Pajamas in the UK — no, the parents, not the students

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(source included at bottom of article)

They’ve got nothing on WalMart here in the US.  Not even close.

 

School bans ’slovenly’ mothers from wearing pyjamas when they drop their children off

By Laura Clark
Last updated at 3:39 PM on 05th February 2010

From today’s Arab News - some women suffer in silence

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(http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9§ion=0&article=132504&d=6&m=2&y=2010)

Not that similar problems don’t exist elsewhere, but do you think maybe the level of it in your country has something to do with the fact that your organized state religion treats women as chattel only slightly better than farm animals might have something to do with it?

Who dat…

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It would be more sporting and perhaps more funny if such a large percentage of New Orleans’ citizens didn’t think it really is proper English.

Great moments in cooking

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Desire for key lime anything increasing over the last week or so, I picked up a tub of Philadelphia (cream cheese) brand “Key Lime Pie Filling” and a 9-inch graham cracker pie crust.

Toyota’s next step?

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So, Toyota is recalling a tremendous number of vehicles because of runaway, uncommanded engine speed.  It’s about time.

Everything I’m reading regarding the recall is about the accelerator.

Saints to get their heads handed to them?

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Congratulations, New Orleans Saints.  You managed to win your conference championship game despite a miserable showing.  Know, however, that beating the statistics is seldom good for more than one game at a time. 

Play the same way in the next one and you’ll be able to hold your heads up only by repeating constantly, “But we were in the Superbowl.  We were in the Superbowl.”

NEWS!! Government wastes Money!

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State Department Waste in Iraq Costs Billions, Audit Finds

January 25, 2010
AP

The special inspector general on reconstruction says he hopes not to see a repeat in Afghanistan of the State Department’s failure to oversee security contracts and waste of billions of dollars in Iraq.

Sunday shorts

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Things one can learn while on really good pain killers:

  1. Spilling an entire box of rice on the floor makes a real mess and it isn’t very easily cleaned up. Doing the same thing a week later with a box of Splenda is much much worse.

Do me a favor, senator,…

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Email from Senator Bill Nelson, received September 14, 2009:

Most of the calls and mail coming into my office these days are from constituents worried about health care. Regardless of where anyone stands on the specifics of this issue, I think we all can agree the current system is unfair, too costly, and needs to be fixed.

Uh oh

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So there he was, “in the country only a couple of weeks” having emigrated from another English-speaking country to our own, walking down the somewhat rural road, but in a developed area, and there lay a turtle.

On the street corner at one in the morning

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Not unusual, I awakened to a scorching pain in my back.  One of those that makes you wonder if you yelled in your sleep just before waking up.  It’s not really an unusual thing — part of what is not  post-surgical lifestyle that is apparently going to last.

Veterans Wrongly Told They Have Fatal Disease

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Associatd Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  Former Air Force reservist Gale Reid received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Department that told her she had Lou Gehrig’s disease, and she immediately put herself through a battery of painful, expensive tests. Five days later, the VA said its “diagnosis” was a mistake.

More from the government that wants to run health care

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Well that was peachy.  2 hours of fitful “sleep” and I awake to find this.

One might remember that the VA’s primary mission is health care. 
Or one might do better to forget.

 

Veterans too will be screwed under Obamacare

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It is said that the reason the penalties for assaulting or killing a law enforcement officer are so stiff is because if a criminal will commit such a crime against someone who is known to be trained and armed, that criminal can logically be expected to do even worse, or the same more quickly, to a more vulnerable civilian.

Cakes for Criminals

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 Heck of an idea!  Certainly would be hard for the recipients to claim harrassment.  

HIGH SCHOOL — 1959 vs. 2009

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via email.  Thanks, Mark.

 

Scenario  1:

Jack  goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot  with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack.

 

1959  - Vice  Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his  shotgun to show Jack.

Relaxing — who, me?!

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Well, the bad news is that cardio doc said today I have to keep up that damned handful of pills I take every morning and evening.  Been taking them for so long by the handful, if I didn’t have to refill every 90 days I wouldn’t know what they are.  Only the Treo knows and the various docs are glad I carry it with me.  I am, too.

Rosie the Riveter — the part I missed

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I was born a few months before the end of World War II, so Rosie the Riveter wasn’t a part of my daily life.  I was familiar with the general idea, how women had taken over many production jobs that had previously been held only by men so those men could “go off to war,” but the familiarity was in concept only.  

Health care “freedom”

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Quote from a friend of mine, an Eastern European emigree,  yesterday regarding the current health care reform:

I lived under Communism for almost forty years.  This is the same thing to me.

Reminiscent of “The dog ate my homework.”

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Treasure Coast man blames cat for downloaded child pornography

MARTIN COUNTY - Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t buy it when a 48-year-old Jensen Beach man claimed that his cat was downloading child pornography on his computer.

More nationalized “health care”

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Swine flu hotline run by 16-year-olds: NHS pays GCSE pupils to give advice and hand out drugs

By Christian Gysin
Last updated at 1:00 AM on 08th August 2009

An NHS call centre is employing 16-year-olds to assess suspected cases of swine flu.

They earn up to £16.40 an hour reading out a prepared script of questions.
It is their responsibility to hand out powerful anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu - known to have violent side-effects.

We have illegals from Mexico and Saudi Arabia has…

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Carry nonrefundable return tickets, Umrah pilgrims told
Muhammad Humaidan | Arab News
 
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Haj has ordered that Umrah pilgrims carry nonrefundable return tickets with them when they come for the lesser pilgrimage.

Dear AARP,

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Just in case you didn’t get the form I filled out on your site, here’s what I sent you, along with my membership information:

You may save money by not sending me anything through the mail.  NOTHING.

You no longer represent my interests.  I’ve had that suspicion for some time now, but now I’m sure.

Politics: The good and the skewed

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Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to Resign

Sen. Mel Martinez, who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek re-election in 2010, said Friday that will not return to the Senate after the August recess. 

Florida Sen. Mel Martinez said Friday he is resigning to return to Florida and his family.

Where did the white man go wrong?

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Indian Chief “Two Eagles” was asked by a white government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years.  You’ve seen his wars and his technical advances.  You’ve seen his progress and the damage he’s done.”

The Chief nodded in agreement.

There’s that other English again

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I call them ladybugs, but apparently the same insect is a ladybird in the UK.  In any case, it looks like a real mess is on.  See article here and be sure to enlarge/select the pic on the right.

Military Working Dogs Need Help, Too

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My friend Jean sent me a link to a project I’d not heard of and for an issue I’d never even thought about.  The brochure is here and the project’s home page is here.

I’ve been in that heat and sand and it is not pleasant most of the time.  I can’t imagine being there with no eye protection, no shoes, and a coat of fur.

Yes, it’s been quite some time since…

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Had tree roots push down the irrigation PVC in the front yard and push down one sprinkler unit.  The thing ended up 3 inches below ground, and that’s DIRT, level, farther than that below clear-the-grass-to-spray level.

Got out the SawsAll (great tool — my second one) and cut roots from above, around, and below the sprinkler.  Had to replace the sprinkler unit though.

Getting a garage door installed (final update)

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(Formerly titled “I don’t share those ethics”)


The business owner pays for rent/lease, phone, all utilities, advertising, employee payroll and benefits, inventory, taxes, web design and ISP costs, accountant’s’ fees, various forms of insurance, etc. 

He incurs all the risks, liabilities, and expenses typical of a business owner.  In short, he is heavily invested both up front and on a daily basis. 

Take two aspirin

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And don’t call me in the morning.

I don’t care what your MRI shows, take 2 aspirin and all will be well.

Your labs show things I’ve never seen before, but then I’m not a doctor.  Take two aspirin and all will be well.

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