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Reading through some of the posts reminds me about a family story...

Back in the day, Great-grandpa decided he needed some new false teeth, and ordered a do-it-yourself kit advertised in a mail-order catalog for considerably less money than the local dentist. The kit arrived and told how to mix up the plaster of paris, insert in mouth for exactly 15 minutes, take the casting out, and send in mail to the company who would make the teeth from the casting and return. Being home alone, Great-grandpa mixed up the compound and placed it in his mouth as instructed. Deciding that he needed to remain fairly still, he stretched out on the couch and fell asleep.

When he woke, the compound had completely hardened and he could not remove the casting. He managed to chip it out with a hammer and screwdriver, but admitted to my Grandma later that he was very scared for a good while.

I grabbed a cheap can a while back, but didn’t have a use for it until I noticed the tape on the kids metal bats was coming loose. I tape off the bat and spray the flex seal on. It wasn’t an even coat, so I took a piece of masking paper and wiped some of the excess flex seal off and evened out the remaining. Gave the bats an impressive handle with a textured grip.

Nothing seems to work, except for Call Control on my cell phone. What I usually end up doing is pressing “1” as quickly as possible. Then when I get a live person, I will start by telling them to get a real job. Sometimes that starts a conversation that I can keep wasting their time. A burp in their ear sometimes accidentally happens as well. If they called my cell phone, I report the call as credit card fraud and enter it on the black list. Once I have done this, I never have to deal with a repeat call, until they switch numbers, but I figure that in wasted time, time they can’t be using on other people, and having to pay for new numbers, I am making it less profitable for them.

BTW...Do not call lists are a waste of time.

While working at a landscape company, one co-worker took some drip tubing and a spray nozzle and hooked it up to the washer in another co-workers new car and ran the line under the steering column. Then he waited until the proud new owner of the car slowly drove out and way-laid him with various questions about the car while he was setting in the car. As he asked the questions, he was reaching in the window and pressing buttons and switches. After a time, he flipped the washer switch on, which sprayed the other worker in the crotch.

He offered to take it out, but the other co-worker said he wanted everything left, but he was going to run the line under the dash to the other side to spray the passengers.

As a user for about 10 years without problems, I am now questioning whether or not to use the product any longer. I think everyone should email TurboTax and express their doubts about the product. If enough people question them, they are going to see the vanishing $$$ and turn around and go after Geither.

Your post on Backdoor Mountain is good!

Bill and Hill

Do you think she is saying that it's ok for her to have those traits? Perhaps she doesn't consider herself to be an American. Is she French or something?

A couple of questions:

1. In light of Matt 19:4-5. "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." So how can they justify homosexuality? Is the Bible no longer in effect? Why hold to any Biblical values? Etc, Etc, Etc.

2. Consider 1 Tim 3:2-7. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?). He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap. How can Robinson meet the criteria of an overseer (bishop) that is listed?

To be sure, there is some truth to what you say, but the officiating (UN and media) is biased against “Bush and his cronies”, while one only has to watch Shaq lower his shoulder into the defender gut and shove him out of the way, or watch Kobe follow Shaq up the floor like a running back following his pulling guard to realize that the Lakers have the ref’s on their side. And I haven’t even began to talk about everyone’s favorite jerk, Rick Fox!

So, I guess I’ll still be rooting for which ever team is playing the Lakers…unless, somehow the Dallas Cowboys manage to play the Lakers, then I’ll be hoping for a tie!

A Proposal for the Reconstruction of Post-War Iraq!

I had been working on a plan that would have completely eliminated the need for war in Iraq. Not a single shot fired, yet everyone satisfied and happy. Yes, President Bush, his staff, the protestors on the street, the French, the Iraqi’s, everyone would have been happy with this plan; even Saddam. Unfortunately, I took to much time to get all the details worked out and they were fighting before I was done.

It was quite simple. I simply looked at the objectives of all involved, and came up with a plan to satisfy each. President Bush wanted Saddam out of Iraq; so the plan called for Saddam to be exiled. The logical choice for him to go was France. France could now achieve their objective, and would wait at the airport with the white flag of surrender. Saddam walks off the plane, as the new ruler of France; completing his objective of remaining the leader of a nation. No shots fired, which satisfies those who were out in the streets, violently protesting violence.

Well, this is no longer possible, but I am starting on the plan for the Reconstruction of Post War Iraq. We do not want a dictator to rule the country, so I propose a government by committee. Separating the powers of the Federal Government into three areas has worked in the United States, so let’s start with a committee of three individuals. The people of Iraq allowed an egotistical, power hungry individual, Saddam, to gain control; so they would probably want the same attributes for their committee of three. Now, here in the US, we are hearing rumors that several people, who have these attributes, are considering running for President in the next election; yet we do not want them! So, we satisfy Hillary, Tommy, and Dick by placing them in the three highest positions of power in Iraq. We’re satisfied, because we no longer have to deal with the three of them.

As I indicated, this is just a start. Obviously, we need to send along some help. There are plenty that we need to send to assist in the governing of Iraq. Also, since Iraq has been suppressed for so long, there is a definite need for artists, entertainers, actors, and liberated, intelligent women to enlighten the suppressed. We can satisfy several needs by sending Barbra Streisand and the Dixie Chicks to Iraq.

Well, as I stated, this is just a start, and there are many details that I missed. Feel free to make suggestions.

Don’t forget the Geraldo Rivera Garbage Truck as it makes it’s rounds about the airport! This truck was conveniently named for its driver, who recently had to make a career change!

First bulleted item below lead article..."Lakers come out firing, hold off Nets in Game 2"

In an earlier version of IE, about 5 years ago, I managed to delete the index.dat, rebooted the machine, opened windows explorer, and then IE, and watched windows put in a new index.dat file. I then changed the properties to read only, and that worked, except that I would receive frequent message to delete the cookie file and reboot. I ignored it for a time, then dicovered that I could delete the content of the index.dat file when I chose to (like just before I register a MS program) and resave it. I now have my index.dat file setting so that when I right click on the file in explorer, it automatically opens in notepad, saving a few steps. I used the idea of deleting the content of the file and resaving it to corrupt the annoying clip-it help file in MS Office 97 and ended a great deal of frustration, as it never helped and I just wanted to kick it.

Open notepad, then open the C:\Windows\Cookies\Index.dat file from Notepad. Edit/Select All, then delete. Save as, change save as file type to all files, select index.dat and click ok.