Congratulations to Steve Bragg for his correct guess on the 1962 Morgan Plus 4. It took awhile for anyone to even come close. I did not expect anyone to get that one. Once again I underestimated the vast knowledge base of Maine Auto Buffs!
See ya next week, with another contest or two.
And don't forget - the Rock n' Roll Diner in Scarborough hosts an inside cruise night on Friday this coming week, 5-8. It's every other Friday.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sometimes It's Just Funny
I spend a couple hours each day monitoring political blogs, and the people who post to them. And I gotta tell ya, sometimes the ignorance is enough to piss off the Pope. But other times, it is so moronic it borders on being humorous. Let me give some examples...
1) One guy said McCain workers were caught digging up dead bodies and stealing mannequins and setting them up at a local rally to make it look like a lot of people were showing up.
2) Or did you know that Obama was secretly planning with William Ayers to give work visas to muslim terrorists to get them into the country?
3) Or maybe this little gem - McCain survived being a POW because he is really a communist sympathizer.
4) The LA Times refuses to make the Obama/Ayers/Khalidi tape public because the source wants it kept secret. (hint: if you really want something kept secret, you do NOT give it to a newspaper - you BURN it.)
5) Obama is not an American citizen (or the one that McCain is not an American citizen).
6) Sarah Palin is a "bad mother" because she is running for office. (These same people do not think Obama is a bad father because he is running - can anyone spell SEXIST).
There are wild stories and smear rumors from both sides. However, in counting them, it is a fact that the far left loons put out almost 6 times as many as the far right loons. And the far left is definitely more vile in their language and their smears.
For example, the far right says "Obama is not a citizen". The far left calls Palin a "Repuke who is not really the mother of her Downes Syndrome child". The far right says Obama is a Marxist. The far left Says "McShame is a communist traitor who spent time in prison for criminal acts."
I monitor these things rather closely. And both sides are repugnant. But I cannot fathom the level of vile hatred and foul language that is coming from the left.
And I noticed something else - something I specifically kept track of because it stood out. I counted 112 posts where the writer said things like, "Shut up - you have no right to speak", or something similar (many were much more foul, but the sentiment was the same - "I have freedom of speech, but you do not."). Of the 112, 109 of those were from people on the left. And they are the ones who claim to be the party of tolerance. Yeah, sure - and I'm really J Edgar Hoover in drag.
81% of posts with foul language came from liberals. 77% of posts that resorted to name-calling (Repukes, McTraitor, moron, dumbasses etc.) were posted by people from the left. And of the many people who posted links to sites of little or no reliable information (Huffington Post, YouTube, Savage etc.), almost all - a whopping 96% - came from the left. Of those that linked to reliable sites (HUD, FactCheck, or gov sites that post the Congressional Record), almost all - 89% - came from the right.
More amazing - of all the posts and blogs I have monitored over the last few months, very few originated from the "middle". As few as 6% of the posts and blogs were well-balanced and appeared to present unbiased information - which both sides seemed to ignore.
Yes, our nation is divided. But it is divided only by blind partisanism, and not by any ideology, as was once the case. The dialogue no longer seems to be about what is best for our country, but instead what is best for a party. And as long as that mentality exists, America will have seen its best days fall by the wayside.
On Tuesday, as I enter the voting booth, I am going to think about a few things, and it will not be "party". I will ask myself who I think will react appropriately and from strength when - not if - terrorists hit us again, as they surely will try to do. And I will ask if I want liberal justices appointed to the Supreme Court, who would re-write the Constitution to suit their own agenda. And I will ask myself if it makes more sense in troubled economic times to increase taxes on those who produce jobs and products, or does it make more sense to reduce the burden.
What I will NOT think about is color. Or party. Or the polls. Or what Bush has done. Or who associates with whom. In short, I will ask myself, "If the proverbial crap hits the proverbial fan (economy, terrorism, taxes, or whatever), and my ass in in jeopardy, who will I trust to protect me and my family? Whose record shows that he is up to it?"
Or, as the old lady once so aptly put it, "Where's the beef?"
1) One guy said McCain workers were caught digging up dead bodies and stealing mannequins and setting them up at a local rally to make it look like a lot of people were showing up.
2) Or did you know that Obama was secretly planning with William Ayers to give work visas to muslim terrorists to get them into the country?
3) Or maybe this little gem - McCain survived being a POW because he is really a communist sympathizer.
4) The LA Times refuses to make the Obama/Ayers/Khalidi tape public because the source wants it kept secret. (hint: if you really want something kept secret, you do NOT give it to a newspaper - you BURN it.)
5) Obama is not an American citizen (or the one that McCain is not an American citizen).
6) Sarah Palin is a "bad mother" because she is running for office. (These same people do not think Obama is a bad father because he is running - can anyone spell SEXIST).
There are wild stories and smear rumors from both sides. However, in counting them, it is a fact that the far left loons put out almost 6 times as many as the far right loons. And the far left is definitely more vile in their language and their smears.
For example, the far right says "Obama is not a citizen". The far left calls Palin a "Repuke who is not really the mother of her Downes Syndrome child". The far right says Obama is a Marxist. The far left Says "McShame is a communist traitor who spent time in prison for criminal acts."
I monitor these things rather closely. And both sides are repugnant. But I cannot fathom the level of vile hatred and foul language that is coming from the left.
And I noticed something else - something I specifically kept track of because it stood out. I counted 112 posts where the writer said things like, "Shut up - you have no right to speak", or something similar (many were much more foul, but the sentiment was the same - "I have freedom of speech, but you do not."). Of the 112, 109 of those were from people on the left. And they are the ones who claim to be the party of tolerance. Yeah, sure - and I'm really J Edgar Hoover in drag.
81% of posts with foul language came from liberals. 77% of posts that resorted to name-calling (Repukes, McTraitor, moron, dumbasses etc.) were posted by people from the left. And of the many people who posted links to sites of little or no reliable information (Huffington Post, YouTube, Savage etc.), almost all - a whopping 96% - came from the left. Of those that linked to reliable sites (HUD, FactCheck, or gov sites that post the Congressional Record), almost all - 89% - came from the right.
More amazing - of all the posts and blogs I have monitored over the last few months, very few originated from the "middle". As few as 6% of the posts and blogs were well-balanced and appeared to present unbiased information - which both sides seemed to ignore.
Yes, our nation is divided. But it is divided only by blind partisanism, and not by any ideology, as was once the case. The dialogue no longer seems to be about what is best for our country, but instead what is best for a party. And as long as that mentality exists, America will have seen its best days fall by the wayside.
On Tuesday, as I enter the voting booth, I am going to think about a few things, and it will not be "party". I will ask myself who I think will react appropriately and from strength when - not if - terrorists hit us again, as they surely will try to do. And I will ask if I want liberal justices appointed to the Supreme Court, who would re-write the Constitution to suit their own agenda. And I will ask myself if it makes more sense in troubled economic times to increase taxes on those who produce jobs and products, or does it make more sense to reduce the burden.
What I will NOT think about is color. Or party. Or the polls. Or what Bush has done. Or who associates with whom. In short, I will ask myself, "If the proverbial crap hits the proverbial fan (economy, terrorism, taxes, or whatever), and my ass in in jeopardy, who will I trust to protect me and my family? Whose record shows that he is up to it?"
Or, as the old lady once so aptly put it, "Where's the beef?"
One More time
We Have A(nother) Winner
Well, I'm going to have to start making these things a little tougher - you folks are just too good. Maybe the next picture will just be an antennae, or a bolt, or something else not so readily identified...I'll have to begin using lesser known exotic vehicles or somethin'.
While the illustrious Frank Barron did get the make and year correct, it was Steve Thompson who first guessed the correct make, model and year - a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite. Frank had guessed the Sportsman, while had only minor differences from the FireFlite, so it was an excellent guess.
Congrats, Steve. I'll ship your shirt as soon as McCain gets elected :o)
While the illustrious Frank Barron did get the make and year correct, it was Steve Thompson who first guessed the correct make, model and year - a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite. Frank had guessed the Sportsman, while had only minor differences from the FireFlite, so it was an excellent guess.
Congrats, Steve. I'll ship your shirt as soon as McCain gets elected :o)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Hrumpf
Well, I guess THAT was just too damned easy! I posted it at 8:04 and Frank Barron (again) guessed it was a '69 Pontiac GTO at 8:14.
So, though I only plan on doing one per week, here is another - and I THINK this is a bit more difficult.
Frank, your mother is calling you....
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So, though I only plan on doing one per week, here is another - and I THINK this is a bit more difficult.
Frank, your mother is calling you....
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Stuff
The new contest begins, below. But first...
Republicans accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending and speaking at a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and admitted anti-semite, attended also by the terrorists William Ayers and Bernadine Dorn. The paper said it would not release the tape because of a promise to the source who provided it.
So, let's see if I understand this. Someone has a tape. They do not want the tape to be seen or heard. What to do? Give it to a newspaper, of course.
That is absolutely absurd! If you do not want something made public, you do NOT give it to a newspaper. The LA Times is obviously lying. And the only reason that comes to mind for doing so is to protect the person on the tape - Obama. So, what is on the tape that he needs to be protected from? I'm afraid we will not find out - at least, not before it's too late, if ever.
Here is what really happened. In April, the LA Times was endorsing Hillary. They obtained this tape - in April, by the way - for the express purpose of using it to hurt Obama and help Hillary. They then wrote a story about it, to discredit Obama.
But Obama won the primary, anyway. So now the LA Times endorses him. And at that point they decided to bury this whole story, and never show the tape. When Hillary was running, they wanted to hurt Obama. Now that Obama is the chosen one, they no longer want to hurt him - they want to help him. Even if it means suppressing evidence, and lying about why they cannot produce the tape. Because no one gives a tape to a newspaper if they want to keep it secret.
So much for honesty, integrity and objectivity in the media.
Well, folks, now we get down to serious business. This new contest will begin with a reasonably easy one to guess. The first person to email me with the exact make, model and year and the list of all owners since it left the assembly line will be the winner. Just kidding about that last part...make, model and year will suffice. Check out the picture here...
Republicans accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending and speaking at a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and admitted anti-semite, attended also by the terrorists William Ayers and Bernadine Dorn. The paper said it would not release the tape because of a promise to the source who provided it.
So, let's see if I understand this. Someone has a tape. They do not want the tape to be seen or heard. What to do? Give it to a newspaper, of course.
That is absolutely absurd! If you do not want something made public, you do NOT give it to a newspaper. The LA Times is obviously lying. And the only reason that comes to mind for doing so is to protect the person on the tape - Obama. So, what is on the tape that he needs to be protected from? I'm afraid we will not find out - at least, not before it's too late, if ever.
Here is what really happened. In April, the LA Times was endorsing Hillary. They obtained this tape - in April, by the way - for the express purpose of using it to hurt Obama and help Hillary. They then wrote a story about it, to discredit Obama.
But Obama won the primary, anyway. So now the LA Times endorses him. And at that point they decided to bury this whole story, and never show the tape. When Hillary was running, they wanted to hurt Obama. Now that Obama is the chosen one, they no longer want to hurt him - they want to help him. Even if it means suppressing evidence, and lying about why they cannot produce the tape. Because no one gives a tape to a newspaper if they want to keep it secret.
So much for honesty, integrity and objectivity in the media.
Well, folks, now we get down to serious business. This new contest will begin with a reasonably easy one to guess. The first person to email me with the exact make, model and year and the list of all owners since it left the assembly line will be the winner. Just kidding about that last part...make, model and year will suffice. Check out the picture here...
New Contest...
OK, folks....are you ready for the new contest? The one where HotKarz puts up a picture of a portion of a vehicle and you guess the make, model and year? And the first one to guess wins a HotKarz.com t-shirt???
Are you ready? Are you REALLY READY? Go here...
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Are you ready? Are you REALLY READY? Go here...
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Who Goes?
I recently received an email from one of my customers. He is a business owner with 31 employees.
He has resigned himself to the probability that Obama will be our next President, and will follow through on his promises to tax him to death. In anticipation, he has figured what his additional tax burden would be, and has a plan to offset it, as he must - otherwise, his family would have to bear the entire brunt alone.
He estimates that the first thing he must do is raise all his prices by at least 8%, so all of his customers will pay more (and have less for themselves). He would also have to lay off 6 employees in order to save enough on salaries and benefits so that he can pay those extra taxes without hurting his own family.
His problem lay in the fact that all of his people are like family. He found it impossible to "pick and choose" who would get laid off.
The answer came to him as he pulled into the parking lot the next morning, and noticed that several of his employees had OBAMA bumper stickers.
Guess who is getting laid off :o)
He has resigned himself to the probability that Obama will be our next President, and will follow through on his promises to tax him to death. In anticipation, he has figured what his additional tax burden would be, and has a plan to offset it, as he must - otherwise, his family would have to bear the entire brunt alone.
He estimates that the first thing he must do is raise all his prices by at least 8%, so all of his customers will pay more (and have less for themselves). He would also have to lay off 6 employees in order to save enough on salaries and benefits so that he can pay those extra taxes without hurting his own family.
His problem lay in the fact that all of his people are like family. He found it impossible to "pick and choose" who would get laid off.
The answer came to him as he pulled into the parking lot the next morning, and noticed that several of his employees had OBAMA bumper stickers.
Guess who is getting laid off :o)
Modern Medicine - The Lighter Side
Thanx and a hat-tip to Frank Barron for the following:
Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York , says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."
The second, from Chicago , responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."
The third surgeon, from Dallas , says, "No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over.."
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington, DC shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and the head and the ass are interchangeable."
Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York , says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."
The second, from Chicago , responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."
The third surgeon, from Dallas , says, "No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over.."
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington, DC shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and the head and the ass are interchangeable."
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Super Garage #2
HotKarz has just posted the second in what I hope will be a series of "Super Garage" galleries. Check it out - especially the last pic. Please note - according to the owner, of the thousands of oil cans, there are no duplicates!
This weekend we will be having another contest. It will be a lot like the last contest, except that it will be sections of vehicles, rather than faces. The first person to guess the MAKE, MODEL and YEAR of the vehicle will be the winner. Of course, if the vehicle part belongs to your vehicle, please refrain from entering a guess :o) That would be unfair to everyone else who has not spent countless hours polishing that part.
The weather sure has turned chilly, eh? I believe in a post early in the summer I predicted a cold, early and long winter. I was certainly hoping to be wrong.
Well, election day is nigh, and most pundits and polls say McCain has little, if any chance. Frankly, I think it will be close - very close. And there is even a chance for an upset. I don't think Mr. Obama has "closed the deal" with a lot of folks, because of too many unanswered questions.
Considering how Bush has the lowest approval in history (other than that of Congress, and bin Laden), and the economy debacle, and the fact that the media is in the tank for Obama, it would seem that he should be up in the 70% range in the polls. I think almost any other Democrat would be. But Obama is barely holding his own. Why?
We cannot blame racism, because fewer than 10% of whites are racist, and it also works in reverse - 90% of blacks are voting for Obama (reverse racism against McCain). So, it isn't racism that keeps Obama from closing the deal. It's credibility. Every time another questionable association pops up, he tries to summarily dismiss it without filling us in. Same with issues, like "spreading the wealth". And though he has said hundreds of times that he will fund his pet projects like health care, he still has not explained where, exactly, he will get that much money - Fact-Check says that his plan comes up about $428 billion short.
Perhaps this excellent speaker should have spent just a little more time talking about the things we need to hear, and less about his platform's "talking points."
But perhaps he can't. Because the truth might not help him...
As for spending $4 million on that dumb "Obama Mama Infomercial" last night, I can't help but wonder how many poor people he pretends to care about could have made better use of all that money...
This weekend we will be having another contest. It will be a lot like the last contest, except that it will be sections of vehicles, rather than faces. The first person to guess the MAKE, MODEL and YEAR of the vehicle will be the winner. Of course, if the vehicle part belongs to your vehicle, please refrain from entering a guess :o) That would be unfair to everyone else who has not spent countless hours polishing that part.
The weather sure has turned chilly, eh? I believe in a post early in the summer I predicted a cold, early and long winter. I was certainly hoping to be wrong.
Well, election day is nigh, and most pundits and polls say McCain has little, if any chance. Frankly, I think it will be close - very close. And there is even a chance for an upset. I don't think Mr. Obama has "closed the deal" with a lot of folks, because of too many unanswered questions.
Considering how Bush has the lowest approval in history (other than that of Congress, and bin Laden), and the economy debacle, and the fact that the media is in the tank for Obama, it would seem that he should be up in the 70% range in the polls. I think almost any other Democrat would be. But Obama is barely holding his own. Why?
We cannot blame racism, because fewer than 10% of whites are racist, and it also works in reverse - 90% of blacks are voting for Obama (reverse racism against McCain). So, it isn't racism that keeps Obama from closing the deal. It's credibility. Every time another questionable association pops up, he tries to summarily dismiss it without filling us in. Same with issues, like "spreading the wealth". And though he has said hundreds of times that he will fund his pet projects like health care, he still has not explained where, exactly, he will get that much money - Fact-Check says that his plan comes up about $428 billion short.
Perhaps this excellent speaker should have spent just a little more time talking about the things we need to hear, and less about his platform's "talking points."
But perhaps he can't. Because the truth might not help him...
As for spending $4 million on that dumb "Obama Mama Infomercial" last night, I can't help but wonder how many poor people he pretends to care about could have made better use of all that money...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Gave This A Lot Of Thought
OK, many of you good folks kinda know me. Then again, maybe you kinda don't. And I have toyed with an idea for some time, and I have made a decision...
I have several blogs. This is one of the most popular, and I add to it regularly. But there is another one that is almost as popular among a certain group nationally, but I don't add to it as regularly. And I have thought long and hard about sharing it with my car folk friends, because it tends to be controversial, and often political. And it bares my soul, pretty much.
Baring the soul is fine, when the readers are all strangers. But when they are friends, you really don't know what the reaction will be. But I figure, what the Hell, a true friend will not abandon me simply because of a difference of opinion, and anyone who is not a true friend, well, it doesn't matter as much. So, here goes...my other blog, called (un)Common Sense can be found here, if you are interested. Another is Success- by Design.
If you do not find it to your liking, please, just do not return to it. But if you do like it, enjoy!
But in any case, it's who I am.
Pissin' off the whole world, one person at a time...
Bill
I have several blogs. This is one of the most popular, and I add to it regularly. But there is another one that is almost as popular among a certain group nationally, but I don't add to it as regularly. And I have thought long and hard about sharing it with my car folk friends, because it tends to be controversial, and often political. And it bares my soul, pretty much.
Baring the soul is fine, when the readers are all strangers. But when they are friends, you really don't know what the reaction will be. But I figure, what the Hell, a true friend will not abandon me simply because of a difference of opinion, and anyone who is not a true friend, well, it doesn't matter as much. So, here goes...my other blog, called (un)Common Sense can be found here, if you are interested. Another is Success- by Design.
If you do not find it to your liking, please, just do not return to it. But if you do like it, enjoy!
But in any case, it's who I am.
Pissin' off the whole world, one person at a time...
Bill
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MCCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken 2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken 2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash or need to be rebooted.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MCCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken 2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken 2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash or need to be rebooted.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Unbelievable!
I think we all understand that the economy is pretty bad right now. Most folks are affected by it. Which makes the following even more unbelievable.
Obama's newest ad asks people to take a day off work or school on election day to help him, Obama, get elected.
WOW! Imagine hundreds of thousands of people taking a day off - American production goes down, and the people lose a day's pay during tough times - just to help The Annoited claim his crown.
This guy is unbelievable. He really believes he is God's Gift. "Hey, you peons, blow off your job and lose money just so I can use you to boost myself up onto the throne."
Anyone that arrogant and elitist should not get elected to any office! America does not need a king. We need a LEADER. And a leader would never suggest that the people blow off their jobs, or their education, just to become the leader's step-stool.
Obama's newest ad asks people to take a day off work or school on election day to help him, Obama, get elected.
WOW! Imagine hundreds of thousands of people taking a day off - American production goes down, and the people lose a day's pay during tough times - just to help The Annoited claim his crown.
This guy is unbelievable. He really believes he is God's Gift. "Hey, you peons, blow off your job and lose money just so I can use you to boost myself up onto the throne."
Anyone that arrogant and elitist should not get elected to any office! America does not need a king. We need a LEADER. And a leader would never suggest that the people blow off their jobs, or their education, just to become the leader's step-stool.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Register Early
I received an email from Bob Hatch of the Mt Washington Old Car Club. I am reprinting it here for y'all. At first glance, you might think this is being posted way too early, but when you realize that this invitation is restricted to the first 50 who apply, there is no such thing as "too early."
"Bill, The Mount Washington Valley Old Car Club will be having it's Fourth Annual Old Car Tour on June 20th & 21st, 2009. The tour will be traveling from Oxford Plains Speedway to Rangely, Maine, accompanied by a police motorcycle escort. There are several scheduled events for the cruise, including a 'Moose Cruise' on Saturday night. The tour is limited to the first 50 registered participants. Once the slots are filled interested parties will be added to a cancellation list. To register for the tour, or for additional information please contact Bob Hatch at bobs58ford@hotmail.com ."
So, folks, if this sounds as interesting to you as it does to me, jump on Bob's email address and register (or request more info) while there are still some slots available.
Bill
"Bill, The Mount Washington Valley Old Car Club will be having it's Fourth Annual Old Car Tour on June 20th & 21st, 2009. The tour will be traveling from Oxford Plains Speedway to Rangely, Maine, accompanied by a police motorcycle escort. There are several scheduled events for the cruise, including a 'Moose Cruise' on Saturday night. The tour is limited to the first 50 registered participants. Once the slots are filled interested parties will be added to a cancellation list. To register for the tour, or for additional information please contact Bob Hatch at bobs58ford@hotmail.com ."
So, folks, if this sounds as interesting to you as it does to me, jump on Bob's email address and register (or request more info) while there are still some slots available.
Bill
It Had to Happen
Several months ago I posted an entry about kit cars, and inadvertently referred to a 56 Jag XK C-type as an XKE (the E series made its debut in '61). That's the sort of thing that can be attributed to a failing memory of something over 50 years ago. For that, I apologize.
But some clown decided to use that slight error to question my integrity, and that only goes to show a whole lotta stupid on his part. My integrity is in tact, "pal". It's my memory that is not as strong as it once was. Age often has that effect on folks.
Joe Biden said FDR was president in 1929. He wasn't. In his debate with Palin, he said he had lunch with a constitutent "last week", in a restaurant that, as it turns out, has been out of business since the '80's.
Yeah, sometimes memory is not what we would like it to be. But that should not be taken to mean there is any lack of integrity. But if that fellow wants to question my integrity simply because of such a stupid little error or typo, then it is his integrity that needs to be questioned!
Bill
But some clown decided to use that slight error to question my integrity, and that only goes to show a whole lotta stupid on his part. My integrity is in tact, "pal". It's my memory that is not as strong as it once was. Age often has that effect on folks.
Joe Biden said FDR was president in 1929. He wasn't. In his debate with Palin, he said he had lunch with a constitutent "last week", in a restaurant that, as it turns out, has been out of business since the '80's.
Yeah, sometimes memory is not what we would like it to be. But that should not be taken to mean there is any lack of integrity. But if that fellow wants to question my integrity simply because of such a stupid little error or typo, then it is his integrity that needs to be questioned!
Bill
Sunday, October 26, 2008
1st Project Posted
The first Project page, by Ralph Green, is up. We hope this will be the first of many. We also hope that Ralph submits more pix and info as work progresses.
Now, here is a submission from our friend, Dale Chasse.....
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating fromNorthwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found alarge piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teen-aged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Peter summoned up his courage climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Now, here is a submission from our friend, Dale Chasse.....
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating fromNorthwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found alarge piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teen-aged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Peter summoned up his courage climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Super Garage #1
HotKarz has just posted pix of the first "Super Garage". This is every man's dream. Take a look!
In a few short hours, I'll be photographing a couple more garages. If your garage is something more than an oilstain on the floor 40 years of collected "treasures" you didn't even know you still had, let me know, and we'll get some pix for all to share.
Please note that this first garage is, indeed, awesome, but we do not expect all "super garages" to be on such a grand scale. We want to see large garages, small garages, grand garages and simple garages. The whole point is to show a full spectrum, so others may be able to "farm" for ideas for their own future "super garage".
Bill
In a few short hours, I'll be photographing a couple more garages. If your garage is something more than an oilstain on the floor 40 years of collected "treasures" you didn't even know you still had, let me know, and we'll get some pix for all to share.
Please note that this first garage is, indeed, awesome, but we do not expect all "super garages" to be on such a grand scale. We want to see large garages, small garages, grand garages and simple garages. The whole point is to show a full spectrum, so others may be able to "farm" for ideas for their own future "super garage".
Bill
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