Let's Say Thanks .com

It's Monday again















The start of another long hot week !!!!!!!


A friend of mine forwarded an email to me that I want to share with the world since this is one of the better ideas I have seen.

Xerox has a great way to let our troops feel our support, and it costs you nothing but will make a soldier a little happier.

Click here and you will be taken to www.letssaythanks.com. You can pick out a thank you card, and Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq.

You can't choose who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.

This is neat - we need to get the word out !!!!

http://wags-blog.blogspot.com/




Now here's a sign of the times:

Monopoly game wants you to play with plastic

Monopoly board game abandons traditional paper money, right, for an electronic debit card system. It's not clear if the system charges a transaction fee.

The game had been modernized in many other ways. Cards that once rewarded players for winning a beauty contest now compensate them for winning a reality TV show. With real estate prices the way they are now, Park Place has to be selling for at least a million bucks.

Has Monopoly changed or what?

I see women winning just because of the debit card. Women know how to use the debit card, but men don't even know which side goes up when you swipe it !!!







April Fool’s joke sparks strip poker tournament

Card buffs to compete for $18,630 in Irish bookmaker's championship

DUBLIN, Ireland - It started as an April Fool’s joke but an Irish bookmaker’s proposal to hold the world’s biggest strip poker contest will become reality next month.

Paddy Power floated the idea as a joke but it generated so much interest -- and hundreds of requests to take part -- that the Dublin-based company decided to organize a contest.

Ah de Irish, always tinken!!!!








Naked sunbathers shock Albanian beachgoers

Police, locals speechless as 30 Scandinavian women go topless

TIRANA, Albania - Albanian police were speechless when around 30 Scandinavian women went topless, shocking local bathers and causing an uproar in an Albanian beach resort. The Scandinavians left after two hours when their guide was informed that nude bathing was banned on public beaches.

Obviously this group was headed to the poker game in Dublin, but their travel service somehow messed up the cities. If the police and locals were speechless (hee hee) then who informed the tour guide?????? Probably some damn tourist!!!!!!!!!







Naked stories like those make you want to have a drink!

Do Diet Drinks Get You Drunker?

It's a known fact that many things that taste good are bad for you. Hence, knocking back a favorite libation sweetened with calorie-free syrups, sodas or flavorings is standard operating procedure for most dieters.

During a study, "subjects" downed a 478-calorie orange-flavored vodka concoction on day one. The second day, they boozed on the same amount of alcohol coupled with a diet mixer containing only 225 calories. When researchers measured the rate of stomach emptying, they found that when stomachs were filled with diet-alcohol concoctions, they emptied in 15.3 minutes compared with 21.1 minutes for the sugar-sweetened elixir. Peak blood alcohol concentration was also significantly higher with the diet drink than the sugar-sweetened variety.

Wow, all we hear is how we have to cut calories and now look!







OK OK Give it to me straight:

Fernando Altamirano holds my bottle of .925 brand tequila priced at $225,000. The bottle is made of gold and platinum.

It is an impossibly upmarket brand of tequila -- 100 percent blue Agave lovingly aged for six years and sold in a limited edition platinum bottle with fancy artwork on the label.


Wow it is no small price to pay for me to cut calories!!!!
Now where did I put my salt????


Stay tuned to this blog for further updates!!!

Ken and Me

I'm sure by now everyone has heard about Ken Jennings bashing Jeopardy and Alex Trebek.

'Jeopardy' Champ Says He Wasn't 'Bashing'



NEW YORK - "Jeopardy!" ace Ken Jennings says recent comments he posted on his Web site about the long-running game show and host Alex Trebek weren't "bashing."

"I know, I know, the old folks love him," Jennings said of Trebek in a July 19 letter titled, "Dear Jeopardy!" Trebek, 66, has hosted the show since 1984.

Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, won $2.5 million during his 74-game winning streak on "Jeopardy!" in 2004. He took aim at what he said were the show's "effete, left-coast" categories and "same-old" format.

"You're like the Dorian Gray of syndication," he wrote. "You seem to think 'change' means replacing a blue polyethylene backdrop with a slightly different shade of blue polyethylene backdrop every presidential election or so."

After reports of his comments appeared in the media Tuesday, Jennings countered on his Web site that his letter was meant to be "a humor piece."


Well, I like the show and I liked Ken when he was on the show and when he returned for the tournament.

I was pretty upset as you can imagine, so I thought I should give ol' Ken a call and ask whaaaaaaaaaaaatssss up.

Long story short, Ken told me that the world outside of Utah doesn't understand his humor.

We started discussing the power of the Internet and I told him "Heck, I'm not even famous like you are, and I am getting somewhere around 1,200 to 1,300 readers a day."

I told him I had to put a disclaimer on my blog telling people it was for fun, but told him since he is famous, he has to choose his words carefully and not try to explain later.

We chit chatted a little more about Wag's blog. He said he was real interested in checking out such a well-read blog.

I thought what a great opportunity for me to gather from Ken some trivia for my 1,200 to 1,300 daily readers to enjoy.


Ken shared the following with me. See how many you know.


In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run.

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn.

The word "politics" describes the process so well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures."

Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

25% of women think money makes a man sexier.

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The word "four" has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

Hot water weighs less than cold water for a given volume.

Your system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long. That's long enough to go around the world more than twice!

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

The average person laughs 13 times a day!

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

People share their birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

More Monopoly money is printed yearly than real money throughout the world.

Americans ate eight million more orders of French fries and almost six million more hamburgers this year compared to last.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2nd, burns a gallon of diesel for each 6 inches that it moves.

It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds.

The hairs on a polar bear are not white, but clear. They reflect light, so they appear white.

The average person spends 2 weeks of his/her life waiting for a traffic light to change.

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs, it will let you go instantly.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.

You cannot sneeze with your eyes open.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

It is impossible for a human to lick their elbow.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

The heart beats about 100,000 times each day.

Bamboo can grow up to 36 inches a day.

There are more coffee drug addicts in the US than drug addicts of any other kind.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

The average person spends 2 weeks of his/her life kissing.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every single day.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. You have been warned!

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight (120 feet/36 meters).

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 mph!

Until the 1960s men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.

As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head!

The major air-polluting industries are iron, steel and cement.



Now aren't you glad I called Ken to give him advice. Look at how much more you know now!!!!



Be nice to yourself today!!!! Wag's out!!!

What a Bear of a Week

Steroid Speculation Swirls Around Landis

High Levels of Testosterone Found in Tour Champ

LONDON - Floyd Landis' stunning Tour de France victory just four days earlier was thrown into question Thursday when his team said he tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race.

Floyd Landis' initial sampling came back positive. If he tests positive with the backup sample, he would then be considered guilty of using steroids.

If this proves to be true, I will never own another bicycle and never watch bicycle racing again or give them one measly line on my blog!!!!!







Speaking of bikes...

Nuns on Bikes Chase Suspected Thief

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Two Dutch nuns, wearing habits and riding bikes, chased a suspected thief through Amsterdam, police said Monday.

On Saturday evening, one of the sisters believed she recognized a man walking past their chapel in southern Amsterdam as a thief who snatched hundreds of dollars in cash from the building two weeks earlier.

She invited him inside for a drink and asked a fellow nun to alert police.

The man, apparently suspecting what was happening, fled the building and snatched a bicycle from a passer-by.

The nuns then grabbed their bikes and gave chase. They tried to grab him, but he managed to escape into a residential neighborhood and they lost him.

This guy better be careful he doesn't get into anymore "Bad Habits."







This is scary, I once again agree with the Mayor of Las Vegas.

Mayor suggests medieval punishment for taggers

Mayor Oscar Goodman is causing quite a stir with his newest plan for graffiti vandals. He wants to put them in medieval style stockades and let people paint their faces.

Right now the city attorney is researching whether this kind of punishment is legal. Of course, most people would agree graffiti is a big problem around town but one local graffiti artist we talked to says even if the mayor's plan is put into effect, it wouldn't be a deterrent to taggers.

Iceberg Slick is a local graffiti artist who runs a studio downtown. He gives young people a legal place to paint. And he says instead of stockades the mayor should be funding art programs to keep taggers off the streets. "Start focusing on programs to help so they can still have a creative outlet that's more acceptable to us and to everyone as a whole."

OK, Iceberg thinks like the lady that feeds the homeless mentioned in my blog Wednesday, July 26th - the taxpayer should be funding what is acceptable to them. Once again everyone wants something for nothing, and it's OK to break the law to get what they want!!!!!!!








Swiss zoo fights heat wave with meat ice cream

Alternative ice cream’ of berries, meat, bones has been a hit with animals

ZURICH, Switzerland - Zookeepers in the Swiss financial centre of Zurich are feeding animals a diet of frozen berries, meat and bones to help them stay cool in the sweltering summer heat.


The “alternative ice cream” offered to animals instead of their usual fare has been a big hit with large cats, apes and wolves, Zurich Zoo said in a statement. “The ice cream should at least offer the animals a temporary way to cool down,” it said.

Good thing for the animals they don't live in the Texas town that banished the ice cream man mentioned in my Thursday, July 27th blog.







Cops with sweet tooth arrested for candy theft

Two men suspected of taking 'significant' amount of stock from staff shop

LONDON - Two British police officers have been arrested by colleagues on suspicion of stealing candy from the staff confectionery shop.

An investigation was launched after “a significant stock loss” from the sweetshop at Hailsham Police Station in southern England, Sussex Police said on Friday.

The shop operates by officers helping themselves to the candy and drinks before leaving money in a tin.

Crooked cops, stealing from their fellow cops? One would understand if it were donuts they were stealing!!!!!







288-Pound Man Wins 288 Pounds of Jellybeans

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. - What do you get a 288-pound man for his birthday? How about 288 pounds of jelly beans?

His family didn't plan it that way, but when Mike Lively became the 1 millionth person to tour the Jelly Belly Center on his birthday Wednesday, he won his weight's worth of the sweet treats.

Since winning he has had to disconnect his phone because of the amount of calls he was receiving from the Two British police officers in the previous story!!!!!!!!!!







BAD NEWS OUT OF CHICAGO

Baker will manage Cubs for rest of year

GM reassures skipper, who is in fourth, final year of contract

Dusty Baker is in the fourth and final year of his contract for the Cubs, who are 39-61 this season.

For that stupid decision the GM should be fired as well!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I do a lot of stories about bears and the Cubs would qualify as a bear story.





I will close with this bit of trivia about a Bear and a picture as well:

Did you know at birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces?

A newborn panda cub sits on the back of its mother at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Center in China July 22.





Say something nice to a stranger today!!
I be gone for now!!!!!!!!

Greedy

Ok, let's start off today's post with a housekeeping chore.

My blog is a tongue-in-cheek look at things, and unless something said here is directed at someone by name, it is strictly for amusement and not to offend anyone.


That said, today's post is going to be directed at someone. I hate it when it is about making money and I think my story is about someone that is greedy.

No matter which side of the aisle you are on, or what your beliefs are of the war, when the United States goes to war, we call on our military people to staff that war.

In 1973, the draft ended and the US converted to an All-Volunteer military, therefore anyone fighting in the Iraq war is a soldier by choice. The soldiers enlisted voluntarily, were not forced to join...were not drafted...they made an independent adult decision, they took an oath, and they knew full well they may die for their country.

In my eyes, those that have died are heroes, and I hate to see them tarnished, especially by a family member of all people.


Cindy Sheehan buys land near Bush’s ranch

Antiwar Mom used insurance money to buy Crawford, Texas plot.

Globe-trotting anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has collected her son's $250,000 military life insurance policy, collected endless gifts and perks from her far-left liberal friends and bought herself a brand-new VW Beetle convertible.


Photo op with Rev Al Sharpton



Getting cuddly with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and thanking him for "supporting life and peace?" Jane Fonda all over!!!!!!!



Photo op with Rev Jessie Jackson






Unwanted photo op at crowded book signing



"We decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George’s resignation or impeachment, which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world," Sheehan said in a newsletter, scheduled to be sent to her supporters today. "I can’t think of a better way to use Casey’s insurance money than for peace, and I am sure that Casey approves."


I, for one, don't think Casey would have approved. He died because of his beliefs which makes one wonder did Cindy support him in life? She certainly has not honored and supported him in death. Her son was killed on 4-4-04, and she still hadn't bought a grave stone for her son's grave which, until 5-27-06, did not have one.




Casey Sheehan Now Has a Headstone on His Grave

Casey Austin Sheehan was killed on 04/04/04 (Palm Sunday) by insurgents/terrorists/scum (his Mom calls them "freedom fighters") in Sadr City, Iraq. 783 days later, on May 27, 2006, a headstone was finally placed on the grave of SPC Casey Sheehan (1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas). Before enlisting in the United States Army, Casey was an alter boy in the Catholic church, an Eagle Scout and much, much more. His headstone seems a fitting marker for his resting place, reflecting not only his service to his community and his country, (Bronze Star and Purple Heart) but also his personal interests such as Van Halen, the Boy Scouts of America, Federation and Superman. May he rest in well-deserved peace.

Cindy Sheehan claims that she paid for the headstone, but in fact, just six weeks earlier (46 days to be exact), Cindy Sheehan even admitted that she didn't want him to have one, saying, "I didn't want to put a TOMBstone on my son's grave," she wrote, capitalizing the letters of the word "tomb."

In point of fact, speaking less than two weeks earlier, Cindy said "On Casey Sheehan's birthday, Memorial Day, I'll be at my son's grave and have a dedication for his tombstone." But the lure of Australian dollars was too strong and when the tombstone was placed, Cindy was overseas, annoying people (and collecting money for herself). When she got word that a headstone had been placed, her response was: "It is important for the rest of Casey's family to have one."

Cindy said "My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004," Sheehan told an audience. "Come after me [for back taxes] and we'll put this war on trial."

I think the IRS needs to do just that!!!!!!!!!!!

Cindy Sheehan stated, "I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died. My husband and I are separated, because he doesn't support my activities, although he knows the war is a lie."

Her husband of 28 years saw through her charades!!!!!!!

She also has no right to call the President Of The United States by his first name. I doubt her son would have done that!!!

This was a departure from my normal posts, but I just wanted it out there!!!

Same time, same place tomorrow.

Something for Everyone

So, I'm sitting here wondering where to head with the blog today.

I have tried to cover a lot to keep all of you (at last count 1124) interested.



Let me begin with a clarification of a question that has arisen about my blog yesterday regarding slower traffic keep right.



The question is, "If you are doing exactly the speed limit, you are not slower traffic, therefore you do not have to move to the right," correct?

I yield to an expert to answer that question:

Glenard A. Munson, California Driver Education Association,
driveteach@statewide-driving-school.com
03/03/2006

"Most states have a law similar to California's, which states that 'traffic moving slower than the speed limit, shall move to the right-most lane.' However, as the other writer posted, that doesn't mean that you can drive at precisely the speed limit, in a left lane, and impede the flow of traffic; that, too, is against the law."

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused by not addressing impeding the flow of traffic part of the equation!!!!!!!






That said, we now move to today's blog:

I guess since everyone in the United States is suffering with the heat I will start off with a story of a lady who hasn't been bothered by the heat for years:

No extra cooler time for man who froze Mom

MADISON, Wis. - A man convicted of keeping his dead mother in a freezer for years so he could keep collecting her Social Security checks avoided federal prison during his sentencing Wednesday.

A judge ordered Philip Schuth, 53, to serve four months simultaneously with the state prison sentence he is already serving and to repay about $35,000 he stole from the federal government.

They were a close family and "Parting is such sweet sorrow; Mom, I'll pick up your check tomorrow!!!"







Then on to something Hot:

Some things are just plain unfair

Cop's Night Job As Hooker Is Nixed



LINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand policewoman has been censured for some unauthorized "undercover" work - a stint moonlighting as a prostitute - but is being allowed to keep her day job after giving up the night duties.

While prostitution is legal in New Zealand and police are allowed to take approved second jobs, a top officer said sex work and police work don't mix.

You be the judge - it sounds discriminatory to me!!!!!!!!!!!







Then on to a story I will let your imagination run with:

Blow-Up Passenger Serves as Car Companion


LONDON - He fits in a car's glove box, appears at a flick of a switch and when a woman has finished using him, she can just pull the plug and he deflates.

He's the "Buddy on Demand," a blow-up man launched on Tuesday with the aim of making solo female motorists feel less nervous about driving at night.

Well, no I better not. I'll let you finish this one!!!







Then on to a guy I wish was my neighbor for sure:

Man Offers Free Lawn Mowing to Lose Weight

COON RAPIDS, Minn. - A local man who has struggled to lose weight is hoping a lawn mower will help him shed between 30 and 50 pounds.

After working up quite a sweat mowing his own lawn this summer, Darrell Nelson thought that he could get a good workout by mowing lawns for other people as well.
So, on the Web site Craig's List, he placed an ad offering to mow lawns for free.
He said he has a hard time keeping commitments to himself, but he will stick to commitments he makes to others.

I tried to persuade him to mow my lawn, but he said a weekly visit to Vegas would destroy his will power.








Then on to 'liquid is a necessity in the heat, but next time try water neat':

Airline Fires Pilot Removed From Flight

HOUSTON - A Continental Airlines captain removed from a flight because another employee smelled alcohol on his breath was fired Tuesday, the airline said.

The pilot, who was not identified, tested above the legal limit for alcohol for pilots. The pilot was scheduled for Flight 706, from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tampa, Fla., on Sunday. It was his first flight of the day.

He rode on an airport bus to the terminal with another employee, who reported to the airline that he smelled alcohol on the pilot's breath.

Of course he rode the bus because he was too drunk to drive. Just get him in that plane cockpit and show him the ignition switch!!! I don't know about these fly boys. My July 19th post had a similar story!!!







Then on to an ice cream story, or lack thereof:

Texas town banishes ice cream man

As a brutish heat wave tightens its grip on America, few are suffering as much as the children of one small Texas town. Unlike most kids, those in Lufkin won't have their summer daze interrupted by the faraway ringing that signals the approach of cool refreshment.

No, the city elders have decided it's best if the ice cream man not come 'round these parts any longer.

The kids in Lufkin have already had the cannonball taken away from them. Now the ice cream man's gone, too. It's gonna be a long, hot summer.

And just yesterday I was praising Texas for being on the cutting edge with the speed limit.



And now this about ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!! C'mon Texas.






Then on to tomorrow:

Until we meet again!!

A Followup and a By You

As a followup to my post yesterday about the homeless in Vegas:

Orlando Bans Feeding Homeless Downtown


ORLANDO, Fla. - City officials have banned charitable groups from feeding homeless people in parks downtown, arguing that transients who gather for weekly meals create safety and sanitary problems for businesses.

City commissioner Patty Sheehan pushed for the ordinance after complaints from business owners and residents that homeless people were causing problems at a downtown park popular with joggers and dog walkers.

Robin Stotter, who is opening a restaurant downtown, said he would support homeless people by pledging money for food and shelter, but supported the ordinance. He said. "It's a safety issue, and the public deserves a safe place to be." The American Civil Liberties Union vowed to sue.

See, other cities agree with Las Vegas.

I wonder how many of the ACLU members donate time and money to the soup kitchens for the homeless?

I wonder how many at the ACLU have tried to hire a homeless person to do work at their homes or offices?

I again wonder why the ACLU never cares about our rights when homeless people are causing problems at a downtown park popular with joggers and dog walkers.







And now something near and dear to my heart. Woo Hoo!!!!

States Boost Speed Limits On Major Highways


Moves Come Despite Concerns Over Safety, High Gas Prices; 80 Miles Per Hour in Texas

Speed limits on stretches of freeways around the country are rising -- just in time for summer road trips. States around the country, including Texas and Michigan, have recently increased speed limits on hundreds of miles of interstate highways and freeways. Other states are expected to follow soon.

Near Detroit, drivers long confronted by signs telling them to go no more than 55 miles per hour or 65 mph are seeing new signs with 70 mph speed limits. By November, cruising at 70 mph will be allowed on nearly 200 miles of road, including parts of Interstate 75 and M-59, a major suburban route.

Texas has begun erecting 80 mph signs along 521 miles of I-10 and I-20 in 10 rural western counties, giving them the highest speed limit in the U.S. In September, Virginia is likely to boost the speed limit on I-85 near the North Carolina border to 70 mph from 65 mph.

Lawmakers in Texas, Michigan and other states say that raising speed limits will make roads safer by restoring credibility to speed-limit signs and making driving speeds more uniform. While transportation engineers acknowledge that raising speed limits hurts fuel efficiency, they contend that careful studies of traffic flow and driver behavior show that many speed limits are actually too low. Most drivers who exceed these low speed limits are doing it safely.

"In Texas, they are already going [80 mph] anyway," says Carlos Lopez, director of traffic operations at the Texas Department of Transportation. "People are driving where they feel comfortable."



Finally people are starting to listen. Many of us have been saying this for years.

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but the great State of Nevada was one of a few states that had no speed limits on open roads. That changed when the drive 55 bunk came about.

We (Nevada) should be leading the charge and set it at 85.!!!!!!


Will this cause more gas to be used? Not much as the majority of the drivers have been going faster anyway. If you are worried about gas consumption (using speed as the criteria of gas consumption) then you who drive 55 should back it down to 35 since it is more efficient.





It's time to follow Texas's lead and kick it up a notch to 80 at the very least, if not more, here in Nevada!!!!!!!!

(For demonstration purposes, I am going to use the word "you," not necessarily meaning the reader, but meaning certain drivers which may include you. I am going to use the term "I," meaning me.)

One thing though that is a nagging problem no matter the speed limit is slower traffic that won't keep right!!! This may come as a shock to many of you, but this topic is, was, and has been covered in the drivers' training manuals. Somehow you have forgotten that part, so all of the states have issued reminders to drivers by posting these subtle reminders along their roadways.



Then there are those of you who believe that since you are traveling at exactly the posted speed limit, that it's okay for you to hog the left-hand lane, and that nobody else has the RIGHT to pass you! You people obviously can't comprehend something as simple as "slower traffic keep right." Get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

So if you justify driving in the left lane by saying "you drive in the left lane just because you are driving the speed limit and no one should go faster," then you get a badge and drive one of these


If you don't, get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!


You say you drive in the left lane to slow people down to save gas. Then ride a bike, and get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

You say you are driving in the left lane until you see how I approach you and then, depending on that approach you may or may not move to the right. Get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

You get mad when I flash my lights, to gently make you aware of my intentions to pass. Get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

This, as well, may come as a shock to many of you, but the topic of flashing lights is, was, and has been covered in the drivers' training manuals. Hello, you are slower and I am coming up on you faster than you are going. I know no other approach to pass you, so get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

You say when you are in the left lane and don't like someone right behind you, you hit the brakes. You might win the lawsuit, but you will lose the war. Tune into NASCAR - when hit from behind the car in front more times than not spins out of control and the car that bumped the back of that car goes on through. Remember I'm the guy behind you and more often than not, I will win the war, so get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

You like to drive in the left lane and as I am bouncing back and forth, waiting for a slot just half the size of your car that I can dart through to get past you, and I notice the sly smiles you exchange as I come by you, next time hit your brakes and let's go to war! I am coming by you!

You think it's cute to speed up to try to block me from passing you, which is OK by me because if you have a car that will do over 120 mph, I will follow you and if you don't, get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

At 85 to 100 miles per hour, I keep right until I reach a slower car because I am slower traffic keeping to the right except to pass. You do the same! Get the hell out of my way, I am coming by you!

The moral to this is simple: Don't be rude. When a faster car is coming up on you and you are in the left lane, just remember



and move to the right quickly because I am coming by you!





By you
By you
By you
By you
By you

Oh Boy, Away I Go!

Kentucky Fried Chicken can kill you.

Blind Man Balancing Food and Gun Shoots Wife

MORGANTON, N.C. - A man who is legally blind accidentally shot and killed his wife while trying to balance a plate of fried chicken and a pistol, authorities said.

Kelly Honeycutt, of Morganton, was moving into a new home with his wife, Norita, on Monday night. Honeycutt, who found the .38-caliber pistol in a box, shot his wife in the head after she handed him the food, Burke County Sheriff's Sgt. Robert Beall said. Beall said the husband was more than 50 percent blind, had limited movement and was in advanced stages of multiple sclerosis.

And the cops buy into this? Gimme a break. 50% blind - close 1 eye and you are 50% blind. Obviously he could see well enough to find the gun in a box. She must have been real short or held the plate of chicken up high to get shot in the head. I wonder if he ever told her he didn't like Kentucky Fried Chicken?





Reno Man Arrested After Leaving Daughter in Car After Wreck

A Reno man is facing multiple charges after allegedly crashing his car and fleeing the scene, leaving his 9-year-old in the vehicle hanging upside down in her seat belt.

Witnesses told police that Vega crawled out of the car, grabbed the girl by the arm and slapped her in the head to try to get her to run with him. Vega fled when witnesses intervened, but he was arrested several blocks away.

Here is a great example for father of the year.







Customer Subdues Robber With Applesauce

PHILADELPHIA - A customer at a city grocery tackled an armed robber and beat him with a can of applesauce when he refused to drop his gun, police said. The suspect shot himself in the head during the struggle, and passed out after the 66-year-old customer administered four blows to the head with the Mott's applesauce.

What a great ad Motts could have with senior citizens. For the record, the bad guy was 23 years old and had a gun. The hero was 66 years old and had a can of applesauce. Now that senior definitely has the "can do" attitude. Seniors still rule!!!!!







Well, some seniors rule.

Feud Over Senior-Home Rules Turns Deadly

BALTIMORE - A long-standing feud over house rules at a seniors' high rise led one octogenarian resident to shoot and kill another, police said.

The shooting on Monday apparently occurred after an 86-year-old desk clerk at the building refused to allow an 80-year-old resident's granddaughter to board an elevator without a visitor's pass, police said.

Thomas Batty, 86, was shot once in the head as he sat behind the front desk, and Clyde Lewis, 80, was charged with murder. Both lived on the building's 12th floor.

This is an extreme case, but anyone who has lived with CC&R's kinda understands part of this story.







And yes Las Vegas citizens, we have made the national news for something other than gambling.

Vegas Makes It Illegal to Feed Homeless

LAS VEGAS - In an effort to curb charity that is having unintended consequences, the City Council has made it illegal to give food to homeless people in city parks. Residents complained that the large numbers of homeless gathering in the parks make it impossible for others to use them, said city spokesman David Riggleman.

"We're trying to empathize with both camps," he said. "We're hoping we can improve their lives and improve the lives of people living around the park, some of whom have people urinating and defecating in front of their door."

The law, which went into effect Thursday, targets so-called "mobile soup kitchens." It carries a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.

The law defines a homeless person as an indigent "whom a reasonable ordinary person would believe to be entitled to apply for or receive assistance."







Well, this will stir it up!

I, for one, believe what happens in Vegas (when it comes to the homeless) should not stay in Vegas, but rather be given a bus ticket to anywhere U.S.A.

Yes, I'm sure that will fire some of you up, but here's the deal. Help for the homeless is there, but most don't want it!! Those that do want help, get it! Most of the homeless people are homeless by choice. Yes, there are some that are homeless by circumstance, but they are able to get help they need.

'Work' is not in the majority of the homeless persons' vocabulary. For the few that have 'work' in their vocabulary, there are services that help place them. The majority of homeless people in Las Vegas were not born here, they came from somewhere else, and if it is so bad here, they will move on.

In the case of the feeding of the homeless in our parks, that is not the place - Period. End of story. I for one use the parks that my tax dollars, not the homeless tax dollar, build.

This type stuff is good for headlines for some goody 2 shoes, but in fact, we would not be able to take our kids, let alone ourselves, to the park with this going on.

For once I agree with the Mayor and city council.

Think about it, have you ever seen anyone take a bag of bird seed to the park and feed the pigeons? What you end up with is more pigeons than you can handle and a filthy mess all over and around the park. Then, my friends, the parks are no longer a place to enjoy.

This amounts to someone wanting to make a name for themselves, nothing more.

If helping the homeless by giving them food is so important, then they should take their food and distribute it through the charitable agencies that are set up to do that. I'm sure they will welcome their food and labor. I, for one, see no reason for the hardworking people who donate to those charities to be forced to let some do-gooder take away our parks.

Sure, I know that this is not a politically correct thing to say, but facts are facts. When I hear people complaining about this type thing I simply ask them how much time, effort and food do they give to the shelters.

Simple question - if I want to invite gang members to stop by the park closest to the goody 2 shoes' house every day for a snack, will they feel the same? I think not!

There are those that will say comparing homeless to a gang is not the same. Partially true, but what is fair to one is fair to the other!!!

But never fear, the protector ACLU has taken up the cause for the homeless. So say goodbye to your parks!!!

By the way, the reason we have so many illegals in this country is because they are taking the jobs the American homeless people don't want to do!!!!


And away I go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Monday

How great is this? Welcome back to the winner's circle Tiger!!!!

"I'm kind of the one who bottles things up a little bit and moves on," he said. "But at that moment, it just came pouring out. And of all the things that my father has meant to me and the game of golf, I just wish he would have seen it one more time."

Don't blame you there Tiger!!!!










How great is this and how upset will the French be again?? Woo Hoo!!!

Landis Latest American to Win Tour de France

PARIS - The highs and lows of Floyd Landis' nail-biter of a bike race ended without a hitch Sunday as he won the Tour de France and kept cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.

The 30-year-old Landis, pedaling with an injured hip, cruised to victory on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, a day after regaining the leader's yellow jersey and building an insurmountable lead in the final time trial.

Man, the French hate it when Americans win something the French should. Well, they should expect it - the French are either waving a white flag and surrendering or they are in hiding!!!!!

Oh yeah, California wine is better than French wine too.







And the Cubs?

CHICAGO
CUBS (37-60)

They suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







Now on to my movie review for today.

We journeyed to the movie theater Sunday to see Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead Man's Chest, the sequel to one of my all time favorite movies, Pirates Of The Caribbean Curse Of The Black Pearl.

Even though it has been breaking box office records, we went with not much in the way of expectations, as it seems all the critics didn't like it.

Well, as we had hoped but not expected, this is the best movie this year bar none.

I don't know what critics look for in a movie but it obviously is something other than to be entertained, that's for sure.

We watched The Curse of the Black Pearl a day before to get refreshed for the continuing saga which was a great way to set up the sequel.

Have fun and take in this movie!!!!







And in closing, two more stars stopped by to say hello.



Cody and Dagwood









Starting out on Monday and looking for Friday!!!

Monsoon Season in Las Vegas

Well, let's see if today's blog surprises anyone.

Monsoon season


Well, here we are in Las Vegas, Nevada, at day 23 of our monsoon season. So far we have set a record with a total of 35 raindrops.

We get lots of nice looking clouds that move in every day and increase our humidity to go along with our 120 degree days, but we still only get a measly 35 drops of rain in 23 days.

That's right, I said 35 drops total!



We have seen a spectacular lightning show though.










Did you know?

Lightning strikes somewhere on the surface of the earth about 100 times every second.
Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. This abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emission of visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. The electric current passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expands the air into plasma producing acoustic shock waves (thunder) in the atmosphere.

Sorry I got off track. Back to the rain, or lack of.



With no rain, I think it is time to seed the clouds.

Did you know about cloud seeding?

Cloud seeding got its start in 1946 when Dr. Vincent J. Schaefer, working at the General Electric Laboratory in New York, was involved with research to create artificial clouds in a chilled chamber. Seeding of tropical cumulus clouds, and indeed any clouds, requires that they contain supercooled water--that is, liquid water colder than zero Celsius. Introduction of a substance, such as silver iodide, that has a crystalline structure similar to that of ice will induce freezing.

In mid-latitude clouds, the usual seeding strategy has been based upon the vapor pressure being lower over water than over ice. When ice particles form in supercooled clouds, they grow at the expense of liquid droplets and become heavy enough to fall as rain from clouds that otherwise would produce none.

A little known fact is Nevada used to be a testing ground for cloud seeding, though no one knows about it as it was a government-type test to see how to control the weather for foreign combat zones.

There is still research being conducted for that very purpose. In case you are interested click here to see the research paper presented to the United States Air Force in 2005.




OK, now that is some deep stuff coming from a guy like me, but I want my readers to be on the cutting edge of science stuff.

Now I ask you, aren't you surprised??

Doesn't this blog keep you on the edge of your seat wanting more?

Don't you want to share this site with your friends?

Well gitter done!!!!!!!!!!!

http://wags-blog.blogspot.com/

Personal to Stac: Got your comments for 7- 21 and 7-17 posts. If you hit the archives you will see more about your Mr. Bonds!!!! Glad you are reading the best blog going!!! That's points ya know!!!!

It's All About the Animals

Dog Alerts Residents to Toddler in Danger

PHILADELPHIA - A toddler climbed out of a second-story window and scampered across the porch rooftops of at least eight row houses before a family dog's barks alerted residents, police and neighbors said.

Neighbors who heard the barking spotted the 23-month-old boy, Phillip Redmond Jr., followed closely by the family's German shepherd, Alfie. "He was protecting the baby, making sure the baby was all right," neighbor Tina Mitchell told WPVI-TV.

Dogs are our best friends and protectors. If you want a dog please read my posting yesterday!!!






You know the Pope likes dogs as well, and it is common for him to bless them.











And in fairness, I have to give some time to the cats of the world.


Willy the Cat Burglar Steals Gardening Gloves


PELHAM, N.Y. - A pink-and-white gardening glove was missing Thursday morning from Jeannine Goche's front porch. But there was absolutely no mystery about who had taken it. Willy, the cat who loves gloves, had struck again.

Goche's flower-patterned number may soon take its place on the clothesline that's strung across the front fence at Willy's home, which he shares with Jennifer and Dan Pifer, their 19-month-old son Hudson and a mutt named Peanut Chew.

Above the line is a sign that says, in words and pictures, "Our cat is a glove snatcher. Please take these if yours."

On Thursday morning, nine pairs of gardening gloves and five singles were strung up, nicely.

If this were my cat, I would show him what paper money looks like!!







When I was a youngster I belonged to the FFA and raised a lamb for auction at our Heldorado Days. What you are about to read is wrong!!!

Pig Sells for $51,000 but May Be in Error

CASPER, Wyo. - Lacey Washut's prized porker fetched a pretty penny, but the price may not pan out lest it break the bank. During an auction at the Central Wyoming Fair, C and Y Transportation bid $200 per pound for the 255-pound pig - a whopping $51,000.

But Lacey's mother, Chaynee Washut, said the company didn't realize it was bidding so much and is talking with 4-H officials about whether the price could be renegotiated.

Yeah, they got the publicity that they wanted, and now they want to negotiate because they didn't know they bid $200.00 a pound. They will break that little girl's heart!!!!!!!







I know you all have been missing my bear stories, so here is one for you.

Dentists to Give Hurt Panda False Teeth

BEIJING - Chinese vets and dentists are considering implanting three false teeth into a giant panda injured in the wilds of the northern province of Shaanxi, Xinhua news agency said.

The operation would help the panda -- who also suffered a fractured skull, broken legs and chest injuries after an apparent fall into a ravine -- to take in more nutrition and help it recover, Xinhua said late on Wednesday.

"With the three teeth, the giant panda will be able to eat bamboo with ease," Xinhua quoted Li Liujin, a military hospital doctor, as saying.

I think glasses or contacts are in order as well so he sees ravines and doesn't fall into them!!!







There is a rumor just in out of Beijing that another bear was spotted in the area and may have taunted the panda, causing him to fall into the ravine.

Police have just released this photo and are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect!!!!










Yeah, I know, but a daily blog is a "Bear" and they all can't be gems!!!