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Anybody still talk to Chuck? If so, would you be so kind as to ask him to check his PM here? It's urgent. Thanks!! !!

Very much looking forward to it. (And anything "Dr. Who" just cheers me right up. Even Daaaah-leks.)

Luurrrrkin'. St Paddy's Day is coming!

Of course, given the predilections of the Vikings, that's probably an appropriate icon too...

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As the longboats approached the shore, the leader of the Viking raid bellowed instructions, his voice ringing across the water. "Okay, Longboat One, you're on looting duty! Longboat Two, you're burning! And Longboat Three..."

In the third boat, the men slumped wearily over their oars, as one moaned, "Not rape again!"

certainly explains all the tall blondes in my family line.....

ok, so last year in May, I borrowed money from my 401K to pay for getting my teeth fixed. I also had money taken out of my paycheck for a health saving account so I could pay myself back. That worked out pretty well, I got my teeth fixed and I paid myself back. I also had enough to buy a cool conversion van (don't get excited) it is a well maintained 1979 Starcraft with bells and whistles (for a '79) that has a back bench seat that makes into a queen sized bed. with a propane kitchen in the back (when you open up the doors) and plenty of roof rack space and a cool continental kit and a bumper to roof ladder. Inside are fairy lights across the back and a 4 speaker quadraphonic sound radio/cd/tape player.

And it has been sitting in my parking lot since June.

Somebody long before I bought it put in a governor to make it a off road vehicle and that hooks into the starter coil that will automatically turn off the motor if the thing tips over. It is all after market with no schematic. So when I replaced the battery, the damn thing came un stuck from it's level and I haven't been able to start the RV since.

Yesterday I got the last of my tooth reimbursement and tomorrow the moon and Mercury is in Aries, the time of starts, and at 6:30 AM I am having my RV towed to the Auto Electric shop, and they are going to fix it.

Yay!!

oh, that's great, merley! no more riding a vespa in the rain.

Just got home and clicked on my Google page.......



Here is a very important reminder of job safety:

The Bricklayers Song

June 23, 2007/Show #1256

This song was popularized by Scots singing duo The Corries and is also known as "Why Paddy's Not at Work Today." Amongst many other listeners, physics teachers have written to us for the lyrics to help them teach their students the principals of mechanics.

Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
For at the time of writing it I'm not a pretty sight
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
And I write this note to say why I am not at work today

Whilst working on the 14th floor some bricks I had to clear
But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea
The foreman wasn't very pleased he is an arkward sod
And he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod

Clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me

And so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down

Well the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
But I clung on tightly none with shock from this almighty blow
While the barrel spilled out half its bricks some 14 floors below

When these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
But I clung on tightly to the rope my body racked with pain
And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again

Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock
But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round.

Now as I lay there on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
A shower of bricks rained down on me I didn't have a hope
As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go the bloody rope

The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
It broke 3 ribs and my left arm and I can only say
I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today .



Performed by The Corries, from their Comedy Collection cd


Copyright 2007 NPR and Fiona Ritchie

Happy St. Paddy's Day.......

I remember hearing that Corries' song many years ago . It's good to see the lyrics in their full glory.

Happy St Patrick's Day to our Celtic cousins. Here is a topical story explaining the strange phenomenon of how the bubbles in a pint of Guinness have been found to go down as well as up. http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab/g ... index.html

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• T-shirt of the day I'm the person your mother warned you about.
• T-shirt Life is *not* a Cabaret, and stop calling me chum!
• tact, n. The unsaid part of what you're thinking.
• take forceful action Do something that should have been done a long time ago.
• tax office, n. Den of inequity.
• taxes, n. Of life's two certainties, the only one for which you can get an extension.
• taxidermist, n. A man who mounts animals.
• teamwork, n. Having someone to blame.
• Teutonic, a. and n. Not enough gin.
• Theory of Selective Supervision The one time in the day that you lean back and relax is the one time the boss walks through the office.
• Third Law of Photography If you did manage to get any good shots, they will be ruined when someone inadvertently opens the darkroom door and all of the dark leaks out.
• theory, n. System of ideas meant to explain something, chosen with a view to originality, controversialism, incomprehensibility, and how good it will look in print.
• Thyme's Law Everything goes wrong at once.
• timesharing, n. An access method whereby one computer abuses many people.
• Tip of the Day Never fry bacon in the nude. [Correction: always fry bacon in the nude; you'll learn not to burn it]
• today, n. A nice place to visit, but you can't stay here for long.
• Toni's Solution to a Guilt-Free Life If you have to lie to someone, it's their fault.
• transfer, n. A promotion you receive on the condition that you leave town.
• travel, n. Something that makes you feel like you're getting somewhere.
• "trust me" Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor."
• Turnaucka's Law The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.
• Tussman's Law Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.

1. Playing cards have the top half upside-down to help cheaters.
2. There are a finite number of jokes in the universe.
3. Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music longer than they would ordinarily.
4. There is no music in space.
5. People will pay to watch people make sounds.
6. Everything on stage should be larger than in real life.

1. Do it yourself.
2. Hire someone to do it for you.
3. Forbid your kids to do it.

1. *Of course* we'll give you a copy of the source.
2. *Of course* the third party vendor we bought that from will fix the microcode.
3. Beta test site? No, *of course* you're not a beta test site.