We are in one of those "brick wall" situations. Probably got a virus, or two, in the computer. Be carefull if you download anything to do with "CD's" .. we did, had problems ever since. Our LAN with Adelphia DOES NOT WORK. EVERYTHING indicates it is alive, well and working, but it is not. Has not bee for THREE days. Call ADELPHIA ... they get in to our computer .... All is OK ... MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER ..... Call EMACHIES .. they get in to our computer ... ALL IS OK .... MUST BE ADELPHIA ...
Frustrating to say least. So I did the logical thing .... signed up with AOL. Now we can at least get on line. Everthing indicates all is working ... but it isn't. ISP no good ??????? BAD CONNECTION .... I know it is something really MINOR ... but what?
So, I am having a tough time gettng around, EVERYTHING IS SLOW ... about as slow as our first computer 15 years ago .... later ..... jbd
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Words of wisdom, obviously not mine!
1. If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
3. Going to a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. It isn't the jeans that make your butt look fat.
5. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. (Just remember how lucky you were to get a free trip around the sun.)
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make the ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. If you must choose between two evils, chose the one that you've never tried before.
Thanks to Merrill Dooley ... who sent me these .....jbd
2. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
3. Going to a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. It isn't the jeans that make your butt look fat.
5. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. (Just remember how lucky you were to get a free trip around the sun.)
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make the ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. If you must choose between two evils, chose the one that you've never tried before.
Thanks to Merrill Dooley ... who sent me these .....jbd
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Love him or loath him, he nailed this one right on the head.............As a Veteran, I appreciate this. As an "old person" I also appreciate it. As a person with "common sense" .... makes the head spin .....
By Rush Limbaugh
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving the country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I just can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the
entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable. Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.
We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well.
You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense?
However, our own U.S. Congress just voted themselves a raise, and many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month, and most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They also do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system.
If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, you may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed you in harm's way receive a pension of $15,000 per month. I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.
"When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many people as you can.If your interested there is more.................
This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going.
SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. It's short
and to the point.)
Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die, except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments. For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives.
This is calculated on an average life span for each.
Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they voted for themselves are free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan.
The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own Social
Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into -- every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. And that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators an Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. WE, each one of us... can make a difference..
By Rush Limbaugh
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving the country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I just can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the
entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable. Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.
We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well.
You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense?
However, our own U.S. Congress just voted themselves a raise, and many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month, and most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They also do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system.
If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, you may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed you in harm's way receive a pension of $15,000 per month. I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.
"When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many people as you can.If your interested there is more.................
This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going.
SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. It's short
and to the point.)
Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die, except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments. For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives.
This is calculated on an average life span for each.
Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they voted for themselves are free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan.
The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own Social
Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into -- every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. And that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators an Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. WE, each one of us... can make a difference..
Friday, July 09, 2004
Leftovers for the week
Friday evening, getting about bed time, have a show to do tomorrow at WalMart. Will be a busy one, going to make turkey sandwiches, can't make them fast enough. French bread, turkey, cheese, mayo, Italian Dressing, good sandwich.
Comments on the new OSU coach. Personal opinion only. Not my choice. Seen too much X BBall over the years, always been a questionable program. I think it is a shame that a big time program like OSU can't do any better than they did.. Why not bring back Jerry Faust and let him coach BBall. Remember old Eldon Miller, bring him back. Andy Geiger. I would prefer seeing him at another university, or anyplace for that matter. Three years and the new guy will be gone. Knight, would have them back in the NCAA finals or better in a few years. I am now a Michigan fan in ALL sports. I predict the honeymoon is over in football, I could be wrong, but I think this season will be crucial. I look for a losing season. Losing season in BBall, Geiger gone in a year or two.
Locally, well, LAPP ,, Licking Alcohol Prevention Program ... Director got drunk and wrecked two cars in a few years. At least they let him wreck two of them ... I thought it was THREE strikes and you are out ... or perhaps, in that position, one would have been enough. Now, they noticed a lot of money was spent ... apartment, furniture, etc., sounds like something Bill Clinton would have done. Director must have been a democrat also .... he misunderstood, I guess.
Somewhere in city hall, another investigation. One of the good things about investigations in our city hall .... nothing ever seems to come of them. The fact they are being conducted sounds good though.
I also noticed that the council president is accepting another important position. I think it was director of something regarding handicapped children in Costa Rica. Probably been a lifelong dream of his. I'm sure he will do a good job there. Maybe have to leave his council post to devote more time to the new position. Strange if he would not finish his term. Oh, I guess that has happened before though.
This is a bad year for me ... I have a GRANDDAUGHTER who is going to be 15 this month ..... and a DAUGHTER ... who will be 50 in October. I used to be so much older that a lot of people, now, we're almost the same age ... no big spread anymore. I never knew a grandparent, they had all passed away when I was born in '32. A daughter .... 50 .... she thinks this will be tough on her .. think about me .... heck, I turned 50 in '82. I'm just glad to be around to see it all.
Listening to old time radio while I do this .. a neat salute to servicemen ... Crosby, Sinatra and Hope ... with a message from D. D. Eisenhower, the General. Must have been right after the war, mid to late 40's I think. Inspirational words from Ike.
Caught a little of the John McEnroe TV show ... worse than Magic's fiasco ... they are really digging for (talent?) ... My Son Dean is working on a show ... Pitch TV ... great idea, timing is outstanding ... people get an opportunity to "Pitch" an idea ... TV show, product, etc., ideas are certainly needed NOW ... I hope he gets it going. He has all the tools himself, and the facility to do it ....
Well, not a lot of gravy here tonight, certainly no sizzle, so will depart ..... jbd
Comments on the new OSU coach. Personal opinion only. Not my choice. Seen too much X BBall over the years, always been a questionable program. I think it is a shame that a big time program like OSU can't do any better than they did.. Why not bring back Jerry Faust and let him coach BBall. Remember old Eldon Miller, bring him back. Andy Geiger. I would prefer seeing him at another university, or anyplace for that matter. Three years and the new guy will be gone. Knight, would have them back in the NCAA finals or better in a few years. I am now a Michigan fan in ALL sports. I predict the honeymoon is over in football, I could be wrong, but I think this season will be crucial. I look for a losing season. Losing season in BBall, Geiger gone in a year or two.
Locally, well, LAPP ,, Licking Alcohol Prevention Program ... Director got drunk and wrecked two cars in a few years. At least they let him wreck two of them ... I thought it was THREE strikes and you are out ... or perhaps, in that position, one would have been enough. Now, they noticed a lot of money was spent ... apartment, furniture, etc., sounds like something Bill Clinton would have done. Director must have been a democrat also .... he misunderstood, I guess.
Somewhere in city hall, another investigation. One of the good things about investigations in our city hall .... nothing ever seems to come of them. The fact they are being conducted sounds good though.
I also noticed that the council president is accepting another important position. I think it was director of something regarding handicapped children in Costa Rica. Probably been a lifelong dream of his. I'm sure he will do a good job there. Maybe have to leave his council post to devote more time to the new position. Strange if he would not finish his term. Oh, I guess that has happened before though.
This is a bad year for me ... I have a GRANDDAUGHTER who is going to be 15 this month ..... and a DAUGHTER ... who will be 50 in October. I used to be so much older that a lot of people, now, we're almost the same age ... no big spread anymore. I never knew a grandparent, they had all passed away when I was born in '32. A daughter .... 50 .... she thinks this will be tough on her .. think about me .... heck, I turned 50 in '82. I'm just glad to be around to see it all.
Listening to old time radio while I do this .. a neat salute to servicemen ... Crosby, Sinatra and Hope ... with a message from D. D. Eisenhower, the General. Must have been right after the war, mid to late 40's I think. Inspirational words from Ike.
Caught a little of the John McEnroe TV show ... worse than Magic's fiasco ... they are really digging for (talent?) ... My Son Dean is working on a show ... Pitch TV ... great idea, timing is outstanding ... people get an opportunity to "Pitch" an idea ... TV show, product, etc., ideas are certainly needed NOW ... I hope he gets it going. He has all the tools himself, and the facility to do it ....
Well, not a lot of gravy here tonight, certainly no sizzle, so will depart ..... jbd
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Fourth of July, 2004
Early on the 4th here in Ohio, having my first cup of coffee, looking out the window and a not too bad day, no sun yet, muggy out, so there could be some rain. I have a show to do today in Delaware, Aidells Sausage at a Kroger store. Really not looking forward to that. An hour drive, an hour set up, probably a slow day, then the drive home, and an hour to clean everything up. Happy FOURTH.
I need some advice. I like southern gospel music, as you can tell from my site. Been listening to and watching it for a long time. But, I have to wonder if there is something wrong with me. Last night, I was watching Gaither, while drinking MGD, Miller Genuine Draft Beer.
And, I admit, beer or not, I cry a lot when I watch it. David Phelps did one last night ... wow .... cried through it all, and when he hit a high one .... wham, on my feet reaching. There were a couple that really had the tears flowing. I've watched the videos so much I know a little about what maybe was going on at the time it was being recorded.
Danny Gaither sang one, at that time he was diagnosed, and dying, not a dry eye in the house. And when David sings, and without question, he has the sincerest, finest, purest voice I have ever heard ... when they do shots of his peers .. they are in awe of his voice.
Back to my problem, I am not sure if I should listen and drink beer at the same time. Any help will be appreciated.
Back to Gospel Music. Terry Blackwood sang one last night, one he backed up Elvis, when he recorded it. It was Elvis's favorite hymn. I think JD Sumner was also still around. Elvis loved him, that deep base voice, not to compare with it. And Jake Hess was there, he was the favorite singer of ... Elvis. There are so many threads woven between Elvis and Gospel music.
Check your TV listing, or, I think ... ours can search and find, if I knew how to do it ... Gaither is generally on Saturday night, one show at 6 and one at 7. Much of what you see, and many of those you see ... the old timers are gone. I for one am glad that Bill started this whole thing, and got some of this on tape before it was too late. Bill is a Hoosier, not too far from where my family was in Marion, Indiana. And I think, I recall that my Aunt, Eva Shannon, who was a piano teacher in Marion, crossed paths with Bill and Gloria early in their careers. Not sure, but Eva had some of their early records, and it seems I recall hearing her tell of some association with them. Played piano, or did something.
And then of course, Dean is a big name in our family. My father was Ralph Dean, brother Dean Shannon, cousin Merrill Dean, his sister is Willadean (sp?) actually my son in NJ is Dean. My Grandfather Caleb Dooley, who lived in Marion, as they did in those days, spent Saturday night, and a lot of other time, in the County Seat, which was Marion. The Dean family, from Fairmount, Indiana ... well, anyway, that is the Dean family of James Dean (the actor) ... anyway, that association .... is where Caleb got the Dean from ....
I just got an email from Merrill, and he had been visiting in Marion, and stopped by the cemetery ... Lucy Bradford Dooley and Caleb are buried there. I unfortunately never knew any of my grandparents. They had all passed when I was born. Not many living today can say ... "My Grandfather served in the Civil War." I hope that means that we all live long lives in this family.
Happy Fourth to all, have to start packing up for my trek to sell sausage ... no one will be there today, all out having fun, if they do come in to the store it will be to get something real fast ... last minute stuff .. not a good day for sampling...
Check the flag link on my site .. seeyouatthehouse.com , have your own fireworks display ........ jbd
I need some advice. I like southern gospel music, as you can tell from my site. Been listening to and watching it for a long time. But, I have to wonder if there is something wrong with me. Last night, I was watching Gaither, while drinking MGD, Miller Genuine Draft Beer.
And, I admit, beer or not, I cry a lot when I watch it. David Phelps did one last night ... wow .... cried through it all, and when he hit a high one .... wham, on my feet reaching. There were a couple that really had the tears flowing. I've watched the videos so much I know a little about what maybe was going on at the time it was being recorded.
Danny Gaither sang one, at that time he was diagnosed, and dying, not a dry eye in the house. And when David sings, and without question, he has the sincerest, finest, purest voice I have ever heard ... when they do shots of his peers .. they are in awe of his voice.
Back to my problem, I am not sure if I should listen and drink beer at the same time. Any help will be appreciated.
Back to Gospel Music. Terry Blackwood sang one last night, one he backed up Elvis, when he recorded it. It was Elvis's favorite hymn. I think JD Sumner was also still around. Elvis loved him, that deep base voice, not to compare with it. And Jake Hess was there, he was the favorite singer of ... Elvis. There are so many threads woven between Elvis and Gospel music.
Check your TV listing, or, I think ... ours can search and find, if I knew how to do it ... Gaither is generally on Saturday night, one show at 6 and one at 7. Much of what you see, and many of those you see ... the old timers are gone. I for one am glad that Bill started this whole thing, and got some of this on tape before it was too late. Bill is a Hoosier, not too far from where my family was in Marion, Indiana. And I think, I recall that my Aunt, Eva Shannon, who was a piano teacher in Marion, crossed paths with Bill and Gloria early in their careers. Not sure, but Eva had some of their early records, and it seems I recall hearing her tell of some association with them. Played piano, or did something.
And then of course, Dean is a big name in our family. My father was Ralph Dean, brother Dean Shannon, cousin Merrill Dean, his sister is Willadean (sp?) actually my son in NJ is Dean. My Grandfather Caleb Dooley, who lived in Marion, as they did in those days, spent Saturday night, and a lot of other time, in the County Seat, which was Marion. The Dean family, from Fairmount, Indiana ... well, anyway, that is the Dean family of James Dean (the actor) ... anyway, that association .... is where Caleb got the Dean from ....
I just got an email from Merrill, and he had been visiting in Marion, and stopped by the cemetery ... Lucy Bradford Dooley and Caleb are buried there. I unfortunately never knew any of my grandparents. They had all passed when I was born. Not many living today can say ... "My Grandfather served in the Civil War." I hope that means that we all live long lives in this family.
Happy Fourth to all, have to start packing up for my trek to sell sausage ... no one will be there today, all out having fun, if they do come in to the store it will be to get something real fast ... last minute stuff .. not a good day for sampling...
Check the flag link on my site .. seeyouatthehouse.com , have your own fireworks display ........ jbd
Friday, July 02, 2004
Words of Wisdom ...
People who live in glass houses should make love in the basement.
Never read the fine print. There ain't no way you're going to like it.
If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely you will get soaking wet.
The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals.
The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
To err is human, to forgive - highly unlikely
Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Hyundai.
Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel single..
Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.
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