Saturday, April 3, 2010

Too Funny

I do not normally include political stuff here, but this was just too funny to not share it. Sent in by Bob the Iceman:

No matter what side of the aisle you're on, this is funny and very telling!

It just all depends on how you look at some things...Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California , was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor. The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory, as seen here.

On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription: 'Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Congressman Harry Reid for information about their great-great uncle.

Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:

"Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory . His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed..."

NOW THAT's how it's done, Folks!
That's real POLITICAL SPIN

[This author of this blog has researched this and it is standard internet political jibe. The photo is actually of the train-robbing outlaw, Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum. But political humor or not, it does seem to be the way things are spun in Washington.]

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

April Fool

Just thought I would share some of the April 1st shenanigans at our house today.

5:30 in the morning, and Robin is barely awake. She makes her groggy dash for the coffee pot to pour her cuppa wakemeup. She grabs the handle - the pot will not come out of the coffee maker. Some big dope taped the pot to the machine.

At this time I would like to report that Robin is not a morning person, and April 1st is not her favorite day.

When Robin returned home this afternoon, she decided to spend some quality time on her computer. But, alas - she tried clicking on the desktop icons to open programs and nothing happened. Could not open anything. Poor gal thought she had a virus.

It seems our devious little daughter, Criss, created a screenshot of the desktop, then set that image up as the display background. You could SEE the icons, but they were only an image file. Meanwhile, all the real icons had been hidden in the UNUSED ICONS folder. And voila - a desktop that doesn't work.

Pure genius. Robin was not so inclined to use that same word, however. Lucky for Criss, she left for a three day vacation in New Hampshire just before her mother got home. I hope three days is long enough...

Well, have a great week, folks!

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

C.H.O.P.

Scuttlebutt has it that there will be one final "car nut" gathering at C.H.O.P. in Cumberland Tuesday, April 13th. If you think you will have enough left after filing your taxes, why not stop in and chat? Hope to see ya there.

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