Now THIS is real, important science…
Kudos to them for figuring out how to brew and drink coffee normally (more or less)!
Before, they had to suck it out of a straw, and if they wanted anything added, it had to be done by NASA prior to ‘packaging’ before it came up to space.
Soooo… PP came home to a ‘new’ puppy, a 13 month old Rottie female…
Who apparently has as much ball drive as Vito had. However…
When she doesn’t get the ball in time, the two Labs, who will fight over/play tug of war with ANYTHING they can both get their teeth into…
And the poor Rottie is left without a ball, and no room to get her teeth into the ball… LOL
Sooo… Yesterday evening, I’m at the local grocery store with a set of gas pumps offset from the main store, filling up my tank when a high end Mercedes SUV comes pulling in with a low tire… I’m standing maybe 20 feet away and I’m wondering who is driving.
It’s got a vanity plate, and is from Dallas. Out climbs this 20 something yuppie, you know the type, perfect hair, de rigueur gold rimmed aviator sunglasses, carefully groomed moustache, pink oxford button down, khaki shorts, and boat shoes…
He walks around the back of the SUV, looks down at the tire, kicks it, and goes over to the air machine. He picks up the hose, looks at it (it’s obvious he’s never seen one of these up close), tries various things, drops it in disgust, and goes stomping into the little store/gas office.
A minute or so later, the lady on duty comes out, points to the slot on the side of the air machine and says rather loudly, “You’ve got to put money in it. Right there!”
He sniffed (I kid you not), and said, “I never carry cash.”
Disgusted, she shakes her head and replies, again loudly, “Well, sir, I would suggest you walk over to the main store and use the ATM, or (where, oh where is the sarcasm font when I need it), you can call Mercedes service. I’m sure they would be happy to come out and help you.”
He looked at the distance to the main store (probably 60 yards), went back and got in the SUV. She walked by me shaking her head and muttering imprecations under her breath, including ‘Bless his heart’…
When I left, he was on the phone, to whom I have no idea, but if he DID call for service, I’d love to see the tech’s expression when he shows up to find this high end SUV PARKED IN FRONT OF THE AIR MACHINE!!!
I laughed all the way home…
Edit- Dayum, that is an EXPENSIVE SUV Mercedes GLS580 starts at $98,000!!!
Not as young as I used to be for $500, Alex.
Sigh… 3 1/2 hours volunteer work yesterday morning tearing out drywall, dissembling a bar, and moving a #%%($@ mirror that I swear to Ghnu weighed over 100 lbs (it was bolted, screwed and tapped into the 2xs holding up the wall). OBTW, this was in a metal building with no air, 85% humidity, and no airflow. I came home with white hair, just about able to wring sweat out of my shirt, hacking up half a lung from the drywall dust, etc.
And three hours later, got out and walked 1 1/4 mile mowing my yard… for a total of 3.4 miles today. But at least the humidity was down to 60%!
Needless to say, I’m NOT up to par today! My ass is draggin…
Guess I’ll go get a haircut later… Sigh…
Was volunteering this morning for some cleanup efforts, forgot to put up a blog post. My bad… Go read the folks on the sidebar!!!
Sorry!!!
CA Gov Newsome signed AB-2147 (Convictions: expungement: incarcerated individual hand crews) on Friday, HERE…
There are some ‘interesting’ provisions for who can and can’t have expungement…
(a) (1) If a defendant successfully participated in the California Conservation Camp program as an incarcerated individual hand crew member, as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or successfully participated as a member of a county incarcerated individual hand crew, as determined by the appropriate county authority, and has been released from custody, the defendant is eligible for relief pursuant to this section, except that incarcerated individuals who have been convicted of any of the following crimes are automatically ineligible for relief pursuant to this section:
If you can’t say anything good, don’t say anything… So you get humor…
“Best” headlines of 2007…
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No, really?
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that’s taking things a bit far!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing’ lazy so-and-so’s!
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there’s something stronger than duct tape?!
Oklahoma’s construction program!
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren’t they fat enough?!
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That’s what he gets for eating those beans!
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
And the winner is….
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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Daffynitions
ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye.
CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.
CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.
COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out.
EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.
HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage.
INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better.
RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn.
SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time.
SKELETON: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.
TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction.
TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed.
and MY Personal Favorite!!
WRINKLES: Something other people have, similar to my character lines.
This one came over the transom from the Mil email net…
Why do we say that?
One of the reasons is that this was a cowardly attack on US soil against innocent civilians…
I lost three friends in the Pentagon Navy Ops Center. Captain Larry Getzfred, AW1 Joe Pycoir, and Jack Punches (Capt, Ret)
I will go to my grave remembering 9/11 and the impact it had on me personally. For a detailed look at what happened at the Pentagon that day, go HERE.
Sigh… You’re really old if you remember these…
Note- There were only six colors in the original boxes, by the 1950s there were EIGHT colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, and black) in the school crayon boxes…
And how many of you remember sitting around these tables back in the day, formica table, plastic seats… And I ‘think’ three colors. Green, yellow, and red, that I remember. We had a green set.
And last but not least… I think we had TWO sets of these… leafy glasses…
I ‘think’ these came from Green Stamps…
Reminds me of being 10 years old… And not a care in the world! 🙂