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!!