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December 2006 Archived Notes
Dec
18, 2006 - Jak se Maj! Happy Monday to all! Well, it was wishful thinking that I'd have today off, wasn't it? Friday's day off got shot too... That leaves me with 3 more vacation day to take and no days I can take 'em... Boy! I LOVE my job!!!
Enough whining... wait, a little more... Had a cold since last week, so that's sucked...
weirdest cold I've ever had too... it kinda comes and goes... never gets real bad, but I never feel better either... Today's
pretty good though, so hopefully I'm at the end...
OK, on to bigger and better... Packers won! Barely, but they still won... Can't complain about the result, even though they looked like crap. Badger hoops looked awesome on Saturday! What a great game! Kinda glad I was sick, because I probably wouldn't have sat and watched the whole thing if I wasn't, so that was cool. Nothing like beating the #2 team in the nation.
Here's are some ideas to "ponder"...
PONDERISMS
I used to eat a lot of natural foods, until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
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The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
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Never take life seriously; nobody gets out alive anyway.
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There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
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Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
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The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
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Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
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Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
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All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
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In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
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How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
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If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
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Why do people point to their wrists when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotches when they ask where the bathroom is?
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Why does her OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look at her privates anyway?
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Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Not much in the drinking mood this morning, but here's this week's schedule anyway...
18 Feast of Our Lady of Solitude (Mexico). Buy the barlot at the end of the bar a drink.
Blue Moon Belgium White.
19 Underdog Day. Challenge the fattest bastard in the bar to a drinking contest.
Salty Dog.
20 National Sangria Day. Introduced to the U.S. at the 1964 World’s Fair. Sangria.
21 Jack Daniels’ Birthday (1850). Started distilling 13 years later. Gentleman Jack.
22 Willpower Day. Test yours at the bar. Well tequila.
23 Van Gogh cut off his ear (1888). He ran out of absinthe, so he got into the turpentine and next thing you know . . .
Van Gogh Vodka.
24 National Eggnog Day. Nog is an Old English word for ale, an original ingredient.
Bottle of scotch, then eggs for breakfast.
25 Shane MacGowan’s Birthday (1957). “Whenever I need a light inside me, I walk into a pub and drink 15 pints of beer.”
Fifteen pints of beer.
You'll notice I added
next Monday's as well... Can you believe its Christmas in a week? Holy Cats!!! Actually, the season is going well, just way too fast. Hopefully we can enjoy it these next two weeks... Considering I have to travel to Tampa the day after Christmas, it might be kinda hard, but we'll see... It could always be worse...
In fact, you could ask my sister, Zumbo's beautiful bride, who had a little "accident" at the Packer game yesterday and will be on crutches for the holiday's and beyond. Keep her (and her family, as they "care" for her) in your thoughts and prayers... :-)
Here's a nice Christmas print...
No wonder Santa's so happy with helpers like that!!!
Lastly, I'm a little
disappointed in the BBC's newsletter article submission rate so far... The deadline was LAST Saturday night, and there are at least seven outstanding articles...
All junior members, of course... The penalty is going to be stiff...
Well, that's it... Not sure when the next update will be with the holiday's and travel and such, but I hope everyone has a safe and happy season... Before we go, here's some words of wisdom for the junior members...
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." -- Norman Vincent Peale
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Until next time, take care...
As Red would say, "Keep your stick on the ice!"
curtamous
Dec
11, 2006 - Jak se Maj! Good Monday to everyone! Not much going on here, and I'm not sure there'll be much of an update, but we'll see what we can do...
Well, for a Monday, its MUCH better than last week. Its amazing what a Packers win does for the
psyche in this area. How can they play so incredibly bad in Lambeau last week and then go out and play so well in San Fran? Just doesn't make sense...
Other sports this weekend... The Wisconsin-Marquette game was pretty good. I'm pretty much a Badger fan all the way, so it was a good game to watch. But I do pull for any and all Wisconsin teams, so I hope its just a case of a very good Wisconsin team beating a slightly worse Marquette team. They can meet up at the final four again... Oh, and the Badger hockey team swept ND this weekend, so that was cool... Finally, the local Denville squad beat up on Oconto Friday night... from what I remember...
You see, Friday was a tough day... ACNielsen Day at work. Which means you go to an offsite meeting, hear about how great everything is, have lunch together, and then you get the afternoon off. Well, a group always goes to a local establishment... Since its the season, I always drink a concoction that reminds many of pine needles... (Christmas tree needles in this case...) Well, Friday was a
blur, Saturday was painful, and Sunday was still fuzzy... I, am a bad man... :-)
Poetry? Sure... Why not?
Saturday Morning Accounting
Although I can’t say for sure
Something inside my throbbing head
Tells me the 60 bucks
That I don’t remember spending last night
Probably went to a good cause
—Cooper Sukaly
What else is up? Last night I decided that Phase I of the shop is done! Basically its buttoned up, painted, and ready for real work. Sure, I have finishing to do on it, like the window and door trim, the wall trim, etc, and the walls need a real coat of paint over the primer, but realistically, its all set. Of course I need workbenches and stuff like that, but that's all Phase II. Might be time to have a few drinks up there...
My liver and I just had a debate on whether or not to post this weeks' drinking schedule, and we came to an agreement. We can post it if we don't follow it... Here goes...
11 Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year-old third cousin Myra Gale Brown. When Jerry breaks the rules, he breaks all the rules.
Great Balls of Fire
2 oz Goldschlager
1/2 oz Hotdamn 100 Proof
1/2 oz Aftershock
Mix and shoot.
12 Frank Sinatra’s Birthday (1915). “I’m for anything that gets you through the night—be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
Jack rocks.
13 St. Lucy’s Day. Patron saint of writers, people with eye trouble and lamplighters.
Drink yourself blind and in the morning you shall be magically healed.
14 The “Shot Heard Around the World” is fired in an exchange between American Revolutionaries and British soldiers. Celebrate with the #1 shot drank around world.
Jagermeister.
15 Walt Disney’s head cryogenically frozen (1966). Here’s to hoping he reanimates in time to kick Eisner’s ass.
Frozen Daiquiri.
16 Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (1773). They tossed the tea and stole the rum.
Long Island Iced Tea.
17 Wright Brothers take the 1st airplane flight at Kitty Hawk (1903). Soar like a drunken eagle.
Grey Goose Vodka.
I think I tried the 13th a bit early, so I'm going to skip this week... and I'm not even going to consider the 14th... Although, "maybe" I'll be better by the 16th... I mean, they say tea is GOOD for you... ;-)
Here's a late addition from Jack the Cat...
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates.
"In honor of this holy season" Saint Peter said, "You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven."
The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on.
"It represents a candle", he said.
"You may pass through the pearly gates", Saint Peter said.
The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, "They're bells."
Saint Peter said "You may pass through the pearly gates".
The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties.
St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And just what do those symbolize."
The man replied, "These are Carols."
And So The Holiday Season Begins...
Talked briefly to The President this weekend. He was looking for the SEC-Transportation so he could get his truck door welded.
Then the SEC-Trans called me last night for assistance with his computer, so I got to see his new abode. (He reported that he got The President all setup.) Nice place. Older home, so its got some
character to it. Best of all, its got a really nice garage! There already plans in the making to expand it!!!
Hey BBC members, the newsletter is due this week. Someone suggested I was sending out threatening emails concerning the deadline. Be
assured, they are warnings, not threats, because EVERYONE is going to pay if there's penalties... Looking forward to all the submissions... Maybe I can get the newsletter out before Fish Camp this year...
If you didn't get your Turkey Permit application in yet, today is the last day!!!
Well, I think that's it... Next week's update may be a day late, as I may have Monday off. Trying to use up that vacation time if possible... Before we go, here's some words of wisdom for the junior members...
"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop
Until next time, take care...
As Red would say, "Keep your stick on the ice!"
curtamous
Dec
4, 2006 - Jak se Maj! Happy cold, snowy Monday morning to you all! I think its going to be a crappy day... I think there are lingering feelings concerning that debacle at Lambeau yesterday that will no doubt carry over into the work day... I'm trying to come up with a single word to
describe it, and I'm debating between "Disgusting" and "Embarrassing"... Enough on that...
More sports... BCS=SUCKS! You knew it would turn out that way, but still... I'm not a huge
proponent of a playoff, but I am certainly a hater of the BCS. Bunch of fat politicians deciding who's the national champ??? I say go back to the old way, or if you have to, setup a playoff. But no matter what, get rid of this BCS crap...
Hmmm... what else is new? Got this from the Jack and Ass team. A very good Holiday public service announcement...
WATER...... It has been scientifically proven that if we drank 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces, in other words, we are consuming 2 lbs. of POOP each year !
However, we don't run that risk when drinking wine, rum, whiskey, vodka, beer or other liquors, because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering and fermenting.
WATER = POOP
BOOZE = HEALTH
Free yourself of POOP, drink BOOZE !!!
It's better to drink booze and feel like crap than drink water and be full of crap.
There's no need to thank me for this valuable information, I'm doing it as a public service.
Thanks for that! I think The President has been well aware of that for quite some time...
I mentioned its snowing... So far I'm OK with that. We had a nice little storm on Friday that dumped a few inches here. Even got the snow blower out, and IT WORKED!!! I don't know, I just like blowing snow for some reason. If I lived in the UP and had to do it every day I might get sick of it, but once a week or so is just dandy with me...
Got some more work done of the shop this weekend... Finished the last bit of wall insulation.... 2nd to last coat of paint on the floor, so its all battleship gray now. I also fixed some of the chair marks from the pre-hunt conference we had. Then last night I painted my frustrations aware by putting the first coat of primer on the last half of the walls... One more coat on the walls and floor and I'm kinda done with the major stuff up there, other than trim... pretty cool!
On a sad note, saw the FM and his lovely bride at a local establishment (that's been happening a lot lately...), and he mentioned that Popeye Van Groll passed away on Friday... I guess the best way to describe Popeye was that he was a character... You'd have to know him to understand... Maybe the FM can put it into words for us, but Popeye will certainly be missed... here... Heaven's a better place today...
On Friday I sent out the initial newsletter article notice for BBC members... This year we have a hard due date, and The President has instituted disciplinary action for any who miss the submission time. Personally, I think its going to be punishment for EVERYONE if there's anyone late, so GET THOSE ARTICLES in!!!
Hey, lets get back to the weekly drinking schedule...
4 First Man killed by a bowling ball (1982). Kinda surprised it took so long.
Bowling alley beer.
5 Drunkard Liberation Day (1933). National prohibition is repealed in the U.S. Everything you can get your hands on.
6 National Pawnbrokers Day. The launching pad of many an impromptu bender. As much booze as your guitar speaker will buy.
7 Tom Waits Birthday (1949). “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”
Guinness Stout.
8 Sammy Davis Jr.’s Birthday (1925). “The day they stop making fun of you is the day they don’t give a damn about you.”
Sammy Davis Jr.
1 1/2 oz Stoli Vanilla
Chilled espresso
Shake with ice and serve with a twist of lemon.
9 Redd Foxx’s Birthday(1922). “Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals, dying of nothing.”
Ripple.
10 Nobel Prize Awards Day. Drink away your disappointment.
Mad Scientist
1 1/3 oz blueberry schnapps
1 1/3 oz raspberry schnapps
1/4 oz Bailey’s Irish Cream
1/4 oz grenadine
Mix the schnapps in a shot glass, slowly top with grenadine. Dribble a small amount of Bailey’s on top.
Redd Fox kills me! Its going to be a great week...
To add insult to injury, this Thursday thru Sunday is the Antler-less T-Zone hunt... go figure... We don't see any deer during the regular season and they want us to go back out and "thin" the herd... Bastards...
Well, a better update than last week, but that's not saying much... Before we go, here's some words of wisdom for the junior members...
"Oyls? That explains it. She's down a quart!" - Popeye
Until next time, take care...
As Red would say, "Keep your stick on the ice!"
curtamous
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