the kid that lived in the attic.
So these little tidbits of memory such as Dad blowing up the bird house which actually was a bird feeder sat on the post by the garage, they aren't really retained memories. It just popped into my head. Next day or so I won't have a clue.
Now more importantly and comment #2: I found a 99 suburban in great shape and capable of not only handling my chair but also tow a trailer when our big move comes up. Well you know old home bound boy ain't got the $5700 laying around. Thought about selling myself but I'd be marked down as defective merchandise. Anyways anyone who reads this wants to contribute to the get Dave out of the house cause can PayPal me at dave52355@hotmail.com. If you want to send me a sizable donation since paypal likes to charge for anything over $500 leave a comment here I'll get with you.
And if you don't see me say " I got it, thanks everybody " within 72 hours it means I'm still stuck at home!! Why? Cause you guys failed to come true! :)
See ya................................
Anonymous posted: something about memories and oh I can't remember. Anyways, I presume anonymous is a family member although I don't remember my mother ever yelling "Anonymous, wait till your father gets home"!!! Must of been the kid that lived in the attic.
So these little tidbits of memory such as Dad blowing up the bird house which actually was a bird feeder sat on the post by the garage, they aren't really retained memories. It just popped into my head. Next day or so I won't have a clue.
Now more importantly and comment #2: I found a 99 suburban in great shape and capable of not only handling my chair but also tow a trailer when our big move comes up. Well you know old home bound boy ain't got the $5700 laying around. Thought about selling myself but I'd be marked down as defective merchandise. Anyways anyone who reads this wants to contribute to the get Dave out of the house cause can PayPal me at dave52355@hotmail.com. If you want to send me a sizable donation since paypal likes to charge for anything over $500 leave a comment here I'll get with you.
And if you don't see me say " I got it, thanks everybody " within 72 hours it means I'm still stuck at home!! Why? Cause you guys failed to come true! :)
See ya................................
Monday, January 21, 2008
OK for anyone who actually reads this stuff, it ain't as easy as you think! I'll try to at least post something once every week but there are no guarantees. Besides if your actually reading this stuff, your as bored as I am!
See where Oliver Stone wants to do a movie about our President? And no, just because you didn't vote for him he still is "our" President. The whole idiot package! Anyways, Oliver is looking for someone to play the part of GWB. I have this wicked idea, Why not get GWB to be GWB? His handlers have demonstrated they can control him 80% of the time? Besides soon ( thank God ) he'll be out of a job. Plus, judging by the crooks, yellow bellies ( watched John Wayne the other night ) and cowards now in Congress I don't think GWB has any other plans after his retirement such as standing for war crimes and such. Hell, a bar of soap in his mouth for lying would be a good start.
Oops my Mom told me to watch the language!
OK UFO's Whats the deal? Nobody can take a picture? The one in Texas "Was a mile long, half a mile wide about 300 feet off the ground moved real slow than took off real fast" Them Texan's all drive pickup trucks and know how to take off real fast. However, not a single clear picture from any of them. Yo, get a cellphone dudes! They come with cameras and 1 button operation. That way you can rope a steer and snap that shot of the UFO at the same time!
You know there is a 2 million dollar reward for the first definitive proof such as a clear picture of a UFO. I for one would love to see a UFO. We thought we saw one outside Las Vegas but can't be proven for sure. At the time we were sitting outside Area 51. Coming back from the beach to my Great Grandmothers one night as a child I remember seeing the Lake Michigan monster. Boy it was big!! Than there was the night we were returning from my Grandmother's in the old VW bus with the little oper windows. Half way home I watched a ball of light follow us. It would get dim than bright than dim again. That was the same year Dad blue up the bird house with the fireworks on the 4th.
The fish, yes they still are here, have been doing pretty well. They continue to battle with swim bladder issues that goes around from fish to fish. Very much like Stomach Flu goes from one family member to the next. The other problem seems to be that they like to drink lots of water. Not sure where they put it all ( you would think they pee it out ) but we notice that every couple of days the water level drops about 1/8 of an inch. They drink a lot!! Wonder what would happen if we put one in a glass of beer.
I must be really bored!...................
See where Oliver Stone wants to do a movie about our President? And no, just because you didn't vote for him he still is "our" President. The whole idiot package! Anyways, Oliver is looking for someone to play the part of GWB. I have this wicked idea, Why not get GWB to be GWB? His handlers have demonstrated they can control him 80% of the time? Besides soon ( thank God ) he'll be out of a job. Plus, judging by the crooks, yellow bellies ( watched John Wayne the other night ) and cowards now in Congress I don't think GWB has any other plans after his retirement such as standing for war crimes and such. Hell, a bar of soap in his mouth for lying would be a good start.
Oops my Mom told me to watch the language!
OK UFO's Whats the deal? Nobody can take a picture? The one in Texas "Was a mile long, half a mile wide about 300 feet off the ground moved real slow than took off real fast" Them Texan's all drive pickup trucks and know how to take off real fast. However, not a single clear picture from any of them. Yo, get a cellphone dudes! They come with cameras and 1 button operation. That way you can rope a steer and snap that shot of the UFO at the same time!
You know there is a 2 million dollar reward for the first definitive proof such as a clear picture of a UFO. I for one would love to see a UFO. We thought we saw one outside Las Vegas but can't be proven for sure. At the time we were sitting outside Area 51. Coming back from the beach to my Great Grandmothers one night as a child I remember seeing the Lake Michigan monster. Boy it was big!! Than there was the night we were returning from my Grandmother's in the old VW bus with the little oper windows. Half way home I watched a ball of light follow us. It would get dim than bright than dim again. That was the same year Dad blue up the bird house with the fireworks on the 4th.
The fish, yes they still are here, have been doing pretty well. They continue to battle with swim bladder issues that goes around from fish to fish. Very much like Stomach Flu goes from one family member to the next. The other problem seems to be that they like to drink lots of water. Not sure where they put it all ( you would think they pee it out ) but we notice that every couple of days the water level drops about 1/8 of an inch. They drink a lot!! Wonder what would happen if we put one in a glass of beer.
I must be really bored!...................
Friday, January 18, 2008
So Bush and Congress have the plan to stimulate the economy and keep us from going into a recession. By giving us tax refund checks we'll than cash them and spend them in our local Walmarts making the local stores feel that we're back.
I suspect those who are facing foreclosure on their homes may be thinking of spending those tax refunds somewhere else. Than there's the poor. I suspect the tax refund won't be very much if anything at all. So the economic stimulus package will stimulate the wealthy and not have any effect on the poor.
But wait!! Think about this a little more. We're going into a recession because we were so easily conned by Real Estate professionals, Mortgage Companies and Builders with a false, over inflated housing market boom that was left unmanaged and allowed to turn into the disaster we now have with housing starts at an all time 30 year low. Banks and lending institutions posting record breaking quarterly losses. All due to an overly inflated false market. Plus more Americans being foreclosed on than any other part in our nations history.
So Bush and Company plan to combat the effects of the false housing bubble by stimulating the economy by giving the people a tax rebate. Basically creating a, (notice the word here), "false" sense of security throughout the nation.
I don't know about any of you, but Mom always said "two wrongs do not make a right"................
I suspect those who are facing foreclosure on their homes may be thinking of spending those tax refunds somewhere else. Than there's the poor. I suspect the tax refund won't be very much if anything at all. So the economic stimulus package will stimulate the wealthy and not have any effect on the poor.
But wait!! Think about this a little more. We're going into a recession because we were so easily conned by Real Estate professionals, Mortgage Companies and Builders with a false, over inflated housing market boom that was left unmanaged and allowed to turn into the disaster we now have with housing starts at an all time 30 year low. Banks and lending institutions posting record breaking quarterly losses. All due to an overly inflated false market. Plus more Americans being foreclosed on than any other part in our nations history.
So Bush and Company plan to combat the effects of the false housing bubble by stimulating the economy by giving the people a tax rebate. Basically creating a, (notice the word here), "false" sense of security throughout the nation.
I don't know about any of you, but Mom always said "two wrongs do not make a right"................
Sunday, January 13, 2008
So the laptop went out couple days back. What a bummer. Took me 2 days to get it back up and running. To say its on borrowed time would be an understatement.
I think Bush listens to God about as well as the average teenager listens to their parents. I mean, its like selective hearing. He only hears the "fun" part and does not hear the "clean your room" or "feed the animals" parts of God's comments. Although I don't think God necessarily said "take out the Muslims". He probably mean't "take out the trash" and we know where Bush went with that one. I can't help but wonder if there was no oil in Iraq, would we be there today? Is it constitutionally correct for a President to use US military in a private war? After all in my very unscientific poll no one that I asked had any kind of "tiff" with Iraq. So I was able to deduce that since 100% of those asked had no issues, than it was safe to assume the rest of the country has no issue with Iraq either. Therefor, "we the People" have no reason to have a war with Iraq so it obviously has to be something private between Bush and Iraq.
Besides didn't this all start because somebody ordered airplanes crashed into the towers? And isn't that somebody in Afghanistan? The forgotten war?
Back in 2000 I was calling for the housing bubble to burst. I had no idea it would go 7 more years. It is stupid what has happened. We're thinking of relocating. One of the areas we think we want to explore further is Brattleboro, Vermont. 90 Miles from Boston. Back in 1996 the average new home was $76,000.00. In 2006 a mere 10 years later the average new home cost $200,000 plus. That was one really big bubble! I fail to understand how "We the People" got conned into believing that the $5 board now cost $15 dollars? The lumbar industry is first to say how for every tree they cut down they plant a whole bunch more. Based on their commercials there is no shortage of trees, so we can't blame the price increase on that.
See all those Katrina lawsuits? How about the $3 Quadrillion one? I read if you stacked that many pennies together they would reach Saturn. Now first of all I understand that our politicians have no issue spending money they don't have, but some of those lawsuits you have to wonder? I think the best thing Bush can do is say no to law suits and force settlements of realistic numbers. Lets see, say the persons home value pre-Katrina was $20,000. We know the value of the home from the tax records you protested every year. Now the welfare check wasn't very much so the claim of $2 million for furniture from the Salvation Army is a tad high so we'll settle on $2000. No we won't reimburse you for the LCD TV you "purchased" on the day after the hurricane.
So the average settlement might be around $22000.00. But wait there's the little matter of the $15,000 trailer that you lived in for free and destroyed. We're going to have to deduct for that. Plus we all ready paid you with those FEMA credit cards and food, clothing, water, and medical. Might be that some folks be owing the government if things got looked at closer.
Don't send me email about how those folks suffered. Look at last years disasters around the rest of the country. Anybody else say "take care of me"?
I'll be back!
I think Bush listens to God about as well as the average teenager listens to their parents. I mean, its like selective hearing. He only hears the "fun" part and does not hear the "clean your room" or "feed the animals" parts of God's comments. Although I don't think God necessarily said "take out the Muslims". He probably mean't "take out the trash" and we know where Bush went with that one. I can't help but wonder if there was no oil in Iraq, would we be there today? Is it constitutionally correct for a President to use US military in a private war? After all in my very unscientific poll no one that I asked had any kind of "tiff" with Iraq. So I was able to deduce that since 100% of those asked had no issues, than it was safe to assume the rest of the country has no issue with Iraq either. Therefor, "we the People" have no reason to have a war with Iraq so it obviously has to be something private between Bush and Iraq.
Besides didn't this all start because somebody ordered airplanes crashed into the towers? And isn't that somebody in Afghanistan? The forgotten war?
Back in 2000 I was calling for the housing bubble to burst. I had no idea it would go 7 more years. It is stupid what has happened. We're thinking of relocating. One of the areas we think we want to explore further is Brattleboro, Vermont. 90 Miles from Boston. Back in 1996 the average new home was $76,000.00. In 2006 a mere 10 years later the average new home cost $200,000 plus. That was one really big bubble! I fail to understand how "We the People" got conned into believing that the $5 board now cost $15 dollars? The lumbar industry is first to say how for every tree they cut down they plant a whole bunch more. Based on their commercials there is no shortage of trees, so we can't blame the price increase on that.
See all those Katrina lawsuits? How about the $3 Quadrillion one? I read if you stacked that many pennies together they would reach Saturn. Now first of all I understand that our politicians have no issue spending money they don't have, but some of those lawsuits you have to wonder? I think the best thing Bush can do is say no to law suits and force settlements of realistic numbers. Lets see, say the persons home value pre-Katrina was $20,000. We know the value of the home from the tax records you protested every year. Now the welfare check wasn't very much so the claim of $2 million for furniture from the Salvation Army is a tad high so we'll settle on $2000. No we won't reimburse you for the LCD TV you "purchased" on the day after the hurricane.
So the average settlement might be around $22000.00. But wait there's the little matter of the $15,000 trailer that you lived in for free and destroyed. We're going to have to deduct for that. Plus we all ready paid you with those FEMA credit cards and food, clothing, water, and medical. Might be that some folks be owing the government if things got looked at closer.
Don't send me email about how those folks suffered. Look at last years disasters around the rest of the country. Anybody else say "take care of me"?
I'll be back!
Monday, January 7, 2008
OK, being stuck at home does have its moments. In can be tolerable if setup well. For instance some great people at one of the hi end audio sites helped me set up a really nice sounding stereo system. I'm not talking Emerson here. It is really nice to tune into a cd and really hear what the music sounds like. I can't believe how much I was missing with the old stereo. Its like listening to all new music as I go through my old cd collection. Those guys were/are great!
Than theres the folks who IM me every now and than from around the country. You never know what crazy message may pop up on my screen. I use to partake in this disabled chat group but after 4-5 years I've figured out that I just don't fit in. I just don't have the issues these folks have. Yes, it is true that I've got my big yellow wheelchair, but its the disabled part that just doesn't seem to work. Bottom line is I'm just not disabled enough to consider myself disabled. Yes, I've got the arthritis in the shoulder that has slowed me down. And it is true my carpel tunnel has returned. But its the extra 50 pounds thats really the problem. Drop back to my all time 30 year weight of 135 and I'd be a normal shut in stuck at home :)
Still looking for something I can drive. Folks around here hold on to their vehicles way to long. Been looking around on Craig's list but nothing that I could afford. I'd still like to find a Jeep Wrangler that I could stick an external ramp on the back. That would be ideal for me. Speaking of Craig's List, its a great way to look at an area you may be considering moving to. Look at El Paso, Tx for instance. Go to the free section. People in El Paso give away cardboard boxes. How cool is that? Now go look at Brattleboro, Vt. Again the free section. These folks are giving away piano's! And believe me a piano trumps a cardboard box every time. Its not what is being offered thats important. Its showing the economic state of that area. Since we are looking to move out of the brown desert, this is one handy way to judge an area.
Most of the Christmas stuff has been put away. Next year we will be going with the "Endangered Species Christmas" I want to collect little animals over the year to hang on the tree. No not real animals! So if ya see any little endangered animals in your travels grab us one or two. Not the real ones!!
We've got a cat here now. I know, I said absolutely no cats, but its here. I trained it to come when called. We're working on sit and roll over. Its name is/was Baby which just wouldn't do. So we started calling it Baby Binks because it looks like the cat in the Disney movie Hocus Pokus a Halloween favorite around here. But since we've been talking about moving to the NE and I refuse to call this think Baby, I've taken the liberty to rename and train it. It now responds to Ichabod, or Icky for short. Of course Icky's righful owner will just need to get use to the new name. Perhaps Icky will tell her.
Here Icky, Icky, Icky..........................
Than theres the folks who IM me every now and than from around the country. You never know what crazy message may pop up on my screen. I use to partake in this disabled chat group but after 4-5 years I've figured out that I just don't fit in. I just don't have the issues these folks have. Yes, it is true that I've got my big yellow wheelchair, but its the disabled part that just doesn't seem to work. Bottom line is I'm just not disabled enough to consider myself disabled. Yes, I've got the arthritis in the shoulder that has slowed me down. And it is true my carpel tunnel has returned. But its the extra 50 pounds thats really the problem. Drop back to my all time 30 year weight of 135 and I'd be a normal shut in stuck at home :)
Still looking for something I can drive. Folks around here hold on to their vehicles way to long. Been looking around on Craig's list but nothing that I could afford. I'd still like to find a Jeep Wrangler that I could stick an external ramp on the back. That would be ideal for me. Speaking of Craig's List, its a great way to look at an area you may be considering moving to. Look at El Paso, Tx for instance. Go to the free section. People in El Paso give away cardboard boxes. How cool is that? Now go look at Brattleboro, Vt. Again the free section. These folks are giving away piano's! And believe me a piano trumps a cardboard box every time. Its not what is being offered thats important. Its showing the economic state of that area. Since we are looking to move out of the brown desert, this is one handy way to judge an area.
Most of the Christmas stuff has been put away. Next year we will be going with the "Endangered Species Christmas" I want to collect little animals over the year to hang on the tree. No not real animals! So if ya see any little endangered animals in your travels grab us one or two. Not the real ones!!
We've got a cat here now. I know, I said absolutely no cats, but its here. I trained it to come when called. We're working on sit and roll over. Its name is/was Baby which just wouldn't do. So we started calling it Baby Binks because it looks like the cat in the Disney movie Hocus Pokus a Halloween favorite around here. But since we've been talking about moving to the NE and I refuse to call this think Baby, I've taken the liberty to rename and train it. It now responds to Ichabod, or Icky for short. Of course Icky's righful owner will just need to get use to the new name. Perhaps Icky will tell her.
Here Icky, Icky, Icky..........................
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Well, its 2008 and things seem pretty much like 2007. I came around the corner just now to find this young girl sneaking around our kitchen. Never met this one before. Startled her when I said Hello, what ya doing? I'm snooping around looking for something to eat was her reply. I don't think I know you I said. She's new was her reply. So I gave her chocolates, and she went off to play.
Feel like one of the American service guys in occupied France during the war. Wonder where she came from?
With an 8 year old grandson in the house you never know whats going to turn up.
We've all been sick so the house is still in a mess from Christmas. My illness started this time December 17th of 2007 and is still here January 1, 2008. Its a carry over. My wife came down with the dreaded stomach flu Christmas Eve. She got it from my daughter who got it from someone at work. Some Christmas gift. We blew off the ham dinner Christmas day, had it 3 days later. New Years, today in fact its Lasagna, Stomach flu or not I'm having dinner!!
Seems the young lady has turned into an opportunist. She was just caught with handfuls of candy going out the garage. Must have a sweet tooth there.
We lost 2 tone yesterday. Noticed day after Christmas that he wasn't moving very much just kind of drifting with the tank currents. Couple days later he was drifting on his side around the tank but still very much alive. Each time he'd bump something he'd go off cork screwing away than back to the side float. After 2 days of side floating we finally decided it was time for burial at sea and pulled him from the tank. To our dismay he still showed signs of life. Oh well,
Adios, two tone
Ever look at that picture on the front page? That yellow thing under me is my wheelchair. See the headrest? For some strange, unknown to me reason the manufacturer has decided that the headrest needed a large bulge of a hard object dead center of the headrest. Apparently these folks in Pennsylvania have decided that those of us with disabilities can't feel anything so a hard protruding object won't bother us. Evidence of this attitude is abundant. The air filled cushion that I sit on doesn't hold air. Manufacturer say's thats normal. Go figure. Of course that cushion replaced the gel filled cushion that wasn't filled with gel. Seems it missed that step in the manufacturing process.
To prevent flats I ride on solid core tires. No shock absorbers on these babies so I suffer from truckers kidney. Ever think a wheelchair be comfortable? Now you know. I could think of a few things that would actually make my chair comfy. A contoured back be nice instead of the flat panel with 1" of padding for a starter.
2008 wonder if anythings going to change.
Bush/Chaney impeached? My prediction, Not unless some other government does it!
Oil Company Profits reduced? My Prediction, Not unless some other government does it!
ET finally exposed? My prediction, You guessed it, Not unless some other government predicts it.
I'll still be poor. Oh well its actually more a state of mind. Most of my family are successful, yet they complain of money issues also. Its the difference between burger and t-bone I guess. Its relative.
The vans got over 200,000 miles on it. Couple days ago it got really cold and froze the radiator. It took 2 days to thaw it out. In the end we ended up renting one of those propane heaters that look and sound like a jet engine. Pointed that baby directly at the frozen motor and a few hours later she was all thawed out.
Glad to see 2008 hasn't changed any of our thought processes. Who else would point a super heated flamed flow of hot air at a engine covered in old oir, gas and other highly combustible items?
Happy New Year...............
Feel like one of the American service guys in occupied France during the war. Wonder where she came from?
With an 8 year old grandson in the house you never know whats going to turn up.
We've all been sick so the house is still in a mess from Christmas. My illness started this time December 17th of 2007 and is still here January 1, 2008. Its a carry over. My wife came down with the dreaded stomach flu Christmas Eve. She got it from my daughter who got it from someone at work. Some Christmas gift. We blew off the ham dinner Christmas day, had it 3 days later. New Years, today in fact its Lasagna, Stomach flu or not I'm having dinner!!
Seems the young lady has turned into an opportunist. She was just caught with handfuls of candy going out the garage. Must have a sweet tooth there.
We lost 2 tone yesterday. Noticed day after Christmas that he wasn't moving very much just kind of drifting with the tank currents. Couple days later he was drifting on his side around the tank but still very much alive. Each time he'd bump something he'd go off cork screwing away than back to the side float. After 2 days of side floating we finally decided it was time for burial at sea and pulled him from the tank. To our dismay he still showed signs of life. Oh well,
Adios, two tone
Ever look at that picture on the front page? That yellow thing under me is my wheelchair. See the headrest? For some strange, unknown to me reason the manufacturer has decided that the headrest needed a large bulge of a hard object dead center of the headrest. Apparently these folks in Pennsylvania have decided that those of us with disabilities can't feel anything so a hard protruding object won't bother us. Evidence of this attitude is abundant. The air filled cushion that I sit on doesn't hold air. Manufacturer say's thats normal. Go figure. Of course that cushion replaced the gel filled cushion that wasn't filled with gel. Seems it missed that step in the manufacturing process.
To prevent flats I ride on solid core tires. No shock absorbers on these babies so I suffer from truckers kidney. Ever think a wheelchair be comfortable? Now you know. I could think of a few things that would actually make my chair comfy. A contoured back be nice instead of the flat panel with 1" of padding for a starter.
2008 wonder if anythings going to change.
Bush/Chaney impeached? My prediction, Not unless some other government does it!
Oil Company Profits reduced? My Prediction, Not unless some other government does it!
ET finally exposed? My prediction, You guessed it, Not unless some other government predicts it.
I'll still be poor. Oh well its actually more a state of mind. Most of my family are successful, yet they complain of money issues also. Its the difference between burger and t-bone I guess. Its relative.
The vans got over 200,000 miles on it. Couple days ago it got really cold and froze the radiator. It took 2 days to thaw it out. In the end we ended up renting one of those propane heaters that look and sound like a jet engine. Pointed that baby directly at the frozen motor and a few hours later she was all thawed out.
Glad to see 2008 hasn't changed any of our thought processes. Who else would point a super heated flamed flow of hot air at a engine covered in old oir, gas and other highly combustible items?
Happy New Year...............
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