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My computer is being repaired so I'll be off line for a couple of days. Keep checking in and I'll be back soon.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
THIS AND THAT
Have you gotten your FLU SHOT? Wisconsin hasn't been hit too hard yet but there's a lot more cases, in the states around us, than there has been in other years.
DONNIE'S WEATHER FORECAST: This morning I'll begin a cyncial, pessimistic, but experienced weather-watch.
Weathermen have for several days been predicting 3-6" of rain over the next 24 hours. I'll wager all I have that we won't get anywhere near 6", and probably not even 3". How much error and humiliation must these guys take (I keep asking) before they admit that their forecasts are pure shit? As of 8:00 a.m. -- 0.1"
I'm supposed to respect my elders but as time goes on it's getting harder and harder to find one.
I won't be on line tomorrow so I'll pass it along today. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of day that Thunder came to live with me in 1998. Tomorrow will be a sad day for me.
DONNIE'S WEATHER FORECAST: This morning I'll begin a cyncial, pessimistic, but experienced weather-watch.
Weathermen have for several days been predicting 3-6" of rain over the next 24 hours. I'll wager all I have that we won't get anywhere near 6", and probably not even 3". How much error and humiliation must these guys take (I keep asking) before they admit that their forecasts are pure shit? As of 8:00 a.m. -- 0.1"
I'm supposed to respect my elders but as time goes on it's getting harder and harder to find one.
I won't be on line tomorrow so I'll pass it along today. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of day that Thunder came to live with me in 1998. Tomorrow will be a sad day for me.
Another reason to save the panda and all the other living creatures on earth. Turns out the panda may have a weapon against those "super bugs" that other anti-biotics can't stop. READ THE INTERESTING ARTICLE HERE
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
WINSTON CHURCHILL
When I was reminded of this quote, this morning, I couldn't help thinking that we've got to STOP BLAMING CONGRESS FOR THE MESS WE'RE IN. The real blame must be placed on the idiots who voted those air heads into office. We got what we asked for.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
When I was reminded of this quote, this morning, I couldn't help thinking that we've got to STOP BLAMING CONGRESS FOR THE MESS WE'RE IN. The real blame must be placed on the idiots who voted those air heads into office. We got what we asked for.
I hate to tell you folks but I'll be leaving you, AGAIN, for a couple of days. Even though I've been on line, I still have the virus I picked up and I'm forced to get on through an involved and cumbersome method to work around the virus. I can get on line but there are a number of things that don't work.
So, the plan is that I'm going to give the computer to Rita, today, and she's going to take it to MCS Networks in Holmen to see if they can get the virus out and the computer working, correctly, again.
I don't know how long it will take to fix it or when Rita can get it back to me but keep checking and I'll be back on line as soon as possible.
This all reminds me of a joke about the geeks who fix "miserable machines" like computers.
"Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and Scientists can never earn as much as Business Executives and Sales People and Politicians." This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two postulates: 1. Knowledge is Power. 2. Time is Money.
As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time Since: Knowledge = Power Time = Money It follows that: Knowledge = Work/Money. Solving for Money, we get: Money = Work / Knowledge. Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done. Conclusion: The less you know,the more you make.
(Think of the congressmen in Washington who set their own salaries, vacation days and retirement benefits.)
So, the plan is that I'm going to give the computer to Rita, today, and she's going to take it to MCS Networks in Holmen to see if they can get the virus out and the computer working, correctly, again.
I don't know how long it will take to fix it or when Rita can get it back to me but keep checking and I'll be back on line as soon as possible.
This all reminds me of a joke about the geeks who fix "miserable machines" like computers.
"Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and Scientists can never earn as much as Business Executives and Sales People and Politicians." This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two postulates: 1. Knowledge is Power. 2. Time is Money.
As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time Since: Knowledge = Power Time = Money It follows that: Knowledge = Work/Money. Solving for Money, we get: Money = Work / Knowledge. Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done. Conclusion: The less you know,the more you make.
(Think of the congressmen in Washington who set their own salaries, vacation days and retirement benefits.)
WOW! MILWAUKEE! Named one of the top 12 "ART PLACES" in the USA by ArtPlace, which is a coalition of major foundations and the Endowment for the Arts.
Milwaukee and Dallas were the only two "middle country" cities named. The rest were all on the east or west coast.
Of all the years, of my life, I've lived in Wisconsin, I've never been to Milwaukee except for one time, on a flight from Chicago to La Crosse, we landed in Milwaukee because of icing on the wings. Never got out of the plane but I can say I've been "on the ground" in Milwaukee.
The most memorable part of that flight was not the emergency landing but the fact that we left Mother stranded at the La Crosse airport, in a slightly "hysterical" condition, until we, finally, made it into La Crosse around midnight on a flight that was supposed to arrive around 6 P.M.
Milwaukee and Dallas were the only two "middle country" cities named. The rest were all on the east or west coast.
Of all the years, of my life, I've lived in Wisconsin, I've never been to Milwaukee except for one time, on a flight from Chicago to La Crosse, we landed in Milwaukee because of icing on the wings. Never got out of the plane but I can say I've been "on the ground" in Milwaukee.
The most memorable part of that flight was not the emergency landing but the fact that we left Mother stranded at the La Crosse airport, in a slightly "hysterical" condition, until we, finally, made it into La Crosse around midnight on a flight that was supposed to arrive around 6 P.M.
We're heading to Viroqua today. By we, I mean Rita, Roger and I. Maybe Uncle Bob, Carl and Kathy. Rita was going to call them all to see if they wanted to join us.
We couldn't ask for a more beautiful day for a venture to Viroqua. Under a mostly sunny sky, our afternoon highs will be close to 40 and we'll have more of the same tomorrow.
We couldn't ask for a more beautiful day for a venture to Viroqua. Under a mostly sunny sky, our afternoon highs will be close to 40 and we'll have more of the same tomorrow.
Two Minnesota engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking
up.
A woman walks by asks what they were doing.
"Ve're supposed to find da height of dis flagpole, " said Sven, "but ve
don't haff a ladder."
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground. Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, and announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away.
Ole shook his head and laughed. "Ain't dat just like a voman! Ve ask fer height and she gives us da length!"
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground. Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, and announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away.
Ole shook his head and laughed. "Ain't dat just like a voman! Ve ask fer height and she gives us da length!"
Monday, January 07, 2013
People think I'm silly when I say I wouldn't think of going out, alone, after dark anymore. Well, kids, this only confirms my fears.
I read in the paper that a 60 year old man was hit over the head and robbed just after the midnight hour on New Years Eve.
Want to guess where that happened? Between 8th and 9th on Cass Street. That's about as close to home as it can get for me. Too close for comfort!
I read in the paper that a 60 year old man was hit over the head and robbed just after the midnight hour on New Years Eve.
Want to guess where that happened? Between 8th and 9th on Cass Street. That's about as close to home as it can get for me. Too close for comfort!
DO YOU THINK DONNIE'S "A POET AND DON'T KNOW IT"?
The limerick is quite addictive, be the subject fact or fictive.
One you blogged Sunday
keeps my brain at play,
with results entirely predictive:
In Rome there lived two Arts,
one baked beans and the other baked tarts.
But rich they were not,
they shared but one pot,
and cooked up some very sweet farts.
The limerick is quite addictive, be the subject fact or fictive.
One you blogged Sunday
keeps my brain at play,
with results entirely predictive:
In Rome there lived two Arts,
one baked beans and the other baked tarts.
But rich they were not,
they shared but one pot,
and cooked up some very sweet farts.
NORWEGIANS BELIEVE IT'S BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
Max & Arlene lived by a lake in Nordern Minnesota.
It vas early vinter and da lake had froze over. Max asked Arlene if she vould valk across da frozen lake to da yeneral store to get him some beer. She asked him for some money but he told her, “Nah, yust put it on our tab.” So Arlene valked across, got the beer at da yeneral store, den walked back home across the lake.
Ven she got home and gave Max his beer, she asked him, “Max, you alvays tell me not to run up da tab at da store.. Why didn’t you yust give me some money?”
Max replied, “Vell, I didn’t vant to send you out dere vit some money ven I vasn’t sure how tick the ice vas yet.”
Max & Arlene lived by a lake in Nordern Minnesota.
It vas early vinter and da lake had froze over. Max asked Arlene if she vould valk across da frozen lake to da yeneral store to get him some beer. She asked him for some money but he told her, “Nah, yust put it on our tab.” So Arlene valked across, got the beer at da yeneral store, den walked back home across the lake.
Ven she got home and gave Max his beer, she asked him, “Max, you alvays tell me not to run up da tab at da store.. Why didn’t you yust give me some money?”
Max replied, “Vell, I didn’t vant to send you out dere vit some money ven I vasn’t sure how tick the ice vas yet.”
The BBC is reporting more than 2 million cars sold in the UK in 2012. That's the highest number of car sales they've seen since 2008.
Did you know there are more than 600 million cars on the road, around the world, and that number will double in the next 30 years.
And, while we're on the subject of cars, I was reading that a man in Johannesburg, South Africa parked his car at the airport, over a year ago, and gave the keys to a friend. Apparently the friend didn't tell the man the car was still parked at the airport and the man didn't think to ask. Anyway, the parking fee is over $5,000 (U.S. MONEY).
I'd like to know the "rest of the story". How could you go a whole year without noticing your car was missing?
Cousin Janie called yesterday. We made a date for lunch next week. I'll get caught up on news from the Dutch side of the family.
By the way, if you're planning a trip to the Netherlands you picked a good year. They're celebrating 400 years of the city's canal system and a lot of other fun stuff. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.
Remember Terry Moore?
She starred in some pretty big movies back in the old days; "Come Back Little Sheba" in 1952 and "Peyton Place" in 1957, just to name a couple.
Her personal life was, probably, bigger than her movies. She lived with Howard Hughes back in the 40's and claimed they were secretly married in 1949 and that they were never divorced. She, also, claimed that all the documentation for the marriage was destroyed. No proof for the claim was ever found but the Hughes Estate paid her a settlement in 1984.
All of that behind her, she is celebrating her 84th birthday today.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
I don't know if I should even pass this along to some of my readers. Why encourage them? But, some of these are unbelievably funny.
It's the TEN BEST DRINKING GAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD!
I'm thinking you'd have to be pretty well gone before you even started this nonsense. There was a time when I would have gleefully joined in. Alas, my time and come and gone and I'm just happy I lived to tell the tale.
It's the TEN BEST DRINKING GAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD!
I'm thinking you'd have to be pretty well gone before you even started this nonsense. There was a time when I would have gleefully joined in. Alas, my time and come and gone and I'm just happy I lived to tell the tale.
ATTENTION WEINER LOVERS
CONEY ISLAND has announced they plan to open a new store in the Village Shopping Center. This will give DONNIE a new reason to visit La Crosse again.
As we have noted before, however, the Coney Island hot dogs just don't taste quite as good at the other locations as they do at the original downtown Coney Island.
There are a lot of dog lovers who read this blog so I have to pass this along. At $1.6 MILLION, it's the most expensive dog in the world to own. READ ALL ABOUT IT AND SEE A PICTURE HERE
Today is NATIONAL BEAN DAY but nobody seems to know why or who started it. In my research, I did find out that beans are NOT a vegetable. Beans are a FRUIT!
I also found out that beans have been cultivated longer than, almost, any other plant. They've been growing them in Thailand since the early seventh millennium BCE and the oldest domesticated beans in the Americas were found in Peru.
I could really go for a big bowl of bean soup but, unfortunately, beans are on the "DO NOT EAT" list for kidney patients.
And, then, there's the "bean humor".
"There was a young man called art,
who thought he'd be terribly smart,
He ate ten cans of beans,
and busted his jeans,
with a loud and earth shattering....." well, you know where this is going.
I also found out that beans have been cultivated longer than, almost, any other plant. They've been growing them in Thailand since the early seventh millennium BCE and the oldest domesticated beans in the Americas were found in Peru.
I could really go for a big bowl of bean soup but, unfortunately, beans are on the "DO NOT EAT" list for kidney patients.
And, then, there's the "bean humor".
"There was a young man called art,
who thought he'd be terribly smart,
He ate ten cans of beans,
and busted his jeans,
with a loud and earth shattering....." well, you know where this is going.
SPEAKING OF CHINA, did you know that China has the biggest high speed train network in the world? Quite impressive considering they didn't have any high speed trains until 2007. CONDE NAST TRAVELER has an interesting article and a great photo of their newest high speed train.
If you're looking for a GOOD BOOK, I'm really enjoying "WHEN AMERICA FIRST MET CHINA" BY ERIC JAY DONLIN. I had no idea that the U.S. and China were so closely linked by trading ships in the 1700 and 1800's or how many American merchants became rich by selling OPIUM to the Chinese. This is some great American history you haven't heard much about, until now.
I LIKE THIS CHINESE PROVERB
"The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it."
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