People talk about the $15/hr pay rate like it’s some magic number… I know I’m an old fart, but ‘my’ starting pay rate was $1.25/hr in 1965… Now before you say this is all bullshit… The link for current … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
I guess the press are SLOW readers, they just got around to the parts in Robert Gates book were Gates hammers the congresscritters… And it’s WELL deserved… In particular Harry (spit) Reid… “With all the major issues we had to … Continue reading
So much for ‘globull warming’… From 5 Jan from the ISS. And I hear the eco-nazis are complaining about the carbon footprints of the ice breakers down in Antarctica and are ‘demanding’ trees be planted to offset them… Sigh… … Continue reading
Especially when one orders something that is a long lead time item then forgets it… Not that ‘I’ have that problem… Nope… I ‘forgot’ I ordered a rig for the SAA Uberti I picked up, so imagine my surprise when … Continue reading
So I’m on the phone with PP, and trying to fill the coffeepot for tomorrow… No biggie, right? EXCEPT I had apparently filled it earlier (no view window)! Do you know how big a mess it is when 12 cups … Continue reading
Off spending time with family, but this one is funny as hell… A 850 H.P. John Deere diesel vs. a steam tractor rated 18 H.P? Lets just say it’s ALL about torque and traction… enjoy 🙂 Nothing like getting your … Continue reading
On the way home last night, heard a radio interview with what I can ONLY classify as a Healthnazi TM… She was prattling on about the need to NOT eat holiday foods and how to minimize weight gain. Among other … Continue reading
They thought this one through… And ‘another’ reason NOT to put Christmas lights in a palm tree… From a shipmate in Hawaii, taken last night on his street… … Continue reading
You confront somebody about their self-licking ice cream cone? Well, first you get told you have NO idea how complicated the problem they are solving is… When you point out to them that they are NOT solving the problem they … Continue reading
From various sources around the web this weekend, since I’m NOT about to go to any mall anywhere… Sheriff denied for rifle purchase! When Siskiyou County, CA Sheriff John Lopey tried to buy an M1 Garand rifle through the Civilian … Continue reading