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January 2004 Archived Notes
(Editor’s
note: Gone… that’s all I can say is GONE!!!
That is, the weekly notes for January 5th and 12th… last
week they were here… this week
they’re not… pisses me off…)
January 26th,
2004
– Morning folks!!! First
of all, I'm kinda pissed... First
off, when I start my update every Monday morning, I take last week’s update
and copy it over to my "oldnotes" page...
well, I did this last week, but the SOB is gone...
completely gone! This means
that last week when I posted my update to the web page, I did two things... 1) I must have "cut" instead of
"copied"... no big deal,
but then: 2) When I "pasted" the updated file to the web, it got hosed
and is gone... So not only did I
lose the original file, but I lost the posted file... almost impossible, even if I tried to do that...
But that my friends, is the story of my life...
On
to better news... I'm feeling
better... thank the big guy up
above!!! I finally got off the damn
wagon this weekend and had a few beers... Saturday
we were up in Gillett where the Inspector and AG were playing bball, and during
a break between games we checked out one of the local establishments...
not very fancy (or clean) but that beer tasted damn good...
Yesterday's
events involved some barley pop as well...
I'm sure everyone is sick of hearing about my garage, but I called one of
the outlaws on the wife's side to see when we wanted to tackle some wiring out
in my new facility... well, he must
have been bored cause he came right out...
We started off with "We'll just check out what we need and make a
list", escalated to "Lets go shopping and pick up what we need",
and ended up doing pretty much all of the "Phase I" wiring.
We installed 4 lights, 2 switches, and 9 outlets off of 4 new breakers...
AND, we knocked off pretty much a full case of beer... I tell ya, its good to be feeling better!
MAJOR
highlight from last week: The
newsletter has been shipped!!! Everyone
should have received their copy by now... I
already received a couple emails on it, and it looks like its getting good
reviews. Personally, I wasn't all
that tickled with it, but I think that's just because the first two were so damn
good its hard to top them... This
one is probably just as good; I just always want to do better...
I hope everyone enjoys it... If
anyone wants a copy, please feel free to let me know...Hopefully I'll have it
posted on the website one of these days...
I
saw "Tim the Toolman" Taylor (SEC-Weights/Measures) yesterday after
church... he's looking pretty good
and seems to be OK despite his toe still (hopefully) recovering...
I had mentioned to him last week that since he's sitting around bored all
day, he should do a diary or something for the website, but I haven't see
anything this morning... maybe next week... on
a side note, saw the SEC-Transportation too…
Jesus… what a haircut…
hope he didn’t pay too much for that…
On
another high note from last week, Zumbo's eldest has completed naval basic
training. His
"graduation" was last Friday or so and now that that is behind him,
word is he'll be off for the east coast and a couple years of schooling.. I believe he'll be in North Carolina... hopefully somewhere down the line he'll be bored enough to
drop us an email and let us know what he's up to...
He's
a good one... its short, but
cracked me up:
A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband
stalking around with a fly swatter.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Hunting Flies" he responded.
"Oh. Killing any?" she asked.
"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.
Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?"
He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on
the phone."
Well,
I think that's about all I have for today, but before I go, here's a few words
of wisdom for our junior members:
"The answer to life's problems aren't at the
bottom of a beer bottle, they're on TV." -- Homer Simpson.
Well,
take care, and have a GREAT week!
As
Red would say, “Keep your stick on the ice!”
curtamous
January 20th,
2004
– Morning all!!! Cold enough for
everyone? How's everyone doing?
I hope everyone is doing great, even though I KNOW that's not the case...
(more on that later...) Me,
I think I'm still recovering from last week's bout with the flu.
Still feeling a bit run down, so I'm trying to take it easy...
for a guy that always takes it easy, that's no small task...
Sorry
about the update being a day late, but yesterday was a holiday of course.
MLK's birthday. We get the day off, and to be honest, I kinda like that.
Normally, I like to take the day and go bunny hunting, but with my recent
illnesses, I decided to take it easy and stay in where its warm...
I know, sounds like a chick, but it turned out OK...
I ended up heading into work anyway and got a bunch of work done on the
newsletter... expect it soon...
Anyway, HAPPY MLK Day!!!
As
I mentioned in the opening, I know not everyone is doing well.
It turns our slightly uncoordinated SEC-Weights/Measures had a little
accident recently which resulted in him nearly losing a toe.
He claims it wasn't his fault, but the folks at the hospital, who now all
know him by name, weren't buying into it. (I
always loved Cheers, especially where they all yelled "Norm" when
George Wendt walked in... not as
cool when everyone yells your name when you come into the emergency room...)
Tim the Toolman Taylor has nothing on this guy...
at least this "accident" didn't involve a kraut slicer...
Last
week our Comptroller celebrated another birthday, so take a sec and drop him a
line to congratulate him in surviving another year.
Also, Zumbo's beautiful bride celebrates another year this week, so take
the time to wish her a happy day too...
With
the newsletter almost done, I'm going to try to make a push to get the new
website rolling soon. Take a sec
and check it out here, and feel free to
use my new email address as well.
Hopefully this will keep my busy until better weather rolls around...
I
wasn't going to bring up the subject of football, but I'm sure everyone watched
the games this past weekend. I
don't know about everyone else, but how great was it to see Philly get crushed?
I was really sick of all that "4th and 26" crap from them, so
seeing them beat AGAIN in the NFC Championship game was sweet...
although, I do feel bad for Reid...
He's a good coach and good guy... too
bad he coaches in a town full of A-Holes...
After
spending too much time around the house lately, I thought this hit it right on
the head... Hopefully I haven't
sent it before...
A
man was walking in the street when he heard a voice. "Stop! Stand still! If
you take one more step, a brick will fall down on your head and kill you."
The man stopped and a big brick fell right in front of him. The man was
astonished.
He
went on, and after awhile he was going to cross the road. Once again the voice
shouted: "Stop! Stand still! If you take one more step a car will run over
you and you will die." The man did as he was instructed, just as a car came
careening around the corner, barely missing him.
"Where
are you?" the man asked. "Who are you?"
"I
am your guardian angel," the voice answered.
"Oh
yeah?" the man asked. "And where the hell were you when I got
married?"
Well,
I think that's about all I have for today, but before I go, here's a few words
of wisdom for our junior members:
"Oh,
you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's
called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." -- Drew Carey
Well,
take care, and have a GREAT week!
As
Red would say, “Keep your stick on the ice!”
curtamous
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