Bark

Everybody take a flying leap forward except for slevhansen and you Arizonians (just one hour Bob).

Matt stopped by the old breakroom just long enough to insult us.

My wish to everyone is that they have a stress free week.

Also, we need another old tennis shoe for the coffee pot or its not gonna taste the same.

Oh, to help us all achieve a stress free week I am reposting a disclaimer that Scot posted a year or two ago.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaikwa

I apologize, in advance, for any comments or observations I made or might make that have caused or will cause anxiety,
bad feelings, embarrassment or duress to our more feeble minded DTR members.

~

06RAM2500

I've got puppies dredging up stuff I never knew I had. Some can be the creamer, some can be the sugar, rest a bold flavor enhancer.

FiverBob

Oh boy, another week started and I was shook - - first thing I see is I am supposed to take a flying leap. Gee, thanks a lot, BUDDY. ....................oh yeh - - the clock.............but only one hour????? That means I have to go to bed earlier, but I get to jump up earlier - - hot doggies.

I am really excited about tasting the coffee today - - shoes and puppies and who know what else in it. Wow, what a way to start the day. Oh well, take my medicine and get on with the day.

Have a good one, gang. ........................

Bob

Mexstan

Good morning everybody. I am with Bob, what is this nonsense about having to start the day with a flying leap? Give me a break! No leaps, or even a small hop until after I have had my first coffee, (waiting for the janitor) and even then I will sit and think about this. Mexico does not change the time until April 7.

It's till dark here, so can't tell what sort of weather we will have today, but almost every day is perfect here in Paradise, so why bother to look outside to find out? We have been having some absolutely gorgeous days here. It is quite hot in the sun, but the shade is wonderful. Even nicer relaxing in a hammock between two trees with a cool breeze. None of the white junk that so many of you are "enjoying". The daily brilliant blue skies here sure beat the grey skies and severe air pollution in China where I have spent so much time lately.

Next week I am leaving my private Paradise and going back to China for another spell. Expect to be there 3 months, then back to Paradise for a month's R & R in July, go back to China and then come home permanently about the end of November. I could stay there longer if i wanted to, but enough is enough. Looking forward to coming back to retirement again. For the trip back I am going via San Francisco, so hope I am not held up by all of this sequestration garbage that has started. For my trip in July will try to avoid going thru the US entirely. Don't have anything against you 'Merkuns, but sure hate going thru that security stuff in your airports.

Left some fresh burritos on the messy counter for when the janitor finally makes the coffee and cleans this place up. Bark didn't do anything except heat the air up..

slevhansen

Thanks for counting me off that leap thing
Sitting home with sick kid, sent GF and the son to a birthdayparty far far away....like 40 miles or so.
I´m afraid that stressfree week is not for me, I have next week to get 2 1/2 weeks work done, got some vacation coming up
I told the boss it didn´t matter if I got it all done, you got other folks to run my machine, boy did he look funny because last time I had one day off, they put another guy in my spot, and he got about 2 hours work done and then crashed the whole thing so bad we had to "call the man" and he was busy so he couldn´t be there untill the next day..

I didn´t mention how happy I was about their little stunt...too many times geez leave that bunch alone for a day and you´ll be sorry.

On the other hand, I´m the guy who would rather spend a little more time getting things done, than running around like another nuttcase, ( That´s the boss´ job. And he is doing fine )

Slev

chaikwa

Mornin'.

Feels like I just went to bed.

Today is... the day after yesterday, whatever that was. And the day before tomorrow.


UNEDITED HISTORY:
1656 - In the American colony of Virginia, suffrage was extended to all free men regardless of their religion.

1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published.

1785 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin.

1792 - John Stone patented the pile driver.

1804 - The formal ceremonies transferring the Louisiana Purchase from France to the U.S. took place in St. Louis.

1806 - The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrendered to the British.

1814 - In France, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by a combined Allied Army at the battle of Laon.

1848 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war with Mexico.

1849 - Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.

1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in the U.S. Civil War.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

1880 - The Salvation Army arrived in the U.S. from England.

1893 - New Mexico State University canceled its first graduation ceremony because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.

1894 - New York Gov. Roswell P. Flower signed the nation's first dog-licensing law.

1902 - The Boers of South Africa scored their last victory over the British, when they captured British General Methuen and 200 men.

1902 - Tochangri, Turkey, was entirely wiped out by an earthquake.

1902 - U.S. Attorney General Philander Knox announced that a suit was being brought against Morgan and Harriman's Northern Securities Company. The suit was enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Northern Securities loss in court was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 14, 1904.

1903 - Harry C. Gammeter patented the multigraph duplicating machine.

1903 - In New York's harbor, the disease-stricken ship Karmania was quarantined with six dead from cholera.

1906 - In France, 1,200 miners were buried in an explosion at Courrieres.

1909 - Britain extracted territorial concessions from Siam and Malaya.

1910 - Slavery was abolished in China.

1912 - China became a republic after the overthrow of the Manchu Ch'ing Dynasty.

1913 - William Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament competition.

1924 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women.

1927 - Prussia lifted its **** ban allowing Adolf Hitler to speak in public.

1933 - Nevada became the first U.S. state to regulate drugs.

1940 - W2XBS-TV in New York City aired the first televised opera as it presented scenes from "I Pagliacci".

1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.

1941 - Vichy France threatened to use its navy unless Britain allowed food to reach France.

1944 - The Irish refused to oust all Axis envoys and denied the accusation of spying on Allied troops.

1945 - American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan, 100,000 were killed.

1947 - The Big Four met in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.

1947 - Poland and Czechoslovakia signed a 20-year mutual aid pact.

1949 - **** wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted in Washington, DC. Gillars was convicted of treason and served 12 years in prison.

1953 - North Korean gunners at Wonsan fired upon the USS Missouri. The ship responded by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position.

1955 - The last broadcast of "The Silver Eagle" was heard on radio.

1956 - Julie Andrews at the age of 23 made her TV debut in "High Tor" with Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson.

1959 - "Sweet Bird of Youth", a play by Tennessee Williams, opened in New York City.

1965 - Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in "The Odd Couple". It later became a hit on television.

1966 - The North Vietnamese captured a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley.

1966 - France withdrew from NATO's military command to protest U.S. dominance of the alliance and asked NATO to move its headquarters from Paris.

1969 - James Earl Ray pled guilty in Memphis, TN, to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray later repudiated the guilty plea and maintained his innocence until his death in April of 1998.

1971 - The U.S. Senate approved an amendment to lower the voting age to 18.

1975 - The North Vietnamese Army attacked the South Vietnamese town of Ban Me Thout.

1980 - Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lent his support to the militants holding American hostages in Tehran.

1981 - The U.S. Postal Service announced an increase in first class postage from 15 to 18 cents.

1982 - The U.S. banned Libyan oil imports due to their continued support of terrorism.

1986 - The Wrigley Company, of Chicago, raised the price of its seven-stick pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum from a quarter to 30 cents.

1987 - The Vatican condemned surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.

1990 - Haitian President Prosper Avril was ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.

1991 - "Phase Echo" began. It was the operation to withdraw 540,000 U.S. troops from the Persian Gulf region.

1994 - White House officials began testifying before a federal grand jury about the Whitewater controversy.

1995 - U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Yasser Arafat that he must do more to curb Palestinian terrorists.

1998 - U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf began receiving the first vaccinations against anthrax.

2002 - The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon informed the U.S. Congress in January that it was making contingency plans for the possible use of nuclear weapons against countries that threaten the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, including Iraq and North Korea.

2003 - North Korea test-fired a short-range missile. The event was one of several in a patter of unusual military maneuvers.

Where's the kawfee?

Scotty

Good morning DTR folk.

Life is simple in Saskatchewan... no time changes to confuse the Sheeple.


I remember Mutal of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Bark, we must've had the same channel pkg as kids. It was 2,6, and 9 here. RabbitEar on the Zenith.

Mexstan

Umm, Scotty. Are you saying that the sheeple of Saskatchewan are simpletons?

Just checking.

Tallguy67

I am not sure Simply-Scotty can speak on behalf of all people of Saskatchewan. After being one of the more financially challenged provinces in Canada for a long time, Sask is now on fire. I am not sure why (maybe Scott can provide some insight) but they have one of the fastest growing economies in Canada.

Scotty

The strongest economy in north america if not the planet now. Oil Potash Uranium Ag Canola Coal to name a few.

Stan, like everywhere...we all have shrimplton sheeple folk...the ones that follow along blindly or live off the teet.

Diamonds are another rich discovery here.


Great fishing and hunting too.

NE frmhnd

I like this guy. Bus driver in Russia. He doesn't brake for people that cut him off, just hits them. Turns out dash cams are prevalent there because it's so easy to buy the police or a judge.
Notice he doesn't slow down til they miss their turn?

Totallyrad

I'm part of the walk it off crowd as well but, I am now a firm believer in finding a group of your peers, at the minimum, and talking through these types of things. It does make a difference.

Howdy pond froth. Seems like you've been allot busier than you used to be. Glad the wife is doing well Matt.

Bob, you've got company coming, hope you're ready. These guys must have been there in the 80's when I was there. They were so big back then we would say they were so big they could stand flat foot and crap in a dump truck. http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/201...-florida?lite=

Bark, you did good, flying leap and all.

Getting packed for the next road trip. If any of you get near West Memphis, Arkansas stop by.

NE frmhnd

Anyone else hate NASCAR's new website? Tons of video and stuff for sale, but almost no information.

FiverBob

You absolutely do not understand how much better I feel after reading that. We may have to mimic Alaska having the mosquito as their state bird and we can use this "nipper thingy" as our state bird - - - na na na na na - - "my nipper is bigger than your nipper." What next? Oh well, get some more shotgun shells - - I'll getum. Use them for batting practise. They could be tough on smaller animals and my daughters birds. She has many thousands of dollars invested in them and they are outside. Hmmm?????

Grabbing a ph00 and gone.

Bob

Bark

That mosquito is bigger than ours. You can keep it.

scot pa: For some reason NASCAR is not very big up here. Dont know why.

Ive seen puppies change the properties of snow so I guess they could help out with the coffee around here.

I knew you didnt do it at the same time as us but have you guys already done it, are going to do it or dont do it at all?

Figured with your proclivity for early rising you might try to take advantage of it.

I did not know that. And by the way, I did more than heat up the air. I made it smell different too.

I didn't know about no time change there either. I get so confused.
"And now Jim is going to attempt to immobilize a rampaging Koala with his bear hands"

Kind of crazy how your life has changed in the last few years. More stress or less?